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= July 14 =

Can someone please tell me what the movie with the orange sky is?
Hi all. I remember watching a movie around five to ten years ago that for some reason I thought was Journey to the Center of the Earth. It was a while back, and I was young, so I remember very little besides that. For one, there was an orange sky created by atmospheric disturbances in orange dust high above. It was always that orange-like twilight. I remember also there was a love story involving the son of one of the main characters and a woman from that place. There was something about escaping through an underwater tunnel, and the son declaring that he was going to go back and visit/live-with the girl.

Now all of this does seem like a version of JCE, and I remember it being so, but in wikipedia, I can't for the life of me find it. The 1959 film doesn't have the love story, the 1989 film had a teenage girl as a main character, and the 2008 film is, well, way too recent.

Much help appreciated ! -=- Xhin -=- (talk) 02:35, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * There were made-for-TV versions in 1993 and 1999 . Could it be one of those? Zagalejo^^^ 05:53, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Didn't Damnation Alley take place under an orange sky? However, I don't recall it having the love story you describe (though neither does the 1959 film version of Journey). The first part of Night of the Comet was also rather orange. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:54, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea had the orange sky, but nothing else fits. Deor (talk) 16:20, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Addendum: There was a made-for-TV version of Journey to the Center of the Earth in 1999 which, although having little to do with Verne's novel, seems to have contained some of the elements you mention. Do any of the details in this synopsis ring any bells? I'm not sure whether the sky was orange, but this soundtrack illustration features an orangish skylike background. Deor (talk) 21:20, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * And which I see Zagalejo has already referred to above. Deor (talk) 01:40, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

That's it all right, Deor. Love story, orange sky, and even the year fit what I remember. Thanks! -=- Xhin -=- (talk) 02:26, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Solitaire game
Another question reminded me of this... About 15-20 years ago, I was taught a version of solitaire that I've never seen anyone else since, play. It's like Royal Marriage in a way but different.

The player holds the entire deck, face down, in one hand. They deal one card at a time from the bottom and put it face up on the top. They continue to do this all the way through the deck. While doing this, if two cards of the same suit come up and are four cards apart, the two cards between them are removed. If two cards that are the same value come up, again, four cards apart then all four cards are removed. Using Hearts as an example, if the "suit" is used to remove cards, this obviously leaves a heart on top. The two middle cards are removed and now if the fourth card down is yet another heart, then the next two middle cards are removed. Same value pairs are nice because you remove four cards but same suit pairs are possibly better because of the cascade/domino effect of potentially removing more cards.

If all the cards are removed, the player wins. Granted, the chances of this are fairly low since the first card dealt must be the same value as the last card AND the last card must be just four cards away from the first. So, does this sound familiar? Does it have a name? Dismas |(talk) 13:17, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I have played this! It is nice because you don't need tons of flat space (or any, really) to play, unlike many solitaire games.  Looks like it is called Hand. -- KathrynLybarger (talk) 14:50, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, the way I was taught, you also win if you end up with only two cards left; that is, the first and last cards of those last four can be just the same suit. The article says you win if you have 5 or fewer cards left.  How could you have 5 or any odd number left?  You're always removing an even number of cards! -- KathrynLybarger (talk) 15:30, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


 * If you had 6 cards remove 2 (suit match) you get to be on 4 cards if you then add your next card (5) and that gets you to remove another 2 you are now on three cards so odd numbers are possible (unless i'm missing something). ny156uk (talk) 19:55, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I meant at the end of play. In the situation you describe, you had only played seven cards (an odd number would be left in the pile). -- KathrynLybarger (talk) 21:16, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you! I now have a name for this.  Although, the way it's shown in the article is slightly different than the way I play it.  The way I do it is to have the next card dealt go face up and on top of the cards that are in play.  The way shown in the article has the next card dealt going between those that are face up and those that are face down.  Essentially, so that you're always looking at the first card dealt on top.  Dismas |(talk) 20:05, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Good eye! I hadn't looked at the pictures that closely, but I too put the new card on top of the pile.  Our way would probably make it difficult to manage the discards or know when you are done.  When I played, I just put the discards in my lap. -- KathrynLybarger (talk) 21:16, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Sixty to Zero pt. 2
I've just discovered Neil Young's Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero pt. 1) and I love it -- is there a part 2 in existence? Thanks. Vranak (talk) 18:09, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


 * It appears that there used to be something with that name on YouTube, but it was removed by the poster. -- KathrynLybarger (talk) 22:19, 14 July 2008 (UTC)