Everything about them was just awful? There are many problems with those films, but plenty of skilled artists worked on them, also, and it shows. Much of the concept design, model work, and digital imaging is fantastic. As are many of the sets and costumes. And John Williams scores are not only not awful, they are…
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Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage were all well reviewed by critics. Those shows managed to please the fans and the critics (many of whom are fans themselves). Critics genuinely want to like the things they watch. Who wants to spend hours upon hours watching something they know they will dislike? If Iron Fist is…
The Star Wars Extended Universe stories were considered canon, only they all existed as lower levels of canon that could be automatically overwritten if George Lucas contradicted them in his films or show. Even the Star Wars Wikipedia page had an explanation of the multi-level nature of the canon. For most fans, they…
Honestly, even Han shooting first does not change the film much. Either way, Han is shooting in self-defense, and even if it were not self defense, he still spends most of the film being an asshole. He refuses to rescue Leia until a reward is promised, he behaves like an asshat to everyone in the film, including his…
It’s certainly more fun to watch than Batman v. Superman.
Slightly off topic, but this rebuttal to Why Do Marvel’s Movies Look Kind of Ugly? is worth reading.
I don’t think he was threatening violence against women...
But, but...he apologized to Carl that one time, so, like, he’s not just a black and white villain at all! He’s got depth and stuff now! /s
I think you are making the take of comparing this to other Star Wars scores instead of the other scores that were nominated. Whether it is actually any worse than some of the other Star Wars scores is debatable, but the TFA score is certainly one of the best of the year and deserved to be nominated. It certainly…
Well, I am sold. Now how do we convince t this is a far superior pitch to a Boba Fett film?
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Tony Zhou is great, I love his channel, but that video has a host of problems. It should definitely not be taken as the last word on this issue. Plenty of people who know more about film scoring than Tony Zhou disagree with his take here. For starters, give a listen to the film score nerds over at The SoundCast react…
Removing the person who made the series fresh in the place isn’t necessarily a good thing if you want the series to go in new directions. Lucas is a good idea person, as evidenced by Indiana Jones itself, but he needs people to help him execute them. I would rather they have Lucas involves, because he doesn’t want to…
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How did you come to this conclusion that a new composer stepping in means they are relying on temp music? And do you realize that the original Star Wars used temp music, also? I think you should watch this video essay response to Tony Zhou’s (at his own recommendation), which explains this further.
The Tony Zhou video essay is not news too me, and I fail to see how it is relevant at all. This has nothing to do with the scourge of temp scores, which is the focus of Zhou’s essay, and everything to do with simple scheduling conflicts. Production was pushed back, including the scoring window, and it no longer workas…
It’s really not uncommon in the film for scores to be written in the last month or two of production. Scoring is often one of the very last stages in a film production, and it is regarded as a stressful job for this very reason. It is possible Desplat hadn’t even begun writing yet, and by the sound of it he backed out…
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Do you ever read any film music reviews? Because I think you will find most composers and film score enthusiasts disagree with you entirely. Giacchino regularly makes top ten lists for best score of the year (sometimes with multiple entries) and is celebrated as one of the few composers working today who has not given…
Yeah, I’ve watched some of her live performances, and she still plays very well. Judging by her Lollapalooza performence this year, though, she still bounces and twirls as much as she did in the America’s Got Talent performance. I think she has just been practicing a lot, focusing on her playing, and her hard work has…
She isn’t playing live in her videos, so the problems she had on America’s Got Talent are a none-issue as far as her videos are concerned. The recordings you buy from her on iTunes are the same recordings in her videos, which is normal as far as the music industry goes. She made it big on the internet precisely…