Nick Parker

Listened to one of my ol' standby favorites yesterday. The cello melody that comes in here, and the following chorale have this bleak inevitability contrasted with a wan, faded optimism, like sunlight peeking through the window of a jail cell prisoner. When the high strings come in...insta-chills.

Alex tries really hard to make being humanistic a shameful thing?

Eh-hem

That's like me accidentally slipping a hypodermic needle into my veins.

You're right, rough cut, we've lost sight of this thread's vision, its purpose! Would anyone care for some kiwi-infused water?

That's the one with the unicorn, yeah? Oh don't mind ol' Draxie there.

Rejected score for The Fugitive?

Calculon's back!

Actually, come to think of it, that rotisserie thing can only really be from Superman. The tag by it has "AN" obviously at the end of a word. Furthermore, whatever the hell that alien with the beer goggles is, is from a film with one word, and apparently a shorter one--doesn't eliminate a lot, but we can narrow it down further.

But the other tags are written in English

Possibly the grails from Last Crusade? You think they would be smaller and upright, though. On your last picture, you can see it right next to the woman: it's a helmet with mounted binoculars. Those are oft-associated with the military--aviation in particular but don't let that last point lead to too deep a rabbit hole. I thought that was a tool, but on that picture you can see a nametag there. Alright, let's Blade Runner this thing: ] T...O...V...or is that an L?

I was thinking it looked like a baton, yeah.

I think it's safe to assume that each film is represented by one object, regardless of how many nominations garnered...JJ did say something along those lines. So Cinderella Liberty has only one prop. I also don't believe that prop is from Phantom Menace.

We have Tom Sawyer's pipe and the Hook hook as well. I think it's safe to assume that each film is represented by one object, regardless of how many nominations garnered.

Does anyone else find it hilarious that for Nixon they used a reel to reel tape recorder?

Star Wars Episode X: The Search for Soft Power Unlimited power! Palpatine reawakens within Rey years after her decision to live peacefully in seclusion. In response to his threat, Finn and Poe Dameron, now high authorities in the Newest Republic, send their last hope to intercept the threat from the evil Sith Lord. A counsellor.... "Palpatine, why did you come back?" "The Dark Side is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural." "But _why_ did you come back?" "I became so powerful, that the only thing I became afraid of was losing my power." "I see. And what do you think would happen if you lost this power? Why do you want to hold on to it?" "I...I...I never really thought about it that far."

Prometheus asked questions! Therein lies its genius.

Anyone else ever watch Duel and wait for Spielberg to stop holding out on us with the sequel? It ends on an (almost literal) cliffhanger! The protagonist is in the middle of the desert, alone, with who knows how long before he makes home!? How does he get home!? The story is not over! Oh, and the ending of ET? Same thing, does ET make it home!? Where is home!? So many unanswered questions...and the sequel was written decades and decades ago! Come on, Spielberg, you're not fooling anyone, just direct it already or find someone who will, and bring us the conclusion we've been waiting for since the early 80's.

I checked those out from school libraries so many times.

I'm glad none of us write for Lucasfilm. I wouldn't want any of us to have to endure what anyone touches Star Wars has to.

- Perfectly in line with TNG then! - See my post above about the Borg. Their inclusion was important on a thematic level. - I don't remember if we see what happens to Sutra after Soong shuts her off. With him, it makes sense from his point of view: essentially the father of this damned race, cut off from civilization at large, and at that point believing Narek's actions reinforced his views on other organics. After he learns the truth, by seeing them as "real" or "human", mirroring Jurati's conversation with Soji, he recognizes they're just as capable of the same pratfalls as organics ("You're no better than we are".) -They were real quick to handwave that one. They try to justify it with quasi brainwashing, but I was a little uncomfortable in one of the episodes when they had to go and she said "Am I still going to jail?", and they all look at her with a kind smile like "Ooooo, gee, sorry, afraid you'll have to do that later.*wink*" And then they're so chill about it for the rest of the season! -I thought it was funny Narek disappeared.

- I liked the Riker moment, very typical Riker sass. -Robo tentacles were so goddamn lame. I'd feel better if they just stopped it before the portal opened. -The gadget is an underlying problem of the series so far. We got like four episodes of Soji and Narek having passive aggressive pillow talk but then this miracle ocarina comes out of nowhere in the last episode? -The cat fight was whatever...from a storytelling point of view I guess it was to avenge Hugh but I think it would have been cooler if the re-integrated Borg from Seven's command took her out. -I was affected by Picard's death, but it was dampened by the fact that they announced another season before this one began. I liked the scene of Rios and Seven taking alternate swigs of Flubber booze. -I thought it was gonna be Q or something when he awoke in the room, but the following stuff with Data was far more poignant. I don't know how I feel about robo-Picard...it raises an interesting question on what we perceive as being intrinsic to a person--done many times in sci-fi of course, but rarely with someone the iconic status of Picard. It feels a little glossed over though...guess when you're old and free of an uncurable disease some of the philosophical ramifications go out the window. -The hand holding was weird. Seven is bi, I guess? Okay, whatever. Apparently it was something Jeri Ryan wanted in Voyager, so I suppose it's nice she finally got what she wanted. Oh but Raffi is at least bi, too, now, I guess? Maybe that's why she and her husband/partner/spouse broke up? Whatever, awfully convenient. And the Rios-Jurati thing doesn't feel earnt. Overall, an uneven season, for sure. A lot of narrative pitfalls if you look in the corners...but on the other hand, there are a number of elements that definitely feel like the work of a talented novelist such as Michael Chabon. The season definitely had philosophical and thematic underpinnings that were well-integrated and woven throughout the episodes. Ideas such as the fusion and symbiosis of organic and machine, exemplified as extremes by the Borg as a violent means of this melding, and pure organics and synthetics on either side of the divide. Picard, in some ways, a broken man, was rehabilitated and made "complete" by his new adventures, completing the path that Hugh wanted for the ex-Borg. And at the end with his consciousness being transplanted into the golem, represents a benign coming together of natural and artificial. (All of this being foreshadowed in the title sequence that depicts fragments of experiences, DNA, etc. forming together to complete Picard). And for the finale, I loved that you had these two giant opposing fleets, ready to duke it out and prove every Star Trek fan right about modern Trek being nothing but pew pews, cussing, and sex...but the fleets never fire a shot at each other, because Picard sacrifices himself to send a message of peace and agency to a member of a despised, forbidden race, who then takes it upon herself to rewrite what seemed to both sides--the Romulans and the synthetics-- as foregone destiny and bridge a gap between peoples. If that ain't Star Trek, I don't know what is. So naturally fans hate it and accuse the writers of not understanding Star Trek.

Was researching some SWV when I stumbled on to this track. Definitely took me by surprise!