Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2013 November 17

= November 17 =

Yuri's Revenge
In the second level of the Allied campaign in Yuri's Revenge (which takes place in L.A.), there are three special infantry units on the Allied side which are armed with anti-infantry weapons and immune to mind control. Here's my question: When the game first came out, these special units were named "Flint Westwood", "Sammy Stallion", and "Arnie Frankenfurter", but when the game was reissued as part of "Command and Conquer: The First Decade" collection, they were renamed "Cowboy", "Bodybuilder" and "Hero" respectively. Why? 24.23.196.85 (talk) 02:43, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * From the C&C Wiki: Due to possible legal reasons, Flint (along with the other celebrity Epic Units) have had their unique dialogue and names removed. All of the celebrities use G.I. quotes as placeholders. This applies to versions of the game with patches installed. The original version of the game (not patched) is the only version of the game with unaltered versions of the units. The original voice quotes for the Epic Units are still in the game though. CesarFelipe (talk) 17:48, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Personality rights is the relevant article. Tevildo (talk) 19:21, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! So it was their publicity rights that were the issue, right? 24.23.196.85 (talk) 02:07, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, it's whatever rights are associated with the names "Clint Eastwood", "Sylvester Stallone" and "Arnold Schwarzenegger", which will depend on jurisdiction, registered trade marks, and many other factors. The names were changed for _possible_ legal reasons, after all - the games company decided not to take the risk of any of the (potential) rights actually being asserted against them. Tevildo (talk) 21:16, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Original name of this song
What was the name of this song? by the way, this is a parody. here's the link: http://www.break.com/video/ugc/99-words-for-boobs-459241. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.31.23.232 (talk) 17:07, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * "99 Luftballons" or, in English, "99 Red Balloons". Ghmyrtle (talk) 17:30, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * A poetic translation, as "Luft" means "air". ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:43, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

In Star Trek, who controls the ship's viewscreen?
Which of the bridge's station is in charge of changing the main viewscreen when the captain asks to? Or, is it the ship's computer that changes it upon command? I checked the official Technical Manuals for an answer, but I couldn't find any specific controls for the viewscreen anywhere. Thanks in advance, CesarFelipe (talk) 17:35, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * In Star Trek the Communications officer and in Next Generation the Operations officer or Tactical officer. Rmhermen (talk) 20:08, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, apparently so. Thank you. CesarFelipe (talk) 20:44, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Curious
What show was playing on Fox 29 (the Buffalo one I believe) at around 1pm-2pm today (November 17, 2013)?  Bramble claw  x  19:06, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
 * According to their website, it was WarGames (starring Matthew Broderick). Tevildo (talk) 19:14, 17 November 2013 (UTC)