Yeah. Maybe I just wasn't thorough in my search, but there were no topics about Gigantic to be found when I looked.

So here we are.

:wub: Great movie :rocks:

I bought it from the gigantic website, so I got crayons from them!

There wasn't a topic about it.

I haven't seen it myself, it's one of those things I'm gonna get when I can afford it :rolleyes:

Great movie. It's sitting in my DVD player as we speak. (write, whatever)

My favorite part of it is still when Henry notices himself on the monitor.

Darnit, I'm gonna have to see that vid. sometime, rocking movie by all accounts. :machinegun:

There's this part in one of the special features or something where They were talking about their first recording together, which was "Don't Worry Kyoko" in Rod Serling voices, and I can't remember where this was. Does anyone know?

I remember, but i forget where it was. I love the video commentary when they are talking about Jamie Kitman and his cursing. That cracks me up so much. Also, when they are talking about their friend from high school friend who's dad was the creator of Zoom, and they were talking about Ubi Dubi in stuff. This had me rolling on the floor laughing for about 20 minutes becuase I know ubi dubi and use it daily at school with my best friends when we want to confuse people. Also, the very end during the credits and Danny's guitar solo, they are talking about how buff he is. This just cracks me up, to hear 3 guys and a girl talking about how buff Danny is. If you havent heard the commentary yet, listen to it/

I also love the talking girl scene. Kudo's to Danny. He deals with it excellently.

I Got It Off Netflix and wasn't impressed I need to give it another chance

:shocking:

Don't be upset please I will rent it again

HOW CAN YOU NOT BE IMPRESSED, its really good and telling their story

The Band Wasn't Om it Enough

Documentaries usually depress me. It's hard to think of a more boring way of presenting information. However, if it's an interesting subject like the Johns that may counteract the format. :rolleyes:

We must watch it sometime.

I agree, though, with John Henry. I'd have liked to see more live performance, more OLD live performance, but the film is still very enjoyable.

I'm afraid that I've never been able to find a copy...
Although I do really like the term "gar".

I've got it.... Good to have some of their videos on easily accessible DVD format.
The documentary is worth a watch, but not over and over.

I got given this by my husband for Christmas.

My thoughts... in no particular order, feel free to comment.

I thought that "They" were still pretty much the same enigma by the end as they were at the start, but I didn't really mind that. It wasn't a no-holds-barred kiss and tell kind of programme. I thought the commentary was sometimes funny, sometimes just really annoying as they all kept making cultural references amongst themselves that I had no idea about... it was like listening to a clique of people who all know each other really well and can end each other's sentences and unless you are part of the New Wave scene of Brooklyn of the 80s onwards you wouldn't get much of it.

I didn't like the implication someone made (was it Sarah Vowell) that They fans are all in their teens and twenties, as if people grow out of the band and move on. I haven't. And I still go to their gigs if they are in my country. I haven't let being in my thirties put me off. I'm frustrated by the idea that I am supposed to have moved on from my college tastes - what was I supposed to move on to? I don't really listen to music voraciously, searching for new bands, and given that They do the same sort of thing they have always done, and I haven't changed much - if it ain't broke don't fix it? I'm not dissing younger fans, just standing up for my right to like the same stuff now as I did when I was 20!

The videos were great. I wish that "Doctor Worm" had been included. It's a thrill to own "Birdhouse on your Soul" on video. Up til now I saw it at tmbg.com only, very small, and before that, on the Chart Show once in 1990. I remembered it. It was great to see it again and remember how I felt the first time I saw it.

The video to "Older" was quite an eye opener. The Band of Dans are actually quite handsome! I never realised this before. Wow. :wub:

"They" seemed quite charmingly naive and parochial. As if they have never got to know anything in the USA west of New York State. And why should they? I loved John Linnell's analysis of suburban Lincoln, he summed up how I feel about suburban living.

It annoyed me that people call them "the Giants". That reminds me of people calling Manic Street Preachers "the Manics". It just annoys me, for no good reason.

I loved Michael McKean and Harry Shearer reading out lyrics! That was hilarious! :D

I liked to hear from John Flansburgh the reasoning behind the band name - it was exactly what I thought he would say. So I must be understanding them right. On that issue at least.

I'm still left with lots of questions about them, like, how come they appear to take it all so seriously and yet their style is so quirky and humorous? Did they know that when they started out that they would still be doing the same thing twenty plus years later, and if they had, would they have chosen a different band name? If they had no fans, and no money, would they still write songs? (I bet they would, it seems like they are like robots, they're fully programmed to do it but they want to do it, too!) And why do they write songs, what is it that they want to communicate to the world? I say that because John Flansburgh said that in making the video to Puppet Head he didn't want anything too literal in the video. So what was that song about then, if not about puppet heads? Why are they so shy and modest about their talents? Why were they so afraid to work with Elvis Costello and why are they afraid to be compared to the Beatles? I mean, okay the Beatles are way more popular, but I think they are pretty much just as creative and interesting as them. I wonder if they are afraid to accept comparisons in case people think they are getting big-headed.

So many questions that will never get answered. Oh well. B) I don't need to know. My mum got me "Venue Songs" for Christmas as well, I'm waiting for them to come in the post. :D

Gigantic is awesome. I think I'm wearing out the music videos on there...I've watched them so much.

I sorta agree with you there, Abby, on the commentary. Some of it is funny, but sometimes I have no idea what they're talking about. And I wish Sara Vowell wasn't on there. Her voice really annoys me. Same with Ira Glass's.

My favorite part's probably when they're on the John Stewart show, and anytime just John and John are talking back and forth.

Also on the deleted scene about them growing up in Lincoln, on the commentary "Hello Mrs. Flansburgh, can we go through your garage?" :D

What I wanted to hear Sarah Vowell saying was "Isn't it cool to be down town on a school night?" or "My Mom gave me a dollar and dropped me at the Park and Ride!" :D :D :D :D :D :D She sounded just like those guys in Wayne's World.

I liked the bits with the interviews, although the bit about Cheese Steak Sandwiches, the deleted scene with John Linnell talking about groupies, I found that very creepy for some reason. I couldn't understand if John Linnell was positively reveling in the disappointment of the groupies.. and if so... how nasty! :angry: I guess you can't watch a documentary and expect to know the subjects intimately.

There were certain bits of the commentaries that I loved, like where John Flansburgh talks about thinking he overheard "Gloria" in a bookshop. (The one from "What do you make out of that recording?") Some of the anecdotes on there were very funny and interesting.

I had a look at Lincoln-Sudbury High School website and there's no mention of the band. I want my money back!

Thanks for replying, Flux Capacitor....Fluxing. Cool name! Also - I like "House" too. Did you ever watch "A Bit of Fry and Laurie"? That was a good show.

Hehe. I love that part too. "What...what does it say in these books?" or something like that.

I also like Flansy's story about the guy up in the tree with the TMBG shirt. I'd love to see a picture of that...Flans staring up into some tree with a nasty guy in it.

No! I've never been able to find any videotapes of it anywhere. I really wanna see it though. I love Jeeves and Wooster. You ever seen that?

I had not seen any "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" for years until I saw it on Paramount Comedy Channel over Christmas, and it was just as funny as I remembered it. They do a long running sketch on that with kind of mock-American accents where they say "Damn it, John!" on a regular basis, and emote hugely and act as if their job running a Uttoxeter Health Club is more serious than death. When I see "House" on television I keep wanting to hear Hugh Laurie saying "Damn it John!" because he's doing a similar accent, I think.

:lol:

Good luck getting hold of it.

I thought that story about a drug dealer wearing a They teeshirt was quite funny, also how it could only be explained that a drug dealer was wearing a They teeshirt because some teeshirts had been stolen in that area... as if drug dealers generally wouldn't ever wear a They teeshirt! And what about the guy in Tiananmen Square? I wish I knew more about that. I want to be caught doing something newsworthy in public wearing a They teeshirt now, just to see if word gets back to the Johns. :D

Gigantic rocks. Probably my favorite scene was where Linnell says "we are the shitty beatles" and the one where they played Birdhouse on tv with the trumpet player and the orchestra...I forgot on what show, but that part was awesome, it really emphasized their musicianship because it was a bit more formal, yet still rocked. If you haven't seen it yet, you must.

^Yeah. On JOhnny Carson when JAy Leno was hosting. That was a really great performance. I love that part of the movie.

RARGH.

I need money.

To buy eet.

I need eet.

Syd Straw annoyed the hell outta me.
That's all I'm gonna say about that... :wacko:

I love the BNW vids. I only wish that they had included "All Alone".
And I love the Flood promo.
And the part about Flansburgh buying a new belt.
And the part when they filmed Flans asleep.
And Linnell randomly breaking out in "Holiday In Cambodia" at the end of the Doctor Worm soundcheck.

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Okay... I think I'm going to have to go watch it now. Heh.

OK... believe it or not, I actually still haven't seen Gigantic.

However, having been reminded of it, I shall endeavour to acquire a copy real soon guys! ^_^

Thenyoucanletme borrow/see/somethingorother yourcopy! :machinegun: