Things that took you way too long to realize....

[l3ulvl]

Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

I recently heard that PG-13 movies will not show deaths where the victim's eyelids remain open.

I have to kind of sit back and think about/verify that information with movies that I've seen, but that may in fact be true. Google isn't really helping me out here, so far.

EDIT: Meh, forget what I said. I already thought of a movie that definitely does not hold true with this notion. However, this particular scene doesn't show the death in the take so that they are maybe suffering and in the same shot they just wither away, either. Maybe it has to do with not cutting away or something.

I recently heard there was a version of Mrs. Doubtfire the director could've produced that was NC-17

[Majingir]

Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

I recently heard there was a version of Mrs. Doubtfire the director could've produced that was NC-17

Even the uncut version was a bit edgy. The TV version edited out scenes like him flipping off the boyfriend from the window.

[Blzer]

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I don't know if this is new, old, Chrome-exclusive, or everywhere... but if I have a text item highlighted on a webpage and hit Ctrl+F (to search for queries), it'll automatically search for that highlighted entry.

I would often highlight, Ctrl+C, click out of the highlight, then Ctrl+F and Ctrl+V. This whole time, I could've been saving myself a couple of keystrokes and a mouse click.

[JHamilton9]

Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

I don't know if this is new, old, Chrome-exclusive, or everywhere... but if I have a text item highlighted on a webpage and hit Ctrl+F (to search for queries), it'll automatically search for that highlighted entry.

I would often highlight, Ctrl+C, click out of the highlight, then Ctrl+F and Ctrl+V. This whole time, I could've been saving myself a couple of keystrokes and a mouse click.

I just tried this out, and I can confirm it also works on the Firefox desktop browser.

[Madden08PCgmr]

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In the song, Down on the Corner, I never knew he was saying

"Willie and the Poor Boys are playing
Bring a nickel, tap your feet."

It just sounded like gibberish to me until I looked up the lyrics.

Reminds me of my favorite aunt, singing along.. first time I heard the song..

"Willie and the boat boys are playing,
Praying H!tl*r can't be beat"

And I mean she was belting it out like she was a game show contestant..

[Caulfield]

Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

Batman & Robin, I thought Robin was named Robin because he's like the bird, but Robin's just his name? like, ''Batman & Robin'' could have been ''Batman & Jeff'' or ''Batman & Doug''?

but the name just happens to be Robin, as in Robin Hood or Robin Yount?

sometimes being a nerd gives me a headache

[Blzer]

Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

Batman & Robin, I thought Robin was named Robin because he's like the bird, but Robin's just his name? like, ''Batman & Robin'' could have been ''Batman & Jeff'' or ''Batman & Doug''?

but the name just happens to be Robin, as in Robin Hood or Robin Yount?

sometimes being a nerd gives me a headache

It is because of the bird (well I don't actually know, but that makes the most sense). Where did you get that his name is Robin?

I'm doing this from memory, but in the comics there were three different characters who portrayed Robin:

- Dick Grayson
- Jason Todd
- Tim Drake (?)

Dick Grayson goes off to become Nightwing and starts the Teen Titans, Jason Todd is killed by the Joker, and then Tim Drake... I don't know how his story ends, but I think he finds out Bruce is Batman on his own and then falls under his wing. I believe Dick Grayson was the Robin in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, as his trapeze artist family (Flying Graysons) are killed by Two-Face in Batman Forever (I haven't seen that movie in forever so I can't remember who he... oh what's the actor's name again from Vertical Limit... portrayed). Only Dick Grayson was a boy in the comics.

If you're talking about The Dark Knight Rises and Robin John Blake, I don't know if I'm the only one, but I never imagined that he becomes Robin at the end. I believe he became Batman. The Robin name, to me, was a little more of a wink to the audience. I mean he was kind of "Robin-lite" throughout the film but as an officer and then a detective (and like Tim Drake he finds out Batman's true identity on his own), but ultimately I believe he becomes Batman offscreen.

[Caulfield]

Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

It is because of the bird (well I don't actually know, but that makes the most sense). Where did you get that his name is Robin?...

so Robin isn't just a name Grayson, Todd and Drake use to conceal their true identity? I just no longer believe he's a robin bird, but more based on Robin Hood

[Blzer]

Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

so Robin isn't just a name Grayson, Todd and Drake use to conceal their true identity? I just no longer believe he's a robin bird, but more based on Robin Hood

Perhaps, but given the [mostly] red outfit, the avian theme Batman symbolizes, and the "Flying Graysons" trapeze artistry from the first Robin, I think it probably has more to do with the bird.

Then again, the outfit has a little bit of green, so perhaps it has a slight Robin Hood influence as well.

[TripleCrown9]

Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

Alright, I'll nerd out.

Robin is just a nickname. Dick Grayson's family was in the circus (usually trapeze artists, The Flying Graysons) and THEY called him Robin because of how he flew through the air.

The red and green and yellow were just part of the Flying Graysons costumes.

That's the basic explanation anyways.

[l3ulvl]

Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

definitely better than Batman and tweety bird


edit: although I did just notice this guy: could put a whole knew spin on the franchise

Spoiler

[hogfanhw81]

Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

Alright, I'll nerd out.

Robin is just a nickname. Dick Grayson's family was in the circus (usually trapeze artists, The Flying Graysons) and THEY called him Robin because of how he flew through the air.

The red and green and yellow were just part of the Flying Graysons costumes.

That's the basic explanation anyways.

This was explored in Batman Forever.


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[TripleCrown9]

Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

This was explored in Batman Forever.


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Yes, and I think the confusion *might* have come from The Dark Knight Rises, at the very end when John Blake is getting his bag, and the clerk says "Why don't you use your real name? I like it. Robin."

Which of course was just to squeeze the Robin name into the very end of the Nolan Trilogy.

[kehlis]

Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

About a year after Batman's debut, Batman creators Bob Kane and Bill Finger introduced Robin the Boy Wonder in Detective Comics #38 (1940). The name "Robin the Boy Wonder" and the medieval look of the original costume were inspired by Robin Hood. Jerry Robinson noted he "came up with Robin because the adventures of Robin Hood were boyhood favorites of mine. I had been given a Robin Hood book illustrated by N. C. Wyeth ... and that's what I quickly sketched out when I suggested the name Robin Hood, which they seemed to like, and then showed them the costume. And if you look at it, it's Wyeth's costume, from my memory, because I didn't have the book to look at."

This is from the never wrong Wikipedia but the quotes are usually legit (and probably sourced).

It does go on to confirm what's mentioned above that his introduction into the story is of the bird variety.

But when he was created, the character's looks were designed around Robin Hood's looks.

[Majingir]

Re: Things that took you way too long to realize....

Federal Express is FedEx.

I'm watching Santa Clause and the delivery truck was federal express. I always just thought its some made up company for a movie but then I put the pieces together and realized it's FedEx.

To be fair, they changed their name 20 years ago, and aren't as big in Canada vs US.