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viper37

#541
January 17, 2016, 08:39:43 PM
that was very funny :P
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Kleves

#542
January 18, 2016, 01:57:25 PM
It looks like John Williams got nominated again for best score. I did not find the score at all memorable - the best parts were when they reused pieces from the original trilogy.
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viper37

#543
January 18, 2016, 02:27:45 PM
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

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Sophie Scholl

#545
January 19, 2016, 04:32:19 PM
Quote from: Kleves on January 18, 2016, 01:57:25 PM
It looks like John Williams got nominated again for best score. I did not find the score at all memorable - the best parts were when they reused pieces from the original trilogy.
Agreed.  My friends and I have all discussed and reached that same conclusion.  There is just nothing that stands out.  It's entirely forgettable, which is a shame.
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Barrister

#546
January 19, 2016, 04:51:36 PM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on January 19, 2016, 04:32:19 PM
Quote from: Kleves on January 18, 2016, 01:57:25 PM
It looks like John Williams got nominated again for best score. I did not find the score at all memorable - the best parts were when they reused pieces from the original trilogy.
Agreed.  My friends and I have all discussed and reached that same conclusion.  There is just nothing that stands out.  It's entirely forgettable, which is a shame.

Which is odd since his score for the prequels was pretty good.

He is getting up there in age though.  Though I think someone here said that the way Abrams worked with him was fairly different than how Lucas did.
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MadImmortalMan

#547
January 19, 2016, 05:00:49 PM
I think Williams tried to hard to tie themes from before into the new characters, which has led to speculation about Rey and Snoke in particular about who they are just based on the music used in their scenes. But you can't do that without repeating a lot.
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HVC

#548
January 20, 2016, 03:25:20 PM
Episode 8 is being pushed back 7 months.
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Queequeg

#549
January 21, 2016, 04:43:56 AM Last Edit: January 21, 2016, 08:31:53 AM by Queequeg
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
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Liep

#551
January 21, 2016, 07:07:40 AM
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#552
January 21, 2016, 07:17:33 AM
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Queequeg

#553
January 21, 2016, 08:32:06 AM
Smartasses.
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Syt

#554
January 22, 2016, 03:35:43 PM Last Edit: January 30, 2016, 04:54:02 AM by Syt
The latest Star Wars Rebels episode features a 14-15 year old Princess Leia, and - for the fans of Old Republic - this ship design, the Hammerhead Corvette:



Based off the Hammerhead Cruiser first seen in KotOR:



Nice to see that the team keeps drawing from the Expanded Universe for inspiration. And also nice to see the "old" AT-AT design inspired by Ralph McQuarrie paintings again:



(Different episode, but the design is the same)

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