The music is pretty standard practice, but where's the window with the face of a female panelist making expressions at what we're seeing so, if we were Japanese, we'd know what emotions we should be pretending to have?

why it's a giant...

It came up from the pad in a glorious explosion.

If you fast forward to the money shot, you'll miss the "mating with the payload attach fitting, Encapsulation Into Payload Fairing," and the "Transfer to VAB."

Until it took off I was convinced it was four feet tall. It looked like a model they'd build for a 70's sci fi movie.