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Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016
#1: Feb 23rd 2020 at 2:28:20 AM

There's a man operating some machinery, but no indication how he's using this machine to simulate magic powers. At the very least, we're gonna need some sort of "Before" shot.

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#2: Feb 23rd 2020 at 5:27:51 AM

Yikes. Motion to pull.

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#4: Feb 23rd 2020 at 6:20:41 AM

Presumably the before shot you want is some version of this.

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#5: Feb 23rd 2020 at 7:21:12 AM

Aye.

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#6: Feb 23rd 2020 at 7:25:21 AM

Add [up][up] to the current.

The current is only illustrative to me because I know about Charles Redheffer; one of his supposed perpetual motion machines was actually hand-operated.

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#7: Feb 23rd 2020 at 2:02:52 PM

A collage with 4 + current is the better way IMO (those are both from the same oz movie, right?)

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#8: Feb 23rd 2020 at 4:32:22 PM

They're both from the original Wizard of Oz.

There's a few minor tweaks I'd like to see the current in addition to adding something like 4; we ought to be able to tweak the after shot to include Toto pulling away the curtain, but more importantly, the caption needs to be fixed to actually reflect the line in the movie; it's "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain". (I'm OK with "that man" being "the man", since that's a common Beam Me Up, Scotty!, but the "Ignore" needs to be fixed.)

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#9: Feb 23rd 2020 at 8:58:25 PM

Current + 4, with quality upgrades.

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#12: Mar 2nd 2020 at 9:59:59 AM

I say current plus 4.

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#13: Mar 3rd 2020 at 7:48:26 AM

Pull. Not quite JAFAAC but it doesn't illustrate the trope either.

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#14: Mar 6th 2020 at 2:25:29 PM

Pull, at least.

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#19: Mar 6th 2020 at 11:35:28 PM

I'll go with that.

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#20: Mar 6th 2020 at 11:40:58 PM

15 is The Man Behind the Curtain.

Surprised that the image isn't already being used for that page.

Edited by Karxrida on Mar 6th 2020 at 11:42:13 AM

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#21: Mar 7th 2020 at 11:27:55 AM

[up] It's also Fake Wizardry, though. That image is a worse illustration of The Man Behind the Curtain than the current for that page since it shows the man but not the reveal.

[tup] to the suggestion.

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#22: Mar 7th 2020 at 1:16:18 PM

If we want to replace The Man Behind the Curtain, perhaps this? It's Apocalypse from X-Men without his Powered Armor.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/en_sabah_nur_host.png

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#23: Mar 7th 2020 at 3:31:50 PM

[up] There's too much text there and the text is too small. The current image on The Man Behind the Curtain is good how it is.

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#24: Mar 7th 2020 at 5:28:48 PM

I wasn't suggesting that The Man Behind the Curtain needs changing. I'm just surprised that the Trope Namer wasn't being used as the picture.

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#25: Mar 7th 2020 at 10:55:49 PM

[up] The image should always be the most illustrative picture possible. Sometimes the namer isn't the strongest visually.


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