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December 3

Emilie-Claire_Barlow

Since Emilie Claire Barlow will be releasing her next studio record slated for release in late 2015 does anyone think she will go on tour in Ontario? I've been trying to get her autograph for years and she was going to sign cds but I couldn't at the concert i was at because my cousin was pregnant at the time. Venustar84 (talk) 01:43, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Is there anything in Google or on her personal website announcing tour dates? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:23, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

You might try mailing in a request for an autograph, with a self-addressed stamped envelope. StuRat (talk) 02:53, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

I did send a self addressed stamped envelope and I got nothing. Please help me. Venustar84 (talk) 01:29, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

When did you mail it? Considering that the advice was given to you yesterday anything you mailed could not possibly have gotten to Ms Barlow let alone could anything have been mailed back to you. MarnetteD|Talk 02:25, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

It's fair to say that any public figure who gets a lot of mail is going to hire people to go through that mail and respond as needed. I wouldn't put it past them to sign the autographs themselves. There's no substitute for getting one in person. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:42, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

A year ago. Venustar84 (talk) 04:53, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

This thread is nonsense, it should be collapsed because the question is purely speculative. Can anyone tell me how this question and the ensuing "opinions" improve Wikipedia as an encyclopaedia? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:46, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

A lot of legitimate questions here don't meet that criterion. It was framed as seeking our opinions, but it can be answered as a request for factual sourcing as to whether she has announced plans to tour in Ontario. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 19:35, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

Police Chase in Film

In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, I was baffled by the opening sequence in which something like 25-40 NYPD cruisers are seen chasing a stolen tow truck / plutonium armored carrier. It just seems so silly that they would try to chase the thief en masse -- was this done to mirror how it's drawn in comic books? I'm not a comic book fan, so maybe I'm missing something. DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 02:28, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

A partial answer is yes they are emulating the comics up to a point. Even more than that they are copying the type of "over the top" film making in chase scenes that goes back at least as far as the Keystone Cops. It sold then and it still draws in audiences today. MarnetteD|Talk 02:42, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Yea, there wouldn't be much point in having dozens of cars behind the vehicle they are chasing. They might have a few there, but would use the radio and possibly a helicopter to get other police cruisers in position in front of the vehicle they are trying to stop. StuRat (talk) 02:51, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

• Our article car chase has sections on chases in reality and in fiction. Tvtropes has some nice info on the traditions in fiction here [1]. In short, yes, car chases in fiction are commonly not much like chases in reality. SemanticMantis (talk) 14:38, 3 December 2014 (UTC)