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Hello. I recently watched a film called The Village and I was disappointed by the ending. Without spoiling the plot for anyone who hasn't seen it, the ending of the film basically means that the film was not about what the viewer believed it to be about and it was not about what the advertising suggested it was about. So I basically paid to hire a film that was meant to be about one thing, and I spent time watching it thinking that it was about that thing, and then it turned out to be about something else. In this situation are there grounds to complain and who would you complain to? I know that it might sound trivial, because it only cost £3 to hire the DVD and I only spent about an hour and a half of my time watching it, but I feel that it is the principle. It is a bit like going into a burger bar and ordering a beef burger, but then getting a chicken burger, you have only lost a couple of pounds, but you have not got what you paid for. I feel that they could have taken some kind of action to reduce the risk of disappointment, without giving the plot away (perhaps a message at the start saying something like "Warning, this is film not about what it originally appears to be about, nor what the advertising suggests it is about").
Surely the film was about a village set in the modern age from the very beginning - it was YOU who thought it wasn't. The film should sue you. Juliankaufman ( talk) 21:00, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Funny you would mention Psycho, since it's one I thought of for the section just above. There were several Psycho films. Did any of them ever actually use that word in its many incarnations? There were Psycho II, Psycho III, Psycho IV - A New Hype, Son of Psycho, Psycho Meets Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, and Abbot and Costello, Psycho Forever, and many others I'm sure you'll recall. They were all top-notch films. Well, maybe not all. Some of them, you might as well stick a knife in them. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 21:38, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Chess: Steinitz--von Bardeleben at Hastings 1895 (see side box)
Why 22...Kf8? I think is it a bad move as it loses the queen. Why not 22...Kxe7 or even Qxe7?
-- Masatran ( talk) 07:35, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Dear Sir.
I recently looked myself up on your, and I must say brilliant Wikipedia. Unfortunately on the subject of myself and my several bands and history of I was left a bit clueless as to why or how someone wrote it. Its mostly wrong I'm afraid. Whoever wrote it has a vastly different idea on my history. It would have been better to have got in touch personally.
Nevertheless, please continue with the great and enormous work that you do.
Yours Sincerely
Kirk Brandon 3/9/2009 —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
94.193.237.90 (
talk) 09:17, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
To whom it may concern:
My name is Michael Perry and I'm looking for an contact email address to Michael Jordan. I have a business proposal that I would like for him to consider.
Please get back to me at your earliest.
Michael Perry
<email redacted>—Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.210.130.121 ( talk) 13:30, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Sharekhan.com is an indian stock market service provider and they have generally put up a music track on their customer care number when the caller is waiting. The customer care number is : +xxxxxxxxxxxxx. Can anyone help to identify the name of the song or album.
Thanks a lot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.161.236.98 ( talk) 15:27, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello, i'm sure you all know the feeling when you're trying to remember the name of an old film or game.
Well there are two PC games i'm trying to remember the names of. -Both of them are 2D games set in space, from around the mid-1990s -Both were real time -Both of them had multiplayer options -I have no idea what they were called. There are so many space games with almost the same titles.
The first game put you in charge of a mothership. You could change the sprite of the ship, and one of the choices was a smiley face. The area of space you were in was divided into squares. I think there were four quadrants, but it might have been further divided than that. You flew around space finding planets. You could strip them of resources with your tractor beam (there may have been a sucking sound) and carry them back to your home planet, where you could sell the resources for credits. You could buy extras for your ship like missiles or more storage space. You could install bases on planets and contribute credits to their growth. You could also drop bombs on planets. The objective was to defeat the enemy mothership.
The second game also put you in charge of a mothership. This was definitely more of a RTS. You could build structures in space to create more spaceships for your fleet. I remember there were four "races" to choose from which were red, blue, purple, and green. The races had different build options and I believe that some races could build targets for their ships to improve themselves. The maps were quite busy with nebulae and asteroids.
I hope my descriptions aren't too vague. I'd really appreciate any help in my quest! 77.167.189.35 ( talk) 20:07, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Warpath and Star Command :D Thanks to everyone that helped me out! 77.167.189.35 ( talk) 17:53, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
How many submarine movies has Harrison Ford been involved with? Is K-19 the only one? Googlemeister ( talk) 20:53, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I was just wondering whether anyone knows about what has happened to the Ellen DeGeneres show on Channel Fiver. It would usually show at 6am in the morning in the UK but today, it's suddenly no longer showing. Is it coming back?
Also, if anyone then can help to guide me where I could possibly watch it elsewhere over the Internet etc. There is another channel in shows in the UK, but I unfortunately don't have it. Wiki.user ( talk) 20:58, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
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Welcome to the Wikipedia Entertainment Reference Desk Archives |
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Hello. I recently watched a film called The Village and I was disappointed by the ending. Without spoiling the plot for anyone who hasn't seen it, the ending of the film basically means that the film was not about what the viewer believed it to be about and it was not about what the advertising suggested it was about. So I basically paid to hire a film that was meant to be about one thing, and I spent time watching it thinking that it was about that thing, and then it turned out to be about something else. In this situation are there grounds to complain and who would you complain to? I know that it might sound trivial, because it only cost £3 to hire the DVD and I only spent about an hour and a half of my time watching it, but I feel that it is the principle. It is a bit like going into a burger bar and ordering a beef burger, but then getting a chicken burger, you have only lost a couple of pounds, but you have not got what you paid for. I feel that they could have taken some kind of action to reduce the risk of disappointment, without giving the plot away (perhaps a message at the start saying something like "Warning, this is film not about what it originally appears to be about, nor what the advertising suggests it is about").
Surely the film was about a village set in the modern age from the very beginning - it was YOU who thought it wasn't. The film should sue you. Juliankaufman ( talk) 21:00, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
Funny you would mention Psycho, since it's one I thought of for the section just above. There were several Psycho films. Did any of them ever actually use that word in its many incarnations? There were Psycho II, Psycho III, Psycho IV - A New Hype, Son of Psycho, Psycho Meets Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, and Abbot and Costello, Psycho Forever, and many others I'm sure you'll recall. They were all top-notch films. Well, maybe not all. Some of them, you might as well stick a knife in them. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 21:38, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Chess: Steinitz--von Bardeleben at Hastings 1895 (see side box)
Why 22...Kf8? I think is it a bad move as it loses the queen. Why not 22...Kxe7 or even Qxe7?
-- Masatran ( talk) 07:35, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Dear Sir.
I recently looked myself up on your, and I must say brilliant Wikipedia. Unfortunately on the subject of myself and my several bands and history of I was left a bit clueless as to why or how someone wrote it. Its mostly wrong I'm afraid. Whoever wrote it has a vastly different idea on my history. It would have been better to have got in touch personally.
Nevertheless, please continue with the great and enormous work that you do.
Yours Sincerely
Kirk Brandon 3/9/2009 —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
94.193.237.90 (
talk) 09:17, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
To whom it may concern:
My name is Michael Perry and I'm looking for an contact email address to Michael Jordan. I have a business proposal that I would like for him to consider.
Please get back to me at your earliest.
Michael Perry
<email redacted>—Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.210.130.121 ( talk) 13:30, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Sharekhan.com is an indian stock market service provider and they have generally put up a music track on their customer care number when the caller is waiting. The customer care number is : +xxxxxxxxxxxxx. Can anyone help to identify the name of the song or album.
Thanks a lot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.161.236.98 ( talk) 15:27, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello, i'm sure you all know the feeling when you're trying to remember the name of an old film or game.
Well there are two PC games i'm trying to remember the names of. -Both of them are 2D games set in space, from around the mid-1990s -Both were real time -Both of them had multiplayer options -I have no idea what they were called. There are so many space games with almost the same titles.
The first game put you in charge of a mothership. You could change the sprite of the ship, and one of the choices was a smiley face. The area of space you were in was divided into squares. I think there were four quadrants, but it might have been further divided than that. You flew around space finding planets. You could strip them of resources with your tractor beam (there may have been a sucking sound) and carry them back to your home planet, where you could sell the resources for credits. You could buy extras for your ship like missiles or more storage space. You could install bases on planets and contribute credits to their growth. You could also drop bombs on planets. The objective was to defeat the enemy mothership.
The second game also put you in charge of a mothership. This was definitely more of a RTS. You could build structures in space to create more spaceships for your fleet. I remember there were four "races" to choose from which were red, blue, purple, and green. The races had different build options and I believe that some races could build targets for their ships to improve themselves. The maps were quite busy with nebulae and asteroids.
I hope my descriptions aren't too vague. I'd really appreciate any help in my quest! 77.167.189.35 ( talk) 20:07, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Warpath and Star Command :D Thanks to everyone that helped me out! 77.167.189.35 ( talk) 17:53, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
How many submarine movies has Harrison Ford been involved with? Is K-19 the only one? Googlemeister ( talk) 20:53, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I was just wondering whether anyone knows about what has happened to the Ellen DeGeneres show on Channel Fiver. It would usually show at 6am in the morning in the UK but today, it's suddenly no longer showing. Is it coming back?
Also, if anyone then can help to guide me where I could possibly watch it elsewhere over the Internet etc. There is another channel in shows in the UK, but I unfortunately don't have it. Wiki.user ( talk) 20:58, 3 September 2009 (UTC)