The Memorial Service for...

[Unbreakable Will]

Michael Jackson. Have any of you seen what they are doing? They gave tickets away to it, it has to be the oddest thing I've ever seen for a dead person. Yeah he was the King of Pop and all, and I liked some of his music, but c'mon... So what are your thoughts on a ridiculously large memorial service for a dead music star?

[Momiji]

Some people are selling their tickets on eBay. I heard one is over $150,000 at the moment.

It's ridiculous that they're having some huge elaborate funeral, but whatever works for them, I guess.

[Bunny]

They've gotta make his fake death profitable somehow so he can come back and get himself out of debt.

[McLovin']

I demand a Billy Mays memorial.

[Yar]

Seriously I'm tired of all this bull I'm hearing like "omg he was just a pop star idk what all the fuss is about."

[Madame Adequate]

A perk of fame is that you get an awesome and massive funeral. It's just the way of things.

[Unbreakable Will]

They've gotta make his fake death profitable somehow so he can come back and get himself out of debt.

Indeed

[KoShiatar]

I think the family's trying to cash in.
I'm more with the mother, who would have preferred something more private and dignified. It's a circus.

[Avarice-ness]

I've heard it was to help cover the massive debt that he was in.

[Momiji]

Seriously I'm tired of all this bull I'm hearing like "omg he was just a pop star idk what all the fuss is about."

Ultimately, that is true, though. He was a pop star, albeit one that was a major influence to pop music and modern music as we know it. That said, he wasn't some superhuman being. He was born, lived, and died just as we all do. He just had a very different life compared to how the rest of us live.

[Garnie]

I think it's mad that there taking his body to the staples center. I mean it's just really bad. why cant the memorial go on without it. He should be buried.

[Avarice-ness]

So I see:

"SPECIAL REPORT"

And I guess just naturally I think something really serious happened, like something to do with the war or something.

Yeah...

"WE'RE HERE AT THE STAPLES CENTER.."

Now some of my shows are cut off...

I'm sorry if I sound insensitive, but if I really gave a damn about MJ -that- much I'd be down there now, I wouldn't be sitting on my ass wanting to watch soap operas instead of thinking about MJ's funeral.

[Momiji]

My mom and I counted 14 different channels the funeral is on. She was kind of mad her soap operas were canceled for the coverage of the funeral, but we've been watching it all the same

[Avarice-ness]

My mom and I counted 14 different channels the funeral is on. She was kind of mad her soap operas were canceled for the coverage of the funeral, but we've been watching it all the same

I WANT MY GENERAL HOSPITAL.

And I refuse to watch it, someone put it in a nice way:

"Micheal Jackson brought good to the world over 10 years ago, and we're acting like he was some kind of messiah put onto this earth and that his death is something that we, as the general public, are going to need closure on. That we, as the adults we are, can't handle that someone who affected the world over 10 years ago has died."

[Garland]

What's annoying about the whole death is all the false fans it created. Michael Jackson was a has-been. Nobody gave a damn about his music for 25 years, 20 if you're feeling kind. His music wasn't being played. Now everyone's his biggest fan? A couple weeks ago, the guy was a pedophile, now he's a god. I hear Jackson's album sales have increased by numbers upwards of 700%. I can only imagine the sale of rose colored glasses rose by 10,000%.