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I think I'm cautiously optimistic more than anything. Based on what still needs to happen in the story to get Anakin evil, "die," don the suit, the kids born and divvied up, the backlash from the secret wedding, the establishment of the Empire, and potentially a visit to Dagobah (maybe Ben drops Yoda off there on his way to Tatooine with Luke...) and another mention of the Geonosians' Death Star technology...based on that and more, the story has to be good. It all falls on the execution and direction now more than anything. I actually think I'm looking forward to this more than Indy IV, which I don't know a thing about. What religious artifact is left for Dr. Jones to seek that could possibly have apocalyptic implications, like the Ark of the Covenant and Grail? I liked the bogus screen play "Indiana Jones and the Sons of Darkness" because it made the Soviets the bad guys which makes sense with an Indiana Jones in his 50's after the defeat of the Nazis, it brought Marion back as Indy's love interest of choice since the trip to the bar after the events in Raiders ended resulted in something, and it gave Indy a reason to look for Noah's Ark, or more accurately, something on the wrecked ship itself. Indy found Atlantis in a video game, and that was just a so-so Disney film. I can't really think of anything else left to find, and the artifacts themselves are part of what makes Indy so cool. Besides, if the rumours are true, I don't want to see Willie return, even is she is Spielberg's wife. We'll see what happens.

A lot of times this is really neat, like having a few alternate versions of cues that were written but not used in the movies. Like the alternate version of "Return of the Jedi" from the movie of the same name (the cue where Luke and friends blow up the Khetanna, Jabba's sail barge). That alternate version is on both the 1993 and 1997 soundtrack releases, and has also been used in a few Star Wars games from LucasArts. But that doesn't always mean you're gonna get a decent of music that was written just not used. That's often akin to asking for an author's rough drafts of a novel, or a painter's scribble pads. It'd be nice, but not always gonna happen.

Yup.

Good point, Cypher. I apologize for being immature.

My bad, I was thinking "deedle-eedle-ee, dee dee" instead of "dun dun duddle-unh dun." I don't know what the first thing is I thought, might be Viacom or Universal or something. Eh, it's too short to claim it sounds like anything, and if it does, it's better to steal from the best than steal from crap.

I'm sorry, but could someone explain this? It's just the seven-note Paramount fanfare at the shot of their trademark mountain like others have said. You might hear it at the end of the Indy movies, too, but I never watch the end credits that long, basically because I haven't watched an Indy for months and months.

Well done! The timing could not be better, especially with the episode of South Park from two weeks ago "Toilet Paper" cleverly parodying "Silence of the Lambs" as well.

Ok, I had a really good post here that basically tore this guy apart, but then I saw Ricard pleading for no more insults, so I thought better of it and removed most of it. A. Any move that makes large amounts of people scared is called a horror film. That's how it's defined. Sorry, man, but I know how to use a dictionary. B. You must've spent your 2002 in a tin can and only seen one movie, Signs. C. Why are you laughing at an engineer? Look around. Chances are that an engineer built or designed everything you see. The computer you used to type your blatantly ignorant message. The synthetic fabrics you're wearing. The materials used to build your house. The electricity that lets you do things well into the night and colder months that people couldn't do a century ago. The medicines that keep you alive. The car you use to get around in. And get this: engineers are smart. Really smart. And we make a lot of money. Just because you didn't do good in math doesn't give you the right to insult people who can go "x equals negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared minus four a c all over two a" or "udv = uv - vdu" in their sleep. The following ain't a spoiler; the movie's on dvd already; if you haven't seen it yet, it's by choice, not by accident. But I'll make it nice and white so people who haven't seen it yet but somehow still want to won't get all pissy. Ok, so let me get this straight. In Signs, you've got aliens that die when they come into contact with liquid water? What the heck do you think makes up a good portion of the Earth's atmosphere? You're telling me that one of the best movies of 2002 would have you believe that the most important ingredient for life as we know it to exist is deadly to another form of life? Wow. I can understand that water is sometimes an acid, and that water melted the Wicked Witch of the West, but that's childhood fantasy from a century ago, and it's a classic; Signs ain't, and if anything, it's a sign that Mel Gibson can't find good roles anymore. This is the 21st century, when we're supposed to be a little more sophisticated than that. Give me a break. But the point remains, someone wants a showdown.

You found it "respectable"??? BATTLEFIELD EARTH!?!?!?! You joking? Dude that was the worst movie of 2000 when it came out. -Rogue Leader who is not surprised this guy posted as a "Guest" ashamed to reveal his true identity! Hey buddy, did you read the damn book? If you didn't, then it's obvious why you wouldn't find one iota of respectability in it. I posted as "Guest" simply because I was in a computer lab and logged in on the main page, but when I tried to quote a previous message, it logged me out, forcing my long post to be rendered as from "Guest." I am insulted that you would insinuate that I should find shame in respecting Battlefield Earth for attempting to adapt Hubbard's novel to the big screen. It's a huge undertaking and was seriously blinded by Travolta's own personal opinions, namely, the film was biased by his post-BE-Hubbard-esque opinions, and what he thought would be funny. I never saw the need to praise the movie as being among the best of the year 2000. You must not have read my entire post, you missed my final point in which I said I would probably not watch the movie again simply because it is so heavily flawed and riddled with bad dialogue, poor acting, lousy effects, and loud score. Well, all but one the third of those could describe Attack of the Clones, but that's not the point. The point is that only someone who read the novel Battlefield Earth could ever hope to appreciate the movie Battlefield Earth, and that is only with a heavy heart, a sigh, and a wish that it had been executed much better, like the labor of love that translated into The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and X-Men. Rogue Leader, you have demonstrated to me just how narrow your vision is when you are unable to respect another person's opinions of a movie they can barely appreciate, yet still not totally enjoy. Read the book, then we'll talk, ok? I'm not ashamed. I am Darth Wojo. And yes, the avatar is the shield power-up from the Descent computer games.

That was me, friends, defending Battlefield EarthTHE NOVEL. I'm in a computer lab on campus and I logged in, but it must not have registered or something screwed up...grr... C'est la vie, non?

Why are we comparing Star Trek V to AOTC and not to TPM ? Oh wait. The Final Frontier beats both.

I believe that he did, since before Star Wars, the Fox Fanfare had not been used much since the days of Al Newman in the 50's with the classic Fox films. He and Lucas brought it back to assist in the now-classic intro to all the SW films. Now listen to the Fox Fanfare and try to NOT imagine the SW Main Title following, it's hard to do.

Now granted, I've never seen it, but I've heard about Signs, and as an engineer and one who over-analyzes stuff to no end, I can say it sounds as stupid as they come. But this is coming from someone who, granted more than ten years ago, was scared to watch the final ghost scene of Raiders and what's under the hat on the ground in Tremors; now I just watch them and laugh.

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You make some good points, Alex, but try not to forget about stuff like the Expanded Universe, which makes the six Star Wars films merely one chapter in the saga of a very large galaxy. The six films as they are present a grand story arc, the discovery, life, and death of Anakin Skywalker and how he affects the fate of the galaxy. This span of about fifty years is but a fraction of a vast and diverse history that goes back at least 70,000 years, and has been extended forward about thirty years or so past the Battle of Endor. Granted, a lot of the story elements of the EU seem quite stale, e.g., same characters, planets, plot devices, solutions, and situations recycled over and over, but that doesn't mean it's not without its share of good characters and situations, like Thrawn, Mara Jade, Katarn, and the events to be unfolded in KotOR. But as for more films after Episode III, yea, no more. Let it be a double trilogy, or a sextology, or whatever you wanna call it, but don't bombard us with more films by different directors with different visions. Everything can get old and tiresome really fast, and pushing the envelope will put Star Wars there.

Dunno,having problems myself.I log in for a post then get de-logged automatically. K.M. You can get de-logged if you set your computer to delete your cookies, or clear settings each time you reboot or get off the internet. As long as I'm the only one that touches my computer, I don't see the need to delete cookies regularly, so I'm always logged in.

About King Mark's signature, without feeling the need to repeat it here: I could've sworn that the final stanza says in English, something to the effect of: "Celebrate the fight - freedom Celebrate the might - power Celebrate the fight - glory Celebrate the love Celebrate the love Celebrate the love Celebrate the love" I might've screwed up the words fight, might, and fight, but this is what I remember from my 1993 soundtrack box anthology documentation, which I haven't touched since I bought the special edition soundtrack.

And Superman is not a "Club" title and is an original recording done by Varese Sarabande. Okdoky, Kermit, yaddadaddada.

And Superman is Warner Brothers.

Yea, we saw this in 1912 when Party A had an incumbent on its ticket, another candidate was on that party's spin off party's ticket, and someone else of the other party, B, ended up winning because Party A was split pretty much down the middle. Political? not really, there comes a time when politics becomes history and history becomes example, I kept it vague, it was a hundred years ago, and it goes to show you how double nominations split the voters and the little guy can end up winning. (but if you don't like it, you can just delete it, i won't care, just don't lock the thread) On the other hand, Ren said In that case, the rules or conventions must've been different when the scores to both Empire and Jedi were nominated, and I think the rest of the Indy films, when TPM and AOTC have not been, never mind the fact that they probably don't deserve the honor, anyways.

It's interesting to think about what kind of theme Goldsmith would've written for DS9, if it could've incorporated more of his TMP theme, or even Courage's fanfare, which I've never heard in either DS9 or Voyager, not to mention Enterprise, unless I just wasn't paying attention. I would've liked to have heard a snippet of the TMP theme whenever the Enterprise-D was mentioned or seen in DS9, like the first episode, Thomas Riker's trip to the station, Worf's arrival, his conversations with O'Brien about delivering Molly, the prune juice conversations, talk with Alexander...ok, I'm rambling...or even in Voyager when Janeway tells the Borg that Locutus was once an ambassador between Starfleet and Borg, to give them Seven of Nine. However, I do like the DS9 theme, and radical as it sounds, I think it's my favorite Trek TV theme, that is, its performance in the 4th season onwards...yes, even with the "doom doom" rhythm underneath. What do you mean by this?

I agree that Goldsmith should be called in to write a theme, among many changes that need to be made if this promising yet stumbling show called Enterprise is going to survive. I'm just disappointed and have been ever since "Broken Bow" that the Paramount execs dropped the ball the first time we saw Enterprise leave spacedock or Earth orbit or whatever, and it didn't have any bold, brassy, recognizeable theme. I mean, the first season of TNG was littered with repetitions of the theme from TMP, since it's TNG's theme as well, and musically, the first season was great for it. We'll see what happens. I like the song for what it is, a good song about trying and stuff like that, it's the kind of song you'd have someone sing at graduation to inspire the seniors. But as a Star Trek title song, it doesn't fit. Bring in Goldsmith...before it's too late.

I've only played the demo, but I like the music that was in it, so I'm sure this is a good idea, I just signed it, I think i'm #465 or so.

I think Bajakian made the music for Indy and the Emperor's Tomb That he did, they even show pictures of him on that site, sitting at the keyboard and synthesizer, score book at the ready, not to mention pictures of the orchestra that performed the game's score. I'm kinda partial to the picture of the flute section aqui http://lucasarts.com/products/indiana/imag...usic/flutes.jpg because I play the flute and piccolo. As for KotOR running, I've got a GeForce 2 64 MB DDR, which isn't the greatest in the world, but it suffices. I mean, in Grand Theft Auto 3, it really bogs down when I get all the cops, paddy wagons, and FBI chasing me, but it's never really unplayable. Besides, I mean to purchase a new motherboard and faster processor in the near future, so I can play all the cutting edge games. I'm not sure I want to play Unreal II, but I want to be able to. If I can get my hands on a broadband connection once I get my own place, then I'll be spending my time in Galaxies. At any rate, game companies often state the system requirements as being higher than absolutely necessary not only because they want you to shell out more money for computer upgrades, but they want you to get the most visually and gameplay-wise out of their work. I mean, a game as visually stunning as Knights of the Old Republic can probably work fine on an older system, as long as you meet the OpenGL and RAM requirements, but if the graphics look as dated as say, StarFox for the SNES, then why bother? I hate when games refuse to run on lower system requirements, rather than just perform slower. Now if only all the old DOS, pre-Win95 games would stop being b*tchy and work on the later OS's without being such royal pains. Some of the best games ever predate Windows 95 by years. YAY!!! THIS HAS JUST BEEN MY ELEVENTY-FIRST POST!!! Alex Trebek (Will Ferrell): And your wager? Eleventy-billion dollars. That isn't even a real number. Keanu Reeves (Tobey Maguire): Yet.

It's pretty good, but I like the two samples from Indy and the Emperor's Tomb better, especially the way Indy's theme is woven into the mix; I couldn't really discern anything noticeable in the two KotOR sound clips, but it was only one listen, too. The game will rock, provided it can perform adequately on a P3 500 MHz. Now what we need is another Star Wars video/computer game that utilizes the incredible main themes from Dark Forces I and TIE Fighter, or at least a proper orchestration of them, since MIDI can only take you so far! "Dark Forces Intro" by Clint Bajakian, MIDI