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Post by Slinger on Dec 6, 2023 18:41:58 GMT
I ordered a Blu-ray copy for myself, Jules. My DVD copy appears to be on permanent loan to my sister-in-law (it was she who first recommended the books to us) in Ireland. My set arrived today Paul, might make a start on it tonight! Mine arrived too, but as Liverpool kick off in under an hour I won't be watching any of it tonight.  |
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 6, 2023 19:17:28 GMT
My set arrived today Paul, might make a start on it tonight! Mine arrived too, but as Liverpool kick off in under an hour I won't be watching any of it tonight. 'Pool v Sheffield? Call that entertainment??  |
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Post by Slinger on Dec 6, 2023 19:27:59 GMT
Mine arrived too, but as Liverpool kick off in under an hour I won't be watching any of it tonight. 'Pool v Sheffield? Call that entertainment?? I'm hoping it will turn out to be the footballing equivalent of the S laughter of the Innocents. |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 6, 2023 22:19:25 GMT
Guys just a quick harken back to the Alien comments. When Kane is first being questioned after waking from his face hugger coma. Does that music/sound design in the background sound familiar? Vangelis was the man. I don't think he was involved with Alien, though. |
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Post by Slinger on Dec 6, 2023 22:22:04 GMT
Guys just a quick harken back to the Alien comments. When Kane is first being questioned after waking from his face hugger coma. Does that music/sound design in the background sound familiar? Vangelis was the man. I don't think he was involved with Alien, though. Jerry Goldsmith scored Alien. |
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Post by rfan8312 on Dec 6, 2023 23:20:21 GMT
I used to listen to that Deckard's apartment background sound on a loop on youtube on long winter drives occasionally.
A year or so later I rewatched alien and some part of my brain recognized that sound during the scene when Kane woke up but I sort of ignored it. The next night I rewatched the film again and this time it was unmistakable. It's the same sound played on a loop in both films.
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Post by Tim on Dec 7, 2023 12:14:35 GMT
. . . . I rewatched the film again and this time it was unmistakable. It's the same sound played on a loop in both films. Yup, I can confirm this does seem to be correct. That has to be the most nerdy piece of film trivia I have ever come across - bravo that man Fits both scenes perfectly though, so Ridley saved a few quid by using it again.
Approx Times;
Alien DC (2003) @ 0:54:30 Blade Runner - The Final Cut (2007) @ 1:03:25
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Post by Slinger on Dec 7, 2023 13:25:28 GMT
The only connections I can find (and damn you for getting me started on this  ) is a guy named Jim Shields, who was credited as " sound editor" on Alien, and " sound designer (uncredited)" on Blade Runner, and Ben Burtt ... " additional sound design: recent cut (uncredited) / sound effects recordist: U.K. (uncredited)" on Alien and " additional sound design (uncredited)" on Blade Runner. Of the two, I'd say that Mr Shields seems the most likely candidate to have re-used the sound. Ii's quite possible it actually originated from a commercial foley, or sound effects library. Fun fact: For those of you old enough to remember a guy named Percy Edwards, who was once quite famous for imitating animal sounds, and birdsong, he too turned up on Alien as " alien vocalizator (uncredited)" For once, IMDB is your friend, along with Google Chrome's search function, not just Google for a change. |
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Post by rfan8312 on Dec 7, 2023 19:12:17 GMT
Oh, oh we can get nerdy, Tim. You needn't worry about that. Believe you me.
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Post by Tim on Dec 8, 2023 10:41:24 GMT
Haha, nerd away - I love it |
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 8, 2023 14:23:51 GMT
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Post by Tim on Dec 8, 2023 14:46:39 GMT
New BFI Sight & Sound best 50 films of 2023 list out.
I've seen 23 of them, 13 are new to me and a few are not out in the UK that I'm looking forward to seeing, Poor Things for example.
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Post by Slinger on Dec 8, 2023 14:58:00 GMT
One of my all-time favourites, and now I definitely want to see a DC. |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 8, 2023 15:08:02 GMT
Interesting article on the mythical Event Horizon footage that freaked everyone out. I remember the flashing images and also, another scene that was hugely disturbing, the son who appears to her mother then beats her with a baseball bat. That seems to have been taken out of recent releases. |
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Post by Slinger on Dec 8, 2023 15:24:26 GMT
There's a trailer out for Alien:Romulus, but it tells us slightly less than the square root of bugger all. From what I've seen (see the second video), The Weyland-Yutani Corporation will, once again, be the evil overlords, and, supposedly, the film harks back to the horror roots of the original rather than pushing the sci-fi-action-movie element, despite featuring "a group of young people on a distant world".
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Post by MartinT on Dec 8, 2023 15:26:19 GMT
When is this set? How can Ripley be 'back'?
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Post by Tim on Dec 8, 2023 15:26:49 GMT
Never say never, but I very much doubt I'll be bothering with it.
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Post by Slinger on Dec 8, 2023 15:27:55 GMT
When is this set? How can Ripley be 'back'? "She" does not necessarily refer to Ripley, or Newt come to that. Watch the second video. |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 8, 2023 15:28:44 GMT
I'll watch it at home. Can't really play it at work!
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 8, 2023 15:33:45 GMT
That trailer doesn't look legit to me - more like something some dude has knocked up in his bedroom.
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) is a guy named Jim Shields, who was credited as "sound editor" on Alien, and "sound designer (uncredited)" on Blade Runner, and Ben Burtt ... "additional sound design: recent cut (uncredited) / sound effects recordist: U.K. (uncredited)" on Alien and "additional sound design (uncredited)" on Blade Runner.