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Message: 6020
Author: Igor Makovsky
Date: 18/01/2007
Subject: Re: Manic Miner: The Opera
Hi, Colin.
In a few words, it is geniously made opera.
I admired all the three parts of the opera and must say, that it is
very funny all in all, it has such a nice thin humour, that doesn't
make you crazly laugh, but makes you wisely smile - with every other
shout of Willy's monologue.
Most of all, I appreciate that moment in the "Central Cavern" where
Willy jumps over obstacles 3 times and suddenly dies, appearing at
the beginning of the level. The "rising" sound of his "athletic"
jumps is superb idea)
Willy's voice is in true opera traditions (with some old-style
english-german-like, if I'm right, pronounciation of R and L sounds -
somethimes in english or american films russians speak the same
manner), sounds funny, when you understand about what Willy sings in
a such serious voice. Though, when I first time heard to it, I didn't
except Willy's voice like this and I didn't like it, but the second
time I heard to it, I understood, what a nice idea it was to make him
sound like this.
Second theme (Eugene's lair) has, to my mind, less individual and
more forgettable structure (it is chaotic a bit), though, in fact,
the level itself isn't so crazy as the sequence of sounds. Don't you
think so? Your theme suits Broadsoft "crazy-like" games much more, to
my mind.
Third theme ofcourse reminds Manic Miner much more and if I would
create the opera about Willy, I would probably begin with this theme,
because everybody, who hear even a few first notes would remember the
original sounds from the old-kind game and would hear all the parts
with remembering emotions from their youth. Plus, I wonder, what
makes you associate Grieg's "In the hall..." with "Warehouse" level
rather than with other much more individual rooms, to my mind?
Plus I don't see, to tell you the truth, the whole composition of the
opera - maybe I didn't understood every word, being said by Willy,
but I didn't catch the whole -beginning-central part-culmination-and
the final part structure. Looks like to me that it is just a
collection of three moments from Willy's adventure.
Finally, I repeat once again, that you fresh idea is superb, and the
result is very good.
and I'll forward to look at your site soon.
IgoR Makovsky.
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