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swashbuckler332

The Post Thanksgiving Post

Nov 27, 2009 03:51

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If my calculations are correct, when this CD hits five hundred rotations per minute… you're gonna hear some serious shit ( Read more... )

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"I'd love to get my hands on her ample nacelles" ehowton November 27 2009, 16:03:46 UTC

HOORAY! I don't remember a time in recent history when you've gone so long without posting. I recently went through your entire "Recent Entries" seeking an answer - a hint I may have missed that indicated you would be away. WELCOME BACK!

If my calculations are correct, when this CD hits five hundred rotations per minute… you're gonna hear some serious shit.
You said it! I'm an anticipating something light years ahead of Debney's "Trilogy" CD. Can you say eager?

La La Land just dropping Jerry Goldsmith's Innerspace
I saw that just this morning and groaned. I don't think I can get away with it so soon after ordering BTTF. I think I have that movie on laserdisc.

The release of Star Trek on Blu-ray is most satisfying.
Aye, so I've heard. One day. One day.

Having the film at home also means that I can give greater attention to the placement and variations within Michael Giacchino's music score, my enjoyment of which increased exponentially over the course of the several months of its release.I too have discovered some ( ... )

swashbuckler332 November 27 2009, 20:35:13 UTC

Has it really been that long? I haven't really been away or anything, I just haven't been doing, seeing or hearing much in the way of anything new, and am loathe to just post for the sake of posting as I've seen my journal when that happens, and it's pretty dull.

The release of Star Trek on Blu-ray is most satisfying.

Aye, so I've heard. One day. One day.

I am normally reticent to recommend special effects-heavy movies on Blu-ray because the resolution tends to show the effects for what they are, but the superb job Industrial Light and Magic did with this movie makes it a notable exception.

I haven't had a chance to yet listen to the 'expanded' tarball yet (my iTunes has been down for six weeks since I blew two power supplies) so I wasn't sure what all that encompassed.Not much, actually. Most (but not all) of it is just re-edits of music from the album in place of analogous cues in the film. There is a bit of previously unheard music from the jump sequence I think, but for the most part it is just more of what was already ( ... )