The Screening Room

Q: Identify the movie/show from this gif

12:39 AM

Having a hard time finding out where this gif comes from. Any ideas?

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Q: Identify this Youtube Channel: Group of Satanist Comedians

2:24 AM

I am looking for a specific youtube channel/ website, last i heard of it was about 3-5 years ago. The channel was a group of comedians which are Satanists, and live in the US/Canada. I remember 2 specific videos; one in which the main guy shows a funny way of dealing with telemarketers by pee...

identify-this-movie identify-this-tv-show identify-this-actor identify-this-episode

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Q: "Last Car" episode: What is the fee for open the door?

4:29 AM

In the episode "Last car" from the Tales of the Dark Side what is the fee for opening the door, when the woman tries to open the door she is warned about a fee but it is never mentioned.

plot-explanation

Q: Brad Tonkin and Curtis Chen

4:48 AM

In Continuum season 3, what is the relationship between Brad Tonkin and Curtis Chen? They have completely unrelated back-stories, but somehow they are shown teaming up to

continuum

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Q: What are light meters needed for in digital movies?

5:52 AM

Does nobody want the 50 rep?

I know when shooting on film, a light meter is used to determine the amount of exposure time for the film to get the right colours. It also mentions they're used to to determine the optimum light level for a scene on Wikipedia, however I'm not quite clear on why this would be required on digital ...

production cinematography

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11:50 AM

@MovieReel What the shit? Don't say we just created a precedence case for this (along with a fitting tag).

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Q: the truth about the finger of David Williams

1:31 PM

In the movie "Dinner for Schmucks", did David Williams (I am not sure about his name) lose his pointing finger (with that famous ring of the family) after that blind "fool" cut his finger? If not, how was effect achieved? P.S I am talking about the swiss guy in the movie. Thanks

film-techniques

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Q: On Amazing Race, do the teams know in advance what the penalty will be for giving up on a task?

2:34 PM

On both Amazing Race and Amazing Race Canada, I've seen teams given time penalties for not finishing a roadblock. Do the teams know what those penalties are or is it a surprise to them when they take the penalty? Some examples from this season of Amazing Race Canada: Rex and Bob took two penalti...

amazing-race

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3:48 PM

@ChristianRau Unfortunately yeah, I could find a valid reason to close it in the on/off topic help center or on the meta. I was thinking about making a meta post about it but it'd probably get the same attention if I just discussed it with you :P

4:01 PM

@MrLore Well, that's why I didn't dare to close-vote it either (and am also not in the mood to start a meta discussion on it for now). Yet the question (and the fearfully anticipated window it might open) is still a major concern for my peace of mind, and the newly created tag doesn't help to soothe it.

Yeah it could certainly be used badly, but I think if we could come up with some sort of metric for what qualified as a web series it could be all we need

WUT? Damn, I forgot to go to the elections! Crap, I shouldn't have "wasted" my sunday afternoon watching movies.

Which election is that?

@MrLore State parliament. Well, I guess they will have to settle it on their own without my wise opinion.

Ahh right

Q: Do we want web-series on-topic here?

4:07 PM

As for the web series, I was (am?) rather in favour of it when it came up earlier. But I didn't really consider the danger of ID-crap.

Warning!! Poor examples ahead!!!! Day[9] Daily The Guild Journey Quest Pioneer One Mortal Kombat : Legacy Among other series are popular web-only series that air on a regular schedule, with each episode archived for later on-demand viewing. Do we want questions about Web-Only series on M&TV....

discussion allowed-topics on-topic

atticae's answer basically sums it up for me too, I should probably have asked that guy whether this series was professionally done or not

Q: Why did Veera keep saying "dan...dan...dan...danaka!" and what does it mean?

4:45 PM

Veera, the protagonist of the Tamil movie Raavanan, used to repeat a specific phrase throughout the movie, which was one of the few things not translated in the dubbed version I watched. It sounded like dan...dan...dan...danaka! Does this mean anything in the Tamil language, or is it some n...

plot-explanation character dialogue raavanan

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identify-this-movie thriller crime

5:45 PM

Q: want the name of the movie

I saw this movie long ago that started with two cops in a training island (a man and a blond woman) walking into some kinda room or a farm that had dead cat hanged up to the ceiling, the woman gets terrified and then the captain walks in to says its a training and they kinda fail, then the story ...

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Q: Is there any importance to returning video tapes?

7:43 PM

As far as I can tell, nearly any time Bateman tries to make an excuse, for example, when in the bathroom with his coworker, when breaking up with Evelyn, and when speaking with Detective Kimball, he uses the phrase "I have to return some video tapes." Is there any importance to this line? Is it ...

american-psycho

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