Thriller is overrated.

TedKoppel said:

Yeah, it really is overrated. Thriller resulted in about a million horrible trends in videos, the main one being stupid, pointless interruptions of the music, which the video is supposed to revolve around, with dialogue that furthers a totally incoherent plot. It was John Landis's attempt to resurrect the short film, which didn't happen. Instead, it comes across as a testament to Michael Jackson's ego and willingness to do the biggest, most expensive, eye-catching things at all costs. I saw it a couple years ago in its entirety and was really surprised at how boring and trying it was to watch. I would much rather watch, I dunno, Billie Jean, let's say. Better song, better video, better dancing.

[Edited on Mar 09, 2005 by TedKoppel]

delusion said:

Yes, like a motherdancer.

TedKoppel said:

Yeah, it really is overrated. Thriller resulted in about a million horrible trends in videos, the main one being stupid, pointless interruptions of the music, which the video is supposed to revolve around, with dialogue that furthers a totally incoherent plot. It was John Landis's attempt to resurrect the short film, which didn't happen. Instead, it comes across as a testament to Michael Jackson's ego and willingness to do the biggest, most expensive, eye-catching things at all costs. I saw it a couple years ago in its entirety and was really surprised at how boring and trying it was to watch. I would much rather watch, I dunno, Billie Jean, let's say. Better song, better video, better dancing.

[Edited on Mar 09, 2005 by TedKoppel]