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I've been looking for a song for around eight months that I heard a couple of times in Russia. Don't remember most of the lyrics, but I know one part sounds like "All I wanna Saints come maarchin/comin (either or) in". Russian Top 40's for June/July 2012 were unsuccessful. Heard it again today and while the guy couldn't pinpoint the song name, he said the singer's daughter was named Vanessa. Anybody know singers with daughters named Vanessa? Buggie111 (talk) 02:03, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
who designed and produced the costumes in the opening ceremony i want information about the costumes used in the forging of the olympic rings section82.27.86.121 (talk) 12:01, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi all.
It has come to my attention, that many tv shows and movies treat their audiences like their were complete fools. I have brought you a clip[1], which shows, how the crew of CSI New York talks utter nonsense and shows the obvious computer illiteracy of its writers. We have the 21st century! Nearly EVERBODY knows how a computer works! The articles under [2] and [3] show even more technology illiteracy.
My question is: why does it seem, that they constantly make the very same errors, despite that mostly all people on our planet understand at least the basics of how a computer works. Do modern writers seriously want to embarrass themselves? I have ask once a very similar question about swordplay in movies, but this is a different thing: most people have never used a real sword or any weaponry at all, but almost everyone owns a computer. Do they never any research at all?
Thank you for your responses
All the very best--92.105.188.31 (talk) 21:39, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
Dear gentlemen: I understand that fantasy and sci-fi movies need to have fictional technologies and terms and that it is important for a action movies to have exaggerated action scenes, where gravity does not seem to exist, but I am talking about tv shows and movies which are supposed to take place in the present reality. Gentlemen, maybe I am highly overestimating the target audience, but nobody can be uneducated enough to think that mmorpgs like World of Warcraft have a highscore! The computer illiteracy that is shown on display in shows like Navy CIS and CSI New York downright scare me.--92.105.188.31 (talk) 10:32, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
What plot? The primitve one even a 4th grader could write? Don't get me wrong, but the viewer has to have a really short attention span to merely enjoy something like this.--92.105.188.31 (talk) 11:34, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Because I am a person who enjoys most old movies and tv shows! I would love to turn on the tv and not see any "works" that make me question the future our culture. The studios do not seem to create well written tv shows and movies anymore, the elements of storytelling aren't like they used to be. There is really no logical argument for horrible writing and terrible characerizations. If they are not even able to create at least a believable environment, they fail at everything. The writing we see nowadays in games, tv shows and movies shows either a generation of lazy writers or authors with a very limited, almost childish understanding of the reality. Hopefully, there will always be a exception to the rule of schlock productions.--92.105.188.31 (talk) 14:33, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
I forgot to mention, that they never seem to do any research at all (especially in movies that take place in former time periods). I am currently studying German and I noticed, that in most movies where "German people" appear, they are not even trying to properly speak German. They speak some gibberish that doesent even try to simulate real German. Are they really too uneducated to take a German dictionary? Look how they show the Russian language: Good gracious!--92.105.188.31 (talk) 15:06, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Dear CambridgeBayWeather, thank you for your submission. Yes, I have noticed these errors too, but most of the older movies were made with a pretty low budget and a relatively small crew and also without modern technologies like the internet, those were not expensive 180 million dollar productions. If you ask me, both good storytelling and accuracy in technical details suck these days (like I said, there will always be excellent movies, but they seem to get rare). Look, I am not expecting something equal to Shakespeare's works, I only wish to see more quality made movies, regardless of the genre!--92.105.188.31 (talk) 17:35, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Haha, the creators of CSI have obviously no idea, how to use a computer.--92.105.188.31 (talk) 20:39, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
92.105.188.31, did you notice though that none of the things I mention require a large budget or crew and modern technology. Also were old movies (and what time period are we talking about) on the whole better than today's? Or is it just that you are remembering the good films from then but forgetting about the bad ones that were made? Some movies are going to stand the test of time and will still be watched today while the majority will have long been forgotten. Take a look at 1940 in film, 1950 in film, 1960 in film and so on. Every page in the "year in film" articles will no doubt list some movies that are considered great and people still watch but the large majority are not remembered by many. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 22:16, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
@Baseball Bugs: there is a difference between a good movie and a very successful one! the bad movies of Michael Bay, Adam Sandler and Marcus Nispel make tons of money. Most people have a average to low intelligence and tend to stay away from well made movies like Citizen Kane or Hugo! Have you ever seen Navy CIS? It makes CSI (whatever show) look like a masterpiece... @CambridgeBayWeather: you are absolutely correct! My problem is not, that they are not producing good movies nowadays, my problem is, that most movies today are sequels, spin-offs and prequels of older ones which were really, really bad! There is a very small group of original, new movies! Since bad movies with explosions and computer generated effects are doing very well in box office, the very good productions with stories, well written characters and believable environments are like outcasts! The bad b-movies of the 50s didnt have the production values of more than 100 million dollars! Gentlemen, please take a look at modern day productions like the Transformers movies, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter or Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, all these movies are by any means bad films, but they have made millions of dollars and had cost that were twice as much as the entire classic Star Trek- franchise!--92.105.188.31 (talk) 11:31, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
@Baseball Bugs: you are right my friend, I assume this is the harsh reality in the modern day film business. There is no objective point, why a blockbuster should be mindless and uncreative, but I guess it is easy to create a bad movie than to make a really good one.--92.105.188.31 (talk) 14:04, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Well, Star Trek is definitely more intellectual than Star Wars. But the original Star Wars movies did what they were expected to do: they were entertaining sci-fi movies with a original story, and a creative and believable environment. Most modern day blockbusters fail even at the very basics: the transformers movies of Michael Bay for example were braindead movies with explosions, without any sign of creativity, these productions were simply made for cash. I think that it is too bad, that not more people are listening to film critics. Have you seen the new Star Wars prequels and the Star Trek reboot? They destroyed everything good and entertaining from the original Star Wars movies and downgraded Star Trek to a Michael Bay movie, with a very fast but idiotic plotline (and horrible acting). A gentlemen named Michael Stoklasa has made excellent movies reviews, he deals there with the "everything-seems-to-go-worse-in-Hollywood"-problem.--92.105.188.31 (talk) 09:26, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
I remember when I went to school in the late 90s. We made jokes about bad movies, that could seemingly never exist. One idea was a movie, where "Abraham Lincoln fights zombies and vampires at night on the roof of a train"! This even sounded like a completely idiotic idea. We also made fun of the idiotic idea, that there could be violent fairy tales... Gentlemen, these crappy ideas finally seem to have reached the realms of reality... They are making the exactly bad movies, we thought could never ever been made.--92.105.188.31 (talk) 09:48, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the compliment. No, I am glad, that there are movies for all groups. But many people seem to be unhappy with most modern movies, simply because they do not connect with the audience at all. There is no logical reason, why a blockbuster could not be smart entertainment with a well written story, a excellent cast and good, convincing effects, bound with fast action scenes. Movies like the Matrix and some of the Star Trek movies, were aimed both at a general audience and intellectuals (I count ourselves to the latter ones). Dear ladies and gentlemen, it is clear to me, that it is much easier to make a simple movie than a complex one. But my question remains: why is the film industry underestimating the audiences? Couldn't be, that all people enjoy well made movies, regardless of the individual intelligence level?--92.105.188.31 (talk) 19:53, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
There are certain criterias, how a movies gets judged by professional critics and cinematic historians. If two people talk about their subjective views of a movie, they are both fighting a losing battle. Thomas Kuhn has written a very interesting book on the topic. My still unaswered question remains: why would Hollywood want to underestimate the audiences?--92.105.188.31 (talk) 14:04, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
It has occurred to me. Stereotypes and bland characters are easy to write and seem to appeal to a big part of the audience (most writers pretend, that this development has comedic reasons). All of the crime shows have the very same characters: the perfect, near invincible hero and main protagonist, who has to suffer with personal losses (a family member, best friend, partner etc.), the macho-clown/nettler who seems to have no intelligence at all (which bears the question, how he was able to become a part of such a special team in the first place), the geek/genius/weird character who is awkward but loveable, the rude, aggressive and very militaristic character, who uses violence as a solution for everything, the list of characters could go on, but I stop here. Gentlemen, I assume that we live in the very age of lazyness. Art becomes more and more commercial and less artistic. What will be the fruit, the very final result of this progress? The death of the television and modern cinema?--92.105.188.31 (talk) 15:05, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
I do. But I do not see the need to mistreat people with an average to low intelligence. Even if it is part of the politics of the modern film industry to expect only nonintellectual people to be the main audience, does not mean in any way, that this would be acceptable for a well educated person.---92.105.188.31 (talk) 20:42, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I am watching the 1940 film "Kit Carson", which Wickipedia says is shot on location in Cayente, AZ. However, there is no such place listed or found in an atlas. Can you help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.18.70.45 (talk) 23:48, 12 March 2013 (UTC)