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Movie Reel

02:23

Q: Has Scarlett Johansson ever sang good (in universe)?

In the "Lost in Translation" we can see Charlotte (Scarlet) goofing with Bob (Murray) in the karaoke bar - we can see that she is rather trying to have fun rather than perform well. In "The Other Boleyn Girl", when forced to sing in front of the queen, she sings weakly, with causes other ladies t...

Vishwa

02:53

@NogShine nothing fancy.. went to taj mahal on my last day, other than that, I visited a few places my indian friend/colleague take me to. she said they were historic but not recognized and valued as they should be.. I have some photos, will post here when I get a chance

@NogShine Sheldon is the leder of C-men

@AnkitSharma batman can always kick his titanium+-platinum ass. even without the armor..

@NogShine you missed me :/

Movie Reel

Q: How do the surviving Asgardians get to Earth?

In Thor: Ragnarok, many Asgardians are killed; all surviving members of the race that we know of escape on a space ship. At the start of Avengers: Infinity War we see that they were almost immediately intercepted by Thanos, who slaughters many and blows up their ship. In Avengers: Endgame, it is ...

marvel-cinematic-universe

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Ankit Sharma

05:47

@Vishwa agreed

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M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

10:50

@Vishwa Heh, these cross-referring peeing contests always crack me up.

Why does it matter who'd win in a fight between Batman and Iron Man?

Nog Shine

Who would speak better English? @M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ from Earth or Marshmallow from a planet which is 5000 light years away from us?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Me of course. Marshmallow is a loser who's just pretending.

Nog Shine

Hahaha

How are you?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Doing fine, you?

And of course Batman would definitely kick Iron Man's ass. Iron man is kinda a little bit . . . dead.

Nog Shine

I am recovering from cold. Other than that, very fine.

Ankit Sharma

10:56

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ not in comics

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@AnkitSharma OK. Next question. Why would they fight?

Next next question. Why would they fight until one is fatally injured?

@NogShine Cold? The whole world is slowly simmering and you caught a cold?

Nog Shine

Next next next question. Why would they position themselves so that one can kick on each other asses?

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Global warming is a myth. ;)

Ankit Sharma

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ amalgam comcis I guess

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Bonus question. What would Spiderman's JJJ make of that?

> Your version of an answer was to turn into a wind-up drummer monkey.

@NogShine 4000 f***ing degrees outside says no.

Or maybe quote him from Burn After Reading.

A J

11:12

> Roses are red. Smiling is free. The particles in one mole are 6.02x10^23.

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ ^^

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Ankit Sharma

12:20

🙄

A J

12:38

@AnkitSharma You're not from science background. So you won't understand. :P

Ankit Sharma

O.o

A J

That's a chemistry thing. ;P

Ankit Sharma

13:35

o.O

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Movie Reel

16:00

Q: Why is "Meryl Streep" always holding oranges in "The Strike"?

The Comic String Presents...The Strike is about a screenwriter who attempts to pitch a film about a failed miner's strike, only to discover that American film executives are rewriting it into a bizarre, cliché-filled "Hollywood" movie. The lead actress is played by "Meryl Streep", and her charact...

the-strike

nitsua60

16:49

If you're troubled by an asterisk'ed-out swear-emphasis from half a day ago, please ping an RO or local mod about it. I'm not marking that flag as valid.

Napoleon Wilson

o_O

That's noble, but the point of that chat message eludes me then.

Ankit Sharma

17:12

Not sure what was flagged but intention look suspicious

Anyways need to decide what to watch now

Maybe a YouTube original 🤔

Napoleon Wilson

Candyman.

Ankit Sharma

Looks like it's not available here on streaming services I have

Too tired for torrent efforts

Maybe I can complete remaining meta answer first

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@AJ Excellent

Ankit Sharma

😒

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@AnkitSharma Perhaps my message.

@NapoleonWilson Expletives are used for emphasis. Not every chat message is supposed to have an ulterior motive. That said, if someone was offended by a self-censored expletive that was not directed at anyone, and you wished to have given me a 30-minute suspension that I would have missed anyway, I apologize.

That's that I guess.

Napoleon Wilson

17:23

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ I...wasn't actually talking about the flagged message. In fact I don't even know which message was flagged, nor do I care in the absence of an actual flag.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@AnkitSharma Don't worry. I'm not trying to win the popularity contest . . . even if I'm winning it :p

@NapoleonWilson Oh, double apologize for misreading your message then

Apology, I guess

Napoleon Wilson

Is the second one honest at least? ;-)

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Nope. I lied about there being no ulterior motive

Checks campaign funding

Napoleon Wilson

That'd be the first one, though.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

So, what was your message about?

By the way, I finally got to watch Endgame. I'm glad it can still hit HNQ.

Thinking of an obvious question

Napoleon Wilson

17:26

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ I wouldn't worry about it.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Uh um, "What does time travel have to do with Mobius strips" Nope, too obviously nerdy. "How did Tony manage to look at the blinding light from Captain Lant . . . Marvel" Nah, too nitpicky

"Does Steve's decision rupture the whole time–space thing and doom everyone" Nope, too dark

Napoleon Wilson

Good luck finding a reasonable question that isn't a duplicate.

I guess only finding an unreasonable question that isn't a duplicate is harder.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Only for reasonable people

"omg i love tonys armur" Nope, too off-topic.

Napoleon Wilson

Armour de l'amour?

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

"Won't Hulk be too hungry with just one sandwich?"

Now THAT'S a reasonable question.

Napoleon Wilson

17:33

Only if you're the owner of a comic book shop.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@NapoleonWilson Yeah, phase 4, Hulk goes on a Rampage because of hunger and The Rock calms him down.

Q: Recognition for Answers that Save Lives

We should have an explicit feature for recognizing/rewarding/glorifying answers that save peoples' lives. The OP of this question over at Great Outdoors commented in the accepted answer several years later stating that the advice given in the answer literally saved their life. Aside from feelin...

feature-request answers

Wow, nice.

I mean, not the feature request, but the saving life thing.

Napoleon Wilson

Oh, you got me worried for a moment. ;-)

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@NapoleonWilson Hey, that'd be betraying years of meta experience for me

Read 'downvoting rants and enjoying the reactions in comments with popcorn'

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Napoleon Wilson

18:40

I'm looking forward to the Suspiria remake on Amazon Prime. I'm sure it's audiovisually interesting in its own ways and probably also more sexually enticing than the original, but I doubt it could beat the original's enigmatic soundtrack.

Movie Reel

19:39

Q: Why do movie directors/actors frequently boast about how some stunts/special effects were done without CGI or stunt doubles?

Some examples of what I'm talking about: Jackie Chan was famous for doing his own tricks without stunt doubles Lord of Rings boasted about doing many of the special effects without CGI In La La Land the actors often mentioned how they're doing the singing and dancing by themselves But why is ...