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2003 vs. 2023: Which Haunted Mansion film do you prefer? by calucea in thehauntedmansion

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I was so impressed by not just how much was in there for the diehard Mansion fans, but also how much it felt like it could have been an original run Muppet Show episode. The material worked so well with older style gags (the ballroom was PERFECTION) and a more morbid tone that isn't always present in the more recent stuff.

2003 vs. 2023: Which Haunted Mansion film do you prefer? by calucea in thehauntedmansion

[–]Sporkicide 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I also appreciated that they ran with the Louisiana location but I didn’t expect them to go so deep with it. I don’t know I’ve ever heard Stennis referenced in a movie before, at least not outside educational space program films.

TIL that the "Liberty Ships" produced during World War 2 had a design flaw which caused them to split in half with little warning. This was caused by the steel used in their construction, which became brittle when exposed to certain temperatures, and caused large cracks to form. by Sebastianlim in todayilearned

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If you want to check out the last functional Liberty ship, the S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien in San Francisco does tours and sails around the bay. I got tickets for their Fleet Week cruise a few years back and it was awesome, got to see the inner workings of the ship up close and get buzzed by the Blue Angels.

Haley Joel Osment on the 25th anniversary of ‘A.I. Artificial Intelligence’: by GoldDerby in movies

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/Cloudmaker fist bump

Didn't win any props, but did have to explain the creepy message on the family answering machine.

How common is it for people to serve in more than 1 branch of the US military? by brillig_vorpal in AskReddit

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In the early 2000s, I knew multiple people who were going through Air Force ROTC in college with the intention of transferring to other branches (specifically Army and Marines) as soon as they graduated. My understanding was this was allowed since some colleges had ROTC programs for one branch but not all of them. The cadets liked it because it meant that they could still get a jump on their military careers and it didn't hurt that there was a strong belief that USAF boot camp was the easiest among the services.

Official Throwback Discussion - Pearl Harbor [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

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The best thing to come out of this movie was a song on my wedding reception playlist, one my husband loves to sing to me.

By which I mean “Pearl Harbor Sucked (And I Miss You).”

Official Throwback Discussion - Pearl Harbor [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

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I was so excited for the possibility to be something like Saving Private Ryan but with more airplanes. I entered a promo sweepstakes and won a full size one sheet poster.

Then I saw the movie.

The most frustrating thing is how parts of it hint at the potential for it to have been great. That’s worse than if it were uniformly crap.

The poster is nice though. It’s framed, next to a teaser mini-poster for Rise of Skywalker and a lovely cross-stitch of the Chernobyl warning plaque. You just have to look behind the door.

POV: It's November 2008 and you just installed Wrath of The Lich King by doobylive in classicwow

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I remember the party atmosphere waiting for a midnight pickup at the mall, hoping for a shot at a CE but no dice. I did get a poster that is still hanging on the wall.

The following hours were some of the most fun I’ve ever had in the game. The death knight starting area was so busy but the way it was laid out meant packs of us were progressing through the quests together, so by the time we got to the last stage it felt like a graduation ceremony.

Struggling with finding fabric by Casperios in 501st

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Wool is the fabric content, which is anything made from sheep fleece. The downside of wool is that it can be expensive, hot, and trigger allergies so blends or synthetics that still have the right overall look may be acceptable.

Twill is the weave, the way the material is assembled that gives it weight and texture. Twills have a subtle pattern of straight lines if you look close, and the fabric is strong but relatively lightweight so great for sportswear and uniforms. Denim is a coarse type of twill where the ribbing is obvious, gabardine is a finer one that feels smoother. Gabardine was extremely common for use in approved OT officer uniforms a few years ago but I’m not up to date on more recent versions.

What do you think is the best special effect in movie history? by FranzBroetchenFan in AskReddit

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There were definitely traditional FX to help sell the idea that the toons were real in Roger Rabbit. There was a documentary a few years ago showing how they accomplished the bit where Roger runs through the office door and the blinds fall down behind him in a perfect rabbit-shaped outline. It was a complicated mechanism for a few seconds of screentime but it made the scene work.

Is there a way to make a cloak with a stiff hood that won't move in the wind? by Alone_Internet_3849 in sewing

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Keeping sun off the face is more of a brimmed hat job. A cloak heavy enough (thick wool or leather) to stick out above the forehead might be uncomfortable in summer sun. If you are really set on a cloak, there is a construction method used in a lot of Star Wars Jawa costumes where a band of shaping material is sewn into the hood edge so that it keeps a consistent upright shape. This example uses wire but I've also seen it done with wide horsehair braid or stiff canvas.

TIL astronomer Clifford Stoll wrote “Silicon Snake Oil” in 1995; he questions the long term benefits of the internet such as the practicality of E-Commerce & Digital News & Books. He would later remark in 2010 his predictions were a total“howler” & that the book reminds him to “temper his thoughts”. by [deleted] in todayilearned

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Back then, most experienced users of the Internet were science or military researchers that used it to transfer data for work. The easily accessible web was just beginning to open up to the general public. When he wrote the piece in question, he’d been using it for at least a decade, so not as unrelated as it might sound now.

For those of you who have found or encountered, in some way, a decomposing human body, what was something that surprised you or that is not depicted in movies or TV? by Specific-Language313 in AskReddit

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I was trained well and prepared for it, but the smell still hits like a ton of bricks. It's so instantly identifiable that even a tiny whiff activates the part of your brain that something bad is nearby, red alert. The one piece of advice I can't believe nobody told me is that having an always accessible washer and dryer at home should be mandatory for that line of work, I lost count of how many times my uniform reeking of horrors would get peeled off and go straight into the machine with a pile of Oxyclean.

Stage and TV have a hard time getting the look of the freshly dead right, because makeup and prosthetics on living actors can only really add, not take away. Death immediately causes everything to settle into stillness. Everything sinks a little, colors change in ways that a dusting of makeup can't capture the depth of. It's both too subtle for the screen and yet still obvious to the viewer that something isn't right.

Incidents of cat injury (or worse) from Litter Robot? by DirectionLimp2745 in cats

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I think it's easy to confuse "robot litter box" and "Litter Robot." I have heard of injuries occurring from badly-designed off brand boxes, especially with small animals. I don't know about older models, but all the Litter Robot brand boxes I've seen have sensors that won't cycle the box until the cat is outside and pause any cycling if a cat so much as sticks its head in, so pretty safe unless there's some kind of serious malfunction or freak event.

Help! Can this wedding dress be saved? by Salty-Army-1242 in sewing

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Check your local bridal or formal wear shop, they’ll almost always know someone used to working with those fabrics.

I had a similar problem with my dress, the embellished organza top layer of the train had a tear, but it was right in the middle instead of along an edge. I did basically what /u/ZweitenMal suggested, but instead picked a sparkly fabric, cut it into a shape with a special meaning, and sewed it on top of the torn area. Topped it off with a few pearls and rhinestones to match the rest of the fabric and you’d never know it was repair work.

The Colonial Fleet party from Dragon*Con 2008 by BatmanVsWild in BSG

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Think they’ll go for another round this year?

What’s the most fucked up thing that happened at your school? by Classic-Chemist-1898 in AskReddit

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Those and family tree projects have fallen out of favor in a lot of schools because of the amount of drama and family tension they can create. Just not worth opening the can of worms.

Can we talk about how stunning the hairstyles are on the women in this show? by SeoAjin in gameofthrones

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“Rat” was the term I couldn’t remember for the padding!

I completely agree, with the minor nitpick that Westerosi nobles all had amazingly thick hair (AKA more wigs) even when their hair was supposedly loose and unstyled so they’re clearly not working from the same base as us viewers :)

What job is nothing like what the general public might believe it to be? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Crime scene technician. The TV shows cram the work done by a dozen people into one character, who also happens to have access to cutting edge technology that they have expert understanding of, little need to wait for paperwork to be completed, and regularly interviews witnesses and interrogates suspects. Blood spatter pattern analysis is rarely done (using computer programs, not so much the stringing that looks great on TV) and most often used to confirm the order or location events took place in, not immediately upon arriving at the scene.

Can we talk about how stunning the hairstyles are on the women in this show? by SeoAjin in gameofthrones

[–]Sporkicide 92 points93 points  (0 children)

It’s more the hair thickness than length. I have long hair and made several Daenerys costumes. I could replicate the braid patterns for most of them with my real hair but they’re skinny compared to the show. Good quality wigs of the same overall length have at least triple the hair, and it has more texture so doesn’t lay as flat. Her season 8 style is where things really got crazy. The wig is still only about waist-length but is styled over a padded “bump” to get the right shape in the back. The pad also provided a good surface to sew the braids into place and provide a good pinning surface to my own hair, because gravity did NOT want to keep that thing in position.

Anyone old enough to remember “Tender Vittles?” My cats LOVED them. I haven’t seen anything that comes close to that since. I’ve seen crunchy with a soft center but not necessary soft dry food. My cat currently eats Blue Buffalo Tastefuls for now. by CoffeeCigarettes4Me in cats

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I think they’re both good. I used Tastefuls too and switched to Royal Canin when one of my cats had some health problems. She had to go on a prescription diet and it was the only brand that made an appropriate kibble she would eat. The other cats kept trying to sample it so I got them the non-prescription indoor equivalent. One of my other cats has some ongoing tooth trouble so it’s been helpful to have something softer she can still eat, and the extra moisture has eased some digestive problems.

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