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January 25

13 Going on 30

Why was the title of the movie 13 Going on 30 changed to "Suddenly 30" for Australian audiences? --124.254.77.148 (talk) 06:04, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Is that phrase common in Australia? Is it an American (or North American, since I hear it sometimes in Canada) expression? There is also Sixteen Going on Seventeen but that was written by Americans too. Adam Bishop (talk) 07:40, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

"X going on Y" is a common phrase in U.S. English. It's generally used to describe someone who's acting older than they are chronologically. You may also hear "Y going on X" for someone who is behaving in a manner that is stereotypically younger than their actual age. For instance, someone buying a flashy sports car at the age of 80. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dismas (talk • contribs) 18:40, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Which is an extension of the simpler, literal, "X going on X+1" which just means that the X+1'th birthday is coming soon. --tcsetattr (talk / contribs) 21:05, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

It's so they understand the titles with their lingo. --Niyant (talk) 18:26, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

There are worse translations. Imagine Reason (talk) 19:15, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

After Adventures in Babysitting, producers learned to hit the streets and test movie names before printing up all their marketing junk. Obviously, "Suddenly 30" tested far better than "13 Going on 30" with Australians. -- kainaw™ 19:55, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Huh? What about Adventures in Babysitting? Rmhermen (talk) 21:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I know nothing about Adventures in Babysitting, but the practice of having different names for a movie in countries separated by a common language predates 1987 by many years. -- JackofOz (talk) 23:31, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

One question about the Bomberman Jetters anime...

For anyone who watched the Bomberman Jetter anime, in what episode did the character Shout learn about her mother? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirdrink13309622 (talk • contribs) 06:36, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

15th one Niyant (talk) 18:25, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Looking for the title of a movie

I've seen a movie a while ago on TV. I didn't recognize any famous actors, but the movie seemed to be from the 00s (as in less than ten years old). I only watched it about when it was like quite a length into the film. It's about this modern (probably private) school where there is this really sad character, a girl, who does drama. At the end it's revealed that this girl is actually a porn star. She has problems at home because her father watches porn on the couch in the living room, and she calls her mother by name and it doesn't seem to be much respect in the family. A Muslim girl enters the school where this girl attends, and she later kills herself with a gun inside the school. The porn star girl also gets the drama teacher fired after accusing him of sexually abusing her, the Muslim girl, and another girl. They weared short tight grey skirts and light frail pink shirts as school uniform. There is also this lesbian news reporter who appears somewhere. The movie has a very sexual nature, although no sex is shown. It's more in the dialogue. And if I remember correctly, the film's title also has a sexual nature. I want to rent the movie to watch it fully, but I dunno the title. It wasn't an extremely good movie, though. But I want to see what happens in the beginning. — Adriaan (T★C) 15:24, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

What country was this shown in? Narrowing down the language of the film would help. What station was this shown on? Cable or regular broadcast television? Dismas|^(talk) 16:48, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Could it be Pretty Persuasion? (IMDb link) 2005 film with Evan Rachel Wood. --BelovedFreak 22:27, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Definitely Pretty Persuasion, although I believe you may have misinterpreted the main character's career as regards the suggestion that she was a porn star. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 00:44, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Down on Main Street

Was Bob Seger's "Down on Main Street" never released as a single? It's not listed at Bob Seger discography; or is that not its real name? —Angr ^{If you've written a quality article...} 17:57, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

It is listed. The title is simply "Mainstreet". Although I would have thought it should be "Main Street" as it's grammatically gooder. Just after all the tables, in the bulleted list, "1977 "Mainstreet" #24 US, #1 CAN" Dismas|^(talk) 18:15, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

(EC) Mainstreet is listed on that page with a 1977 date. That is the title listed on the article for Night Moves (album). --LarryMac | Talk 18:17, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, that'll larn me to only look with the "Find" function of my web browser. When it turned red and said "Phrase not found" upon my searching for main s, I gave up. I'm surprised we don't have an article on the song, though. (Mainstreet is a redirect to MainStreet, a Chicago department store.) —Angr ^{If you've written a quality article...} 18:58, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Now it redirects to Main Street (disambiguation). Clarityfiend (talk) 17:21, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Wonka Boat Song

In Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, where's that song he sings on the boat come from? Black Carrot (talk) 20:02, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

The song to which you refer is "The Rowing Song". I don't know anything else about it but that might help in your search. Dismas|^(talk) 20:08, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Sneakers

ESPN had a show on a few years back that was only about sneakers. It showed the newest and hottest sneakers and they would also show off celeb & athlete's collections. What was that show called? Thanks! --EndlessDan 21:28, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

"It's the Shoes" on ESPN2 website, there was also one on MTV called "MTV Sneaker Attack" blog article. Foxhill (talk) 21:33, 25 January 2008 (UTC)