The Screening Room

3:00 PM

"Oh, you like films huh? Well what's your favourite insert obscure filmmaker here movie?"

@Randal'Thor Yeah, but it's really difficult to even put an answer together with users like Adamant and Richard. Don't get me wrong, they are valued members of the community, but they monitor the questions like all day and they are right there and put an answer together in like 2 minutes and there is just nothing left to contribute.

Dr R Dizzle

Gatekeeping also has a lot of ties to casual sexism, especially in male dominated hobbies.

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson Oh, that sounds like the Series 7 finale. I haven't actually seen Series 7 yet, but that's an absolutely terrible episode to watch if you're not a serious fan. It's not only the culmination of a season, but I think it's a culmination of lots of different things, with loads of nods and references back to stuff from the last 50 years of DW. (Plus, the Eleventh Doctor era is pretty crap on the whole IMO.)

MattD

@DrRDizzle Yeah, I remember letting in a girl I thought was hot to that anime group for little other reason than I found her attractive. Goodness the stupid shit I did and thought when I was younger....

Napoleon Wilson

Especially since they are so much about canon and the whole world that I wouldn't even dare to answer some totally obscure Star Wars question simply because I haven't read some stupid EU novel. Hell, I have actually read most of Tolkien's stuff, but I still feel highly unconfident discussing that stuff with people who actually read his letter correspondences(!).

Dr R Dizzle

3:02 PM

@MattD Don't worry man, we've all done really stupid shit thanks to hormones and a lack of experience.

MattD

@DrRDizzle Oh yeah, I'm not sitting here beating myself up for it. Just took me way too long to realize how stupid I was being, putting girls on pedestals and shit.

This article on Cracked is not only a damn good read, but also really helped me see the light on a lot of the stupid shit I was doing and saying.

cracked.com/blog/…

steelerfan

I mean, Adamant already has a question answered before Obie even posts it in chat or he is already making comments about meta stuff before it's posted in chat...dude's on top of it!

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor Well, there wasn't anything else on TV. I am aware that this might not be the best example for getting into Doctor Who.

MattD

Seriously, everyone should have to read that article at least once.

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor That guy also seemed nothing like I would imagine the Doctor at all.

steelerfan

3:04 PM

@NapoleonWilson Exactly! That's why my only answers have been about Predator and Bride of Chucky :P

Rand al'Thor

@steelerfan Don't let anyone intimidate you, please! Sure, those two (and several others) know their stuff and are good at writing up answers, but there must be plenty of works you know more about than they do. You might get lucky and be quicker than them, or you might be able to post a better answer even if you're slower. FGitW isn't everything! Besides, if nothing else, they have to sleep sometimes ;-)

steelerfan

@Randal'Thor Sure. I will answer something that I feel confident about, like the answers that I have given :) Adamant doesn't sleep very much. He's a vampire ;)

Rand al'Thor

@steelerfan Well ... that's just called "being more involved in SFF than just hanging out in the chatroom" :-)

MattD

@steelerfan Preadator is fucking awesome, though.

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steelerfan

@Randal'Thor Of course! I'm not knocking Adamant at all and he obviously cares for the site a great deal and I have told him that on numerous occasions. It's all good :)

Rand al'Thor

3:08 PM

@NapoleonWilson I had the same thought when I first saw that Doctor. "Who's this idiot going on about how 'cool' he is all the time?" David Tennant is WAY better. In fact, all the other New Who Doctors are way better.

steelerfan

@MattD Starred for truth!

Rand al'Thor

@steelerfan I know you're not knocking him. I'm just saying, it's not particularly impressive to be aware of goings-on on the site though other channels than chat.

steelerfan

@Randal'Thor Sure. I fully admit that I am just a chat user over there and that is really my only interest is chatting :)

MattD

I feel like I need to give SFF a fair shot now.

As in making an account and seeing what I can do.

steelerfan

You have pulled another one to the dark side, @Randal'Thor!! ^^ :P

MattD

3:12 PM

I think the other reason I've avoided it is I know they tend to suck up a lot of Q&A that could also go on here, so I wanted to support the site that I'm clearly better suited for and could use more help.

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SFF seems to have their shit on lock, as you all have noted.

Rand al'Thor

@MattD Excellent! I'll stand ready to upvote your contributions :-D

steelerfan

SFF is cool about "trivia" type questions, though. I really like that about the site.

MattD

Do they also cover things like comics and whatnot?

brb

steelerfan

Like, I don't think that the Doctor Who question I asked would have been well received over here. Maybe I have already said this before...

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD Yes.

Rand al'Thor

3:16 PM

@MattD Sure! [marvel-comics] and [dc-comics] are both among the top 16 tags on the site, and one guy has picked up over 100,000 rep mainly by answering questions about comics. (But he doesn't post much any more, so you don't have to worry about him beating you to every question like Steeler was saying.)

arda

@steelerfan message no "32333333", cool.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Agreed (at least with the first sentence).

user116211

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Identification Requests

Proposed Q&A site for all the people that are trying to find Movies, Books, Music, TV shows, Anime, Manga, games and stuff but don't remember the name.

Closed before being launched.

Napoleon Wilson

@MAFIA36790 Already posted here.

steelerfan

@arda Huh?

Rand al'Thor

3:18 PM

> closed as not a viable proposal by Robert Cartaino♦ 2 days ago

Movie Reel

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Q: Name of an episode from a csi type show where kid drowns in toy submarine

i know this is super vague, but it's all i can recall. it was about someone (i believe male) trying (possibly succeeding) to kill someone who sold one of those cheap back-of-comic toys, it was like, a cardboard submarine or something like that. he wanted to kill him because when he was a kid, hi...

user116211

I was dubious of the site; but didn't expect to be claosed so soon ;/

Napoleon Wilson

But sure, can't hurt to repeat it. Let's get this thing going!

user116211

@NapoleonWilson ohh.

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor Was expectable, even if unfortunate.

steelerfan

3:19 PM

@NapoleonWilson Yeah, yeah, yeah...I know.

user116211

@NapoleonWilson Most of the area 51 proposals I were following never came to success...hmm.

Napoleon Wilson

@MAFIA36790 Well, they hardly do nowadays. I'm glad this site was proposed before the big Area51 overhaul.

Anyway, that ID thing was bound to fail, even if it would have been awesome to have.

steelerfan

@Randal'Thor I hope that you don't think that I was trying to deter Matt from coming over to SFF because of the competition or anything. I really wasn't. I was just saying that there are users who know so much more about SFF than I do and if an answer is already posted, I just don't have much more to contribute since their answers are always so good.

Rand al'Thor

@steelerfan Don't worry, I know you weren't trying to deter anybody :-) But since you mentioned something that could be seen as a deterrent to contributing on SFF, I thought it was worth rebutting in that particular case.

MattD

@Randal'Thor I may have a shot with DC comics then. I'm not as "well read", but I'm a huge fan of the DCAU, which seems to be among the more popular takes on the characters.

steelerfan

3:26 PM

@Randal'Thor I think that having those guys around is good competition for hard-core SFF people :) I'm even trying to get my nephew to join over there!

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan I see.

MattD

Gah, now I just wanna go home and watch either Scott Pilgrim or my DCAU collection.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Awww. That's just more of what he is into. I'm sorry :'( Like he has the time for that right now, anyways.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan I know, don't worry.

Rand al'Thor

@steelerfan Great! Soon we'll have your whole family on SE, as well as your internet family in Mos Eisley ;-)

Napoleon Wilson

3:30 PM

@steelerfan Have you checked if they air Stardust again for you to DVR it?

steelerfan

@Randal'Thor Hehe! I even had my dad help me on an answer here yesterday! Woot!

@NapoleonWilson Yeah. I checked last night. I didn't see it :(

I just need to order those 2 movies from Amazon and be done with it.

Himarm

stardust is on netflix atm

steelerfan

I don't have netflix anymore.

I suck.

Himarm

wot

steelerfan

I don't have it since I moved into my mom's house.

Crap. brb.

Himarm

3:37 PM

you canceled you subscription, or just no devices to watch it on?

Movie Reel

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Q: what's this movie?

This girl who lives with an abusive husband finally goes to the police for help and they put her under the custody of an ex marine or police (not sure). She stays with him and he trains her and eventually falls for her. The husban ends up killing the girl mother and there was this one scene in th...

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Napoleon Wilson

You know what the disadvantage of deleting bad closed questions is?

The duplicate title block doesn't kick in for the 5000th question titled "what's this movie?"!

user116211

3:57 PM

The 10 Most Terrifyingly Inspirational '80s Songs

user116211

Eye of the Tiger is ranked no.1 ;)

Ankit Sharma

My roommate is leaving the room, so I will have a spare room to ruin after a month

Uff I am late to talk

user116211

@AnkitSharma Did you really steal his kidney ;P

user116211

> "Eye of the Tiger" was written for the movie Rocky III at the request of Sylvester Stallone after Queen had denied him usage rights to "Another One Bites the Dust."

user116211

Had the Queen given the rights, then the world wouldn't be the same anymore.....

MattD

4:04 PM

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user116211

@MattD :D

MattD

Except in this case the image would make me prefer Trump over Clinton.

user116211

@MattD Just about to say it ;)

Himarm

yeah clintons the one whose brain my be going

switch em

MattD

@Himarm Nope, they're each appropriately selected.

Napoleon Wilson

4:08 PM

@MattD Well, there's actually people who, believe it or not, consider doing exactly that, because they think that someone who knows politics is worse than someone who, I don't know, can't actually work with any serious politician in the world at all.

wade-watt

cause of there is no good politician

MattD

There are plenty of good politicians, they just get crowded out by the more "newsworthy" ones.

wade-watt

ok its true but they are not on top level , i think

MattD

Well Trump isn't even a politician for one.

wade-watt

@MattD :D

MattD

4:10 PM

Which is unfortunately part of his appeal to loads of people.

wade-watt

is he a comedician ?

:D

Napoleon Wilson

Indeed. Someone who basically says "experts are for suckers" is dangerously close to having to work with a world that considers him nothing but a joke and a danger for the well-being of an entire world.

MattD

I'm honestly wondering if he's pulling some kind of Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat-esque prank on the American public, but it's gotten way too out of hand.

wade-watt

it would be interesting

Napoleon Wilson

Yes, what started as a bad joke becomes a sad reality.

MattD

4:12 PM

@NapoleonWilson More like he's exposing the problems with the process and the media and politics in general, especially on the Republican side of things.

Napoleon Wilson

It is like a satire that you couldn't believe if it wouldn't actually happen.

MattD

He demonstrates what appealing to extreme fringes can bring.

steelerfan

@Himarm So, will you be voting for Harambe then? ;)

Napoleon Wilson

Gheez, why does everyone have to trigger him on Harambe today? ;-)

steelerfan

Welp, I guess that my dad is a complete idiot, then ;)

@NapoleonWilson Sorry :(

Napoleon Wilson

4:15 PM

@steelerfan Don't worry. ;-)

wade-watt

@steelerfan why ?

steelerfan

@wade-watt Because he is a Trump supporter.

Himarm

@MattD im mean technically hes appealing to about 40-50% of the us population, not just a fringe minority, on the other hand Hillary also only appeals to some 40-50%

MattD

His largest group appears to be angry, white, over 45 voters who grew up in the 80s and have fond memories of a time they were largely in control, who've been seemingly pushed out at most levels, but don't seem to realize it's largely their own fucking fault that it happened.

Himarm

harambe 2016

wade-watt

4:15 PM

@steelerfan huuuge respect for your dad :)

steelerfan

@MattD Oh my

MattD

They bitch about a system they have literally constructed over the last 30 to 40 years.

wade-watt

@steelerfan both politicians is not good , i believe that but we can argue , who is better than others :D

steelerfan

@wade-watt I'm voting for Dark Helmet from Spaceballs. He is a better choice than either of them ;)

wade-watt

@steelerfan ahaha :) its true

MattD

4:17 PM

@steelerfan Sorry if that's coming across as mean spirited, but practically every commenter I see on any post from Trump's Facebook page that's shared and pops up in my newsfeed can generally be summed up as, "White, over 45, and angry."

steelerfan

@MattD Well, my dad is white and over 45. I don't think that he's angry, though ;)

Napoleon Wilson

If anything, it will become (or is) a historical election in general.

MattD

@NapoleonWilson Oh absolutely it will, but compared to years past it feels completely different in general.

wade-watt

what do you think guys , if Trump elected ?

Himarm

their down to fighting over meme's both sides are beyond stupid at this point

MattD

4:18 PM

Literally a few days ago on NPR when they were talking about polling numbers, they finished the update with the phrase, "Both candidates remain unpopular."

wade-watt

How will be america ? (general )

MattD

That's literally the best summation period. We have two literally very unpopular candidates to choose from this cycle.

wade-watt

hm

MattD

People also try to talk about Gary Johnson or Jill Stein, but they're pretty much non-starters for me. They have no chance, though I wish they did.

I could see voting for Johnson, but he's completely opposite me on several key issues.

steelerfan

I just don't like a lot of people being lumped together, like if you support Trump you are a racist, angry, white bigot. My Father took in all different types of people when I was growing up Homosexuals, hispanics, african-americans white people, poor people who were having a hard time and gave them a place to stay and helped them get back on their feet. He is the furthest thing from angry or racist is all that I was saying.

wade-watt

4:22 PM

I like Canada 's MP Justin Trudeau

MattD

@steelerfan I know that not everyone supporting Trump is a bigot of some kind, but his platform is largely predicated on "America being stolen" by whomever is best suited to their minds, be it minorities or Liberals or the government itself, and they don't seem to realize that those problems came about due to their own actions.

user116211

@steelerfan Trump provides huge entertainment in many shows like Jimmy Kimmel.

MattD

I constantly see them bitch about politicians who have been in office for decades, and yet they are the ones who put them there and who likely continue to put them there.

"Let's implement term limits for members of Congress!" We already have that, it's called an election.

user116211

Trumpa Loompa

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steelerfan

@MattD Point taken. No worries :)

My new mom is a Clinton supporter, so there's that ;)

@MAFIA36790 Hehe!

MattD

4:25 PM

@steelerfan I'm pretty much the only Democrat in my entire family. Fortunately my wife is also pretty much Democrat/Liberal, as is most of her family.

wade-watt

there are no supporter of Trump so how can he win elections demo's ?

and statistics

MattD

I don't feel I have to walk on eggshells around them.

Then again I've never had a problem expressing my opinions to my family on various matters. :P

user116211

@wade-watt How did he even come to such stage as the ultimate contender? I wonder that...

wade-watt

@MAFIA36790 richness ?

steelerfan

@MattD Yeah, my sister and I are in the minority. We are really on neither side. I actually like that candidate that Wad is working for...great, now I forgot her name. She is the green party or something. I believe that she's a Doctor.

user116211

4:27 PM

@wade-watt maybe; but you can't deny there is no support for him at all.

MattD

@MAFIA36790 Because enough people liked that he was an outsider and was "self-funding" his campaign and wasn't bought by other people and would build a wall and blah blah blah blah blah.

wade-watt

@MAFIA36790 yeah but a few maybe

Himarm

good news is after the latest set of DNC leeked emails, we know the going price for a US ambassadorship

user116211

@MattD Maybe if he becomes President, he would be an ally of the Fat Kim ;P

Himarm

600k will get you a decent spot

steelerfan

4:28 PM

@MattD Have you seen the "News room" over at SFF? There are always interesting political debates going on over there. Ask Himarm ;)

Himarm

3.5 mill gets you to be ambasador to UK

user116211

@steelerfan There exists even such thing? OMG!!!

MattD

@steelerfan I have not. As noted earlier I don't really venture over there.

steelerfan

@MAFIA36790 Yeah, it was created after there was some police shootings and the whole Black Lives Matter thing was being hotly debated in SFF main chat room, so whenever there is political talk, people go in there and debate.

People go in there and debate...and get flagged...and get chat-banned :P

user116211

@steelerfan oops... Radioactive zone .... Warning ;))

steelerfan

4:32 PM

Hehehe!

Napoleon Wilson

@MattD If I had a problem with politicians being bought, I'm not sure I would root for the most capitalistic capitalist that capitalism has ever seen, though. ;-)

MattD

Anyway, I'm gonna try and scrounge up some lunch.

Napoleon Wilson

I liked his reality show, though, where people had to fight for a job in his business. That was quite interesting. He should go back to that.

user116211

@MattD BTW, who will pay for building the walls? The Mexican Govt. or the Trump ~~Regime~~ Govt.?

Napoleon Wilson

I thought the premise was that Mexico does (by whatever magical persuasion).

steelerfan

4:43 PM

@NapoleonWilson The Apprentice? I think that his daughter took it over.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Ah. I only saw a single season of that quite some time ago. But I enjoyed it.

steelerfan

I have never seen it.

Napoleon Wilson

I wonder if they have Simon's water gallon puzzle over at Puzzling.

I also like the St. Ives guy with his seven wifes and seve cats, but I guess that's more of a trick question thing and I doubt they'll do that there.

steelerfan

Hey! That's from Die Hard with a vengeance

Napoleon Wilson

4:58 PM

Of course it is!

steelerfan

:)

Yay! I'm done with work. Leaving now :)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Me too! \o/

Napoleon Wilson

5:12 PM

@DrRDizzle So is that title actually meant in the sense of never stopping the act of never stopping?

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson What puzzle is this?

Ankit Sharma

5:36 PM

@MAFIA36790 lol, no

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor One about switching water from specifically measured bottles to reach a certain target amount.

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson Oh, there's a whole tag for those problems. I thought you meant one in particular.

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor I do mean a specific one. But I'm too lazy to explain it, watch Die Hard with a Vengeance instead. It's rather simple, though.

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson It's covered by the general case anyway (which actually mentions that film in the question).

Napoleon Wilson

Oh, well that's a Puzzling question of the good kind!

Rand al'Thor

5:53 PM

@NapoleonWilson As opposed to?

Movie Reel

6:22 PM

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Q: What is the origin of the title of Death Eater?

I don't remember it being explained in the movies. Does the title have any meaning and where did it come from?

harry-potter

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Q: 1980s TV show or movie where a man is shot with a machine gun in a cave

I have a memory that is an amalgamation of several movies and TV shows from the 1980s. I've been able to parse it and identify most of the pieces (Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold [1986], Willow [1988], Star Trek: The Original Series [not technically from the 1980s but that's when I saw...

identify-this-movie identify-this-tv-show

Napoleon Wilson

6:37 PM

@Randal'Thor Well, questions that aren't about puzzling.

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson ??

You mean off-topic questions?

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor Indeed, like people presenting their cool puzzles and getting spoiler-block-ridden answers. You know, questions that aren't actually, well, about puzzling. ;-)

@MovieReel Sounds awfully familiar.

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson Oh, so you're one of those people :-/

Napoleon Wilson

@Randal'Thor I thought you knew that already.

Napoleon Wilson

7:12 PM

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Rand al'Thor

:32339747 Sure :-) It's kinda off-topic anyway; this would be a better place to discuss Puzzling SE.

Napoleon Wilson

Power Station We Fight For Love Commando

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@Randal'Thor Indeed. Which I'll the hell refrain from doing.

Movie Reel

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Q: Movie with coincidental visit to Africa and marriage

As far as I can remember, a guy was coincidentally meeting a woman (I think her name started with an 'L') constantly. When they visited Africa, they, again met. As far as I can remember, there was an assistant, called "Mfana". Also, one of the guy's daughters was called "ESPN". Here is what I ...

identify-this-movie

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson I've got the pitchforks ready :-P

Dr R Dizzle

7:28 PM

@NapoleonWilson Yes. Don't ever stop not stopping.

Napoleon Wilson

@DrRDizzle I admittedly only realized this now.

Makes sense, though, and is pretty great.

@Randal'Thor Sure, the Nelson Mandela of Puzzling. ;-)

Ankit Sharma

7:50 PM

So much deleted stuff

Anyways good night

Rand al'Thor

@NapoleonWilson Napoleon, all is forgiven :-)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Drgh! I never realized that it was actually the disappointed cougar that claimed Johnny stole the wallet that the Schumachers actually stole. I have seen that so often but never really seemed to have picked that up. Duh!

steelerfan

8:14 PM

@NapoleonWilson Are you watching Dirty Dancing right now or something?

Catija

@steelerfan sorry :(

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steelerfan

My stupid pool is closed for the rest of the day and my dad doesn't want any visitors, I guess :'(

@Catija Awwwww. YAY!! This just made my day brighter! :)

@NapoleonWilson @Randal'Thor What in the heck were you guys doing in here? ;)

Catija

:D Always glad to help. :D

steelerfan

@Catija He is just so beautiful! How is he doing?

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Of course!

Catija

8:19 PM

He's certainly a cutie :D He's doing great. The pediatrician's a little concerned about his weight gain being low but he's been doing better this week. We'll see what she says tomorrow at our appointment.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Oh. I'm sorry.

@Catija He can talk already?

Catija

@NapoleonWilson Huh? She... the pediatrician...

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson I know. My dad has never not wanted to see us :'( I...I don't know :'(

Napoleon Wilson

@Catija Oh, right. Sorry.

steelerfan

@Catija Are you breast feeding?

Napoleon Wilson

8:21 PM

@steelerfan Oh. Well, maybe you should just look after him anyway then. :'(

@steelerfan What does you mother say on the matter?

Catija

@steelerfan Yeah.

steelerfan

@Catija As long as he still has an appetite, he should be fine. He looks nice and healthy and beautiful :)

Catija

Supply isn't an issue and he certainly eats often... we went to a lactation consultant and she said that he should be doing just fine... it's just difficult to tell... and they expect them to gain 1.5 oz (45 g) per day! Which seems like a lot to me.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson I don't know. She hasn't called me back yet and my phone is dead atm. I might go down to her work and talk to her. I don't know yet.

@Catija Don't babies need to be in a certain percentile for their weight and growth? Like, as long as they're above 50 percentile or something?

I swear to God that I want a baby if I was guaranteed that he would be this beautiful. OMG.

Catija

@steelerfan Well, he's down at 33% or so... so I think that may be part of it.

But last time he was measured, he's in the 90th percentile for height.

steelerfan

8:31 PM

@Catija Ahhh...I see. Well, he is a big boy! Perhaps he just needs to eat more ;)

sanpaco

9:28 PM

Today I sat at my desk halfway between sleep and awake and hoped for an interesting Movies and TV question...

Movie Reel

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Q: What exactly are Dementors in The Prisoner of Azkaban?

In the Prisoner of Azkaban they have these Dementors looking for Sirius Black. But what are they? Are they created beings, dead witches and wizards, cursed beings, demons, etc? I know they mention in the movie they are guards or something in Azkaban. But beyond the role of what they do, what ex...

character the-prisoner-of-azkaban

MattD

9:50 PM

So I created an SFF account, mainly to flag and comment on this answer. :P scifi.stackexchange.com/a/140767/71606

Rand al'Thor

10:02 PM

@MattD Thanks! Enjoy your Citizen Patrol badge ;-)

Movie Reel

10:31 PM

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Q: Weird Framing? Everybody Says I Love You (1996)

The directing style of Woody in this one baffles me, he constantly cuts faces, shows only certain body parts and more than often there is no emphasis on the person who is speaking in the frame. My favourite example is in the jewellery shop scene. Here we only see the jeweller's hand, only afte...

woody-allen

Movie Reel

11:30 PM

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Q: Italian cinema, 80-90's, comedy

I am looking for an Italian movie, which is made in that time period. The features I remember (I was 5 when I saw it): - A married couple - Wife wants the husbands money - She maybe schemes with a lawyer to get it - She visits a test tube baby laboratory - At one scene she ties up the husband and...

identify-this-movie comedy

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