Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2013 April 8

= April 8 =

Name of movie
I remember watching a sci-fi B-movie in the mid-90's. The plot was somewhat similar to Galaxy Quest in that it involved an actor transported across the galaxy to fight "real" aliens. The only scene that I remember specifically was the actor musing to himself fans of his show would surely notice his absence. The scene then cut back to Earth where a new actor had replaced his role, and the sidekick said something to the effect of "Surely, your enemies won't recognize you with this new face, Captain [Whatever-his-name-was]!" Can anyone tell me what movie this was? 98.103.60.35 (talk) 16:46, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Does anything on This list help? -- Jayron  32  20:06, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for that list, but none of those are the movie that I'm thinking of. This may have even been a made-for-TV or direct-to-video thing. 98.103.60.35 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 13:21, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

"Vergerus" in Bergman's movies
Does anybody know why Ingmar Bergman gave the rather obscure surname Vergerus to characters in several of his movies, like The Magician, The Passion of Anna and Fanny and Alexander? Egerman and Vogler show up several times as well, but I suppose those are less remarkable. --Lazar Taxon (talk) 18:25, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * World on Film: An Introduction by Martha P. Nochimson (p. 327) says that Bergman used names (including Vergerus) taken from his family, friends and acquaintances. World Film Directors: 1945-1985 by John Wakeman says; " Self-reflexive devices in Bergman's work always have been prevalent: repetition of names and settings, props that reappear in one film after another." Alansplodge (talk) 23:49, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Trying to identify a song
I'm trying to remember a song. I don't remember the words, and not much of the melody either. It's in a major key, and begings with a rising major 7 triad, starting on the 7th. If the key is F major, it would begin something like this:

( slur ) +--_______---v---+--- |             |  |  |   /  /  /     | -b--+v-|--|--|---|--|--|--/--+--- 12  |     _______  |  |  /   |  |  |  |  | -(g clef)---+-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--+--- 8  |     |  |  |  |  /         ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯  | +-|--|--|--|-+---                |     |  /  /  /                     | +-/--( slur )+---

The slurs indicate that the two second notes (F's) in the first triad and the first F in the second triad are one sustained note, and that the E quarter note and the two first E's in the last triad are one sustained note. The v's indicate that the same notes are accented. The style is soft jazz, songs like "Smoke gets in your eyes" and "As time goes by" come to mind. The high note might be a G (i.e. 9th), but I think it's an E. Not much to go by, my presentation may not be quite correct, and I might even be mixing two songs. Ideas, anyone? --NorwegianBluetalk 19:59, 8 April 2013 (UTC)


 * The rhythm isn't quite there but it seems to be "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You". Here's Ella Fitzgerald doing it like no one else ever could.  --   Jack of Oz   [Talk]  21:50, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
 * It's the closest I can come with also. --jpgordon:==( o ) 23:53, 8 April 2013 (UTC)


 * This would be a suitable question for our good friend Musipedia.--Shantavira|feed me 07:25, 9 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot! "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" it is. I did try the Flash piano of Musipedia, but I guess the fragment I was reasonably sure about was either too short or too imprecisely rendered. It had no problem recognizing "As time goes by". --NorwegianBluetalk 08:00, 9 April 2013 (UTC)