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February 5

What movie is this description?

Its a science fiction horror dinosaur movie released in 2012, taken in the style of a found footage movie (Like Blair Witch or Cannibal Holocaust), and these survivors, they crash at an isolated site, and they have to survive. What is the name of the movie? ONE RING (talk) 01:47, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

I did an IMDB keyword search on "dinosaur", selected the plain word "dinosaur", and refined by year of release 2012. I then sorted by runtime to put full-length movies at the top, and quickly spotted Area 407, which seems to be what you want. --142.112.220.136 (talk) 04:59, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. ONE RING (talk) 01:45, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

February 8

Music engineer

What kind of the music people like these days or don't like?. 41.116.170.139 (talk) 15:56, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

The people like all kinds of music. Individual tastes vary. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 16:22, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

February 9

Stop motion film with dancing cockroaches singing hanukah song?

I've just discovered this resource and hoping I am not crazy. I have a memory of seeing some stop-motion Christmas movie that involved a visit to "the city" and included a scene of ostensibly Jewish cockroaches singing a song and playing with a dreidle. It was as awful as it sounds so perhaps best left to the dustbin of history but I also want to know if this is real. All I can remember is animation, Christmas, Jewish cockroaches.98.207.209.227 (talk) 21:59, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Edited to add: I think actually they were supposed to be Jerusalem crickets instead of cockroaches. 98.207.209.227 (talk) 04:45, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

February 14

Sodor

2 questions: (1) what mineral resources are present on the Island of Sodor, and in which locations are they mined? And (2) according to canonic sources, does Sodor have any monorail or high-speed rail lines (the latter presumably intended to be used by Pip and Emma), or not? 2601:646:8080:FC40:A0EA:E55B:2645:FEAF (talk) 03:21, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

(1) I suggest you acquire a copy of The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways, where there is much information, albeit scattered around.

Awdry, Rev. W.; Awdry, George (1987). The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways. London: Kaye & Ward. ISBN 0-434-92762-7. -- Verbarson  _edits 21:13, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! But what of minerals discovered and railroads built after 1987? 2601:646:8080:FC40:5008:56A0:C556:EE41 (talk) 02:32, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

For an island this size building a high-speed rail line would make no commercial sense.  --Lambiam 01:00, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps so -- but all the same, some maps I've seen show a high-speed line paralleling the original main line and merging with it near Wellsworth -- so the question remains, is this canon or not? (I'm asking this because I'm doing some very early work on a Thomas & Friends-themed scenario pack for Train Simulator Classic and/or Train Sim World, and this requires me to map all of the railroads present on the island per the canonical sources!) 2601:646:8080:FC40:5008:56A0:C556:EE41 (talk) 02:32, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

I think that you need to define what counts - for your project - as a Reliable Source. Misplaced Pages has that article which lists books in and associated with the Railway Series; if you find more that are arguably canonical (eg authorised by the Awdrys) then add them. Otherwise, if you want to include details from fan fiction and the like into your project, that's entirely up to you. -- Verbarson  _edits 09:57, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

I already have defined what counts -- the Railway Series and the Thomas & Friends TV show count, but the various Youtube fan fiction videos (of which there are a great many, e.g. the "Ghosts of Sodor" series) don't! And that's why I'm asking about the monorail and the high-speed line -- I see them on some of the maps, but I haven't found any reference to them in Thomas & Friends, so I was asking to see if anyone happens to know if they are there somewhere (after all, the show did add a whole bunch of other lines over and above those in the Railway Series), or are they only in fan fiction? 2601:646:8080:FC40:C4F4:FCE1:FA5B:3015 (talk) 03:12, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Trying to find reliable sources??

Hey guys I need your help. I'm trying to find more sourced genres for the song "Tempted" by Squeeze, can you help me find some Iamthegoat524 (talk) 04:38, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

More than the four we have already (Blue-eyed soul; Rhythm and blues; New wave; Power pop)? Wouldn't that be overdoing it?  --Lambiam 11:18, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

I feel like the song counts as "soft rock", its part of my OCD Iamthegoat524 (talk) 04:58, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

No, Squeeze is not soft rock. --Viennese Waltz 21:23, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

February 15

Neighborhoods of the world with the most film productions

Which are the neighborhoods of the world with the most film productions? Hollywood, Los Angeles and Goregaon, Mumbai possibly are the neighboorhoods with the most film productions. However, how are films defined? Kind regards Sarcelles (talk) 06:40, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Are you asking for locations where film production companies are registered, or filming locations, or locations that are the narrative focus of a film?  --Lambiam 00:44, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

You seem to have answered your first question yourself. For the second, see Film. Shantavira| 10:09, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your answers.

So far, I would say filming locations. Canoga Park (LA) was missing. Is it relevant? Sarcelles (talk) 12:59, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

City Hall discusses these issues and places London third . 2A00:23D0:71C:C901:A5B0:A253:D09:2E4F (talk) 14:54, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

We list more than 2,000 films shot in Los Angeles (said to be first) and 1,700 films shot in New York City (said to be second), but these, like London, are sprawling cities with very many neighbourhoods. While San Francisco has a mere 322 films listed, it is not inconceivable that one of its neighbourhoods scores higher than any LA or NYC neighbourhood.  --Lambiam 15:06, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your answers. Nigeria and India also have potential contenders. Sarcelles (talk) 07:45, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

February 16

Dinner with Mr. DeSantos

When I was about ten years old there was a movie on TV with Brian Dennehy where he was playing a lawyer in a court. He was going over some case with a witness and kept asking about "Dinner...with Mr. DeSantos". We later had a game where we would chase our dog while shouting "Dinner with Mr. DeSantos!" but that's another story. Anyway, what was the film? I would love to see it again. KTcup82 (talk) 03:53, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps Legal Eagles? If not, have a look through Brian Dennehy#Filmography, it must be in there somewhere. Your exact quote has no matches anywhere on Google. Alansplodge (talk) 11:44, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Nothing like that in a dialogue transcript (found at www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/l/legal-eagles-script-transcript-winger.html) of that specific flick.  --Lambiam 14:42, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

I would guess that DeSantos (or de Santos, etc.) was a character in the movie. I looked through a few Brian Dennehy movies and didn't find one with that name as a character, though. --142.112.220.50 (talk) 22:20, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Funnily enough, the first movie of his I clicked on was Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan which seems to feature Brannigan playing a lawyer (his son is also a lawyer), has a dinner party near the beginning and includes a character apparently called 'Allan "Al" Disanto' so I think we have the answer. (Although I'm not sure if the dinner referred to is the dinner party since it seems to have involved several people.) Nil Einne (talk) 23:26, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

To be fair, it wasn't a complete accident. A search doesn't find anything like that line and given the abundance of subtitle sites, some of which aren't banned by Google and do have full text searchable subtitles indexed on Google, the fact this is one only results for 'dinner "with mr desantos"' (along with 2 results for that Riverdale episode sort of proving my point about subtitles) made me guess that either the OP is remembering the line wrong or it's a somewhat obscure movie.

The name of the person is something easy to remember wrong. Since it could easily be 'desantis', well trying to search for variations of the name sounded like a fool's errand.

But also I sort of expected that people might have looked at most of his main movies by now and at least seen if he played a lawyer. Although now that I look more carefully there are a lot in that list too. But I still expect any particularly prominent ones where he plays a lawyer might have been mentioned.

So there was a fair chance it was a TV movie and some of these we don't even have an article on so it might be fairly difficult. OTOH, when I had a quick look through that list, indefensible sounded like the sort of title that might involve a lawyer. Definitely those ones where he's called sergeant, general etc probably weren't it. When I looked a second time, Shadow of a Doubt (1995 film) sounded like another one where he might be a lawyer and it seems he indeed is there too.

Oh and now that I wrote all this, I search for "dinner with Disanto" and find it doesn't produce anything useful. (My earlier search is nearly as useless with disanto as desantis.)

However it does seem quite obscure I can see a DVD on Amazon but I have no idea if it's on any streaming services. (These services like to only show you what's available based on geolocation and I'm not going to bother try a VPN so I don't know for sure. Apple TV says it's on Pluto TV, Pluto TV seems broken, and Google Play just says it's not available but in any case I think Google Play for movies is dead replaced by Youtube and other stuff.)

Nil Einne (talk) 23:56, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Okay yes I forgot the Mr in my later searches but adding it didn't seem to help except find Bob's Burger subtitles from a quick test. Nil Einne (talk) 00:36, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Question on the laws of rugby union

There's an aspect of the laws of rugby union that I don't understand. Rugby union gameplay#Tackle says that "fter the ball has been released by a tackled player, players from either side may try to take possession of the ball." But it seems to me that following a tackle, the attacking side retains possession of the ball. For example, see the clip exactly here. The ball is on the ground but Wales make no attempt to regain possession - England just pick up the ball and start attacking again. So what exactly is the rule here? --Viennese Waltz 17:01, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

The key word in the quoted passage is "may try to gain possession . . .".

Wales could have engaged in a multi-player shoulder-to-shoulder struggle over the ball – a 'ruck' – or at least an attempt by the tackler to grab the ball – 'jackalling' – to try to gain possession, but when the tackled player had good support, as here, this was unlikely to be successful. Moreover, such attempts would have committed one or several Wales players to the ruck, leaving fewer to oppose England's when the ball was passed from the ruck to their attacking backs. Instead, Wales opted to retreat from the potential ruck to maximise their defensive numbers.

It's more common for some of the defenders to engage in a ruck or at least for the tackler to jackal, so this alternative tactic can sometimes confuse the attacking side who were planning on a ruck or jackal happening, and even lead to them accidentally committing an offense. Famously, Italy repeatedly deployed this refusal to ruck or jackal in a game against England a few years ago, eventually leading to the England captain asking the Referee "What are we supposed to do?" and the referee replying "I'm not your Coach." {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 176.24.45.226 (talk) 19:16, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, that makes sense. --Viennese Waltz 20:58, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

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