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openquote from what show? "i want so bad to be rid of you"
I have had a quote stuck in my head and i can’t find any clues as to what show its from. The quote goes something like ”i want so bad to be rid of you” and its a crying girl saying this to her exboyfriend(?). i think it should be a teen esk drama show or something like that. I might have some of the words in the quote wrong, if you know what series and maybe even episode then please tell me!
openContagion, CDC, Aliens?
I'm currently having issues remembering a t.v. show I used to watch. =< It is about an unknown contagion infecting people. Making them pretty crazy. There is a character who is the head honcho of this base. He is an alien or something like that. He has a daughter who comes to this base because she is a major player for the cdc. (she is also an alien or something) She came with her husband who is also a big shot at the cdc but he gets infected and becomes sort of the boss of the infected people. Please help! It's such a good watch.
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Hey all I'm searching for a kids cartoon show. I think was about a dog like character who would chase rare animals and shoot them with all sorts of weapons. Once he got them they went into a canister. He never managed to keep them because he always got got caught by I think a park ranger.
openWhat scene am I think of???? Film
I'm picturing a scene but can't remember what show or movie it's from...so I'm picturing a scene at night where A guy walks out of an alley way into the street, stares at a cop car and shoots 2 cops and walks off. The dash cam footage gets him arrested but it turns out it's either a clone or a twin or something....either way the guy was proven innocent. Help???
openI'm trying to recall the name of a manga I read as a kid. Anime
There was a manga I read as a kid where there was some kind of princess that was in love with a servant boy. Her father didn't want her associating with him, but she went against his wishes and decided to become a servant as well so she could be near the boy she liked. I don't remember anything else in particular other than the girl's mother seemed to have no qualms about her daughter being a servant and that they wore something like tradtional Japanese kimono and such. I'm 99.99% sure it was a shoujo manga. Does anyone have any idea?
openSonic goes green?
I didn't know where else to post this, sorry. But on google images I found a picture of a DVD cover with sonic on it and the Sat AM logo above the title: Sonic goes green. I can't find anymore info about this movie besides it being in a giveaway from what I can tell
openSpecial on Cartoon Network around 2003 about female detective? Western Animation
This had to be either 2002 or 2003. I remember Cartoon Network airing either a special or a movie, pretty sure not related to a show. It was about a female detective or possibly spy/secret agent. It was hand drawn or flash, likely the former. Was pretty sure it was new, but it could have been old. Pretty sure she had long blonde hair, but I might be wrong. All I remember was her trying to find or follow a large diamond that was moving on it's own. I have no idea if that was just one scene or the whole plot. Thanks so much.
openGritty Arab, Turkish or Israeli spy thriller / crime drama tv show? Live Action TV
I took a Greyhound-like bus ride last week, and in the seat ahead of me, a Middle Eastern-looking younger guy binge-watched a TV show that had Arab subtitles. it seemed llike a gritty spy thriller or crime drama.
it seemed to be set in a government agency or the secret service or some special police task force: an ensemble drama with a male lead, very modern and cold looks (lots of blue, steel, light grey, bad weather). there was a coworker or data analyst etc. who wore a hijab. everything looked sleek and "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."-like. I didn't see supernatural elements, but there were quite a lot of bombs, snipers etc.
it could have been the Turkish show "Icerde", but the colors of "Icerde" look too saturated. I don't think it was Israeli spy drama "Fauda" because the setting was much less bright/sunny. it reminded me of "Spooks", the British spy drama. the episodes were on Youtube, and the show looked very new (2012 or later). Good videography, high production values and just all-around interesting: I was sure that I could find it on Google right away. it looked like a popular, big-budget show.
open70s or 80s Sat. Morning show with a Guy and a Computer Live Action TV
There's a show I vaguely remember watching when I was like 4 or 5 on Saturday mornings after the usual cartoon lineup. It was live-action and had a guy who had this computer that he talked with. The screen had an early computer graphic "face" on it. Sometimes he would go out into the streets with his computer "friend" on basically an "iPad" type device. I think it may have been semi-educational. And I seem to think the guy had a 70s porn 'stache or beard and wore a newsboy-style hat. That about all I remember. Please help! Thanks.
openStrange British TV thriller Live Action TV
I'm trying to recall the name of a strange mystery thriller shown many years ago in UK (think it was BBC, but not sure). The plot involved a hitman trying to find out what had happened to his brother. He infiltrated a cult which I think was called Church of Christ Psychopath and was run by a very strange chap who had a thing about samurai swords. Very weird stuff happened, and the final climax included the bad guys being distracted by a corpse apparently rising from the grave, thus giving the hitman the chance to turn the tables. Apparently the corpse wasn't reanimated, it was pushed up by burrowing badgers - I said weird things happened! It was run either very late 60s or 70s, I think. Anyone got any ideas?
openGuy listening to dead girlfriend's voicemail message
I have no idea if it was a film, a short film, a television series, anything of the sort. I just very particularly remember seeing a guy who's girlfriend had passed away, and the last thing he had to remind himself of her was her voicemail message. Specifically, he's been calling her number over and over again all day long, until on one random call he gets the default "This number is disconnected" message [If you just search the words "This number is disconnected" in Google, there should be a You Tube video of the message]. Can't remember any other details, only that this was something I would've watched in the last few months, so if it's a short film, especially one from You Tube, it probably came out this year. If not, it was at least definitely set in present day as I'm fairly certain he was using a smartphone, but definitely some sort of modern cellphone.
I know it was live-action. I know it was probably more than a five minute short, or at least had multiple stories running through the plot, of which I don't believe this was the main thread. Hopefully this is enough information to work with. I know it's really vague, but in my experience people on here are really good at working with not a lot of great information.
openChildren cartoon show from early 2000 (probably british) Western Animation
I was hoping someone could help me out with this show that I watched as a kid The main episode I remember from the show clearly was that the characters help a purple whale which is stuck in a coral archway they try pushing it out but nothing works, then one of the characters has a breakthrough and rubs butter on the archway where the whale is stuck after this the whale breaks free and thanks the characters. To sum up the show its a bit like octonaunts but with a bit more adventure elements and older. Thanks
openShow about possessed woman
I think I saw it on the chiller network. Woman is possessed by a female demon and they have a truce to share the body. Brother is an addict and their dead father was some sort of cult leader. Brother is dating family friend/preachers daughter who Is eventually discovered to be an angel....any ideas?
openThat one Book of Pooh episode Live Action TV
What was that Book of Pooh episode where Pooh, Rabbit, Tigger and I think Piglet went on a camp out and Eeyore joins them later in the night called?
openTv show on two teens who debunk myths and mysteries Live Action TV
I somewhat remember this tv show around 2011? Somewhat newer and it was about a teen girl and boy who debunked mysteries and myths with the help of a somewhat nutty scientist. It was on early in the morning or late at night. Any ideas?
openY/A fiction with a shapeshifting dragon and girl protag. Literature
So I've looked on several Y/A dragon-themed book lists and can't seem to find this. > I think I remember reading it in middle or early high school, so it couldn't be written 2012 or after. > I remember that the dragon shapeshifts and the process of shapeshifting is described as disgusting and horrifying to watch. > The protag girl's home life is pretty bad and this contributes to her leaving. Her caretaker (uncle? dad?) gets drunk often. > I think I remember there being a black market for dragon organs?
openSaw this gif going around... Film
...it was in monochrome, and what I could only guess was from a horror scene. A woman was to the left of the scene, bound and gagged (as if for a sacrifice rather than anything related to bdsm), then a man(?) Walking on all fours (either stomach facing up or down) enters from behind her a bit of a distance away, temporarily leaves the frame, then creeps up just behind and to the left of the woman. I cant recall exactly, but I think he was wearing two masks so that when he entered the frame you see one, and as he continues to stand straighter, theres another (or the mans actual face, I dunno). The man is wearing all black, and the woman was dark haired. Does anyone know what this is from?
openCartoon TV movie, Christmas? Western Animation
at least 10 years ago Christmas a movie came on, it was a cartoon. I have a vivid recollection of the story but no one else in my family does and I've looked it up before but can't find it. the story is that this guy is a toy maker and falls in love with a forest fairy. he tries to become more successful and ends up cutting trees in her forest. he gets cursed by forest spirits and gets turned into a monster. then I think it flashes forward and his company is still huge but he just hides. at the same time, this girl wants a deer for Christmas (which is apparently something you can do) and it ends up being the forest fairy the guy was in love with. I don't remember the middle that much but the girl ends up meeting the man and he apologizes in the end and goes back to being a small shop toy maker and lives with the fairy.
There isn't a lot of information I can give, but, I DO remember two particular scenes in the movie:
1.The Villain (or something) thinks he/she found the main characters in an Indian tent but it turns out that they were just silhouettes made out of snow 2.The kids are on a small boat (or a canoe) while the ice is forming back together behind them.
The movie takes place during winter, it was (probably) a sequel or based on an animated series, the ending scene has two birds flying around while the main characters are talking and then it fades to black. It was dubbed in my country, so I don't know the origin of the movie. I believe the movie was made somewhere around late 90's/early 00's. As for the characters I cant remember how they looked like and I think it was two girls and a boy. The animation wasn't anything spectacular I think it was low budget something like the Rudolf the red nosed reindeer (not the stop motion one) animated movie.
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