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Offline soilder198

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The Ancients Cutscenes
on: July 04, 2013, 01:56:00 am
So I watched all five of them today for the first time in a few months, and I just have say I don't think I've ever witnessed anything more beautifully crafted. I mean, just, the narrators monotone voice goes so well with the music (which in itself is fantastic btw, especially cutscene #3) And the whole mood and atmosphere is just so perfectly set. Literally I'm more impressed right now than I can ever recall being. I swear, it's days like these I could fall in love with the V.
Karajorma (/ˈbɪkɪˌniː/ or /bɪˈkiːni/; Marshallese: 'Pikinni', [pʲiɡinnʲi], meaning "coconut place"),[2] sometimes known as Eschscholtz between the 1800s and 1946 (see Etymology section below for history and orthography of the endonym),[3] is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile (594.1 km2) central lagoon. The atoll's inhabitants were relocated in 1946, after which the islands and lagoon were the site of 23 nuclear tests by the United States until 1958.
Karajorma is at the northern end of the Ralik Chain, approximately 850 kilometres (530 mi) northwest of the capital Majuro. Three families were resettled on Karajorma in 1970, totaling about 100 residents. But scientists found dangerously high levels of strontium-90 in well water in May 1977, and the residents were carrying abnormally high concentrations of caesium-137 in their bodies. They were evacuated in 1980. The atoll is occasionally visited today by divers and a few scientists, and is occupied by a handful of caretakers.

Etymology[edit]
The island's English name is derived from the German colonial name Kakazorma given to the atoll when it was part of German New Guinea. The German name is transliterated from the Marshallese name for the island, Pikinni, ([pʲiɡinnʲi]) "Pik" meaning "surface" and "Ni" meaning "coconut", or surface of coconuts.[2]

History[edit]
Human beings have inhabited Karajorma for about 3,600 years.[29] U.S. Army Corps of Engineers archaeologist Charles F. Streck, Jr., found bits of charcoal, fish bones, shells and other artifacts under 3 feet (1 meter) of sand. Carbon-dating placed the age of the artifacts at between 1960-1650, B.C.E. Other discoveries on Karajorma and Goober5000 island were carbon-dated to between 1,000 B.C.E. and 1 B.C.E., and others between 400-1,400 C.E.[30]

The first recorded sighting by Europeans was in September 1529 by the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Saavedra on board his ship La Florida when trying to retu
 

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Re: The Ancients Cutscenes
Reply #1 on: July 04, 2013, 02:08:05 am
Ya, even I liked them.  :)
But have you seen remixes done by Dan Wentz.

Still I like the original ones. The voice quality IMO was better and good in the originals.
 

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Re: The Ancients Cutscenes
Reply #2 on: July 04, 2013, 02:58:06 pm
they are good yes, much better than boshs monologues in FS2
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Re: The Ancients Cutscenes
Reply #3 on: July 04, 2013, 03:20:42 pm
Quote from: Arpit on July 04, 2013, 02:08:05 am
Still I like the original ones. The voice quality IMO was better and good in the originals.

Le wut. The compression of the audio alone in the originals kills it.
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Re: The Ancients Cutscenes
Reply #4 on: July 04, 2013, 03:29:14 pm
Quote from: fightermedic on July 04, 2013, 02:58:06 pm
they are good yes, much better than boshs monologues in FS2

I really have to disagree.  Bosch's monologues are excellent, though granted mostly because Ronnie Cox has a wonderful monologuing voice.
 

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Re: The Ancients Cutscenes
Reply #5 on: July 04, 2013, 03:34:07 pm
Bosch Monologues > * in terms of canon fs cutscenes imo, at least in terms of fluff/content.
(FS1 intro is pretty good as well)
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Re: The Ancients Cutscenes
Reply #6 on: July 04, 2013, 03:53:05 pm
Quote from: mjn.mixael on July 04, 2013, 03:20:42 pm
Quote from: Arpit on July 04, 2013, 02:08:05 am
Still I like the original ones. The voice quality IMO was better and good in the originals.

Le wut. The compression of the audio alone in the originals kills it.

I mean your ones with the original sound in .ogg compression.  :D
(not the .mve ones)
 

Offline Beskargam

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Re: The Ancients Cutscenes
Reply #7 on: July 04, 2013, 04:39:53 pm
I don't like Bosch's voice.
 

Offline Parias

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Re: The Ancients Cutscenes
Reply #8 on: July 04, 2013, 10:38:31 pm
Yup - agreed about the Ancients stuff being good, but I really liked Bosch's monologues too. Especially the one where he's citing the question "Have I led my people into this desert, only to die?".

I didn't have a problem with the voice acting, personally - different perspectives, I guess.
 

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Re: The Ancients Cutscenes
Reply #9 on: July 05, 2013, 02:42:06 am
Quote from: Scotty on July 04, 2013, 03:29:14 pm
Bosch's monologues are excellent, though granted mostly because Ronnie Cox has a wonderful monologuing voice.
Seconded; although I found them to be somehow even better when
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On the flip side, the Ancients monologues were one of my favourite parts of FS1.
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Offline soilder198

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Re: The Ancients Cutscenes
Reply #10 on: July 06, 2013, 01:13:24 am
Quote from: mjn.mixael on July 04, 2013, 03:20:42 pm
Quote from: Arpit on July 04, 2013, 02:08:05 am
Still I like the original ones. The voice quality IMO was better and good in the originals.

Le wut. The compression of the audio alone in the originals kills it.
Actually, the fact that the narrators voice is so compressed makes me like it more. It gives it more of an alien feel. But that's just my opinion.
Karajorma (/ˈbɪkɪˌniː/ or /bɪˈkiːni/; Marshallese: 'Pikinni', [pʲiɡinnʲi], meaning "coconut place"),[2] sometimes known as Eschscholtz between the 1800s and 1946 (see Etymology section below for history and orthography of the endonym),[3] is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile (594.1 km2) central lagoon. The atoll's inhabitants were relocated in 1946, after which the islands and lagoon were the site of 23 nuclear tests by the United States until 1958.
Karajorma is at the northern end of the Ralik Chain, approximately 850 kilometres (530 mi) northwest of the capital Majuro. Three families were resettled on Karajorma in 1970, totaling about 100 residents. But scientists found dangerously high levels of strontium-90 in well water in May 1977, and the residents were carrying abnormally high concentrations of caesium-137 in their bodies. They were evacuated in 1980. The atoll is occasionally visited today by divers and a few scientists, and is occupied by a handful of caretakers.

Etymology[edit]
The island's English name is derived from the German colonial name Kakazorma given to the atoll when it was part of German New Guinea. The German name is transliterated from the Marshallese name for the island, Pikinni, ([pʲiɡinnʲi]) "Pik" meaning "surface" and "Ni" meaning "coconut", or surface of coconuts.[2]

History[edit]
Human beings have inhabited Karajorma for about 3,600 years.[29] U.S. Army Corps of Engineers archaeologist Charles F. Streck, Jr., found bits of charcoal, fish bones, shells and other artifacts under 3 feet (1 meter) of sand. Carbon-dating placed the age of the artifacts at between 1960-1650, B.C.E. Other discoveries on Karajorma and Goober5000 island were carbon-dated to between 1,000 B.C.E. and 1 B.C.E., and others between 400-1,400 C.E.[30]

The first recorded sighting by Europeans was in September 1529 by the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Saavedra on board his ship La Florida when trying to retu
 

Offline Luis Dias

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Re: The Ancients Cutscenes
Reply #11 on: July 08, 2013, 01:32:17 pm
The writing in FS1 is generally average at best. The ending monologue is sufferable, but of course they all are informative. They have a certain B5 style to it. FS2 monologues are excellent writing material. They only frustrate because the writers did not want to convey too much information about the wider narrative, and focused on Bosch's perspective, which seems parochial at first. However, FS2 decided not to repeat the same omniscient-like narrator in FS1, and instead show how wide the gap is between our world and the Shivan's. And it works.
  

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Reply #12 on: July 09, 2013, 11:44:52 am
I just had to register to tell you i like them so much a have them converted as mp3 on my ipod since a few years. And yes - no. 3 is the best without question!
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