N.E. Brigand Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Random questions about the just-concluded season, based largely on my viewing of Prelims Thursday: Why was there a guard member on the podium at the end of Academy’s show? Some Glassmen guard members held their hands over the ears during the synthesized effects that followed the tin-foil flag section -- was this a comment on electronics? (Speaking of the Glassmen, did you notice that a list early in the Prelims broadcast identified them as the “Glassman”?) What kind of bird was heard calling at the end of Troopers’ show? Spirit’s Detective Nelson sounded so shocked. Had he never worked homicide before? Who did the tattooed and mohawked Blue Stars guard represent? I can’t remember anyone in the Bourne movies who looked like that. The villains there mostly wore suits. Did the Blue Knights’ drum major not salute at the top of the show? Were the newspaper props facsimiles of actual 9/11/01 NYC papers? I tried to scribble down one of the headlines visible in the broadcast, but all I got was “With his teeth and his” from what looked like a sports article. Googling that phrase was no help. Presumably the forlorn SCV members were in Hell because of the sins they committed in life, and could escape (to Purgatory? to Heaven?) only through moral redemption – so how did running around and fighting devils help them achieve this? Who was actually performing the opening sound effects of Bluecoats’ show? There was no one in the pit just then. Was it being controlled remotely by the keyboardist, or did he press play when the pit was being set up, and was it just that the sound was turned down until then? (And whatever happened to the one-keystroke, one-note rule, anyway?) Did Phantom’s new ending seem less impressive after the announcers hyped it all Thursday evening? As a character, how were we supposed to feel about Herbert in Crown's show? Last year he played a brute, viciously striking the heroine. This year, he was a ... cad? Was Crown saying that rock stars aren’t nice people? Should the Cavaliers have told the camera crew in advance to look for the upside-down drum major, which was nearly missed, or was it better to let it be a complete surprise? (And did you notice that he runs all the way across the field? He’s like a pinball delivered through a slot in the battery into that center alley right down to the pit. Great stuff!) When exactly did the Cadets’ show start? Rondinaro and DeLucia talked right through the angel-voiced song as if it were unjudged preshow – but there was no announcement from Brandt Crocker after that. Why didn’t the Blue Devils house line up at the middle? I had assumed it did match until seeing the broadcast, when I realized that there's a difference of a few inches between the two halves. At first I thought they goofed that night, but checking the multicam from Atlanta, I see that was true there also. And did anyone else besides Ghost and myself notice a sync problem all evening on Thursday? The visual was consistently a fraction of a second ahead of the sound. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare_Candy Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 The newspapers in the Scouts show had a story about the Canucks and Bruins. June 2011 stuff. I was disappointed to see that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobchilds Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Where was the electric guitar in Crown's show during "Free Bird?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobchilds Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Didn't Juliet die from drinking poison? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 (edited) The newspapers in the Scouts show had a story about the Canucks and Bruins. June 2011 stuff. I was disappointed to see that! Ok, but think how disappointed the Montreal Canadians fans were to see the story in that paper. They lost. Edited August 14, 2011 by BRASSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Didn't Juliet die from drinking poison? Romeo poisons himself after finding Juliet "dead". She takes his dagger, says "o happy dagger" then offs herself. I had to check the play myself. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Where was the electric guitar in Crown's show during "Free Bird?" The pianist did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 The newspapers in the Scouts show had a story about the Canucks and Bruins. June 2011 stuff. I was disappointed to see that! Ah, too bad. Thanks for identifying that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobchilds Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 The pianist did that. Thanks for posting. It's strange to have a rock show without an electric guitar, particularly when there is an actual electric guitar part to be played and it's played on a synth. Bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Thanks for posting. It's strange to have a rock show without an electric guitar, particularly when there is an actual electric guitar part to be played and it's played on a synth. Bizarre. Crown tried to have an electric guitar, but Herbert kept busting them into kindling. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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