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Clone numbering seem a little confusing and inconsistent, however based on the different variants that seem to have appeared, I’ve done my best to guess at a broad system which could account for them:

CX-TT/BB-YYYY

C - Signifies the individual is a clone

X- Signifies the clone development division the individual has been a part of; typically either ‘T’ for the more social trooper line or ‘C’ for the more individualised commando line.

TT - Signifies the type of clone and therefore genetic programming given; frontline troopers are 00, whilst other lines like ship staff, logistics officers, gunners etc all have their own. Should a clone move scheme.

BB - Signifies the batch number of the clone

YYYY - Signifies the unique identifier of the clone their batch of 10,000

Eg Captain Jag is CT-55/11-9009, meaning he is from the trooper development division, grown as a fighter pilot as part of Batch 11, where he was number 9009 within it.

Most clones shown in media are frontline troops, therefore the type (00) is pretty much a given and none of them bother mentioning it. The batch is also cumbersome to mention and not typically relevant so outside of rookies and ultra-rule sticklers most won’t bother with that either. The final four digits are therefore the main identifier, and if the first digit is a zero most clones won’t bother with it either and just list it as a three digit number. Should a clone move scheme (eg becoming an Arc Trooper) they will receive a new number on top of their old, but unless they are a particular stickler for process, most have already become attached to their old number and will continue to cite the old one.

Having been looking into the different versions of the movie Drive (2011), I was aware that BBC Radio 1 had at some point released their own version of the soundtrack to the movie, and was interested to hear it, although it seemed like for a film people seemed to like the soundtrack of, it wasn't especially popular. However, it wasn't until I started looking closer that I realised the version of Drive I had watched \*was\* that version - thus far I had only watched it on Amazon Prime which uses the remix, and so had never actually heard the original.

I was finally able to get hold of a Blu Ray copy which contained both versions of the score, and I’m sorry, but having now compared the two, the BBC version is in my opinion dramatically better than the original. The chase scenes are tenser and more intricate, the romance is way better sold and much more impactful, and the film is able to create both a greater sense of competence and an actual inner life for the Driver that is lacking in the original. In contrast, I lasted about half an hour on the original before getting bored - the characters are less interesting, you pay less attention to what’s going on on screen and are in general way less invested. The two seem to be entirely different films - the original seems to largely be about a slightly creepy but otherwise generically stoic stunt driver doing his best to bang his neighbour (I’ve heard takes that this is meant to be a film told from the perspective of a serial killer, and whilst I can see that as an angle, he doesn’t come across as competent enough in the original to make it compelling), whilst the rescore turns it into a forbidden romance between a skilled but withdrawn autistic man and a trapped single mother and his quest to sustain it, and does so way more effectively than the original.

I’m also slightly confused by the notion of the original having a great soundtrack - as far as I can tell, there are only two (IMO unremarkable) songs in the entire film and the rest is just some fairly unspectacular synths? The opening getaway of the rescore from Eric Prydz alone seems to pack more tension into its scene than the entire original, as well as leveraging much better the subtleties of Gosling’s performance. Where exactly are the well scored scenes people are referring to?

I own the Blu Ray now so I’d consider rewatching the original again if someone can sell to me what the appeal is meant to be - it’s a film I like and the 4k editions frustratingly seem to lack the rescore so I’m not averse to coming to appreciate it. However as things stand, I struggle to see how anyone who doesn’t have massive amounts of baggage from loving the original can say it’s better than the rescore.