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   From: bobble@there.com   
      
   On 23/12/2017 4:36 AM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   > In article , hector    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 21/12/2017 2:11 AM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>> In article , hector    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 20/12/2017 3:35 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>> In article , TT  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Your Name kirjoitti 18.12.2017 klo 22:11:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "Rogue One", although it did have some flaws, was a MUCH MUCH MUCH   
   >>>>>>> better movie than either of the new Episodes ... because it was a new   
   >>>>>>> story, with new characters (although it did stupidly shoe-horn in   
   >>>>>>> existing ones towards the end).   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The addition of Vader was fantastic. Finally getting to see him be a   
   >>>>> badass (instead of being told by everyone how badass he is), was awesome.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>> The Saga should have been left alone as a six-part series that   
   >>>>>>> finished with a 'happy ever after' ending.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Why would you want something as trite as that?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> I totally disagree with Rogue One... I thought characterization was   
   >>>>>> rather weak and the film in general didn't fit the tone of previous   
   >>>>>> films. I agree it was different from other films of the franchise but I   
   >>>>>> don't think that was a good thing in this case, it didn't FEEL or look   
   >>>>>> like Star Wars to me.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Well, one major reason for that different 'feel' was the use of a   
   >>>>> different composer. John Williams' absence was keenly felt, and without   
   >>>>> the Main Title march to go with it, they didn't do the traditional Star   
   >>>>> Wars word crawl at the beginning, which set an entirely different tone   
   >>>>> for the film.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That's because it's not part of the Star Wars series, but an extra.   
   >>>   
   >>> No, Williams didn't score it because he didn't have time. He was already   
   >>> scoring both LAST JEDI, THE POST, and READY PLAYER ONE. Even that was   
   >>> too much and Alan Silvestri had to take over READY PLAYER ONE from him.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I meant that was why it didn't have the scrolling text at the beginning.   
   >>    I wasn't commenting on the soundtrack entirely, though if Williams did   
   >> The Force Awakens maybe he should have a good look at himself for that   
   >> mangled mess.   
   >   
   > There's nothing mangled about the score to TFA. It's actually   
   > thematically and harmonically very coherent.   
   >   
      
   Compared to the earlier Star Wars movies, not so at all.   
   Anyone can hear the progress of the themes from movie to movie.   
   Now it's just pasted on music for a messy movie.   
      
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