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Richard Penna

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Richard Penna last won the day on October 23 2022

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  1. That was quick! If I were advising Powell right now, I'd tell him to forget his end of April streaming date and just put this out digitally now. Such a dumb idea to begin with - there were easily enough fans who wanted it on CD for Varese to get their sales. I know this may be an unpopular rant with some but I just don't buy the idea that Varese needs an exclusive period for a product like this, and it feels very condescending that we're being asked to buy (and wait for) a CD and marvel at some fancy liners before we're allowed the convenience of digital.
  2. "Unfortunately, although the answer was indeed clear, simple, and straightforward, there is some difficulty in justifiably assigning to it the fourth of the epithets you applied to the statement, inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information you communicated and the facts, insofar as they can be determined and demonstrated, is such as to cause epistemological problems, of sufficient magnitude as to lay upon the logical and semantic resources of the English language a heavier burden than they can reasonably be expected to bear." "Epistemological? What are you talking about?" "You told a lie."
  3. "Actually, I don't think witches are witches at all, just women who don't fit in. Learned, creative, reluctant to accept the repressive social and economic restraints forced upon their sex." "Uh, Kate, the three learned and creative women we encountered on the heath had huge hooked noses, numerous enormous warts, cackled incessantly and wore pointy hats. Exactly what part of not being a witch are you getting at here?"
  4. They were still filming in the UK as of a few weeks ago because it was in the local news that Cruise was filming at Longcross Studios near the M25 (the big motorway car park circling London) but we had a massive planned weekend closure nearby the studio and some news outlets made a thing about Cruise possibly using his helicopter to get crew there (I'm slightly skeptical of that bit of the story - choppers are small and film crews are big).
  5. That's one Middle Earth release I wouldn't have much interest in, mainly as the SEs are reasonably comprehensive for those not massively familiar with the films. It would be nice to hear the film version of the eagles scene from the first one but I can't think of a single moment from the other two scores.
  6. No doubt there's alternate material - we know of one minor one which is a track later on in the series where he recorded Halbrand's theme iirc, with two solo instruments to avoid clashing with dialogue. However, given that with a different release mentality this box could easily have been a highlights release (with maybe half of each score), the fact that it has nearly everything heard in the show is more than good enough for me.
  7. I've made some estimates before and I reckon it's around 5 minutes of proper unreleased cues or prominent sections. No doubt there is a bit more than that when considering edits to shorten tensions/sustains/etc, but in terms of music that's creatively important I don't think there's much at all.
  8. I don't find myself drawn to the complete albums that often, but there are a few set pieces and moments that are abridged or not presented properly on the OST. Plus when you like a score as much as me (and many) you want the entire thing even if it doesn't get a huge amount of playtime. I really didn't want to pay £80 for a bunch of downloaded files so while this set is 30% or so more, it feels like what we get (all the music plus the OST and the book) makes it worth it, and those who just have the downloads don't feel left out with any content exclusive to this box.
  9. If they were the same price, why wouldn't they have one basket option and just give the signed copies to the first 200? I was looking for a change in price when switching between the two while I was out yesterday and got a bit confused.
  10. I wondered this too. A nice deluxe box for collector types, then a slimmed down 8-disc clamshell sort of thing, sans OST or book, with more units.
  11. Well, only four days between "release" and the first potential ship date I'm still really happy I get a hard copy of the OST as a bonus - it's an absolute 5 star concept album. Plus a book I will actually read - what a wonderful package for the entire thing. I was musing over a purchase of the digital albums only a few weeks ago.
  12. I saw that while I was in a waiting room earlier this evening and got a tad concerned about whether this would actually sell out before I got back home. 1000 units feels low for a score for this sort of franchise - it won't just be the McCreary fans.
  13. It's worth trying for just about anything - you just don't get your hopes up if it's anything more complex than dialogue, percussion and high/low frequencies.
  14. Ah cool. I've never ordered from Mondo before, and thankfully they have a status thing based on your email and order #. I tried to register but their recaptcha thing is either broken or impossible to pass. And no waiting to hear the music in this case - quite the opposite. It'll encourage me to listen to some of the episodes more
  15. Ah, you got 'Vinyl only shipping' too - that's what made me suspicious. Actually, you got taxed and I didn't, so despite overseas shipping I paid around $1 less!
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