Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl (October 3, 2025) • Page 105

Discussion in 'Music Forum' started by ItsAndrew, Aug 11, 2025.

  1. ItsAndrew

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    An all encompassing documentary starting from the pandemic and going from the end of the Lover era which was one of her weakest eras commercially/popularity wise to where she is now and how she handled it all and her thoughts on getting to this level she has gotten to (along with her planning the tour) would have been very interesting.

    What we are getting will probably still be cool, but less exciting to me.
     
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  2. Craig Manning

    @FurtherFromSky Moderator

    I dunno, a behind-the-scenes look at how the biggest tour ever came together and what it took to do all that sounds super cool to me. I don’t need “conflict” or “drama” to be interested in how extraordinary achievements are reached. That’s just me, though!
     
  3. Michael Belt

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    i mean, didn't she go through two breakups on the tour? idk if the series would explicitly cover that, but that's more than enough "conflict" to throw in, in addition to any logistical challenges while putting together the tour or the stress of performing for two years straight and recording the equivalent of 5 albums in that timespan
     
  4. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Supporter

    Sounds cool, yes. 6 hours of it? And a trailer that barely shows anything interesting? Less cool
     
  5. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Supporter

    Absolutely agree, the trailer isn't showing any conflict is what I'm saying, which is all we have so far. If she actually gets into things like that it'll be pretty wild
     
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  6. Craig Manning

    @FurtherFromSky Moderator

    People like Steve are the reason movie trailers now have to give away everything about the movie.
     
  7. Michael Belt

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    that's fair. it's definitely implied, but not as present in the few minute we've seen.
     
  8. Craig Manning

    @FurtherFromSky Moderator

    Even if she doesn’t touch her personal life in this (beyond Travis, obviously) there is so much ground you can cover just looking at the production. Rehearsal process, production design, drawing inspiration from other massive stadium tours (I feel like U2 360 almost had to be a reference point), building the setlist, everything going on under the stage during the show, secret songs, how much had to happen before the tour was even announced, opening acts, the Ticketmaster debacle, adding in the new album that came out in the middle of the tour (and whether that release was always expected to happen while Eras was still going), whether she considered keeping the tour going when she clearly could have sold out shows around the world forever, etc. As a journalist, I could probably ask a hundred questions about this tour and not scrape the bottom of the barrel. I feel like there’s absolutely enough for six episodes where they’ll probably show a fair amount of performance footage, too.
     
  9. irthesteve

    formerly irthesteve Supporter

    Ironically I work on movie trailers for a living, so yes I'm probably more critical.

    I know she has a built in fanbase so it doesn't matter, but it's nice to see stakes in a trailer to get you excited to watch
     
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  10. Michael Belt

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    if Peter Jackson can get 8 hours of footage of The Beatles recording and performing over a span of 3 weeks for Get Back, i'm sure whoever's directing this can get 6 across 2 years.
     
  11. ItsAndrew

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    I’m sure there will be references to time periods prior, but this documentary is about the tour winding down, so I presume it will just be 2024 onwards.
     
  12. Matt Chylak Nov 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
    (Last edited: Nov 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM)
    Matt Chylak

    I can always be better, so I'll always try. Supporter

    we are getting six episodes of high-quality behind-the-scenes footage on the biggest tour in history and y'all are complaining before you've even seen it
     
  13. SteveLikesMusic

    approx. 3rd coolest Steve on here Supporter

    I’m gonna eat it up
     
  14. Kiana

    Goddamn, man child Prestigious

    Look if I don't have something to complain about does it even exist??

    I haven't watched the trailer yet so I haven't complained but just as a general rule.
     
  15. WadeCastle

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    it was bound to happen..