The Screening Room

5:01 PM

@NapoleonWilson Oh, God. Well, if it's that important to you, you know that I will. You better provide me with a more pleasurable viewing experience the 4th time watching it, then ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelersquirrel Awww, don't worry, it's not. ;-)

steelersquirrel

@NapoleonWilson I will. I don't care. I just want to know what's going to make me like the movie after watching it with you...what are you going to provide me with that I wasn't provided with the first 3 times?

Napoleon Wilson

@steelersquirrel Awww, I don't know, I could explain to you what's going on.

steelersquirrel

Well...alright, then.

Napoleon Wilson

(I know what you want to hear, but sorry, no distractions for that film.) ;-P

Movie Reel

5:07 PM

0

Q: <In the Heart of the Sea> Joy kept a bottle all through the drift. What was it?

When Essex was on fire, a stoppered bottle rolled in front of Joy who was moving stuffs to boats. Later, the bottle was seen when Joy took it out of his pocket to see it. He never opened it the whole way despite the fact that he was dying. Is it whale oil or liquor or something else I don't know?...

steelersquirrel

@NapoleonWilson Meh. Don't worry. I'm used to not hearing what I want to hear by now ;)

Napoleon Wilson

:'(

@MovieReel Oh c'mon. You know you can edit it if it's badly formatted, you don't have to downvote it.

@steelersquirrel Are you ok, little squirrelywuirrel?

steelersquirrel

@NapoleonWilson Yes.

Napoleon Wilson

O...okay.

steelersquirrel

I'm sorry. I'm just mildly curious and a little stressed about this email that I received. I will talk to you about it in a few hours.

Napoleon Wilson

5:15 PM

Okay.

steelersquirrel

I know that I was telling Ankit that I liked surprise emails earlier, but not this kind of surprise email. I just don't know.

Napoleon Wilson

Um, I didn't send any. Now I'm curious, too.

o_O

steelersquirrel

Yeah...I know you didn't send any.

Napoleon Wilson

:'(

I'll get me some coffee now.

A J

@NapoleonWilson Cheers

steelersquirrel

5:34 PM

Oh, gheez. cde's answer has a DV on it.

runs

A J

steelersquirrel

It's just a copy and paste job, but it still doesn't deserve a DV, imo...

Napoleon Wilson

Agreed.

steelersquirrel

@AJ Davy Jones is portrayed by a vampire...just sayin'

Napoleon Wilson

But this might also mean that the question might unfortunately end up with a downvote too. :'(

So M secretly works for SPECTRE?

steelersquirrel

5:37 PM

Yeah...which makes zero sense. I was going to answer that question, too. There's no way in hell that I am doing so now.

A J

Which question you're talking about?

Napoleon Wilson

@steelersquirrel Awww, please don't be repelled from answering a question that you feel have a good answer to just because of issues like that. :'(

Movie Reel

0

Q: Funding Source?

I've started watching Nikita (2010-TV). It seems Nikita is quite able to afford expensive spur of the moment things, to include travel and tech. What is her funding source? To this point in the series, she's just able to come up with the money. It doesn't state whether she has the money already o...

plot-explanation nikita

steelersquirrel

4

Q: What is the joke with Rob Reiner's hat?

In This is Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner plays a documentary filmmaker named Marty DiBergi who is wearing the same hat throughout the entire film which looks like its meant to be some sort of joke due to its alteration from the real version of the same hat. His hat says "USS OORAL SEA OV-4B" while the ...

character this-is-spinal-tap

A J

ohh

Napoleon Wilson

5:40 PM

Meh.

A J

Bleh

Anyway, time to sleep. Good night/day.

steelersquirrel

@AJ Good night :)

A J

I was going to watch a movie, but couldn't.

Napoleon Wilson

@AJ Hehe!

@AJ Oh, which one? And why couldn't you?

@AJ It even has almost community ad size. ;-)

steelersquirrel

@AJ Wisest advice: The woman is always right! I don't understand why you men can't get that through your heads ;)

Napoleon Wilson

5:48 PM

Hmpf, I know. I'll learn some day, I promise. :'(

steelersquirrel

Oh, God...like I'm serious! Stop crying, already! ;)

A J

@NapoleonWilson Phobia, a Bollywood movie Ankit suggested.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelersquirrel Awww, you think I am? ;-P

@AJ I see.

steelersquirrel

@NapoleonWilson Of course not! I know that you would never admit to or concede to me being right all of the time ;)

Napoleon Wilson

Hehe!

A J

5:51 PM

And I couldn't watch it because I got busy watching the current state election drama on news. A fun show from popular RJ was also on air.

Napoleon Wilson

Oh.

steelersquirrel

@AJ Oh, God. That sounds like a weird and bizarre Ankit-like movie just from the title ;)

A J

Haha

steelersquirrel

I'm still recovering from the Human Centipede thing that he has talked about. I made the mistake of googling it and instantly regretting it and being scarred for life ;)

The deranged Doctor in that movie is German, btw...just sayin'

Napoleon Wilson

I'm...not surprised.

A J

5:56 PM

@steelersquirrel If woman is always right, then what happens when two women start arguing. ;P

steelersquirrel

@AJ Mass hysteria and utter chaos. Ask Napoleon. He has seen an argument with my sister and I. It isn't pretty ;)

Napoleon Wilson

I still haven't seen you arguing live yet, though. o_O

steelersquirrel

@NapoleonWilson Why? Are you guys known for your deranged Doctors?

A J

Means you only heard.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelersquirrel I guess so.

Riker

5:58 PM

hello

@steelersquirrel define "not pretty"

steelersquirrel

@NapoleonWilson Well, you were sitting next to me when I yelled at her and hung up the phone on her ;)

@Riker Meaning that it was an ugly scene ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelersquirrel There were no kicks, punches and scratches, though.

Riker

@steelersquirrel lol

steelersquirrel

@NapoleonWilson Doctors that would do what the Human centipede Doctor would do? Oh, God.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelersquirrel I don't know.

steelersquirrel

6:01 PM

@NapoleonWilson Well, there hasn't been any of that since we were kids ;)

Napoleon Wilson

I see.

sanpaco

@steelersquirrel whoa that is cool!

steelersquirrel

@NapoleonWilson God dammit, Napoleon! Do you know anything? You roll up claiming that you have deranged Doctors in Germany but you don't know why they're deranged ;)

Napoleon Wilson

All I was saying is that it didn't surprise me that they gave the doctor from that movie a German background, is all. ;-)

steelersquirrel

@sanpaco I know, right? I was actually really excited about your question and was gathering information to answer it and I found that!

@NapoleonWilson Oh...okay. I must be missing something, but it's not the first time.

Movie Reel

6:12 PM

0

Q: Does the Machine remember already reported numbers?

If the machine remembers absolutely nothing over midnight, shouldn't it repeatedly report the same (both relevant and irrelevant) social security numbers every day (to Finch and Control) until that person is killed or rescued? If it doesn't remember the numbers, it should discover (and report) th...

person-of-interest

steelersquirrel

Ha! I just earned a silver badge over on SE History...on the exact question that completely repelled me from that site ;)

Napoleon Wilson

Oh.

Riker

@steelersquirrel lol which one?

@steelersquirrel south park did that much better

steelersquirrel

5

Q: Why was the swordsman of Calais chosen as Anne Boleyn's executioner?

Anne Boleyn was executed on May 19, 1536. Displaying an act of "mercy", King Henry VIII dispatched a skilled executioner to perform the execution by sword rather than by axe or being burned at the stake. The swordsman was dispatched from Calais, English occupied France at the time. Obviously,...

england death-penalty tudor-period henry-viii

Napoleon Wilson

@Riker You could have done the hard work and looked it up yourself, like I did. ;-P

steelersquirrel

6:19 PM

@Riker Oh, God. I could only imagine...

Riker

they didn't read the license agreement completely

therefore they became the iHumanCentipede, courtesy of apple

steelersquirrel

Catija actually helped me with that question and it took me forever to do it.

Napoleon Wilson

I don't really see that much opposition to it in the comments, just a little discussion on improving it. But I admittedly don't know the history, maybe there are some deleted comments.

sanpaco

I'll watch just about anything and have watched Human Centipede, but there's a very small list of things I regret having watched and it is on that list.

steelersquirrel

@NapoleonWilson Because it had close votes on it because I requested sources. Then, I was also repelled by a comment that was made about how I shouldn't expect to find an answer to my question on that site...or something to that effect.

Napoleon Wilson

6:24 PM

Hmm, okay.

Riker

@steelersquirrel I actually just made my first history.se post like yesterday, because it was closed on literature lol

5

Q: Where does the phrase "behind the wind" come from?

In Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years, chapter 4 ("The World Behind the Wind"), the second-to-last sentence: On the evidence of the events of the fifteenth century, in the world east of the Bay of Bengal—the world "behind the wind", as Arab navigators called it—China could have ...

medieval-china terminology

steelersquirrel

@Riker Did you request sources? If you did, it will probably be closed there as well ;)

Riker

lol

I actually originally requested a source, but not as a reference

no answer though :/

steelersquirrel

I have seriously never heard of anything more ridiculous. It's a frigging History site! How can you not request sources?

Riker

ye

steelersquirrel

6:28 PM

In the deleted comments, I was accused of doing research homework or something to that effect because I requested sources. It's just laughable.

Riker

ye

steelersquirrel

Oh, right! That's it! I was requesting sources other than Wikipedia! That's right!

Napoleon Wilson

Well, from the comments it seems it is a little more intricate than just that. We don't really know why this policy developed nor how it works exactly. It might admitredly seem a little strange, but it's a whole difference site altogether.

Riker

@Catija ben has really nice eyes

just a note

steelersquirrel

The point is that I re edited the god damn thing to fit what they wanted, which basically changed what I wanted to ask entirely and then after doing so, I get told that it's doubtful that my question could even be answered.

It's completely inconsistent matched with extreme nastiness by that community. It seems the majority of questions end up in a comment war, which has just led many users that I know from Sci-fi as well as myself just not participating there anymore.

sanpaco

6:35 PM

I've stopped participating in several other SE sites for similar reasons

Sometimes users on here get a little overly concerned about whether or not something is OT or not instead of just answering the question or providing guidance it turns into "your question is stupid and you're stupid for asking it"

steelersquirrel

That's why I get so upset when questions here get slammed with down votes and close votes within 2 seconds. I'm not talking about the obvious crap, but moderately okay questions that are just fine, but could maybe be edited. I don't know.

Napoleon Wilson

But sometimes users can also misunderstand a constructive discussion striving to improve a question. Not always are comment threads useless and I would refrain from getting repelled too easily from what is ultimately the normal purpose of SE comments. (That just as a general remark not necessarily related to the specific questions discussed here.)

steelersquirrel

@sanpaco Exactly! Thank you! You just said it perfectly!

Napoleon Wilson

Not every user takes constructive criticism too well and sometimes people can get offended by what is ultimately just a misunderstanding or an impartial tone they might not be used to from other forums. Misunderstandings are just all too common on the internet.

Riker

TIL the ninja edit rule still works if the comment on the question is your comment

sanpaco

6:42 PM

That is true too. There has to be a happy medium between being thick skinned and not taking things too personal but also helping provide constructive criticism rather than being a complete ass. I've been on all sides at some point, no one is perfect.

steelersquirrel

@NapoleonWilson It is always the way that it is said. A little common courtesy when leaving a comment goes a long way with people and since you can't judge the tone of another's voice on the internet, it's just best to be polite. A lot of people (myself included) don't like being spoken to like that and it easily gets misconstrued.

Napoleon Wilson

@sanpaco Agreed.

@steelersquirrel Agreed.

steelersquirrel

That's why I always loved @John's comments that he leaves and I be sure to tell him how much his politeness is appreciated :)

Napoleon Wilson

;-)

steelersquirrel

@sanpaco Even when I want to say "WTF? Are you kidding me right now?" I always welcome new users and then thank them for taking the time to post something and then make a constructive comment or ask a question about their post.

sanpaco

6:49 PM

@steelersquirrel Yeah I definitely am trying to work on being more patient with new users :P

Napoleon Wilson

> Aningaaq!

steelersquirrel

Well, I just know how I felt. I remember being reemed in the comments on one of my first few answers for not using quote blocks...which completely hurt my feelings and I spent so much time on it only to be told in that manner...which I didn't even know that I had to do.

Napoleon Wilson

:'(

steelersquirrel

Yeah...pretty sure that it was you now that I think about it. When you were that Tom Cody person. I keep forgetting that used to be you.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelersquirrel Yeah, I think so too. I just took a look. I guess I'm an asshole. :'(

steelersquirrel

6:58 PM

Of course...my idea of "reemed" is probably far different than yours...

Napoleon Wilson

:'(

steelersquirrel

@NapoleonWilson Yeah. I almost left because of that, just so you know.

Anyways, it's done and over now.

I gotta go. Have a good day everyone :)

Movie Reel

0

Q: What does the intro of Nocturnal Animals means?

In the intro of the movie "Nocturnal Animals" what do the ugly fat women and their silly lipsticks represent?

nocturnal-animals

Movie Reel

7:21 PM

0

Q: Can Loki control the Vision?

As we all know the Vision is made with the Mind-stone which was a part of Loki's staff. Loki has controlled this staff for decades. So does that mean Loki can also control the Vision?

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

SQB

7:42 PM

I just added a tag salary, because I couldn't find another relevant tag. Or should I have used another term?

(Okay, technically I didn't add it, since my edit is still pending review).

But I can imagine more questions about the wages made by actors and other professionals.

Gallifreyan

8:05 PM

Hey, is there a place where I can access the source code for your HNQ feed?

Paulie_D

Movies & TV Moderation and Maintenance

Maintenance and review room for movies.stackexchange.com. For ...

John

8:55 PM

@steelersquirrel @NapoleonWilson @sanpaco Well spoken. Politeness is so easy to do. At times, helpfulness is almost free.

Napoleon Wilson

9:08 PM

@Gallifreyan I can just give it to you. It's just a few lines of Google Apps Script.

function doGet()
{
var feed = UrlFetchApp.fetch('http://stackexchange.com/feeds').getContentText();
var document = XmlService.parse(feed);
var root = document.getRootElement();
var atom = XmlService.getNamespace('http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom');
var entries = document.getRootElement().getChildren('entry', atom);
for (var i = 0; i < entries.length; i++)
{
var id = entries[i].getChildText('id', atom);
if(id.substr(0, 14) != 'http://movies.')
entries[i].detach();
}
feed = XmlService.getCompactFormat().setLineSeparator('\n').setEncoding('UTF-8').setIndent(' ').format(document);

Jun 23 '16 at 23:37, by Napoleon Wilson

That's all. Make that a Google Apps Script and publish it as a webapp. Then make a chatbot with the app's adress as feed source.

All it does is listen for the SE HNQ feed, filter out everything that's not a specific site and publish that as a new RSS feed.

However, note that it only works for the top 30 HNQs. To change that, make your vote here:

16

Q: Make the Stack Exchange Hot Questions feed include all HNQs

I noticed that the Stack Exchange Hot Questions feed only comprises the 30 topmost HNQs rather than all 100. I wonder why that is and if there is a good reason for it, when the complete list isn't unhealthily large either with just 100 instead of 30. I would thus hereby propose to extend the fee...

feature-request hot-questions feed

Jun 23 '16 at 23:39, by Napoleon Wilson

(By the way, chat seems to post-process links in messages, so in the links in my code up there, you need to actually prepend an http://

Passerby

10:11 PM

@steelersquirrel I can hardly contain my surprise on that. It's almost as if someone is down voting every single question or answer I post immediately.

Paulie_D

@Passerby Odd...I've had some odd down votes too. Fortunately some kind soul has been going through some of my Sherlock answers and upvoting. Hope that doesn't get reversed. :)

Movie Reel

10:50 PM

0

Q: John Wick: Chapter 2 body count?

I saw John Wick: Chapter 2 today but lost track of the number of people killed. I think I was distracted by all the modern art. How many people did he whack?

action

Movie Reel

11:27 PM

0

Q: Was David who he claimed to be?

In the tense thriller The Guest, David appears at a family home claiming to be an ex soldier and colleague of the family's dead son Caleb. The family has a photograph of the military unit which appears to validate David's story as someone resembling him is in the picture alongside Caleb. But lat...

plot-explanation the-guest

Movie Reel

11:48 PM

0

Q: Stalker movie from the 90's

This has been bugging me for days. I hope someone can help. The movie is about this guy stalking a girl. (He gets into her apartment and covers himself with paint to look like the brick wall. You don't see that part in the movie) She's in her apartment walking around and when she passes th...

identify-this-movie

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