The Screening Room - 2015-04-27

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1:15 AM

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Q: Movie about programers that make a game with a robot and it kills them

10 years ago I saw a movie about a group of programmer college kids that made a game that somehow involved a real life robot. That robot then gets control over itself and start killing everybody. I can't remember anything else, maybe a circular saw, or ninja stars. I only saw a fraction of that ...

science-fiction slasher

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Q: Doesn't Det Arthur Bell know his Nikon camera has LCD display?

In S2E4 Orphan Black, Det Arthur Bell is snooping around the Prolethean campus taking pictures with his expensive Nikon camera. Doesn't he know his Nikon camera has LCD display?

Napoleon Wilson

@MovieReel What the?

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2:36 AM

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Q: Actress that looks like Colby Minifie but isn't her

I have this vivid picture from a movie or tv show in my head of a natural, minimal makeup redhead with short hair. She is smiling big and possibly wearing a large olive coat. She is also possibly tucking her hair behind her ear. I am going crazy trying to figure this out! http://theatrechitch...

identify-this-actor

3:32 AM

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Q: How did Tony Stark get his new suits?

So from the very beginning of Avengers:Age of Ultron we see Tony Stark flying around as Iron Man, we also see the Iron Legion and an automated repair room for them. There is also "Veronica" The Hulk Buster, and a War Machine without the ugly paint job. So did I miss an "Iron Man 4" movie when he ...

plot-explanation iron-man-3 avengers-age-of-ultron

3:45 AM

Nothing like getting all excited to answer a question that has finally been fully explained with the latest episode of Game of Thrones, only to learn you've been thwarted by someone who likely watched it because the first 4 episodes leaked. >_<

3:58 AM

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Q: Did JARVIS sacrifice himself to create Vision

Towards the end of Avengers:Age of Ultron JARVIS uploads himself into a lifeless Virbranium androiod. This process creates Vision. Then before the final battle we see Tony Stark uploading a program called FRIDAY into his suit. During the battle we hear a feminine voice in The Iron Man suit instea...

plot-explanation avengers-age-of-ultron

@MovieReel Just, fuck, I may have to stay off this site completely until I see Age of Ultron.

Ugh. That's horrid. And the question will never change here. :(

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5:29 AM

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Q: what does captain america mean by 'I have seen her (black widow) flirt upclose' in the movie 'Age of ultron'?

In the movie Avenger age of ultron captain america tells hulk that 'I have seen her flirt upclose' about black widow. what does that mean?. Is that some dialogue theatrics or is there any reference there?

dialogue avengers-age-of-ultron

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6:31 AM

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Q: Why hulbuster given such a name?

In Age of Ultron, Iron man called the Hulk buster program Veronica. Why is it named like this, is it some kind of reference to Archie comics or is it straight from marvel comics?

avengers-age-of-ultron

7:11 AM

Rotten Tomatoes: Top Movies: 53% The Age of Adaline

posted on April 27, 2015

The Age of Adaline ruminates on mortality less compellingly than similarly themed films, but is set apart by memorable performances from Blake Lively and Harrison Ford.

8:02 AM

Rotten Tomatoes: Top Movies: 90% Ex Machina

posted on April 27, 2015

Ex Machina leans heavier on ideas than effects, but it's still a visually polished piece of work -- and an uncommonly engaging sci-fi feature.

8:37 AM

@AnkitSharma Title's a bit misleading. I thought at first that you're asking why the HulkBuster is called the HulkBuster, which would've been one of the most duh-worthy questions ever ;)

8:50 AM

Actually, changed the title just now so others won't think the same. Hope that's OK

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Q: Can I check where actors are shooting?

My daughter is crazy about Bollywood, so I wonder if there is a place where I can find the locations where e.g. SRK is shooting in the near future. Or is there at least a list of Bollywood movies that are being shot in 2015 in Switzerland?

production indian-cinema the-shooting

@Walt ok....i want to keep that word away from title....but don't ming the edit

Napoleon Wilson

@TomatoBot That might be quite interesting. At least one of the few movies that Wolfgang Schmitt actually likes (not that this would be a sufficient criteria for me), if only because it seems to support his anti-transhumanistic attitude. But the trailer also looked quite promising.

@AnkitSharma I don't think it spoils anything, I actually think Tony says the name in one of the trailers

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma Uh, because Veronica is a spoiler now? Duh, that weird spoiler culture becomes stranger to me each day. So Jarvis possibly sacrifices himself to create Vision, which, uh, tells me exactly nothing about the movie's story.

9:00 AM

@NapoleonWilson Shoosh!!!

Spoilsport :(

(Yes, I'm one of them. I'm actually skipping most of the Ultron questions to avoid spoilers.)

And I actually don't care that much about it. But I'm just weird like that.

Hey, the chat room quotes appear in full now

@AnkitSharma Your doing?

Reminded me to change the quote

Searching started

They were truncated before

I like that one full

How about a classic

"Man, you know what I'd love to do, right now? Go down to Marie Callender's, get me a big bowl, pie, some ice cream on it, mmm-hmm good! Put some on your head! Your tongue would slap your brains out trying to get to it!"

I am not into classic

So i am not aware of them

9:09 AM

Neither am I, I wasn't serious :P It's awful

Gigli OMG

Well, it's a kind of classic ;)

Batman will kill you for this joke

And now he has big suit

Yeah, but the bottom half of his face is still exposed. And Supe's got laser vision. How is this a fight again?!

(fanboy-baiting) ;)

Kryptonite and superman's rule of not killing

9:13 AM

I thought it was Batman's one rule

And we don't know this batman yet

Then again, Batman doesn't kill humans, which Superman ain't

pinterest.com/NerdyQuotess/batman-quotes

^ refer this meme

This is the answer

And we already seen this in comics but its going to be diffrent from comics because they don't have joker and green arrow in it...

And they are suppose to make justice league of it

Yeah, Joker's too busy listening to My Chemical Romance and cutting himself :/

tattoos

tattoos everywhere

I still like it

9:22 AM

Yeah, the tattoos are way too desperate. Other than that, I don't have much of an opinion. Hinges on the context and performance, I guess

Whatever they do, i am still going for both DC film

Really? Even after that Gigli quote :P

Sitting BvS out

Always stunned me how Brest could direct such a tone-deaf comedy 15 years after directing such a perfect one

Napoleon Wilson

What? Gigli's from Martin Brest? Didn't know that, but I haven't seen it yet anyway.

Now call that a decline.

Yeah. Wrote it, too. :(

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt Why?

9:30 AM

And he's been in witness protection program ever since

1. Snyder 2. Affleck 3. Not interested in the new incarnation of Superman either 4. Awful trailer already borrows heavily from Watchmen

Shall I go on :P Oh, and I'm not a comic-book fan, so I'm not indebted

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt Hmm, I see.

Martin Brest's work after *Gigli* on IMDb:

Thanks (1 credit)
2007 Gone Baby Gone (special thanks)

Hollywood can be pretty harsh.

Napoleon Wilson

Did you like Gone Girl at least?

Haven't seen it yet. Intending to, though, as I read the book.

Napoleon Wilson

As to Martin Brest, I really liked all he did since Beverly Hills Cop. And Scent of a Woman is one of my all-time favourites.

9:39 AM

Yeah, I'm not sure what happened

@NapoleonWilson Some people warned me not to, though. Did you like it?

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt Yes, very much. But you should already know by now how low my standards are.

I don't think they're low. I think you're just too nice :P

Me, I want these people to suffer and slave on their product and lose years of their lives just so I could have 100 minutes that are well constructed while snarfing down snackfood

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt Well, for that matter, 100 minutes would be too short for my standards.

@Walt Which is why I can't write movie reviews. After the 7th "interesting"/"amazing"/"enticing" in a sentence my vocabulary is at an end.

Don't get me started on that. 200 minutes action flicks, like they're The Godfather Part II or something

My TV standards are the same but somehow meaner, because I want these people to suffer so I could have something good for free ;)

...while snarfing down snackfood.

For me,

Snider check, Justice league connection check, DC fan check, Afleck check

I am going

9:50 AM

Cool

May I suggest some night vision goggles though :P

(whoever it was (MattD?) posting that youtube link to a colorful Man of Steel, I liked it)

i like original more

Heyyy, 30k come with no extra privileges. It's the only reason I stayed here for a year!

What a bust. Goodbye forever

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt Well, there's even a (well-answered) question about that here.

sell it ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt Uh, wasn't there a query recently about what people want at 30k? Has this been dropped already?

@Walt Here, be a proper democratic citizen and shape your own future!

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Q: What privilege should 30k users get?

The last time we lifted the level cap was in 2011. Last year, we added a unilateral close-as-duplicate power for gold tag badge holders, but no new reputation level. So we've been thinking about giving users more reasons to keep playing. (I've answered this question with some circumstantial evide...

feature-request privileges

9:59 AM

Nevermind, there's an ID question I haven't solved yet about a serial killer washing up on the beach. I'll stick around a while longer ;)

Huh? Presumably none, I was just kidding

Wait, there are privileges?

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt will be, and it's entirely up to you which!

Well, dark day for M&TV SE.

On the plus side, 500 points till full priviliges for Ankit

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt You mean the guy who can do anything even with 1 rep?

Oh, mod rights are the same? Doy.

@NapoleonWilson Surely you realize I'll upvote the lot, even the bad ones

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt That wasn't supposed to be Superman Returns' overindulgence in nostalgia anyway (which I also liked, though).

@Walt As long as you don't upvote that utter site-destroying shit that says "let me cancel all the existing votes on all the answers because I think my new one is better anyway".

10:08 AM

@NapoleonWilson I liked the 1st one as a kid & probably the 2nd too? Thus ends my opinion on Superman films. The guy's too invincible & too much of a boyscout to pique my interest past a certain age

...seriously, where are the fanboys? I'm baiting like crazy here

@NapoleonWilson Ooh, that sounds good

@NapoleonWilson Still 20k looks goood

Hows about greying out all GoT questions? Maybe I'll put it up :P

But i am not in hurry now

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Q: Can I check where actors are shooting?

My daughter is crazy about Bollywood, so I wonder if there is a place where I can find the locations where e.g. SRK is shooting in the near future. Or is there at least a list of Bollywood movies that are being shot in 2015 in Switzerland?

production indian-cinema the-shooting

^Shit at it best

@AnkitSharma They can always just suggest a Stalking SE

Which close reason

I hope one day we have total garbage close reason

10:15 AM

@AnkitSharma I think it's one of the suggestions in that question Christian just linked ;)

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because movies and TV website is not a celebrity tracker website and it doesn't fit either in Q/A format. — Ankit Sharma ♦ 22 secs ago

You just know someone already came up with a celebrity tracker app

Not interested in tracking one but didn't mind to become one :)

@Walt Anyways when did you even crossed 20k, maybe i just left checking rep page after becoming mod :D or way back

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma Note the the-shooting tag. I'm still missing true-romance, though.

@AnkitSharma Way back

And I've been abusing those priviliges ever since ;)

10:21 AM

@NapoleonWilson better untagged :D

Napoleon Wilson

Yeah, we should have banned ID a year ago already, to spare us your existence.

I think I'll still have about a quarter of the rep, though

Delete all ID and he will be back to 1k :D

@MovieReel Can't you bring more Age of ultron question, expecting me to do all that.

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma It's not really that we have a shortage of those, though.

@AnkitSharma Nah, more like 7,500. Which means I get to... approve tag wiki edits. Yay. :/

10:24 AM

@NapoleonWilson I want more, atleast to beat comics.se but there most of question this time are pretty bad

Napoleon Wilson

Shit, the other movie site already has 32. Maybe we should really ask more.

@AnkitSharma What about sf&f?

@Walt sff is called comics.se by sff haters :p

@AnkitSharma Ah, my SF ignorance exposed yet again

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma Well, "haters" might be a bit harsh (at least for written language ;-)).

10:27 AM

hehehhehehe.......pun intended

Now we even don't have there mod spying in here........he lost long ago ;p

Napoleon Wilson

Is there actually a comic that's called exactly the same? Might explain the overabundance of questions. But ok, they also have a very avid asker (who seems to go for quantity over quality) that has already seen it, so...

@AnkitSharma you mean ian? I haven't seen him around

Age of Ultron (abbreviated AU) is a 10-issue limited series comic book crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics that involved the return of Ultron and his conquest of the Earth. The event was published between March and June 2013 and featured a storyline by Brian Michael Bendis. Artist Bryan Hitch provided the art for issues one through five, and Brandon Peterson for issues six through nine. Other artists who contributed to the series include Carlos Pacheco and Joe Quesada, the latter of whom drew part of the final issue. Marvel stated that all art for the series was completed before it was...

yes there is a comics by that name

But questions are on film and most of them are from single use

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt No, the user formerly known as Keen (who's now user109 if I remember correctly). But that guy was definitely a loss, since he asked many good questions/answers and was a god contributor.

@Walt Keen(SFF mod). He was a good user but left us.

Napoleon Wilson

10:31 AM

@AnkitSharma Yeah, that SS-whatever guy, right?

Deserted to SFF? The gall

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma Whoa, so this was released pretty shortly before the movie afterall.

13 question from that user

or few can be asnwers too

I don't like this robots Ulton, braniac, Sentinels etc ect

I am sick of them

I put braniac over all of them for sure but overall not fan of them

comicbook.com/2015/04/26/…

^ someone sending an open resume to DC :D

@AnkitSharma You're including the iron man suit in that?

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma So he wants to become the J.J. Abrams of comic movies?

10:39 AM

I think it's hilariously inconsistent

Like Paltrow able to easily lift and throw that suitcase suit with one hand in the 2nd one. The hell

@Walt RD Jr made me love Iron Man otherwise i also hated him.....a Batman ripoff with Iron suit

Napoleon Wilson

The best robot ever seen in recent times is TARS anyway. That guy looks amazing and is such a lovely character. But he's probably the least "intelligent" of all them anyway.

@Walt Duh, it's magic compressible material stuff! Probably the same magic material T-1000's circuits are made of.

I can also buy into Terminator shit but they ruined it with big spoilers in trailer again

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma Seriously, what spoilers? So they're messing with the timeline and have multiple Arnies, uh, ok.

And that hot Targaryen gal as Sarah Connor, now that's nice.

@NapoleonWilson As much as I hate the Transformers films, I won't pretend the robot design isn't impressive. It's probably the main draw

10:44 AM

Terminator Genisys Movie - Official Trailer 2

1:20

Revealed main suspense

The new terminator villain

Thanks for the heads up, won't watch now

Napoleon Wilson

You mean that liquid T-1000 copy, or that young Arnie? Yeah, so what?

@NapoleonWilson He is john connor, the new terminator

@NapoleonWilson Oh they're bringing back T-1000? That's a good kind of spoiler. I'll pay money to see that

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma Oh right, forgot about that. But well, meh.

@Walt They're bringing back all kinds of shit, it's gonna be a great multi-Spock timeline cross-jumbling mess. But I'm looking forward to it.

10:49 AM

The person who sent his dad in past to fuck his mother, so that he can born is now a terminator and sent to kill his mother, so that he can't born.........what!

Terminator: Möbius Strip

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma So it seems it didn't explain anything to you and made you want to see the movie?

In salvation trailer then revealed in trailer that the new guy is terminator and it made a flop movie

History might get repeated

This is sounding more and more like a parody

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma Oh, I liked that (surprise surprise). But I'm not sure that spoiler (which completely eluded me anyway) was really the main cause for the flop.

@Walt Or just a paromage.

10:53 AM

I am saying in superstition way :p

@NapoleonWilson Couldn't get past Bonham Carter as some sort of deformed goblin in the beginning. What was that about?

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt So you haven't seen a single Helena Bonham Carter movie, yet?

Watched it all the way anyway to see what made Bale so mad about the lighting. Inconclusive. ;)

Napoleon Wilson

What lighting?

@NapoleonWilson Not many where her head was shaved, no

Christian Bale Freaks Out on Set w/ SUBTITLES OF CREW in background

BTW just delete this. Not a bad ID question, but OP got what they wanted & probably gone
http://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/33687/scary-short-movie-or-twilight-zone-episode-with-a-creature-under-the-bed

Napoleon Wilson

10:59 AM

@Walt Just write a proper answer, we're not going around and just delete stuff.

You're not?

But that's half the fun

OK might write one. Or just wait 26 days and it gets deleted anyway ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt Or that, sure.

Movies & TV Meta Nice challenge, but if they're not tagged with Marvel, good luck monitoring it

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt Uh, you know that I usually have to do all this manually anway, right?

(WTH? Putting meta in brackets does that?)

Napoleon Wilson

11:03 AM

And by the way, it's marvel-cienamtic-universe.

@NapoleonWilson Yeah, that one

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt Oh, there's many of those. Like [tour] or [help].

^ Uh, maybe not in chat.

Skimming through 1-2 weeks of questions isn't really a problem, though. At least it's clearly defined, not like "movies featuring car chases".

@NapoleonWilson Cool. Seems to be doing well

Napoleon Wilson

@Walt Well, sure it is, but I doubt that's due to the challenge. Rather than that the challenge just jumped on the bandwagon of a new and famous release anyway.

hey you take the wins when you can get them ;)

work beckons :(

later

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12:33 PM

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Q: romantic indian drama

Indian movie openimg scene two sisters competing in pageant. One wins but lets her sister have the win and grandmother says she needs to learn to win. As adults she is in love with this guy but he gets with her sister. Sister runs away before wedding so he marries her instead. Sister comes back t...

1:11 PM

@NapoleonWilson Some of us still like to be surprised when going to the movies. It's fine that you don't really care, but given it's a movie I can literally see in a few days time, plus the fact that we have a rule about question titles containing spoiler information, it's just something that irks me.

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD Sure, it still baffles me, though, at what minor things people jump in this internet spoiler culture.

@NapoleonWilson It's because the internet can literally allow me to know everything about a movie before I even see it. We can pretty much watch entire movies being made sometimes. When I go to the movies I honestly like to know very little about it, and lots of things with Marvel I'm unfamiliar with, which adds to my excitement, unlike DC movies which I'm seeing because I know a lot about those characters and want to see how they're handled.

I've added the tag for Age of Ultron to my ignore list for the time being. A bit bummed it doesn't completely remove the results from the queue, but at least they're more obvious now, which should make them easier to avoid reading.

Also bums me that it's being released in the US later than other territories, so I won't get to reap the points for answering these questions. :P

Napoleon Wilson

1:36 PM

Hmm, just turned out that I'll see it today.

2:01 PM

I'm hoping to see it Friday, likely a very late showing to avoid crowds as much as possible, and increase my chances of getting in for free.

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3:18 PM

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Q: What is the time-frame of the 1st season of Daredevil?

I just finished the first season of Daredevil on Netflix and one thing just stood out to me, that I cannot figure out. What is the time-frame by which this entire season takes place? In the first episodes Karen is hired on to the firm and Matt and Foggy barely know her. What feels like days la...

3:47 PM

210 rep for explaining sexual innuendo, not bad.

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD 225, no?

Oh yeah? Nice.

Oh yeah, that's right, forgot the rep for the accepted answer. My brain is all in a tizzy today. Got back from China with a fiancee in tow, went back to work last Monday and was told they have to cancel my contract on May 1 due to budget issues, and my week is now filled with interviews, phone screens, scoping venues with my future wife and a dinner with some of her aunts and uncles. Brain isn't mathing so good right now. :P

Just amuses me that an answer to such a simple (and to me, obvious) question has earned me a good chunk of rep.

Ha, wow, it's currently my third most upvoted answer.

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD Well, a classic ALAN, I'd say. Netted me quite some reputation, too, already.

@NapoleonWilson Nice. Yeah, this Cap question is currently his most upvoted question as well.

Napoleon Wilson

3:58 PM

No doubt a former HNQ anyway.

Maybe, I was looking at the HNQ queue around the time it was asked and never really saw it on the first few pages.

Napoleon Wilson

Afterall Captain America and Black Widow are probably quite hot in general ("hot" in interest-sense that is, well, in colloquial sense actually, too, for that matter).

Alan's questions are definitely curious. Seems to have a lot of questions regarding sexual innuendo or sexual humor needing to be explained. @Catija got points off him asking about the, "Ouch ouch you're on my hair," line from Wedding Crashers.

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD Hmm, I always thought those were general dialog explanations. But now that you say it, in retrospect most of those things seem indeed to be of quite sexually ambiguous nature.

So I rather like this new metric that shows how many people your questions and answers have "reached", but I can't help but feel it's a bit of a hollow metric that's only there to make you feel good about yourself. Nifty, but seems a bit pointless.

Napoleon Wilson

4:09 PM

@MattD As much as I know that metric seems to be entirely ungrounded, they could as well call it "arbitrary hotness points", which is why I didn't yet give a damn about it at all. I hope they don't use it for anything serious or display it more prominently.

@NapoleonWilson Agreed. I'm just waiting for the first guy to come in on an interview and mention that metric as far as his SO profile is concerned. That's like bragging about Google page rank or whatever.

4:23 PM

That is interesting... I hadn't put the users together to see that trend.

@MattD When you say you brought your fiance back with you, does that mean she's a new fiance (got engaged on the trip) or that she lives in China (or something else)?

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Q: Why didn't Sean go with Toretto and the gang?

So, in Tokyo Drift, Han was killed in a car accident by Deckard Shaw. In Fast & Furious 7, they replayed the clip where Toretto went to visit Sean after Han's death. Sean gave him some things, and then that was it. Why wasn't Sean included in the attempt to avenge Han? I'm looking for an in-un...

plot-explanation furious-7

5:19 PM

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Q: What would happen to JARVIS and Stark in upcoming MCU movies?

As we saw in Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Tony uploads JARVIS in Vision and FRIDAY into his own suit. Now what would happen to JARVIS and Stark's relationship? Would we be able to see them working together in upcoming MCU Movies or will FRIDAY take the place of JARVIS?

marvel-cinematic-universe avengers-age-of-ultron

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7:03 PM

@Catija Yeah, it hit me later that my phrasing could draw questioning. She's American, we've been dating for just over 2 years, and I proposed to her on the Great Wall while in China for her brother's wedding (he and his wife were 100% cool with it).

@Catija And I only noticed the trend after Mr. Wilson noted the username, causing me to look him up and then seeing the trend.

7:17 PM

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Q: Documentary on Canada

I wanted to know more about Canada, the culture,art, history and the country itself in a nutshell, so I was wondering if there is any good documentary about it? I searched but didn't find anything useful. any suggestion would be appreciated.

@MattD CONGRATS! That's so amazing for you! That sounds so cool!

7:54 PM

@Catija Was pretty cool. Even better is a wind/sand storm that blew in the night before we went to the wall cleared out all the crap in the sky. Was really windy at the wall, but we had clear, blue skies the whole time. Made for better pictures.

@Catija How did moving your mom or whomever to Texas go?

@MattD Sounds perfect!

@MattD Moving the mom went pretty smoothly, actually. We did it in three days, which was crazy but we had to beat the moving truck, which meant we had to arrive by Sunday night. We had a lot of fun. I kept an Instagram "diary" if you will, so that everyone could follow our trek.

8:17 PM

Nice.

Ugh, already hating this week. Had a short notice interview at 1 today, they may want me back for a coding session before making a final decision. Have a phone screen tomorrow morning and an in-person tomorrow. Possible half-day interview on Wednesday. Maybe another on Thursday. Looks like another on Friday. Plus small stuff with the fiancee in the evenings Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday....

This contract cancelation did not come at a good time. I'm already losing track of what day it is and who all I've talked to.

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Napoleon Wilson

10:46 PM

This Ultron guy was pretty cool. But what I liked most was really that they played a little with Hawkeye's supposed inferiority and gave his character quite a bit more depth and significance. Given that he has always been the palest of them all, this was a nice surprise.

10:57 PM

If people are going to talk about Age of Ultron in here, I'm leaving until I see it.

Napoleon Wilson

11:22 PM

@Catija C'mon, that wasn't a spoiler in the slightest way, was it?

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Q: What makes Ultron the person he is?

In Avengers: Age of Ultron Tony Stark and Bruce Banner use what seems to be some kind of artificial intelligence bound in the Infinity Stone from Loki's scepter to refine a global peace A.I. that Tony delevoped, who then turns into the evil (or misguided?) Ultron who ultimately wants to eradicate...

plot-explanation character avengers-age-of-ultron

@NapoleonWilson I'm not saying it was, I'm just making a point. If the only option I have is to tune out until Friday, then I will.

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija Nobody spoils anything in mere chat conversation. That is discouraged and not actually done at all yet. Neither is it your obligation to read a question from the feed whose (non-spoiling) title suggests that it is about the movie, nor to not ignore the feed at all. So no, that is not your only option at all.

But generally speaking, is it just due to higher chat activity or higher sensitivity to those issues from my side, or is it really that with this movie this whole spoiler-fuss is leagues more intense than with previous movies, or even previous Avenger movies? One might not even want to imagine how mad people will go when The Force Awakens is released (or just hope it's released a simultaneously as possible and we can get over this awkward spoiler fear time as fast as possible).

11:39 PM

@NapoleonWilson Huh? I think we're saying the same thing... If you say it's discouraged here, that's great, I'm just trying to cut off potentially spoiler-y discussion before it happens... Someone could respond to what you said with stuff that is full of spoilers. The general rule is that spoilers are allowed as long as they're not in question titles... and apparently it's not allowed here? That was never made clear to me.

Napoleon Wilson

It's utterly insane what goes on in that other movies.SE's meta. Hiding the friggin' hotlist, what the f...?

I'm doing my best to avoid the questions. I can't hide the Movie Reel feed in here that I know of, but if I could, I would. I don't see the question content on the main page and I like it that way.

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija Well, it wasn't you in particular who I'm concerned with anyway. It's just baffling what circus is currently going on on those sites because people can't read the word Iron Man in a friggin' question title without getting panic attacks.

Oh, wait, just ignored the Movie Reel... now the question is, can I un-ignore when it's not an issue any more.

@NapoleonWilson You talking about Sci-fi?

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija Well, it already tended to show in this chat, too. But really, they even have meta questions about this stuff.

Or a nice example here:

Care to hide Spoilers.. — SS-3.1415926535897932384626433 6 hours ago

On a question titled "What would happen to JARVIS and Stark in upcoming MCU movies?".

11:46 PM

Bah, I don't go over there, anyway. They're way too in-depth for me. Most of what I read is Sci-fi/Fantasy but I couldn't even begin to meet the quality standards they have.

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija Quality standards? Ah nevermind.

Maybe quality standards is too high... but... I mean... these people are experts about some of this stuff to a degree I think is a bit... intense?

Napoleon Wilson

It's that internet culture of interpreting every little word as a spoiler (which seems to be proportional to the hype fan-fuss about the movie) that I utterly detest.

@Catija Well, it's just an entitrely different site with an entirely different scope and entirely different questions and approaches to them.

Hmmm... honestly, I read an article one time that argued that hearing spoilers doesn't actually decrease your enjoyment of the film... but then I think... I've never actually seen Sixth Sense ... probably because it was "ruined"... But I think that's a major outlier. Most films aren't like that.

@NapoleonWilson Which is why I hang out here.

You'd probably like it... I think it was this one:

wired.com/2011/08/spoilers-dont-spoil-anything

Napoleon Wilson

Yeah, I think I've read such an article once, too (if not even exactly that one). I wouldn't subscribe to that entirely either, though. While I don't fear spoilers that much, I have sympathy for people not wanting to get major plot elements revealed (and the site has the necessary rules to accomodate for that). But really, one can overdo that sensitivity and level of detail.

11:55 PM

The only thing I've read is that something happens to JARVIS... Don't know what but I'm afraid because I love JARVIS as an entity and can't imagine Stark without his digital sidekick.

And I'm going to delete that, shortly because I'm not wanting to mess with anyone else, either.

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija Well, then you might to some degree like what happens to him or to some degree not, depends on the different aspects of JARVIS you're keen to see more fleshed out.

Wait... I can't delete my own posts now? Ugh.

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija You never could in chat.

@NapoleonWilson You can if it's recent enough... Must have the same restrictions as editing them.

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