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Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YT picks

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  • AxtremusA Away
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    Axtremus
    wrote on last edited by
    #338

    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.

    Link to video

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    • AxtremusA Away
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      Axtremus
      wrote on last edited by
      #339

      Very nice piece, upbeat, lively, very original, and comtemporary.
      Very nicely performed too.

      Link to video

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      • AxtremusA Away
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        Axtremus
        wrote on last edited by Axtremus
        #340

        Link to video

        Interesting “outro” as well, don’t miss it.

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        • AxtremusA Axtremus

          Link to video

          Interesting “outro” as well, don’t miss it.

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          taiwan_girl
          wrote on last edited by
          #341

          @Axtremus Interesting. LOL

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          • AxtremusA Away
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            Axtremus
            wrote on last edited by Axtremus
            #342

            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:

            Link to video

            If you want the whole series, try this playlist (from start of the series to date):
            https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBakWosU0sfjM2fMNt8JJApFSNj49UXwF

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            • AxtremusA Away
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              Axtremus
              wrote on last edited by
              #343

              Link to video

              Great rearrangement, virtuosic execution.

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              • RainmanR Offline
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                Rainman
                wrote on last edited by
                #344

                Ax, that's just dumb and disrespectful, and I don't mean M Jackson.
                But I guess if you like it, go for it!

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                • George KG Offline
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                  George K
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #345

                  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.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • George KG George K

                    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.

                    AxtremusA Away
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                    Axtremus
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #346

                    @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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                    • AxtremusA Away
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                      Axtremus
                      wrote on last edited by Axtremus
                      #347

                      Look at that technique, so smooth, so matter-of-fact, so graceful, so efficient and economical!
                      Lots of fine muscle control too subtle to be captured by the camera.

                      Link to video

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                        taiwan_girl
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #348

                        That is impressive.

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                        • AxtremusA Away
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                          Axtremus
                          wrote on last edited by Axtremus
                          #349

                          The physics behind old school electric rice cooker design:

                          Link to video

                          How 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.

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                          • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                            taiwan_girl
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #350

                            That was neat. I did not know the exact operation either.

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                            • jon-nycJ Offline
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                              jon-nyc
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                              #351

                              Cool

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                              • AxtremusA Away
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                                Axtremus
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                                #352

                                Celtic Rasputin on drugs … well, a different kind of drug, probably Adderall.

                                Link to video

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                                • AxtremusA Away
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                                  Axtremus
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #353

                                  Contrast between old master (famous since the Chairman Mao era) and a new talent (child of the Internet/streaming media age).

                                  Same ancient piece, “Ambush from All Sides”(十面埋伏), a signature repertoire for the pipa, long a popular concert and competition workhorse.

                                  Link to video

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                                  • AxtremusA Away
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                                    Axtremus
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #354

                                    Rickroll Variation classical piano concerto:

                                    Link to video

                                    @George-K if you’re looking for new classical orchestra works to listen to, give this a try.

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                                      taiwan_girl
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #355

                                      Pretty unrecognizable as the song. LOL

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                                      • AxtremusA Away
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                                        Axtremus
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                                        #356

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                                        Be sure to see the part where a liquid nitrogen cooled steel ball is pressed again the 2010 armor. Very dramatic ending!

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                                        • AxtremusA Away
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                                          Axtremus
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #357

                                          Dude chillin’ with a piano.

                                          Link to video

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