Gabriel Bezerra

The scene between Emerie & Echo was one of my favourites this episode. It's very short but made such an impact.
 
Rampart is such a funny man. The way he just ran away and yelled all the time was hilarious.
 
As I said before, I can't imagine thr finale being a 20 minutes episode. It has to be longer. I hope The Emperor returns and that that Zillo Beast goes on a rampage. That would be awesome!!

Something big...
 
Wohoho this is shaping up to be an all-timer, the clone theme in the credits got me super excited. Seeing Omega plotting and leading is such a great conclusion to this series, as is Emerie finally growing a conscience. I have no idea what will come of Rampart and that crack in Wrecker's chest, I can't take another one of them dying. How will they end this in 20 minutes? Zillo eating Hemlock!
 
The orchestra returns and it always sounds so much better when it's here, the animation continues to astonish, I saw that split diopter! Last week's and now this one got me excited again and I can't wait for next week.

Something big...
 
Wohoho this is shaping up to be an all-timer, the clone theme in the credits got me super excited. Seeing Omega plotting and leading is such a great conclusion to this series, as is Emerie finally growing a conscience. I have no idea what will come of Rampart and that crack in Wrecker's chest, I can't take another one of them dying. How will they end this in 20 minutes? Zillo eating Hemlock!
 
The orchestra returns and it always sounds so much better when it's here, the animation continues to astonish, I saw that split diopter! Last week's and now this one got me excited again and I can't wait for next week.

Who else heard the classic two-note "surprise" music when looking at these? lol
 

Honestly the first couple seasons of TNG have the best music. I even think Ron Jones's "Q Who?" > "Best of Both Worlds" in some ways, and that's definitely the high water mark of seasons 3 & 4, which have the next best music after the first two seasons... Chattaway's first score "Tin Man" is excellent and Ron Jones was still giving his all... but to be honest Dennis McCarthy was at his best by far in season 1 with scores like "Arsenal of Freedom". Screen Archives has that complete score in stock but alas I'm not finding any sound clips anywhere: 
https://www1.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/26712/STAR-TREK-THE-NEXT-GENERATION-ENCOUNTER-AT-FARPOINT-THE-ARSENAL-OF-FREEDOM-EXPANDED-EDITION/
 
I find the Don Davis score less memorable but it's on La-La Land's TNG Vol. 1 set, complete. Unfortunately I've checked around and that 3CD set seems to be going for $280 or more. Maybe keep an eye on Ebay if you liked the score.
 
Yavar

I couldn’t agree more. 
 
Probably was a combination of shots being more expensive and time consuming to set up and a desire to streamline the process for efficiency, cost, and comfort of the crew and actors.  They found their safe groove, but in some ways it got boring. 
 
I actually really enjoy the early TNG seasons for the reasons you mentioned and for the livelier scoring as well. 

So is early TNG, at times!

 
Rob Bowman in particular did a lot of cool angles and dramatic lighting, as director.
 
Oftentimes the writing in early TNG is very hit-or-miss, but the directing was actually far more interesting/striking than when the show "got good" (it become more homogenous and didn't swing for the fences directorially, as much).
 
Yavar

Ah. It took me some time to see if "wtf are you kidding me" came out as positive or negative. (Positive, apparently.) Sometimes when I'm navel gazing and thinking "How would I make the Animated Series into live action?" I realize the I would know what the sets would look like, I'd know how the actors would act. But I would be utterly out of my depth with the cinematography.
 
Balance of Terror stands apart a little bit even in first season TOS. It's very moody. This was a great quote from X: "Early TOS was like noir in color."
 
 
Oh heavens, yes. I love SNW. It's my second favorite Star Trek. But when they went back to Balance of Terror they went with the common conception of "Kirk is a cowboy who shoots from the hip". (I have since come to adore Paul Wesley in other episodes.) HOW can you do that Kirk in the very episode that has him going full Hamlet with Bones? "What if I'm wrong?" He's never a cowboy. Although he does decide that the Romulan vessel has to be stopped.
 
I always say that the two sides of the Star Trek coin are Balance of Terror and The Corbomite Maneuver. Or put another way The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
 

Oh no! People on the internet are cranky about Star Wars!

The simple truth is that, in every case, release order is the preferred order for watching a film series for the first time. 
 

Musically right?

It's becoming a running joke at my house. "NOW are they going to kill Wrecker?"
 
I'm glad someone else thinks putting Omega in with the kids is a terrible idea.
 
Best part of the episode? They showed a mouse droid SEVERAL times and it never made THE sound that it always makes! I think this might be a first!
 
(Ok, actual best part of the episode was holding my breath thinking that the science ship was going to jump without them.)
 
 

That's Massacre from Season 4 (E19) and the final 4 episodes of Season 5, really good episodes.

Me popping into this thread to see if there's any interesting discussion related to the thread title
 

I believe this is the worst Empire Star Wars cover I've seen

Something tells me you didn't watch Tales of the Jedi
 
Glad we got more animated Star Wars (the best kind of Star Wars) and I hope a new series is soon to be revealed on May 4.
 
It will also fit quite nicely after the Bad Batch finale, continuing with the Empire

To be fair, everything Clone X says doesn't sound friendly

This looks FANTASTIC!
 
My wife introduced me to Rebels, Clone Wars, etc. and I've loved all of it.
 
Then again, I am a rather big nerd.

Something tells me you didn't watch Tales of the Jedi
 
Glad we got more animated Star Wars (the best kind of Star Wars) and I hope a new series is soon to be revealed on May 4.
 
It will also fit quite nicely after the Bad Batch finale, continuing with the Empire

Something tells me you didn't watch Tales of the Jedi
 
Glad we got more animated Star Wars (the best kind of Star Wars) and I hope a new series is soon to be revealed on May 4.
 
It will also fit quite nicely after the Bad Batch finale, continuing with the Empire

The most striking aspect of the Dune movies to me is how tactile they are. I can feel the sand rippling on the dunes, the wind in my hair, the tremors through the ground. The sort of eyes-half-closed abstract visual of the title shots (that reappear as transition shots in Part 2) is something all of us recognize, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone try to visualize it. For this, I think it's very fitting with a similarly tactile score. It's not concerned with the intellect or complexity of scoring traditions, but with the visceral impact it can give. The House Atreides melody on bagpipe/electric guitar feels right, and the same theme on duduk over synth chords feels right, though it's a completely different context.

Breaking just now...
 
The Supreme Court on Saturday agreed to decide whether the love theme "A Time of Quiet Between the Storms" can also act as a representation for House Atreides. In a one-page unsigned order, the justices ordered a federal appeals court to continue to keep on hold the distribution of the Dune: Part One sketchbook album in order to mitigate the possibility of evidence tempering. Composer Hans Zimmer dismissed the case, arguing that he has Oscar immunity, and cannot be persecuted for musical abstraction, a crime that carries up to 20 years in Clemmensen asylum. "I hate to call it a love theme," he added, "because it is so much more." He has yet to explain what "more" means. His assistant composer Steve Mazzaro emotionally urged the court to drop the case pleading that "Love is universal and can represent all things."
 
Source: Deadline

Trailer just dropped.
6 episodes. Same way as Tales Of The Jedi explored momemts from Jedi, this goes behind the scenes at the Empire. This trailer looks fantastic!
 
 
Morgan Elsbeth
Thrawn
Grand Inquisitor
Bariss
Grievous
Darth Vader
 
I love the dark side, so this is fantastic!
 
 

I will not hide my excitement!
The animated Star Wars shows are some of the best Star Wars there is.
 
If Kiner (& Co.) are scoring it, I hope the Imperial March returns as well as their own theme for the Grand Inquisitor