I just figured it literally was the temp track, and they decided to go with it.  I can see how it wouldn't work for some folks, but I still love it too much to be objective about it.

Also, fun fact: still using the Icarus I distress signal as my main ringtone.  Yeah...

I have no idea where they're going with the end of this, if there is one.  Basically they're on the run all the time, which I think will get tiring to watch.  You can not have an impregnable fortress in a zombie story; eventually they have to get in, so what you're left with is a group running from place to place, with moments of safety in between.  Not sure how they're going to pull that off over a long haul without it getting old.

Well, I'll be in the chat room.  If anyone else is interested we can hammer out the details there.

Hard to believe there's only one episode left in the season.  Loved the use of John Murphy's Sunshine score in the last episode.

Mobile Infantry! Yeah! Wish I'd had that one when I put the episode together.  I'm really kind of bummed actually, wasn't that visit the same day I flew back east?

One day 'til DVD release!

I just remembered another moment I missed, though it would have slowed the opening, which I kind of liked: I was really looking forward to the emotional closure between Harry and the Dursleys, specifically Dudley.  They got a really nice moment in the book, here there's all of one line about "We have to leave, it's not safe here."

I have to admit, I'm with Teague on this one, mostly.  As soon as it was over I said to myself, "well, that was half a movie."  The last few Potter movies have felt more and more like Cliffs notes versions of abridged versions of the novels, and while Yates et. al. did a fair job choosing which moments to draw out, the whole thing feels like a race to cover what plot points they did choose to show.
*Dobby's death scene for example, could have been extremely moving, but rather than take a few extra beats to let the moment happen, they spent that time doing the whole thing with the slow-mo knife thing.  They arrive at the beach and I had to go, "isn't that Bill and Fluer's place in the far background?"; they don't even establish where the characters have just arrived.  They go right from Dobby's dead, to let's bury him; I felt like shouting "can we get a moment here people!"  The same thing happened with Harry's wand: "Sorry, your wand broke during our escape" "Doesn't matter, give me yours, I'll take first watch"  Or in Godric's Hollow, I was really looking forward to the scene at Harry's parent's house, but the whole scene is over as quick as Harry can say "My parents died here," and then it's off the cover the next plot point.  Take. A. Moment. People.

Now, I get that there is a lot of plot to convey, and I don't know how you would have done it all in a single movie, so in that respect I'm glad there is simply more time to get it all out.  I think the biggest failing here is that everything happens so fast, I didn't feel anything; there's no time for emotions to play out.  A little bit would have helped, I mean the movie's already 146 minutes; will taking the extra few seconds here and there really make it that much longer?

All in all I'm still looking forward to Part 2, and not just in a completionist vein.  I'm looking forward to The Battle of Hogwarts, but I hope they do more with it than they did with the Death Eater invasion in HBP.  I hope they figure out how to convey the idea of how and why wands work the way they do, as well as Harry's death, vision, and resurrection.

Oh, and is it just me, or did Death in the animation (very cool btw, bravo) bear a fairly striking resemblance to General Grievous?

Ladyhawk, that's another one I remember going to the theater to see.  A lot of nostalgia happening around here lately, weird.  As for the Lucas disappointment corollary, well, maybe we should have seen TPM coming.

I believe Beldar left off with top 5 audiobooks, so for the sake of completion, here we go.

1. Harry Potter, Years 1-7.  (I have the Jim Dale (US) versions, but I hear good things about the Stephen Fry (UK) versions.)

2. Youth and Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, read by Brian Cox. (Two stories for the price of one!  The character Marlow "recites" both tales.  If you like sea stories you'll like Youth, and Heart of Darkness is a must read anyway. Audible)

3. Stardust, by Niel Gaiman, read by the author. (Need I say more? Audible, go.)

4. Sphere, by Michael Crichton, read by Edward Asner. (This was my first audiobook.  I don't listen to it as much anymore, but that's only because my digital copy was recorded off my tape deck, only moderately successfully.  Ed Asner has a wonderful reading voice, great for long trips.  Also available on Audible.)

5. Riptide, by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston, read by David Birney (abridged cassette version) (The version currently available on Audible was re-recorded by Scott Brick, and is unabridged.  Facinating story based on accounts of the "Money Pit" of Oak Island.  For more info, set aside some time to check out the author's page.)

I'm living with my sister at the moment, and my 8 month old nephew is certainly good at destroying her sleep.  I imagine orbital weapons platforms wouldn't be a problem, but I think he'll have to master walking first.

Does this mean we're done for the day Sergeant?

Such a vehicle would be great for picking up girls in Minsk.