System Of A Down - B.y.o.b. ( -
: Lines like "Blast off! It's party time!" used alongside aggressive thrash riffs create a jarring irony, mocking the "false marketing" of war as something glorious. Musical Structure and Composition
: The core message is captured in the refrain: "Why don't presidents fight the war? Why do they always send the poor?" . This highlights the perception that political elites initiate conflicts while the lower class bears the physical cost. System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B. (
"B.Y.O.B." (short for ) is a seminal anti-war anthem by the Armenian-American heavy metal band System Of A Down . Released in March 2005 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Mezmerize , the track serves as a blistering critique of the Iraq War and the socioeconomic disparities inherent in military recruitment. It remains the band's most commercially successful single, peaking at number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . Political and Lyrical Themes : Lines like "Blast off
The song's title subverts the common acronym "Bring Your Own Beer," replacing it with "Bombs" to suggest that modern conflict is marketed as a celebration or "party" by those who do not have to fight it. Why do they always send the poor
Musically, "B.Y.O.B." is celebrated for its frantic, avant-garde shifts between genres, a hallmark of System of a Down’s style.
: The lyric "lies from the tablecloth" is often interpreted as a reference to war propaganda consumed by families at the dinner table via news and media.
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Does anyone know if this release is locked to Region B. I had the 3D blu-ray combo pack pre-ordered from Amazon.co.uk and they updated the info from Region Free to Region B so I had to cancel it. We don’t seem to be getting a 3D release in North America.
The Bluray is Region 2/B.
The 3D one seem to be A/B/C.
Thank you for this! I have so many different releases of T2 that it’s hard to get excited about yet another one, but now I’m looking forward to the new content.
I agree that Edward Furlong gets a lot of undeserved crap. I don’t know what’s going on in his life now, but I met him briefly when he did a Q&A at DragonCon a few years ago, and he came across as a sincere, thoughtful person who didn’t shy away at all from discussing the challenges life has thrown at him.
Did this end up getting a release in China ? googled couldn’t find anything, I thought Arnold was attending a premier just curious how the box office number were, because China’s theatrical release was the real reason T2 got remastered anyway,
No word yet. However Japan has been experiencing Terminator 2: 3D in 4DX.
Really disappointed that they didn’t do anything with the extended cut sequences. Since that’s my preferred cut, I guess I’ll be skipping this release.
Has anyone noticed that the Terminator’s vision is now slightly cropped out of the picture frame? For instance, when the Terminator arrives and goes to the bar, we see what the Terminator sees as it scans the motorbikes and the all the people inside the bar, however, the words are slightly out of the picture frame. They don’t fit within the screen anymore.
On the Skynet edition, everything fits well within the picture ratio. But with this new remastered blu ray edition the words don’t fit in fully. Like the first one or two letters of words no longer fit within the screen.
I hope that made sense. Has anyone noticed this? If not, compare the scenes to your previous blu ray and DVD editions.
The 3D process requires some overscan, because the text elements a before the screen.
Is it just me or is the picture ratio slightly off in this new release? For instance, the words that appear on the screen whenever we see what the Terminator sees are slightly out of frame. Has anyone else noticed that?