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A 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 KingWumpus
No Title
A husband went missing and came back a little different and I remember it leading on to be spiritual.
A 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 ActualBeatrice
Animated 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.
TV 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.
Playground Safety Video Live Action TV
There was this weird video I watched in elementary school where a dog or bear or something taught kids to be safe on the playground. Part of it was animated. In one scene, some boy brought a knife to the playground to show his friends.
???? 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)
Vampiresque 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
Overly long jpop song title youtube ad? Music
Im looking for a jrock/jpop song with a REALLY long and weird title. It had the word scientfic in it and it was a youtube search ad for a bit.
Edited by GloryAndCats
Educational science 1980s TV series Live Action TV
I am trying to find the name of an educational TV series from the mid 1980s to early 1990s. It was similar to 3-2-1 Contact but was for a more mature audience. All I can remember is that it had an intro that included a snake striking, balloon sitting in a boot, and a tribe of people dancing with large masks on their faces.
Biographical Comic about a Comic Artist Print Comic
The main character had brown hair. He liked to read comics and went to a Christian school. The nuns didn't like kids reading comics.
70s or 80s Horror Movie Film
I only remember one scene but I've been trying to find this movie for ages. The Scene is: a young couple check into a hotel, the manager is creepy, they find a hidden slide in their room and their door starts opening on its own, so they go down the slide. There's a split in the slide so the woman ends up outside the hotel screaming for her husband, and the guy lands in this big pile of bones, sees a hole in the wall, and watches the manager remove parts of his face starting with his nose. I saw it when I was little but it stuck with me and I'm pretty sure it was 70s or 80s horror. Anyone know it? Thanks.
Obscure Seinen? Anime
Had a dream where there was a massive crossover fic I allegedly wrote at 14 but it included stuff like Mass Effect...however, this was among the works featured so here's what I can remember about it:
Had to be when I was 12-14 (so 2007 earlier), royal intrigue/political drama with a dash of historical fantasy, followed the prince of the kingdom as he's used as a pawn by everyone around him. Evil tyrannical king with guards to match. Everyone had long black hair. It also had a sort of classic elaborate seinen style from around the late 90s/early 2000s with shoujo influences. Help?
edit: before I see it suggested, it's NOT parasyte, a lot of people I P Med have been saying such. idk why. it has zero to do with the description I gave.
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early 2000's Scify fps Videogame
I remember someone playing a game as a kid on a computer that had better graphics than anything I've seen at the time. I remember metallic rooms and interesting looking gun designs. I don't remember there being any fighting in the rooms he traveled through, but I think he showed me a couple of the weapons on empty rooms he traveled through, maybe he cleared them before. I think there was some kind of gun that launched deadly disc blades. I think there were some windows in one of the rooms that had some Nevada-type desert landscape with mountains or something but it could have just been sunlight with no landscape visible underneath, could have filled in some blanks in my memory and assumed it involved aliens,but I don't really know for sure. I expected to experience a fun weapon like this in the Halo series, being a Scifi series with aliens, but it didn't have the interesting futuristic guns I remembered so it's not that. Anyone got any ideas? The main console out at the time that I knew of was the N64 and the reflections seemed beyond that system's capabilities from what I remember, and I had a couple games that required it that were out at the time too: Jet Force Gemini and Donkey Kong 64.
It could be possible that I remember the graphics being better than they were though, but I think it was probably a PC game.
No Title Live Action TV
I cant remember the name or when it's from but the show is American(I think). Its about a group of poeple who go around with fake identity and get people to fall in love with them then steal all over there money and belongings than move on to the next target. In ep1 of senson1 a man(possible called mark) comes home to fine his "wife" missing along with all valuables and then finds a video explaining what she did and he vows to hunt her down.
Song at the end of Us Music
What's the song that's playing in the very final scene in Us?
Edited by MichaelKatsuro
zombie comedy movie? Film
A zombie movie that I feel like was also a comedy. It had a decipherable plot that revolved around an infected city being cordoned off. It was interspersed with humourous news report sketch moments which discussed the progression of the disease. I think it is on Netflix (at least, in the UK).
Monster disguised as human
I think it was about 6 to 10 years ago when I watched part of a film or series on TV. It was live action.
A group of people goes into a building. One of the people is wearing a hat and coat so you can't really see him. This guy then slowly walks into another direction than the rest of the group. Someone notices him and says something along the lines of: "Excuse me, mister, you're not allowed to go there." The guy then turns around and is revealed to not be human. His arm is or becomes some swordlike weapon.
Does anyone know where this is from?
Edited by I_love_dragons
movie or live-action show
An Indian(?) family is preparing for their daughter's wedding, an older female relative gifts her with a dress, and the daughter thanks her, but the relative asks her what's wrong. The daughter says nothing's wrong, but the relative says she doesn't seem to really be into it. The daughter admits that she's never really been one for dresses. So then the relative gets her a suit. The daughter is brought to tears, and the relative goes, "Now there's the reaction I was looking for."
A whole series Print Comic
There was this DC series from the 80s where each issue featured the origin of a different hero. The last issue had a cover where all the heroes were seen taking words down off the page, like they were shutting down the comic themselves.
old we tv show
It was an old reality tv show kinda similar to sex in the city but with african american woman one was a model she got diagnosed with cancer on the show one was a professional blogger who was i believe planning her wedding i forgot what the other ladies did i also believe it was based in newyork.
Short story about a poltergeist trapped in a PC. Literature
I remember reading a short story in highschool where a ghost someone trapped himself inside a computer game some kids were making.
The game was about flying into a black hole. The ghost mainly liked to Troll people prior to being stuck in the game.
Online 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.
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