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openLots of colors and shapes? Film
I cannot remember this one movie I watched as a kid! I grew up in Macedonia, so the movie (or tv show) could be from European origin, although my family is American so it could have been something we brought over. I remember an animated man running through something like a castle (though the background was filled with a bunch of vibrant colors and shapes). He was running from something maybe? I also vaguely remember piano keys that were shaped in a spiral, and maybe he was running down them? My memory of it makes it seem kind of odd and eccentric. Would love your help!
openCartoon where ugly peahen falls in love with pretty rich peacock Western Animation
The peahen thinks he wouldn't ever love her back because she's ugly, but he loves her in the end. It's basically a Rags to Riches story with reversed gender roles, based on real peacock biology. It may also be a "Just So" Story explaining why peacocks are like that. I think it was a short on some show and not a full cartoon.
Edited by EverdreamopenVideogame Song Music
I need some help with the music at 19:00 on this video https://youtu.be/2AWGXx8H79g?t=19m Is probably from a PS 1 game according to the channel
open[SOLVED] Movie with a Haunted House Ride. The Machinist (2004) Film
A fairly older movie (maybe late 90's?) but I remember the scene very well. A dad and his kid go on one of those haunted house rides where you sit in the two-person car and go down the track. The dad and kid are both having fun being playfully scared by the cheap ghosts, but it does the twist where the car goes down a different track and all the sights start to become grotesque and actually terrifying. The dad gets concerned about how real all of it looks, and the kid starts to freaks out a little bit. By the end, the kid completely passes out and the dad has to carry him out of it and tries to wake him up.
I think this was a fairly well-known movie too, but for the life of me I can't find a single thing about this big scene to pinpoint where it came from.
Edited by ChrisHamiltonopenTurn-On Live Action TV
Who remembers an ABC comedy show called "Turn-On" that aired only once in February 1969 and then was cancelled after only one or two episodes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn-On
openAuthor Hangs out with a bunch of Youkai? Anime
I've only seen two episodes of this Anime and I can never seem to remember what the title is. I always get it mixed up with a much darker series because the two aired one after the other . The premise involved an author that travels with a host of monsters and Youkai. He is trying to write a thousand stories or something of that nature. In the second episode I saw, they go into someone's backstory and it turns out she was murdered by a man with a distinctive mole on his forehead and presumably has returned as a spirit to get revenge. I had to leave at the time so I shut the television off right at climax. I caught the ending though. The author talks to someone that witnessed the murder. She was a creepy looking old lady without many conventional face features but I don't know whether she was human or just another monster.
openLaw and Order Promo Music Live Action TV
I've been seeing a lot of ads for the new Law and Order anthology series. They all have this song playing in the background and I can't figure out what it is. The only lyric I can make out is "I'd be scared if I were you" though I'm not certain that's exactly right. Might be a a mondegreen. Anyway the song sounds very Kate Bush, specifically it reminds me of Woman's Work, possibly because it was used in a CSI promo some years back. If anyone can help le identify this song I'd be thankful.
Edited by SisiopenNo idea what show, Maybe on Citv in 2000's Live Action TV
Ok, this has been bugging me for to long. As a kid (Born in 1998) I remember watching this show, I think on Citv. The show was about a boy who I think lost his mum and his arm could transform into random things like a gun etc. The main villain of the show was show huge purple guy with black armour who'd appear every so often. There were 2 aliens who helped this boy and one of them was a small blue fluffy alien with a staff, that at one time said "Lets fight fire, with fire" and spun around really quickly. If I remember correctly at the end of the show (Or Movie) His arm transforms into some kind of key that opens this door and the screen goes white and he finds his mum. That is all the information I have. I know its real as I remember playing with a toy of the main villain when I was a kid too Any help would be great Thanks
openEcchi Anime that I only remember for one scene. Anime
And that scene is an Octopus pulling off girls swimsuits. Can someone tell the name of this anime. Please?
Edited by 123MannCoBoxopenShort films inspired by George Melies' work Film
In the late 80's or early 90's, my mother recorded an episode of something off Channel 2, the public station in Minnesota. It involved George Melies' films and the groundbreaking special-effects technology he used. Most of the commentary was in French, with a delayed English voice-over. Several of Melies' films were shown, including 'A trip to the Moon' and 'One-man band', but there were modern films made in tribute to his work as well. My favorite was one about the Devil trying to lure an older gentleman to Hell using the Seven Deadly Sins and mostly failing; the main music used was a brassy, loud classical piece that I simply cannot find the name of, but very fitting for the action. In the end, Satan caught the old guy with Lust, dragged him to Hell, and made some very tasty soup out of him. It was hilarious.
openAlien Show? Live Action TV
What was that British kids tv show about a girl and her single father move into a house and there is a woman next door and she turns out to be an alien researcher who has a lab in her attic. I'm pretty sure the first episode was about the girl going to school and it turns out her principal is an alien. (I'm guessing it was released arond 2010)
openLooking for TV show where girl goes to all-boys school Live Action TV
I think it was more of a TV show rather than Live Action TV. And it's for young adults/kids in middle school. So it's about a girl who goes to an all boys school. Not undercover or something. She doesn't dress like a guy to like hide her gender or something. The teachers and stundents are well aware of her. I can't remember why she went to an all boys school, but it doesn't matter much. In the first episode she was walking through a corridor and all the boys were pressing themselfes against the lockers and avoiding her or staring at her and saying things like "Don't look in it's eyes". So they were scared because she was a girl and that kind of humor makes it clear that the show is for young adults/middle school kids. I think I was 5-12 when I watched it, thou I'm not certain. And during her walk it was first-person mode. You saw through her eyes you couldn't see her. But that was probably the only first-person scene in the whole series. Her walk comes to a stop when she reaches a small stair where a boy is sitting, reading a book. And he seems to be the only one who hasn't noticed her and he doesn't freak out. At least not as much as the others. I can't remember the rest of the episose from there on but I think he was the main character. He falls in love with her by time and as always, I think the feelings are mutual. I also think there might be a bit of magic in this show because apart from the first eposode I can remember a bit of another. This guy has found some kind of box and his voice gets trapped in it. But he can still speak, it's like his inner voice and it tries to tell everyone his secrets. It escapes from the box and they have to catch it and get it back inside the guy, where it's supposed to be. During the search the guy and the girl has to look for it in the boys bathroom and the guys reluctant, and likely embarrassed, but she asks what's in there that isn't in a girls toilet. When they go in she spots the urinals and asks what they are. He is embarrassed and lies, telling her they're flower pots. Really liked that funny scene. And I suppose that they managed to find and restore his voice in the end. But that's all I remember. I can't remember any names or other characters. Sorry about that. But this is driving me nuts, I want to watch it again. Please help!
openUnknown cartoon Anime
Im trying to remember what cartoon this was when I was a kid. I watched this show on tv growing up and it was with this agent (i think) and there was a "bad guy" who was after him. When certian scernios happened where he was in trouble he would have a quick vision of what he needed to do to either dodge or do acrobats to escape death. One episode had him on a ski lift going up and somehow an avalanche happened. He had a vision to grab the cable, swing through the ski lift doors, grab the snowboard, and snowboard down the hill to escape the avolanche. Does somebody remember this show?
openLooking for old hentai help Anime
Hi. This one is more of an hentai than anime tbh. I don't remember much but it was about a girl who was sick and dying and in hospital. Something wrong with her internal organs I think. She knew she didn't have much time left so she asked this guy to have sex with her one last time so she could forget about her injuries and pain and make her last time pleasureable. Beatiful in my opinion. So they had sex for quite a while and when he came he pulled out (maybe so the doctor wouldn't notice anything idk) and then they came together. I remember she arched her back so you could see her stomach and breast but not her face when she came. Technically she prob came first and then he came and ejaculated on her, but their orgasms seemed pretty synced. She thanked and kissed him and the next day she died. Even the nurses cried. That's all I remember about the anime. It was a bit old. Not really like todays anime. I THINK the animation can be compared to that in the anime Dai Akukji or something. Anyway, old animation. The characters were pretty typical. The girl was a slim beauty, but not ridiculously sexy like todays anime girls. Her sickness did not show outwardly and she had long dark hair, prob black. The guy, he was her age, adult and serious. His hair, also dark and, I think it was, spiky. I also think he had this little goatee. Dark voice. Can't remember any names. Oh and I think most of the nurses cried but one of them had short blonde hair and her eyes were huge and watery and she looked a bit younger than the other nurses. I think she was a minor character but I remember her anyways. That's all I remember. I really want to see it again pls help.
Edited by Pepsilovin-pikaopenfantasy kids film Film
There was this movie when i was a kid, i always thought it was part of the neverending story series but i cant seem to find it. there was this kid, i think he ran away from home one night and encountered this homeless guy sleeping on a bench who gave him some kind of magic apple thing that took the kid into this weird fantasy world. he met some other kid there nd went on adventures with him i remember there being this white unicorn and it turned out he was like, royalty there or something. and there was this fight at the end like the battle with ganondorf in ocarina of time where the bad guy was firing beams of light at him and he had to smack em back with his sword. been looking for it for years and nobody seems to be able to help
openMurder the Hypotenuse. Frame the Other Hypotenuse. Film
It was a film; on British television in the late 90s or early 2000s. It was about a woman who had a thing for her boss(?). Only he was married. And was having an affair with one of her co-workers. So she hatched a plan to murder the woman he was having an affair with and frame the wife.
openMovie or show with an afterlife theme Film
It's either a movie or a show I saw 15-20 years ago.
A man is floating around in a cavern with walls made of something like flesh. A ghost or spirit of a girl or woman beckons him to follow her, and he starts crawling through a narrow claustrophobic tunnel with the walls still made of something organic, perhaps flesh, perhaps tree roots. The man is suddenly jerked back and the camera follows him out of the cavern and comes out of the man's eye as he's being revived on a hospital bed.
That's the only scene I remember.
openTrying to find a movie
When i was younger, during the 2000's there used to be a show or a movie that played almost every halloween. In it there was these flying pumpkins and this witch and the witch was really tiny. It was a cartoon. I don't think there was ever any voices, just some music that played in the background. Please help me find it...
openA Kids Live Action TV Show With A Piano Stairway Live Action TV
I've been looking for this TV Show for more then 10 years now and I NEED to know what's the tille of the show is. I don't remember much about the show its like a 90s show or something close. There's like several teenagers and small kids in it they would wear classic black and white clothing which they found in a closet and they also stay in a huge house with a piano pattern stairway, the show is a little dark but I'm not quite sure. The show aired on one of the children's tv channels like Nickelodeon, Disney maybe even on Cartoon Network.. I really hope someone whould know this show.
I don't know if I imagined this or not. But was there a book that had an illustration of 2 guys, that looked like the lead characters from Film/The Dark Crystal that were both playing flutes or a similar musical instrument?
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