Edmilson
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That petition failed because it was targeting Disney. Can you imagine how many fan petitions involving Disney properties people create every single day? The ONLY way it would gather any kind of attention from a Disney employee is if, like, dozens of millions of people signed it. And even then it's not guaranteed that they would listen.
The way I see it, Disney and Lucasfilm won't listen to a few film score diehards on the internet. But they MAY listen to Matessino, because they already know him, they know he works in the industry and have contacts, he even (hopefully) has the blessing of John Williams himself.
It's up to Matessino to pitch his vision to Disney and try to make it happen. I'm pretty confident he can get at least one meeting with higher ups at Lucasfilm and Disney Records. If he convinces them of how valuable those albums can be (and not only in financial terms), then we may have a chance.
Anyone else knows what he thinks about Disney letting him work on SW and Indy scores? Because if he's waiting for Disney to call him, I'm sorry to break the bad news but that won't happen. It's HIM that has the power and leverage to convince them. And it's us, who consume his work, who can convince him to make a pitch at Disney.
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I wonder how Spielberg calls his dick? "Bruce the one-eyed shark"? "Close Encounters of the Sexy Kind"? "Litle Indiana"? "Willie Scott"? "The Extraterrestrial"? "Jurassic Pork"?
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19 hours ago, Edmilson said:
Christopher Young - Species
Another Young 90s classic. It does seem a bit derivative, particularly from Goldsmith's and Horner's Alien scores (the main theme really makes the temp track clear). But the action, suspense and horror music is, as usual, very engaging and entertaining.
About Species, I almost forgot to mention: the main theme is clearly modeled after Camille Saint-Saëns and his "The Carnival of the Animals", perhaps with a bit of Elfman whimsy. It's a little distracting how similar it is to Saint-Saëns's famous piece, even more so than Menken's Beauty and the Beast or Morricone's Days of Heaven.
Also, it gives an impression that the score is much more "sweeter" than it actually is when actually most of it is dark suspense and action music.
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5 minutes ago, Mr. Hooper said:
What was Steven Seagal's 'Hard to Kill' called there? 'Die Hard'?
"Difícil de Matar", or, in a literal translation, "Difficult to Kill" lol
Of course our translators wouldn't miss the opportunity to make a similar title to the Bruce Willis movie, maybe in order to try to trick some people into thinking it was Die Hard in the pre-internet days
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Every cameo from the trailer:
And 7 Easter Eggs and revelations:
Spoilers in both links, so be careful.
Anyway...
SpoilerOn the second link people are speculating that the Wolverine from this movie is not the same from the Fox movies (whether it's the original timeline or the First Class timeline). Firstly because that one died in Logan, and also this "new" Wolverine is from a reality where he failed to save it from being destroyed or something - perhaps Cassandra Nova was the responsible? Also, people are saying it's from this reality that the Beats from the The Marvels post-credits scene is from.
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On 18/04/2024 at 9:31 AM, Thor said:
Loads of other things too, like DIE HARD being OPERASJON SKYSKRAPER (OPERATION SKYSCRAPER), DELIVERANCE being PIKNIK MED DØDEN (PICNIC WITH DEATH) and so on.
Operation Skyscraper is a nice title for Die Hard. Here it was called "Duro de Matar", which literally means "Hard to Kill" (which I think it's kinda faithful to Die Hard).
But yeah, a lot of movies here receive the "Operation" word in the Portuguese title. Skyfall for example became "007: Operação Skyfall" (literally "Operation Skyfall, which is rather funny because that isn't an operation at all) and Big Hero 6 became "Operação Big Hero".
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On 17/04/2024 at 11:08 PM, crumbs said:It's basically a lose lose situation for us. If we support this garbage, it just encourages them to keep churning out garbage. If we boycott it, they assume nobody buys this stuff and don't invest more money in better releases.
At this point, I think the best option for us the fans is not to wait the idiots at Disney to do a proper Indy and Star Wars release. They won't, and if it's up to them they most likely will keep insisting in re-releasing older programs.
The best strategy is to convince Matessino himself to pitch a new release for the higher ups at Disney Records, Lucasfilm, etc. He would bring his credentials ("I've been working with John Williams to create the best presentation possible for his music over the last 3 decades, etc"), his connections with JW and convince them that such project would be financially interesting for The Walt Disney Co.
If he's able to bring a message from John Williams himself ("I've known Mike for the last 2/3 decades and he's the right man to produce the definitive presentation of my beloved Indy and Star Wars scores...") then his pitch would be even more significant.
Also, it's not like he's a completely unknown at Lucasfilm. Didn't he work on the SEs from 97 and the recent James Horner Willow expansion?
In other words: we can't keep waiting for Disney to do what's right, because they won't. One of "our team" should take the initiative and keep knocking at their door until they say yes.
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Is this a giant Ant-Man helmet? If so, does that mean they went for an apocalyptic version of the main MCU universe in the future, where Ant-Man's giant armor is lying on the ground?
Also, for a moment I thought this James McAvoy's version of Charles Xavier, but then re-watching it and this character is clearly a female. Maybe one of Doctor Strange's magicians? Since on the other scene they're going through a Dr Strange magic portal.
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I like that Wolvie now has comic-accurate suit, but tbh I think older Jackman looks a bit ridiculous in it. I dunno. Movie looks fun though.
12 hours ago, Tallguy said:I've been seeing that headline a lot lately. I don't get how a movie that came out last year is "set to blow its budget" now. Is the movie somehow doing worse than it did a year ago when it was a bomb?
This writer from Forbes has been revealing the massive budgets on many recent Hollywood movies over the last few months. Aside from the Quantumania I posted, there's another one from Indy 5 which I posted on the respective thread:
Plus another one from Universal's Fast X:
And just to say she isn't completely negative, here she calculates the humongous profits that Infinity War and Endgame made for Disney despite their monstrous budgets:
Either way, the fact is that, partially due to filming during the pandemic, movie costs have grown exponentially over the last few years. It's no wonder Bob Iger wants to cut costs on the Disney productions.
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On 17/04/2024 at 2:15 PM, JNHFan2000 said:
This is fabulous!
Almost on par with Call's 23 Lords Of The Shogun. If you love big orchestrals scores, this is for you!
Wonderful stuff.
I just spent yesterday the whole day listening to this. It's wonderful! I loved how many of the tracks are small scale, just gorgeous folksy writing for flutes, harp, fiddle, voices, sometimes a string section... And Beyond the Journe's End is a wonderful cue for full choir.
In fact, disc 1 is so good that 2 underwhelms a bit in comparison, especially when there's a long stretch of comedic tracks in the middle... Still, there are some excellent material on 2 as well.
So far my favorite score of the year.
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Listened to some really great stuff this week.
Jerry Goldsmith - Bad Girls
A nice western score for a movie that, since it was made in 1994, combined Jerry's trademark action music from the 80s/90s with his typical western sound from older movies. A pretty nice discovery! That's the great thing about Goldsmith: he did so many movies that are pretty much forgotten these days so new(ish, lol) fans like myself will always have some great discoveries to make.
Christopher Young - Urban Legend
The "Youngassaince" continues! As far as I know, this score wasn't officially released so it only exists in a few promos that you can find online. It's pretty great! Young's challenging and dissonant horror music is always engaging to listen to. A nice companion to Beltrami's Scream music. Anyone remember in the 90s, when slashers used to have nice dissonant scores that were also fun?
Christopher Young - Species
Another Young 90s classic. It does seem a bit derivative, particularly from Goldsmith's and Horner's Alien scores (the main theme really makes the temp track clear). But the action, suspense and horror music is, as usual, very engaging and entertaining.
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Enemy at the Gates is far from Horner's most beloved score, but I personally love the doom-laden. gloomy melodrama and tragic choir in it, especially in the final three tracks.
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According to Forbes, Disney spent $276 million on Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania after some tax reimbursement from the UK government. Since studios only take approx. half of a movie's box office, this means they had a $38 million loss on Quantumania.
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29 minutes ago, Groovygoth666 said:
It's interesting to hear that the reviews where positive, I've always heard it was poorly received or at least that was the impression I got.
The king of film critics Roger Ebert really liked it and gave it a 4/4:
QuoteRoger Ebert gave the film a perfect four-star rating, calling it "one of the greatest Bruised Forearm Movies ever made. You know what a Bruised Forearm Movie is. That's the kind of movie where your date is always grabbing your forearm in a viselike grip, as unbearable excitement unfolds on the screen...Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom makes no apologies for being exactly what it is: Exhilarating, manic, wildly imaginative escapism. No apologies are necessary. This is the most cheerfully exciting, bizarre, goofy, romantic adventure movie since Raiders, and it is high praise to say that it's not so much a sequel as an equal... You stagger out with a silly grin -- and a bruised forearm, of course."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Temple_of_Doom#Critical_response
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Another beloved 80s blockbuster with a classic John Williams score is celebrating 4 decades of existence this year: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which was released in the US on May 23, 1984.
If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones
I love the classic Indy movies!
How will you celebrate ToD's 40th birthday? Re-watching it? Listening to the epic John Williams score? Doing all of those things?
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Who are the other two guys besides Williams?
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How much is missing from Sahara? Any film versions or interesting unreleased cues? I listened to the OST years ago and really enjoyed it. In fact, I think I'm gonna listen to it again...
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Sigh. I've never seen this movie and now I know...
Spoiler... who plays the villain.
Varese copywriters probably thought this is a 23 (almost 24) year old movie, so the "spoiler rule" doesn't apply anymore.
The Movie Critic (Quentin Tarantino's supposed final movie)
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I didn't care for neither Hateful Eight nor Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I don't think Tarantino released a movie I actually liked since Django.