Nick Parker 3,017 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 The film is much better, is it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,095 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Better than what? The book? Yes, yes it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 2,084 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Uh, no. Not with a complex sound, like music, and that's the only reason you'd want to do this.Actually there is an upcomming software, called Melodyne "Direct Note Access" that will in the future make this possible. Note that this software isn't a scam. It's a complex program that should be on the shelves at the end of the year. After a scan of the audio file, you could really "clean it up" to reveal as most music as possible.Holy cow If that thing really can do what it says to film music, and does it well enough to make a playable music file, I'd buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,442 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 My God that would be an awesome program. I've been playing around with stuff like this since high school, ever I discovered Cakewalk. Then it progressed into trying to find the Holy Grail of converting WAV to MIDI. It's possible for monophonic sounds, like individual instruments, but polyphonic recordings (my first and only experiment was the SW Main Title) provided far too many audio samples to try and convert into MIDI, so it became too overwhelming to weed through thousands of notes and distill them down to the pure music that I wanted.Converting MIDI to WAV is easy enough, but based on how much money and time you put into your input method (note by note versus MIDI keyboard, and then making your recording "musical" instead of purely reading the notes verbatim), not to mention your audio hardware and sound clip library, would determine how good your waveform output would sound.This program could theoretically provide the springboard to go from WAV to MIDI, if you distilled the waveform display down to the barest elements you want, then fed it through a monophonic converter.I don't think this program intends for us to rip DVD audios and eliminate the sound effects and dialog note by note, or remove coughs and clapping from bootleg concerts, but both will be unintended side effects. The possibilities are endless. I just suspect it's going to be VERY expensive to the average consumer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 5,520 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 the book was lame, too.It was not JP, but its damn cool!I liked it less than Next. It wasn't interesting (Next at least was that, in parts), and it wasn't exciting at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 2,084 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I've only read (most of) the first JP book, enough to know how amazingly different the movie is.I'm not that keen on the second movie. It just feels like it plods along with no real 'tightly strung' feel to it, feels more divided into acts than a coherent film. I also feel the dialogue descends into bickering and a general chatty style all too often, which doesn't really work for me in the context of a popcorn movie. I don't know whether they were trying to make it more intelligent or more complex, but I watch a Jurassic movie to see the dinosaurs, not 5 minutes of Malcolm discussing relationship problems with his daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,017 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 Try reading the novel. Your opinion of the film will exponentiate considerably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,286 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 the book was lame, too.It was not JP, but its damn cool!I liked it less than Next. It wasn't interesting (Next at least was that, in parts), and it wasn't exciting at all.I found it very thrilling.... An next is not bad, just has a little odd structure, but its very interesting and makes you think about the future.but I watch a Jurassic movie to see the dinosaurs, not 5 minutes of Malcolm discussing relationship problems with his daughter.Still it has loads more dinosaur footage than the 1st one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,017 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 Can we all agree that Jurassic Park III is the worst of the trilogy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 2,084 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 No. It has rather a lot of flaws, but I think it's just more exciting than Lost World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,017 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 Really? To be honest, that film made me feel empty inside after watching it.... My problem with it is that it does not take the next "artistic step" for the series: it does nothing the first two have not done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 2,084 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 It does actually.... flying dinosaurs I think my opinion is easier said as that for a threequel it could have been much, much worse than it is. And if you bear in mind my criticisms of TLW, I think it was a return to the thrillseeker format of the first one, with less talking and plodding on like TLW.Also, on a technical level, they didn't cut back on stuff and go for a lower budget approach like so many sequels do. They threw the same technical resources at it as the first two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,017 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 I just did not care for the characters (except for Alan Grant, who will always be cool). I liked The Lost World's grittier feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 2,084 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Did you care about anyone from TLW? I didn't, especially Kelly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,442 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 My friend, you'll never get a unanimous decision at this board, not even about grading the JP movies. I personally enjoyed Jurassic Park III far more than TLW the movie, but I can't qualify that opinion without submitting to one of my usual soapbox rants. Both JP2 and JP3 had their share of silly character bickering, with none of the magical charm of the first movie, and storywise were basically just about the design crew trying to find new ways to show full size dinosaurs on the big screen...and then having those dinosaurs find new ways to kill people. I felt the tyrannosaurs in LA in TLW was just Steven Spielberg trying to put a modern spin on the King Kong story, nothing more, and it felt completely out of place. True, JP3 ground to a halt so Tea Leoni and William H Macy could discuss how good they looked without their shirts on when the dinosaurs are out there somewhere, to the point I wanted them both to get eaten right then and there. But the T-Rex/Spinosaur battle was worth the price of admission alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,286 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Really? To be honest, that film made me feel empty inside after watching it.... My problem with it is that it does not take the next "artistic step" for the series: it does nothing the first two have not done.They made the transition between puppet Raptor and CGI raptor, on screen, seamless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 152 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Why does everyone dislike "The Lost World"? Granted, the book was not exactly original, but the film was cool. It was certainly better than its sequel.The book was as good as JP, if a little worse. JP easily beats TLW in terms of film, though the latter is still an enjoayble film. I love the trailer sequence.the book was lame, too.It was not JP, but its damn cool!I liked it less than Next. It wasn't interesting (Next at least was that, in parts), and it wasn't exciting at all.Next is easily the worst book I've ever read. And I've enjoyed all other Crichton books I've read, to varying extents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,095 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Watch the movie, brilliant comedy.On the discussion of JP, the third film is far far far worse than TLW. At least the 3rd film had acceptable acting, Tea Leoni would not mmmkaying shut up throughout that whole movie. I wanted a dinosaur to eat her so badly. Not to mention her retarded line at the end of the movie. JP3 suffers from prequel style dialogue and acting, it's atrocious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 49 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Rod Hilton sums it up nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,017 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 That is crass brilliance in the highest caliber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 859 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 I just watch 'em for the Dinosaurs. They could kill every member of the cast as far as I'm concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob 0 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I want to see a T-Rex get it's head blown off with an RPG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,017 Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 "Watch what you wish for." Mr. Johnston (or Mr. Spielberg, hopefully) could be reading this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 In the case of "Dirty Harry: The Dead Pool", Lalo Shifrin's score is not what I would call a masterpiece, and I would like to see if I could do any better.It's by no means bad though, but a lot of the times it sounds like one of those Mike Post/Pete Carpenter scores for Hunter or similar 80's cop shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FattyMcButterpants 1 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I'd send my copy of a completely sfx and dialogue free TOD complete score to George Lucas himself with a note to stick it up his ass I'll pay the postage!By the way, the ending of JP III is one of the worst endings I've ever seen in a movie. I remember walking out of the theatre and thinking "Did I leave the movie in the intermission accidentally or was that really it?"THE SONI walked up to him and kicked his penis and yelled “Pee for me, mothermmmkayer!” until he did. He couldn’t do a damn thing about it - not in this movie!LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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