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Well...to be fair at that time supposedly it WAS uploaded then supposedly flagged...if you recall the SD version was censored so I'm going to assume this HD version is the same uncensored one from Dec and they probably had to work some sort of deal or whatever. And very true about the other remasters just odd and theorizing since this still isn't a true HD version. 

Basically it's upscaled/fake HD.
The comment about "straight from the director's original files" is intriguing, though and at least shows Madonna's team is reading fan comments and care. Mondino did the upscale himself? Did he provide the best version of the file he could and Madonna's team/Warner/Rhino did the rest?
Anyway let's hope we can have all the rest of Mondino's videos soon too.

"SPOTLIGHT" would also be a good title for her life story.

Madonna could literally find a cure for cancer and AIDS and still the fans would moan and bitch. Just the way it goes I guess.

But that would imply that that was what she was fighting her entire career for one and that she needed that for validation. The grammys didnt even change the trajectory for her career or her life. Just another blip especially since she hasnt won a major one since then. In the context of today where everyone hates award shows and finds them elitist it makes even less sense to end your life story there.

They do but if that's the case, but with your logic Music would make more sense because not only did she hit #1 everywhere, she also had another baby, got married, moved to the UK, and toured for the first time in nearly a decade. That is definitely more life changing than what fans are trying to make ROL out to be but even then...is that the success Madonna wants to end on? From 20 years ago? Rmemeber, this is her "visual autobiography" so I doubt we're getting some cookie cutter biopic with white text at the end saying "after the huge success of Ray of Light I had alot more hits got married then divorced adopted children from Malawi which I still donate to and had alot of controversy there". Story wise and in regards to how integral it is to Madonna’s life and persona today I don't think she could cut those moments.

As much as I love 90's Madonna, I have to go with the 00's in regards to my favorite decade. 
Some of my favorites. Wish more of her back catalog was available for streaming. They'd do great on playlists for Spotify and decades as we've seen for other artists and she had the knack for pushing the remix format - it always elevated songs to different heights even if the original album versions were already outstanding.
 

Yes just yes

Madonna could literally find a cure for cancer and AIDS and still the fans would moan and bitch. Just the way it goes I guess.

Agree, and much more cohesive! 

I still hope the movie is about how everything comes full circle for her. From the moment she loses her mom, to the moment she becomes a mom. 
I truly believe those 2 moments were her biggest moments ever. Plus losing all her friends to AIDS, etc...which happens in between.
But the thought of the center part of the movie being the late 70's and 80's New York City is just amazing to me. It's such a fascinating time for good and terrible reasons...but the city seemed so alive back then. At leas from documentaries i watch. And if Basquiat, Warhol etc are cast in this...wow. 

Better late than never! Tiktok does seem like a better fit than instagram since it does involve alot of dance and music and more persona driven

Better late than never! Tiktok does seem like a better fit than instagram since it does involve alot of dance and music and more persona driven

Better late than never! Tiktok does seem like a better fit than instagram since it does involve alot of dance and music and more persona driven

There really is a controversy about the suicide pics ? My god, the world is burning, fascists are taking over everywhere but (some) people are offended by this ? I absolutely despise our time, so PC, so Disneyified. Sometimes i would just like to poop in my hand and spread it all over people's faces just to piss them off so i get why Madonna does it so often especially now. They deserve to be shocked again and again because they put their energy in the wrong battles. 

She gets up again...over and over!!!

Interesting! I really wonder who is going to play her. She began following alot of actresses years ago but i assume it was for The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells. Amanda Seyfried could possibly do a good job playing her but idk if she can pull off young Madonna

Madonna could literally find a cure for cancer and AIDS and still the fans would moan and bitch. Just the way it goes I guess.

Exactly. You get back that up to the beat.

I think it's definitely about Guy. She's friends with Sean and has never talked about him in those terms.
About all the controversy about the shoot... obviously the retouching is from an artistic angle and both of them trying new stuff. It looks like the pictures were taken with a phone and some of them later upscaled. Which makes sense cause professionally they've literally done everything possible together before, so we can't blame them for trying new things.
It's provoking, you look at the pictures and think "what?". I think this is gonna be an iconic shoot when we look back in a few years.
Also, just putting things into perspective, these kind of photoshoots are never "real". They're not meant to be real, anyway, they're meant to be as "perfect" as possible, when promoting a product:

(By the way, I remember lots of fans saying Who's that?? This is too much when the "Hung Up" single cover was revealed back in 2005, just like yesterday, so nothing new under the sun, I guess).

Or just an artistic point of view when she's expressing herself with a photographer:

Madame X said it best: None of this real. And that is OK, cause it's a piece of art in the end, not a paparazzi picture.
The interview was great, especially the last part!

No photo is about being real, there's always lighting, make up, angles and post production. However it is always debatable if the final result is pleasing, good, achieved the intent of the artist.
The ROL album photoshoot is photoshoped but the result is good, the same goes for the Confessions photoshoot. 
For me, this V photoshoot is just ugly and the theme is tired, not because of the use of photoshop/app/whatever but because the result looks terrible. 

I just am over Marilyn, especially since she's done it SO MANY TIMES. If you're gonna do it again it better be better than the last time and this is definitely no where near as good as the Iconic Rebel Heart Tour shoot/video. It definitely looks very cheap and not well done, I think Klein should be nixed next time. The interview? Meh. Much ado about nothing. Overall,  non event. Wish she would be interviewed by someone who was actually interested in her as an icon and asked her grand questions not these "woke" questions.

I just am over Marilyn, especially since she's done it SO MANY TIMES. If you're gonna do it again it better be better than the last time and this is definitely no where near as good as the Iconic Rebel Heart Tour shoot/video. It definitely looks very cheap and not well done, I think Klein should be nixed next time. The interview? Meh. Much ado about nothing. Overall,  non event. Wish she would be interviewed by someone who was actually interested in her as an icon and asked her grand questions not these "woke" questions.

I just am over Marilyn, especially since she's done it SO MANY TIMES. If you're gonna do it again it better be better than the last time and this is definitely no where near as good as the Iconic Rebel Heart Tour shoot/video. It definitely looks very cheap and not well done, I think Klein should be nixed next time. The interview? Meh. Much ado about nothing. Overall,  non event. Wish she would be interviewed by someone who was actually interested in her as an icon and asked her grand questions not these "woke" questions.