The Screening Room

David commit suicide because he suffering constant pain and depression following his disfigurement, so In the end David chooses awakened in this future. So My Question is: How David came back to life for choosing dreams?

Movie Reel

1:43 AM

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Q: Who was that guy in the final scene of Everybody Hates Chris?

This character appears in the final scene of Everybody Hates Chris. The camera lingers on him for a while and Chris also watches him for a moment. Is he in anyway relevant or notable, or is it just a Sopranos reference?

character everybody-hates-chris

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2:04 AM

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Q: What plays are the Shakespeare quotes in Star Trek VI from?

There are a number of quotes in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country that are from Shakespeare plays. The title is one, and is cited on screen: Chancellor Gorkon: I give you a toast: the undiscovered country. [The others look confused] The future. Everyone: [Raises glasses] The undisco...

star-trek star-trek-vi

MattD

3:01 AM

Evidently Fox has scheduled the only press screening of Independence Day: Resurgence at 11AM on the day the movie releases.

Catija

3:19 AM

So... it's going to be really crappy.

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3:44 AM

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Q: Identify the movie (weight loss)

I believe I found it on Youtube originally, but it was about a bigger woman who was pretty and ended up meeting a man that she liked and either lost the weight by surgery or by eating better (I really can't remember), but the movie showed her struggles and I am pretty sure there was a scene at a ...

identify-this-movie extreme-weight-loss

MattD

3:59 AM

@Catija Most likely.

@Catija So Origins Game Fair was this weekend. I've been helping a guy who created a game I backed on Kickstarter demo his game for half of the dealer room hours. Steve Jackson games is also there, but their booth has waaaaaaay less product than in years past.

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6:27 AM

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Q: Can anyone identify this movie please?

One Scene: Wife cheats on him & left. Husband cries infront of person about his wife left him. another scene:husband & wife ready to kiss, & their kids encourage them by saying: kiss daddy kiss it. that's all I can remember.

identify-this-movie

Dawny33

6:49 AM

Was watching "Deadpool"

So, I'm wondering whether "a single bullet killing 3 people" is possible in real-life?

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7:02 AM

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Q: Why doesn't Dr. McCoy know Klingon anatomy?

In Star Trek VI, Kirk and McCoy beam aboard the Klingon ship after the assassination attempt. McCoy fails to save Chancellor Gorkon's life, and in the process, he admits that he doesn't know Klingon anatomy. Why not? Does Starfleet train their doctors only on human anatomy? Or only friendly speci...

star-trek star-trek-vi

steelerfan

@Dawny33 Feel free to post a question about it :)

Dawny33

7:24 AM

@steelerfan Sure. Help with the tags please. (apart from the Deadpool one)?

steelerfan

@Dawny33 Probably just a Deadpool and realism tag.

Balarka Sen

@NapoleonWilson I don't read Shakespeare, not sure if I would like to watch an adaptation either.

steelerfan

@BalarkaSen I don't read Shakespeare either, but there are still a lot of great film adaptations out there :)

Balarka Sen

Ah. My problem with Shakespeare is that it's got a different style and genre than the kind of things I like though, so not sure if I would like the movies. I am open to recommendations, though.

Dawny33

@steelerfan Done. Thanks for the help :)

steelerfan

7:36 AM

@Dawny33 Sure. Happy to help. If there are additional tags needed, someone who is more knowledgeable than me will be around in a few hours to edit. It's all good :)

@BalarkaSen Hmmm... Shakespeare in Love is really good. I also like the adaptation of Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.

Balarka Sen

I should also have mentioned I rarely like romantic dramas/tragedies :)

But thanks.

steelerfan

Oh, Much Ado About Nothing from 1993 might be something that you would like. It's a silly comedy about well...nothing ;)

Balarka Sen

Noted, thanks.

steelerfan

No problem :)

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Q: Can a single bullet kill three people?

In Deadpool's bullet-counting action scene, Deadpool kills 3 guys with the last bullet. The bullet is shown to go through all the 3 men's skulls. So, how feasible is that in the real-world? (3 bullets successfully going through 3 skulls?)

realism deadpool

Ankit Sharma

7:54 AM

o/

steelerfan

Ankit! You're here!

Dawny33

Another deadpool doubt:

"When he is kept in the Oxygen chamber, why does his skin get all shrivelled up?"

Any science which can explain it?

Balarka Sen

Is Deadpool worth the scientific analysis? :P

Ankit Sharma

@BalarkaSen not at all

@steelerfan wassup

steelerfan

@Dawny33 Hmmm...I'm not really sure that particular question would be on topic. What do you think @AnkitSharma?

Dawny33

7:57 AM

@BalarkaSen haha. I just wanted to know what happens to the skin, during a lack of oxygen :)

Ankit Sharma

@steelerfan Realism question are allowed but to what extent i am not sure

steelerfan

@AnkitSharma Nothing much. I'm waiting for my sister to finish this answer for Napoleon. I'm watching a movie while she is working on it.

Balarka Sen

What are you watching?

Ankit Sharma

ohhhh, nice

steelerfan

I am watching The Other Boleyn Girl with Natalie Portman and Eric Bana.

Balarka Sen

8:04 AM

I see. Admittedly I don't keep up with the modern movies much.

steelerfan

@Dawny33 Hmmm...if you are just wanting to know what happens to the skin due to lack of oxygen, you might want to ask over at SE Health or SE Biology maybe?

@BalarkaSen What types of movies are you interested in?

Ankit Sharma

8:20 AM

Seems like today is flag day

Balarka Sen

@steelerfan I like artsy, drama/tragedy stuff. some of my favorites are, in no particular order: stalker, schindler's list, the 1970's crime and punishment.

i also prefer having surrealism mixed in, thus majority of Tarkovsky films are on my favorites list.

Ankit Sharma

schindler's list is my all time fav, rest not seen

Balarka Sen

great, great movie

Ankit Sharma

hmmm

Balarka Sen

my favorites change. a couple months ago it was turin horse, stalker and birds.

so I stopped declaring things as all time favorites :)

steelerfan

8:24 AM

I have seen The Sacrifice. That was pretty good.

Ankit Sharma

Wow one more Shakespeare vs star trek question

@BalarkaSen I have lots of all time fav.

Balarka Sen

@steelerfan indeed. Tarkovsky had only one other film he directed outside of Russia, namely, Nostalghia. i think it's one of his best.

steelerfan

@BalarkaSen Oh, interesting. I'm not that familiar with him. I did like the one movie of his that I did actually see.

Balarka Sen

Fair enough. I mentioned Nostalghia because it might be easier to interpret The Sacrifice after watching it - at least so I found.

@AnkitSharma heh. care to share some?

Ankit Sharma

@BalarkaSen Shindler's list, Life Is Beautiful , The Pursuit of Happyness, Sixth sense etc

Balarka Sen

8:38 AM

sixth sense is a good movie

Ankit Sharma

I love it, seen it many times

steelerfan

9:01 AM

OMG. My sister is passed out on my bed. Tip: Don't mix tequila with answering questions about Macbeth ;) Sorry @NapoleonWilson :)

Ankit Sharma

hahahhahahah

steelerfan

I'm glad that I am wide awake. I will continue to stay on the couch and watch movies until the sun rises ;)

Ankit Sharma

hmmm

What about having some sleep?

steelerfan

I got some sleep earlier. We had unexpected guests for a few hours and then I went to sleep for a while. My sleeping schedule is all screwed up right now.

Ankit Sharma

ohhh

steelerfan

9:50 AM

I am immediately regretting encouraging that user to post the Deadpool question regarding the single bullet killing 3 people... :P

Napoleon Wilson

10:44 AM

@BalarkaSen Doesn't he serve a multitude of genres anyway?

@BalarkaSen Uh, you like artsy drama/tragedy stuff but no Shakespeare? ;-)

Seriously, check out the 2015 adaptation of Macbeth, it has a very interesting audiovisual appeal.

@steelerfan Oh, don't worry. ;-)

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson YOU'RE HERE!!! I'M SO HAPPY!!!

Napoleon Wilson

11:14 AM

@steelerfan Are you ok so far?

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson What do you mean? I'm okay.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Nothing, just asking.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson What are you doing right now? Why don't you call me...

Balarka Sen

@NapoleonWilson I don't know, I haven't read much of Shakespeare. I also didn't explicitly say "I don't like Shakespeare"

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Just doing a little site maintenance here and on SciFi. I will be done and able to call you shortly. A few minutes?

@BalarkaSen Yeah, don't worry, to each his own.

steelerfan

11:26 AM

@NapoleonWilson Sure :)

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson Site maintenance on SciFi? pricks up ears

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor Just an edit suggestion about something I just read.

Balarka Sen

To be honest, I don't like English literature (I mean, written by Englishmen) in general, thus haven't read much.

steelerfan

@Randal'Thor Haha! You so funny ;)

Balarka Sen

One of my favorites is Poe, who was American.

Rand al'Thor

11:29 AM

I'm just 40 rep away from being able to edit without approval here on M&TV, which will be nice.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Why? I would sharpen my ears if he said something like this, too (though, his maintenance actions in the form of suggested edits and gazillions of comment flags are very welcome).

Rand al'Thor

@BalarkaSen Ooo, Poe! Such a great writer, with a wide repertoire ranging from Gothic horror to slapstick humour. Nobody has that kind of range any more. I'm slowly working my way through a collection of his complete works atm.

Balarka Sen

high fives

Napoleon Wilson

Then there are also people who love Poe and Shakespeare. ;-)

Balarka Sen

Who said those two are exclusive?

steelerfan

11:33 AM

@NapoleonWilson Er, okay. Nevermind. You're not funny at all, Rand.

Rand al'Thor

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, as each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I sought the morrow; vainly I had hoped to borrow from my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore.

@NapoleonWilson [raises hand]

Balarka Sen

@Randal'Thor I don't like Poe's detective stories, but one of Holmes stories of Doyle had his origins in one of Dupin stories :)

I also like his poem "Alone" (along with Raven of course).

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Awww, don't worry. ;-)

Rand al'Thor

@BalarkaSen Holmes was basically a ripoff of Dupin, cleverly concealed by providing 'attribution' in the form of Holmes putting Dupin down as a "very inferior fellow", so that people wouldn't bother reading about Dupin once they'd discovered Holmes.

Balarka Sen

Heh. But Holmes is an infinitely more interesting read than Dupin, IMHO.

Rand al'Thor

11:37 AM

I really enjoyed Poe's detective stories though, and as a fellow mathematician I would've expected you to too. Holmes claims to be rigorous, but he's got nothing on Dupin, who lays out his arguments with such extreme painstaking rigour that he couldn't help but be right. The downside, of course, is that a Dupin story reads like a mathematical paper rather than a story, so it's much harder to get through - but hey, you and I are used to that, right? ;-)

@BalarkaSen Sure, Holmes stories are much more readable (but less rigorous).

Balarka Sen

I am not an analyst!

Napoleon Wilson

I read quite a bit of the Holmes short stories and 2 of the 4 novels and quite enjoyed them. Never read much from Poe, though (other than The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven, but nothing about Dupin).

Balarka Sen

ducks

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson Poe's stories tend to be very hard to get into, with lots of semi-pointless prose at the beginning. But if you persevere, they're usually worth the effort.

The Fall of the House of Usher is one of the most weird and terrifying stories I've read.

Napoleon Wilson

Well, it's definitely someone to put on the not too short list of stuff to read some day.

Balarka Sen

11:41 AM

My first Poe story was "The Pit and The Pendulum".

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Oh, I see. So, the main reason for you even saying that was to sharpen his ears since he was in the room. Hmmmm... ;)

Rand al'Thor

@BalarkaSen I think that was my first too, but I only read an excerpt or summary of it, years ago. When I got seriously into Poe, I started with the Dupin stories.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Huh? No.

o_O

Rand al'Thor

@steelerfan And to alert me to approve his suggested edit ;-)

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor I presume the 5 old ones per 10 new ones rule on the SciFi front-page still holds?

Balarka Sen

11:49 AM

All of Poe's stories are mostly psychological horror with a gothic twist. They slowly build up the horror and suspense, which mostly reflect the psychology of the leading characters. At least, that's the impression I got.

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson 5 per 15, but yeah. It's not a hard and fast rule though, more a rough guideline to prevent massive edit floods.

Balarka Sen

@Randal'Thor Ah, I see.

Rand al'Thor

@BalarkaSen "All of Poe's stories"? No, no - evidently you haven't explored his tales of humour and satire.

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor So you mean out of 20 questions 5 can be old ones?

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Yeah, I was kidding.

Balarka Sen

11:50 AM

@Randal'Thor Oh, yes, I have indeed seen those - I have his complete works. When I said all, I meant most. :)

Rand al'Thor

Diddling, Dr Tarr and Professor Fether, How to Write a Blackwood Article, and many more I can't remember ... there's nothing horrifying about them.

steelerfan

@Randal'Thor That's not funny at all ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan ;-(

Balarka Sen

I haven't read a lot of his satire/humour stories, admittedly.

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson No, 5 old ones out of 15 total. Sorry, I misunderstood your "5 old ones per 10 new ones" and "5 old ones per 10".

Balarka Sen

11:51 AM

I want to read "Eureka: A Prose Poem" at some point.

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor So 8 would also work if it marks a clear boundary?

steelerfan

Rand wouldn't know anything about satire/humour. He is definitely not funny.

Balarka Sen

Analysts are too rigorous to be funny.

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson Sure, I suppose so.

@steelerfan @BalarkaSen Oi! :-P

Napoleon Wilson

Anyway, I did 7, feel free to reject at will.

Ok, 8.

steelerfan

11:53 AM

@Randal'Thor :P

Balarka Sen

I think steelerfan should know the story of the analyst and his wife.

steelerfan

I know of no such story ;(

Napoleon Wilson

Oh great, if I edit tags I don 't have to make any edits to the post. But if I edit a single character and the tags, I have to adhere to the 6-character minimum. <2000 rep sucks!

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson I'm not going to do anything with those edits, since I know nothing about Batman. Others will have to approve them.

@BalarkaSen Which one?

Napoleon Wilson

Well, basically everything that's about one of the three movies in the Nolan Batman Trilogy should be tagged with it. Or that's the approach I'm persuing right now.

Rand al'Thor

11:58 AM

You're engaging with the SFF tagging system? That's a rock upon which many have foundered and sunk ;-)

Napoleon Wilson

Oh my, Batman Begins with its 8 questions was just the tip of the iceberg. That's another 63 for the other two movies. I should probably give up right now. :'(

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson Then there's several hundred questions about Star Trek which don't have the [star-trek] tag (only [star-trek-tos] or [star-trek-tng] etc.)

Napoleon Wilson

And I don't know why I even do that when they're off-topic in the first place. ;-P

Rand al'Thor

That's one big iceberg.

Ankit Sharma

@steelerfan Copyright law broken ;p

Balarka Sen

12:03 PM

@Randal'Thor The standard one.

Once there was an analyst (a mathematician who fiddles with their epsilons and deltas all day long) and his wife, who was angry with her husband for not paying her enough attention. So one day she confronts him and says, angrily, "whom do you love the most, me or your stupid epsilons?".
The mathematician lifts his eye from the piles of paper and replies, genuinely surprised, "Why of course, it is you, my dear!". His wife is pleased, but says, teasingly, "Then prove it!". The good analyst thinks for a while, and then continues "Alright, assume epsilon > 0... ".

Rand al'Thor

Meh. I've heard much funnier mathematician jokes.

Napoleon Wilson

If anything my happiness in life and confidence in this site stay alive as long as we keep ahead in question count for all of Christopher Nolan's films here. ;-) And the next one is not even remotely science-fiction, the first one after 15 years. \o/

Balarka Sen

@Randal'Thor Me too, about topologists not being able to distinguish between a... but that's inappropriate.

So I'll stop.

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor funner?

Balarka Sen

@NapoleonWilson BTW, I watched Interstellar.

Napoleon Wilson

12:06 PM

@BalarkaSen I hope you liked it.

Balarka Sen

It's a pretty good science fiction.

I like Nolan :)

Ankit Sharma

@NapoleonWilson Franchise tagging in SFF is quite random. I did tried fixing it but that rule made me quit

Rand al'Thor

@BalarkaSen And how the only things you need to build any (compact, connected) 2-dimensional manifold are a sausage and a pair of pants.

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma It looked good for Batman Begins with only 8, but the 63 others really repell me. That being said, I'll have to keep the individual movie tags favourited anyway, since new users won't tag correctly (nor will the other users most of the time). So I'm not even sure it's fruitful endeavour at all. I don't know, maybe it was the order and structure fanatic in me. But at least I could make some rep this way, till I'm able to see vote balances.

Ankit Sharma

@Randal'Thor I think , I did many for arrowverse and x-men cinematic universe but they also have tag like movie tv etc which i can't even touch

Then there is dc-comics, dc-movies etc etc

steelerfan

12:12 PM

@NapoleonWilson Forget the call. Don't worry about it.

See you guys later :)

Ankit Sharma

@steelerfan bye

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Awww, why? I was just about to call you, my phone just recharged fully. What happened? :'(

Ankit Sharma

@NapoleonWilson I did tried same with arrowverse and X-men cinematic universe and DCAU.Even raised 2 meta regarding them too. But if i can't retag them fully as i want like removing useless tag, then there is no point of adding franchise tag

But i still do sometimes

Napoleon Wilson

Hmm, maybe I'll keep at it, though, whenever I'm bored I could clean up a few of them and some day they'll be fixed.

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Q: Was the climax scene of Argo inspired by The Last King of Scotland?

In The Last King of Scotland (2006), Nicolas Gariggan escapes from Idi Amin in flight the same way Team from Argo (2012) escapes from the cops through flight. So was the climax scene of Argo inspired by Last King of Scotland?

reference argo the-last-king-of-scotland

Ankit Sharma

12:16 PM

Remember not to touch other tags , even if they are funny, weird or useless

Stay out of any trouble

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Q: Does Sheldon Cooper exist in the Flash universe?

Warner Channel is promoting Flash/Big Bang Theory in a commercial in which Cisco and Sheldon seem to have a mutual admiration thing going on. As you can see in the photos below, Carlos Valdez is wearing 2 of the 4 t-shirts Warner shows in the commercial. The first one shows Cisco wearing the “Ba...

the-flash-2014 the-big-bang-theory

LOL

Napoleon Wilson

12:35 PM

Anyway, the lock has already been put on the suggestions. I'll definitely keep it to 5 next time. ;-)

And I thought we were crazy about our frontpage. ;-) But to each his own, it's the rule of the site and I'll adhere to it next time.

Rand al'Thor

1:28 PM

@DrRDizzle If it helps, Napoleon almost managed to convince Ixrec in Mos just now.

in Mos Eisley, 2 mins ago, by Ixrec

I've been told weirder things that turned out to be true so I honestly do not know if Napoleon is trolling me or you all think I'm trolling

Napoleon Wilson

Drgh, that line is so funny because it obviously is complete bullshit. Too bad I can't find the YouTube clip, with the amazing set-in of the Ghostbusters soundtrack.

Movie Reel

2:28 PM

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Q: Why was the story watered down in Nobody Knows (2004, Japan)?

The movie Nobody Knows was based on an actual event, which apparently was considerably more horrific (Wikipedia) than the story depicted in the movie. So why did the director-writer choose to water it down? I found this curious, since this is the exact opposite of the usual practice (at least H...

nobody-knows

Napoleon Wilson

2:56 PM

@Randal'Thor Can I inquire on your opinion about something?

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson You can always inquire, even if the answer ends up being 'no comment' :-)

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor As a literature enthusiast who is generally not too keen for book adaptations, what do you think about Shakespeare adaptations, seeing that those plays were never supposed to be read anyway and that film is pretty much an extension of theatre? I presume you'd rather see an actual play, but does your general aversion to book adaptations extend to (dialogue-faithful) play adaptations?

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson Interesting question, and an issue I've already been thinking about recently due to the current topic challenge here. I'm rather a purist, tending to prefer the originally intended medium for a story (whether that be a book as for LotR, a screen as for DW, or a stage as for Shakespeare).

Napoleon Wilson

Yet a stage still seems nearer to film form than to book form (in absence of an actual stage, of course).

Rand al'Thor

But a dialogue-faithful adaptation is something I could buy into. After all, as you say there's not all that much difference between a play and a film: they're both visual media, although a play is more 'real' and a film more convenient to watch.

And some of the Shakespeare plays I've seen, even produced by the RSC themselves, have still diverged quite a bit from the original in set and costume.

Napoleon Wilson

3:09 PM

Have you ever been a guest in the Globe Theatre?

Rand al'Thor

Nope, the RSC productions I've seen have all been in Stratford.

Napoleon Wilson

We visited it with school, but unfortunately only for sight-seeing and not for an actual play (which I assume can go heavy on the wallet).

Rand al'Thor

Have you seen any German productions of Shakespeare plays?

Napoleon Wilson

No.

Rand al'Thor

Because I've often wondered how they work in translation - whether they're generally translated into an archaic version of the target language, or whether they sound more modern and less poetic after translation.

Napoleon Wilson

3:13 PM

Uh, wait, I think we saw Romeo and Juliet with school. But it was some kind of pseudo-modernization set around 1900 (but still using the original/translated dialogue, I think).

@Randal'Thor I don't really know. But mostly judging from dubbed versions of films I saw (which use original dialogue) it is still rather poetic and not how I would speak. But there are not many actual archaisms of the language in it (re. thou and stuff).

But still definitely sounds poetic and not like a "normal" film/play.

Rand al'Thor

Good, that's what I would have hoped.

Napoleon Wilson

Comparably to Goethe, I suppose, who is often hard to understand for me as a native, albeit using the actual language I do, too.

Rand al'Thor

I would hate a modernised version of Shakespeare. It'd probably sound something like this.

Napoleon Wilson

In fact I long wanted to ask a question about dubbed versions of Shakespeare adaptations. I'm not sure if they redub them anew or tend to use "official" translations of the plays instead.

Rand al'Thor

But poetry is very hard to translate in general, if you want to preserve the meaning and the rhythm/structure and maybe even rhyming.

Napoleon Wilson

3:19 PM

Well, that's why translating any kind of literature is a serious business.

I also have two versions of the poetic Edda, one with a more free and artistic translation from the early 20th century and one with a more word accurate translation. But I never underwent to actually compare them, I admit.

Rand al'Thor

Is that some Scandinavian saga?

Ah, medieval Icelandic.

Napoleon Wilson

There's also the controversy with LotR, where Margaret Carroux's translation translated "elves" with the general and Anglistic "Elfen" (or at leats intended to do so), while the newer translations by Wolfgang Krege used the more Germanic "Elben", which has become common but is pretty much only used for Tolkien's elves.

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson Well, something similar happened with "dwarves" in the original English version. The plural of dwarf was always "dwarfs" until Tolkien came along and coined the word "dwarves", and now I think both are in regular use, although "dwarves" mainly in fantasy literature.

Movie Reel

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Q: What song is Margaret in "The Conjuring 2" listening to with her headphones before going to sleep?

Before she goes to sleep, she puts on her headphones and a fraction of a song can be heard. It somehow sounded like it's from The Beatles.

the-conjuring-2

Rand al'Thor

Would a question of the form "Have any of So-and-so's works ever been adapted for the screen?" be on-topic here? If the answer is no, then technically the question has nothing to do with films or TV, but if it's yes, then of course it does.

Napoleon Wilson

3:35 PM

@Randal'Thor Hmm, hard to tell, actually. We had some well-received ones and some closed ones, I think.

2

Q: Has an attempt ever been made to film The 3 Investigators series of books?

As a huge fan of the 3 Investigators my interest has been piqued to discover whether a television series or film has ever approached production and been subsequently cancelled. Any information at all would be interesting including who owns the rights, any directors who have expressed an intere...

book-adaptation

1

Q: Is there any TV show which represents Alexander the Great's life (before and after)?

Is there any TV show (not documentary) which represents Alexander The Great's life, from his early beginnings to his successful military campaigns and then the state of Greece after his death? I'm looking for something similar to Spartacus or Vikings.

identify-this-tv-show

Catija

Meh.

Napoleon Wilson

And a closed/deleted one about Der Zauberberg.

I think they can work if not completely arbitrary or too narrow or Wikipedia-solved, I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Catija

@MovieReel Why does it matter?

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson Oh, I like that one! I used to read those books, years ago.

@NapoleonWilson Hmm, doesn't seem to be easily Wikipedia-solved. I'm sure I could find the answer myself by some internet searching, but it's an interesting question which this site would hopefully appreciate.

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor It can't be of damage to even mention that it's hard to find info about it. ;-)

Of course there's always the danger of ecouraging millions of questions about people's favourite obscure book ever having been filmed. But that's a danger with many questions. On the bottom line writing a motivating and engaging question is probably not a bad start.

Rand al'Thor

3:46 PM

@NapoleonWilson Yeah, like I've said before‌, pretty much any type of on-topic question can be abused to spam the site with millions of questions if someone really wants to.

KutuluMike

3:58 PM

@Randal'Thor IMO, the site is about "the medium of movies and TV", not just "actual movies and TV shows", so that question would be on-topic.

assuming you couldn't just go into imdb and type in "hamlet" and find it, in which case it would probably be closed as too trivial

Catija

@Randal'Thor OMG... the spoilers: scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/132330/…

KutuluMike

ugh.

twitch

> Ned died

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!

Catija

Has anyone ever asked about inline spoilers? I'm pretty certain that other sites (non-SE) have that ability...

KutuluMike

there are no inline spoilers.

spoilers are a special bonus style on block quotes

Catija

Right... that's what I'm saying... if they created them, they might be useful.

Rand al'Thor

4:06 PM

@Catija Yes, many times.

KutuluMike

oh.

yeah, the CMs/devs hate spoilers and refuse to waste any more of their time

Catija

Well, I feel the same way but I think living with questions like that is worse :P

KutuluMike

I get the feeling they had to be brow-beaten into implementing them in the first place and took literally the easiest way they could.

Rand al'Thor

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Q: Implement the <spoiler> tag

Please consider implementing the request for some sort of a spoiler markdown using the following syntax: why did we trust <spoiler>rchern</spoiler> ? WHY OH GOD WHY? <spoiler> The cake is a lie. </spoiler> I propose <spoiler> over the modified blockquote syntax >! proposed by Nick because: a <

feature-request status-declined markdown spoilers

KutuluMike

if I weren't dying I would just fix it.

Catija

4:07 PM

And, seriously... an "espionage" tag?

Rand al'Thor

@Catija Blame Thaddeus.

Catija

What's the SFF spoiler policy, anyway? Is it like the M&TV (no spoilers in titles) one or more strict?

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija I think it was asked. But seeing how they're second-class citizens to begin with (and for damn good reasons!), it's unlikely to get implemented.

KutuluMike

there. almost no spoilers.

Rand al'Thor

@Catija No clear and strictly enforced policy really.

KutuluMike

4:12 PM

@Catija way stricter than yours.

Rand al'Thor

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Q: What is the policy for spoilers?

Is there any official policy for mandatory use of the spoilers features? Or is just a courtesy/fully voluntary? I didn't see anything on the FAQ. Is there any particular action that should be taken on posts that do not contain spoiler blocks? If there should be such a policy, should it have a ...

discussion faq spoilers

Movie Reel

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Q: Have any of Edgar Allan Poe's stories been adapted for the screen?

Edgar Allan Poe was arguably one of the greatest writers of the 19th century, his works spanning a wide range from gothic horror to tragic poetry to slapstick humour, while also including possibly the first ever detective fiction. While I'm a great fan of his writing in the form of short stories...

book-adaptation adaptation edgar-allan-poe

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija It is quite a bit more strict as much as I know. They actively encourage spoiler blocks in the question body, I think, while we discourage them if overused.

KutuluMike

@Catija "no spoilers in titles", and "try to hide major spoilers in the body" and "spoilers never expire -- if it won't be a spoiler in a year it's not one now."

Rand al'Thor

@BalarkaSen movies.stackexchange.com/questions/55652/…

KutuluMike

4:13 PM

but spoilers mean like, major things that would actually spoil your enjoyment of the work.

also, we prefer to just leave them out instead of hiding them unless they're really important to the question.

Napoleon Wilson

Oh, aren't there millions of Roger Corman productions that don't actually have much to do with the stories themselves? ;-)

KutuluMike

like, that dany support question -- it was entirely unimportant to the question that Eddark Stark died.

so just don't mention it.

Napoleon Wilson

And there's also a quite recent film based on The Raven, which I haven't seen, though.

Catija

@KutuluMike Yeah. Makes more sense that way.

Napoleon Wilson

Meh, you don't want to get spoiled? Don't read a question that is about the friggin' plot of a movie! That easy, really.

But well, apparently we had users leave the site over our spoiler policy (in part). (Who then left sites they were moderators on for even stupider reasons. ;-))

Not sure about that Poe tag, though, hmm...

Catija

4:21 PM

Do episodes of Wishbone count? @Randal'Thor

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson Hmm, interesting. This I didn't know.

@NapoleonWilson I wasn't sure either. Feel free to retag if you think it's not appropriate.

@Catija Never heard of it. BRB, Googling ...

Catija

List of Wishbone episodes

This is a list of all Wishbone episodes. == Episode listEdit == === Season 1Edit === === Season 2Edit... ===

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor Have to think about it. But it might disappear.

Catija

Kid's TV show from PBS.

Napoleon Wilson

In fact, I think there are pretty many adapations. Even from the infamous Roger Corman productions at least some of them should be near to the original.

Catija

4:23 PM

I'm not actually certain that they ever did anything based on Poe but I thought they did...

Yeah, they did The Purloined Letter, one of Poe's stories (episode 22)

Rand al'Thor

@Catija Erm. I'd call that "loosely based on a Poe story", possibly very loosely, rather than a real adaptation. I guess I'll accept it if there isn't anything better.

It's not really something you could sit down and watch and get an idea of what Poe's stories are like.

Catija

It's more than loosely. The point of the show is to get kids interested in classical literature... so they use the episodes to give a broad stroke of what the book is about.

Napoleon Wilson

Oh, it seems The Raven actually uses the poem in-universe as inspiration for a murderer. So not really an adaptation. But maybe it's influenced in its story by other works, too.

Catija

The Cask of Amontillado

"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado") is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story is set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year, and is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him. Like several of Poe's stories, and in keeping with the 19th-century fascination with the subject, the narrative revolves around a person being buried alive—in this case, by immurement. As in "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", Poe conveys the...

> "The Cask of Amontillado" was made into a British film in 1998, directed by Mario Cavalli, screenplay by Richard Deakin and starring Anton Blake as Montresor and Patrick Monckton as Fortunato
> Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado (2011) stars David JM Bielewicz and Frank Tirio, Jr. It was directed by Thad Ciechanowski, produced by Joe Serkoch, by production company DijitMedia, LLC/Orionvega. It was a winner of 2013 regional Emmy Award.

Napoleon Wilson

But anyway, @steelerfan we found something new to do for your sister! Orange you glad she's on vacation? ;-)

Rincewind

4:35 PM

Hello!

What we talking about?

Napoleon Wilson

@Rincewind Edgar Allen Poe adaptations, spoiler polcies, and Shakepeare adapations and translations.

But hello, of course!

Rincewind

@NapoleonWilson :) Sounds good! I don't get the point of spoilers, Poe scares the shit out of me and Shakespeare is crap... :D

Just to add my five cents in about the topics of discussion!

Catija

@Rincewind .... Shakespeare is not crap.

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Napoleon Wilson

Hehe!

KutuluMike

@NapoleonWilson it's only that easy if you're talking about a single, stand-alone movie. What if I just got through watching the first 1/2 of Firefly and was excited to go answer questions, and in the middle of one, for no good reason, someone decided to toss in spoilers for the season finale?

Napoleon Wilson

4:42 PM

@Catija Oh, before I forget, what was that thing you liked so much that you wanted to name your twins after?

KutuluMike

or what if I've seen Star Wars: A New Hope but not the other two, and someone asks a question where they casually mention that luke+leia are related?

Rincewind

@Catija He was a foul mouthed twit who made could really talk out of his ass...

Catija

@NapoleonWilson Twelfth Night... the Shakespeare play...

Napoleon Wilson

@KutuluMike Well, if it's for no reason, it's not good, of course. But you're reading a question and answer about that show. In general, you might want to watch at least the season.

@Rincewind Hmm...I don't know if your're joking and trying to be intentionally crass, or if you really think that.

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Q: does anyone know this B and W film from the C1950s about a mans crush on a redhead?

Does anyone know the name of an old film about a man who meets a redhead at a party and falls in love with her? He then spends all his life looking for her and only going on dates with similar looking ladies. Eventually at the end of the film when married and much older he meets the same woman ag...

identify-this-movie black-and-white

Rincewind

4:45 PM

@KutuluMike Oh big woop! So what if you know one thing... you still don't know who they found out... what happens with Luke and Vader... or what happens in general!

Catija

@Rincewind No... he was brilliantly able to predict our current state of censorship and write content that is so convoluted that even the MPAA idiots don't get how sexual the content is so we get to watch it with a PG rating even though the content's practically R rated :P

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija Any specific film version you would recommend?

Catija

@NapoleonWilson The one with Ben Kingsley.

Rincewind

@NapoleonWilson Sadly I really do think that... I think his writing is highly over rated and the only reason is taught in schools is because no-one really knows how dreadfully full it it of swear words.

Catija

Twelfth Night (1996 film)

Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night: Or What You Will) is a 1996 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, directed by Trevor Nunn and featuring an all-star cast. Set in the late 19th century, it was filmed on location in Cornwall, including scenes shot at Padstow and at Lanhydrock House near Bodmin, with Orsino and his followers wearing uniforms that evoke the Austro-Hungarian Empire. == Plot == Viola (Imogen Stubbs) and Sebastian (Steven Mackintosh) are young twins who, on Twelfth Night (holiday) are performing on a ship and use their likeness to tease their audiences. During...

Napoleon Wilson

4:46 PM

@AnkitSharma Hah, it seems one of your favourite films was inspired by it, too.

Rincewind

@Catija As I said... he really could talk out of his ....

Rand al'Thor

@KutuluMike Funny you should mention that ... see the last paragraph of this question :-)

Rincewind

@KutuluMike Sorry just had a bad day on reddit about this exact issue...

KutuluMike

@Randal'Thor i know. that's what made me think about it.

@Randal'Thor though Firefly was so short there's really only 1 or 2 major spoilers.

Rand al'Thor

@Rincewind Then you should read a different kind of Poe story. He had a very wide repertoire, including slapstick humour and other things that aren't scary at all.

KutuluMike

4:48 PM

@Rincewind I fail to see how the abundance of swear words has any bearing on its quality.

Rand al'Thor

Also, what @Catija said about Shakespeare.

KutuluMike

just because people in previous centuries weren't such tight-asses about a little vulgarity doesn't make it bad.

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor And this weird acid trip Athur Gordon Pym is supposed to be.

KutuluMike

it makes us look stupid, but that's fine.

Catija

@KutuluMike Exactly.

KutuluMike

4:50 PM

i wish I could find the guy who first decided that swearing was somehow bad so I can punch him in his f$##!@$@$ face

Rand al'Thor

@Catija You're having twins? Or does that just mean you would name them Viola and Sebastian if you did have twins?

Rincewind

@Randal'Thor I should... But once bitten I am oft weary of getting bitten again!

Napoleon Wilson

Well, if it wasn't "bad" then what's the point of it. An expletive that, well, isn't an expletive anymore has no actual point of existence, no?

Rincewind

@KutuluMike Ah... Well I have a theory that people only swear a lot in writing when they are trying to cover up the flaws

KutuluMike

that is a silly theory.

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Rand al'Thor

4:51 PM

@Rincewind Well, we convinced you to give Doctor Who another try, so ... :-)

Napoleon Wilson

@Rincewind Uhuh.

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson This. Swearing is 'bad' by definition.

KutuluMike

all evidence I have ever seen indicates that people who swear are smarter and more literate than people who don't.

swearing is "naughty". there's a difference.

Rincewind

@Randal'Thor lol True!!!

Rand al'Thor

@Rincewind Yes. Too much swearing is often indicative of a limited vocabulary.

@KutuluMike We'll have to agree to disagree on that one :-)

Catija

4:53 PM

@Randal'Thor The latter.

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor Well, of course there's a limit. You shouldn't overdo. It's about the dose that has to be restrained but healthy, I guess.

Rincewind

@KutuluMike But it is mine and silly I am on certain ocassions

Catija

Except that most of the content in Shakespeare's writing isn't swearing... it's sexual subtext.

Rincewind

@KutuluMike I dunno about that... Have you seen some of them???

KutuluMike

I am one of them.

Rincewind

4:54 PM

@Randal'Thor My point exactly!

@NapoleonWilson I think swearing ought to be used only when really really pissed off or hurt

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija But then again, we (or many of us) live in a culture where that's often equated, for better or worse.

Rand al'Thor

@Catija "The bawdy hand of the clock is now upon the prick of noon."

Rincewind

@Catija Subtext??? Is that was you call it! @o@

Napoleon Wilson

Hmm, maybe I'm just too uneducated or not well-read enough. But if anything, I hadn't really connected Shakespeare to overabundant swearing.

Rincewind

@Catija Although most of them swore back then in plays...

@NapoleonWilson A lot of the words and context has passed from modern language so it is often over looked or miss understood. Not from a lack of anything other than a change in language

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