50th Anniversary Documentary Announcement

PhantomOfTheOpera said:
Looking forward to this documentary. I'm perhaps a little worried about how they’re going to manage to include all 50 years in this, especially considering how much has happened over that time. With so many significant events and changes, it’s going to be a challenge to fit it all in without missing key moments. I’m curious to see how they decide to highlight the most important milestones while keeping the narrative cohesive.

Just hoping that the local movie theater will be showing this one. If not, I’ll have to go to another city.
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I am more worried about the pace. A documentary with a slow intro, a repetitive chorus, and a slow outro might be representative of most of those 50 years but would not necessarily be conducive to great filmmaking!

Posted with tongue firmly in cheek.
 
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GhostofCain said:
I am more worried about the pace. A documentary with a slow intro, a repetitive chorus, and a slow outro might be representative of most of those 50 years but would not necessarily be conducive to great filmmaking!

Posted with tongue firmly on cheek.
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Yep, that sounds like how the plan is most likely going to be—'Arry style.
 
This could be good. Everything before the 90’s and 2003-2011 are already well documented, but hopefully they will go more into some lesser known eras of the band as well, and don’t repeat too much the old stuff
 
Hard to determine who the target group is exactly for this documentary but I don't expect I will learn anything new from it. The most interresting thing for us old fans will be the "rare archival footage" bit - looking forward to see if it's live footage or studio/offstage stuff.
 
Spaldy said:
It depends. If it's going to a streamer like Netflix then probably not.
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And how can I watch it then? I have no Netflix or anything. How does it work? Will I need a TV set for this?
I have all my Maiden DVDs saved to an external drive (and all my David Lynch movies too) and watch them on PC then.
But I have heard about, and that this Netflix thing has become quite popular recently. I wish I was bit more into this new stuff.
 
Dick Brucinson said:
And how can I watch it then? I have no Netflix or anything. How does it work? Will I need a TV set for this?
I have all my Maiden DVDs saved to an external drive (and all my David Lynch movies too) and watch them on PC then.
But I have heard about, and that this Netflix thing has become quite popular recently. I wish I was bit more into this new stuff.
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Not sure if you're being sarcastic but Netflix has been streaming for over 15 years at this point.
 
Spaldy said:
Not sure if you're being sarcastic but Netflix has been streaming for over 15 years at this point.
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No sarcasm. Being a bit conservative means changes occur a bit slow with me. And yes, I know it's going on for a while yet already, all this streaming thing. I heard quite a lot about it. Never got into it really tho. Maybe I should learn a bit more about it all, I think the DVD itself thing is getting more and more unpopular. However, it really stresses me. Not too long ago the departure of the VHS video tape... Then the departure of the DVD. And I guess as soon as I worked myself into Netflix and stuff, then the departure of Netflix will happen.
Also I'm lacking a bit in time and motivation getting into all these new technologies, but I realize I should.
 
Didn't Netflix use to send DVDs to your home before streaming became a thing? Kinda wild how quickly things are changing in the last couple of decades.
 
Sth2112 said:
This could be good. Everything before the 90’s and 2003-2011 are already well documented, but hopefully they will go more into some lesser known eras of the band as well, and don’t repeat too much the old stuff
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I dont care about any other guys apart dickinson harris murray smith Barr mc brain Dianno and Blaze.
 
Luisma said:
The Polish wedding wasn't recorded fully. Ken Fuerman, the director was with them when they went into the wedding but didn't have cameras. When it was agreed that the band was going to play, Ken had one of his assistants run to the hotel where they were staying, wake up one of the camera guys, then ran back to the Adria (where the wedding was taking place) so the full performance wasn't recorded. However, all the concerts that were played behind the iron curtain were filmed and there's definitely interesting material there.

And before anyone ask, yes, I did interview Ken Fuerman for my second book.
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Ah i fear the "did they or didnt they play Back in the Village" debate rear its head
 
Melony said:
That would indeed be the decision to be made if you want to produce a documentary about a band:
Should it be a) a realistic description of the band's journey, which includes mistakes, controversies and bad times, or b) should it be a pure celebration of the band, which is portrayed as having gone from triumph to triumph.

Even as a band member, I wouldn't be so averse to option a), because the documentary would then be more gripping and more people might want to see it and besides, most fans aren't so naive anyway as to take a pure triumph story without failures and controversies at face value.
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Option A just isnt Maidens style though
 
Christopher Baines said:
Option A just isnt Maidens style though
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Yeah, I think this will be a very "safe" collection of Maiden's achievements and triumphs. Not that there is a lack of those, there's more than enough to present in an appealing way to a new audience. I think any controversies, mistakes and slumps will be quickly glossed over or presented in a way that won't detract too much from the main idea, which imo will be "this is why Maiden is awesome".
 
Wishful thinking I know but I would love it if the documentary was like the recent Death by metal film about the band Death.

That was a superb documentary and whilst celebrating one of the greatest death metal bands it also never glossed over the bad times and wasn’t afraid to say that chuck schuldiner was a bit of a dick. It never tainted my image of the man as we’re all human and do make mistakes from time to time.
 
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