34: In Your Wildest Dreams. Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates. Wildest Dreams Chapter 34: Danger & Details Levine began making the necessary arrangements for us to move, and I still didn't know where we were going. 'Where will we go.?' I asked shyly as he just got off the phone with someone. 'Because Oregon has a lot of mountain ranges and thick forests. Adventures in Odyssey #34: In Your Wildest Dreams Rating Required Select Rating 1 star (worst) 2 stars 3 stars (average) 4 stars 5 stars (best) Name. (others' opinions) Idol minds (the second commandment) I Slap Floor (gullibility) A Matter of Manners (judging others) The Seven Deadly Dwarves (sin) Mandy's Debut (responsibility) Passages, 1 & 2 (faith)Audio CD-Adventures In Odyssey V34: In Your Wildest Dreams (4CD). 34: In Your Wildest Dreams. Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
Review:
There comes a time in almost every series where things drag. Problems come up, writing gets stale, fans loose interest somewhat, and the stories go downhill. That time has come for Adventures in Odyssey. The Spring 2000 season represented the culmination of what I believe to be the lowest period in Odyssey history since near the very beginning. I’d have to say that this is the weakest album since way back around Album 4, and back then they were just learning how to do a dramatic series.
I think the primary problem with this period in Odyssey history is the philosophy behind it. We heard way back before the fall season that the writers/producers thought the series was getting too 'serious' and should be more light and funny. I couldn’t have disagreed more and said so at the time, but little did I realize that they would make the series nearly complete 'fluff' for most of the episodes produced. Split episodes, weak or non-existent storylines, shallow characters, and lack of engaging stories for older listeners have all been a result of the decision to entirely focus on kids.
The irony of the decision to 'focus on kids' is that I believe that more than anything it has driven kids away. There is only way to do VeggieTales and that’s VeggieTales. Anything else is just a dim reflection on that score. Adventures in Odyssey has and hopefully always will be an entirely different genre than VeggieTales and it worked for twelve years. Why a radical change in direction? Why an abandonment of everything that kept the series afloat for so long? I know many of the kids in the target age range for Odyssey and they love the action, the storylines, and even some of the more serious episodes. What sources of secular entertainment are popular with kids in that age range? Pokemon trading cards (some thinking involved), Disney movies (adult characters, romance, storylines), and Saturday morning cartoons (action galore). I’m not saying that Odyssey should cater to exactly what the secular market is feeding today’s children, but I am saying that it needs to take it into account. If some form of entertainment is very popular with kids, there must be a reason. VeggieTales is popular for its fun energy and off-beat humor. And Adventures in Odyssey is popular for its own reasons.
So far this 'album review' has been more of a rant than a review, so I’ll at least get on to that. Some of the worst episodes on the album are so because they simply don’t belong in Odyssey. The characters are miscast and written for zombies that walk around pretending to be long-term characters. Idol Minds features the epitome of this as Whit, Connie, and Eugene are kidnapped from a parallel universe and hijacked into Whit’s End for a strange lesson about Whit’s seeming divinity. The Bad Guy and A Matter of Manners feature the new and improved 'mean Whit' and can’t tell much of a story, anyway. And Two Roads shows the breaking down of an AIO pillar with its poor use of 'The Twilife Zone'.
Other episodes were based on some wacky ideas, but couldn’t really find a place in the 'reality-based' Odyssey. These included Sunset Bowlawater, Seven Deadly Dwarves, and Bethany’s Flood. There were episodes that could have been great if they were just developed a bit more (What Do You Think?) and there was one episode that just didn’t really have much of a original idea to begin with (The Long Way Home).
There are bright spots on the album, like every cloud and its proverbial silver lining. No Boundaries, Potlucks and Poetry, and Changing Rodney featured some great discussion starters and had some stunning performances in the process (Alex Jefferson, the Shepard girls). Mandy’s Debut was a fun jaunt into a live show, with any inconsistencies explained by the fact that the two plays were written by a ten year old girl. Passages was an epic story in the grand tradition of Odyssey adventures—superior in music, production values, and intriguing story. The only thing I still don’t understand about this episode is its mysterious distinction as a 'special presentation' rather than a regular episode. And then there’s I Slap Floor, the ultimate fan treat, and Marshal Younger’s masterpiece parody of Adventure in Odyssey. These episodes manage to rescue this album from obscurity and hopefully will point the way to a more enjoyable fall season.
Favorite Episode: I Slap Floor
Rating: 2 stars
Notes:
The album versions of episodes does not contain the AIO short skits that appeared in the broadcast versions.
This is the pre-release version of the album cover.
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From Wikipedia
| 'In Your Wildest Dreams' | ||||||||||
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| Single by Tina Turner & Barry White | ||||||||||
| from the album Wildest Dreams | ||||||||||
| B-side | 'Nutbush City Limits' (The 90s Version) | |||||||||
| Released | 1996 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single 12' single | |||||||||
| Genre | Pop, Soul, R&B | |||||||||
| Length | 3:58 | |||||||||
| Label | Parlophone Records | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Mike Chapman & Holly Knight | |||||||||
| Producer | Trevor Horn | |||||||||
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see also Your Wildest Dreams by The Moody Blues
'In Your Wildest Dreams' is a duet released by Tina Turner and Barry White in 1996, from Tina's album: Wildest Dreams. The single's largest success was in Austria where it peaked at #2. The original European album version featured spoken vocals by actor Antonio Banderas, for the single and the U.S. version of the Wildest Dreams album Turner re-recorded the track with White. 'In Your Wildest Dreams' released in December 1996 was the seventh and final single release from the album and was issued in a wide range of formats and versions, the promo 12' singles featured remixes by among others Deep Dish and Pink Noise. Certain European CD singles also included two live recordings from the Wildest Dreams Tour, 'Missing You' and 'GoldenEye'.
The original European album version of 'In Your Wildest Dreams' featuring Antonio Banderas was in 2004 included on the hits compilation All the Best.
The American music video was created by the Aardman Animation Studio, and features claymation versions of Turner and White in comical situations with cameos by Antonio Banderas and Wallace and Gromit.
In Your Wildest Dreams Cast
Versions and remixes
In Your Wildest Dreams Meaning
- European album version (with Banderas) - 5:34
- Banderas Slow Mix - 3:51
- Banderas Latin Mix - 3:59
- Crossover Mix (with Banderas) - 3:50
- U.S. album version (with White) - 5:29
- Single Edit (with White) - 3:59
- Alternate Single Edit (with White) - 3:47
- Joe Urban Remix a.k.a. Joe Extended Remix (with White) - 5:25
- Joe Remix Edit (with White) - 3:49
- Crossover Mix (with White) - 3:50
- Pink Noise Club Mix (with White) - 5:30
- Pleasant Instrumental (with White) - 5:23
- Deep Dish Paradise Mix Edit (with White) - 4:56
- Deep Dish Paradise Mix (with White) - 9:51
- Deep Dish Stripped Bare Mix (with White) - 9:45
- Deep Dish Assassin Mix (with White) - 9:21
Chart performance
| Position | Chart |
|---|---|
| 2 | Austria |
| 15 | Finland |
| 18 | Belgium (Flanders) |
| 19 | Poland |
| 22 | New Zealand |
| 24 | European Top 100 |
| 32 | Germany |
| 32 | UK |
| 34 | US R&B |
| 38 | US Dance |
| 73 | UK Airplay |
| 77 | Netherlands |
| 101 | US HOT 100 |
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