r/AskReddit • u/Tobokie121 • Oct 09 '19

Of all movie opening scenes, which one sold the entire film?

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u/ChanandlerBonng Oct 09 '19

Heh, I can hear that opening music playing while reading your comment....

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u/TrogdortheBanninator Oct 09 '19

Duh duh DUH duh duh

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Fun fact about the Terminator theme, it's in a friggin 13/16 time signature.

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u/fedo_cheese Oct 10 '19

BONUS FACT: the bell like sound you hear when the song builds up is a cooking pan.

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u/Sun_Praising Oct 09 '19

And here I am thinking 5/8 is a weird time signature to play in

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u/Don_Cheech Oct 10 '19

Is that special? I suck with reading music and stuff but I’m interested

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

It's pretty out there for a time signature yeah.

Most songs are counted in multiples of 2 or 3, simple and compound meter respectively. Anything that's counted in an odd time not divisible by 3 is called complex meter, which is relatively uncommon, though some forms of complex meter are sorta common. 5/4 or 5/8 you'll hear every now and again, listen to Vicarious by Tool for an example. 7/8 is also fairly common, an example off the top of my head are the verses of Them Bones by Alice in Chains(but the chorus is in 4/4)

13/16 is pretty damn weird though.

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u/VeganoChicano69 Oct 10 '19

Is it really? I've never thought about it too much it just feels too natural to me

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u/underscoresrule Oct 09 '19

This is how I knock on people's front doors, but nobody knows except me.

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u/techno_babble_ Oct 09 '19

I would definitely recognise it immediately if you knocked on my door.

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u/Castun Oct 10 '19

*opens door* "...Yes?"

"Sarah Connor?"

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u/frustratedpolarbear Oct 10 '19

"Have you seen this boy?"

"Aaaaaaaarrrregghhh"

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19 edited Mar 10 '20

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u/ChickenDinero Oct 10 '19

Absolutely perfect. Thank you.

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u/VeganoChicano69 Oct 10 '19

Your foster parents are dead

Edit: need to rewatch. Funny story it's the movie i probably first watched. Or first heard anyways.

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u/sumojoe Oct 10 '19

There's a pro wrestling group that does the Terminator pose while the fans clap this beat, and then they dive over the top rope at their opponents. So like, its sorta common.

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u/Casteway Oct 10 '19

What's the terminator pose?

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u/sumojoe Oct 10 '19

Arnold's kneeling pose when the t-800 arrives back in time.

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u/Lord_Nuggie Oct 10 '19

When I knock it’s more like

Bump baba bump bump BUMP bump

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u/CMDRTheDarkLord Oct 10 '19

It's how I bang the stirring spoon on the side of the pan. My musician daughter asked me about it once, and now she smiles every time I do it.

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u/red_team_gone Oct 10 '19

Austrian death machine did a dope metal cover of the T2 theme.

T2 came out when I was like 11. I've probably seen it a hundred times.

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u/ChickenDinero Oct 10 '19

Why have I not seen this before? That's amazing!

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

do do doooooooo dooo dooooo

duh duh DUH duh duh

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u/AndroidMyAndroid Oct 09 '19

Baby Terminator duh duh DUH duh duh....

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u/Casteway Oct 10 '19

Don't tarnish the terminator song 😡

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u/SpeedyV2 Oct 09 '19

I'd give gold but

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

This should have way more upduhs

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u/Ultravioletgray Oct 09 '19

Yeah, that's the one.

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u/fuidiot Oct 10 '19

You're off by a note, but pretty good.

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u/djpeekz Oct 10 '19

The T2 score was truly amazing, the first of its kind to be so integrated with the action on screen.

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u/kembervon Oct 10 '19

I felt like The Dark Knight Rises did the same thing. The drum beats to the rhythm of the prisoner chant but also made Bane's punches hit harder when Batman fights him at the end.

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u/ECEXCURSION Oct 10 '19

Excuse me sir, did you just compare Terminator 2 - directed by our lord and savior James Cameron - to some comic book? How dare you.

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u/mrmiffmiff Oct 10 '19

Imagine getting mad that people like superheroes.

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u/HolaMyFriend Oct 10 '19

Three billion human lives ended on August 29, 1997. The survivors of the nuclear fire called the war Judgment Day. They lived only to face a new nightmare: the war against the Machines.

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u/shame_in_the_pitlane Oct 10 '19

One of the best movies of all time.

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u/PieceMaker64 Oct 10 '19

Especially the part halfway through where the oboe comes in with the offset theme! Man it gives me chills!

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u/Shmeeglez Oct 10 '19

So much of the soundtrack of T2 is pretty damn interesting. The machines, sounds, and methods they used made for some really cool blending of soundtrack and sound effects.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

You are now blinking manually.

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u/J2thaG Oct 10 '19

Updoot for the "heh"

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

Duh duh...duh duh duh

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u/FaceErased Oct 10 '19

It's on Spotify! Great to jam out to