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In what context can "I used to be a king of England, but I took an arrow to the eye" possibly make any sense?

Though I forgot to add that in the Queen of the Night video above, I'm most amused by the "poke around my bondage gear" line, as in the production I worked on the Queen was re-imagined as a high class madam/dominatrix (albeit quite subtly). It's a shame we didn't do it more recently because I would have demanded we added the line "I know Sarastro, well, I know what he likes".

Scarlet A.pngpathetic13:15, 25 January 2012

Meme. Reference.

As far as "re-imaginings" go, that sounds interesting. And you must live in a magical place where a lot of people around are Sherlockians... sigh...

Picon small.pngAcer Blue18:04, 25 January 2012

I get the Hastings reference, but never saw the Skyrim meme before... I will bet that I'll start seeing it everywhere now.

The great thing about re-imaginings is that you can basically make the production cheaper. Putting Tamino in jacket and jeans is far cheaper than hiring in a cape and some lederhosen, and chasing him with an assassin with a dragon tattoo looks significantly less shit than trying to put an actual dragon on stage.

Scarlet A.pngtheist19:54, 25 January 2012

The Arrow to the Knee meme is HUGE on FB, Reddit and MemeBase right now. Almost overdone. I will say that the funniest one I've seen is of John Cleese as Sir Lancelot saying "I used to be on a quest like you, until I took a shrubbery to the Ni."

Seth Peck (talk)19:57, 25 January 2012
 

Speaking of dragons, Wagner could certainly do with some better re-imaginings than some of the recent eccentrica out of Bayreuth. Got to love what innovations get made on a low budget, except when you end up Sweding the production.

Picon small.pngAcer Blue23:29, 25 January 2012

I wouldn't know where to start with a Ring cycle. Maybe, one day.

Scarlet A.pnggnostic00:33, 26 January 2012
 
 
 
 
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