Geez, Christian, it’s going to take me all weekend to listen to or read all these recommendations! Great stuff so thanks.
By the by, TWISTER remains a special film for me as one I watched while flying to London. Any time a tornado appeared on screen, we just happened to hit turbulence. Thus I remember it as a Sensurround movie. ;)
I adore "Veteran of the Psychic Wars", especially the live Buck Dharma solo from the Extraterrestrial Live version. My favorite of the three Moorcock/BÖC collaborations, however, is "Black Blade." Cultösaurus Erectus was the first BÖC album I owned, and I bought the record in 1980 just because of that song. I was already playing D&D and reading sword & sorcery books, and I couldn't believe a song with that subject matter existed.
Black Blade is great, but my love of Corum over Elric is so great that Veteran of the Psychic Wars won out. Don't get me wrong, I love both Elric and Corum, but the Swords Trilogy is a series I read every year.
A crucial reason that shot is the first joke is the sound mix (all production sound only). I can start with low plus background noise and get louder, but beginning with an indoor gag and then later going to the outdoor one would make it harder to hear, relatively.
That's aside from any narrative pacing concerns or whether the joke plays, which are a lot more subjective, and it's interesting to hear what works for whom. But I think I'll leave comic strip panels to your wife, who is very good at them.
That’s great feedback regarding the sound. I think the bits that hit hardest with me were the one’s that parodied certain outrage merchants I recognized.
The key virtues of these bits though are that you fully commit to each one and you look like you are having a great time. I look forward to seeing more of the character.
Geez, Christian, it’s going to take me all weekend to listen to or read all these recommendations! Great stuff so thanks.
By the by, TWISTER remains a special film for me as one I watched while flying to London. Any time a tornado appeared on screen, we just happened to hit turbulence. Thus I remember it as a Sensurround movie. ;)
I adore "Veteran of the Psychic Wars", especially the live Buck Dharma solo from the Extraterrestrial Live version. My favorite of the three Moorcock/BÖC collaborations, however, is "Black Blade." Cultösaurus Erectus was the first BÖC album I owned, and I bought the record in 1980 just because of that song. I was already playing D&D and reading sword & sorcery books, and I couldn't believe a song with that subject matter existed.
Black Blade is great, but my love of Corum over Elric is so great that Veteran of the Psychic Wars won out. Don't get me wrong, I love both Elric and Corum, but the Swords Trilogy is a series I read every year.
Very understandable!
Thank you!
A crucial reason that shot is the first joke is the sound mix (all production sound only). I can start with low plus background noise and get louder, but beginning with an indoor gag and then later going to the outdoor one would make it harder to hear, relatively.
That's aside from any narrative pacing concerns or whether the joke plays, which are a lot more subjective, and it's interesting to hear what works for whom. But I think I'll leave comic strip panels to your wife, who is very good at them.
That’s great feedback regarding the sound. I think the bits that hit hardest with me were the one’s that parodied certain outrage merchants I recognized.
The key virtues of these bits though are that you fully commit to each one and you look like you are having a great time. I look forward to seeing more of the character.
Yesss..."the character"...lol
Cool musings