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There's a hilarious interview with Jonathan Frakes being assaulted by rabid Thunderbirds fans on The BBC Five Web site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/
There's another interview promoted on the main page, but the funny one with Frakes is under LISTEN in the left nav bar, then scroll down to ENTERTAINMENT on the next page...
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Nope! But the few clips from Jim Dooley's website sound promising! (if you're an MV fan)
Been to Dooley's site... where are these clips you speak of? I'd love to get a listen!
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Been to Dooley's site... where are these clips you speak of? I'd love to get a listen!
The clips have been removed because certain individuals decided to distribute them and host them on other websites.
Jim is no longer going to be providing clips from the Zimmer projects he works on as a result.
See what happens when people ruin it for the rest of us??
Dan
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Jul 21, 2004 - 7:06 AM
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Clogg
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Anybody heard this one yet? Usual crapola or back to the good old days?
Saw the movie last weekend in a preview. It is BY FAR the worst movie I've seen in a very, very long time--and I'm usual the type of guy who enjoys going to the movies and who usually sees something good in a movie even when the critics are bashing it. But the Thunderbirds... there's absolutely nothing good about it; and that includes the score (mostly by Ramin Djawadi, rather than Zimmer).
The original Thunderbirds theme is used quite a few times; and gets the MV-drum 'n bass treatment. There's a second (original, but totally generic) heroic theme for International Rescue. There are some menacing (but totally unmemorable) chords for the villain, The Hood. And there's loads and loads or boring, uninspired, unexciting filler music.
There is no fire, no passion in this score. Even when the original Thunderbirds theme is played, it sounds 'flat'. But seeing the movie, I cannot blame the composer(s) for wanting to get done with it a.s.a.p. The story is weak. The acting is bad. The visual effects are mediocre at best. AND... it's kids movie, starring a kid, and his nerd kid-friends. It's a bad version of Spy Kids with the IR-gadgets.
Did Jonathan Frakes even SEE the original show?
I guess not.
pete.
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Yikes -sounds pretty bad, Pete! I was going to take my 3-yr old nephew to see this but I think the poor little mite deserves something better so perhaps I'll get him the newly released DVDs of the great original show instead...
Your description of the score sounds pretty close to what I was expecting from Zimmer (or whoever else contributed). Where is Barry Gray when you need him?
Perhaps I'll go anyway if my curiosity (masochism?) gets the better of me...
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Where is Barry Gray when you need him?
A long time dead,unfortunately. But I know what you mean. Even were he still around, they'd never have used him for this film. At least its good to know that his music is held in such high regard that people who remember it don't think it can be matched.
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The previews I've seen to this are an absolute insult to the original series. Not even remotely in the same spirit. And, while I don't hate Zimmer and his crew, they are absolutely the wrong choice for this sort of thing.
Why do they do these things anyway, since they seem to have so much contempt for them?
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As for the score (those of you who have heard it), does it resemble Pirates of the Caribbean?
Been listening to the CD today, and I don't think it's like PIRATES at all, really. It has some big heroic themes, and if I had to pick one, I'd say it's more like THE PEACEMAKER than PIRATES.
But hey, what do I know!? 
Dan
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow looks like a much better kid's movie.
Ed Shearmur's score for SKY CAPTAIN is really great - big swashbuckling orchestral stuff!!
Dan
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