I especially like the video tacked on the end of the article with the guy from Yahoo Movies (really, Wook... Yahoo?) positively *gushing* over all the records TFA destroyed.
I don't think being the third biggest movie of all time (as of this posting) is going to come off as a disappointment to anyone. Do we even know what kind of money it's making off the merchandise? Not even Avatar could get good merch.
I would assume that any Star Wars movie is going to absolutely blow the doors off of pretty much any other movie in terms of merch. Only Disney can really touch Star Wars for merch and now that they are together, it's probably its own category, and probably stomps all over ticket sales.
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Come to the dark side, we have apples...
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Congratulations. You've just won the internet.Doesn't really compare with the other example...
I love the oranges. It says that at some point an executive said "I want Star Wars everything! Everything!" And one plucky employee took that command and ran with it.
Whoever that employee is, they deserve a raise because, by God, when they are given orders, they follow them!
I would be interested to see how much merchandising has brought in. Especially the way they've attempted to leave no market untapped.
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I gotta say I am a tad disappointed with the music. As crappy as the prequels may be, I personally loved all three themes, Duel of the Fates, Across the Stars and Battle of Heroes. TFA does not have one and all of the music is really missing that usual OOOMPH. I really cannot believe just how superior the London Symphony Orchestra is :wacko
I have to clarify that I only saw it once, but based on that I kind of agree. I don't know if it was because they couldn't use the LSO or if John Williams is losing his touch. I just don't remember any real stand out themes like even the Prequels had.
There was no score for all reasonable purposes. I'm amazed they signed off on it.
Compared to what we got in the original trilogy it's disturbingly a non-presence.
The OT score was an ever present character woven into the story itself at times. Inseperable
with the events on screen. So many moments burned into my mind forever.
William's glory days are long past now or his modern style is ill suited for SW at a minimum.
For the record, I liked TFA (wrong thread?)
But, yah - the score was... bland?
Like, I hardly noticed it.
As CessnaDriver said, in the OT the score was a CHARACTER.
In TFA it was, like, an afterthought.
And so many people are so over the moon about Rey's Theme.
I don't get it. I think it's awful.
Pretty music for a cartoon about cute flying bugs who save the neighborhood...
...LOUSY theme for a heroine in a STAR WARS movie.