Video Essays on film and gaming
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Hisako
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- Satsu, BRIAN BLESSED, MIGHTY AND WISE Junpei Iori: Ace Detective, Maccaffrickstonson von Lichtenstafford Frabenschnaben, Polite Krogan, Robert Baratheon
That one on Marvel musical continuity is pretty important, and it's not something I noticed until recently when I was trawling through reviews for film soundtracks. The cases where they lean on consistent character theming between films is really incredibly bare, and almost never happens between films where they change composers.
Age of Ultron was a massive outlier in that regard, with Tyler and Elfman lifting cues from Silvestri's work. Everything else has been very inconsistent - even in the original Avengers movie, the only standout recurring motif was the one for Captain America's arrival and only because Silvestri worked on The First Avenger before that
Age of Ultron was a massive outlier in that regard, with Tyler and Elfman lifting cues from Silvestri's work. Everything else has been very inconsistent - even in the original Avengers movie, the only standout recurring motif was the one for Captain America's arrival and only because Silvestri worked on The First Avenger before that
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I wonder how true it is that kids can't comprehend the permanence of death and how it can happen to anyone (young and old). I'm pretty sure I understood a childhood friend was never coming back after dying from cancer when I was about four anyway :p.
Also, if Vader is "redeemable", is Hitler? :p. Suppose there was an alternate universe where Hitler saw the error of his ways and brought down his Nazi pals from the inside in the dying weeks of Germany's contribution to WWII
. I'd argue "bit late".
Also, if Vader is "redeemable", is Hitler? :p. Suppose there was an alternate universe where Hitler saw the error of his ways and brought down his Nazi pals from the inside in the dying weeks of Germany's contribution to WWII
. I'd argue "bit late".
Cthulhu
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Also, if Vader is "redeemable", is Hitler? :p. Suppose there was an alternate universe where Hitler saw the error of his ways and brought down his Nazi pals from the inside in the dying weeks of Germany's contribution to WWII
Well there's plenty of positive stuff you could say about Hitler; he was a very charming political leader, a painter, a brilliant military strategist, he had a lovely doge and waifu (?), he unified his country (or well, Germany, he was from Austria himself) and pulled it out of a pile of bad shit (economic stuff, sanctions after WWI), etc.
He should've stopped in '38 or so though,
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The limited perspective vs. omniscient perspective really hits on what I liked about the story in FFXV (whether or not it was intentional or the result of a hellish development cycle will have to be seen depending on what changes they make to the second half, but still).
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Harbinger O Great Justice
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How effects shots were done in older films: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/how-the-special-effects-of-silent-films-were-done-1791097169
(They did similar things to get the shot of the Marines walking into the Hive in Aliens)
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(They did similar things to get the shot of the Marines walking into the Hive in Aliens)
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Obsidian Fire
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One of things I love is watching special effect documentaries. Or at least, I like watching them of movies done pre-digital special effects era. Once you know that there's a computer behind (almost) all of them, special effects are a lot less... special.
One of my favorite modern special effects is the Penrose Steps scene in Inception witch is 100% set design and camera angles.
One of my favorite modern special effects is the Penrose Steps scene in Inception witch is 100% set design and camera angles.
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This reminds me of a lot of the same things that get brought up in the Every Frame A Painting video about Action Sequences in American films being so poorly done because of not understanding how to edit properly in addition to not having time to do it.
It makes me really hopeful that having larger coordinated productions with Chinese film companies might start to force those action elements of our films to be better. (It's also why I make a big deal about films that do a good job with that stuff, like John Wick).
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Strangelove
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having flashbacks to the scene from taken (i forget which one) where a 10-15 second scene of taken guy climbing a fence is made up of like a dozen second-long stakycam cuts
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.....
That was fucking terrible.
ForceStealer
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holy crap, lol
Strangelove
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taken editor gettin' paid per cut
Geostigma
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da8s9m4zEpo&t=45m39s
Full link because Idk how to embed with a timestamp on vB
TL;DW is George Lucas nonchalantly talking about how he butchered the prequel trilogy with digitally splicing different takes to avoid reshoots.
Sitting next to him is the editor of the film, legendary all around movie bad ass, Ben Burtt. Watch the pain in his eyes.
Full link because Idk how to embed with a timestamp on vB
TL;DW is George Lucas nonchalantly talking about how he butchered the prequel trilogy with digitally splicing different takes to avoid reshoots.
Sitting next to him is the editor of the film, legendary all around movie bad ass, Ben Burtt. Watch the pain in his eyes.
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