Necrus Revisited (Part Three) REVEAL Thread

Necro

Howdy folks,

Time to complete this Walrus trilogy I guess

For this edition I'm revisiting former Walruses and categories I really liked - basically I'm going to be taking other people's categories and jamming them all into one Walrus. It's always nice to get a new, and different slant on previously used categories anyways.

Last Walrus (proper Walrus anyways) I ran had 10 categories. I'm going to replicate that again, I think 10 is plenty


1. (partyjungle's Walrus) - Song that is hugely improved by the video

I use a mixture of YouTube and Spotify when judging songs, I set up my Spotify playlists to have me drifting off to sleep, but when I'm putting my thoughts down I like to have them playing on YouTube. Hit me with a track that is enhanced by the video.


2. (partyjungle's Walrus) - Video Game Music

Be it a hugely popular song used in a game such as Rock Band, or an original piece used in a game such as Final Fantasy, I want your selections here. Always liked the idea of this category.


3. (Mollyb60 and AnLachaCorchra's Walrus) Song from a genre you usually wouldn’t listen to

Walrus is always a fun game for me, it really gives me a lot of new music I normally wouldn't listen to. So send me on something from an artist or genre you wouldn't normally be a fan of for my own perusal.


4. (Barney92 and MrKingsley's Walrus) - Song from a musical

Being a fan of the stage myself I love a good musical. There's so many that I haven't seen as well. Hit me up with your favourite


5. (Homer J. Fong's Walrus) - "You're from the 70's but I'm a 90's bitch"

Not too complicated this one. Hit me with a 90s track you love.


6. (LeVar's Walrus) - As Seen on TV

Nothing terribly complex or complicated here folks, give me your fave TV theme!


7. (ShaneU's Walrus) - Driving Miss Walrus

Interestingly, although I won this Walrus (my only win to date), I did not do well in this category. I've specifically decided to revive this one to see what entries people might send me Send me a choon you listen to when Driving!


8. (Reberetta's Walrus) - Give that Scene some Music!

A rather different round here, from a very different (but excellent) Walrus before. I'll give you a scene below and your job is to cue up music that suits it.
Instead of the whole Walrus being based on it though, it's just the one round this time out. Scenes below, I will give you all a choice of two:

Anakin and Obi Wan Fight Scene

Star Wars: Revenge of The Sith (2005)


OR

D-Day Landing Scene


Saving Private Ryan (1998)


9. (Ectoplasm's Walrus) - In my hometown

Another fun and original round, give me a track from an artist based in your hometown. Home Country will do either if you're stuck, I'm not fussy.


10. (Rikand's Walrus, the Original) - Summer Songs

Getting to that time of year again, what better way to finish up a Walrus than with some Summery tracks



So 10 categories, and 16 players took up the call to arms and submitted their entries...

They are:

Deja Boo
Kolido
ShaneU
the purple tin
Homer J. Fong
Necrina
JP Liz V1
Sawduck
cee_jay
ari101
Barna77
Irish Aris
Trigger
fixXxer
Electric Nitwit
Also Starring LeVar Burton


First category reveal is tonight at circa 9pm.

Necro

A song that is made better or simply becomes more enjoyable by watching the video. There aren’t a whole pile that come to mind when I think of this category, but I’ve dug deep into the vault to provide some examples of what I was looking for here:

That’s just a few that popped into my head. November Rain would do pretty well too, or a good few of the epic rock videos…


Anyways how do y'all think you did? We will find out at 9pm...

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

A song that is made better or simply becomes more enjoyable by watching the video. There aren’t a whole pile that come to mind when I think of this category...

...I was similar. I never watch videos these days, so I had to go back to my comfort zone of the late 90s

I still start with my standard, misplaced confidence though!

Necro

Electric Nitwit wrote:

...I was similar. I never watch videos these days, so I had to go back to my comfort zone of the late 90s

Seriously I should have thought about it before the game :pac:

Spent about 10 mins staring at the word document when writing my blurbs going... Uhhhhhhhhhh what do I put down here?

All's well that ends well though... Probably...

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

Seriously I should have thought about it before the game :pac:

Spent about 10 mins staring at the word document when writing my blurbs going... Uhhhhhhhhhh what do I put down here?

All's well that ends well though... Probably...

Ah, I'm sure most people had plenty of ideas. Sadly I'd used the dancing astronauts in the quickfire space walrus

Deja Boo

Necro wrote: »

Seriously I should have thought about it before the game :pac:

Spent about 10 mins staring at the word document when writing my blurbs going... Uhhhhhhhhhh what do I put down here?

All's well that ends well though... Probably...

It's the country songs - they numb your brain :pac:

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Ah, I'm sure most people had plenty of ideas. Sadly I'd used the dancing astronauts in the quickfire space walrus

Also Starring LeVar Burton

I found the music video category a bit of a struggle myself too, happy with the song I picked for it in the end though.

Deja Boo

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

I found the music video category a bit of a struggle myself too, happy with the song I picked for it in the end though.

I don't recall what I sent in on that or any of the categories, except one....
I didn't listen to the original soundtracks of the movie scenes, so have no idea what they are supposed to sound like. Only 2 songs I could think of matched the fight sequence. My second choice was no better than my first, lol but they both made me laugh (no offence to them masculine light beam warriors, they rock so!!!) :pac:

Electric Nitwit

Deja Boo wrote: »

...they both made me laugh (as any fight scene with shiny light beams should.) :pac:

I wouldn't go saying things like that in the Star Wars forum (I presume there is one here!), they can take it a bit too seriously :pac:

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Deja Boo wrote: »

I don't recall what I sent in on that or any of the categories, except one....
I didn't listen to the original soundtracks of the movie scenes, so have no idea what they are supposed to sound like. Only 2 songs I could think of matched the fight sequence. My second choice was no better than my first, lol but they both made me laugh (as any fight scene with shiny light beams should.) :pac:

I am very proud with what I came up with for the Saving Private Ryan scene, even if Necro absolutely hates it.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I wouldn't go saying things like that in the Star Wars forum (I presume there is one here!), they can take it a bit too seriously :pac:

I have a message for all the Star Wars fans...



Trek FTW!!!

Deja Boo

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I wouldn't go saying things like that in the Star Wars forum (I presume there is one here!), they can take it a bit too seriously :pac:

fmp

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

I am very proud with what I came up with for the Saving Private Ryan scene, even if Necro absolutely hates it.

Cannae wait to hear

Necro is prolly still recuperating from my selections

Zaph

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I wouldn't go saying things like that in the Star Wars forum (I presume there is one here!), they can take it a bit too seriously :pac:

Of course there is. There's a Star Trek forum too, just for LeVar.

Electric Nitwit

Zaph wrote: »

Of course there is. There's a Star Trek forum too, just for LeVar.

I've ventured into the Trek forum, that's for grown ups

Necro

Welcome to our new players, and of course our Walrus veterans, great to have you all on board. As always, don’t fret too much about your placement, it’s only my opinion – and everyone else says that’s sh1te so it’s probably not too bad of a thing if you don’t do well :P

Just the single duplicate in this round. We do have one other song picked twice, but in different categories so that’s gonna be… interesting…


Kicking off in just under 30 mins. Just warming up now for the big show

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Zaph wrote: »

Of course there is. There's a Star Trek forum too, just for LeVar.

I do occasionally post in the Star Trek forum, but not too often this weather, as I'm not up to date on Discovery or Lower Decks yet.

Necro

Okie dokie artichokies, let's get cracking...

Going from 4th last all the way up to 4th and leaving the bottom 3 and top 3 to sweat it out for my usual torture methods...

Necro

In 13th place with 5 points

Deleted User

Mr Oizo - Flat Beat

Ugh…. This song is so annoying! I can really only give it a 3. That being said the video is a very passable 7 so I guess it does elevate the song? But not that far unfortunately…

Necro

In 12th place with 6 points

Electric Nitwit

Let Forever Be - Chemical Bros

This is some seriously weird trippy sh1t :pac: I quite like the song but I’m not sure the video elevates it, I found it very repetitive. Dance moves are pretty decent as is the replication of the lady but other than that… solid 5 for each I’ll be giving it.

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

In 12th place with 6 points

Electric Nitwit

Let Forever Be - Chemical Bros

This is some seriously weird trippy sh1t :pac: I quite like the song but I’m not sure the video elevates it, I found it very repetitive. Dance moves are pretty decent as is the replication of the lady but other than that… solid 5 for each I’ll be giving it.

Oof, you heathen! That's Michel Gondry's finest work

Necro

In 11th place with 7 points

Irish Aris

Mylene Farmer and LP - N'Oublie Pas

The song is grand, nothing to write home about but it’s definitely listenable. The video doesn’t really do much for me though. A lot of these lower ranked entries did well in one category and poorly in the other. I’d give the song a solid 6 out of 10 but can only go as high as 4.5 for the video.

Zaph

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

I do occasionally post in the Star Trek forum, but not too often this weather, as I'm not up to date on Discovery or Lower Decks yet.

You're not missing much with either tbh

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Zaph wrote: »

You're not missing much with either tbh

Yeah, sure if they were that great, I'd be caught up. I'm only 4 episodes behind on Discovery, but can hardly be bothered to watch them. Seems like a chore.

Only started Lower Decks, two eps in which were grand, a nice easy watch at least.

Electric Nitwit

Zaph wrote: »

You're not missing much with either tbh

Nope. I think I'm in a minority in that I liked the first two series of Discovery. The third was crap though

Necro

In 10th place with 8 points

Also Starring LeVar Burton

My Darkest Days ft. Ludacris & Zakk Wylde - Porn Star Dancing

Is that Chad Kroeger in the video or am I imagining things? I really liked this song actually, a solid 7 out of 10. The video is.... not really great though once you get past the whole stripper thing. 4 out of 10 imo. It’s ok like.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Necro wrote: »

In 10th place with 8 points

Also Starring LeVar Burton

My Darkest Days ft. Ludacris & Zakk Wylde - Porn Star Dancing






Is that Chad Kroeger in the video or am I imagining things? I really liked this song actually, a solid 7 out of 10. The video is.... not really great though once you get past the whole stripper thing. 4 out of 10 imo. It’s ok like.

Yeah, it's him, they're signed to his label or he's their manager or something, I can't quite remember, but a fairly big connection to them anyway.

fixXxer

I am here for my bottom three placing.

Necro

In 9th place with 9 points

Ari101

Coldplay – Magic

Now we’re talking. This is a good example of what I was looking for. I’m not a big Coldplay fan, I find Chris Martin a pretentious arse of the highest order. So I did a little bit of a sigh when I saw this come through but it’s a decent track… for Coldplay anyways. 5 out of 10. The video is very good. Really enjoyed the story it told and the payoff is worth watching it. 7 bells outta 10. Getting much warmer now

fixXxer

Necro wrote: »

The video is.... not really great though once you get past the whole stripper thing. 4 out of 10 imo. It’s ok like.

Uh oh :pac:

Necro

fixXxer wrote: »

Uh oh :pac:

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID!!!

:pac::pac:

ari101

Necro wrote: »

In 9th place with 9 points

Ari101

Coldplay – Magic


Now we’re talking. This is a good example of what I was looking for. I’m not a big Coldplay fan, I find Chris Martin a pretentious arse of the highest order. So I did a little bit of a sigh when I saw this come through but it’s a decent track… for Coldplay anyways. 5 out of 10. The video is very good. Really enjoyed the story it told and the payoff is worth watching it. 7 bells outta 10. Getting much warmer now

Woohoo, I was afraid you might be a Coldplay hater (lots are), so nice to hear you were not tortured Glad I fit the brief, whoop whoop!

Necro

In 8th place with 10 points

The purple tin

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Into the Great Wide Open

I get the feeling tpt is a Tom Petty fan, they do like tossing his music into my Walrus :P It’s worked mainly too in all honesty
Very much enjoyed both the song and the video here, solid 7s all around. I’m not sure the video improves the song much mind, which is something I would say about the songs closer to the top of the rankings.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

fixXxer wrote: »

Uh oh :pac:

Well I suppose he can't be seen enjoying videos with strippers with the wife watching... :rolleyes::D

Necrina

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Well I suppose he can't be seen enjoying videos with strippers with the wife watching... :rolleyes::D

I wasn't that concerned tbh :pac:

Necro

In 7th place with 11 points

Trigger

All the small things - Blink182

Great track, I’ve probably overplayed this a lot over the years though. The video is a solid banger though and yeah, I think it probably improves it quite a bit. 6.5 for the song, marked down a bit because of overfamiliarity and 8 outta 10 for the video.

Necro

In JOINT 6th place with 12 points EACH

Deja Boo and JP Liz V1

Johnny Cash – Hurt

This is such a good song, just love the lyrics and how Cash sings it. I’d never really paid attention to the video before because, frankly I didn’t think I needed to. I do love how it looks back on his career and the regret over certain parts in sync with the song. Does it improve the song? Not really much it can improve on tbf!!
9 for the song, 6 for the video.

Necro

In 4th Place with 13 points

Cee_jay

You Need to Calm Down - Taylor Swift

I’m a huge TayTay fan but interestingly I had kinda forgotten this song existed! I think the song and the video are on a par here, really liking them both. 8 points each! I feel like this should be the anthem for the Current Affairs forum here on Boards lol, just calm the frick down :pac:

ShaneU

Ah Walrus, like a nice warm blanket after that other mayhem elsewhere :pac:

Necro

And so that brings us to our final 6 for this round, in no particular order…


Kolido
Sawduck
ShaneU
Barna77
Necrina
fixXxer


Who hit a home run with their selection, and who struck out before we even get started :P


As LeVar said elsewhere... obligatory pee and smoke break time

Necrina

Necro wrote: »

And so that brings us to our final 6 for this round, in no particular order…


Kolido
Sawduck
ShaneU
Barna77
Necrina
fixXxer


Who hit a home run with their selection, and who struck out before we even get started :P


As LeVar said elsewhere... obligatory pee and smoke break time

Now I'm getting nervous! I was so confident about this round!

cee_jay

Necro wrote: »

In 4th Place with 13 points

Cee_jay

You Need to Calm Down - Taylor Swift

I’m a huge TayTay fan but interestingly I had kinda forgotten this song existed! I think the song and the video are on a par here, really liking them both. 8 points each! I feel like this should be the anthem for the Current Affairs forum here on Boards lol, just calm the frick down :pac:

Others saying they found this category tough... This was easy for me. Love this video. It has everything. Ru Paul? Check! queens from Drag Race? Check! The fab four? Check! Todrick Hall? Check! A Taylor/Katy Perry reunion? Check! All my happy things in one place.
The colours are amazing on the video imo and the story is just perfect

Necro

In 14th place with 4 points

Sawduck

The Offspring - Hit That

This is not…great. The song is alright like, but when you have to sorta rip off Eiffel 65 for the video I kinda have to wonder why lol. A generous 5 for the track and a measly 3 points for the video… and I’m probably being generous at that.

Necro

In 3rd place with 14 points

Necrina

Pink - Beautiful Trauma

I think this is why Necrina wanted to enter this Walrus and tbh I can definitely see why. Track is good.... but is made so, so much better by the video. Channing Tatum in a dress anyone? Just a great choice. 10 outta 10 for the video. 6 and a bit for the song. Nice choice but how will you do in the other rounds…. *sniggers*

Necrina

Necro wrote: »

In 3rd place with 14 points

Necrina

Pink - Beautiful Trauma

I think this is why Necrina wanted to enter this Walrus and tbh I can definitely see why. Track is good.... but is made so, so much better by the video. Channing Tatum in a dress anyone? Just a great choice. 10 outta 10 for the video. 6 and a bit for the song. Nice choice but how will you do in the other rounds…. *sniggers*

Probably not good! But I'm happy with where this one ranked!

fixXxer

Necrina wrote: »

Probably not good! But I'm happy with where this one ranked!

BOO! FIX!!

Necro

In 15th place with 3 points

fixXxer

Nikki Minaj – Anaconda

This is woejaysus bad. Firstly the track is just a rip off (and not a good one at that) of Baby Got Back. Secondly the video is literally just multiple scenes of booty shaking. It’s ok for like a minute but this drags on for almost 5!!! A very generous 2.5 for the song and a 4 for the video, at least it distracts from the terrible song in fairness.

Trigger

fixXxer wrote: »

BOO! FIX!!

Boo Fixx is right :pac:

Necro

In 2nd place with 15 points

Kolido

The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

Does seem a somewhat ‘obvious’ choice but it’s a cracker. The song kind of IS the video imo so it definitely personifies the round. 10 for the video, 6 and a half for the song, marked down slightly for overfamiliarity.

Necrina

fixXxer wrote: »

BOO! FIX!!

This is a man that would never let me win at anything if he can help it and takes great pleasure in it too. This is why we can't play monopoly! :pac:

Sawduck

Not a good start for me and there are one or two of my picks for the other that I think might finish last, this is going to be a bumpy ride

ShaneU

First or last :eek: