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The Terminal and Harry Potter have come...and gone...
John Crichton replied to King Mark's topic in General Discussion
Nothing official has been said about Williams invovement in GoF. Yet. -
Bottom of the Barrel:Your 10 least listened to JW scores
John Crichton replied to King Mark's topic in General Discussion
And how would Jurassic Park be classified, with its whole two non-character related themes? -
Changes to Star Wars trilogy on DVD?
John Crichton replied to pixie_twinkle's topic in General Discussion
LOL That's all we need: Murray, Lord of the Sith Wannabes. -
Changes to Star Wars trilogy on DVD?
John Crichton replied to pixie_twinkle's topic in General Discussion
The fact it was on Ain't it Cool made it look fake to me. -
Nah, epic lightsaber deul. And for those of you who think that the old guys can't wield a lightsaber, (highlight for Ep. 3 spoiler)check out Palpatine in Ep. 3!
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I agree, I don't see why we need to discuss this. We all know that we'll be devastated when he does pass away. But instead of obsessing about it, let's enjoy the time between now and that unknown and hopefully far away time to it's fullest. We know he's gonna keep writing music until that day comes. And after.
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Bottom of the Barrel:Your 10 least listened to JW scores
John Crichton replied to King Mark's topic in General Discussion
I don't believe that many John Williams fans base their opinions of The Patriot on political undertones. Also remember that Revolutionary patriotism is quite different from today's. It has nothing to do with political undertones, just love of my country. And it's not the basis for my liking the score, just one of several reasons. Read my whole post. And as for others, I've seen several people say they didn't like the American patriotic undertones in the score. How much of a degree this plays is up to the individual listener. -
The Terminal and Harry Potter have come...and gone...
John Crichton replied to King Mark's topic in General Discussion
I didn't mean that everyone agrees. I don't think it could happen, or want it to happen. Just tally up the resuslts and see what ends up on top. I don't agree with all of the scores in the Official Top 10, but I accept the results as the consensus opinion of everyone that submitted a top 10 list. -
The Terminal and Harry Potter have come...and gone...
John Crichton replied to King Mark's topic in General Discussion
It's all about the countdown to Ep. 3 now. With all the top 10 lists that have been flying around lately, maybe we should do some official ones, like the Official Top 10 Scores from a couple of years ago. We could have another top 10 scores, top 10 cues, top 10 themes, worst 10 scores, and any other craziness we can think of. I know we've done most of these unofficially recently, but it would be cool to tally up resuslts and see what the consensus is. -
I certainly don't love the score for Hook because I love the movie. As I've said before, Hook's score is even better considering the very bad movie it was written for. But I still picture the flow of the movie's narrative while listening to the score. The score wouldn't exist if not for the movie.
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Bottom of the Barrel:Your 10 least listened to JW scores
John Crichton replied to King Mark's topic in General Discussion
I like the Patriot quite a bit, but it would never be in my top 10 or anything. The main theme is quite good. It has a very (no pun intended) patriotic feel to it, which I'm sure doesn't appeal to many outside the US, but is a big reason I like it so much. The other themes are serviceable, not great or awful. The action music is, as always, rather good. I also consider The Parish Church Aflame to be some of Williams' best tragic writing ever. -
Changes to Star Wars trilogy on DVD?
John Crichton replied to pixie_twinkle's topic in General Discussion
Isn't that from right before he says "Get the gun! Point it at the deck!"? SeekUYoda, who hasn't seen ROTJ in a while. It's from some point in the Sail Barge battle. He didn't put the glove on until after. -
I'm like this too. Once I am familiar with the score in the film, I don't pay any attention to track titles. I just connect the cue I'm hearing to the scene that it's used in the film. Half the time when I'm referencing track titles on the board I have to go look them up! Plus all my 1 CD OSTs are edited to be in cronological order, so I often forget how the original CD was arranged too.
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Changes to Star Wars trilogy on DVD?
John Crichton replied to pixie_twinkle's topic in General Discussion
I don't think I've been incorrect about this yet, much less again. You may think so, but I don't. Like everything else, to each his own. EDIT (to avoid the dreaded double post)- Theforce.net just posted what was thought to be the first picture of the Ep. 3 Vader costume, but it turns out it's an old one. http://www.theforce.net/episode3/index.shtml#24196 -
Changes to Star Wars trilogy on DVD?
John Crichton replied to pixie_twinkle's topic in General Discussion
Allright now you are officially un-cool. Justin - Hey, I said what I said. And I am right. But at least TNG is about 1000000 times better than Voyager or Enterprise. -
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John Crichton replied to Luke Skywalker's topic in General Discussion
They do for me. My avatar is on my PC. Just select "browse," choose, and hit "upload image." As long as it's the right size and file type, it should work. -
Changes to Star Wars trilogy on DVD?
John Crichton replied to pixie_twinkle's topic in General Discussion
My favorite TV shows are ones that emphasize character development and long term story arcs. And DS9 ruled on both. TNG had some, but it was mostly villian/technobabble of the week, IMO. -
Changes to Star Wars trilogy on DVD?
John Crichton replied to pixie_twinkle's topic in General Discussion
The Adam West Batman series was camp. The 1980 Flash Gordon was camp. Star Trek was a serious science fiction series. It was never made to be goofy or to get a cheap laugh at the expense of characters or situations. It had humor, sure, but always to serve the story. At least during the first two seasons. Neil All right, point taken, poor choice of words. But it does seem pretty cheesy to me. Never got into it. But I don't like Next Generation much either. The only ST series I've really gotten into is DS9. And yes, Batman was the ultimate in camp. It's probably in the dictionary under camp. -
Bottom of the Barrel:Your 10 least listened to JW scores
John Crichton replied to King Mark's topic in General Discussion
Three of your Bottom 10 are in my Top 10. Can't say we don't have diversity of opinion here. -
LOL "Right, I'm stopping this sketch. It's silly!"- Monty Python
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Changes to Star Wars trilogy on DVD?
John Crichton replied to pixie_twinkle's topic in General Discussion
That's just...disturbing. I don't like the original ST series, way to camp for me. The movies are much better. -
Couldn't have put it better myself. My feelings too.
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Plural of Mr. I think. "Messr. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs" right?
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Bottom of the Barrel:Your 10 least listened to JW scores
John Crichton replied to King Mark's topic in General Discussion
The Star Wars: ANH SE has better sound quality than most of today's scores. You just don't get that brassy sound anymore. When there's a big trumpet or horn crecendo (sp?) in that score, you FEEL it. Not so today. -
Bottom of the Barrel:Your 10 least listened to JW scores
John Crichton replied to King Mark's topic in General Discussion
I don't own enough JW scores to have a bottom 10. But if I did, AOTC would never, ever be a bottom 10 score.
