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openCreepy documentary style show Live Action TV
It had to have been similar to Haunted History, I was watching them at the same time. I think this was found footage about cryptids, various paranormal things. They did something about a “fallen angel” that was super creepy. But it was a documentary style show. I think they might have also done things like Jersey Devil etc? But I’m definitely remembering the creepy fallen angel being featured.
openNon fiction book on the subject of superheroes Literature
I remember this being one of two books, on the nature of heroes, I remember the book beginning with some sort of disscusion on the origins of the idea of superhuman characters that were larger than life, like Heracles also known as Hercules, but also pointing out how he wasn't the hero that Disney portrayed him as in their 90's movie about his life, I recall the cover featuring a face mask on a red background and the SECOND BOOK'S COVER WAS GREEN.
openSpy Show Live Action TV
Alright, so, there's this old show about spy kids that juggled with school and work and they were a part of MI... 6? 7? There were three main characters and their mentor, and... I think it was on Disney XD? Not sure. It's probably from around the mid/late 2000s.
openCartoons on netfix Western Animation
Ok so there was this show i used to watch on netflix as a little kid, about this little kid who i think has orange hair and he lived in this house with his mean, i think it was adopted parents and the house that he lived in always had weird stuff going on.
openVideo game on a website - alliterative, possibly called "Tiki Terror" or something similar Videogame
My friend is looking for a video game. The game was hosted on a website for children with school, math, etc. related games (for educational purposes). The game's protagonist was in Hawaii in a maze finding a treasure. The treasure was gold and had a grimacing face. He would be attacked by tikis that blew fire at him and evil coconuts with facial features. The game's protagonist was a short old man with a safari outfit on. You couldn't see his face except for a large mustache. There was fast-paced, badass drum music playing in the background.
open80s stop motion
What were the old stop motion animation short films that i used to watch with a city made of blocks including sailboats and bridges? The blocks would move and the sailboat would go under the bridge. This may have been on Nickelodeon possibly within another show.
Edited by Sultan97openMurderer called the "Thistle Killer"? Live Action TV
It's this old, I think black-and-white, TV show that my father and I were watching on DVD years ago (don't remember when, but probably not important).
There's this Serial Killer who's a man called the "Thistle Killer" because after killing people, he throws thistles on the bodies. I think one of the victims was a woman. The Thistle Killer dressed up as a police officer, which made people scared of policemen.
These two men were investigating it and I think one of them was asking lots of questions to the other.
I googled "Thistle Killer" but only got ads for herbicide.
openLooking for a show and a movie Live Action TV
I think this show was on before the X-Files. I think the main characters were paranormal investigators. There was one episode that featured astral projection.
The movie was about a student and a virtual reality program. I think the student didn't realize he was in a virtual program. I remember at the end of the movie the kid gives his teacher the program to try.
openWhat is this show?? Western Animation
I’m trying to remember this show that I watched when I was younger- It was a kids show, but not for toddlers and babies. The characters all had colored hair and big faces and big eyes so they looked human. I just remember the main character had blue hair and always got into trouble. He had a friend that had pigtails and a baby brother and an older sister. The theme song has him running around the house breaking stuff because he always got into trouble. There was one episode where they were all playing basketball and that’s all I can remember!! We watched this show sometime around 2013
Edited by ilovepastaopenOnline video game with a quiz on internet safety
I believe it was one of those games along the lines of Club Penguin or Animal Jam (but not either of the two) where the main focus was on social interaction. The quiz on internet safety (dealing with strangers, etc.) was just a feature in it. I remember the quiz had some board game theme where choosing the right answers would let you move forward.
Edited by iwantedtoaddsomethingopenA podcast (radio show?) about vanity projects and development hell Radio
Someone I know once described a podcast where each episode, they'd delve into some project that was either the result of the creator's ego trip (some examples I remember are Lady in the Water, Heaven's Gate, Battlefield Earth), spent a long time in Development Hell (e.g. Duke Nukem Forever, The Thief and the Cobbler), or were ripped from the control of the creator (e.g. Brazil). They don't remember what it was either.
Edited by KingWumpusopenA Blog about Journaling Web Original
I remember reading a blog whose main topic is stationery reviews and study-related matter/journaling. It's called something like "Ahnthology" (yes, with that spelling I think, "Ahn" being part of the author's name) but I can't quite find it and Google searches think I'm looking for the original, non-punny word. I remember the author telling about 2019 resolutions and an insight about categorization in pencil cases?
Edited by ActualBeatriceopenAnimated dream sequence in live action show Live Action TV
So I have this very vivid memory of a TV show from when I was little, so I would assume this show is from the early 2000s, where there is this whole dream sequence with a cartoon style where animals (I remember them being monkeys, but I've been doubting that since I can't find anything) break into a house at night, and a momma picks up her baby to defend it from them, but they draw a gun at her, and then suddently it's over, and we're back on live action, where this blonde girl is waking up from the dream. I think it was either a recollection of a traumatic event or something related to solving a crime.
openTV Show - Cold Case? CSI? Law and Order? Film
Im trying to find this episode where a guy was lead back to a place by a women and she handcuffed or tied him to a bed. Then I think she gave him like a blue pill like viagra or something. Then a guy comes out of nowhere maybe from a closet or another room and got taken advantage of by the guy. I think this is Cold Case, or CSI, or maybe even law and order? This is all I can remember about this episode.
open???? Live Action TV
-Staged in a highschool -There's this kid with a disabilty who our protagonist calls "retarded" -He breaks his arm (the kid with a disabilty) -Our protagonist is a girl with a brother -Our protagonist skips school for the first time in her sophmore year -Our protagonist refuses to join the Math Team -Our protagonist is white (i could pick her out of a line up) -There this like blonde stoner kid with a black streak who makes fun of her for no reason (could also pick her out of line up)
openVampiresque original work with "A Pale Horse" in its title Web Original
North Korea launches nukes at several world cities; from the irradiated zones comes a horde of vampire-like people, spreading through the world. The story is told from the perspective of a US Army officer who eventually becomes a vampire himself after being wounded in a major battle.
It was hosted on some kind of message board as a downloadable file, but I lost the file (and website) when my last computer got fried in a power surge.
Edited by Luke_The_Great
The movie was a fake fairy tale (it had the whole medieval setup, Once Upon A Time storytelling etc) about a girl who was cursed by a fairy as a baby to be unable to disobey orders and requests.
In the fairy's words, she had just created the most obedient child in the world. She displays this by telling the baby to stop crying, and she instantly stops.
Right afterwards, the scene changes to a Time Skip where she's a young girl. She was told by her mother to get down the stairs and practice her violin. The girl - aware of her curse - tried to go down slowly but her mother repeated the phrase and she went down the stairs with Super-Speed. She was also ordered to never reveal her curse to anyone.
By the way, the girl was blonde, living in a rural but really nice house (two stories and very bright), while the fairy was dressed in black.
Never mind, I found it. It was a film adaptation of Ella Enchanted.
Edited by Lermis