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Of course there won't be such a box. And there won't be "improved" versions of the original trilogy either ... :roll:

I'm not 100 % sure, but I'm positive that Jameson's son did have a liaison with MJ in the early Spidey comics. If not, I think they picked him to give that story a little more importance, that's all. Maybe they went for the typical "she dumps the famous, rich guy in favour of the decent one".

Well, Eddie Brock was already mentioned once in either Spidey 1 or 2, can't remember. Jammeson mentions his name. I can't see any sense in tranforming his son into Venom. He'll bring the alien costume to earth, no doubt, but I'm sure he won't wear it. I'm curious however whether Spidey will get it for a while. I'm quite excited about this news, but The Sandman is indeed a wierd choice. Venom alone provides enough material for a dozen movies! They should have scrapped Sandman and bring in Carnage instead.

Who's Venom? You'll see ... Imagine The Hulk totally in black, with Spidey's powers and a living alien- costume that becomes a part of your mind (symbiont).

Venom!! At LAST! I knew there was no way Sam Raimi could pass him.

I think Doyle will be using Hedwig's theme and the "friendship" theme, or however you want to call it (the one in Harry's Wondrous World). I wouldn't even be surprised if Williams' old themes would outdo Doyle's new ones. ... God, why am I so pessismistic today? No, wait, I know: our election results ....

That would be like arguing whether Vader really IS Luke's father.

No Q, no gadgets, 28 years old ... great! Now, why exactly is he called "James Bond" then?

Believe it or not, what bothers me most about the new Superman is the costume. Why do we have a three- dimensional "S" now? It just looks lost on that suit. I don't like the colour either.

Well, for me, it's always like "ok, let's get over the Quidditch as fast as possible". I find it just boring, sorry.

About Quidditch: to be honest, I've never understood the fascination about that "sport". Every time I read a Potter book, I quickly run over it and get back to the story. Therefore, I'm glad that Quidditch won't interrupt the story this time.

Sure, but everything always comes down to Voldemort, doesn't it? Even in PoA, his shadow is lurking over the story. A little OT question: I heard there'll be only five Potter films made, is that true?

Yes, it's really funny: when someone you like gets one, it's the greatest thing in the world, but when your least favourite composer holds one in his hand, they're suddenly "overrated".

Finally someone with a unique approach/style getting some attention, what's the problem? I'm afraid that these few clips from Kong don't get me excited, though.

Doug Adams said it will probably be around 60 bucks.

The delay from spring to fall was caused by some restructuring at Warner if I remember correctly. The actual work on this thingy began around June/ July, so four months for one Soundtrack should be a reasonable estimation. Add one month for manufacturing the boxes and you end up with 10 months, give or take. Concerning 80 leitmotifs: I have spotted about 40 motifs that I could call "leitmotifs" without feeling silly. Although I am still in awe of Shore's genius, I can't really see where they could have picked up twice as much.

I'd rather have had a Williams score for GoF than for War Of The Worlds or Episode III, but I'm pretty sure that's just me He'd have lost quite some prestige if he hadn't done ROTS I guess. @ ridan I don't think you can compare Star Wars and Harry Potter. The bond between John Williams and Star Wars is based on more than the usual "well, Williams did it again". Plus, I don't see how Star Wars is a series. It's two trilogies with two big stories and one huge arc. Harry Potter on the other hand is a series with seven individual storylines, held together by a basic plot, which is Voldemort vs Harry.

Aviator, A History Of Violence ... what doesn't sound like LOTR?

Yeah, Potter AND Star Wars (not so positive for me, but for many) AND LOTR in one month is more than you could ever ask for.

Tell Santa to bring on news on the two other scores! Can't they release the films backwards, with ROTK first?

I don't think he would want to become a series- composer or however you want to call this. Not that being the John Barry of the Potter series would be a bad thing, I just don't think he'd like it. And, as horrific as it sounds, he might die until 2007. Sounds rude, but you have to consider that possibility

Someone tried to sell ToD for 179 Euro on amazon.de. No thank you.

Oh, well ... I guess I should be more careful with my thoughts before I reveal further lack of knowledge I was just amazed that there was no AA for Jurassic Park. I do know however that I wouldn't have given the 1977 Oscar to Star Wars, but to Close Encounters, which I still think is Williams' best to date. And maybe it would have opened the door for Empire Strikes Back.

@ Magical Me Well, as far as I'm concerned, I didn't see that humor, sorry. @ L. Skywalker Didn't know that either. I also think that Williams was robbed of at least two Oscars (Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Jurassic Park come to my mind), but my point is that there's no reason to complain.

Aren't 40- something nominations and 5 Oscars enough recognition? I don't know another composer with these decorations, so we have absolutely no reason to complain. Of course, Williams is still doing fantastic, but if he has to deliver scores of the quality of Jaws or Schindler's List (to name two Oscar- rewarded scores) to get another academy award, then abandon your hopes for another one; Williams is past this peak, that's another thing we should start to accept. John Williams is a genius and you have to measure him by this brilliance. Sure, most of his scores are still superior to other composers' work, but in comparison with his own opus, his latest work (say Jurassic Park onwards) is standard Williams; nothing more, nothing less. Naturally, the Academy has to compare different scores, different composers, but to actually win the award, a composer not only has to outdo his colleagues, he also has to outdo himself, and I can't see that in Williams' latest efforts; not the SW prequels, not Terminal, not The Patriot, not Minority Report, not A.I.; the only score that may have deserved it was Prisoner Of Azkaban. My opinion on the importance of the Oscars is this: if you peel off every layer of that event, the glamour, the media, the host, the stars, all you have is a bunch of people stating their opinion in the public. I could do that, JWfan could do that. The only differences between me and the Academy are: 1) I don't get that much attention 2) the academy knows a little better what they're doing But no matter what you or me think, awards do play an important role. Which movie do the not-so-picky customers (and I think there's a fair amount of them out there) buy, the movie with 2 awards or the film with 11? Which film gets the attention of the media? The director/actor/composer of which film has a better chance at getting bigger assignments? Concerning Williams this year: if not for Memoirs Of A Geisha or War Of The Worlds, then for nothing (I have no idea about Spielberg's next film). The two mentioned above are at least a little unusual for Williams. Maybe Patrick Doyle or Howard Shore get a nomination, too. I have little hope for Shore, though, in case he follows the path of Aviator and A History Of Violence on his way to Kong. An award for Doyle would be a slap in the face for Williams, though.