General "Did you Know?"s

[Psychospacecow]

Ah, back in the days where everything fighting communism was a good thing.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

This was at the end of Rambo 3 originally. It was taken out after the original VHS release.

I've seen that ending. It exists. My mother still has the VHS, I think. Way to go Rambo. You just helped strengthen Al-Qaeda.

i remenber watching the movie in one of those movie channels like a month ago or so.... instead of saying that, the text was changed to something among the lines of "this film is dedicated to the brave people of syria".

......wich means that in the dub i watched they probably changed the setting of Afganistan to Syria.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

Italy's national instrument is the Mandolin.

[Kakariko Kid]

I've seen that ending. It exists. My mother still has the VHS, I think. Way to go Rambo. You just helped strengthen Al-Qaeda.

I remenber watching the movie in one of those movie channels like a month ago or so.... instead of saying that, the text was changed to something among the lines of "this film is dedicated to the brave people of syria".

......wich means that in the dub i watched they probably changed the setting of Afganistan to Syria.

It now says "...brave people of Afghanistan". I watched it on AMC yesterday. Good timing.

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

I remenber watching the movie in one of those movie channels like a month ago or so.... instead of saying that, the text was changed to something among the lines of "this film is dedicated to the brave people of syria".

......wich means that in the dub i watched they probably changed the setting of Afganistan to Syria.

It now says "...brave people of Afghanistan". I watched it on AMC yesterday. Good timing.

It seems that the point i was trying to make was lost in translation, so here, let me rephrase it:

In the dub that i watched (the original english version is not a dub by definition) they never refer to "Afganistan" as "Afganistan", they call it "Syria"

In other words: they changed the setting.

[Kakariko Kid]

Strange. In the English original, it's the "Mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan" and "gallant people of Afghanistan" now. I find it peculiar that it is set in Syria in the dub you watched.

[CosmykTheDolfyn]

Random early 90s one hit trivia about Darrin "Snow" O'Brien.
He only had one large hit, the reggae styled "Informer". Based on his singing voice and what he actually looked like, he received giant amounts of criticism. Mainly because he sang like a Jamaican with a heavy accent, but was actually a nerdy looking guy from Toronto. I mean, just watch the juxtaposition:

In fact, even Jim Carrey made a parody song called "Imposter" that opens with the lines "Imposter, I'm just a middle class white guy from Toronto despite how I sound".

It is very true that he was white and from Toronto, but could you ever say he was middle class? Why did he sing like he wasn't?
First off, he didn't have a middle class background, growing up impoverished in a public housing program where he saw drugs and violence often. It was here that he met his best friend who also helped record his first album, DJ Marvin Prince. Who is from... Jamaica. This close friendship over years is what allowed him to really nail the whole reggae sound as close as he did. Which may still be offensive in a way I guess, but not exactly a middle class background. Certainly not reggae straight from Jamaica though either.
A look at the lyrics of the song also shows a much scarier side to the singer Snow. The lyrics are about getting ratted out and being thrown in jail. Those lyrics came from his own personal experience. In 1989, Snow stabbed two other associates with a knife and nearly got away with it, but was ratted out in the end. (In later interviews, Snow has basically stated the incident was a bar fight gone out of control. But come on, he stabbed people.)
Upon his release, he recorded his first album in 1992, and it was released in 1993. However, after the release he didn't follow the album up with a tour, despite the international success of "Informer" as a single.
This was because the album was released while he was in jail for a second time over separate assault charges than the 1989 incident. Informer broke onto the charts in the middle of that sentence. So, he couldn't tour or really try to follow up to the success. It's hard to do that behind prison bars, and he actually refused to believe he had a hit single when the guards at the prison informed him of his being at #1 on the charts. Even after release, he couldn't tour due to probation. In the end, he did release more albums, but never followed up with another big single. And while people often compared him to Vanilla Ice, I would think it's safe to say he probably had waaaaaay more street cred. In fact, with the multiple jail stints, the nerdy looking dude probably has more street cred than a large portion of today's "hardcore" singers/rappers.

[Kakariko Kid]

The above post ^^^^^

That's really cool. Two things resulted from it -

1. I didn't understand a single word Snow Job said
2. Jim Carrey's "blacker" and "cracker" lyrics just about made me piss myself from laughing so hard

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

Ever wondered why you often see birds, like geese for example, fly in v shaped formations?



It’s something called “vortex surfing” and they do that because their wings basically create upwards lifting twisting coils of air behind them called vortices. This has also been tested by several military air forces around the world using various kinds of airplanes. The benefit of doing this is that it’s 10-30% more fuel efficient during long-distance flights.

In other words: the planes and birds hitch a ride upon the vortex caused by the plane or bird in front of them.

[CosmykTheDolfyn]

Going for another one hit wonder with a neat background.
Most people remember Flashdance for one song: Maniac by Michael Sembello.

But, who was Micheal Sembello? He was a talented professional musician/guitarist who worked as a studio musician for many different artists, even appearing writing for and appearing on several Stevie Wonder albums (the first of which when he was only 17). He also recorded for Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, The Temptations and many more. He never actually took the spotlight though, maybe because he didn't exactly look very friendly. But any famous 70's funk/soul that you can think of, and there is a very high chance he was playing on it.

(Yes, that is him singing with Stevie Wonder).
Anyways, after doing studio work for so many different artists, he wound up also writing movie themes. For a lot of movies. Funny fact: Maniac was not meant for Flashdance. When the producers for Flashdance asked him for their song for the film, he accidently gave them a tape of a song meant for an upcoming horror film with the the chorus "He's a Maniac, Maniac that's for sure. He'll kill your cat and nail it to your door". But, they loved the song so much they asked him to just change the lyrics to fit the movie, (most notably, kill your cat became "and she's dancing like she's never danced before). After this success, he continued the exact same course: writing for movies and being a studio musician.
Also, enjoy this footage of him actually performing the song instead of the official music video.

[Psychospacecow]

There's an official Mickey Mouse gas mask.

[CLXcool]

There's an official Mickey Mouse gas mask.

I do recall one of the items in Mickey Junkmountain from Epic Mickey had that gas mask, but when you removed the paint part of the mask it would shoot out thinner.

Edit: Found the gasmask in the game. Its when you're climbing up the mountain. You have to paint in the paint part of the mask, which will stay on there for a short time until its thinned away by the thinner(which sprays out like a spray can)

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

http://www.mandatory.com/2012/07/24/an-1...ted-an-18/

Edgar Allen Poe wrote a story about 4 crewmen who are lost at sea and turned to eating the cabin boy named Richard Parker. 46 years later, an English yacht sank and the remaining 4 survivors in a life boat turned to eating the Cabin Boy after he fell ill, also named Richard Parker.

[SERIOUSLY THOUGH*]

http://www.mandatory.com/2012/07/24/an-1...ted-an-18/

Edgar Allen Poe wrote a story about 4 crewmen who are lost at sea and turned to eating the cabin boy named Richard Parker. 46 years later, an English yacht sank and the remaining 4 survivors in a life boat turned to eating the Cabin Boy after he fell ill, also named Richard Parker.

To quote a certain "Satanspanties" on Reddit 

"Parker was never said to be the cabin boy in the book, I think that's something people add on to make the coincidence seem creepier.

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is a strange book, as you might expect from Poe. It starts as a very standard adventure novel and descends into mutiny, cannibalism, unexplained death, mass slaughter, and a dash of good old fashioned nineteenth century racism."


I think the coincidence is creepy enough without embellishing it further.

[CLXcool]

One of the producers for the tv movie The Sins of Dorian Gray(based off of Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray) was Arthur Rankin Jr(who was a producer for the Rankin/Bass animation studio known for holiday specials like Rudolph the red nosed reindeer and Frosty the Snowman). The Rankin/Bass studio helped produce the film. It was the studio's last live-action project before they closed the doors on the studio in 1987.