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Horror Movie

There was a horror movie in either 2011 or 2010 that had to do with a guy having to kill a specific number of people. This journalist was working on the legend and he came back. It was on trailers.apple.com for a time and that is all I can really remember. (talk) 01:25, 23 January 2012

It's older than that, but The Frighteners had an undead murderer trying to get a certain number of murders. --Jayron32 19:39, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. (talk) 01:25, 23 January 2012 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.219.211.205 (talk)

Most popular pastime of 1928/1929

I have a question. I read that the three most popular pastimes of 1928/1929 were the automobile, the radio, and the movies. Either listening to the radio or going to the movies had to be most popular pastime of 1928/1929 (I doubt it was the automobile).. Which was the more popular activity: listening to the radio or going to the movies? 98.234.170.206 (talk) 20:27, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It is uncertain what the basis for such an opinion would be. Public opinion surveying was as yet in its infancy. I would suspect that if that is written someplace, the writer pulled it out of the air.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:16, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on the definition of popular. People almost certainly spent more time listening to the radio than going to the movies. So if you go by time, then it's radio. But you could also go by money spent, which radio would score lower, or as Wehwalt says, opinion polling. It might also depend who you asked (all adults, adults plus kids, the young, men, women, etc.) It would also depend on what you count as a leisure activity (walking, eating, drinking, cooking, entertaining, sex?) There was a similar question asked last year on the board about most common/popular leisure activity in the 1940s or around that time. --Colapeninsula (talk) 21:49, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can you name an era when sex wasn't popular? HiLo48 (talk) 00:09, 24 January 2012 (UTC) [reply]

It's always popular, but not politically correct to say so.Heck froze over (talk) 06:06, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't all that popular among the Shakers, which goes a long ways toward explaining why there aren't any Shakers anymore. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:19, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It also depends on the location and social class. In 1928, much of the world's people didn't have access to either movies or radios and existed in a cultural sphere largely free from mass media. --Daniel 23:43, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In the US, at least, baseball was quite popular by then, while many other sports hadn't caught on to quite the same degree, yet. StuRat (talk) 23:54, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The other really popular sport at the time was boxing. Indeed, if this were 15-20 years earlier the unquestioned most popular sport in America was boxing. It was only during the career of Babe Ruth that baseball surpassed boxing in terms of popularity, but during the 1920s, baseball and boxing were probably on nearly equal footing. --Jayron32 03:29, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In the 1920s UK, cars were generally only for the wealthy. The first cars that could be afforded by the middle classes appeared in the early 1930s[1]. For young, working class people, cycling was hugely popular[2]. Alansplodge (talk) 18:24, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A clockwork field to complete the film title

Can anyone please explain how to complete a film title with a clockwork field. For example "The Scarlet Pimpernel" what is the clockfield. Sincerely Dona — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.146.157.180 (talk) 22:50, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Meaning what? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:43, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea what a clockwork field is, and apparently either does Wikipedia, or Google: [3]. You sure you have the right words, there ? StuRat (talk) 02:55, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I thought that user name sounded familiar. Someone named Dona (95.146.182.120 (talk · contribs)) came up with another very obscure question earlier this month. See Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2012 January 1. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:00, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I understand my questions are obscure but this is the reason why I need help, if I ask for something not obscure then I would not need any help, I can find out myself. Sincerely Dona

The IP geolocates to London, not to Eastern Europe as I had guessed might be the case. Comet Tuttle (talk) 06:05, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've just had a light bulb moment! Another question from "Dona" was about an obscure British film and I suggested that she try the Britmovie forum. I got a message on my talk page saying: "I have a problem with registering with Britmovie somehow I cannot fulfil the field "add a title for the film" A Cloackwork what does it mean? for example I quote a british film The Scarlet Pimpernel what title I have to add for this?" It's an anti-spam device in the registration process, and they want you to type "orange" into the blank field next to "clockwork", as in A Clockwork Orange (film). So the answer to the question, Dona, is 'ORANGE' (as I said before on 05 December). Alansplodge (talk) 14:36, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oy, that's obscure. And I don't know what it has to do with the Scarlet Pimpernel, as the "pimpernel" is a flower. But if "Orange" is the answer Dona needs, then hopefully all's swell. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:56, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If memory serves, the previous question was to name your favourite British movie - I suspect Dona choose The Scarlet Pimpernel and then tried to carry this over to the next question. "A Clockwork Orange" (in film or book form) is as well known in the UK as, I suppose, The Catcher in the Rye is in the US. Alansplodge (talk) 15:11, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I have tried to enter "flower" for the Scarlet Pimpernel before attempting to contact this site but it is not accepted. Perhaps Britmovie is rather obscure and not myself asking the question. Sincerely Dona — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.146.157.180 (talk) 19:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You should have asked the question as "How do I complete the movie title 'A Clockwork ______' ?". Had you done that, we would have had an answer for you immediately. As you wrote the question, we couldn't tell which words were part of the title and which weren't. If you aren't good at English, please try posting in your native language, somebody else will translate for you. StuRat (talk) 20:18, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I do not think it is a matter of how I have asked the question or whether my English is not up to the standard required, my own intuituion tells me that YOU DO NOT HELP ANYWAY, you sound somewhat rude, certainly not competent and who knows what else. However,the username selected by yourself fits in. A real rat. Sincerely Dona — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.146.157.180 (talk) 20:50, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dona we're trying to help you, StuRat is not trying to insult you he is trying to find the best way to help you. As I also posted on your talk page, and several others said here, the answer is Orange. But don't expect any more help from us if you're going insult editors here--Jac16888 ^Talk 21:01, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dona, if the wording of the question is actually the way it was posed to you, it's no wonder you had trouble figuring out the answer. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:29, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

... at which point we have crossed into "no personal attacks" territory. It would appear that your question has been answered, so let's leave it at that. --McDoob AU 93 21:00, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am not trying to cover myself for being outspoken past the limits, I am afraid this is one of my faults, but StutRat was not trying to help but simply disable my comments with prejudice against different nationality. I would call this a personal attack. However, according to the rather low standard of answers to my questions I received in the past, it is unlikely that this site would be of any use for my queries, I will therefore delete this page from my system and there will be no more of it. Sincerely Dona — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.146.157.180 (talk) 21:59, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Before you totally disappear, could you tell us exactly what the original question was, or maybe provide a link to it? You've got us curious now. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:21, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

[4], go to register, enter a DOB, then on the second page it's one of the questions "Complete this film title: A Clockwork...:". And Dona, if you're unable to grasp that everybody here is only here because they want to help, and that you have been given the answer already several times, then you probably are better off finding your answers somewhere else--Jac16888 ^Talk 22:29, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, had she just posted "Complete this film title: A Clockwork...", she'd have had her answer immediately. StuRat (talk) 21:49, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for everything. Sincerely Dona (Cat woman) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.146.157.180 (talk) 23:25, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]