Duckman Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 Given that all the magic words in Harry Potter are based on pseudo-Latin doggerel (even worse than GW’s Gothic) I’ve always thought it would be hilarious to have a muggle-born child of a stuffy British linguistics professor attend Hogwarts. ”’Leviosa’? I think you mean levitātibus. But that’s the ablative plural, indicating motion towards and plural. Let’s try levitātem...” 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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InfestedKerrigan Posted April 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2020 9 hours ago, Ish said: And this, children, is why old school gamers bring 10’ poles into dungeons. I always assumed grumpy grognards did such for easy medieval social distancing. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ish Posted April 18, 2020 Report Share Posted April 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Raindog said: This kid gets it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Munkie Posted April 19, 2020 Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 I added a new entry to my "list of movie making tropes that once you're aware of, you can't help but focus on": -when a shootout occurs in a contained public area like a club or restaurant, there are terrified patrons running around in the background. None ever appear to be trying to escape, just running from cover to cover. Watched Anna today and it struck me during an extended fight sequence in a restaurant that the place didn't clear out until about minute 4. John Wick, Collateral, you can't unsee it. My other favorite example is tire squeal. It doesn't matter if they're driving on sand, leaf litter, or wet grass. If they need to convey a sense of urgency in the scene, tires be squealin'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted April 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 Thanks for reminding me, it's Anna, not Hannah. Need to change that in other thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted April 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 More towards your tropes, I'm having issues with modern games as so many are just reskins. FF7Rs change to Action RPG is less than desirable for me, but I'm emotionally invested in the story, so I can get past that. However, I haven't played Days Gone, yet, because it is too much like Jedi Fallen Order, and Horizon Zero Dawn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted April 19, 2020 Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 4 hours ago, InfestedKerrigan said: Thanks for reminding me, it's Anna, not Hannah. Need to change that in other thread. Perhaps, but Hannah on Amazon Prime is great and you should definitely watch! Joel Kinnaman (of Altered Carbon fame--been a fan of his for a while) and his super-soldier adopted daughter kicking ass and taking names. And they're all out of... name taking down... materials...and THUS, have no choice but to kick an extra amount of asses. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted April 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Munkie said: Perhaps, but Hannah on Amazon Prime is great and you should definitely watch! Joel Kinnaman (of Altered Carbon fame--been a fan of his for a while) and his super-soldier adopted daughter kicking ass and taking names. And they're all out of... name taking down... materials...and THUS, have no choice but to kick an extra amount of asses. No, that was Hannah we watched, and it was Eric Bana that raised her to kick ass. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted April 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 OH! Az appropriated it for syndication, or at least episodic streaming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, InfestedKerrigan said: OH! Az appropriated it for syndication, or at least episodic streaming. Wait a minute. You're telling me there's 2 different versions of Hannah? One with a British lead and one with a Swedish lead? Then there's Anna with a Russian lead that has nothing to do with the others?? Hannah=/=Anna=/=Hannah A palindromilogy?!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted April 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 [big bad swear word], that's what has me confused there, we watched both Hannah 2011, and Anna 2019 back to back. Hannah on Az is remake of 2011 Hannah. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Well now I need to find that Bana Hannah that I never knew existed to complete it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Anna, Hannah, Hannah Montana, Bananas in Pajamas.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 GoT has a character named Alliser Thorne. BSG has a character named Alastair Thorne. Coincidence? Probably. But if not, what does it all mean?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Rain, rain, go away... I have minis to prime today! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Ish said: Rain, rain, go away... I have minis to prime today! Rock on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Munkie Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 On 4/19/2020 at 1:16 AM, Munkie said: I added a new entry to my "list of movie making tropes that once you're aware of, you can't help but focus on": -The choke 90% to death, then neck break kill. I'm not sure why this became a thing in movies but there are 2 reasonable explanations: 1) The director asked an expert how long it takes to strangle someone to death and responded, "Screw that! We don't have that kind of time! We'll shoot it in 15 seconds and add a crunch in post." 2) It was fully intended to be just a straight up strangle and was shot that way. But in editing they either decided it needs accompanying audio (the same reason guns click everytime they are touched or moved in movies), or they actually cut a longer shot down to make it less disturbing and end the slow death with a punctual crunch. Watch for it in the future, the vast majority of people in movies who begin by getting choked to death, actually end with a neck break. A quick neck break is reserved for action movies, and the extremely rare beginning-to-end asphyxiation is reserved for emotional moments in gritty dramas. For everyone else, it's the choke 'n break. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 Hollywood armorers have pretty much standardized on the 9×22mm Pistole Automatik Knall (a.k.a. 9mm P.A.K.) cartridge. Although a creative gunsmith can make anything from a flintlock to a belt-fed minigun replica that will fire them, it’s a lot cheaper and a lot easier just to use an off-the-shelf weapon already chambered for 9×19mm Parabellum (a.k.a. 9mm Luger) rounds. Which means that you’ll see a lot of people in film and on television using 9mm pistols that have absolutely no reason to have one. You also see a lot of substitutes, like the Star Model BM pistols (in 9mm) standing on for Colt M1911A1 (in .45 ACP) in World War II movies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted April 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 UV and titanium makes awesome free radicals. UV destroys Organics. Watch your wavelengths, kids. Stay frosty, stay safe. I'm curious as to the half life of the free radicals. If the filtration point is X away from flowers planted for their pleasant odor, will it neutralize the VOCs from the plants still. What effective length is needed? Do the free radicals only exist within the space lit? We use this sort of setup in medical or food. I believe Swimming Pool/etc UV filters operate on the same principles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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