Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks
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wrote on 22 May 2023, 03:24 last edited byLink to video
Divine performance of a true masterpiece.
Eugene Ysäye, “Ballade,” Sonata in D minor, Op. 27, No. 3
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Skip to 4:26 for this one:
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wrote on 10 Jun 2023, 18:22 last edited by
I have the aired footage before (first five minutes of the YouTube video), but only stumbled upon the “behind the scene” interview just now (starts about 5 minutes into the video), which is probably even more interesting than aired footage.
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wrote on 11 Jul 2023, 19:22 last edited by
Very nice piece, upbeat, lively, very original, and comtemporary.
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wrote on 7 Aug 2023, 04:01 last edited by Axtremus 8 Jul 2023, 04:02Link to video
Interesting “outro” as well, don’t miss it.
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Interesting “outro” as well, don’t miss it.
wrote on 7 Aug 2023, 12:11 last edited by@Axtremus Interesting. LOL
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wrote on 13 Aug 2023, 08:28 last edited by Axtremus
Very impressed with the quality of some of the animation coming out of China these days. The production quality is absolutely top notch.
This one is “Episode 16” from a fictional series drawn from historical elements from the transition period between the end of the Han dynasty and the start of the “Three Kingdom” period. Great concept, great story/script, great character design and character development, masterful storytelling, fluid action design, convincing period costume designs, convincing set/background designs, superb animation and rendering, convincing facial expressions (very hard to do with CGI animation especially when the underlying style is “realism,” this is the best I’ve seen yet).
Also, careful scholarship: at the end of every episode there is one or more “flash cards” providing footnotes mapping key characters/events to records in historical literature.
Episode 16:
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If you want the whole series, try this playlist (from start of the series to date):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBakWosU0sfjM2fMNt8JJApFSNj49UXwF -
wrote on 15 Aug 2023, 02:43 last edited byLink to video
Great rearrangement, virtuosic execution.
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Ax, that's just dumb and disrespectful, and I don't mean M Jackson.
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If the mask is part of the outfit, I get it.
Otherwise, it's just stupid. It was uploaded yesterday, ffs.
Not my style, but I admire the talent.
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If the mask is part of the outfit, I get it.
Otherwise, it's just stupid. It was uploaded yesterday, ffs.
Not my style, but I admire the talent.
wrote on 15 Aug 2023, 12:19 last edited by@George-K The mask is part of her brand; as far as I can tell, ever since her fist YouTube video, she’s always masked; quite often different masks for different videos.
Compare to Peter Bence’s “Best It” cover. Bence also made a virtuosic, creative rearrangement, mainly for piano, but also uses other mechanical aids, including looping electronics. (I have linked to Bence’s cover before, so not repeating it here.)
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wrote on 25 Aug 2023, 05:28 last edited by Axtremus
Look at that technique, so smooth, so matter-of-fact, so graceful, so efficient and economical!
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That is impressive.
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wrote on 4 Sept 2023, 05:31 last edited by Axtremus 9 Apr 2023, 05:32
The physics behind old school electric rice cooker design:
Link to videoHow does the old school electric rice cooker know when to stop cooking the rice at just the right time? It has no thermostat, no fancy electronics, yet it works every time. I have been curious about that for a long time, though never tried to research it. This video answered the question for me.
