I am confused, i thought this was Water under the Bridge for a long Time already ?

Honestly, I Could Care Less.

What the hell is this about?

Yeah, yeah, I'm aware of what the subject matter of the quotes lead back to, but I don't know who you are, OzymandiasAKABob, and though you want to keep your identiy secret, that doesn't help me to understand the situation, whatever it is.

Apologies, as this doesn't really concern me, but I'm left curious.

I have no idea why this very old shit was stirred just right now - I have no idea who you are, and I don't think what you're doing is right, mostly because I am pretty sure sock puppet accounts to hide here are not allowed, but, do as you please. Whoever you are, whoever you were that had problems with me, just as long as you don't give me shit, we're fine.

I wish we could have real conversations in GD instead of superstitious squabbling.

We Try........





















































It Never Works. :notgood:

I wish we could have real conversations in GD instead of superstitious squabbling.

By the way he types, he seems one to like having debates and conversations fairly and without insulting.

Anyway. I actually don't know who he is - but right now have nothing against him. That one time I just had a miusunderstanding and thought it was HunterTech in another account, so.

We Try.

Bullshit. No one ever tries to have any conversations. There's rarely 'discussion' of any type. It's always "here is an iTunes screenshot of what I've listened to today".

I actually don't know who he is.


"YOU'RE THE DEVIL IN DUSGUISE. OH YES YOU ARE. THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE."

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Bullshit. No one ever tries to have any conversations. There's rarely 'discussion' of any type. It's always "here is an iTunes screenshot of what I've listened to today".

Okay. Take It Easy. Jeeze.

Bullshit. No one ever tries to have any conversations. There's rarely 'discussion' of any type. It's always "here is an iTunes screenshot of what I've listened to today".

�\_(ツ)_/�

Also, Does Not Help Half the People Are Busy or Left....

Bullshit. No one ever tries to have any conversations. There's rarely 'discussion' of any type. It's always "here is an iTunes screenshot of what I've listened to today".

We did have a real discussion recently: us debating against you as to why modern scores are worth giving a damn. And even then, you were just complaining and refusing to change, so what was the point?

Bullshit. No one ever tries to have any conversations. There's rarely 'discussion' of any type. It's always "here is an iTunes screenshot of what I've listened to today".

So, uh, you come here often, big boy? ;)

We did? I thought that was like three tangentially related posts, and I recall it amounting to you saying you thought 160 BPM was an all right theme, and me saying that it wasn't.

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So, uh, you come here often, big boy? ;)

Don't make me blush!

We did have a real discussion recently: us debating against you as to why modern scores are worth giving a damn. And even then, you were just complaining and refusing to change, so what was the point?

:this:

Don't make me blush!

Bartender?

Mccallans 12, neat. And whatever my friend here is drinking.

We did? I thought that was like three tangentially related posts, and I recall it amounting to you saying you thought 160 BPM was an all right theme.

I guess it was close enough. I admit to having better conversations with my real life friends, which is just the conversational variant of shit posting from our brains really.

Once I start talking about my problems to adults, then that's when the real conversation starts.

He's too young for you Guru

I admit to having better conversations with my real life friends

I should hope so!

He's too young for you Guru

And that stool you just sat on is taken.

I Thought We Only Came For The Music.

Yeah, move it, ManRay!

Now, gururu, let's you and I have a real conversation about film music: what's your position on the nature of mickey-mousing? Is it a useful part of a composer's toolbox or a goofy, trite way of writing? Or is there middle ground?

I should hope so!

Even then, it's always nonsense. It's at least better than anyone else's speech.

Yeah, move it, ManRay!

Now, gururu, let's you and I have a real conversation about film music: what's your position on the nature of mickey-mousing? Is it a useful part of a composer's toolbox or a goofy, trite way of writing? Or is there middle ground?

You mind if I give my opinion, too?

Go for it, dog!

I think it can be a nuisance or a good help for the music, it really depends if that was the intention of the makers of the product, whatever it is. If it was imposed, forced, to a media that doesn't need it, it can sound really annoying and horrible (ex. Pok�mon XY and Z). But, if the composer is creative.. and the director's intention is to use the music, like, it's some sort homage to original cartoons..

An example of wonderful mickeymousing is the work for Animaniacs and Tiny Toons. It really depends of how it's used. And if it fits the material.

another origin story

Hollywood should just start making porn parodies before others do.

"The Making of Batman".
Really show the Wayne's go at it.

Then we can skip the origin stories altogether.

what's your position on the nature of mickey-mousing? Is it a useful part of a composer's toolbox or a goofy, trite way of writing? Or is there middle ground?

Mickey-mousing is contextual and time-sensitive. So it's not a black or white question. When and where is the middle ground.

That's the correct answer.

Damn it. Maybe next time.

...Mickey-mousing?

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Bullshit. No one ever tries to have any conversations. There's rarely 'discussion' of any type. It's always "here is an iTunes screenshot of what I've listened to today".

Sorry, but I think that may be a vital part of what General Discussion is. Sometimes I don't feel like posting anything else than an iTunes screenshot because no one else is really posting anything either. Sometimes I'm just legitimately busy and such is all I have time to output. Posting iTunes screenshots requires nothing more than copy/pasting the image url, and for some (Such as myself and gururu), typing the film/video game/album title along with it's respective year and composer. Maybe we should each make an effort every once and awhile to spark a conversation of worth.

Let's start by banning all topics related to Disney/Marvel/DC post haste…









































…where'd everybody go?

…where'd everybody go?

https://media.giphy.com/media/Mp4hQy51LjY6A/giphy.gif

What do you mean?

Let's start by banning all topics related to Disney/Marvel/DC post haste…

Good Luck . It Won't Stop Me!

http://24.media.tumblr.com/c1c359f0365297c6dc9babf1187afb30/tumblr_mi0l764kpo1s46c7to1_500.gif

But that's Ponyo's gig

Hahahahaha it is, it is but that�s why we appreciate him. #peace


My apologies to you sir, as their posts were more concerning me than you, as I was banned at that time you made the return.

If they had actually waited and recognized that writing style totally wasn't mine, they would've known I was scheduled to return the day AFTER. :laugh:

Hell, I was still attacked anyway once I did return.

Lolz, that�s just� I�m sorry for causing some nuisance and then unexpectedly disappearing, making it look like I (you) were actually guilty. Sigh.


I have no idea why this very old shit was stirred just right now - I have no idea who you are, and I don't think what you're doing is right, mostly because I am pretty sure sock puppet accounts to hide here are not allowed, but, do as you please. Whoever you are, whoever you were that had problems with me, just as long as you don't give me shit, we're fine.

Jesus I knew the forum had suffered the abuse from other members in the past but it�s astounding how much of a defensive stance some of you have developed, along with the weird trust issues. And yes I do realise that is being said by someone who, yes, Rumple - because we were� eh� �friends�� though the question that begs to be asked is, can you really call anyone you only know online a friend? - is the equivalent of the man-devil in disguise. :D


I wish we could have real conversations in GD instead of superstitious squabbling.


.Maybe we should each make an effort every once and awhile to spark a conversation of worth.

I�m sorry for posting this in this specific thread, I assure you I wasn�t being negligent. I just believed it appropriate to maintain a certain continuity as the first time I returned it was on this very thread and posting anywhere else would�ve essentially amounted to a third return� and some may argue, considering the time it took me to follow up on my first post, that is what I should�ve gone for but� oopsie daisy. Also CloneMaster, I apologise for leaving you in damned curiosity but I hope me saying that I believe you have best put into words the spirit of my actions is sufficient reward.

Bisous.

ps. less to reveal more about who I am, more to provide a contextual (time) frame and/or justification for what will be abrupt absences once I�ll sign on as a regular on this new season of the show, I am reaching y�all from the UK. So yea. GMT rules friends :)

Let's start by banning all topics related to Disney/Marvel/DC post haste…

I thought you were such a big Advocate for free Speech ?

Why don't we just stop talking altogether?

I thought you were such a big Advocate for free Speech ?

What? I didn't tell you???

Oh… but then it happened all so quickly. See, I was just bought out by AT&T.

Yup. Hit the sell-out jackpot.

Gonna retire to Panama. My broker's already hired some of the locals for things like making my morning coffee, massaging my feet—all the peasant work, ya know—while I kick back on those long languorous afternoons ahead of me, taking in the sun, the breeze off the ocean, the supple ripe fruit and contemplate the sort of things the idle rich are want to contemplate.

And when I'm not contemplating SPF 30 or 50 I'll be fulfilling the only stipulation in the buyout contract: I gotta report online copyright infringement at seedy dens of iniquity like this one.

Naturally I've instructed my broker in Panama to hire outa from the pool of surfeit street kids down there… bony buggers go crazy for all the promotional capeshit.

Pity ya can't eat plastic. Though, I gotta laugh, some sure try they're damnedest.

:)

Have you ever been to Panama?

Have you ever been to Panama?

Relevance?

Relevance?

You wrote you're planning on retiring to Panama. If that's really the case and you weren't trying to be funny/facetious, it's a good idea to visit the country you plan on retiring to.

So, have you ever been to Panama?

Just got off the phone with some lawyer from AT&T and he told me I that any all questions and inquires should be directed to their corporate office at:

AT&T
208 S. Akard St.
Dallas, TX
75202
(210) 821-4105

Just got off the phone with some lawyer from AT&T and he told me I that any all questions and inquires should be directed to their corporate office at:

AT&T
208 S. Akard St.
Dallas, TX
75202
(210) 821-4105

Facetious. Thought as much.

Ahhh, sorry about that kids, seems Mr. Killjoy couldn't help but spoil the ending of Story Time for you all. But that's all right, because next week I have a real treat in store for you! I'll even bring donuts. :)

Are you drunk ?

Do you have a sense of humour?





Forget I asked that…

Ahhh, sorry about that kids, seems Mr. Killjoy couldn't help but spoil the ending of Story Time for you all. :)

Thank you. That is my life's mission: killing the party while it sleeps.

BTW, if you've ever been to Panama, I doubt you'd want to retire there.

Au contraire (http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20151230-the-top-seven-places-to-retire)…

Some actors just shouldn't speak without a script.
http://batman-news.com/2016/10/25/teresa-palmer-talia-al-ghul-ben-affleck-batman/

Au contraire (http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20151230-the-top-seven-places-to-retire)�

I lived in Panama for three years and that article comes with its own set of rose colored glasses. Sounds like it was written with input from the Panama Bureau of Tourism.

Well, duh….just one look at that picture postcard elite retreat tells you all you need to know.

Well, duh….just one look at that picture postcard elite retreat tells you all you need to know.

Never believe anything you read or hear and believe only half of what you see.

That's Prime Minister Pirate to you, bub. (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/26/iceland-election-could-propel-radical-pirate-party-into-power)

believe only half of what you see.

Then if I am reading a back-and-forth conversation between Killgrave and gururu, which side to I pay attention to? Should I read a quarter of what each of you has to say if I am to soak in the truth and only the truth?

Stretch out with your feelings… (https://youtu.be/X69NCLxwLEY?t=32s)

Reading comments on Facebook about the Skyrim Remaster.

I don't see why it really needed a remaster. For PC.
Maybe it's meant to be a console-only port/remaster?

But reviews say it looks slightly better than vanilla Skyrim.
but original Skyrim with mods looks even better.

Minor issues with existing mods, as they need to be refitted/recoded for Remastered Skyrim.
Saves are null. But what's the harm in creating a new character?

I haven't installed it yet.
I might not. It's free to me since I bought GOTY on Steam when it was dirt cheap.

I'd rather wait to see the full changelog to see if any bugs were fixed and if they're critical.
Sometimes updates don't do anything useful and you can still play the game without them.

the manual for conkers bad furday

The Hollywood Reporter's original review (https://www.google.com/amp/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/review/beauty-beast-1991-review-949935) of Beauty and the Beast which opened 25 years ago today, November 22nd, 1991.

Reading Ben Wheatley is adapting Frank Miller's Hard Boiled for the silver screen. If his next film Free Fire is as good as the festival reviews say he'll be the perfect man for the job. That said, it'll be a miracle, considering the graphic novel's deep dive into the old ultra violence, if this film makes it to the theaters.

Just read that Angela Bassett has joined Black Panther. Awesome casting. As a bonus, I didn't know Danai Guriera was going to be in it!

Read that Michael Giacchino finished recording for Rogue One about 2 weeks ago. Genuinely excited to see (hear) what he's done within the 4 week time he was given.

.....

Wrong thread

Reading that Alien: Covenant has been bumped up 3 months to May 19th from its original August 14th slot! And also checking out the teaser poster:

Simple but effective. Says it all.

Indeed. The teaser should be here in a matter of days. I hope it's like the first Prometheus teaser: using the same eerie music from the original Alien teaser with cuts of black frames in between each shot.

So Carol Anne sent out this private message:

Want Jurassic World session?
Drop me a line
PS: Won't give it away for nothing

This again? Wasn't "her" last scam the complete Titanic sessions?

Thomas Tallis sent the same to me. But it was as simple as 'Want?'

https://media.giphy.com/media/xT8qBkbC8CSAr3KbTy/giphy.gif

Indeed. The teaser should be here in a matter of days. I hope it's like the first Prometheus teaser: using the same eerie music from the original Alien teaser with cuts of black frames in between each shot.

The Covenant poster is an homage to the original Alien one sheet featuring the egg. (You can go on YouTube and find the original trailer to Alien. Still works.)

"In space, no one can hear you scream" one of the great tag lines and also accurate. Always liked Stephen King's suggestion of "In space, it's always one minute after midnight."

I got an offer from ol' Tommy Tallis as well, and he wouldn't even give me a cue list. When the person you're trading with isn't even trying to prove he has something, he probably isn't very trustworthy.

You'd think they'd learn. But who knows, maybe enough suckers respond to make it worthwhile.

Just finished reading "Star Wars Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel"
It was pretty good!
Now I'm reading research papers trying to find sources for my research paper. Oyy

(Sorry for the double post. The site freaked out a bit.)

Too bad it's a complete fake..... the audio balance is so fucked. Sounds like someone took both channels, separated them, moved the right channel 0.03 seconds behind the left one (why?) downmixed to mono, duplicated the track, made the first one left and second one right and made the right channel louder to give the illusion of stereo.... why....

avoid this if you get it.

Here's an example. Skip to 0:35 to see what I mean. You can just HEAR it.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/68272387/04%20-%20As%20the%20Jurassic%20World%20Turns.m4a
(right click -- save as)
Also, the ost tracks have been put in where appropriate to hide this.

Ah Shame :(

It'd be different if the shit they want to trade for were the legitimate files or material - but there's always some little problem.

A big fuck you to Thomas Tallis and Carol Anne, and Casey whatever-the-hell. If only you were trustworthy.

All 3 are proberly the same person.....

Yep.

The weird thing is that the Watchmen sessions from CA (Thread 209634) did turn out to be legit (besides Piano posting a more proper tracklist questioning it), so I'm not sure why this fake stuff is being passed around by them.

It's not fake. It's an iso score ripped from the Blu-ray in mono.

It's not fake. It's an iso score ripped from the Blu-ray in mono.

Yeah, I figured as much. So it is fake, as it was given to me under the guise that it was recording sessions. Fake in that sense.

It's not fake. It's an iso score ripped from the Blu-ray in mono.

:confused:

So it's a crappy-sounding music stem?

Yeah, I figured as much. So it is fake, as it was given to me under the guise that it was recording sessions. Fake in that sense.

May I Ask If You Would Mind Forwarding It To Me? Blu-rsy/DVD Rips Do Not Bother Me. I Would Like A Gander..

:confused:

So it's a crappy-sounding music stem?
Yeah, whomever had access to it while creating the Blu-rays is my guess.

Reading Ridley Scott, Sir Ridley Scott, turned 79.

The man changed how science fiction looks and is portrayed on screen.

Although they did an awful job extracting it, it is in fact genuine, then? An isolated rip without sfx of any kind?

It's not an extraction, or a rip, or anything like that. Probably when they were producing the near-field mix for the film someone got ahold of the music stem.

So, you tell me it's legit to a certain degree, but awfully mislabled?

I'll give CA and TT credit for at least having something interesting, but they either edited it to be screwed or it came like that and didn't bother to check.

TT did cheat that one guy out though and got a file I made for CA, so....

They're scammers, don't overcomplicate things. They're probably the same person.

They're probably the same person.

I Said That Yesterday.

Reading Ridley Scott, Sir Ridley Scott, turned 79.

The man changed how science fiction looks and is portrayed on screen.

Jesus, you nearly gave me a heart attack. I though it said "reading that Sir Ridley Scott has died at the age of 79"

Jesus, you nearly gave me a heart attack. I though it said "reading that Sir Ridley Scott has died at the age of 79"

Sorry about that. If that had been true I'd have had a heart attack. The man makes movies like no one else. Even his less than successful films are often more interesting than other director's successful ones.

His film Alien & Blade Runner are for me what Star Wars or Raiders are to others. Those two films, BR in particular, baked my noodle but good.

Here's an example. Skip to 0:35 to see what I mean. You can just HEAR it.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/68272387/04%20-%20As%20the%20Jurassic%20World%20Turns.m4a
(right click -- save as)
Also, the ost tracks have been put in where appropriate to hide this.

This (To Me) Actually Sounds Okay, I Like It.
But I Have Bad Sense When It Comes to Music Quality, This Would Work Well For Me.



Gonna See, It It Appears On Any Site Ect.

BMI Congratulates its 2017 Annie Award Nominees (http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/bmi-congratulates-its-2017-annie-award-nominees)


Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion: Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders

Ayyyyyy my favorite composers are there.
Haven't listened to the score yet - it's still in its packaging! - but I'll enjoy it over Christmas break. It'll probably be a lot better than their lackluster showing for The Killing Joke.

It Is Certainly More Upbeat. A Real Tribute to 60s Batman.

Fun.

Vinyl snobs rejoice as study shows MP3s make music less pleasurable (http://www.avclub.com/article/vinyl-snobs-rejoice-study-shows-mp3s-make-music-le-246959)…

Very interesting. And so even if you don't have the equipment to actually tell the difference of quality, the difference still takes effect on an emotional basis. Grrreat.

And shoutout to Bitches Brew!

I Don't Give A Shit. I Use MP3, And No One Will Make Me Change.

How to Train Your Dragon 3 has been pushed to 2019.. :( Before, it was 2016, then 2017, then 2018 and now 2019...

Something tells me Universal isn't happy with what the director DeBlois wanted to do with HTTYD3 and make an epic, sad closure, and has obligated them to make a open end to make way for more sequels in the future.. fuck Hollywood.

How to Train Your Dragon 3 has been pushed to 2019.. :( Before, it was 2016, then 2017, then 2018 and now 2019...

Something tells me Universal isn't happy with what the director DeBlois wanted to do with HTTYD3 and make an epic, sad closure, and has obligated them to make a open end to make way for more sequels in the future.. fuck Hollywood.

The more time they have to make it, the better it will be. The first HTTYD came out in 2010, and the second, not until 2014. I am happy that, should they have until 2019, that it will be handled effectively and well, and that the script can go through many iterations. two years is just not enough. I am glad it is 2019, not 2016.

Vinyl snobs rejoice as study shows MP3s make music less pleasurable (http://www.avclub.com/article/vinyl-snobs-rejoice-study-shows-mp3s-make-music-le-246959)…

:rolleyes:

Neil Young "couldn’t be reached for comment".
He's always talked about over at the HydrogenAudio forums.

Vinyl has purely aesthetic qualities rather than technical qualities.
It's all psychological and placebo tendancies.
It will sound different because it's a completely different and variable medium.
It can't be any better than the studio master. Uncompressed (Dnyamic Range) studio master.

All lossy codecs FROM TODAY are designed better than ones when Neil Young first used MP3.

You can look at the most recent developments for LAME MP3, it's still being heavily worked as we speak.

There's bound to be a new release soon.

Vinyl snobs rejoice as study shows MP3s make music less pleasurable (http://www.avclub.com/article/vinyl-snobs-rejoice-study-shows-mp3s-make-music-le-246959)…

Click-bait headline.
I actually read (okay, skimmed) the study and the compression was not your normal 256/192/128 compression. It went all the way down to 112, 52, and 32.
Furthermore they never clarified what these MP3s were sourced from. They merely referred to "original" audio. Was it lossless? Was it 320k MP3? No mention as far as I could tell, and the source makes a big difference in how the transcodes sound.

And vinyl geeks have nothing to sing praises about, as there is no equivalency between iTunes and vinyl sound. In part because of the Loudness War.
Hell, the study doesn't mention vinyl at all. That's not what it was about.

Either way, VBR master-race for the win.

And vinyl geeks have nothing to sing praises about

I can sing a million praises about all the different kinds of vinyl I've collected over the years. Probably something to do with it being a physical form that you can do things to and with. And most (not all) vinyls today include an MP3 download.

Probably something to do with it being a physical form that you can do things to and with.

Which proves the pseudosciences lose again as tactile contact does not improve the technical quality of vinyl.

Superstition belongs in fortune cookies with your lucky numbers.

"I felt dirty after playing with the mp3s my Opa left behind…" — Excerpt from "Confessions from Post-Millennia", Virgin Virtual �2077.

Reading the trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming airs Thursday night on Kimmel.

Avoid the Christmas rush and post your bitches, gripes and moans before seeing the trailer. (I mean where's the fun in judging the trailer on its actual content? We're in a post truth age where what you believe = reality.)

Reading DuckTales returns to Disney next summer.

http://www.slashfilm.com/ducktales-teaser-release-date/#more-387621

Someone give ManRay the smelling salts.

Reading DuckTales returns to Disney next summer.

http://www.slashfilm.com/ducktales-teaser-release-date/#more-387621

Someone give ManRay the smelling salts.

I don't think we'll be needing those. :laugh:

I'd say i am cautiously optimistic...

They'll never trump the Original, but hey, it might be good.

Scrooge won't be the same without Alan Young, may he Rest in Piece. :(

eSports is getting a movie... :erm:
http://www.pcgamer.com/competitive-gaming-finds-itself-in-the-cinematic-spotlight-and-fans-arent-happy

With Will Ferrell.

I didn't think eSports was real at first.
And then they had to make scandals of players doping up just to play longer.
:changspew: They really need all the controversey they can get for attention.

Skipping Christmas, John Grisham. Read it every Christmas. And I finally bought it this year. Tired of borrowing it from the library.

Reading critics saw the first 40 minutes of Logan.

The reviews of what they saw are highly encouraging.

Maybe we'll get the Wolverine that fans - like me - have hoped for.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/first-act-of-logan-screens-for-critics/

The reviews of what they saw are highly encouraging.

Didn't this also happen with The Wolverine? That movie sucked.

Critics also saw and reacted positively to the first Alien: Covenant teaser, which we may get soon.

.

In March we'll see.

https://www.rt.com/viral/368935-london-christman-gherkin-tree/

HAHAHA HOLY SHIT
It's a zucchini Christmas tree! Norway dun goofed

Does anyone here live in/near London? Is it in bad in person as it looks?
In Norway's defense, they've been doing this for a long time. One or two slipups every now and then isn't that bad.

Looks, Different. Not Bad.

Yeah, I think the thing that ruins it is the way the lights are positioned. It'd look less like a cucumber if they were wrapped around instead of draped.

Looks Better In Life, That Picture Attempt is Poor.

Reading the tracklist to Rogue One.

He’s Here For Us (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
A Long Ride Ahead (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Wobani Imperial Labor Camp (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Trust Goes Both Ways (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
When Has Become Now (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Jedha Arrival (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Jedha City Ambush (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Star-Dust (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Confrontation on Eadu (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Krennic’s Aspirations (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Rebellions Are Built on Hope (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Rogue One (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Cargo Shuttle SW-0608 (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Scrambling the Rebel Fleet (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
AT-ACT Assault (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
The Master Switch (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Your Father Would Be Proud (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Hope (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Jyn Erso & Hope Suite (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
The Imperial Suite (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)
Guardians of the Whills Suite (From “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”/Score)

Looks like Disney cured Giacchino of his pun-itis.

Good grief. Giacchino would have some amazing BAD balls to put puns as tracks for a Star Wars score

Good grief. Giacchino would have some amazing BAD balls to put puns as tracks for a Star Wars score

No one messes with the House of Mouse.

Exactly. Just As We Say!

More evidence that Disney buying SW is the worst thing ever!

watching Die Hard 1.

Finished Lethal Weapon 1.

Probably will go to Die Hard 2: Die Harder.

The only ones that take place during Christmas.

I like Die Hard a lot more.

Reading Apple is in talks to stream movies - currently playing in movie houses - available for home viewing as early as two weeks after their movie theater debut. Projected cost: about $50 bucks per movie.

A case of when, not if.

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More evidence that Disney buying SW is the worst thing ever!


The only thing worse: leaving Star Wars in Lucas's hands.

Projected cost: about $50 bucks per movie.

For the End User ? Because if so, then fuck that Noise !

For the End User ? Because if so, then fuck that Noise !

I'd rather go to the theater and see it on a truly big screen but for some folks $50 might be reasonable, especially if it's a family and they then load up with concession food. (A habit I will never understand. Are German theater goers as avid consumers of mock food as Americans?)

Also it's seen as a bulwark against piracy. Plus movie theater attendance is stagnant. (My suggestion: make better movies! Honestly, cable has better story telling than most films.)

I'd rather go to the theater and see it on a truly big screen but for some folks $50 might be reasonable, especially if it's a family and they then load up with concession food. (A habit I will never understand. Are German theater goers as avid consumers of mock food as Americans?)

Kindaaaaa makes Sense for bigger viewing Parties, but then they sure are leaving a big Group of Customers by the Wayside,
socially inept People and general Loners, etc.

50 Bucks is kind of a big Investment imho...

And yes, most People over here go the full nine Yards, more Money spent on Foodstuffs than the actual Tickets,
i am guilty of that same Crime, going to the Cinema is a pretty significant Event for me
that doesn't happen too often, you better believe i will enjoy John Wick 2 with Nachos in my right,
and a big Coke in my left Hand... ;)


(My suggestion: make better movies! Honestly, cable has better story telling than most films.)

Amen Brother ! I am kinda ashamed to admit that the last Time i went to the Cinema was for Avengers #1,
that was 4 friggin' Years ago... Simply didn't feel the Need to see something on the really really big Screen since then... �\_(ツ)_/�

Sod That! 50... For One Film! On Your Bike.

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Apple.

"Removing Your Itunes Colors and Iphone Headphone Jacks. Over Pricing Your Movies."

What A Joke.
:laugh:

(My suggestion: make better movies! Honestly, cable has better story telling than most films.)

:this:

I got 2 free tickets on my SCENE card for the Cineplex Odeon theaters, valid for any SilverCity in participating municipalities.

I've had them for about a yaer and a half and I really don't feel like going out to see any movie.
When it comes to the DC movies, I'd rather wait for the extended release at home.

To this day, I've not watched the Theatrical cuts to neither Dawn of Justice nor Suicide Squad.

Marvel will always be the same. They never do extended cuts.
But I can live without seeing them in theater.
We no longer have a real IMAX theater here, anyway so it's all moot.

We have an IMAX theater that can only do 1.78:1 aspect ratio.
So it's like watching The Dark Knight on bluray with the aspect ratio switching.
Exact same cropping and framing for the IMAX scenes.

Don't get me wrong, it's great for it's inhouse post-processing technology.
Their DMR technology definitely enchances the picture quality as well as the 3D quality.
The nearest SilverCity cinema to me just pales in comparison now that I watched IMAX DMR.

Only problem is that the small-scale IMAX theater is too far away to actually make an effort to go out there.

I'll see if a friend wants to go see Rogue One when it comes out.

No more 1.43:1 for me.

Ha ! Rumpel tells it like it is !

Jesus Christ, i am a reasonable kind of Guy,
but i sure don't like the Feeling of being milked...

And yes, most People over here go the full nine Yards, more Money spent on Foodstuffs than the actual Tickets,
i am guilty of that same Crime, going to the Cinema is a pretty significant Event for me
that doesn't happen too often, you better believe i will enjoy John Wick 2 with Nachos in my right,
and a big Coke in my left Hand... ;)

Back in the day when my Mom and I went to the movies we couldn't afford tickets and snacks. Plus since theater snacks had zero food value we didn't eat them. Same way soft drinks were verboten in our house. (Had my first Coke when I was 15. Ugh. Never again.) She'd make sandwiches and put them in her purse.


Amen Brother ! I am kinda ashamed to admit that the last Time i went to the Cinema was for Avengers #1,
that was 4 friggin' Years ago... Simply didn't feel the Need to see something on the really really big Screen since then... �\_(ツ)_/�

Yeah, it used to be you'd go to the movies to get quality story telling now so many movies are about the wide screen spectacle. (Actually, this is nothing new. When TV took off in the 50's theater attendance dropped drastically. That's how widescreen and 3-D came about. An attempt to lure people back to the movies.)

Studios still make high quality films like Arrival or Nocturnal Animals but bringing the boom brings in the bucks. Personally, I don't mind a film that's big, loud and fun but I draw the line at big, loud and dumb.

Like most of this year's tentpole films.

We Aim to Please!

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view4/1404443/quagmire-o.gif

reading that Margot Robbie won Choice Award For Best Actress In An Action Movie.
Not a major award. An accolade like any other (MTV Teen Choice, etc).
http://comicbook.com/2016/12/11/margot-robbie-won-the-critics-choice-award-for-best-actress-in-a/

Social sites are saying she beat Gal Gadot for Wonder Woman.

Not surprising when she most just shakes her ass in those skimpy shorts.
It's like a movie made by Comic-Con fans. :laugh:

I can't wait for more Joker in the next film.

alternating between the walking dead and crossed badlands

Skipping Christmas

Nordic Pine candle lit and Christmas music on faint in the background

Yahoo discloses hack of 1 billion accounts (https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/yahoo-discloses-hack-of-1-billion-accounts/amp/)

:erm: Who uses Yahoo still?
I can't even remember anything about my yahoo.

Reading a comparison of the trailer and the theatrical footage of Rogue One. Gives an indication of what the original film might have looked like before the re-shoots.

http://www.slashfilm.com/rogue-one-missing-trailer-footage/

Beware: spoilers aplenty.

Wait, so all the cool parts AREN'T in the movie? Hmph!

I saw it last night. Excellent film.

Scenes that work in the trailer don't always work in the film.

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:erm: Who uses Yahoo still?

People who still use dial up modems?

Watched Woody Allen's recent amuse-bouche for the Upper East Side, "Midnight in Paris" last night, and today I'm browsing opinion on Gertrude Stein as Vichy collaborator.

Reading this thread (Thread 213077) and watching as it spirals out of control. I see the new forum administrator is so far doing an excellent job.

Yep.

There Has Been About Several Varese Albums Posted Recently. All Still Going.....

Scenes that work in the trailer don't always work in the film.

I know, but I'm still bothered that literally ALL the scenes that I thought in the trailers looked kickass aren't in the final film.
Plus, they must have clicked into some iteration of the film if they were shot. :-\

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Reading this thread (Thread 213077) and watching as it spirals out of control. I see the new forum administrator is so far doing an excellent job.

I'm still of the opinion that the whole section should just be deleted.

Then After That Everyone Leaves.... Interesting...

Reading that Rogue One reached 290 millions (in total, worldwide) in just.. less than two days. God damn Star Wars is a super power and Disney KNEW IT. Surely Disney has gotten back the 4 billion they spent on it.. and way more..

Disney is certainly doing more with the franchise than Lucas did and taking more chances. Rogue One was something of a gamble. There was no guarantee a non-Skywalker film would be a success.

I think you're being far too generous with that statement than you should be... remember that TFA was just the first movie with the names changed.

I know, but I'm still bothered that literally ALL the scenes that I thought in the trailers looked kickass aren't in the final film.
Plus, they must have clicked into some iteration of the film if they were shot.

After reading a series of articles, mostly speculation mind you, my own silly wild ass guess is some lines - like "I rebel" - and some scenes - Stormtroopers wading through knee high water - played better in a Skywalker Star Wars film than a stand alone film. (Also having edited video for much of my career I know you shoot footage with every intention of using it only to find out later you don't need it or it doesn't work in the context of the final product.)

Edwards said he wanted to make a war film, emphasizing the war in Star Wars. That means a more serious tone and some of that dialogue doesn't match that seriousness.

I Loved the Film. Enough Said.

I think you're being far too generous with that statement than you should be... remember that TFA was just the first movie with the names changed.


True, and Abrams acknowledged that. But he and Disney had to reboot the franchise after the lackluster prequels and introduce Star Wars to a new audience and also get the current fans back into the theaters. So they went with a storyline that worked.

Do I wish they'd been more inventive? Yes. But they also made a film that, IMHO, recaptured the spirit of the original three films. Also, TFA's success led to Rogue One, a film which ended more like Empire than New Hope and other spin offs. Like the Han Solo standalone film.

Hopefully, with episode VIII the script will get more creative.

I hope so, too. It'd be extremely dissapointing if they, once more, repeated Episode 5. Like.. okay I understand making a safe begining, but I think they should go further now that the audience is settled and so is the sucess.

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Giacchino confirmed to score Jurassic World 2.

The Hollywood Reporter assumed that he is working on the film, which he probably will end up working on it, but it's not confirmed yet.

"MG himself doesn't confirm it, the text of the article just mentions it as an upcoming project... and they certainly could be wrong about that (IE they just saw it on wikipedia or something)"

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rogue-one-composer-filling-john-williams-shoes-pleasing-marvel-franchise-fans-956179

If True. Let the Shit Storm Commence. :notgood:

A new face wouldn't be so bad for a sequel.. I'd hope the director would hire his longtime partner, Fernando Vel�zquez. I'd love to know how he takes Jurassic World. Possibly way more classicaly and musicaly than Giacchino ever would. I think, it'd really be a fresh feeling..

I donno if i could picture his music on Jurassic...

A new face wouldn't be so bad for a sequel.. I'd hope the director would hire his longtime partner, Fernando Vel�zquez. I'd love to know how he takes Jurassic World. Possibly way more classicaly and musicaly than Giacchino ever would. I think, it'd really be a fresh feeling..

Anything that strays away from bombastic, explosive, and loud is too risky for Jurassic World 2. It'll either be Giacchino or some cookie-cutter RCP composer who slavishly listens to the temp track.

I don't think that it matters really, the composer they select to compose for films like this. If you think about it, the director, or someone, is requesting them to copy this, or to get something to sound like that. I honestly think when it comes to reboots, spin-offs, or anything of that sort, it's the director that is actually ruining the originality and exploration of themes that the composer wants to explore, but can't flourish out. Just my thoughts.

True, and Abrams acknowledged that. But he and Disney had to reboot the franchise after the lackluster prequels and introduce Star Wars to a new audience and also get the current fans back into the theaters. So they went with a storyline that worked.

Yeah. As much as I can't stand TFA for copy-and-pasting most of its story and character, I'm paralyzed by being able to see both sides of the issue. If I were a Disney exec I'd probably have made the same decisions.

I still don't like the movie though.

I don't think that it matters really, the composer they select to compose for films like this. If you think about it, the director, or someone, is requesting them to copy this, or to get something to sound like that. I honestly think when it comes to reboots, spin-offs, or anything of that sort, it's the director that is actually ruining the originality and exploration of themes that the composer can't flourish out. Just my thoughts.

^ Valid Thoughts Tho.

I don't think that it matters really, the composer they select to compose for films like this. If you think about it, the director, or someone, is requesting them to copy this, or to get something to sound like that. I honestly think when it comes to reboots, spin-offs, or anything of that sort, it's the director that is actually ruining the originality and exploration of themes that the composer can't flourish out. Just my thoughts.

Yeah. And not just the director, the studio at large when it comes to a cash cow like this doesn't like fresh ideas.
I've never heard or seen Jurassic Park III but I'm guessing Don Davis worked his ass off to get that Williams sound for the picture. Even if Gia is too busy or whatever to return for JW, the new guy would emulate whatever he did for the first.

Yeah, that'd be pretty insane to see Don Davis scoring Jurassic World 2, I'd actually approve of that.

Jurassic World 2.

Brian Tyler.

That I Could See.

I don't even think Davis does much anymore for film. Doesn't he dabble in opera now?

It doesn't look like he's scored any films in about a decade, but it seems he is scoring something in '17...

I don't think that it matters really, the composer they select to compose for films like this. If you think about it, the director, or someone, is requesting them to copy this, or to get something to sound like that. I honestly think when it comes to reboots, spin-offs, or anything of that sort, it's the director that is actually ruining the originality and exploration of themes that the composer wants to explore, but can't flourish out. Just my thoughts.

^ I think this is the case more often than not in this decade.

Meh, I just thought Fernando Vel�zquez would bring in a new fresh feeling to the movie, with a different kind of music. What makes you think Fernando couldn't do a bombastic action filled orchestra? What makes a composer great is the ability to expand to all genres. And I think this dude is good enough. He does have a classical sense with his music. I love his works with Zipi y Zape, very magical, classical and reminiscing of the 80s classics. Honestly everybody tries to emulate, and copypaste John Williams.. everyone can't be John Williams, nor need to be. To make a great score, you only need to understand classical music, and how a score works for a movie. You need to make music that ties in to the events in the movie but also outside of the movie.. it's not hard; but most composer nowadays don't seem to get the picture.

but most composer nowadays don't seem to get the picture.

They don't need to. Unfortunately, in a world of temp tracks and synth pads being the standard for blockbusters, having an understanding of samples is more pressing than knowing how to get the audience's attention with sweeping melodies or memorable motifs. Writing complex music means you risk alienating the lowest common denominator.

I supose you're right, it's a pity. Though I don't see what's wrong with a blockbuster having full-on live orchestrated music with feelings. It was like this in the 50s and it worked. I think that can get you more than synth booms and beeps. But alas. I can always dream. I like Fernando a lot, and I can't wait to see his future projects, I hope in one of them he gets to do scores a la classical style.

Though I don't see what's wrong with a blockbuster having full-on live orchestrated music with feelings. It was like this in the 50s and it worked.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, they just don't seem to place as much importance on it anymore. I was talking about this in my paragraph(s) about God of Egypt's score... now it's as if they only let the film score serve its most basic purpose of generating an underscore or atmosphere and essentially supporting a narrative, and not allow them to be as thematic, complex, interesting or unique as they once were...like, I think that too often a lot of directors may squash potential creativity an individual score or its composer can have, if only they'd let them work to the extent their actual capabilities allow.

It comes down to

a) What's cheap
b) What's profitable

No one goes to see a movie because they heard the underscore in it was good. The purpose of blockbusters is solely for audiences to be dazzled in star power.

Reading that ye olde tagline of "coming soon to a theater near you" will change to "coming soon to your living room's flatscreen" as more studios are warming up to the idea of streaming current theater releases for home viewing in as little as two - three weeks after their theater premiere date.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/shortened-release-windows-talks-continue/

Reading that ye olde tagline of "coming soon to a theater near you" will change to "coming soon to your living room's flatscreen" as more studios are warming up to the idea of streaming current theater releases for home viewing in as little as two - three weeks after their theater premiere date.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/shortened-release-windows-talks-continue/

piratebay and other public sites will love that.
Camcorder copies will come from "the best calibrated" tv's.
And then those who plug in a VCR to record and get that on PC in divx. :laugh:

Mark Millar on CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR: (http://forums.millarworld.tv/t/millars-top-10-movies-of-2016/9260)



Civil War had a good opening twenty mins, but then I honestly can't remember what the movie was about. It's interesting the Russos have a background in comedy because it's really missing in these otherwise well-made pictures and very, very missed. I really hope this bleakness doesn't extend into their two Avengers pictures because what made that first Avengers work was the light as well as shade and I'll be sad if that's all lost like it was in this picture.


I love the irony here. His crappy Civil War comic series started off with a nuclear bomb going off at a crowded preschool - and he bitches about "bleakness" pervading the lives of the Avengers.

Thank God the film takes nothing from his awful comic book but the name!

Disney may break a world record this year with possibly the first time a studio has earned 7 billion in box office in a year.

http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/walt-disney-studios-set-to-hit-record-7b-box-office/

I can see all the other studios screaming in jealousy and being even more desperate to do shit moves to get money.

Battle of the Drama Queens.

Jesus Christ. 2 days, 24 pages and 576 posts later, this fucking thread (Thread 213077) has finally been closed. Well done, new administrator. Not bad. Really. And to all those who kept posting and posting and posting. I applaud those of you who tried to end the nonsense and have it shut down (even though it failed), the rest of you need only look into a mirror.

I'm finding it funny now that this is now the third shut down thread where LordDSP shines in his egotism. While I know the real reason is for the rules and the rules only, his presence in these sorts of threads tell me how toxic he really is to the community.

That thread was even better than the Azkaban one from 2013 in terms of sheer shitposting.

It was a wild scene.

Y'all need medication.

Hell no.

I'm more sane now than I've ever been before. ;)

I'm more sane now than I've ever been before. ;)

Famous last words :169:

Jesus Christ. 2 days, 24 pages and 576 posts later, this fucking thread (Thread 213077) has finally been closed. Well done, new administrator. Not bad. Really. And to all those who kept posting and posting and posting. I applaud those of you who tried to end the nonsense and have it shut down (even though it failed), the rest of you need only look into a mirror.

Yea and verily, social media brings out the best in all of us.

If and when the day comes that humanity shuffles off this mortal coil, a single word will be written on our collective tombstone.

And that word will be: Internet.

It's going to kill us.

Every.

Last.

One.

Question is, who'll get the last tweet?

Question is, who'll get the last tweet?

Donald Trump :laugh:

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Famous last words :169:


Yea and verily, social media brings out the best in all of us.

If and when the day comes that humanity shuffles off this mortal coil, a single word will be written on our collective tombstone.

And that word will be: Internet.

It's going to kill us.

Every.

Last.

One.

^More famous last words than my own.

Donald Trump :laugh:

You mean to tell me Twitter is gonna shut down soon? That man can't live forever.

I think we might be seeing 'controversial' tweets from the Donald for a long time :p

Y'all need medication.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWXdIiNlajQ

I'm reading the novelization of Resident Evil 2 by the lady who is obsessed with Rebecca Chambers. It...It is strange...lol

Carrie Fisher suffers heart attack…during in-flight showing of Rogue One. http://i.imgur.com/yYUpee4.gif

Carrie Fisher suffers heart attack…during in-flight showing of Rogue One. http://i.imgur.com/yYUpee4.gif

Fibber. Current theatrical runs don't show up on the in-flight movie circuit for 4- 6 months.

Maybe they'd make an exception for Princess Leia.

Reading the trailer for Alien: Covenant hits the internet Christmas Day.

Santa with a facehugger: now that's Christmas.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/alien-covenant-trailer-hits-christmas-day/

http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/25/fbi-tweets-out-really-crap-christmas-card-they-did-on-ms-paint-6344480/



FBI tweets out really crap Christmas card they did on MS Paint





lol

Reading on Yahoo! that Carrie Fisher has died. Man I hate when I'm right. Seriously 2016, fuck you

Reading on Yahoo! that Carrie Fisher has died. Man I hate when I'm right. Seriously 2016, fuck you

A year which will live in infamy.

We've had the dark clouds, can we get some silver linings?

Again, 2017 ain't looking any better.

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I still don't want to believe Carrie Fisher is dead. She was reported to be stable, and TMZ, the one who reported the death, is known for faking stuff before.. and we shouldn't believe it just because thousands of different internet presses want to share it quick to have a wonderful click bait.. Same. I WON'T believe anything until a official source confirms it, not TMZ and thousands of quick-grab clickbait press sites..

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Damn it, it's real.

http://people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-dies/

Again, 2017 ain't looking any better.

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I still don't want to believe Carrie Fisher is dead. She was reported to be stable, and TMZ, the one who reported the death, is known for faking stuff before.. and we shouldn't believe it just because thousands of different internet presses want to share it quick to have a wonderful click bait.. Same. I WON'T believe anything until a official source confirms it, not TMZ and thousands of quick-grab clickbait press sites..

And a lot of that is our fault, we the people. We let our emotions, mainly fear, override our intellect.

As one of my Sergeants liked to say: "no one makes a good decision based out of fear."

If there's one positive we can learn from the passing of Michael and Fisher is to take better care of one's self.

My, what a thing to see when opening up the shrine. Bloody hell.

And a lot of that is our fault, we the people. We let our emotions, mainly fear, override our intellect.

As one of my Sergeants liked to say: "no one makes a good decision based out of fear."

If there's one positive we can learn from the passing of Michael and Fisher is to take better care of one's self.

:this:

Again, 2017 ain't looking any better.

Don't you say another word.

2016 has done screwed up the world concerning just too many passings. Best for 2017 to stay the fuck in line.

Because...I mean, this is too much.

Seriously 2016, fuck you


Don't you say another word.

2016 has done screwed up the world concerning just too many passings. Best for 2017 to stay the fuck in line.

Because...I mean, this is too much.

:noonecares:

I'm sorry, but I really don't understand this idea that "2016 is a bad luck year".
It sucks that people you adored growing up have died, but shaking your fist at the calendar is, like, wtf? They're getting older just like you.

Well? I'm pretty sure it was a good year otherwise. I'm not really saying 'fuck 2016' as a whole. But it seems to be one of the years that has the worst reputation concerning all of the deaths. It's ridiculous.

There we go, Skelly making up to his title of Shrine Grinch

Don't you say another word.

2016 has done screwed up the world concerning just too many passings. Best for 2017 to stay the fuck in line.

That, my friend, is up to us. We must have the discipline to resist the sugar high of the quick fix, the easy way, the wallpapering over the cracks and do the hard thing. President Kennedy said it best in his speech about America going to the moon.

"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."

As a former member of the military it's disheartening at times to see how disengaged so much of the country has become. 43% did not vote in the Presidential election. I and others raised their hands and swore to defend America at the cost of our lives and almost half the country didn't get off their asses and vote? (And yet how many of those people will stand in line for hours on Black Friday to get a bargain or camp out to get the latest phone?)

Supporting your country takes more than yelling out "America, Fuck Yeah!"

Sorry. I'm pissed off at moment. 2016 sucked and 2017 doesn't look much better. I will be very glad if 2017 proves me wrong.

Exactly. I'll just do best to persist in my belief that "2017 is going to be 10x better than 2016". I feel better and rest easier at night knowing this presentiment.

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Supporting your country takes more than yelling out "America, Fuck Yeah!"
https://media.giphy.com/media/cxTxoC8Fdd7eU/giphy.gif
'True patriotism'? :laugh:

43% did not vote in the Presidential election.

It's a shocking statistic, but it is unfortunately the norm! It's exceedingly rare for much more than about half the country to actually fulfill their obligation of voting.
And if Presidential election voter turnout is this low, imagine how bad it is for state representative elections.

It's a shocking statistic, but it is unfortunately the norm! It's exceedingly rare for much more than about half the country to actually fulfill their obligation of voting.
And if Presidential election voter turnout is this low, imagine how bad it is for state representative elections.

Which is why whenever someone complains about the state of politics I ask, "did you vote?" Most times the answer is "no" to which I respond, "shut up, you get the government you didn't bother to vote for."

Usually the justification for not voting is "it's too difficult, too time consuming, too boring." (How is helping determine the direction of the country boring?)

And yet these same people can give me chapter and verse about their favorite sports team, favorite TV program or recite the latest gossip on Twitter. Don't allow entertainment to distract from the real issues of the day.

What about "the two choices were horrible", or "I don't trust politics", or "I won't choose the lesser of the evils"

Then vote for someone other than the primary Dem or Republican candidates.

What about "I don't trust politics, any of them."

Seriously, patriotism isn't the way to solve everything.

What about "I don't trust politics, any of them."

Then move to the jungles of Brazil and join the tribes of people who still aren't even aware that civilization exists.
There will be no government there for you to distrust. There won't be a government at all!

Even when I'll turn 18, I probably won't vote, seeing as most of my family can't and those that can simply don't care. Though that could change.

Then move to the jungles of Brazil and join the tribes of people who still aren't even aware that civilization exists.
There will be no government there for you to distrust. There won't be a government at all!

And you can continue to let every politician fuck you up and steal your money! :D


Even when I'll turn 18, I probably won't vote, seeing as most of my family can't and those that can simply don't care. Though that could change.

I'm 19, had two chances to vote for Spain elections and passed. For the same reason I stated above.

I'm sorry that I voted instead of becoming an anarchist, Ponyo. :(

Also, I didn't donate to any candidates. Unless you mean taxes.

I don't feel sorry that I, unlike you, don't give you shit for your political stance/beliefs.

I don't feel sorry that I, unlike you, don't give you shit for your political stance/beliefs.

You're also in a different country, which probably has different situations going on. Thus, is it really right for you to judge?

You're also in a different country, which probably has different situations going on. Thus, is it really right for you to judge?

My stance with politics is the same no matter the country.

I don't feel sorry that I, unlike you, don't give you shit for your political stance/beliefs.

But you don't have a political stance... your stance is that you don't do politics.
If you don't want to vote, that's your choice. I won't understand any justifications for it though.

But you don't have a political stance... your stance is that you don't do politics.
If you don't want to vote, that's your choice. I won't understand any justifications for it though.

People really can't make up their minds, seriously. This morning I was told by people that not liking politics or trusting any politic party, or whatever, was in itself a political stance, because a political stance is your opinion about a form of politics. And now you tell me it's not. I do respect however that you look my dislike of politics or not voting as wrong.

There's no escape. Everything is political. Excepting solo masturbation, perhaps.

What about "the two choices were horrible", or "I don't trust politics", or "I won't choose the lesser of the evils"

Then you still elect evil. Not voting is voting. Your vote cancels out the individual who voted for the worst candidate on the ticket. Not voting leads to elections in which only the evil of two lessors run because then only the most venal, power hungry or corrupt individuals participate.

So don't be so effete or elitist. You can't afford it. Politics has been, is and always will be a dirty affair. So get over yourself and do your civic duty and vote. Vote for the candidate who will do the least amount of damage.

There's no escape. Everything is political. Excepting solo masturbation, perhaps.

That depends... Are you Left or Right handed? :laugh:

I watched The Princess Bride last night and had a good laugh at this exchange:

Vizzini: We'll head straight for the Guilder frontier. You catch up with us there. If he falls, fine. If not, the sword.

Inigo Montoya: I'm going to duel him left-handed.

Vizzini: You know what a hurry we're in!

Inigo Montoya: Well, is only way I can be satisfied. If I use my right... over too quickly.

Vizzini: [exasperated] Oh, have it your way.

Report! Report! News flash! News flash!

Some asshole took a picture of the notoriously reclusive Ike Perlmutter, who owns pretty much all of Marvel, while he was at a meeting with Trump.

This is the first photo of him taken in decades.



http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/reclusive-marvel-ceo-ike-perlmutter-photographed-public-959632

Marvel... at a meeting with Trump.

I guess we can expect a cameo from him now?
More political propaganda in the movies?
A lot of subtext and innuendo?

DC sure is shaping up well now, isn't it? ;)

Perlmutter's relationship with the MCU is strained at best. :laugh:

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/sci-fi/star_wars/luke-and-leia-skywalker-reunite-in-a-touching-behind-the-scenes-a147792

Rogue One didn't have a 'dedicated to' credit to Kenny Baker... so I doubt they'll pay much respect to Fisher in episode 8.
One can hope though.

Not really "reading," but I'm listening to some of Robert Heinlein's stuff while at work on Audible.

:DDDDDDDD <3

:large

http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20161230/best-movies-of-2016-and-a-disney-cartoon-shall-lead-them-all-says-bob-strauss

Not really "reading," but I'm listening to some of Robert Heinlein's stuff while at work on Audible.

Aah yes, audiobooks. A godsend.

Harper's: The New Red Scare: Reviving the art of threat inflation. (http://harpers.org/archive/2016/12/the-new-red-scare/1/)

Looks bretty gud

Looks bretty gud

Shouldn't drink and type.

Not drunk, just being deliberately annoying.

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I still can't believe that Mark Mothersbaugh of all people is scoring this movie. PLEASE, Disney, keep him on. PLEASE don't do something stupid like you did with Rogue One.

PLEASE, Disney, keep him on. PLEASE don't do something stupid like you did with Rogue One.

I like MG, but I agree, he shouldn't be in every Disney project lol.

Didn't Mothersbaugh do the LEGO movie? He could bring an interesting style to the table.

PLEASE, Disney, keep him on. PLEASE don't do something stupid like you did with Rogue One.

What's truly terrifying is that there are actual human beings living and breathing on this planet who unabashedly endorse a third-rate mimic like Gia as a worthy successor to Williams.

The mind boggles.

I don't vehemently hate Giacchino like some people, but I feel like so much more of his writing is fluff than is stuff of substance, or outside-of-film-listening merit.

Not every score is meant to be a genre-shaking knockout, but considering the sorts of films he's working on (and how much he's getting paid!) you'd think he'd put more work into developing more intelligent themes. That's what offended my ears more than anything in Rogue One: the pungent motifs. If it's crappy incidental music, then who cares? You only have to listen to it once and you likely won't consciously notice it anyway. But suffering through Jyn Erso's theme a dozen times in two hours is just too much to ask of a viewer.

For Spider-Man, I'm hoping he uses his apparent gift for writing sonorous strings (at least to my ears) extensively to offset his heinous SW transgression.

Reading something that ends the week on a positive note and that's how the late Alan Rickman - Snape - used his Harry Potter money.

http://heroichollywood.com/how-alan-rickman-spent-potter-money/

Now that's someone who's a class act.

Alan Rickman was an amazing man. He's one of the people that I will miss in this world =(

Hi. I just finished the novel The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Next up is either Dan Wells's Fragments or Star Wars: Bloodline by Claudia Gray.

Reading that Constantine is coming back; in animated form. Ryan will voice Constantine in a series consisting of five or six episodes each 10 minutes long.

Never knew the Comic was so radically different from the Movie.
He's straight up murdering People... I love it ! :laugh:

Yeah, the comic isn't exactly the Looney Tunes adventures that the movie is! :laugh: