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  1. Yep. I have tickets for my first three viewings, taking different people for each of their first viewings. The first will be with my wife on Thursday evening, the second will be with my childhood friend since 1982 (who I always see Star Wars with) on Friday morning, and third will be with my son (for his first theatrical Star Wars) on Monday morning. I'll probably go back for an IMAX 3D viewing whenever my brother comes to town. I hope it's good enough to see 4 times! My least favorite Star Wars film was AotC, and I saw that 5 times in the theater. If TFA is better than AotC, I'll do cartwheels.
  2. Yeah, I'll agree that the nebula had lots of gas matter that could be reorganized into a star and Genesis planet. In real life, nebualae are the building blocks of stars and planets. No. I wasn't suggesting that Spock's katra be entered into someone else. I think you misunderstand Vulcan mysticism. Forget about ST:III for a moment. When all Vulcans are about to die, they put their katra into someone else if possible. Then what normally happens is that person goes to the Mt. Seleya temple on Vulcan and the usual ritual puts the katra into an katric ark: an artifact that can somehow store katras of dead Vulcans. Vulcans leaders have the privelige of going to the temple and mind-melding with arks posessing the souls of dead Vulcans to gain some of their wisdom. That being said, with the discovery that McCoy posessed Spock's katra and no knowledge that Spock's body survived, they had no reason to go to Genesis and no hope of putting Spock's katra back into any living body. Spock's katra (through McCoy) told Kirk to take him to Vulcan. This was so Spock's katra could join the ranks of all the other dead Vulcans that were there (in katric form). That is the normal "afterlife" of Vulcans, which is all that Spock's katra expected. Spock's katra also didn't seem to know that his body had regenerated on Genesis. The torpedo tube is not so much an issue. From reading the movie novelizations, I remember that Saavik was supposed to program Spock's tube for a trajectory that would make it burn up in Genesis's atmosphere, but there was still some background Genesis wave raditation putting the final touches on the planet's biosphere and at the last minute she programmed the tube to instead intercept the Genesis wave, so that the dead matter of Spock's body would be reorganized into new life. She thought it was a fitting way to destroy Spock's dead body, but she didn't tell anyone that she had done that. She succeeded in shooting spock's tube into the Genesis wave, but of course no one including Saavik expected the tube to soft-land on the planet, and I'm ok with that little detail going unexplained. But if Spock's body was supposed to go to Vulcan, then why was it launched into space at all? I still think if Vulcans have a burial or cremation ritual for dead Vulcan bodies, that someone should have known about Vulcan death culture on the Enterprise (like Kirk or Saavik), or Spock would have had a Will with final wishes. Afterall, Kirk knew that Mt. Seleya was on Vulcan. As I stated above, McCoy only needed to go to Vulcan to for both he and Spock's katra to find peace. The body of the deceased Vulcan is not required for that ritual, or they wouldn't have jettisoned it in the first place. When they showed up with Spock's body still alive, instead of the normal everyday ritual of transmitting the katra from the person carrying it and to the katric temple (Vulcan afterlife), they had the option of performing the rare ritual of ages past where someone thought they were going to die but didn't, so the katra could be put back into the original body. Thanks for that info, Neil! That makes more sense than anything I have heard, except for one thing... Why did they change it?! It makes more sense for Kirk to discover McCoy had Spock's katra, prepare to take him to Vulcan so Spock's katra could achieve Vulcan afterlife, but then discover that Spock's body may have been regenerated on Genesis, so then they went there on a hope and a prayer that they could somehow restore Spock's katra to his body and bring Spock back to life. But being that it was dangerous territory near the Klingon Neutral Zone, they had to disobey orders and steal the Enterprise as portrayed in the final edit of the film to do so. Damn that would have made so much more sense. Why didn't they keep that? Why?
  3. Cool! One of my all-time fave non-Williams movies and scores. It says on backorder but I just ordered it. Can't wait to get it. I have all the songs and will probably make a version with the songs in the appropriate places. I'm not much for oldies or pop music, but these songs have somewhat grown on me from watching the movie so much. But if I listen to it and think the songs break up the flow of the score music, then I'll go back to just the score. I'll just have to try to see what I think.
  4. Oh good, big TSfS fans. I am a Star Trek fan, but a couple things don't make sense to me about TSfS, and no one so far can answer my questions. Stefan or John, maybe you can help me appreciate this movie more? I'm being serious. I want to enjoy this film. It connects TWoK and TVH, two classics in my book. I buy that Spock's body was regenerated by the Genesis Wave. But what reason would Kirk and company on Earth have to go get Spock's body? They didn't know that Spock's body was alive on Genesis. They discovered that McCoy had Spock's katra, and why would they need Spock's dead body to transfer his katra to the katric ark or whatever on Vulcan? Why didn't Kirk just take McCoy strait to Vulcan? Why would Sarek or Spock's katra (can't remember which right now) be offended that they "left" Spock's body on Genesis? If the body was required for some ceremonial (yet illogical) purpose, then why did they just eject his dead body into space in a photon torpedo tube? Wouldn't Spock have a will with instructions for what Starfleet was supposed to do with his body if he died? If not, wouldn't Kirk know? Or wouldn't Saavik at least know about Vulcan customs dealing with death? Everyone says plot holes, but I'm open to explainations. It does seem like they just needed to get Spock's katra reunited with his body and couldn't contrive any plot device to explain why Kirk took McCoy to Genesis in the first place. Please help me!
  5. I'm sure the Prequel scores will be given the same treatment as the OT scores in due time. It's just a matter of when. Maybe when the Saga is finally released on Blu-Ray we'll get the intended editions of the Prequel scores as part of the soundtrack tie in. Yes, I must have all complete Star Wars scores, starting with the two we have the least music on: AotC and RotS. I'm still bummed that some of the Jabba'a palace and sail barge music masters are lost or destroyed.
  6. I don't know if I would call it great, but Star Wars: The Clone Wars, I guess. The soundtrack was definitely much better than the movie, that's for sure. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock was a pretty bad movie. And I didn't care for Memoirs of a Geisha that much. I don't have very many soundtracks for movies I don't like. I think of it as a way of controlling my budget on my film score hobby.
  7. I found other threads for this topic, but this one is the longest, has the most discussion, and was posted in most recently... Last night my wife took me to the Columbus, Ohio concert as a birthday present. I first want to say, wow! Awesome! Being a big fan of Star Wars, film score, and Star Wars film score, I absolutely loved being at this concert. I'm not big fan of listening to recorded live music, because it never compares to the studio recordings (here I'm referring to music in general, not just film score). But being there live, it can just be magical. You can feel the energy of the musicians. You become a part of a greater whole, the performer-audiance dynamic, whatever you want to call it. It's hard to describe. Being at a live concert is a greater experience than just listening to the music at home. The giant screen showing the Star Wars "videos", the laser light show, Anthony Daniels narration, the costumes and such in the lobbies, etc. were all great but still just bonus, because I would have immensely enjoyed the concert with only the 82-piece orchestra and 80-member choir making the music for me. Seeing John Williams conduct my local Columbus Symphony Orchestra was an awesome experience as well, but my enjoyment of this concert was very close to that experience. During the opening Main Theme, Duel of the Fates, Battle of the Heroes, Imperial March, Ben's Death/Tie Fighter Attack, Light of the Force, and Throne Room/Finale, I couldn't hide the from my wife the fact that I got a bit teary-eyed. All that being said, I also wanted to mention something else but I didn't want it to read like a harsh critism or anything. As the previous post states, the narration and video presentation of Star Wars in Concert was in fact almost identical to Star Wars: A Musical Journey, the bonus DVD that came with the Revenge of the Sith sountrack. It was still a nice bonus to have with the live concert experience, but I feel slightly mislead in that that the video presentation would be "new" for this concert. 2005 is four years ago and not really "new" IMO. The music selection is almost identical to the track selection of that DVD as well, in music included and order IIRC. The program says John Williams personally made the selections for this concert tour, but that is also not directly true because he would have made the selections for the Musical Journey DVD. As far as I know, this concert wasn't planned back then. Maybe John Williams really was newly consulted and said "I suggest using the DVD as a guide." That's still roundabout and misleading IMO. All of the music from the DVD was in the show, with at least the addition of the Flag Parade. Right now I can't think of any other additions. I didn't write them down because I thought they would be in the concert program my wife went out and bought for me during the intermission, but when I got home last night and looked in it, they didn't have the list. If anyone remembers any other additions, please post them here. I was slightly disappointed that the encore was just a repeat performance of Imperial March, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it again. And instead of the Star Wars video, the encore presentation showed the conducter and orchestra on the big screen. I was a nice final touch to emphasize the performers. I thought the sound quality of the concert was very good, and have no problems with the venue's sound production. Being a new father, I looked around was very pleased to see a lot of families, or at least dads and sons. Since my son is still a baby, we sent him to my sister-in-law's to baby-sit. I hope they have Star Wars events like this concert, the Science of Imagination and Magic of Myth when my son is old enough so I can take him (if he is even into Star Wars). The only detrimental aspect to the show's "sound" was the little toddler that sat directly behind us. He kept fairly quiet for the first half of the show, but after the intermission the kid wouldn't shut up. The good part is that during the music, I only heard a few peeps out of him during soft parts. The rest of the time, the kid was thankfully drowned out. But the really annoying part was during Anthony Daniel's narration when the kid kept complaining that he was tired, and was it almost time to go? His mom kept shushing him to no avail. He kicked my seat a few time too. I wanted to turn around and tell his mom that she needs to take the kid to the lobby when he will stop disturbing others around him. When Anthony Daniels talks, people are supposed to shut up and listen. Get a baby-sitter for kids that young - that's got to be cheaper than the ticket price. He was up way past his bed time. Some parents are so inconsiderate and rude to others (a pet peave of mine in movie theaters too). In fact, I think the kid was too young for Star Wars films anyway, so he should be too young for this concert too. Granted, they didn't show the melty Anakin telling Obi-Wan that he hated him, but still! Leave the very young kids at home people. OK, rant over. Despite all that, it still was an awesome experience. What a great show! And one of the nicest birthday presents I have ever recieved in 39 years. EDIT: I see now the tour used to be called "Star Wars: A Musical Journey" before it changed to "Star Wars: In Concert". And now I see from here that no, it doesn't look there are any additional cues beyond the DVD performed except The Flag Parade.
  8. 1. Star Trek (2009) 2. Revenge of the Sith 3. Shadows of the Empire (ok, not a film score, but I iike it anyway)
  9. ID4, The Mummy and Narnia are in order. I love that. Thanks.
  10. Thanks a lot for your reply about ID4 and The Mummy. But the Batman link you posted is about Elfman's Batman. I was asking about Batman Begins (2005, by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard).
  11. I have borrowed the following soundtracks/scores from my local library, and I would like to listen to the tracks in chronological order. Can anyone help me? Dune (1984) Apollo 13 Independence Day The Mummy (1999) Troy Batman Begins The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Thanks.
  12. I'm posting from a planet where we watch the movie before we review it or decide to boycott it. It is very simple to live on this planet. If we read about a movie and we are not interested in watching it, then we don't watch it. If we want to watch it, we do. After viewing the movie, we may decide if we like the movie or not. Sometimes we tell other people our opinions, even when no one else cares. For example, I have seen both Terminator and "T2." After veiwing each movie, I decided that they sucked. Based on my experiences, I decided to not bother with the third Terminator movie. I have no opinion on the third movie because I have never seen it. Since I am an alien to your world, please forgive my poor command of your language. Thanks.
  13. I already had the 3 released BttF OST/scores, and the trilogy re-recording. Thank you Nemesis, and thank you Delorean90 for your BttF (Part I) compilation. Delorean90, I have read your thread on the trading board. Do you mind clarifying the source of each track (bootleg, DVD rip, trilogy re-recording) if not already obvious, adding any additional commentary about the quality of any tracks? Thanks, and Merry Christmas! Whill
  14. Is this worth the money? eBay listing I realize this a bootleg, but I'd really like to have the score at the best possible quality. I only have one complete score (IJatToD) and don't know how to trade it anyway, so I didn't post anything about BttF in the trade sections. Thanks for your advice...
  15. It looks like someone has watched his special features. I stand corrected. But I still think Serkis is a shoe-in, the easiest person to get to be in these movies.
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