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Tokyo Majin edit
Do you guys know,where I can find the full second season of Tokyo Majin?
195.229.236.211 (talk) 08:07, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Good day. Depending on where you are in country or state I can give you a few answers. You could always try Suncoast(it's a store) they have a lot of anime there, you could try the internet, or you could go to Mininova, Shinsen Subs, etc. and try to find it and download it. I hope I have helped.Rem Nightfall (talk) 19:00, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
- According to the article Tokyo Majin, A.D. Vision own the license to this property, I suggest you contact them for the release schedule. Exxolon (talk) 19:01, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
"Victim to the game" edit
In hip-hop, what is a "victim to the game?" NeonMerlin 09:02, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
- I did some reading and I couldn't even figure out what "the game" is. I think that it might refer to hip-hop itself - I've come across (but can't remember where) the expression "the rap game". If this is the case then it probably means "one who is a victim of hip-hop" but I'm not qualified to speculate on what that might mean. Zain Ebrahim (talk) 12:35, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
- From my listening of hip-hop the 'game' changes depending on the context. It could be the drugs 'game' (i.e. the world of drug use/selling/trading etc.) or the women-game (going out to find sexual encounters etc.) or any other game. I think depending on what the song is about will depend on what is the game. For Example in the song "He Got Game" they are taking about Basketball (or at least on the surface they are - I assume we could introduce symbology to say it is the game of trying to escape the hood/projects/ghetto). 194.221.133.226 (talk) 13:27, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
- So then it refers to class mobility? NeonMerlin 05:37, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Mario edit
According to Mario's trophy description in Super Smash Bros Melee, he is "known worldwide as 'Mr Nintendo'". But I can't find any sources calling him that. Anyone else have any? Interactive Fiction Expert/Talk to me 12:28, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
- I think they mean that figuratively. Mario is identified as everything Nintendo. He's not literally known as "Mr. Nintendo". --70.167.58.6 (talk) 14:02, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Overlord Turnaround edit
Good day. I am playing the game Overlord the problem is that I am a little lost. This game has no map and I find myself with this particular level going around in circles. I am at Evernight forest where you are to kill Oberon. Do I kill Oberon with the green minions or do I have to collect the blue minions before defeating Oberon? I have destroyed three of the six roots. Where are the other roots? Also, where do I go to get the blue minions? Thank you for answering my question I really appreciate it.Rem Nightfall (talk) 18:57, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
- I recommend going to GameFAQs and reading one of their walkthroughs; it should get you unstuck. — QuantumEleven 11:18, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
English monarch movies edit
Can anyone recommend any English monarch movies? I have seen Elizabeth I with H Mirren. Thanks! --217.227.90.219 (talk) 18:59, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
- A Man For All Seasons (1966) is first and foremost about Thomas More, but it has a major role for his adversary Henry VIII, played by Robert Shaw (the blackboard-fingernail-scratching Captain Quint in Jaws). One of the best films (of any genre) made in the last 50 years, imho. -- JackofOz (talk) 20:45, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
- I second that ... about A Man For All Seasons ... (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 00:17, 22 June 2008 (UTC))
- There's Mrs. Brown about Queen Victoria, and The Madness of King George, about George III of England. The Other Boleyn Girl (film) covers Henry VIII and his love affairs. Gwinva (talk) 22:36, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
- King Ralph is a superbly ridiculous but (if you like a bit of cheap predictable comedy) also an interesting look at the royal family from a different viewpoint to the usual monarch-based movies. I know it's not a 'classic' but I enjoyed it as a child and it does note a few important truths about the royals (e.g. for all their money the high-profile ones - particularly the monarch - are servant to the country more than they are ruler of it). ny156uk (talk) 22:49, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
There is no "Elizabeth I with H Mirren"; presumably you either saw Elizabeth (1998) with Cate Blanchett, which is about Elizabeth I, or else The Queen (2006) with Helen Mirren, which is about Elizabeth II. Both good movies and quite different. The sequel to Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), was less well reviewed and I haven't seen it myself, but it can't be too bad.
Not yet mentioned and certainly worth seeing: The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) starring Charles Laughton. Also The Lion in Winter (1968) starring Peter O'Toole as Henry II and Katharine Hepburn as his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. This one was remade in 2003, but why bother with a remake if you can see O'Toole and Hepburn?
--Anonymous, 00:27 UTC, June 17, 2008.
- O'Toole also played Henry II in Becket. Adam Bishop (talk) 00:59, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
- Right! I knew there was another one I was trying to think of! --Anon, 05:40 UTC, June 17.
- Oh, also, The Golden Age is a reasonably entertaining movie, but it might as well have taken place on another planet, since it had almost nothing to do with anything that happened on this one. Adam Bishop (talk) 05:59, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
- Not a film, but Blackadder II is highly entertaining and has a priceless portrayal of Elizabeth I by Miranda Richardson. Staying with the BBC, there is the excellent The Six Wives of Henry VIII (TV series). --Richardrj talk email 07:46, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, also, The Golden Age is a reasonably entertaining movie, but it might as well have taken place on another planet, since it had almost nothing to do with anything that happened on this one. Adam Bishop (talk) 05:59, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
- Do see The Private Life of Henry VIII starring the incomparable Charles Laughton. Anonymous's recommendations are spot on. Corvus cornixtalk 16:20, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
- You might also like The Tudors, the recent miniseries. And there's Anne of the Thousand Days, though I'm not necessarily recommending that. Also there are movie/TV adaptations of most of Shakespeare's history plays. DJ Clayworth (talk) 15:22, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
- The Tudors is another one of those alternative history things, don't study your history from that, they make it up as they go along. Corvus cornixtalk 15:39, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Anonymous says "There is no 'Elizabeth I with H Mirren'". That's wrong of course. Helen Mirren does indeed star in the miniseries Elizabeth I, which is much better than the Elizabeth films with Cate Blanchett. For Shakespeare, I highly recommend watching the BBC's Henriad on DVD, with Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Jon Finch, etc. There are of course many good theatrical films too; see Shakespeare on screen. —Kevin Myers 01:50, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
Name of hymn edit
While I was watching Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood, I saw this church portion. Willie Morris, his parents, Rivers Applewhite, and the rest of the congregation were singing a hymn. I'm interested in finding out the name of the hymn. If more information is available, please let me know. Thank you so very much.72.229.139.13 (talk) 19:57, 16 June 2008 (UTC)