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May 28

seeking a fantasy movie/mini-series - found (The 10th Kingdom)

I remember watching this fantasy(as in fairy tale thing) mini-series a few years ago(about 10 episodes i think), i would like to get it. The plot involved traveling between the real world and a fantasy world(similar to Enchanted_(film)), i think they used mirrors to travel like that(i know mirrors were essential to the plot, some got shattered, so that's why they couldn't get back to the real world). i Think around episode 8 there were some gnomes involved. At the end it turned out the evil witch was in fact from the real world(i think a wife which ran away or something). Oh, in the first episode there was a prison involved. Sorry about the randomness of the clues but i forgot a lot. Mile92 (talk) 02:50, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like The 10th Kingdom! -- KathrynLybarger (talk) 14:59, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Dangit! You beat me to it. It's definitely that one. Kreachure (talk) 15:07, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Yep, that's definatelly it, thank you! Mile92 (talk) 15:45, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

http://armorgames.com/play/28/indestruc2tank

For the game Indestruc2tank, what are the artist(s) and names of the songs? Or did they use Fruity Loops or another Mixing software or Sound Forge or another Audio Engineering software or any software? If so, what is it? Thanks guys.68.148.164.166 (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Go to the Newgrounds Audio Portal, and look up the game/creators, it should have it there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.191.102.55 (talk) 20:52, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Which skateboarding trick is it

How does the board flip for a laser flip —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.172.242.101 (talk) 08:05, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Its the same as a varial heelflip, except that the board does a 360 instead of a 180. Ollie up and do a varial heelflip but you give it more power, so it goes 360 then land it and ride away. Think outside the box 11:20, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Question

Why do some Australian game covers show ESRB and PEGI ratings? Interactive Fiction Expert/Talk to me 09:19, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Your question doesn't have very much information in it. Are we talking about region-free games like Wii or PC games? Or are we talking about region-locked games like PS3 games? Do the titles in question also have Australian ratings on them? Big name titles, cheap shovelware? Or perhaps you could even mention the name of a title you're talking about.

If they don't have the proper Australian OFLC ratings on them, then obvious the answer is that your local retailer imported the American or British versions of the game. Probably because the Australian ones take forever to come out.

If they have both ratings, they're might be region-free disks for both markets, but I really have no idea. APL (talk) 15:34, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Which movie is it?

I've been thinking for several years about a movie I once saw, and I can't figure out the title. The problem is that I only remember one scene. The movie is set in 1960's Britain among working class youth (I think). the scene which I remember goes like this: on an ice-skating rink, several people are skating around to the tune of "Keep on running" by the Spencer Davis Group. a bad guy appears, and stabs one of the skaters, the red blood against the white ice looks very harrowing and the music keeps on playing, making it a scene I have been thinking about a lot, andd it drives me mad that I can't figure out what movie it is from! does this description ring any bells for anyone? /Marxmax (talk) 15:09, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

IMDB Filmography page for the Spencer Davis Group. None of the titles listed as having featured "Keep on Running" seem to fit, but perhaps you'll recognize something. --LarryMac | Talk 15:16, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

thanks, but i've been looking through those titles and none of them seemed to fit. It might have been some kind of series, but then it would probably show up there as well... Marxmax (talk) 15:20, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm. Well, it appears that the song was used in the BBC production of The Long Firm, which has your 60's Britain part covered, although I don't particularly remember a stabbing. However, it's been a while since I saw that, and it did have a fair amount of violence. --LarryMac | Talk 15:32, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Two more UK TV series soundtracks that might fit, The Royal and The Sins. --LarryMac | Talk 15:45, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Could it possibly be Small Faces? I am not sure about all of the details, but that film certainly has a scene where somebody is stabbed on an ice rink. Scorpion Question Man (talk) 23:23, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Yep! See here at 4:10. Scorpion Question Man (talk) 23:35, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Amazing! That's the one! It seems I was wrong about the "music keeps on playing"-part though. I'll have to watch that one again. Thanks a lot Scorpion Question Man! /Marxmax (talk) 16:15, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Pleased I could be of help after Deor identified Damnation Alley for me a couple of days ago. That one had been driving me crazy for years too, so I know how it feels! Scorpion Question Man (talk) 06:49, 1 June 2008 (UTC)