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WHEEZY KISS A DUDE posted:Is there an official name for that crossroads that's in a whole lot of movies? It seems like it's in the middle of nowhere. I know for a fact it's in The Muppet Movie, Castaway, and was made to look like dirt roads in O Brother Where Art Thou. A place where two roads intersect, in the country somewhere? Is there a distinctive sign or something that makes you think those are the same intersection?
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Crossroads are a metaphor, man. 
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Mar 10, 2013 06:56
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According to IMDB, the crossroads in Cast Away is "Farm to Market Roads 48 and 1268, Mobeetie, Texas, USA" but I can't find reference to that anywhere else, and apparently the large majority of O Brother Where Art Thou was shot in Mississippi. As to why I think they are the same throughout the different movies is because it's always shot exactly the same way and the background, signage, etc always looks exactly the same. But I suppose that could just be a coincidence.
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Mar 10, 2013 07:13
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Crossroads have a whole bundle of symbolic significance dating back to the middle ages at least. Like there's all those stories of people meeting the Devil at one for example.
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Mar 10, 2013 07:16
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PriorMarcus posted:No, not at all.  I've been meaning to grab it from Netflix but the idea of having to watch a 4-hour silent film first was preventing me.
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Mar 10, 2013 07:39
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Is there a literal crossroads in the Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads?
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Mar 10, 2013 10:16
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LtKenFrankenstein posted:I feel like that's a trope that goes way beyond movies, at least to the real life story of Robert Johnson (the real life version of the dude from O Brother). The character in O Brother is Tommy Johnson, who was the original "sold his soul to the devil" guy. The story didn't begin to get associated with Robert Johnson until years after their deaths.
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Mar 10, 2013 14:35
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Oooooooh yeah, I got my bluesmen mixed up.
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Mar 10, 2013 15:31
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Toebone posted:The character in O Brother is Tommy Johnson, who was the original "sold his soul to the devil" guy. The story didn't begin to get associated with Robert Johnson until years after their deaths. I actually had no idea the 'sold his soul' story started with Tommy Johnson. It seems odd that it then gets attributed to Robert Johnson and goes on to become one of the most popular folk tales.
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Mar 10, 2013 16:22
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I've watched The Dark Knight a couple times, but it was at bedtime and I may have dozed a bit and missed a few things. When the Joker gave the detonaters to the two boats, I thought for sure that the twist would be that they were set up to blow up their own ships. Did they ever reveal if that was the case? This may be more of a historical question than a movie question, but in Black Hawk Down what was the reason they didn't bring in the little birds to provide protection to Mike Durant and the two snipers that were guarding him at the Super Six Four crash site?
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Mar 10, 2013 16:32
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Jeff Wiiver posted:Much obliged.
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Mar 10, 2013 17:13
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SkunkDuster posted:I've watched The Dark Knight a couple times, but it was at bedtime and I may have dozed a bit and missed a few things. When the Joker gave the detonaters to the two boats, I thought for sure that the twist would be that they were set up to blow up their own ships. Did they ever reveal if that was the case? I'm not 100% sure on this but I think that both detonators were were set to blow up both ships, as was the third detonator that the Joker had himself.
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Mar 10, 2013 17:41
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What the detonators would have done is never revealed because they're never used. It could be that they did exactly what the Joker said they would do, it could be he was being tricky, but it doesn't really matter in the end because his plan failed to work out like he wanted it to, so he wasn't able to make the point he wanted to amke.
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Mar 10, 2013 17:48
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DrVenkman posted:I actually had no idea the 'sold his soul' story started with Tommy Johnson. It seems odd that it then gets attributed to Robert Johnson and goes on to become one of the most popular folk tales. The whole thing is down to an interview Sonny Boy Williamson (I think) did with with Rolling Stone where he misattributed the story to Robert Johnson, and it took off from there. I used to have an article on the history of the thing, but I've misplaced it.
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Mar 10, 2013 18:04
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axleblaze posted:What the detonators would have done is never revealed because they're never used. It could be that they did exactly what the Joker said they would do, it could be he was being tricky, but it doesn't really matter in the end because his plan failed to work out like he wanted it to, so he wasn't able to make the point he wanted to amke. Actually the whole point of the boat thing was to distract from what Dent was up to. Batman : This city just showed you...that it's full of people ready to believe in good. Joker : Until their spirit breaks completely. Until they get a good look at the real Harvey Dent...and all the heroic things he's done. You didn't think I'd risk losing the battle for Gotham's soul...in a fistfight with you? No. You need an ace in the hole. Mine's Harvey.
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Mar 10, 2013 18:12
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Power of Pecota posted:Yesterday I saw A Zed and Two Noughts, and as dumb as the question sounds, what was going on with the guy dressed in all black and the woman dressed in all red? Outside of them being involved with the Zoo, I have no idea what they were doing or why they were doing it, and every summary/analysis thing I'm reading online just ignores them. Isn't it a reference to Vermeer, or something? It normally is with Greenaway.
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Mar 10, 2013 18:50
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Power of Pecota posted:Yesterday I saw A Zed and Two Noughts, and as dumb as the question sounds, what was going on with the guy dressed in all black and the woman dressed in all red? Outside of them being involved with the Zoo, I have no idea what they were doing or why they were doing it, and every summary/analysis thing I'm reading online just ignores them. If you can, listen to the commentary track (assuming you watched it on disc), Greenaway is insanely meticulous and has a reason for absolutely everything and he describes it all with textbook-like detail.
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Mar 10, 2013 19:57
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Can anyone think of any invisible man movies between Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man in 1951 and The Amazing Transparent Man in 1960?
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Mar 10, 2013 20:36
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SkunkDuster posted:This may be more of a historical question than a movie question, but in Black Hawk Down what was the reason they didn't bring in the little birds to provide protection to Mike Durant and the two snipers that were guarding him at the Super Six Four crash site?
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Mar 10, 2013 20:48
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penismightier posted:Can anyone think of any invisible man movies between Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man in 1951 and The Amazing Transparent Man in 1960? http://www.allmovie.com/characteristic/theme/invisible-people-d1541 There's a few listed on the all movie link that fall in between, such as The Invisible Boy. I now need to track down the Invisible Mon movies.
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Mar 10, 2013 20:54
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CopywrightMMXI posted:http://www.allmovie.com/characteristic/theme/invisible-people-d1541 Ooh geez I forgot about The Invisible Boy, what a piece of poo poo that one was.
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Mar 10, 2013 20:57
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penismightier posted:Ooh geez I forgot about The Invisible Boy, what a piece of poo poo that one was. Are you kidding? Robby the Robot helps save the entire world.
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Mar 10, 2013 21:13
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Alright, this has been driving me crazy for a while. I need to know the title for a movie I saw a trailer for and missed out on seeing a while back. It's done in a fake documentary style. It may be set in the 70's, but it was definitely shot on Super 8mmm and was a recent flick (within last decade or so). It has to do with some moon cult that says the leader can teleport to the moon. I think it starts out with the main character being an investigative journalist, that gets in over their head. This also a bit about a government cover-up with secret agents tracking the "documentarian." Any thoughts? I know it's not Dark Side of the Moon which has been the only hit I've been getting for "moon documentary fake" on Google. While, that and people being serious about no one landing on the moon.
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Mar 10, 2013 22:13
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BirdOfPlay posted:Alright, this has been driving me crazy for a while. I need to know the title for a movie I saw a trailer for and missed out on seeing a while back. Sounds a bit like Alternative 3.
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Mar 10, 2013 22:15
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I know this is a Weird Al song, but hearing this today reminded me of a question that has bugged me ever since I learned of the Wilhelm Scream and Yeaaarrrrrghh (Ahh Real Monsters). http://youtu.be/gh4zvQfDhi0?t=2m12s Is there a name for this scream? I remember it being the death scream if you fall off a cliff in Twisted Metal 2 for PSX (I think). Does it appear elsewhere?
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Mar 11, 2013 06:08
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Hockles posted:Yeaaarrrrrghh (Ahh Real Monsters). I'm 99% sure I remember seeing a clip with this from an older movie in like the '80s where a guy falls out of a window during a bar fight. It'll always be the "falling off a ledge in Dark Forces" scream to me, though.
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Mar 11, 2013 07:29
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I can't watch youtube, but I'm guessing that's the one used in Broken Arrow when the guy is kicked off a train, and if so its name actually is something like "Guy falling off a cliff screaming".
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effectual posted:I can't watch youtube, but I'm guessing that's the one used in Broken Arrow when the guy is kicked off a train, and if so its name actually is something like "Guy falling off a cliff screaming". Yeah, that's the one I was talking about. Ahh! Real Monsters S1 was 1994, Dark Forces was 1995, and Broken Arrow was 1996 - I'm pretty sure the one from 1:45-1:50 on this video is the origin, the description says it's Beethoven's Second (1993) but that doesn't seem right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_818rcC0DA
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Mar 11, 2013 07:51
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What's the etymology of the word video? I know film is the actual strip of moving pictures that a film is on, and movie comes from moving picture, but where does the word video come from?
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Mar 11, 2013 10:22
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quote:Is there a name for this scream? I remember it being the death scream if you fall off a cliff in Twisted Metal 2 for PSX (I think). Does it appear elsewhere? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StockScream Here is more than anyone needs to know about stock scream sounds. The one you're asking about is listed as "Howie Long scream" while being properly labeled as "Gut Wrenching With Fall." ^^^video is Latin for "I see", similar to audio which is from the Latin audire meaning hear. Chrtrptnt fucked around with this message at 10:26 on Mar 11, 2013 |
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Mar 11, 2013 10:23
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Skwirl posted:What's the etymology of the word video? I know film is the actual strip of moving pictures that a film is on, and movie comes from moving picture, but where does the word video come from? Videre: Latin for "to see" or "to look at".
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Mar 11, 2013 14:43
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BirdOfPlay posted:Alright, this has been driving me crazy for a while. I need to know the title for a movie I saw a trailer for and missed out on seeing a while back.
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Mar 11, 2013 16:28
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I don't mean to be a jerk, but the Youaarrrgh/Howie Long/Gut Wrenching isn't the scream that I had posted. While clicking on the link itself, it didn't properly go to the part of the song I had intended. Skip to 2:13 for the yell. That scream is the one that I am wondering about.
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fenix down posted:I bet it's Lunopolis. And you're right! I didn't even have to get 5 secs into the trailer to recognize it, and it's even on Netflix to boot. Thanks kemo sabe! Here's the trailer for those intrigued. There's also this one but I feel like it's the weaker of the two. penismightier posted:Sounds a bit like Alternative 3. The Wiki article on this sounds interesting.
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SkunkDuster posted:I've watched The Dark Knight a couple times, but it was at bedtime and I may have dozed a bit and missed a few things. When the Joker gave the detonaters to the two boats, I thought for sure that the twist would be that they were set up to blow up their own ships. Did they ever reveal if that was the case? He went into this a bit in the book. Basically, there wasnt a whole lot they could have done. The alleyway was too narrow for fly by attacks, and they didn't know how many other rpg's there could have been out there. They were not rquipped for air to ground combat, they were loaded as lightly as possible so they could stay in the air for the as long as they could. Even if they had a little bit of munitions, it would have only been enough for a strafe run or two. They had already shot down 2the blackhawks, they couldnt't risk losing anymore choppers. Plus, the little bird was there only mode of surveillance, if they had lost that they would have completely lost any tactical knowledge, and it most likely would have resulted in a complete slaughter of the American forces. The generals would have been completely blind, had no real knowlwgde where anyone was or what their situation was. Your Gay Uncle fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Mar 12, 2013 |
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The Little Birds were used for close fire support. They used a special blackhawk flying much higher so as to be immune from ground attack for surveillance and command. Also I believe there was even a spy plane circling around very very high up. The answer is that the little birds were being used elsewhere, they made it clear to Randy and Gary before they went in that there would be no support for a while.
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Mar 12, 2013 03:08
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I think I understand the concept pretty well of what a "genre film" is but not the antithesis so much. I looked up examples of "films that defy genre" etc. but even the ones listed seem like they could fit somewhat comfortably into a classification of something or another. Are there any films that defy genre completely or can all films be placed into some category? If not, what are the attributes and characteristics that place a film on the farthest outskirts of all established genres?
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Mar 13, 2013 04:27
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Repo Man doesn't fit into a genre.
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Mar 13, 2013 04:32
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I'm not sure where I'd put "Daisies" 1966.
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Jubilee (1978) is one I don't think compartmentalizes very neatly.
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