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    James Bond is better than everything

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    9 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

    QUANTUM OF SOLACE is my favourite Arnold score for a Bond film, and my second favourite Arnold score, overall.

    I wish that 'Crawl, End Crawl' had a physical release.

     

    The film has gone up in my estimation, since 2008. It's now among my favourite Bond films.

     

    I can see that. The parts that were bad or dumb can be outweighed by the parts that are awesome. And there is a lot that's awesome. Face it, this is the Bond we wanted to see after OHMSS.

     

    Nice timing:

     

     

    Sam's description of the camera work is perfect. "blubedyblubedyblubedyblubedyblubedyblubedyblubedyblubedy!" 

     

    Although I disagree about the "mistake" with the camera on the car crash. I think it has that "found footage" look that the filmmaker was going for.

     

    I LOVED the camera work in the opening scene because it was disorienting and confusing. I HATED the camera work in the rest of the movie for the exact same reason. (I should keep a spreadsheet or something for this thread because I'm almost certain I've said this before.)

    The ALIEN FRANCHISE Appreciation thread.

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    5 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

     

    There are only two cuts of ALIEN which are available commercially. I saw the "Director's Cut" of ALIEN, at my local cinema, in the fall of 2003, a few weeks before it was included in the Quadrilogy.

     

    No. You'll see what I mean:

    ALIEN

    BLOOD SIMPLE.

    You see? It's longer.

     

    There's no "Glaring but admiring" emoji.

    What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)

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    The second TMP theme (the one used in the film) is mostly an extension of the first. So when it turns up in Ilia's theme or The Enterprise it sounds like a nod to the finished theme rather than "an unfinished theme we don't hear anyplace else".

     

    I'm sure there are Jerry scholars who can put this better, but the two themes really feel like a crossing from 60's and 70's Jerry to later day Jerry.

     

    As for The Rocketeer's theme that is heard in Jenny's theme, it's also a variation of the main theme rather than a straightforward statement. I love it! I love when two character's themes can play together like that. Like how Short Round's theme harmonizes with both Indy's theme and the Children's Crusade.

    What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)

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    19 minutes ago, Faleel said:

    To quote Robert Wise:

     

    "Where's the theme?"

     

    "Take away this pudding! It has no theme!"

     

    But... We're talking about Jenny's theme, right? The one that I'm humming right now? How is that not a theme?

     

    It's enough of a theme that this is kind of his third go at it. (Battle Beyond the Stars and Krull being the other two.)

    What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)

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    1 hour ago, Andy said:

    I don’t know for sure, but I imagine March of the Villains evolved from the Otis scenes in Metropolis.  I think Williams saw Ned Beatty’s comedic bumbling footage and began there. 

     

    I don't know about Williams but it plays that way to the audience. I know there are people who just think it's Otis' theme. They just notice the goofy bouncy part with Beatty and don't notice the part where Lex pushes someone in front of a train by remote control. (That freaked me out SO bad when I was 11.)

    The ALIEN FRANCHISE Appreciation thread.

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    2 hours ago, A24 said:

     

    Huh? 

     

    The DC of Blood Simple is also shorter. Making another Director's CUT.

     

    Ahhhh. You were saying that the so called Director's Cut is NOT a Director's Cut and that the 1979 release IS the Director's Cut. And the run time was just random trivia.

     

    (Random trivia on JWFan! I never thought I'd see the day!)

    The Bad Batch - The Clone Wars Spinoff show

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    5 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said:

    Same! I was screaming at the tv.

     

    I als thought one of the most harrowing things in these episodes was when from the pov of the baby the box closed up. That was awful.

     

    Thing is, the moment Omega came up with the plan I knew this was going to happen. I'm pretty sure CROSSHAIR knew it was going to happen! Which made it WORSE.

     

    It seems the Empire has monsters and talented scientists. But it only has a few talented scientists who are monsters.

     

    Did they kill Cid off off screen?

    The Bad Batch - The Clone Wars Spinoff show

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    I think Andor may have been more cheerful than these two episodes.

     

    I mean, they were great. But wow. I don't know what I would have done if they had offed Wrecker. (Ricka.)

     

    I'm a little disappointed that Omega is captured again. I suppose it was always going this way, but... It feels like a reset button. Except now we have Crosshair going crazy to bring her back. When Crosshair missed with the tracker my kids lost it.

     

    Ok, I just popped on the new soundtrack. Holy cripes! It's so good!

     

     

    Film Score Day (April. 3rd)

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    1 hour ago, Edmilson said:

    I think it's due to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where the towel is an important item.

     

    I know Hitchhiker's. I just don't know why they picked 5/25.

     

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    ...a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost". What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

     

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