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September 24

Movie idea

I am thinking about sending an idea to warner brothers or another movie company about the following: Annie and her friend Lizzy are staying in hartford connecticut in the creature inn hotel in room 203. Annie notices something strange is going on in the room, and she gets wind of a girl named Catherine Jones who died in 1910 at the age of 13. nobody knew how she died but it is said that room 203, the one annie and lizzy are in is haunted by catherine's ghost, as that was the room she died in. Annie finds out that catherine was the daughter of a poor family and she wants revenge on wealthy people for laughing at her. Annie calls in the ghost hunters (one voiced by marry anne wilson) and they investigate only to find that catherine is actually there. and must try to make her realize that not all people are as wealthy or arogent as zach, the guy who used to ridicule her. What would be an appropriate name for this movie? 204.112.104.172 (talk) 19:44, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

How about Yapiah (Yet another poltergeist in a hotel). -- kainaw™ 01:33, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

A few things: You probably don't want to pitch your movie idea on a public website like Wikipedia where anyone can read and maybe steal it. A good standard of English is expected so at a minimum spellcheck your work, and make sure the grammar is correct (eg. capitals at the start of sentences and for proper names, and periods at the end of sentences.) The story is hardly original; as Kainaw says: Yet another poltergeist in a hotel. The chances of unsolicited material even being read is almost zero; if you really believe you have a good idea get a yourself an agent with a good reputation. Astronaut (talk) 14:42, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

I will spell check and that in the actual document. I only gave an overview of the movie, not my full idea. just please give me a list of possible names for the movie. just so you know, there will be lots of unique parts of the movie. but like astronaut said, not to give them away on wikipedia so noone tries to copy-cat my idea. I just gave enough for someone to come up with some catchy titles. please help me there, ok? You never know, one of you just might be able to help me with my creation to make it better then ever. (no arrogance intended) thank you. PS: please don't tell me to find an agent, that will happen when kim possible comes to life, takes my hand and professes her sudden erge to marry me. By the way kainaw, good acronym. 204.112.104.172 (talk) 17:49, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

I understand that film companies recieve a huge quantity of unsolicited scripts every day, none or virtually none of which get made. So just an informal description has even less chance. If you want to pursue this very likely fruitless task, you need to at least learn the conventions, and at least write a proper treatment or synopsis in the correct format. Learning writing skills may be useful in other careers too. If I may say so, the idea does seem unremarkable and just like a zillion other unmade movies, and wouldnt the protagonists just move to another hotel rather than calling in ghost hunters? To create a title try brainstorming. One of many techniques would be to write lists in columns of suitible nouns adjectives verbs or adverbs and select some of them at random. 92.24.182.184 (talk) 18:10, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

True, but still, remember that i am not telling my full synopsis on this reference desk, the one i have prepared is much larger. as for that mention of them moving to a hotel, most people would, let's just say something about someone caring about someone else who got teased by another someone. (vague? i'm not givving any more away) Like i said, please help me figure out a good title, as i don't want to coppy-cat the title of an existing movie. my friend does say "room 203" or " Catherine" would be good names. not sure though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.112.104.172 (talk) 19:22, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Here is another fairly recent post to the Reference Desk by an aspiring screenwriter with a single, good answer. Note that your screenplay title is not very important. Pretty Woman was originally called "$3,000". It sold anyway. Comet Tuttle (talk) 21:07, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Hope both of our movies get successful. are you sure that the name won't matter as much as i think it does (varry much, needs to be catchy)? Is my friend right when he says that "room 203" or "Catherine" would be a good movie name anyway? It does need to be eye catching, and make people want to find out more about it though, right? 204.112.104.172 (talk) 22:04, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

I agree with that, maybe you could try to put a little mystery into the name. 70.241.27.2 (talk) 15:13, 26 September 2010 (UTC) Good idea. my friend says that the names "room 203" or "Catherine" do sound mysterious, but i am not so sure, which is why i am coming here. wasn't there already movies with both of those names? 204.112.104.172 (talk) 16:27, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

If there are, then it wouldn't be the first with the same name, I'm pretty sure. Try searching google, with multiple key words at onceor movie databases.70.241.27.2 (talk) 15:07, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

My friend says that "room 203" is a perfect name for the movie, and he watches lots of haunted movies. Now all i have to do is find people that sound closest to what i imagine the characters to suond like, as i think it would be animated. 204.112.104.172 (talk) 21:02, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

'Krupsall's Mustard' Juliankaufman (talk) 15:24, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Penny Arcade's public falling out - real or staged?

Something that I've been wondering about for years here... longtime readers of Penny_Arcade_(webcomic) will remember a stretch of a week or two when it seemed Gabe and Tycho (the real people, not the characters) were on the verge of splitting up and closing down the site. They used the news post part of the website to openly bash on each other, and as days passed the words grew more and more insulting, vicious, etc. At the time I recall that some of my peers called it a publicity stunt from the very beginning, while most were at least slightly concerned. I remember worrying that they were indeed having a falling out, but obviously even if it was real they're still here today... I don't recall every seeing any explanation of this event, and I'd like to know if they ever addressed it publicly, say at Penny Arcade Expo and if so, was it real or staged? The Masked Booby (talk) 21:51, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it was all for comedy value. It never even occurred to me that it wasn't. APL (talk) 01:05, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

"The IT Crowd" theme music / Electronic music terminology

I like the theme song used in the first series of The_IT_crowd. Can you tell me the name of the artist and/or song?

I'd like to find more music in this vein: simple synths with melodic and rhythmic elements, but not overly influenced by House_music. I've looked at various chiptunes sites, but some help navigating the terminology would be appreciated.SemanticMantis (talk) 22:07, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

The theme to The IT Crowd was written by Neil Hannon (who also wrote the theme for Father Ted) of The Divine Comedy (band). Neither his not their works are much like The IT Crowd's chiptune style. The obvious progenitors of electronic music are Kraftwerk with an added dash of Jean Michel Jarre and Art of Noise, who have their bleepy moments. You might find The High Voltage SID Collection and (when it's working) www.c64audio.com interesting (although really they both cater chiefly to c64-retro-saddos like me) -- Finlay McWalter ☻ Talk 20:10, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! The C64audio scene is sounding pretty good, I didn't think to limit by chipset :) SemanticMantis (talk) 21:43, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

diamond & pearl macho-brace

How do you get a macho brace in pokemon diamond and pearl? I think there is a diferent way besides migrating but I don't know what it is, if it exists... can someone help? 70.241.27.2 (talk) 22:11, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

According to this, you need to show three varieties of Burmy in Pastoria City. This agrees on the Pastoria City link, and the excellent Bulbapedia says the person you have to show the three Burmies too is in the house north of the Poke Mart in Pastoria. I know in Platinum I just traded with some character who offered you a Machop (I don't remember what pokemon they wanted), and the Machop came with the macho brace. That method isn't listed, that I can see. 109.155.33.219 (talk) 23:42, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Where can I find three different burmy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.241.27.2 (talk) 18:34, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

They're all the same - they just change their cloak depending on where you fight. Fight in a building for the pink Trash Cloak, grass or forests for the green Plant Cloak, and beaches and caves will give the brownish Sand Cloak. Vimescarrot (talk) 00:00, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Oh...To catch Burmy in general, use Honey on Honey trees. Vimescarrot (talk) 00:02, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Ok... I'll try that... Thanks! :) 70.241.27.2 (talk) 15:04, 26 September 2010 (UTC)