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SilverTrumpet

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  1. I have such a love/meh relationship with this game so far. I don't remember if I actually did post here that I was expecting as much from it, but that I'd still play the ever loving crap out of it...and I have. The game is a $70 expansion, there's no doubt about that. With that said, just about everything is objectively better than BOTW from graphics, gameplay, music, etc. but you just can't replicate that first experience of exploring a world like BOTW, especially when the map is the same here. I know too much already, there's no mystery left. It's hard not to compare the two too, especially being a direct sequel in the same map. ...but again, it's all I've done in my downtime for the last two weeks.
  2. Vile list. Here's what it is so you don't have to give them clicks: 15. Victory Celebration, Return of the Jedi 14. Obi-Wan Kenobi Theme 13. The Book of Boba Fett Theme 12. Andor Theme 11. Niamos! (Morlana Club Mix), Andor 10. Across the Stars, Attack of the Clones 9. The Mandalorian Theme 8. Yoda's Theme, The Empire Strikes Back 7. Rey's Theme, The Force Awakens 6. Princess Leia's Theme, A New Hope 5. Cantina Band, A New Hope 4. Binary Sunset/Force Theme, A New Hope 3. Duel of the Fates, The Phantom Menace 2. The Imperial March, The Empire Strikes Back 1. Jedi Rocks, Return of the Jedi Main Title, A New Hope
  3. That's why I specified Star Wars style and not John Williams style. Most of the guys writing the original music still tapped on a style for Star Wars that didn't necessitate you sounding just an imitation of JW. They use a Star Wars style as a base and branch out from there, but they're always tied to that base no matter where else you go musically.
  4. In fairness, there are a lot of video games that fit the bill very nicely too. See, that's the thing. Obviously all the points above about how its just inevitable that Williams music won't be in Star Wars much longer is true, but it ignores the fact that until Disney took over, there was still a Star Wars style that was easily recognizable. I don't get the justification for stuff that sounds anti-Star Wars.
  5. All I want to know is if that big rumor about Helena redoing all of Indy's adventures is true or not.
  6. My feelings as well. I think there was more in the full leaked clip. Hell, we've heard it even before this scene in Helena's Theme where it quotes that little bit from Marion's Theme. At the time we thought that was referring to something about her character but it looks pretty certain that that's not the case now that we know more about her. Come on, you know what people are talking about. It's directly taking little clips from those previous scores. It's not just intervals and you know it.
  7. Mainstream Star Wars fans didn't watch Andor to even have an opinion on the score.
  8. Holt's score was that bad. Even in my own circles, I had Star Wars fans who really had at best 101 level knowledge of the music point out how bad the music was in that show. Unless it's Williams and talking about how great it is, nobody really brings up the music.
  9. I really think it's as simple as the people left in charge of Star Wars don't know anything about the brand. They're Kennedy hires who inherited this thing they never cared for in the first place and know nothing about. I often point out how nobody knows and obsesses over this stuff like we here do. Even with that, normal people who know and love Star Wars knows and adores Star Wars music by John Williams. Lego Skywalker Saga is a great example of this. Musically is a straight up downgrade from Complete Saga. Complete Saga just used Williams Star Wars music, but they did it RIGHT. The people who worked on the game knew Star Wars music to the point where the opening crawls for each chapter were the right recordings based on what movie that chapter was from. Fast forward to the modern age with Skywalker Saga and all 9 movies use the '77 version of the opening crawl, because the people in charge couldn't care less. Then, on top of that, instead of just using Williams music, the game is riddled with what sounds like a bad AI imitation of JW Star Wars music. So it's really not a lack of money or lack of ability, it's a lack of knowledge which leads to a lack of caring.
  10. You mean you guys didn't buy it from the New Zealand eShop? I've been playing it since 8am eastern on Thursday.
  11. $$$$$$$$$$ A re-release of a beloved movie makes you bank, and it did in this case. A soundtrack release doesn't make you nearly as much, no matter how much we here desperately want it.
  12. It's not the best ever, but if you liked the show before there's still some laughs in there. Not a huge investment lately either, which helps.
  13. It's such a good piece for something super dramatic in fiction. Even Dairanger uses the same section of Mahler 5 in a couple of its episodes.
  14. Kylo Ren's thing is from Disney, so it's really anti Star Wars all together. I think Padme's is interesting because at least she's coming from a place of compassion, trying to help Anakin and encourage him, but it's just one tiny part of the entire story of the prequels which was people making not evil, but the wrong choices that allowed evil to take over. I think Disney Wars has tried to borderline argue that the Jedi were the bad guys in the prequels. It's this dumb post-modern article like it's trying to be a Youtube clickbait title (dId u kNoW tHe jEdI wErE tHe TRUE vIlLiAnS oF tHe mOvIeS???). There was nothing bad guys about the Jedi. They just made the wrong choices. Similarly, nobody would consider Padme a villain at all, but she made wrong choices too. She didn't stand up enough to stop the political ambitions of Palpatine, and she ran off with Anakin even though earlier in Attack of the Clones she acknowledged that it would be wrong. Then, even after hearing that Jedi aren't supposed to have romantic relationships, she still married the guy. One can make wrong or bad choices and not be complete bad.
  15. You missed me by about three people on the front row balcony. Last time we were sitting up there, it was before the renovations. This time sitting there was very scary. Felt like we were gonna fall.
  16. I tried, but he didn't listen to me! Speaking of, here's the promised view of where I was compared to Williams:
  17. I only brought up the cold thing because I was sitting right above him during the show and he kept wiping his nose with a tissue and then looked more tired than usual conducting. It's not like I'm playing tabloid journalist.
  18. Well, I meant exhausted by the constant, never ending praise. But he did look a little more tired last night than he has in a bit. Again, I think he might have had a little cold or something.
  19. I can imagine. He's normally very bashful about over the top praise. Can you imagine traveling around the world for over a year and everyone slobbering over you relentlessly like this? Must be exhausting.
  20. Okay, I realized I had two pictures I sent people, so they're handy right now. Here was my view: I'll post that picture of the top of his head later. It was WILD being that close to him.
  21. It looked like he wiped his nose a few times. I thought he had a cold or something, but I did notice the no glasses. It's usually the opposite when you're not feeling well. Oh, the concert? That was one hell of a concert. When they introduced him and pointed in the audience, I noticed he was DIRECTLY below me! I'll have to upload the pictures tomorrow.
  22. Why has the art of gif making gone so down the drain that gifs like this are regularly being made now?
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