Tuesday night, we spent the evening mixing songs from Bag of Hammers – “Homunculus” and “She Did Not Know.” It’s sounding pretty bad ass and SDNK is epic heavy. We just need a few minor tweaks and then we’re done with those two. Next week we’ll do some more mixing but after that we’ll have to shift gears for the next couple of weeks to gear up for the show at Rudz. Any requests folks?
Oh and as for band discussions in between mixing sessions. We had the typical discussion of Red Shirts vs storm troopers. This led to a discussion on the TIE fighter pilot who crashes into Darth Vader in the first Star Wars movie. Charlie justified this pilot error saying it was a tight formation so the slightest variation was a recipe for disaster. That brought up a separate issue. Did Han Solo fuck-up by not taking out Darth Vader?
See, when looking up the footage on-line we found a critique of Han Solo’s actions saying that he should have just taken out Darth Vader’s ship and he was a fool for not realizing the middle ship was the better target. After some discussion, Clinton rightfully pointed out that if you pay attention (3:10 in the clip below) you’ll notice that the shot came from an angle. The Millennium Falcon wasn’t making a straight run down the trench but was attacking from the side. Conclusion, Han took the only shot he could take and saved Luke’s ass. His awesomeness is confirmed and he gets a gold star for saving the day. So, that resolved, we adjourned Star Wars court for the day and finished the rest of our Star Pizza (Hawaiian thin crust with Jalapenos and a meaty pizza with anchovies) so we could get back to the work of mixing an album that will be as awesome as blowing up the Death Star.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXIqfHI0hQY
I should also point out that the TIE fighter pilot lost control and crashed into Vader *after* seeing the Millenium Falcon closing in. As he looked up to see where the attack was coming from and attempted to warn Vader, he lost control, careened into the wall and back into Vader’s ship, causing him to spin off into space. The bottom line is that without Solo’s intervention, Vader certainly would have had a clean shot at Luke’s X wing.
Results of Red Ensign vs. Stormtrooper were inconclusive. Mostly, the argument centered around the ineptitude of stormtroopers. Charlie felt that Stormtroopers did in fact have some early victories against Rebel soldiers. They also scored a decisive tactical victory on Hoth, and that can’t be denied. But I felt the trump card was that they were soundly beaten by Ewoks, who – at least in the film – suffered only one confirmed casualty at the hands of an overwhelming Imperial assault. Even with the advantages of camouflage and terrain, there is no excuse for such a terrible kill ratio if you have any pretense of being a legitimate fighting force. You are essentially being curb-stomped by guinea pigs with spears. Put these chumps up against some Red Ensigns, who are undoubtedly pissed because at least one of their number has already been killed, and who are armed with phasers that actually disintegrate motherfuckers. Add the fact that Red Ensigns evidently don’t fear death — since they have to know that before every mission they are going to get killed, but they go anyway — and there’s no contest.