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  1. 5 hours ago, corps8294 said:

    Great. Now there will be at least five corps performing West Side Story next year.

    I thought that performing any Bernstein music required approval from the Bernstein Foundation?

    It's not like they are going to start approving the playing of his music when a nice big check is potentially coming from a film from Spielberg.  Look at what the Cadets committed to just to play Mass. 

  2. 11 minutes ago, N.E. Brigand said:

    As I recall, Roger Ebert criticized Spielberg's WOTW partly on the grounds that the whole idea of ships supported by spindly tripods was preposterous (regardless of the fact that came from the book). Did you ever read "The Tripods" series of novels written in the 1960s by John Christopher?

    No.  I saw WotW.  Is it possible to just enjoy a movie anymore without it having to be some sort of an analysis?  Does every nook and cranny require analysis?  

    In fact, after I saw the movie with a friend, I bought a new blender.  Every time I think about that blender I think of WotW.  It's not a tripod blender.  Maybe it should have been. 

  3. 21 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said:

    It was a parable about the Iraq war, with echoes of 9/11, too. But different folks for different strokes.

    I didn't think enough about it to see it that way.  I just enjoyed what I saw - enough to want to buy a copy.  The tripod effect was worth the price of admission.   I also loved the 50's version.  It freaked me out when I saw it as a child. 

    The 60's version of WSS is so right in so many ways.  Every time I see that film someone in the room is cutting onions or filling the room with dust.  I don't care about the dubs or any other flaws it may have.  It was just...so...right.  It still is.  Why does a shining star need to be relit?

    I wish Spielberg would remake a few science fiction films.  Day of the Triffids or Colossus: The Forbin Project are ripe for updating.  Thing is, with Colossus, I think Will Smith currently has the rights to do a film although it has been in limbo for years. 

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  4. On 1/29/2018 at 8:01 AM, Tad_MMA said:

    Right. Because machines buried on Earth 1M years ago (AND NEVER DISCOVERED) start right up.  Conceptually, it was stupid from the start and stayed there. George Pal couldn't afford the FX in '53 to use tripods; the flying machines were absolutely creepy. And I studied the novel and the original film for post-grad work - you have no case here.

    I liked the remake.  Enough to buy a copy.  

  5. 1 hour ago, craiga said:

    Funny little story:  When I was traveling with Boston in 2009 ("The Core of Temptation"), I recall the show being received very well and finishing in 7th. BUT, the corps got some blistering notes and emails while touring through the Bible Belt.  One woman left a note one night at the souvie stand at a show in Louisiana, accusing BAC of "Mocking the downfall of mankind" and that she would never let her teenaged children go to a drum corps show again.   Something about taking a bite out of the apple...etc etc etc.

    A wonderful, wholesome show about the Rapture would have generated much more positive reviews. 

  6. 2 hours ago, jwillis35 said:

    As great as Star 93 was, SCV 1989 was a bit cleaner. If we went by today's sheets, Star would win brass (not by a ton), maybe percussion, but their visual performance on Finals night was sloppy (as was Cadets). It rained that night in 1993 and the really hard drills suffered. By today's sheets I think SCV would win GE, Visual and be close in other areas. 

    Phantom had really hard drill and didn't seem to suffer that night........

  7. 6 hours ago, Stu said:

    "Drum Corps International adheres to copyright law and respects the intellectual property rights of artists whose works are performed by its member organizations."

    Respect: a word that is trashed by those of you who subscribe to piracy, theft, and other unlawful behavior concerning Copyighted material for your own personal gratification.

    Is Captain Obvious a DC or Marvel comics super hero?

  8. The activity is far too expensive for those who even think of participating.  Reduce the cost and then watch to see if applicants are only willing to try for corps that are in the upper echelons. 

    The current costs are outrageous.  Yeah, I'm older.  Yeah it changes nothing for how I feel as to what it takes to participate in a corps from a financial perspective. 

    Marching is quickly becoming a luxury.  

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  9. I promised myself I wasn't going to post anything beyond a sales opportunity, but I feel compelled now.

    Earlier this season GD supported the crap that Phantom was going through.  Through so much of the season he has been an incredible contributor to the discussion here.  So much less fighting than usual in past seasons. Those of you who live here day-to-day can acknowledge this.  Others will not admit this. 

    George has a different opinion on things.  You agree, or you don't. 

    The gang up is why I so hate social media.  It's interesting that Cadets is so associated with Bernstein because so much of the current online battles is parallel to Sharks Vs. Jets.

     

     

     

     

     

     

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