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At the start a man dips his arm into a pool of liquid LSD. The title may be something like SW19 but not necessarily. Drogonov 10:18, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Well some contenders are SLC Punk!, 1969 and J.C.. But it would really help if we had more info such as how old the film might be, who was in it, if it was an English speaking film, etc. Popcorn II ( talk) 19:09, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm trying to find the person who played the bathroom attendant on Mr. Monk and the Critic. He reminded me of "The Professor" (Russell Johnson). However, looking at current photos of Russell, there is no similarity. I checked the standard sources (ie: IMDB), but this character, which had multiple scenes and many lines, it not listed. They do list many characters with one (or no) lines. Odd. -- kainaw ™ 12:39, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Is the UFC no downward strikes with the point of the elbow arbitrary? How is it different from a punch, or the downward strike with the point of the knee? Is the point of an elbow a process/condyle? 174.3.110.93 ( talk) 14:43, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
It's not abitrary. According to our page it's a foul. It's different from a punch because it's such a small, hard point and therefore has a much more concentrated impact. You can do a great deal of damage to someone by elbowing down onto the top of their head. Trying to do a downward strike with the point of the knee is not likely to be very effective just because of the physical logistics (a knee to the head of a grounded opponent is also a foul). I don't think it's got anything to do with whether it's a process or not. Popcorn II ( talk) 13:04, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
You are not the first person to ask if it's arbitrary, I've heard this discussed by commentators before. To clarify, you are allowed to elbow your opponent as long as it isn't a "12-6 motion" (i.e. bringing the elbow straight down as opposed to a sideways elbow strike) and as long as he isn't "grounded" (although our page doesn't mention this part). But I don't know why they would specifically ban the downward elbow and not, say, hyperextending someone's elbow or grabbing the back of someone's head and kneeing them in the face. Maybe it was too easy to break people's noses that way. Recury ( talk) 18:54, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
Well, it's arbitrary in the sense that all rules are somewhat arbitrary, but that doesn't mean that there's no reason for it. The elbow point rule is somewhat like the head butt and small joint rules; they're put in place because a lot of damage can be done instantly and, to be cynical about it, in a way that doesn't make for good entertainment. In the early UFCs, those rules didn't exist and the fights were much more like typical vale tudo fights: the slightly better wrestler overpowers the other guy and head butts him into unconsciousness. Besides being bloody and dangerous, it's just not that much fun to watch, even if you've a strong stomach for violence; it's boring. As Recury mentions, it's the 12-6 motion that is the problem; a strong man can easily break a bone (including his own) using that maneuver. Even a shot into thick muscle can create a nasty charlie horse with a single blow. The comments above about hyperextending an elbow ignore that during a submission, the goal is to simply have the guy tap out; in a way it is the victim who chooses to get his arm hyperextended by not signalling his submission (and, yes, there are fighters that do risk the hyperextension to "stay in the game", but they are rare). A busted nose is nothing to these guys; they break 'em like normal people get haircuts. Matt Deres ( talk) 16:36, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
I am looking for a mainstream movie that is set in Anchorage Alaska, can you name me some of them? Googlemeister ( talk) 19:45, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
I did an IMDB advanced search for Anchorage in the plot summaries. There were no hits at all on real movies, but there was one hit on a TV-movie from 2000 called Personally Yours, which apparently takes place partly in Anchorage and partly in a rural location.
I also tried an IMDB advanced search for Anchorage in the plot keywords. There was one hit on a movie, a 1998 one called Permanent Midnight. Neither the IMDB plot summary nor the Wikipedia page says anything about where the story takes place, but the title could be alluding to the Arctic's dark winter days. (But if meant literally it would not be correct for Anchorage, which is south of the Arctic Circle and therefore has sunrise and sunset every day.)
--Anonymous, 07:20 UTC, September 22, 2009.
What's the point of football's offside rule? Vimescarrot ( talk) 19:53, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
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At the start a man dips his arm into a pool of liquid LSD. The title may be something like SW19 but not necessarily. Drogonov 10:18, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Well some contenders are SLC Punk!, 1969 and J.C.. But it would really help if we had more info such as how old the film might be, who was in it, if it was an English speaking film, etc. Popcorn II ( talk) 19:09, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
I'm trying to find the person who played the bathroom attendant on Mr. Monk and the Critic. He reminded me of "The Professor" (Russell Johnson). However, looking at current photos of Russell, there is no similarity. I checked the standard sources (ie: IMDB), but this character, which had multiple scenes and many lines, it not listed. They do list many characters with one (or no) lines. Odd. -- kainaw ™ 12:39, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Is the UFC no downward strikes with the point of the elbow arbitrary? How is it different from a punch, or the downward strike with the point of the knee? Is the point of an elbow a process/condyle? 174.3.110.93 ( talk) 14:43, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
It's not abitrary. According to our page it's a foul. It's different from a punch because it's such a small, hard point and therefore has a much more concentrated impact. You can do a great deal of damage to someone by elbowing down onto the top of their head. Trying to do a downward strike with the point of the knee is not likely to be very effective just because of the physical logistics (a knee to the head of a grounded opponent is also a foul). I don't think it's got anything to do with whether it's a process or not. Popcorn II ( talk) 13:04, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
You are not the first person to ask if it's arbitrary, I've heard this discussed by commentators before. To clarify, you are allowed to elbow your opponent as long as it isn't a "12-6 motion" (i.e. bringing the elbow straight down as opposed to a sideways elbow strike) and as long as he isn't "grounded" (although our page doesn't mention this part). But I don't know why they would specifically ban the downward elbow and not, say, hyperextending someone's elbow or grabbing the back of someone's head and kneeing them in the face. Maybe it was too easy to break people's noses that way. Recury ( talk) 18:54, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
Well, it's arbitrary in the sense that all rules are somewhat arbitrary, but that doesn't mean that there's no reason for it. The elbow point rule is somewhat like the head butt and small joint rules; they're put in place because a lot of damage can be done instantly and, to be cynical about it, in a way that doesn't make for good entertainment. In the early UFCs, those rules didn't exist and the fights were much more like typical vale tudo fights: the slightly better wrestler overpowers the other guy and head butts him into unconsciousness. Besides being bloody and dangerous, it's just not that much fun to watch, even if you've a strong stomach for violence; it's boring. As Recury mentions, it's the 12-6 motion that is the problem; a strong man can easily break a bone (including his own) using that maneuver. Even a shot into thick muscle can create a nasty charlie horse with a single blow. The comments above about hyperextending an elbow ignore that during a submission, the goal is to simply have the guy tap out; in a way it is the victim who chooses to get his arm hyperextended by not signalling his submission (and, yes, there are fighters that do risk the hyperextension to "stay in the game", but they are rare). A busted nose is nothing to these guys; they break 'em like normal people get haircuts. Matt Deres ( talk) 16:36, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
I am looking for a mainstream movie that is set in Anchorage Alaska, can you name me some of them? Googlemeister ( talk) 19:45, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
I did an IMDB advanced search for Anchorage in the plot summaries. There were no hits at all on real movies, but there was one hit on a TV-movie from 2000 called Personally Yours, which apparently takes place partly in Anchorage and partly in a rural location.
I also tried an IMDB advanced search for Anchorage in the plot keywords. There was one hit on a movie, a 1998 one called Permanent Midnight. Neither the IMDB plot summary nor the Wikipedia page says anything about where the story takes place, but the title could be alluding to the Arctic's dark winter days. (But if meant literally it would not be correct for Anchorage, which is south of the Arctic Circle and therefore has sunrise and sunset every day.)
--Anonymous, 07:20 UTC, September 22, 2009.
What's the point of football's offside rule? Vimescarrot ( talk) 19:53, 21 September 2009 (UTC)