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The writer does mistake a tuba for a French Horn in Binary Sunset. Cadillac of the Skies is one of my all time favorites. Specially after all the apotheosis has died down, what Jim tells the doctor. It's heartbreaking
That score and movie are not given nearly enough love.
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The choreography there is incredible.
Last year the same band did a video game tribute. If nothing else, it's worth watching for the running horse:
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Looks very promising, epic. I found the music choice to be cliche myself, but certainly not as much as the Inception BRRRRM or general Zimmer wall of sound.
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In recent years, yes. He virtually created the predominant sound in modern film scores single-handedly. For better or for worse it has been a successful and widespread shift in the industry. Though there remains some diversity and "old school" music from some corners I don't know if and when the wave will break and usher in another era.
But of all time? No. That will always be John Williams.
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John Williams has now entered the pantheon of musicians who have had death hoaxes on the internet, including Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus.
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Angela's Ashes, followed closely by The Phantom Menace.
Looking at that list, 1999 was a great year for film scores.
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Saw this yesterday. One of the most intense movies I've ever seen and nearly unbelievable on a technical and visual level. Cuaron must be a wizard of some kind.
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I like the idea that Ozymandias was the finale, and the last two episodes were slower paced because there was really no way or need to top the emotional gravitas of the end of Walt's empire.
That's how I see it as well. In a way Walt was fatally wounded in "Ozymandias", died alone slowly in "Granite State", and returned in the finale as a ghost to tie up loose ends. He looks hollow and changed and shambles around from scene to scene like a man already dead.
I've seen some people say Walt achieved redemption in the episode but I don't think that's true. If redemption was what Walt (and by extension, Vince Gilligan) wanted he would have turned himself in to the police and sold Lydia and the Nazis out to them, thereby protecting his family even if they got none of his money. Even then, with all the things he's done throughout the series that wouldn't have been enough. We're talking about a guy who indirectly caused a place crash that killed 160. There was no redeeming him. What we have instead is a recognition of who Walt really was and why he did the things he did. No more delusion and pretense, just a selfish man who ruined everyone around him and, finally, himself.
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It was a very fitting end and surprisingly not as dark as I thought it would be. Most of the characters all got what they wanted more or less. I can see why Vince Gilligan called it victorious, though I would not call it redemptive. Walt ended up being as much a victim of it all as anyone else.
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I've thought for a while that a cop drama in Gotham similar to The Wire could be great. But on Fox? I dunno. I always figured it would work better on HBO or something.
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There's going to have to be a time jump to Walt's 52nd birthday, by which he has changed his looks and is going by a different identity. I think during this time Jesse will be cooking for Lydia and the Nazis because he's a better cook than Todd and really the best after Walt. His skills are the only thing keeping him alive, and though he's pretty much lost all will to live I think him wanting to get revenge on Walt could keep him going.
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I'm gonna get an ulcer watching this show. So great and awful at the same time.
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Vince Gilligan has said that tonight's episode, titled "Ozymandias", is his favorite episode of the show.
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It's a little odd to me that's the direction they're taking with Batman since Superman just began and Nolan already did a variant on that in his third Batman movie.
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Considering Vince Gilligan is doing it himself I'm confident in it, or rather Gilligan's ability to make it good.
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The Prestige is a fantastic piece of work. My favorite Nolan film thus far and rather underrated compared to much of his other stuff.
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It doesn't seem to have any personality or idiosyncrasy at all. The death scene seems to be much less impactful than the original one, plus, a great deal of Robocop's menace was how slow he moved, like a human tank. Just the sound of his footsteps was an announcement
Agreed. He looks too much like a man in a suit; more human with the one exposed hand and more of the face. The original really felt like a machine albeit with a mostly human face and certain impulses. Beyond that it looks too much like a generic, modern sci-fi action movie. There's nothing interesting in the trailer at all.
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Good for him. He's had an extraordinary career.
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Thematically, Ocarina of Time is just insane. It boggles my mind that Koji Kondo could come up with that many memorable themes in addition to all the other games he's scored. The man's a machine.
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Except Jesse knew Brock wasn't poisoned by ricin, he was poisoned by the lily of the valley. So Jesse would still not have any reason of suspecting Walt's involvement. In fact, in reality, he wouldn't have connected this incident with that at all because as far as he knew, he just lost the cigarette. It's still pretty far-fetched.
Again, look back at "End Times" for reference. Jesse initially assumes that Walt had Saul lift the cigarette to poison Brock. He nearly shoots him in the head over it. It's true that he has no actual proof that Walt poisoned the boy given that it wasn't ricin, but by this time Jesse has built up deep resentment towards Walt. He assumes again that his initial feeling was right and it enrages him. If nothing else, Saul essentially admits to all of it when Jesse has the gun on him.
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That's pretty much my confusion too.
From what more I've read, last season Walt wanted to leave evidence that he poisoned Brock, but then convince Jesse that Gus was actually responsible and trying to drive them apart, prompting Jesse to go after Gus in revenge.
So I guess he was meant to work out the cigarette thing (see my next point) before, but instead he incorrectly figured it fell out or something (remember him blaming himself?). So, nothing points to Walt, and it can be blamed squarely on Gus.
In the season 4 episode "End Times" Jesse finds out Brock had been poisoned after not being able to find his ricin cigarette. He immediately assumes that Walt had Saul lift the cigarette from him so he could poison the boy and nearly kills Walt over it. Walt manages to convince him that it was Gus who took the cigarette and poisoned Brock. After Gus is killed Jesse finds out that Brock was poisoned by the lily of the valley plant and not ricin, which discriminates Gus. Unbeknownst to him, Walt actually did have Saul take the cigarette from Jesse and poison Brock, though not with ricin. In the latest episode, once Jesse notices that Huell pick-pocketed his weed he puts two and two together and realizes it wasn't the first time Huell had done this and that he was right about the missing cigarette the first time. It amounted to Jesse understanding that his initial assumption about the situation was true.
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Anyway, the suggestion that Snyder is bad in casting is not accurate.
I didn't mean to say that he is bad at casting. Only that his track record is spottier than Nolan's. Man of Steel was exceptionally well cast even if the script didn't quite support the talent.
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Ozymandias was either miscast or misdirected. Probably both.
I'd say Silk Spectre was as well.
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But both Michael Keaton and Ledger were totally left field casting, going totally against popular expectations and allowing the actors to show a side of their acting they never had a chance to do before. And they were bold choices made by mostly artistic motivations.
And Ledger was cast by Chris Nolan. Zach Snyder is no Nolan, not even close. He does not illicit the same kind of confidence and trust.
Was "Confrontation with Count Dooku and Finale" the full return of the Imperial march you had dreamed of?
in JOHN WILLIAMS
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Vader's death might be my favorite of the whole series.
Jedi also has one of the best force theme statements at Vader's funeral.