Lyric Suite

One thing i don't understand. Why is it called 'high' fantasy? There's nothing really 'high' about it...

You can find a lot of composers from the early 20th century that are comparable to older ones (Stravinsky, Bartok, Schoenberg - to name a few). Post 1950, it's hard to tell. Ligeti is the only one that comes close among those i tried, but i think part of the problem is that classical music has a whole has completely shifted out of public view. Granted, classical music has always been a genre for a selected few, and many past composers have never been 'popular' in their day. Bach for instance was relatively unknown in his time and after he died his music felt into oblivion until Mendlesshon jump started the Bach craze in the 1830s. Who knows how many great composers are out there working in complete obscurity? I'm guessing that if there are really any, we will know about them only after they have been long gone...

Hey, classical music is still alive. Just because we haven't had a 'popular'' composer since Shostakovich died doesn't mean the genre went belly up...

The point is that the term 'Sword & Sorcery' was coined after the work of Robert Howard. He is the pivotal focus of the 'genre'. What you refer to as 'S&S' today is nothing but a flawed derivate of the type of 'epic' pulp Howard was known for (among other things). In short, Howard IS the quintessential Sword & Sorcery writer. As for the development of the conception of 'arcane' magic in modern fantasy, i'd say Howard had by far a greater role here. You should know this if you had read any of his tales.

Erm... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_and_sorcery

Fancy that, somebody who has never read a Robert Howard tale...

Likewise, which is why there are many different types of music out there...

That's not a fault of the music though. It's just meant to gather to a different taste...

I'm sorry, but i don't think i ever learned anything from games. All the stuff that you learn in games is relative to the game and nothing else, and has no value in real life. Even assuming WoW teaches the 'wrong' things the amount of useful knowledge you get from games is so marginal that it doesn't matter. Games = waste of time...

I'm not an expert on Jazz, but i'd say guys like Art Tatum defenatly leave the likes of Hendrix in the dust, let's not even talk about avant-garde jazz and some of the more contemporary stuff. I think what people here seem to ignore is that Jazz is not just a different genre, it's his own little world, with it's own version of pop music, avant-garde or what have you. It's the same with classical.

Spore I really hope they pull this off...

And? I'm not sure why that adds any sort of entertaining value to the film even assuming you know all the references. Reminds of the people who defended the Matrix sequels by pointing out to all the religious references, like that somehow made the abysmal production of those films any more tollerable. Granted, i liked Kill Bill a whole lot better then the Matrix sequels, i have to give Tarantino that much credit: his film wasn't a complete turd...

Well, i can't comment on Eyes Wide Shut as i haven't seen the film, but i really enjoyed most of his films, including 2001. As a craftman, he is defenatly among the top ranks (and without equal in the US among the post-Wells generation), and his repertory is defenatly very unique and diverse, unlike many directors which once they find their 'voice' they stick with it to the end of their career. As far as the complexity of his films, they are complex under a technical point of view, sure, but beyond that i think most of them are actually rather simple. Of course, they are very intelligent for the most part, which isn't necessarely the same thing. If you want complex, try Bergman or Tarcorvsky...

Funny, too bad he's wrong about that...

No, they don't. Not that the film was all that great, mind you...

Online sales is going to change that, at least partially...

Star Wars

The fact you had to rely on mentioning the most sucessful publiscers out there pretty much makes my point, and it's pretty ironic too, considering their sucess is based on sheer luck and in spite of themselves (like EA trying to supress The Sims because it was too 'innovative', clearly a company with a vast understanding of the tastes and trends of their customer base)...

Yes, it's an unfortunate state of affairs that whiners and cry babies always get their wish in this country, hence the reason why i was against Blizzard approving this sort of thing, bat alas, they have seemed to falter under the pressure, like everybody does. BTW, what makes you think Blizzard agrees with you? When you enforce an apology out of somebody, don't expect it to be sincere. They are just trying to avoid furthere trouble, it's not their priority to fight against political corrected fascism...

Publishers haven't got the first clue on where to invest their money, that's why they are always close to financial ruin. Sometimes i wonder why they even bother trying to act like they know what the public wants, given that their buissness strategies are the equivalent of casting a magic missile in the dark (i hope i got the DnD reference right)...

Wrong again, it wasn't the usage of the term 'gay' that sprang Blizzard reaction, it was the whole idea behind the guild, which has no place in the game and therefore is against the rules.

No we don't, those things have no place in the game. WoW is no place to excercise the championing of personal rights. It's a game, and you are supposed to be playing it...

What are you talking about? Nobody was banned for using the term gay...

I don't want a Torment remake, i just want developers to follow and expand on that particular formula and give us a good stream of RPGs that are just as great...

Personally, i like when people get offended by things i say...