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February 22

control versus closure

There have been a lot of criticism toward Nick Rodwell. This is in regards to The Adventures of Tintin. Many Tintin fans say Nick Rodwell doesn't know a thing about controlling the estate of Hergé. Someone expressed that an authorized Tintin expert should finish up Tintin and Alph-Art, to give fans some closure. I totally agree with that fan. By any chance would Nick Rodwell read anything Tintin fans have to say?24.90.204.234 (talk) 08:03, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm afraid you've mistaken this Reference desk for a chat forum. Do you have a factual question we can help you find references for? --Jayron32 22:41, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

I went to Google and searched Nick Rodwell. He had a blog, but it was shuttered by many Tintin fans. There have also been many sources saying that those people expressed outcry over Nick Rodwell handling the Tintin brand and Hergé's estate.24.90.204.234 (talk) 02:58, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

What's your question? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:58, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

My question is, what are fans possibly hoping to gain with their outcry over Nick Rodwell's handling the Tintin brand and Hergé's estate?24.90.204.234 (talk) 02:44, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

You say the fans somehow got his blog shut down. That was one apparent gain. Have you asked any actual fans this question? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:39, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

No. I left a comment expressing how I feel about Tintin and Alph-Art. All I hope now is the fans would agree with me.24.90.204.234 (talk) 08:22, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Salaries of two particular actors, if it is publicly known

It seems like sometimes how much someone gets paid to be in some show is known, and sometimes not. I'm wondering about the two young actors in the television show "How I Met Your Mother" who portray the future children of the narrator and pretty much just sit in front of the camera for a few minutes at the beginning of an episode staring blankly while the narrator "talks" to them. How much do those two get paid to sit there not memorizing any lines (or a sentence or two at most, I don't know, I've only seen the show a few times) and just have the faces they have? 20.137.18.53 (talk) 14:21, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Since you have only seen How I Met Your Mother a few times, it might be helpful to repeat the basic premise of the show, since it might clear up why these actors "stare blankly": It involves the main character, Ted, in the year 2030 recounting to his teenage son and daughter the events that led to his meeting their mother. Now when the show first aired in 2005, these future children had several lines in each of the early episodes of the series, and fully interacted with the narrator. The problem is that the show is now in its 7th year, and those teenage actors, in real life, have aged into adults since then. Since the narrator is supposedly telling this story all in the same year, 2030, the show's producers were forced to create a bunch of stock footage of these teenage actors. So any shots you see of the future kids in the more recent episodes are actually from the show's stock library of generic reactions shots taken back in 2005 or 2006. And they had to be generic shots because the writers and producers really did not know what kind of future episodes they were going to write back in 2006, or even 100 percent sure that the show would still be airing in 2012. Now as to whether these actors get paid each time this stock footage is used in these recent episodes, I cannot really answer that question. Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:08, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I guess I never noticed that before - but it makes perfect sense. Of course, when they get to the series finale and the titular "mother" walks into frame in 2030, they're screwed. UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 14:34, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Maybe they did film a lady walking in, or a couple different versions, back in 2005 and have kept that footage secure :) 20.137.18.53 (talk) 14:53, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Let's not forget that what The Sopranos did with Nancy Marchand's head ... by 2030 I am sure they can make it look a lot better.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:23, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Description of an ad

Could somebody describe what's going on in this ad to me, since I can't see the video? Re: the music, though I like a lot of Joan Armatrading's songs, I didn't like this one in 1995 and it still doesn't really grab me. I think it was a bizarre choice of opening track for the Show Some Emotion album. But I'm curious to find out how the song relates to the visuals. Graham87 15:29, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

The video shows animals in small cages. Someone removes a small beagle from one cage and begins walking down a corridor with it. In a few moments, the viewer sees the person is wearing a lab coat, suggesting that the animal is about to become the subject of some sort of lab test. The spot is a PSA in support of an organization called "Choose Cruelty Free," which apparently advocates for products that aren't tested on animals. --McDoobAU93 15:43, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks very much! Graham87 03:33, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons

Which cartoon in this series had the Roadrunner driving a front engine dragster ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.31.4.21 (talk) 23:54, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

The non–Chuck Jones effort Out and Out Rout had that. See Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner#List of cartoons. Deor (talk) 01:20, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry; I was obviously overtired when I wrote that last night. Out and Out Rout had the coyote in a dragster, not the roadrunner. I don't know the answer to the question asked, I'm afraid. Deor (talk) 11:16, 23 February 2012 (UTC)