Annoying Star Trek Battle Videos

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2007-12-02 08:59pm

Can someone tell me WHY virtually every Star Trek battle video on Youtube uses this music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCm70favfYI

From the description on the right hand side, its called, "Lux Aeterna" from the movie, "Requiem for a Dream".

Is this some kind of new battle hymn for permavirgins or something?

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2007-12-02 09:52pm

Wow. I love how Sisko and his crew react to the enemy fleet with dull surprise. Also, do Star Trek fans really find these battles exciting? They seem pretty blah.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-12-02 10:01pm

Probably because that particular rendition of the song was used in the theatrical trailer and TV advertisements for The Two Towers, and back then sort of everybody went nuts over it.

SilverWingedSeraph · Post by **SilverWingedSeraph** » 2007-12-02 10:02pm

It's actually a pretty cool song, but a lot of talentless hacks use it to try and add drama and a sense of the epic to their videos which lack both, and it just results in crap.

Gullible Jones · Post by **Gullible Jones** » 2007-12-03 12:11am

Ah, Lux Aeterna. The most overused movie score... ever.

Oh have I mentioned... OMG stupid space battle tactics! Hurray!

(And are those Jem-Hadar ships fighting alongside the Defiant? WTF?)

Gullible Jones · Post by **Gullible Jones** » 2007-12-03 12:14am

Incidentally, this pompous score also proves just how awesome Monty Python is... by making it even funnier.

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2007-12-03 12:54am

Gullible Jones wrote:Ah, Lux Aeterna. The most overused movie score... ever.

The O Fortuna movement from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana or Holst's Mars, the bringer of war both kick Lux Aeterna's ass, and they were both worn out (in film) long, long ago

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-12-03 03:15am

It's not limited to Trek videos; any remotely-epic sounding generic trailer bullshit gets pasted onto any remotely-exciting battle footage/love story/whatever from any fad shows those permavirgins can get their cheetos-stained fingers on. Often with really crappy image quality and poor editing.

It's a sign of the times, really.

Dooey Jo · Post by **Dooey Jo** » 2007-12-03 10:32am

Someone should take a battle scene like that and put it to "Born Slippy". It would be a huge improvement, and totally ironic...

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-12-03 11:22am

"Spanish Flea" doesn't get enough usage these days.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2007-12-03 12:32pm

Dooey Jo wrote:Someone should take a battle scene like that and put it to "Born Slippy". It would be a huge improvement, and totally ironic...

I still love the Trekmiss vid. Yakety Sax makes for awesomeness!

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2007-12-03 01:35pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:"Spanish Flea" doesn't get enough usage these days.

I absolutely concur wholeheartedly.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2007-12-03 02:42pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:
Dooey Jo wrote:Someone should take a battle scene like that and put it to "Born Slippy". It would be a huge improvement, and totally ironic...
I still love the Trekmiss vid. Yakety Sax makes for awesomeness!

That always gets a laugh out of me.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2007-12-03 02:48pm

It's so fucking overused it annoys me to hear it now. As an example, SkySports in the UK has it constantly on when it returns from the adverts.

Megabot · Post by **Megabot** » 2007-12-04 10:12am

Gullible Jones wrote:Incidentally, this pompous score also proves just how awesome Monty Python is... by making it even funnier.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged Movie Trailer is even better.

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2007-12-04 10:43am

Gullible Jones wrote:(And are those Jem-Hadar ships fighting alongside the Defiant? WTF?)

they're fighting against the Defiant they're just that bad shots

Gullible Jones · Post by **Gullible Jones** » 2007-12-04 06:55pm

Yeah, I realized that when watching Trekmiss. Let's see, don't the Jem Hadar have bridges without viewscreens, where only the captain has a HUD? Maybe it would help to give the gunners some visual feedback too.

Flagg · Post by **Flagg** » 2007-12-04 07:04pm

I'm so beyond sick of theme...

Plus, the original music that was scored with was pretty good in its own right.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2007-12-06 11:42am

I wish "Prelude to War" from nBSG would be used as often, it's a much better and more omnious "battle theme".

But I always imagine Viscounts vs. Executors for it, instead of BSG warships. :P

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-12-06 11:54am

Lord Poe wrote:Can someone tell me WHY virtually every Star Trek battle video on Youtube uses this music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCm70favfYI

From the description on the right hand side, its called, "Lux Aeterna" from the movie, "Requiem for a Dream".

Is this some kind of new battle hymn for permavirgins or something?

It's the same thing with virtually any fan made "music" video. Do you have any idea how many talentless hacks use Evanescence for AMVs?

Rawtooth · Post by **Rawtooth** » 2007-12-06 12:01pm

General Zod wrote:It's the same thing with virtually any fan made "music" video. Do you have any idea how many talentless hacks use Evanescence for AMVs?

Too many?

As for the OP, here is the original Lux Aeterna which I personally find more interesting after having heard the Lord of the Rings version a million fucking times.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2007-12-06 12:20pm

General Zod wrote:
Lord Poe wrote:Can someone tell me WHY virtually every Star Trek battle video on Youtube uses this music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCm70favfYI

From the description on the right hand side, its called, "Lux Aeterna" from the movie, "Requiem for a Dream".

Is this some kind of new battle hymn for permavirgins or something?
It's the same thing with virtually any fan made "music" video. Do you have any idea how many talentless hacks use Evanescence for AMVs?

They need to use NEW STREET LAW instead!

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2007-12-06 11:18pm

Uraniun235 wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:"Spanish Flea" doesn't get enough usage these days.
I absolutely concur wholeheartedly.

Apparently it's still in use.

speaker-to-trolls · Post by **speaker-to-trolls** » 2007-12-07 07:57pm

The original score from the film Requiem For a Dream is considerably better than the 'epic' one in my opinion. As Rawtooth said it's much more interesting and much less overused, did you know they used the promo version on BBC news when they were talking about troop deployments before the invasion of Iraq?

andrewgpaul · Post by **andrewgpaul** » 2007-12-08 11:28am

Slightly off-topic, I like how the Federation apparently organises Defiant, Excelsior, Galaxy, and Miranda(!)-class ships into a single squadron

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