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May 28

Chibiusa

The age of Chibiusa of Sailor_Moon in the manga should be mentioned in her article. I found a source that talks her age in the manga: http://www.kurozuki.com/takeuchi/sailormoon/settei.html It says at this source she has an apperance of a first grader. Neptunekh2 (talk) 00:31, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

The best place to discuss changes to an article are on the article's talk page. So, go to Talk:Chibiusa to discuss it. And since answering one of your questions usually leads to a similar question on my own talk page, I'll point out now that I don't know anything about Sailor Moon. So please don't post any SM questions on my talk page, Neptune. Dismas|^(talk) 01:03, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Where can I watch the credits of 90210_(TV_series)?

ok so I'm the hugest 90210_(TV_series) fan i know... its my life everyday lol I'm obsessed but theres something I wish I could ask Darren Star but i can't so ill ask my fellow wikipedia peeps. Where online can I watch a full intro of the90210_(TV_series)? cast all 3 seasons? Please help! Neptunekh2 (talk) 03:56, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Youtube has intros/credits for seasons 1, 2 and 3 together, 4 and 5. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:50, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Hume Cronyn or not Hume Cronyn

When the defense attorney appeared in The Postman Always Rings Twice, I thought hey, for once whatsisname gets a break from playing the nerdy accountant/bureaucrat/alderman. But when I looked up Hume Cronyn's credits I saw nowhere near as many familiar titles as I expected. For whom did I mistake him? —Tamfang (talk) 07:40, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Difficult question. Many character actors have specialized in (or been typecast in) roles of that sort. One that might be confused for Cronyn if you squint real hard is Donald Meek, but that's just a guess. Deor (talk) 12:22, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Definitely not him, thanks. —Tamfang (talk) 23:14, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Can you think of any more films your character actor might have been in? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:15, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Watching the trailer for People Will Talk — yeah, it is Hume Cronyn that I'm thinking of. (He wears the usual glasses in that one.) Yet apparently I had only seen him in Lifeboat and Shadow of a Doubt. —Tamfang (talk) 00:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused. Are you saying that you didn't find Hume Cronyn in the credits for The Postman Always Rings Twice? Because he's right there on IMDb. Or, are you saying that you sometimes mistake another actor for Hume Cronyn? Because in his later years (not really, in younger years), I thought he kind of resembled Ray Walston. Kingsfold (Quack quack!) 19:29, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

But Walston wasn't known for playing "the nerdy accountant/bureaucrat/alderman". That was much more Donald Meek's territory, or John Fiedler's. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 22:23, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Perhaps I had blended him with Charles Halton (whom I just saw in Room Service). —Tamfang (talk) 08:48, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Tomar Re Character Correction

Dorian Kingi was listed on Wikipedia as doing the motion capture for the character, Tomar Re, in the up coming "Green Lantern" 2011, directed by Martin Campbell. Which he DID DO ALL THE MOTION CAPTURE FOR TOMAR RE for three months in New Orleans. Why was he recently removed as having that credit on Wikipedia? Here is Dorian Kingi's IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1141776/#Actor 76.173.235.244 (talk) 07:56, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

1980s film about women in an East Indies prisoner's of war camp in WWII

Hello! I am taking the change that some very well informed film enthusiast will know the answer to my question and help med to find a film I am looking for, because I don't have that much to go on. The film in question would have been made in the 1980s or perhaps early 1990s; the plot is about the western women in the East Indies or Malaya, who where placed in prison camps during the Japanese occupation in the WWII, and it takes place in the camp and describes the women's lives during the war until liberation. I remember that at least some of the film is voiced by one of the women, who tells the story to the watcher. I also recalls that most of the women where British, though at least one was an Australian. Many of the actresses playing the parts where well known in the late 1980s, but I can't remember who they where; one was a British actress with wavy curly dark-blond hair, who I think was popular in the 1980s and who played a former upperclass woman by the name of Audrey. Another characther from the film was an energetic Australian woman. Looking at what I can recollect, it may not be helpfull, but perhaps some one can give me some suggestions? I have not seen it for many years, but I would like to find it again. If you could suggest films with a similar plot made in this period, then I could just google them and recognize the film right away. Thank you very much in advance! --Aciram (talk) 20:49, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Are you sure it was a film and not Tenko? Britmax (talk) 21:02, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Your description reminded me of Tenko which was a TV series not a film. That article contains a link to Paradise Road (1997 film) which also could be your film. Sussexonian (talk) 21:11, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you everyone for your answers, I applogise for not responding untill now! No, I distinctly remember it to be a film. And Tenko does not seem to have the characther Audrey played by the actress a remember so well. The film was made from a novel, which I remember seeing in a bookstore about the same time I saw the film in the early 1990s. I resently saw Paradise Road, which reminded me of this older film I saw so many years ago. But this is good suggestions, because it could very well have been some other version. --Aciram (talk) 16:38, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Could it have been one of the several TV or film versions of Neville Shute's A Town Like Alice? HiLo48 (talk) 22:32, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Good suggestion. I do remember now, that the women was moved between camps. But the plot of the film seem a little different, as in my film, the main coverage was of the camp, which does not seem to be the case in A Town Like Alice. --Aciram (talk) 16:38, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Now I recall the name of one of the actresses: Gena Rowlands! She played the part of a doctor in this film. --Aciram (talk) 12:43, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

The film is Silent Cries (1993)! --Aciram (talk) 12:48, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Pussy Galore

I think the social reception bit of the Pussy Galore article is fascinating, but I'd like a few clarifications if there are any old-timers about. Firstly, I would like to know if there is a difference in the way Britain and the U.S. view the word pussy. The fanny discrepancy is well-documented, for example. Secondly, I would like to know if the impact/intensity of the word pussy has changed at all between 1964 and the present day? The Pussy Galore articles notes Sean Connery's unusual pronunciation of her name due to censorship (which I don't think would matter today) but the newspapers of the time apparently lead the charge for her to be called Pussy and not Kitty? Curious for any insight someone who was around back then can provide! thank you. The Masked Booby (talk) 22:57, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

The word "pussy" came into its own when Mrs Slocum of Are You Being Served? (1972-85) regularly used it. It was always in reference to her cat, but that was never made explicit, so listeners were free to imagine ... something else.

Btw, referring to the very people most likely to be able to help you as "old-timers" is hardly likely to endear you to them. The opposite, probably. We demand RESPECT!  :) -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 23:22, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Interesting. Where I come from, old-timer is not disrespectful. def ... though I suppose anything could be disrespectful given the right(wrong?) tone of voice :-) The Masked Booby (talk) 08:12, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

We do have a Disambiguation page for Old-timer, with several alternative usages from which one could choose. I like the "group of dragonriders who are brought forward in time". Appeals to my sense of adventure. HiLo48 (talk) 08:19, 29 May 2011 (UTC)