Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2013 October 1

= October 1 =

Spaceships battle game

 * A friend has this real old strategy PC game that I never heard before, and it’s a sequel, or at least it say it’s a second part of something, so maybe the actual game had some kind of impact, I don’t know but the thing is the game is awesome, the title is “Homeworld 2”
 * I don’t play very much, actually in a long time I have not play at all… but man this thing is immersive, you can build spaceships and control its individual weapons and do alignments with others fighters starships and it’s all in a free 3d movement environment, yesterday I pass by to say hallo and when I realized I was spend almost one hour…
 * Is there a newer version, or an in progress one? Or is there any other game like it but more modern? Around 2011 or newer? Better graphics etc.
 * Iskánder Vigoa Pérez (talk) 13:49, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

This should work for you and this.  Miss Bono  [hello, hello!]  13:58, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you!! … Girl you really enjoy to write in English…
 * what a big and epic story… and my friend’s sister yells: ahi está! jugando una cosa ahí de un plátano y un pepino (porque una de las naves parece un plátano y la otra un pepino)
 * En cuanto tenga un tiempo leo el artículo completo… se ve muy interesante.
 * Iskánder Vigoa Pérez (talk) 17:41, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem, Iskánder, and yes I do really love writting in English. But I must ask, why do you say that?  Miss Bono  [hello, hello!]  17:46, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

A ver… Si tú eres cubana y yo soy cubano… que hacemos hablando, inglés!!?? No en serio se ve que te gusta… yo escribo en inglés porque aquí es donde se consiguen las respuestas útiles, pero me va mucho mejor leyéndolo que escribiéndolo y ya hablando inglés… bueno, eso ya son categorías mayores ahí si soy un desastre… — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iskander HFC (talk • contribs) 00:26, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Which individual song/melody has been used in the most number of films ?
Trying to answer this question, I found "nothing" on the web, and nothing in the IMDB. By intuition I would think of Entrance of the Gladiators (circus music) or the like. Does anybody have any suggestions how to approach this question - and get a result ?  GEEZER nil nisi bene 17:04, 1 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Back in the day, movies would include snippets of all sorts of existing melodies, but with no acknowledgment. Now, sometimes the music (and other) credits last almost as long as the movie (StuRat and I once had a disagreement about whether crediting the caterers who fed the film crew was a reasonable thing to do) .  I'm sure music credits are all catalogued somewhere, but that leaves us with the problem of the thousands of earlier movies that didn't quite see the need for such detailed credits (except for the main composers of the theme and background music).  --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  21:15, 1 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, and I suggested they only list those who have a creative impact on the film in the credits, then add a web site where they can list everyone down to the janitor's favorite tavern, if they wish. Music, however, should be included in the credits, since it does have a creative impact. StuRat (talk) 09:43, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Maybe the 20th Century Fox theme? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 22:50, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Plot question about ParaNorman
Norman seems to be very upset at the group of zombies/corpses who gave testimony about the witch and were present for her trial/execution, and the zombies/corpses are shown to express remorse at their terrible actions. The explanation given seems to be, as Norman put it, "but she was just a little girl."

But in the flashback to the trial, when the death sentence is imposed, the girl leads and explosion of light and unleashes a curse on all present, leading me to understand that she was, in fact a witch. So what's the mitigating circumstances that should have spared the little girl -- she was actually a witch? Was the message of the movie that actual witches, who might have been dangerous, should not have been killed? The message I got was that people who are different (weirdos, fat kids, homosexuals, etc.) should be spared from bullying/discrimination, but actual witches (which this girl seems to have been) would not necessarily fall into that category.  DRosenbach  ( Talk 17:19, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I think the key is in what you said above, that "actual witches, who might have been dangerous" (my emphasis on "might"). Aggie did possess some magical powers, but they were portrayed as very benign (she is described as a "medium", not a witch, in the Wikipedia article)—until her trial and execution. She had done nothing wrong and likely never would have, and it was fear from the townspeople that resulted in her death rather than punishment for any actual deed—a pre-emptive strike. In addition, in Puritan times, many so-called "witches" would have been put to death merely for being "different" in some way (which could be high intelligence or unusual skills), even if they had no magical powers (which in real life, they wouldn't have). --Canley (talk) 00:49, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The film would have been so much better plot-wise had there been no actual curse -- I think the fact that she actually was a medium/witch ruins the claim that the Puritan townspeople acted in appropriately.  DRosenbach  ( Talk 13:50, 2 October 2013 (UTC)