Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2010 April 20

= April 20 =

Resident Evil Gamecube Remakes
Why did Capcom re-release almost identical versions of Resident Evil 2 and 3 after redesigning large parts of Resi 1?

Cynical and Skeptical (talk) 00:18, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Just a guess, but maybe they blew their Resident Evil remake budget all on the first film. StuRat (talk) 05:58, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

old giant robots film
I remember a film where two human-piloted robots were fighting. One was white and the other was black. The black one looks more like a multi-armed spider while the white one looks more humanoid or tank like. Anyways, the white robot managed to cut one of the black robot's arms but got destroyed in the process. The white robot's pilot was able to modify the black robot's broken-off arm into a missile and kill the robot with it. Both pilots survived and I guess shook hands. --121.54.2.188 (talk) 02:24, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Robot Jox 2? Dismas |(talk) 03:34, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ah it was the original according to the plot section of Robot Jox. Thanks for the help anyways.--202.92.128.29 (talk) 06:20, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I was going by the "multi-armed spider" in your description and the image on the box which appears to be a scorpion like robot. It's been years since I saw Robot Jox, so I didn't remember anything fitting that description in the original.  Glad I was able to point you in the right direction anyway.  Dismas |(talk) 06:27, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Criminal Intent
Please provide an e-mail address for the producer of Criminal Intent so I can voice my displeasure regards the loss of cast members and the foolish choice of Jeff Goldblum, etc. Many thanks  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.78.9.74 (talk) 02:51, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * No. 134.126.192.188 (talk) 03:39, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * While it would probably be possible, with effort, to locate his private email and send him an angry letter I doubt it would do much good.
 * In any case, feedback on the show can be addressed to NBC's feedback page here : . Just select the show you want to complain about in the drop down list, and write your complaint in the box.  Easy.
 * I assume they get a lot of these sorts of complaints so the Important People probably only hear about them as statistics. APL (talk) 05:12, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * He'll likely get a "thank you for your interest" kind of reply. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 07:25, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Star Trek had been cancelled after its second season, but NBC reluctantly scheduled a third season after an avalanche of complaints. They cancelled it for good after that third season. Network execs are a lot more interested in ratings than individual fan opinions. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 07:27, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Unless there are a large amount of people complaining, which could influence ratings. Chevymontecarlo . 11:57, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Star Trek hasn't been the only show to see a revival because of fans. After it was cancelled, Farscape was given the opportunity to "wrap up" the story line in a mini-series.  And Family Guy was resurrected due to good DVD sales.  Dismas |(talk) 12:43, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure. One guy sending an e-mail won't change anything. A large and significant demographic threatening to boycott the show might have a chance of changing something. It depends on how far the OP wants to take this. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:10, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I assume you mean to boycott the replacement show. That wouldn't be very effective.  If they replace it with a very different show, they may get close to 100% of the audience for the first show skipping the replacement, in any case.  But, since the new target audience is different, why would they care ? StuRat (talk) 17:39, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Basically, yes. Although once they've gone, they're not likely to come back. Basically the show will have "jumped the shark" and that's that. If people stop watching, it will go off the air, but it's very unlikely they would bring the previous cast back once they've made major changes. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:54, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Also, was this totally a network decision, or did the actors just want to do something else? Any number of shows have made major changes due to an actor leaving (Mac Stevenson leaving MASH might be the most starkly obvious). ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:55, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Or Samantha on Bewitched swapping her old Dick in for a new Dick. StuRat (talk) 03:31, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I boycotted the shit out of Dollhouse after Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was cancelled. Dollhouse didn't last much longer. This proves that my boycott was effective. The Hero of This Nation (talk) 13:20, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Or maybe that time-slot is just death, at least for sci-fi/fantasy. StuRat (talk) 16:06, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Legend of Zelda Film/TV
After purusing a page on tvtropes about video game-based movies, I found a brief mention of a fanmade film called "The Hero of Time". Now, I am a huge Nintendo and especially Zelda fanboy but I didn't hear anything about this. After looking I found it was in production for four years and was released late last year. I tried to search it out but couldn't find it. It turns out that Nintendo asked them to pull it down at the end of the year and they complied. Now, Nintendo has the right to protect it's properties; but it seems they were making no profit out of this, and Link has appeared in various other things where people made profit. World of Warcraft, Powerpuff Girls, etc. Also, if they were able to find it that soon after it came out, surely they knew about it beforehand? It seems a little malicious to wait four years before telling someone to stop working on a passion of theirs. Then I found out about a series called The Legend of Neil, which is notable enough to have an article. Why is this still allowed? It is about to start it's third season and explicitly states its a parody of Zelda. Does somehow the act of profitteering parody not subject itself to the legal troubles of a fanmade homage funded from their own pocket? 134.126.192.188 (talk) 03:46, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes. The right to parody is protected by law.  Compare this to "The Hero of Time" which was not a parody, but a serious use of Nintendo's property.
 * The theory here, more or less, is that making fun of something is a valid form of criticism and commentary and worthy of free-speech protection. APL (talk) 05:01, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Here : Fair_use APL (talk) 05:03, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Incidentally, anything popular that was once released never truly disappears. ("Information wants to be free") Things of that nature usually turn up on sites like The Pirate Bay. I mention this for informational purposes only, of course. APL (talk) 05:25, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Anime from the 70s?
I remeber once watching an anime (name I forgot) and in an episode of it, I can remember that the boy woke up and the spirit of his friend was apparently calling. That morning, I can remember one of the relatives of t6he boy said "[name of character] isn't going to be around anymore; [name of character] is dead..." I forgot the name of the character but It sounded like "Father Wing" or something like that. Then there were some flashbacks about that boy and then the scene of the boy's burial. I really want to know the anime's name because I have been curious about it for many years. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:58, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Gerald Bean/John Oliver
Does anyone know for certain if the actor known as Johh Oliver (also Gerald Bean?)- formelry of North og 60 Cdn. TV series, is alive? I've seen references that he committed suicide in 1995, but can find no verification, and can find no information on him at all, other than regarding North of 60.

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.232.222.27 (talk) 12:17, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * According to Imdb.com he still had acting credits in 1997 so 1995 would seem to be wrong. We do not have an article on him. He gave an interview in 2001 here. This page discusses the tribute to a production bus driver in the credits of the show where his character was killed off and the confusion it apparently led to (as well as his actual reason for leaving the show) Rmhermen (talk) 14:05, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Painting on Fresh Prince
In the t.v. show, fresh prince of bellair, there wea a picture on the wall in the kitchen it was a large picture, of a table and chairs, the table was set with dishes and glasses, and looked like it wes done 3-d style it was very colorful, it was not a framed picture it looked like a cut out. I have searched all kind of art work, and have found nothing even simular to it. Ther was also two other pictures in the house, I believe they were both on the wall going up the stairway one was a schoolbus, the other wae a flower arrangment, both appeared to be from the same artist. I would like the artist name, or to know where i can purchase the table picture. thank you kelly —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.90.80.99 (talk) 13:24, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * For anyone who wants to see: this video shows it fairly early on, 20 seconds in. Vimescarrot (talk) 21:55, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I tried a screen capture and a TinEye search for the image and failed, but the best frame in that video is really blurry. Is a higher quality still image available somewhere?  Comet Tuttle (talk) 23:02, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * That doesn't look like a painting. It looks like cardboard cutouts glued on top of one another.  Further, it looks like something the set designers threw together to fill an empty spot on the wall. --  k a i n a w &trade; 19:35, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

John Peel
When was John Peel's Radio 1 show on? (What slot) Chevymontecarlo. 14:40, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Depends when you're talking about. In his early days on Radio 1 he had a show on Saturday afternoons. Mostly, when people talk about John Peel's radio show, however, they mean the 10 - 12 midnight slot, Monday - Thursday. --TammyMoet (talk) 15:26, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Originally it was Monday to Friday 10-12. First he lost the Friday slot to Tommy Vance's Friday Rock Show, then he lost Thursday night as well to Vance and some dreadful AOR show called Into The Music.  Towards the end I believe it was weekends midnight till 2am or some such nonsense. --Richardrj talkemail 15:30, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Some of us have fond memories of Peel's Top Gear being on Sunday afternoons in the 1960s. There is a big archive of Peel-related info on this site, which should help.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 18:54, 20 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I find it really interesting. Chevymontecarlo . 11:53, 21 April 2010 (UTC)