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    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    09/15/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    And that 6 months of lawyering is why you'd never have seen "Guitar Hero: Beatles". Because that 6 months of time spent getting the likenesses and overal look correct would be used to pump out Smash Hits V.2

    And thanks for tying it back to Love. Going through the "headache" then is MUCH better than after the product is released and there's an even bigger headache after.
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    Image of Jet Set Radio Zombie Jet Set Radio Zombie
    09/15/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    Can I just say, WORTH IT.
    Its the best rock band/guitar hero game I've played.

    The achievements are hard though. What does "EXPERT GOLD STARS" mean anyway?
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    Image of LoopyChew LoopyChew
    09/15/09

    @CamoZombie: Gold Stars are a kind of sixth star (whose threshold is approximately 1.5x the five-star mark) that can only be scored if everyone is playing on Expert.
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    Image of Jet Set Radio Zombie Jet Set Radio Zombie
    09/15/09

    @LoopyChew: Finally someone who knows things. I spent at least 15 minutes staring at the achievement screen, then back to my song list, and back again trying to figure that out. Thanks man.
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    Image of AlphaUltima AlphaUltima
    09/15/09

    @CamoZombie: some of them are bloody hard by yourself. get a friend on guitar/drums so you can abuse the unison bonus.
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    Karlott promoted this comment AlphaUltima was starred AlphaUltima was unstarred
    Image of Karlott Karlott
    09/15/09

    @AlphaUltima: I found it harder solo expert guitar to get gold stars in this game than in RB2. Which I found odd, because in general the songs are much easier.
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    Image of Falsoman Falsoman
    09/14/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    This game ended up great except for the fact that it may have the most boring end credits ever!

    And I stayed at the end of the Matrix Reloaded.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    09/14/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    I appreciated the effort except for one glaring flaw. The obvious omission of famous hits for future DLC release. Obviously.
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    Image of Karlott Karlott
    09/15/09

    @Pessimipposaurus: There were a few things missing, sure, but was there a lot in the game you didn't want to see? Maybe Boys, Dig a Pony, I Want You (She's So Heavy) except those songs are in the game as examples of the Beatles' variety, willingness to experiment, and their huge influence on a wide variety of rock. Sure, maybe Money should have been in the game, for one example, but there's only so many they can put in with the enormous licensing fees they no doubt paid for access to the Beatles' catalog. They had to save something for DLC.
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    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    09/15/09

    @Karlott: *this*

    The songs were chosen to express not only the hits, but the Beatles wide variety of styles.

    Also, if you go through and read some of the facts provided as you collect photos...you'll come to realize why certain songs are included.
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    Image of dowingba dowingba
    09/14/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    It was worth it. The game fucking rocks. And the attention to detail is astounding. Bravo, Harmonix.
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    Image of WhatTheFrag WhatTheFrag
    09/14/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    That's only natural. They had to use around 40+ songs and there's bound to be little rights holders here and there. 6 months is a pretty good time for that because it could take upto a year and in some films, they sometimes only get a final lock on the music just a month before release.
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    Image of Scazza Scazza
    09/14/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    Thank the lord they did it, because i personally dont care for music games, but this is the first one that literally brought my family together to play games. Absolutely incredible collection of sights and sounds.
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    Image of spinning_piledriver spinning_piledriver
    09/14/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    I would've loved to have been there watching a couple of silver-tongued lawyers discussing the rights to one of the most influential bands ever so that they could make a video game about them.

    I hope this sets a precedent and we get Led Zepplin, The Who, Pink Floyd, etc. Rock Band titles, think of the possibilities!
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    Image of Slatz_Grobnik Slatz_Grobnik
    09/15/09

    @spinning_piledriver: Most of those are held up by the artists themselves, not the lawyers.
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    Image of tehkid tehkid
    09/14/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    It should be noted that video game lawyers move at the speed of molasses, on a good day.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    09/14/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    "a deal with Disney to produce a new version of the Yellow Submarine animated film in 2012."

    Oh hell no. Just rerelease the original version and clean it up for screen in 5.1 surround audio and crisp visuals in all its glory!

    I can't stand to see what Disney would do to Yellow Submarine.... :'(
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    Image of Zorantor Zorantor
    09/14/09

    @(Starman) AnalysisDialysis: They'll probably add Marvel characters.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    09/14/09

    @Zorantor: ♪We all kill with the Yellow Wolverine, Yellow Wolverine, Yellow Wolverine....♪
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    Image of Masonvrocks Masonvrocks
    09/14/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    A new Yellow Submarine movie!? Why oh why!? That movie still haunts me from when I was six, I guess this generation of children need something to have nightmares about.
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    (Zombie) Goldwings promoted this comment Masonvrocks was starred Masonvrocks was unstarred
    Image of (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD
    09/14/09

    @Masonvrocks - Mastered the art of nothing: You don't know the meaning of children's fear. Here's an example of fear/disturbing for any all ages (originally intended for kids too).
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    Image of moose39 moose39
    09/14/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    You forgot the lower case-j's.
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    Owen Good promoted this comment moose39 was starred moose39 was unstarred
    Image of Owen Good Owen Good
    09/14/09

    @moose39: *sigh. "If it's what is needed for all the i-dotting, t-crossing, and dotting-and-properly-aligning-the-descender-on-a-lowercase-j ..."
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    Image of Pandare Pandare
    09/14/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    Good to see that as a law student, I can look forward to such things as six months of negotiating the same contract day in and day out. Oh the excitement!
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    Owen Good promoted this comment Pandare was starred Pandare was unstarred
    Image of Owen Good Owen Good
    09/14/09

    @Pandare: I don't know that it was the *same* contract, likely multiple agreements. But yes, you have this to look forward to. :-)
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    Image of ludwigk ludwigk
    09/14/09

    @Pandare: Well if you go into contract law, yes, that is all you will do. If you go into trademark law, then this is some significant percentage of what you will do.

    You could always end up in criminal defense, or malpractice law, or any number of other fields where you'll hardly encounter contracts (no more then everyone else does).
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    Image of Slatz_Grobnik Slatz_Grobnik
    09/15/09

    @Pandare: It's only the same contract as in the same way a RTS is always the same, just the maps change. And the start points. And the types of units you can get. And how much resource you start with. Every paragraph is its own distinct packet of knowledge, with its own glorious history, and while you're assuredly in campaign mode when working over a really long one, it's a different challenge each time.

    Transactional law FTW!
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    09/14/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    I've heard there were huge email threads just whether or not there was a Colon in "The Beatles : Rock Band"
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    Image of ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
    09/14/09

    @-Skyline-: : Some detractors would say that Paul's presence confirms that there is a colon in TBRB.
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    Image of ludwigk ludwigk
    09/14/09

    @-Skyline-: : Dude, that's nothing. My legal writing prof was telling us about how we actually need to italicize periods for proper citations.
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    Image of MushroomBoy1022 MushroomBoy1022
    09/14/09

    In reply to Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months of Lawyerin'
    solid game, worth the hastlin'.

    that movie remake, tho, i can't say......
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    (zombie) buddhathing promoted this comment MushroomBoy1022 was starred MushroomBoy1022 was unstarred
    Image of buddhathing buddhathing
    09/14/09

    @MushroomBoy1022: Why don't they just call it The Beatles in the Uncanny Valley... Robert Zemeckis motion capture is more frightening than most modern horror movies. The original movie was just OK. The animation style was lovely, but the script was underwritten, and the soundtrack was padded with filler. I don't see how Bobby Z is going to improve things. His movies, with a few exceptions, tend to be aggressively mediocre.
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    Image of AdamW AdamW
    09/14/09

    @(zombie) buddhathing: I think you got that all wrong. His movies, with a few exceptions, have been outstanding.

    His Yellow Submarine is going to be a sight to behold. Remember what he did with Roger Rabbit. Good god that movie really broke new ground.

    I doubt that Yellow Submarine is going to look anything like Polar Express or Beowulf. It'll definitely be more stylized.

    Also, his love for the Beatles knows no bounds. And all you need is love.
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    (zombie) buddhathing promoted this comment AdamW was starred AdamW was unstarred
    Image of dowingba dowingba
    09/14/09

    @(zombie) buddhathing: Back to the Future.
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    Image of buddhathing buddhathing
    09/14/09

    @AdamW: @dowingba: Who Framed Roger Rabbit is great (his best by miles), Back to the Future is very good. Most of Zemeckis' movies are good but more promising than well executed and more emotionally manipulative than affecting. Good, nevertheless. He's a lesser Spielberg, which isn't a horrible thing. But it sounds like he's using the same tech as The Polar Express and Beowulf. I don't think he's a bad director, and I would love to love a new Yellow Submarine. He's just not the guy to get me excited about the project.
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