BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Many years ago, at the height of John Williams rule I created an image that carried with it the full sense of power this man had in our forums and in our world. This image captured the spirit of our forums. But this image, despite it's brilliance, no longer quite applies. Our hero is no longer one who can stand shoulder to shoulder with giants like Darth Vader, Captain Kirk, the Spanish Inquisition, or the Salem Witch Trials. No...he is a humbler, weaker, frailer, and liarer man. So I present a new image that better capture's the new John Williams of the 2010s, and the spirit of his influence on these forums... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 lolBut i still want a T-Shirt with your previous design.Can you provide us a big version of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I seriously laughed out loud to that picture. I also never knew you created the other one. It was the first thing I saw after posting my Media Ventures thread 6 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Yeah, we've got to face facts. Between that snoozefest Lincoln, the sappy, saccharine War Horse and carbon copy Tintin, I choose DEATH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I still choose John Williams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Hans Zimmer or death! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy 55 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I still choose John Williams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I used to choose John Williams. Back before he became an astounding technician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I hope you're not going to tell us that 'before' was when you were 15 and the year was 1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Time's are changin'. It's time to move onThis is the classic "I'll try" attitude of a genuine JWFan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I hope you're not going to tell us that 'before' was when you were 15 and the year was 1993.No. I came to a realisation just in the last month. Tintin was to be the one and possibly last exception in an otherwise introspective and conservative approach to scoring the maestro has evolved into. That's perfectly fine, but I personal prefer a more audacious and unrefined sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I listened to Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek: The Motion Picture on the way home last night instead of John Williams' Always. Does this mean since I didn't choose John Williams, my life is forfeit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 There might be special regulations for beloved Goldsmith scores. The sentence is reduced to having daily orgasms while listening to Shawn Cassidy singing A STAR BEYOND TIME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 <--- Guilty as charged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 ROTFLMAO Can you make those horizontal? One of those will become my new signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. K 12 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Now that you mentioned Goldsmith, there is a parallel. Listen to the majestic beauty of Star Trek: The Motion Picture and compare that to the more matured, technically adept- but underwhelmingly less robust scores for his last two Star Trek efforts, Insurrection & Nemesis (which I consider his last complete effort). What we see in current JW is strikingly similar. Both composing titans had a sweeping, flourishing sound some 25-35 years ago- but their latter works just didn't energize with the same bombast like it used to.It seems JW is almost afraid to use crescendo anymore when it was a trademark sound for many of his most successful scores in the years after SW/Jaws. I don't think he ever recovered that same sound since Jurassic. It's like Schindler was a turning point in his scoring style that evoked more in style than substance where technical accuism become a more dominant feature than flair & bombast. The last Indiana Jones and SW prequels could have been a return to his old style, but they just weren't. He's matured past the kind of writing I heard growing up in the '80s. It's okay. I'm still a fan. It's too bad that he doesn't write things like "TIE Fighter Attack (SW:ANH)" "Parade of the Slave Children (IJ:TOD)" "Asteroid Field(SW:ESB)" "Bicycle Chase (ET)" anymore.His writing has evolved beyond that and has become something more than the films they are typically written for. As an artist, I can appreciate that and heartily respect the growth he has achieved...would be artistic stagnation if he hadn't. But as a fan of those great '80s scores- it's kind of disappointing knowing those days are indeed long gone.Mr. K Hlao-roo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I lied. I didn't listen to Star Trek. I started with a Fleetwood Mac album and switched over to William Shatner's latest album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. K 12 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I lied. I didn't listen to Star Trek. I started with a Fleetwood Mac album and switched over to William Shatner's latest album.the Shat makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,043 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Well said, Mr. K.Regarding the music, I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 Well said, Mr. K.Regarding The Shat, I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Well said, Blume.Regarding Mr. K.'s well said regard for The Shat, I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 Well said, Wojo.Regarding my well spoken regard regarding Mr. K's well said regard for The Shat, I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 And the green grass grows all around and around, and the green grass grows all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 It certainly tries. Too soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 It's been 67 years.Matt and Trey waited three years to make Team America.Your timing is fine.It's time to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 ehhhhh?But Spain should be yellow.... or orange since it was a neutral country in tune with the axis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 The rebels and the later Francoist regime were actually kinda in tune with both sides. That's why it was neutral. It's complex to explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 yeah, but it should not be allied-green.portugal neither, i think. IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Come on people it's a joke stop over analyzing everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 It was interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Come on people it's a joke stop over analyzing everything!yeah.. but the map says it has been taken from the USAF museum...strange such an error could be there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Now that you mentioned Goldsmith, there is a parallel. Listen to the majestic beauty of Star Trek: The Motion Picture and compare that to the more matured, technically adept- but underwhelmingly less robust scores for his last two Star Trek efforts, Insurrection & Nemesis (which I consider his last complete effort).I like Insurrection more than First Contact, but it's not up there with Goldsmith's great scores. However, late Goldsmith had The Mummy and Hollow Man, and those I rank among his first rate scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. K 12 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Now that you mentioned Goldsmith, there is a parallel. Listen to the majestic beauty of Star Trek: The Motion Picture and compare that to the more matured, technically adept- but underwhelmingly less robust scores for his last two Star Trek efforts, Insurrection & Nemesis (which I consider his last complete effort).I like Insurrection more than First Contact, but it's not up there with Goldsmith's great scores. However, late Goldsmith had The Mummy and Hollow Man, and those I rank among his first rate scores.Mummy was pretty good. I can't remember Hollow Man though....Kevin Bacon movie, wasn't it? I'll have to give it a listen.Mr. K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,043 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Well said, Mr. K.Regarding Kevin Bacon, I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Don't mess with Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 There are no points of interest in Texas! - King Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 They aren't my words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I guess if you don't enjoy life then there are no points of interests in Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2012 You know that's an interesting point. King Mark never gives the impression he enjoys life.My mental image of him is a lone bitter dentist drilling away at people's teeth while listening to "Barry's Kidnapping," and occasionally uttering an "eh" because he's Canadian. Gruesome Son of a Bitch, Joni Wiljami and Koray Savas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 That appears to be largely accurate.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 He's a dentist? I thought he test-drove Japanese RPGs for a living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 I hope he is a dentist. I asked him once if it's better to floss after or before brushing, and he said after. And I've stuck to that because of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 And now you've got things stuck between your teeth because of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Why would it possibly be better to floss before brushing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salacius 7 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 KM's sworn oath and self-imposed circumscription forbids frivolous life pursuits until the holy grails come into his possession. The elusive scores are both his gaoler and his salvation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 King Mark is a dentist. The only one I actually like. My own dentist looks like a cross between John Malkovich and the serial killer from Michael Mann's Red Dragon. Every time he examines me I think he wants to kill me so he can "collect" my teeth.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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