Muad'Dib 1,871 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Well, now this is interesting...With his instantly recognizable scores, John Williams has redefined the art of film music. He makes audiences cheer, brings them to tears and keeps them on the edge of their seats. This year, the Maestro welcomes special guest Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, Ted), pays tribute to some of the classic stars of Warner Bros. Pictures, and conducts selections from some of his beloved movie hits, including Jurassic Park and, of course, Star Wars! It's a Hollywood Bowl tradition not to be missed!http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/john-williams-maestro-of-movies/2014-08-29While I'm not exactly a fan of MacFarlane and his humour, I know he's a massive Williams geek and only good things can come out of this I believe. Color me excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 9,106 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I like his humour - or at least I like Family Guy, and as far as I remember I think I liked his Oscar hosting, which is pretty much all I know by him. But he also seems to be a big fan of (and apparently very knowledgeable about) film music, AND he's one of the driving forces behind the new Cosmos series. If that turns out well, I have quite a bit of respect for him. Code 000. Destruct. 0. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig 1,169 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Lucky are the ones who live in L.A.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,729 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Maybe he's a JWfan member posting here and we don't know it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,871 Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 You just gave yourself away, Mr. MacFarlane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scallenger 567 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 OMG! That announcement also says he will be playing music from Jurassic Park!!! I am SO there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,430 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I like his humour - or at least I like Family Guy,What i've seen of his humor, mostly Family Guy has all the subtlety of a brick. And isnt in the slightest way original. Just, louder, cruder.It's just not clever at all. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,931 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 There was a time when I liked Family Guy - high school and some of college. I'm not sure if the show changed, or if I just changed (probably a little of the former and a lot of the latter), but I don't find it all too funny anymore. Much of the humor on that show has always been based, in some level, on racism, anti-semetism, misogyny, etc - so even in episodes that have several decent jokes that land, there are more jokes that fall flat, or occasionally make me angry. I'm much more partial to American Dad, which takes out most of the "randomness" and has actual stories and jokes, although that too is a bit wearying for me.Due to fame and other pursuits, MacFarlane has little to do with any of "his" shows anymore, besides voicing the characters and story/script approval - so it's hard to blame any creative success or failure on him anyway at this point, besides problems with the basic template of the shows as created. I thought he did a decent enough job at the Oscars last year, and he always seems like an interesting enough person in interviews. He's always seemed like a decent advocate - or at least a fan - of film music, so this seems like a good fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scallenger 567 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 So who else is gonna go this year! I didn't get to meet anyone last year from here (I don't think anyone else but me got to go). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,254 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Just the fact that his two feature films have scores by Walter Murphy and Joel McNeely say something about his taste in film music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,729 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I like Family Guy , not all of it works but random moments can be really hilarious. I don't like America Dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once 693 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Is being a "special guest" the same as hosting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,254 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 No. He'll probably make an introduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,871 Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 He'll do a special section I suppose, and without a doubt introduce the new SW music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 966 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 It's like his MacFarlane's career has been building toward this. The man loves Williams, and this is the cherry on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I think he's reasonably funny, but above all, he's a film music guy and a Sagan fan. Ok in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 155 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Ted's hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,739 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I thought Ted was decent (Mila Kunis brought the whole film down a notch) and Family Guy has it's moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ymenard 60 Posted February 9, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2014 Hopefully they will do the live-to-screen "Indy's very first adventure", and have Seth sing along to it!!! indy4, Code 000. Destruct. 0. and Muad'Dib 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,375 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 MacFarlane is quite a good singer, and my guess is that he will do some singing on a few Hollywood classic songs.As for his humor... I really can't say I like Family Guy or American Dad, but enjoyed him at the Oscars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,818 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Hopefully they will do the live-to-screen "Indy's very first adventure", and have Seth sing along to it!!!Him reprising the Peter Griffin singing the March of the Slave Children from ToD would be a welcome addition as well. Code 000. Destruct. 0. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 10,461 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I'm really sorry, guys, but...who in the name of Sam Hill is Seth MacFarlane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,254 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 The highest paid TV producer of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,456 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Seth MacFarlane is one of those annoying people in show business I wish would fall through a crack in reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,454 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 My Family Guy phase lasted all of about four months before its gimmick wore thin. I even bought a Stewie t-shirt. Now I haven't seen an episode in about five years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,254 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I love Family Guy, but it reached a point where the repeated jokes became annoying (rule of thirds, Seth) and FOX never kept a set schedule so I stopped watching. Haven't seen any new episodes in about 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,871 Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 I just remembered there was also this. Check out at 2:45 aprox... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 39,597 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 FOX never kept a set schedule Wrong. It's been on Sundays at 9pm for 9 straight years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,254 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Wrong, there were never consistently new episodes and whenever baseball season happens the shows get pushed around for months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 39,597 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 LOL wut? Do you not understand how network TV works? Every single show on every single network channel has new episodes mixed with repeats from September through May. Are you serious?What does it matter when it airs, anyway? Don't you have a DVR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,254 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I stopped watching TV after LOST ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,454 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 That explains a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,430 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 LOL wut? Do you not understand how network TV works? Every single show on every single network channel has new episodes mixed with repeats from September through May. Really? Why on earth would they do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I stopped watching TV after LOST ended.Ha, so did I for the most part. Even Breaking Bad only brought me back for the last few episodes live rather than on Netflix. I do still watch Modern Family with regularity though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,931 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 LOL wut? Do you not understand how network TV works? Every single show on every single network channel has new episodes mixed with repeats from September through May. Really? Why on earth would they do that?Because a modern network show has 20-24 episodes per season, and there are ~35 weeks from late September to mid May. There are breaks programmed to avoid holidays, to avoid big events (Super Bowl, Olympics, Oscars, NCAA finals, etc etc), or just to hit certain programmed dates like sweeps and prefered finale date. Even non-network shows do it - I seem to remember a week off during the final brief "half season" of Breaking Bad, for instance.Jason is right that Family Guy's airtime has been almost completely stable since they brought it back for "season 4" almost ten years ago. The problem with FOX is that they're big into sports, and sometimes football games or baseball games will push back the whole Sunday schedule - so that a normal schedule (8:00 Simpsons, 8:30 Bob's Burgers, 9:00 Family Guy, 9:30 American Dad) will end up starting (8:17, 8:47, 9:17, 9:47). It's a pain for both people who want to watch TV at a set time, and people who DVR shows to watch later (like we do). Thankfully, at least here, all major networks put every new episode of their shows "on demand" for free for at least a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 39,597 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I seem to remember a week off during the final brief "half season" of Breaking Bad, for instance.Nope, there wasn't one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Breaking_Bad_episodes#Part_2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,931 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I seem to remember a week off during the final brief "half season" of Breaking Bad, for instance.Nope, there wasn't one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Breaking_Bad_episodes#Part_2My bad - must be one of the other cable shows that we watch, like recent seasons of Walking Dead or Game of Thrones. Whatever it was, it struck us as weird at the time.EDIT - It was last season of GoT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,456 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I specifically gave up on Lost because I couldn't stand the mid-season breaks that saw new episodes replaced by reruns. No, I didn't follow an online schedule to plan my viewing habits around the airings, I just stopped watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 39,597 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 EDIT - It was last season of GoTYea, HBO usually gives their shows a holiday weekend off. In GOT season 3's case, it was Memorial Day weekend they took off. It was right before the Red Wedding episode too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,254 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I specifically gave up on Lost because I couldn't stand the mid-season breaks that saw new episodes replaced by reruns. No, I didn't follow an online schedule to plan my viewing habits around the airings, I just stopped watching.The only break LOST had was during Season 3 when it hit rock bottom and because of the writer's strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,456 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 That sounds about right, as that's the time I gave up on the show. As I've stated here many times, I do plan to reimmerse myself in the show from the beginning via Netflix with my girlfriend, who hasn't watched any of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,260 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 A good decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 39,597 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I specifically gave up on Lost because I couldn't stand the mid-season breaks that saw new episodes replaced by reruns. No, I didn't follow an online schedule to plan my viewing habits around the airings, I just stopped watching.The only break LOST had was during Season 3 when it hit rock bottom and because of the writer's strike.Wrong. Look at the airdates for seasons 1 and 2. New episodes mixed with repeats from September to May. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lost_episodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,254 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 What are you talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,430 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Why would a network mixed new episodes with old? Especially on a show with continuous story arcs, is doesnt make sense. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,541 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,456 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Well the decision cost me as a viewer, which in the grand things of scheme, didn't matter much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,254 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Why would a network mixed new episodes with old? Especially on a show with continuous story arcs, is doesnt make sense.LOST never did that. There were times when they would fill a 2 hour block with a recap episode or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 39,597 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Why would a network mixed new episodes with old? Especially on a show with continuous story arcs, is doesnt make sense.LOST never did that. There were times when they would fill a 2 hour block with a recap episode or something.Wrong, LOST consistently did that throughout the first two seasons. Just look at the airdates in the wiki episode list I linked to. They'd have three weeks of new episodes, two weeks of reruns, two more new episodes, four weeks of reruns, etc. That's just how network tv works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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