Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2012 April 22

= April 22 =

a case of serial time distortion
I think this was a webcomic, but it could be any kind of serial. When the series was two or three years old, a character said, "Whew, what a long day – it felt like it went on for years!" ...and that's when I noticed that all the events up to that point were in one day of story-time.

Does this ring any bells? —Tamfang (talk) 07:34, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Could it be Dead Winter (see sixth panel here) or perhaps FreakAngels? If it's neither of those, it's probably mentioned somewhere on this TV Tropes page. Deor (talk) 13:06, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I was thinking of Freefall; though it was not the first day, it took up two-thirds of the strips up to that point. —Tamfang (talk) 18:58, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

What was his name, or  wherefrom do I recall him ?
Greetings, after  quite  some  time. I was  watching  the  first  ever  episode  of  the  New Zealand  made  TV  Police Drama  Duggan,  from  1997,  and  starring  John Bach. Within the  episode  was  a  character  whose  name  I  have  forgotten,  but  I  am  sure  he  is  an  actor  I  have  seen  somewhere  before,  and  one  knows  the  feeling when  it  bothers  you  if  you cannot  place  someone  like  that. The actor  resembles  Timothy  Dalton,  and  may  be  it  is  he  or  this  is  why  I  think  I  recognise  him  elsewhere. As the  final  credits  rolled,  they  as  usual  went  too  quickly,  and  because  I  did  not  recall  his  character  name  I  could  not  see  who  the  actor  was. In the  episode,  he  plays  Charles Mesure's  character's  uncle,  this  uncle  being  the  husband  of  the  initial  murder  victim,  and  who  attempts  to  stick  a  loaded  shotgun  into  his  mouth  before  Duggan  stops  him. He sounds  English,  but  with  a  slight  Antipodean  accent. I tried  IMDB,  but  since  they  did  not  have  Desmond  Kelly,  who  was  in  the  episode  and  played  the  second  murder  victim,  I  wonder  if  they  left  this  actor  out  as  well. The IMDB  site  on  this  Duggan episode  has  actors  without  photos,  making  it  difficult  to  work  it  out. He could  be  the  actor  named  Stephen Papps,  but  I  will  not  know  til  Spartacus  starts  up  again  to  see  if  it  is  him. Without a  photo  I am  stuck. If anyone  in  New Zealand  taped  the  episode,  on  Heartland 17  2AM  TO  4AM  Sat  morning,  and  can  tell  me  who  that  is,  then  thanks. Chris the Russian Christopher Lilly  09:21, 22 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I see you've already found it, but in case it helps anyone else, the episode was "Death in Paradise". Adam Bishop (talk) 11:21, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, sorry,  I  should  have  mentioned  that,  but  even  knowing  this,  having  looked  it  up  on  IMDB  since  I  remembered  the  name  of  the  title  of  this  first  ever  movie  length  episode,  I  am  still  not  sure  whether  the  actor  I  am  seeking  is  named  in  those  credits  on  IMDB  or  whether  they  left  him  out  as  they  did  Desmond Kelly. The actor  looks  so  familiar  but  as  yet  I  cannot  place  him. Thanks. Chris the Russian Christopher Lilly  04:45, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I think the person you're looking for is William Brandt. See here Anyway, you can watch a portion of the episode here and its full credit sequence.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:04, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank You  for  that,  but  I  can  see  by  the  photo  this  is  not  the  actor  I  saw. Having looked  on  the  NZ On  Screen  site  for  the  credits  I  see  the  actor  Peter Vere Jones  could  resemble  him,  but  I  think  he  played  a different  character. I might  have  to  try  playing  the  episode  by  bringing  in  my  earphones  as  the  volume  is  turned  down  on  these  computers  at  Uni  to  not  disturb  others. Thanks. I am  sure  this  man  is  not  a  Kiwi, but  may  live  here,  or  he  is  but  has  been  in  something  British. Thanks. Chris the Russian Christopher Lilly  07:28, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Song ID
Which rock song is playing here from 03:33 to 03:54? Thanks. 176.241.247.17 (talk) 16:33, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it might be "Get Out of My Face" by Saving Abel. I searched for the one line that I could make out which was "get out of my face" and this was the top result.  The song on YouTube sounds a bit like the song from your video.  Dismas |(talk) 01:02, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * No, not that. 176.241.247.17 (talk) 14:40, 23 April 2012 (UTC)