That wasn't what I expected at all...

[Xprimentyl]

Sitting at my desk at work, I?ve a habit of getting ?wiki-stracted;? a song or podcast will get me fixated on something, and I?ll spend the next 10-15 minutes looking up details and facts about it which I?ll likely forget by the end of the day. Recently, it?s been TES IV: Oblivion; I picked up it again after over a decade away from the game, and was instantly reminded how incredible the score is. So taken aback by its profoundness, I decided to look up its composer, one ?Jeremy Soule.? I expected to see an austere black and white photo of some +70-year-old, stern-mouthed European guy with white hair in a black sport coat staring knowingly not into the camera, but into the depths of the human soul and experience. And what did I find? He?s just some 43-year-old yuppie from fucking Iowa; I think I saw him at a local craft beer bar a couple weeks ago. Forty-fucking-THREE; he?s only 5 years older than ME!! What?s worse, he?s scored every Elder Scrolls game since 2002, which means he wrote my beloved Morrowind?s score when he was like 27!! I was working in a warehouse when I was 27; this guy was plucking aural gems from the betwixt heaving breasts of angels. When I was 27, I paid $60 to play Oblivion; he was 32 and won the first-ever MTV Video Game Music award for his part in making Oblivion. He?s probably hung like a giraffe, too.

Have you been pleasantly surprised or begrudgingly humbled by something lately?

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I just found out Christian Bale was 26 in American Psycho and now I'm sad beyond consolation.

 

[davidmc1158_v1legacy]

I'll just go back to the old classic:

Whenever I feel a bit too smug about anything, I just remind myself that when Mozart was my age he had been dead for 15 years.

 

[gorfias]

I am old. I used to lift. My son, to date, cannot beat my best ever in my best thing (bench). BUUUUT. He is larger and more fit than I ever was.

The other day, I had to get a recliner out of my basement. After 1/2 an hour, I was covered in sweat, panting, and thinking, "Budah Allah Jezus I love you guys". I got it out in front of the house but needed to get it to a truck to take to the dump.

The boy comes out, realizes I need to get it to the truck. It is upside down. He grabs the bottom of it in one hand, brings it to the truck and throws it into the back.

I still have better teeth.

I'll just go back to the old classic:

Whenever I feel a bit too smug about anything, I just remind myself that when Mozart was my age he had been dead for 15 years.

They need a like button in this site.

 

[Squilookle]

Sitting at my desk at work, I?ve a habit of getting ?wiki-stracted;? a song or podcast will get me fixated on something, and I?ll spend the next 10-15 minutes looking up details and facts about it which I?ll likely forget by the end of the day. Recently, it?s been TES IV: Oblivion; I picked up it again after over a decade away from the game, and was instantly reminded how incredible the score is. So taken aback by its profoundness, I decided to look up its composer, one ?Jeremy Soule.? I expected to see an austere black and white photo of some +70-year-old, stern-mouthed European guy with white hair in a black sport coat staring knowingly not into the camera, but into the depths of the human soul and experience. And what did I find? He?s just some 43-year-old yuppie from fucking Iowa; I think I saw him at a local craft beer bar a couple weeks ago. Forty-fucking-THREE; he?s only 5 years older than ME!! What?s worse, he?s scored every Elder Scrolls game since 2002, which means he wrote my beloved Morrowind?s score when he was like 27!! I was working in a warehouse when I was 27; this guy was plucking aural gems from the betwixt heaving breasts of angels. When I was 27, I paid $60 to play Oblivion; he was 32 and won the first-ever MTV Video Game Music award for his part in making Oblivion. He?s probably hung like a giraffe, too.

Have you been pleasantly surprised or begrudgingly humbled by something lately?

Last time I can remember that happening was watching Edge of Tomorrow expecting another generic sci-fi, and instead getting one of the best films of the year.

By the way- you owe it to yourself to see how Jeremy Soule sounds when crafting the soundtrack to aerial dances of death:

 

[Majestic Manatee_v1legacy]

I was surprised to learn John Singleton, the director of Boyz N the Hood, was only 23 when he wrote and directed that. Talk about hitting the ground running. Makes me want to pretend there was no 23 year old me wasting their life around bad friends and sporadically chosen college degrees.

 

[Agema]

I teach in a Medical School. My life is full of precocious little [censored] likely to go further and higher than I will.

Well, they'll earn more than I ever will, at least.

 

[CaitSeith]

I expected to see an austere black and white photo of some +70-year-old, stern-mouthed European guy with white hair in a black sport coat staring knowingly not into the camera, but into the depths of the human soul and experience.

Why did you expect that?

 

[Xprimentyl]

I just found out Christian Bale was 26 in American Psycho and now I'm sad beyond consolation.

Never seen it nor am I a Bale fan, but why does this upset you?

I'll just go back to the old classic:

Whenever I feel a bit too smug about anything, I just remind myself that when Mozart was my age he had been dead for 15 years.

Lol, words to live by. I can think of a few people I?d like to bring down a peg with that little nugget.

I am old. I used to lift. My son, to date, cannot beat my best ever in my best thing (bench). BUUUUT. He is larger and more fit than I ever was.

The other day, I had to get a recliner out of my basement. After 1/2 an hour, I was covered in sweat, panting, and thinking, "Budah Allah Jezus I love you guys". I got it out in front of the house but needed to get it to a truck to take to the dump.

The boy comes out, realizes I need to get it to the truck. It is upside down. He grabs the bottom of it in one hand, brings it to the truck and throws it into the back.

I still have better teeth.

Meh, at least you had your prime. Now, had you been an awkward beanpole of a weakling, it would indeed be a twist that you?ve managed to father a muscle-neck!

Last time I can remember that happening was watching Edge of Tomorrow expecting another generic sci-fi, and instead getting one of the best films of the year.

By the way- you owe it to yourself to see how Jeremy Soule sounds when crafting the soundtrack to aerial dances of death:

Thank you for the recommendation; it?s exactly what I needed: more reason to idolize someone I could have gone to high school with? (I?m pathetic. I blame my parents.)

I was surprised to learn John Singleton, the director of Boyz N the Hood, was only 23 when he wrote and directed that. Talk about hitting the ground running. Makes me want to pretend there was no 23 year old me wasting their life around bad friends and sporadically chosen college degrees.

Wow, I had no idea either! It?s been a couple decades since I last watched it, but from what I recall, it gets into some pretty deep issues; I wouldn?t imagine someone so young having a deep enough appreciation and understanding of them to address them as well as the film did and with the proper gravitas.

I teach in a Medical School. My life is full of precocious little [censored] likely to go further and higher than I will.

Well, they'll earn more than I ever will, at least.

Can you blame them? I can?t imagine medical school is cheap; I?d want a sizeable return on my efforts. Is there any particular reason you stopped your pursuits at teaching? It follows that one passionate enough to learn to teach medicine would aspire to, at some point, practice it.

 

[Xprimentyl]

I expected to see an austere black and white photo of some +70-year-old, stern-mouthed European guy with white hair in a black sport coat staring knowingly not into the camera, but into the depths of the human soul and experience.

Why did you expect that?

His music just simply sounds wise beyond his relatively few years. His sweeping orchestral works which transition seamlessly into the eerily formless ambience of the dungeon themes then resurface to the village themes of gentle pizzicato strings and harps that so perfectly evoke the period The Elder Scrolls? worlds are inspired by; it?s all just a level brilliance, majesty and cultural acuity I wouldn?t have attributed to a 31-year-old from Iowa, but absolutely would ascribe to someone older, more experienced and cultured. Yes, I?m entirely aware (obviously) that such qualities are not hard ?rules,? but ?exception? is the root of the word ?exceptional,? and Soule is certainly exceptional.

 

[Agema]

Can you blame them? I can?t imagine medical school is cheap; I?d want a sizeable return on my efforts. Is there any particular reason you stopped your pursuits at teaching?

Firstly, I certainly don't blame them for wanting money and status. Although in my country, students pay the same per year for medicine as any degree, although they take 5-6 years rather than the normal 3-4. Secondly, I'm still teaching.

It follows that one passionate enough to learn to teach medicine would aspire to, at some point, practice it.

I aspired to be a scientist, and still am one. It's just aspiring medics need to be taught science, and it's a lot cheaper to pay a scientist to do that than a medic.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Can you blame them? I can?t imagine medical school is cheap; I?d want a sizeable return on my efforts. Is there any particular reason you stopped your pursuits at teaching?

Firstly, I certainly don't blame them for wanting money and status. Although in my country, students pay the same per year for medicine as any degree, although they take 5-6 years rather than the normal 3-4. Secondly, I'm still teaching.

It follows that one passionate enough to learn to teach medicine would aspire to, at some point, practice it.

I aspired to be a scientist, and still am one. It's just aspiring medics need to be taught science, and it's a lot cheaper to pay a scientist to do that than a medic.

Ah, gotcha.

 

[gorfias]

Meh, at least you had your prime. Now, had you been an awkward beanpole of a weakling, it would indeed be a twist that you?ve managed to father a muscle-neck!

And I sing better than him as well.

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

As a wee lad I enjoyed a little anime known as Teknoman, the English dub of Tekkaman Blade. The primary villain, was Teknoman Saber. This guy was the kind of deliciously evil son of a ***** with the right kind of rich, oily voice.

A sample (he's the red and black one)

I also enjoyed Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, as many did and found much humour in Bulk and Skull, butt monkey's that they are.

Another sample (Bulk is the big guy for non-fans)


Now here's the part that blew my mind a little: the actor who played Bulk and voiced Teknoman Saber are the same man. I could not imagine a more unlikely occurrence if I had tried.

 

[Gethsemani_v1legacy]

I teach in a Medical School. My life is full of precocious little [censored] likely to go further and higher than I will.

Well, they'll earn more than I ever will, at least.

I recognize this feeling as a psychiatric nurse whenever I meet fresh faced, scared witless medical interns who can't tell a psychosis from a depression (slight exaggeration on my part). Then I realize that they're one day going to be a senior residents and have high positions in the healthcare system.

So I try to be the best support I can in making them understand the vagaries of psychiatric care. They will one day wield an influence and have a pool of knowledge I can only dream off, but right now I'm the thin white line that prevents them from making stupid mistakes.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

Now here's the part that blew my mind a little: the actor who played Bulk and voiced Teknoman Saber are the same man. I could not imagine a more unlikely occurrence if I had tried.

I get you. While it was a good few years back, I had the same thing when I learned Joker in the Batman TAS was voiced by friggin Luke Skywalker.

Happens quite often with male voice actors who often do villainous roles. I hear those deliciously evil, often baritone voices and I conjure an imagine in my head of big, intimidating, mean-looking men. Then I see pictures of the actual people behind those voices and they're often just everyday people, no different from any random passerby, and I'm like "whut?". Except for maybe Michael Clarke Duncan, cuz he actually kind of was a big and imposing dude.