I really noticed the Wilhelm scream in ROTK, and really wish it weren't there. However, I still almost laugh myself silly thinking about a suggestion a friend of mine made:
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He suggested they should have used the Wilhelm scream everytime someone was killed by Samara and they zoom in on them before the "static." Just thinking about the opening scene and the scene where the guy dies (sorry don't remember his name) and mentally inserting the Wilhelm scream cracks me up everytime!!! Thankfully, I'm able to block the sound from my mentality when actually watching the movie though, hehe.
I am glad I am not the only one sick of this scream. Homage, or not, it was recorded so fricken' long ago, I want some new fandangled scream! We've advanced so far in technology since the 50's, I am sure they can record a new scream sound effect!
Another scream effect I am tired of hearing that isn't AS overused, but enough to bother me is the one in Wag the Dog when they are editing a video of fake footage of a war they made up. I believe it was Kirsten Dunst running through some rubble carrying a baby. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
And, has anyone else noticed explosion sounds that are mixed with a cougars's cry? I think I heard that in T3's crane scene. Didn't bother me, but I am pretty sure I have noticed this kind of mixing of sound effects before, using animal cries. Weird.
The first time I heard it was in Star Wars when a stormtrooper falls in the Death Star. Ever since then, when I hear it, I think of Star Wars. It did pull me out of The Two Towers for a moment. But, it was a moment when I remembered first seeing Star Wars, so it can't be a bad moment.
Just got back from seeing ROTK with a friend. It was my second viewing but his first. I had played for him the compilation of Wilhelm screams linked in this thread, so now he too knows that sound all too well. He busted out laughing when Wilhelm made his second appearance in ROTK but he missed the first.
Wayne Bundrick
\"It tastes like there\'s a party in my mouth and everybody\'s throwing up!\" -- Philip J. Fry
...who drinks all of your beer, eats all of your food, releases flatulence that could peel the wallpaper off the walls, and grabs your wife's breasts. Yeah, that's a good friend.
Thankfully, I'm able to block the sound from my mentality when actually watching the movie though, hehe.
