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February 26

Movie reviews from personal sites

Hello,

I was unable to find what I consider to be a clear answer for this question. I have a personal site that I post some movie reviews on. Is it inappropriate to link to my own film reviews?

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jotunar (talk • contribs) 00:01, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

If the reviews are your own opinions, then your site is not an appropriate link. If you are simply copying reviews from a reliable source, then why would we use your site rather then the original source? So, as a general rule, your own site is not considered a reliable source. The exception might come when many other reliable sources start taking about your site as a good source of reviews. One last thing: please do not be tempted to SPAM your site on Wikipedia - it will not increase your page ranking statistics, such activities will be quickly reverted and you could be blocked if you persist. Astronaut (talk) 01:45, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Red Dwarf: Rimmerworld - The Rimmerclones

I haven't watched every episode of Red Dwarf so I might have missed something, but in the epi Rimmerworld, Rimmer was able to create an entire civilisation of clones of himeself. So my question is how could Rimmer, who was a hologram at the time, clone himself?80.254.146.140 (talk) 13:11, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

It wouldn't be science fiction if impossible things didn't happen all the time, but I suspect it's easier to clone a hologram than a sheep.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 14:41, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Our article (Rimmerworld) doesn't explain how - but he was trying to make a "Jane" to his "Adam" to start a new world. Rmhermen (talk) 16:24, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

It's Red Dwarf, you're not meant to ask questions... Worm^TT 10:13, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

The way I would do it, I would start a factory that produces holoemitters (or whatever the term Red Dwarf used), and copy the original program into them. Googlemeister (talk) 14:17, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

I was thinking that his DNA was also digitised just like his memories & everything else. Then he was somehow convert his electronic DNA into organic DNA81.152.231.242 (talk) 14:46, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

The Vaccines Band - Post Break Up Sex influences

Since I first heard the song "Post break-up sex" by the Vaccines, it's been bugging me, as it sounds to me like another song, but I can't think which one! I read the wiki page that says it borrows heavily from the Ramones "The KKK took my baby away", but it seems there must be another one it's like, as well, as I hadn't heard that one. Or is the whole song just horrendously derivative? Any suggestions for songs that sound just like it, with different words would be much appreciated. If you haven't heard it and you want to have a listen, it's on Youtube. Snorgle (talk) 16:22, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Personally, I'd say that as well as borrowing shamelessly from "The KKK Took My Baby Away", it also borrows a lot from The Strokes, and has a section that is similar to Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know". Yes, it is horribly derivative, but that's what the kids like these days. Apparently. --Michig (talk) 18:59, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

The Keane song certainly sounds like it, and the Strokes do as well. Thanks for the input!Snorgle (talk) 21:38, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Can you identify this music for string quartet?

Here's a sound clip. I'm not 100% sure it's a string quartet, though, but I count 4 instruments.

This is played by the musicians in a dining room in a scene from the 1985 film "Brewster's Millions" starring Richard Pryor and John Candy. It's a wonderful melody, and I already got confirmation from a reliable source that it wasn't composed by the film's composer, Ry Cooder. It's also obviously not Scott Joplin's "Paragon Rag", which the same string quartet is playing immediately on the next scene.

There's no soundtrack release for this movie, and the only soundtrack listing I can find is regarding the ending credits music.

Can anyone identify it? Thanks a ton! — Kieff | Talk 18:27, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

For me, it's just too short to get an aural handle on the melody. I guess if there was a longer excerpt, you'd have posted it. Sorry. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 08:00, 2 March 2011 (UTC)