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Video is online!
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Jud said on February 7, 2003 13:43:
http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/real/ram/0,3256,m0no030207roxette_oppnox,0...
;) Post your comments on http://www2.dailyroxette.com/article.php/1165
Just wanted to alert ppl who don’t look in the Front page normally that the video is online :)
Santi said on February 7, 2003 13:56:
It fits 100%. C’mon, I’m not the only one who imagined this song playing in my car stereo while driving at night!!!!!!!! Greaaattttt!!! :D
thomasc said on February 7, 2003 14:00:
I like it - it’s funky and fresh. Fits the song. Gives them a younger image, will appeal to younger audience I think.
Winterangel said on February 7, 2003 14:08:
I thought they’d solve the problem with something animated, but thought it would be something like “Take on me” (A-HA) or similar. Where’s Pikachu?
Jud (moderator) said on February 7, 2003 14:11:
hm.. again..too dark.. I love the idea..but.. I have seen better animated videos.. i just thought of Music, by Madonna, the animated part is nice.. I don’t like how Marie looks like in this video :(
animalkingdom said on February 7, 2003 14:17:
No no no Judith. The darkness fits the song perfectly!! i LOVE it!
jobarth said on February 7, 2003 14:18:
Yes, I also thought it’s a Pokémon cartoon or an other Japanese series.
But maybe, why not? I think it’s o.k. because it’s something different in contrast of the other rox videos.
Winterangel said on February 7, 2003 14:18:
I think I’ve found a big problem. In the middle of the video there are 2 buildings which look very much like the TWINS. I smell a problem here, as the Americans wanted to change the name of the 2nd part of the Lord of the Rings - it’s called Two Towers. Look:
http://www.twotowersprotest.org/faq.htm
Jud (moderator) said on February 7, 2003 14:19:
Per reminds me of one of the characters in Dragon Ball :D:D
Well maybe on a big screen and better quality it looks better, but so far, not one of their best videos for me :P
room-service said on February 7, 2003 14:21:
I think it’s not bad.
It’s a simple animated video with not much details.
I think it’s an advantage that viewers of music channels didn’t recognize that it’s a Roxette Clip ;)
I think the video makes curious and you won’t switch to another tv-programme ;)
Jud (moderator) said on February 7, 2003 14:30:
funny, now we will start *again* calling eachother stupid for having different tastes? ;)
Edit: Santi: i missed the *again* ;))
coyboyusa said on February 7, 2003 14:35:
actuslly its sad how we call each other stupid on this board we are all roxette fans arent we>?
RoxQC said on February 7, 2003 14:36:
I don’t like the video... I want to see Per and Marie in a video... not Cartoon... 0/5
SDLHA is the kind of video I like... Firework, CBB, Joyride, TCOTH...
Jud (moderator) said on February 7, 2003 14:38:
SDLHA is one of my all time fave songs AND videos, I luuuuuv it.. :)
..and yeah I know this time this kind of video was impossible to do - I like the idea of an animated video, I just don’t like the way it’s done :/
s-czopek said on February 7, 2003 14:43:
Are you sure that link works ?
Yep it does !!
I just saw the video.
A rather crappy one if you ask moi.
Judith’s right but it doesn’t mean all the others are wrong (trying hard to offend no one here...)
gyllene_tjej said on February 7, 2003 14:43:
I expressed my disappointment on the front page already :(. So now noone can say that Rox fans actually like EVERYTHING. don’t! ;)
I am not gonna run down anybody for different opinion, we discussed it before - how childish it is.
anyway, I still think ON ios GRRRRRRR8 as a song!!! :o)
matthias said on February 7, 2003 14:44:
Hmmm...
Strange video.
I don’t really like it at the moment.
There have been so many brilliant videos including TCOTH, Run to you, Crash! Boom! Bang!, Almost Unreal etc.
But this one doesn’t really show Roxette.
Hey guys, it’s just my first impression!
But IF they show it on TV, I think it will becomer clearer and maybe I’m gonna like it! ;-)
But Opportunity Nox ROX!
Hope it will be successfull!
Mathias :-)
ally77 said on February 7, 2003 15:19:
I like it... I have watched it about 5 times.. it grows on you... you have got to think as to why the reason is a cartoon video.... we can hardly expect Marie to perfom under the circumstances.
animalkingdom said on February 7, 2003 15:25:
@ Matthias
yes, you got that right, it does not really SHOW roxette! but didn’t you guys get tired of all those clips featuring them in person? i mean...they went to search for new ideas and (luckily) found them! what on earth did you want? still pictures from old videos so you could drool over the young pers & maries?!
animalkingdom said on February 7, 2003 15:26:
oops sorry.. the comment above was for everyone who hasn’t found the incredible wit this new clip has!
HummingBird said on February 7, 2003 15:38:
Hmmm I think it’s just a bit boring for fans... I mean, I do think it’s a good “visualization” of the song, but it doesn’t show anything interesting for us (ok - we know what we wanna see hehe), so I’m - personally - probably not going to watch it very often, doesn’t give me more than just listening to the music. But to watch it on tv - why not? (not 100% convinced, but the idea’s growing on me ;-) )
ancikomanci said on February 7, 2003 15:59:
i like it, it’s so cool and.............wow!!!!!!
just don’t think it will be broadcasted in the US after this “Columbia” thing;
but uts very dynamic and definitely not boring
just go ahead!!!
matthias said on February 7, 2003 16:01:
@ animalkingdom
It’s something new for sure.
I dreamt of a vid showing both of them...
Of course they’re cute! ;-)
But as I already wrote, I have to see it on TV (and not with this f***ing RealPlayer)
By the way, have you ever seen “A thing about you” or “Real Sugar” on TV?
If they hadn’t included them on their CD’s (or DVD), I would probably have never seen them!
But wait for the official release, I’m looking forward... It rocks again! :-)
Matthias
room-service said on February 7, 2003 16:38:
kibkalo: That’s really great - thank you :)
Is it possible for you to make an .mpg file of the video (than I could watch it on my dvd-player ;))
-Gee- said on February 7, 2003 16:54:
*agreeing with kibkalo* uhm...almost - stars is still the bottom >:)
the video itself...hmmm yeah, but the characters absof#ckinlutely dont Fit Per & Marie!!!
(at least they’re streamlineable and we’ll get some decent resizable comic characters of P&M)
y’ didn’t they do the video like the comic trio on the TresHombresArt catalogue???? they were cute and Bunny really looked like “tah bunny”
kibkalo said on February 7, 2003 17:05:
http://www.roxette.median.ru/home.html
room-service - get TMPGEnc and encode my AVI to MPG
But a clip sux, so no need to watch it twice :)
Even trrible Stars, Vulnerable and WICF were better!
Jud (moderator) said on February 7, 2003 17:08:
LOL Kib :P
Thanks for the video, even i won’t really be watching it so much :P
San_Tales said on February 7, 2003 17:15:
I like it actually.
It’s witty, funny, fast and the director sure had fun creating this one. It fits the song perfectly and it will get airplay/time on the music channels.
NickNL74 said on February 7, 2003 17:28:
OPPORTUNITY NOX (NOx Nox nox....) :-))
I certainly don’t agree with kibkalo and the more with ancikomanci.. the video is dynamic indeed! I think it very much enlarges the vibe of the song.
Vixzter said on February 7, 2003 17:28:
I was expecting something animated considering the circumstances.
It’s weird! although....I need to watch it a few more times to get the gist of whats going on ;)
Very much like Clint Eastwood by The Gorillaz (UK fans will know what I’m talking about)
colinvdbel (moderator) said on February 7, 2003 17:40:
I think it’ll work for Tv-stations, and will be good to prmote the song.....
cskendras said on February 7, 2003 17:41:
i expected something different...actually tastes differ but i have the intention that roxette could have done a better video or let me say: they’re able to spend more money for a better video...so i’m a bit disappointed.
but we know the reason why per & marie weren’t able to do a *proper* video.
so let’s be happy about the new stuff!!!
LoneGunman said on February 7, 2003 17:58:
Man, what a piece of crap !!! Hate this video... I know that Marie couldn’t be on it and the animation was a great idea, but it had to be this ugly ?
I mean, there’s no story on it, the cartoons are very ugly (what the hell is that monster with P&M’s heads ?).
Nothing can be worst than “Stars”, but this video got sooooo close !!
All the best
LoneGunman
PS: It’s sad... ON is such a GREAT song.
Jud (moderator) said on February 7, 2003 18:07:
LOL LG :D
I was also wondering what that monster is doing there, it’s ugly!!!
roxette_azores said on February 7, 2003 18:49:
You guys call that.... a video!????
What the hell is that!
I can see better cartoons on the disney channel!
Dear per and Marie you guys are doommed with video directors like that!
animalkingdom said on February 7, 2003 18:53:
That monster rules! It’s great!
Anyway, LoneGunman, there’s more story in this video than in The Centre Of The Heart, Milk And Toast And Honey, She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Sleeping In My Car, The Look, Listen To Your Heart, Dangerous, Dressed For Success, How Do You Do!, Fingertips, Run To You and so on!
animalkingdom said on February 7, 2003 18:55:
@ roxette_azores
yes, it in fact is a video. and the magic word is C R E A T I V I T Y .
Humm said on February 7, 2003 18:59:
It’s not the best video by Roxette. In fact I think it’s one of the worst. It should have been a “Live-video.” But anyway the song is still great.
LoneGunman said on February 7, 2003 19:02:
@Animalkingdom - Oh, there’s more history on it ? Ok, what’s this video story ? Let me see... Per and Marie are driving and listening to ON on their stereo and than... bang... the stereo blows away and than a wave came along, some balls... no, wait... it’s a frog eating... something... but hold on, here comes some “birds” (?) that came from somewhere, and the moon... yes, the moon, with a frog ? Well, but there’s a monster... oh no, wait, it’s Marie’s and Per’s heads... and they’re eating... oh my, well, they are going away in a rainbow. Great story huh ?
And most of the videos that you said were “performance” videos... pretty much better than that monster (Judith, I agree with you 100%)and that frog.
For God’s sake... this video SUCKS !!! Well said Azores !!
All the best
LoneGunman
Vixzter said on February 7, 2003 19:21:
Do you know......all this bitching and moaning made me stay away from here for ages (Oh good i hear some of you say!)
Have I ever been this bad?? (Yes I’m negative sometimes oh and I’m a sarcastic bitch but hey...thats life!)
Ok....so we’re not all going to like the new video I can accept that.....and we’re not all going to hate it.....but for god sake........if you can all do better then write to Per and ask him to have a go yourself. (i’m sure he’ll listen NOT)
Come on.....all the video directors out there please stand up and be counted. You all seem experts on directing videos and making songs.....so lets see you.
LoneGunman said on February 7, 2003 19:35:
@ Vix : (How are you ?) - Please, this is a forum... a place to write down our opinions... I don’t need to be a director to say that I do/don’t like a video. If you think it’s so useless to say our opinions so why are you here anyway ? And believe me, ANYONE could do a better video (Except that guy from “Stars” video).
I like everyone here, we’re all Roxette fans, but face it... we have diferent opinions sometimes and since it’s a forum, we have the right to say what we want.
All the best
LoneGunman
PS: None told about it, but what the hell was that green monster sucking the pipes ?
Vixzter said on February 7, 2003 19:42:
I respect your opinion but I don’t see why ppls have to moan about everything they do ( I know I have!! but its not every time!) ......as its not going to change anything.....this is a one off video, ok so its weird, but .....if ’anyone’ could’ve done a better job then why didn’t ’anyone’ else do the video? ;) do you see what I mean?
If P&M didn’t like it....then it wouldn’t be out.
LoneGunman said on February 7, 2003 19:51:
Vix, my dear, I do understand your point of view too... but if anyone wants to moan about everything... what can we do ? It’s a forum... people can moan as much times as they want.
As people say here in my country... “Taste is like a butt, everyone has it’s own”
To me... “Opp Nox” GREAT song, AWFUL video !!
All the best
LoneGunman
animalkingdom said on February 7, 2003 20:35:
@ LoneGunman
pff! “Anyone could make a better video except the one from Stars”... Are you referring to Anton Corbijn now? Jesus! That man has made sooo many great videos so it’s quite harsh to judge him by one clip! And that clip is not bad at all - maybe not one of his best but still... Anyway, we’re not gonna get into that now, are we?
But: I said it already but I’ll say it again: you are so damn conservative! “What about that frog...” - yes! what about it! It fits that futuristic Joyride very well. .. . .. Does everything really always need to be so very rational? I just thank Roxette & Åkerlund’s company for making this clip! If everything went the way you Gunmen wanted I would have died of boredom a long time ago!
This time both the song AND the video have some true effort! Go Nox!!
Anarem said on February 8, 2003 02:30:
I finally saw the video, and all I can say is, “Huh?” I’ve seen videos where the artists don’t appear in them, like George Michael’s “Freedom ’90”, U2’s “One”, and Fatboy Slim’s videos, and they were really creative. But the ON video doesn’t do the song justice. It just reminds me of a screensaver, or one of those Spider-Man cartoons from the 60s, only without a storyline.
I’m usually a great cheerleader when it comes to Roxette, and Per and Marie, but oof, they could have done so much better, like hiring actors or splurged a bit more on animation. We know the video had to be a rush job, but did it really have to look like one?
DavidRox said on February 8, 2003 04:56:
First of all....I agree with Vixzter. Some people seem to do nothing but complain about every little thing Roxette does.
When HAND was released everyone complained that their was not enough guitars.
When RS came out everyone complained that TCOTH was to Savage Garden like.
Now this new song comes out and everyone jumps on the video because it’s not the typical, Marie on a bed video or live band shots.
This video happens to be very fresh and different for them. It will also appeal to a younger audience which could boost their chances of hitting it big again in the U.K and possible the U.S.
I posted on the front page discussion that the video actually does match the song. “I’m living in a box” It’s a video game character who sees opportunity knocking when a female character comes on the seen. The video looks like a parody of a lot of video games from the 80’s thru to the present.
It’s different and fun. The director should be given a pat on the back for doing something original with the group. They needed it.
Plus anyone who is complaining that they wanted to see Marie are being pretty selfish considering her present condition. She needs plenty of rest and this video helps her get that.
LoneGunman said on February 8, 2003 06:28:
@Animalkingdom - First... “Conservative” ? Well, I already said that I LOVE the idea of make an animated video... it’s a great idea... the only thing that I’m saying is that ON is an awful animated video... it’s crappy, it’s ugly, it makes no sense. If for you things don’t need to have sense all the time go watch Teletubbies (you’re going to love it) !!
And by the way... “frog is futuristic” ? Oh my, ahahahahahahahahaha... great one !! :)
ON - GREAAAAAT SONG
ON VIDEO - SUCKS BIG TIME
All the best
LoneGunman
japeke said on February 7, 2003 13:52:
Hmmmm.. I dunno... does it fit the song????
It IS original, thats for sure........