The New Yorker made a nice case for Williams' score in this article about leifmotifs--basically, mh otm
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-field-guide-to-the-musical-leitmotifs-of-star-wars
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
I was hoping for my long-awaited Cantina Band pt. 2 with the Canto Bight music. Not there yet, but it's growing on me
― mh, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 16:32 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_ZqvkLupgk
― Righteous wax chaperone, rotating Wingdings (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 16:38 (six years ago) link
I'm by no means a MST3K devotee but reading the title of that clip brought back memories
― mh, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 16:40 (six years ago) link
I did love hearing the music from the original movie's TIE fighter/Millennium Falcon dogfight scene used again when Chewie and Rey are dogfighting over Crait. That's one of my favorite cues from any of the movies, along with "The Asteroid Chase" from ESB.
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 16:42 (six years ago) link
This guy likes it too:
https://youtu.be/EH5oRJKTWuc?t=5
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
There’s a whole thread of these, ymmv
Rely & Kylo Ren fighting the Praetorian Guards to "Africa" by Toto pic.twitter.com/bTnC8aiWew— you’re not alone in everything✨ Saw TLJ x4 (@rachlikesbands) January 23, 2018
― Crazy Display Name Haver (kingfish), Friday, 26 January 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
I'm ready to see a Last Jedi morning matinee now, and it's barely playing anywhere in NYC. Two months later! Attention-deficit culture.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 17 February 2018 14:46 (six years ago) link
two months is awhile for a movie to stay in cinemas morbius c'mon!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
Star Wars was in theaters for a yearhttp://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=starwars4.htm
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:28 (six years ago) link
Oh sorry I misread the chart. 8 months in 1977.
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
lmao that was before VCRswhich don’t even exist any more
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
force awakens was in theaters for six months
― hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
It's NOT! Flop movies last a week, blockbuster juggernauts last 5. Ludicrous. xxxxp
Yep, I saw Jaws in my local sinny 10 months after it opened. Runs of more than a year for hits were commonplace.
Yes, rogermexico, when things were geared toward adults with multiple priorities in a week.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
i note that last jedi does in fact appear to still be in nyc cinemas, if i'm reading your post correctly...
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
like seeing BP for the second time in 3 days
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
ugh xpost
VCRs and Blockbuster existed when Jurassic Park was in theaters for 10 months in its first run.http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekly&id=jurassicpark.htmI blame capitalism for this rather than consumer taste. Release-weekend-driven marketing etc.
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:32 (six years ago) link
p sure Jurassic Park was released under capitalism
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:39 (six years ago) link
Well yes
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
not pre-noon for $8, tracer. I mean, i've seen Adam Driver's tits before.
I get it tho, fast food goes through faster than ever.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
before we conclude it's just that today's audiences have shorter attention spans, i think we'd have to dig into the structure of the agreements between exhibitors, distributors and studios (who makes money when?), the sheer number of films competing for the same blockbuster niche (how many screenings was TLJ getting before Black Panther came out? how many other action-effects spectacles were trying to dethrone Jaws or even JP?) and the particular economics of urban cinemas (i note tlj survives in some of the multi-multi-screen affairs which are rarer in NYC - and at the 24-screen regal i grew up near in suburban ATL). (also i'm not sure it's even properly begun it's "second run" as it were -did it play at cobble hill for example? would not surprise me if after a dry-looking weekend or two it limps along for another month or two on smaller screens.)obviously i prefer the model of long, slow runs and word-of-mouth building a hit but the way things are structured now everything has to be a huge hit week one since the studio makes less of the money later in the run, so the studios have every incentive to massively hype something and then start massively hyping something else as soon as they think the audience is ready to hear about it. maybe that reflects poorly on the audience's attention span in some collective sense but individually i'm not sure. anyway the theaters obviously are going to swap out screenings as soon as they can even if the film is still selling tickets - better to have a sold-out room than one that's 2/3rds full.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 17 February 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
well said, Dr C
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 17 February 2018 16:29 (six years ago) link
When I was a kid, my mom's test for the quality of a movie was the length of the window between its theatrical and VHS releases. Not very scientific, I suppose, but it had a certain logic: blockbusters stayed in theatres for months, while indie/foreign hits opened slowly across theatres, motivated by word-of-mouth. Meanwhile, teen sex comedies, horror flicks, B-grade action movies and the like, spent little time in theatres because the business model was for them to turn a quick profit in a short theatrical run before going on to make whatever they could in video stores.
Alternately, my mom was probably just trying to get out of taking me to see bad movies.
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Saturday, 17 February 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
yeah the incredibly short turnover to streaming now also has to play a huuuuge part in this. chicken and egg maybe. rogue one, a big big hit movie, came out in december and was on *netflix* in july. not even digital rental, just part of your ten bucks a month subscription (tho i'm sure they paid a pretty penny for it). crazy.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 17 February 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link
Yeah, we are a long way from E.T. taking like 8 years to come out on VHS (which I remember being a huge deal at the time).
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Saturday, 17 February 2018 16:59 (six years ago) link
It also got some theatrical rereleases in that time, right? Like that was back when that kind of thing was a big part of the exhibition game.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 17 February 2018 17:04 (six years ago) link
I remember every Disney animated movie rerelease practically being hyped as the last time you'd ever be able to see it.
― omar little, Saturday, 17 February 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
It was sort of true in that they staggered the releases very smartly - it was certainly the last time that particular wave of kids would see Bambi *as* kids.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 17 February 2018 17:15 (six years ago) link
the perfect balance of timing releases to make the maximum impact on a young audience, while also milking self-imposed limits in order to really sell every damn copy so you don't have to pay for warehouse space
― mh, Saturday, 17 February 2018 17:19 (six years ago) link
Yeah, E.T. was treated like the Disney films, in that there were numerous theatrical re-releases in the years before it finally made it to video. The only difference was that, while the Disney films would get re-released every decade or so (I think?), E.T. was put back into theatres every 3 years or thereabouts (I would have first seen it around '87 or '88).
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Saturday, 17 February 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
VHS I think amplified this further: last chance to own! Well, our kid's not the right age now but when they ARE we better have Peter Pan ready!
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 17 February 2018 18:10 (six years ago) link
i have a feeling that having a Marvel smash in the atypical month of February isn't helping
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 17 February 2018 18:23 (six years ago) link
Pretty sure it's coming out on Blu-ray next month (which seems to be the norm for most films these days)
― groovypanda, Monday, 19 February 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
I have not seen the movie yet and have stayed away from this thread since the day it came out. I wanted to see it, but ultimately I'm just completely worn out on Marvel and Star Wars. I just checked the listings, thinking I'd maybe go and check it out today, but it's gone around here so I guess I'll just wait for video. Whoops.
I know nothing about it. I have seen no spoilers and read no reviews. Was there an ilx hivemind consensus on it?
― hi, we're the accountin' goats (how's life), Monday, 19 February 2018 16:46 (six years ago) link
You should probably watch this movie if you like things that are good and awesome.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 19 February 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
^^^
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 February 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
people's post-viewing thoughts start here: Star Wars 8 shit talk
― El Tomboto, Monday, 19 February 2018 17:04 (six years ago) link
Yeah, then you'll have something to compare them to.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 04:28 (six years ago) link
o zing
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 04:32 (six years ago) link
I thank you.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 05:57 (six years ago) link
Be the first to bring #TheLastJedi home. On Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD March 27. https://t.co/8J9vlokqLQ pic.twitter.com/fnL1TGLI6o— Star Wars (@starwars) February 20, 2018
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
further to above, I also remember when movies got re-released, years after the fact. Remember seeing Star Wars in the (non discount) theater in the mid-80s
― Dominique, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
That's because the only alternative was viewing it at home off a shitty VHS on a 20" TV so there was still demand for it.
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 19:20 (six years ago) link
don't forget the Endlessly Revised Lucas Editions
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
if only we could
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 19:38 (six years ago) link
No one I’ve read yet seems to have spotted the (MILD TECHNICAL SPOILER) shot that very cleverly references the tracking shot from the party scene in WINGS yet. Thought it was cute.― piscesx, Friday, December 15, 2017 2:07 AM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― piscesx, Friday, December 15, 2017 2:07 AM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Steal from the best! https://t.co/YcNjoF7qYb— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) February 22, 2018
― nate woolls, Friday, 23 February 2018 15:47 (six years ago) link
ha excellent.
― piscesx, Friday, 23 February 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
I remember reading about that hommage in December...
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 February 2018 16:12 (six years ago) link
Possibly in a post by piscesx?
― Moodles, Friday, 23 February 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link