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i dont know magfest. will magfest like me??

nah, you were right; there are no clones in the first order

not exactly; ren taunts hux by criticizing his stormtroopers for their failure (failure to secure the map and finn's defection) by suggesting clones could do the job much better (an archaic notion no doubt 60-80 years after they were last used as slimy pointed out. ren's just talkin shit sure but invoking "bulverism" is set aside for serious discussions lol we're bantering on about star wars on the ocr forums anyway, all i meant to say was that there are people who do dislike TFA on account of disney's purported obsession with pushing their PC agenda... which may or may not be a the actual reality (i'm not kathleen kennedy; though i do wish i was frank marshall lol). i don't know and frankly i don't care lol as long as i enjoy the characters, i'd care less what they appear as. i didn't mean to assume anybody's motive, only referring to observed complaints.

well that's the whole mary sue argument that many folks are making; that her arc is stunted because she's ready-made badass that hasn't appeared to have faced any real adversity or challenge before triumphing at the end over the villain at least for me, i think of it like i do with prospects in sports. there are players with a low floor but high ceiling and they are the high risk, high reward; anakin and luke were more or less this type of prospect. rey (much like obi wan) is the type of prospect that is safe; their floor is much higher but their ceiling is also just as much lower. it's just possible that's what rey is and that actually contrasts kinda nicely with both anakin (who failed), luke (who, at this point, you can say also failed), and even ben solo (who's failing). so she doesn't necessarily have to be a bad protagonisht per se; she can also be a different one anakin on the other hand, was legit OP. kid balled OUT in the phantom menace, no joke. he could have kick maul's ass probably lol

totally friend-zoned but that's because she's a MARY SUE JEDI AND CELIBATE lol or something. Finn? dagnabit! i tell it to whoever will hear me: fan expectations ruined star wars. it's become so unhealthy, there are fools petitioning to have Lucas return to "save" star wars when those are the same people that drove him off to begin with lol damned if you do, damned if you don't. it is no surprise Lucas told us all to fuck off fuck the fan base, indeed. lol well i wasn't that serious but come on, pullin the bulverism card is a copout; the opinions i'm criticizing are just as presumptuous of their correctness as my own. it's moot. beyond that, it's still very much also a real observation and not just something i made up to have something to say. people are complaining about those things and while they are most likely the minority, they do exist. whether or not the overt diversification of the cast is something that deserves to be criticized negatively for making a conscious effort to break from the white male protagonist formula is going to be hotly debated every time they cast a woman as a jedi superstar or an x-wing pilot or a brotha as a stormtrooper. nevermind that there was a woman piloting a naboo fighter in the attack on the trade federation's command ship in TPM. nevermind that there are countless women in the air force. these things are brought up usually because TROLLS but also because there are a lot of idiots in the world.

^ so true it was clear from the moment the very first teaser appeared (and those who weren't already in the know because they had been stalking lucasfilm for the past decade), that there was going to be no way to avoid the two issues either directly or indirectly causing some folks to whine endlessly about the movie. the leads are a girl and a black dude. now that the initial shock wore off, the same people are finding new ways to bitch n moan about the movie while really still expressing the same asinine discomfort. here's the problem: this is the first completely non-lucas SW film and as such, it definitely feels different and so it is unsettling in its own subtle way. it just doesn't feel like a star wars movie even though it totally looks like one (for the most part). but the thing that's driving everybody up the wall isn't that TFA suddenly has illogical nonsense that couldn't happen in any universe we know (i find it amusing that people complain about physics in a SW film...) : it's just that subconsciously they're just pissed off the black dude has a crush on the androgenous looking chick who just wooped up the dude they wrongly thought was a sith lord. look, the movie's got its faults. so did the other 6, some more than others. the biggest flaw with TFA (if it can even be called one) is that it is too conservative in trying to undo lucas' incredible boldness in making the prequels the way he did. i've been defending the decision to start safe in order to go buckwild in 8 and 9 but let's face it, if there is a criticism there it is. everything else just sounds like a bunch of entitlement and latent misogyny and racism. she beat kylo because he was never that tight to begin with. smoke n mirrors. his training under luke was stunted early, he clearly doesn't get much training from darth snookie who's basically focusing on surviving and other than killing two old unarmed men, is otherwise all about scaring people with a mask he doesn't need, an all black getup and thrashing a bunch of inanimate objects. the only cool thing he does the entire movie is stop a blaster shot but that isn't shocking because he's the superstar son of superstar heroes and has anakin blood coarsing through his veins. of course he's got raw power but he's also completely green. oh and he also go shot in the abdomen with a BOWCASTER THAT HAD BEEN LAUNCHING EVERYBODY ELSE. my point is: nobody wants the girl to beat up the boys and nobody wants a black dude to get the white girl (flaaaaaaame me lol) (filet me)

ok. i really am going this time. flights purchased, arriving Thursday night at 9 omg omgomgmggmaogfmiadkklfg24hnjfva'nva

i probably should go to magfest

well my WIP has come along nicely and is currently sitting north of 80%, nearly 90% yeeeeeeeee DIG IT (up)

not much to say here that hasn't already been said. mike is spot on with the early BT vibe and the production quality is intensely good. i'm diggin on the intro and outro you've written into this to make it an effective stand-a-lone tune versus the extended mix version you'd normally roll out in the set. this is very good. the love other j's are doling out is well-deserved... ... however, their criticisms are also well-deserved. the arrangement feels too conservative (granted you chose to make it so in order to preserve the feel of the original source) and that might conflict with how we apply the site guidelines. it's repetitive due to its conservative arrangement; the original is a repetitive, straightforward tune so while you've updated it with contemporary phrasing and aesthetics (as well as instrumentally and with top notch production), it may not be enough. I'm gonna go with a YES (pending other J's feels on arrangement creativity) because I think this is good enough to be on the site but only if we, as a group, agree that it is bold enough in its interpretation to belong. otherwise, we'll have to wait for a more robust arrangement. YES (pending)

to echo DA, not a big fan of BoF's bland OST and this tune is very much on par with the rest of it. that said, i'm impressed you were able to squeeze any manner of cool from it first the good. the track has good organizational dynamic; its parts change consistently, don't ever get boring and builds intensity which is ideal for a boss theme (and again very much an upgrade over the original source). it has fairly unique instrumentation to be sure; the drums for example feel a bit too loud in the soundfield... and yet, they work really well in spite of it. their writing is good. very eerie production now the not so good. that sound design is struggling. it's unique, no doubt, but like others have commented on the choral patch, it can sound jarringly fake and blocky. there's an aesthetic value to that, of course, if you were specifically going for something that sounded like it was literally made 2 decades ago but otherwise, it really cheapens what is otherwise a cool arrangement. this is resub territory for me. NO (resub)

Really pretty piece of music you've concocted here. It has a meandering walking dead feel to it, it's warm and damp. The guitar is a great touch to give track more elasticity. As you build your track, it picks up a lot of stem and starts to really sound cinematically epic. Very well done. I hear plenty of the source, this feels very cohesive and focused. All the original source really had goin for it was the block chord structure so emphasizing those in the arrangement, though in other applications is not very garish, works really well here. Original feel sustained and amplified. I'm all for it. YES

first things first, i not only hear the source, i hear plenty of it. that shouldn't be the knock on this arrangement at all. in my opinion, the issue with source usage here is really just tied to the length of the track and the fact that direct source quotations will seem sparse in relation to that. but the source is absolutely there, is the very center of the creative interpretation and it is done wonderfully. as far as the piece itself, most everybody is already on board as far as its quality goes. excellent use of the whole soundfield. bass is powerful and demanding. the sound design is fantastic on the main synths as well as the auxillary atmospheric stuff. experienced usage of sound bytes, too; kudos for knowing how to PACE and PLACE them. i get that it drones on a bit but i feel that is purely stylistic; sibling clearly has been doin this for a while and i don't take his "long windedness" as a lack of critical editing or a case of overwriting. quite the contrary, actually. i feel this track with its pace and its development (especially with the sequence of sound bytes) needed the full 8 minutes and could have even gone longer, honestly but the 8 is just right. and the long fade on the ending note is nice. very artsy stuff. this is a good piece of music. YES

why do you think i put an asterisk??? that asterisk was your bat signal

BRAINS

i'm dead

GAMEBREAKER!!!!!!!! i'm just gonna take my fat ass and cannonball right into your perfectly well attended pool party here and decide this song's fate. it's good. it's very good, even. excellent source, first of all, but what is being done with it is just really awesome. guitar playing is on point, the arrangement stays fresh and does a bunch of different stuff. great musicianship. the compression. yeah, wtf but that's kinda the sound. i'm not sure that really bothers me. is it fundamentally overcompressed? yeah probably. could i go ahead and toss a resub on this or dress it up wit a borderline? sure. but i won't because i'm a simplifier like that. YES

i am judging purely based off this iteration and this iteration alone i dig it and i dig it hard. lots and lots of energy and that's key for me given its stylistic makeup (EDM but not really... which is cool); it stays fresh and doesn't get repetitive. the bass does seem a smidge WHOAAAAA but it doesn't bother me, i'm good with it. plenty of source, good arrangement, sounds like you know what you're doin, makes me think i might know what i'm doin so thank you for that and all in all a YES

hmm......... zelda? check. "sloppy" guitar music? check. creative thematic voltron of multiple sources to spawn an arrangement? check. face stabbing intensity? check. OF COURSE IM GONNA LIKE IT. this is an absolute no-brainer to me. (cleans himself up off floor. apologizes profusely to all) YES

funky. glitched out to the max, i think there are points in this where the arrangement is brilliant and balanced and others where it gets unnecessarily cluttered. it isn't even so much the arrangement as it is the orchestration where you have instruments competing for the same little bit of real estate in the sound field; in short, cluttered. fortunately your glitch drops more than make up for the sometimes clunky disco funk sections. all in all, it's a strong effort from a seasoned vet and i hear plenty of source. i see no reason to NO it soooo... YES

well i lost my long ol review for this lol so here's at-bat #2: starting first with the obvious: this is downright beautiful. the soundfield is robust and the atmosphere, rich. orchestration is fantastic, everything is balanced. the arrangement packs a lot of motion to it, i especially love how it builds steam around 1.30 and then after going full throttle for a minute, drops you off the precipice into a near silent body of water that just trickles away from you. that ending is just one example of how thoughtful the transitions and phrasings in this arrangement are. love. now as far as the source goes, this is that awesome grey area we love so much! i'm not a seconds counter (don't have the patience for it) so i use an ear test and my ear tells me that, for our guidelines, it's quite sparse. but i hear it. despite only focusing on one aspect of the theme versus a full treatment of it, it's there and maybe even more importantly, it is a thoughtful interpretation that always feels like a Witcher track tape to tape. not to get too sappy on y'all but the essence of this piece embodies everything it sets out to do; interpret and tribute Witcher music. if i'm going to be on the fence like everyone else, i'm gonna ere on the YES because this needs to be on the site and if DA's +/-47% source usage checks out or passes or whatever, then we really oughtta let this one fly. YES(pending source check)

well what do we have here... gorgeous arrangement penned with an undeniable skill. dynamic transitions move the listener from one emotive progression to the next. well done. the source is liberally interpreted but what ought to be noted is that the original parts feel like natural progressions out of the source so while some stretches are not directly arrangements of source, it is so distinctly inspired by it that it feels natural. that said, that very question is still going to hold this thing at knife's point until it is resolved whether there is enough source material to pass this spatially arousing and engaging trip through Gaia in an airship as others have said, it is a YES for me if so

zyko#1323

i just started spamming this game throughout my day over the weekend i'll put my deets up when i get home as well

well that's an easy 3 month rehab right there alone :\