SchillMcGuffin
SchillMcGuffin t1_jas8ecu wrote
Reply to comment by paleopuzzler in What exactly does Spaghettification mean? by mark0136
How large does something have to be, though, before tidal forces can be destructive? Sure, something the size of the Earth can experience, well... tides... But down at human size how much can the difference between the force on your head and your feet really be? Is it just a function of the immensity of the overall force? And if the underlying force is that immense, might it distort space itself enough to limit the actual effect experienced on the occupying matter?
SchillMcGuffin t1_j9qw83w wrote
Reply to comment by Evnl2020 in James Hong with director John Carpenter, from behind-the-scenes of "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986). Hong just recently celebrated his 94th birthday. by MulciberTenebras
And still working!
This is still one of his best roles, though I think his most interesting, lower key, role was as a sleazy private eye in 1987's Black Widow.
SchillMcGuffin t1_j2bc49d wrote
Reply to comment by GriffinFlash in TIL Frankenstein did not have a hunchback assistant called Igor in either Mary Shelley's novel or the original Universal and Hammer films. The character is a pastiche of multiple characters across several movies. by BringsHomeBones
And Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein is largely based on Son of Frankenstein, so "Eygore" isn't just a random inclusion in that either.
SchillMcGuffin t1_j21t2vc wrote
Reply to TIL the original 1881 "Pinocchio" was a dark story that included the puppet's execution by hanging for his bad behavior (which included murdering Jiminy Cricket) by foodtower
>In this way Pinocchio resembles not the fairy tales of, say, Hans Christian Andersoen, in which good horrifying things happen to good children,
Fixed it for him.
SchillMcGuffin t1_ivd9xp7 wrote
I'd seen Cassandra Peterson out-of-character before (and she has a bit part as a biker chick in Pee Wee's Big Adventure), but this is the first time I've ever seen her as Elvira on "casual day". ;)
SchillMcGuffin t1_isr9tos wrote
Reply to TIL about some US Marine named Charles Brown who received the Medal of Honor in 1872, but deserted in Shanghai before he could receive it. by dragoniteftw33
I think the Medal of Honor was the only medal for gallantry the US had before WWI, so it required a bit less distinction back then -- it could be awarded for a range of actions that might only be worth a Bronze Star today. I wonder how he'd ended up in Hong Kong to enlist in the first place.
SchillMcGuffin t1_irf8d9a wrote
Reply to comment by yeteee in Foam/paste that can be injected into a hole and when it hardens, it's as strong as hardwood? by flying-benedictus
The railing was at the edge of a loft, so the anchorage was to a steeply sloping ceiling. They would indeed have been studs if it had been a vertical wall.
SchillMcGuffin t1_irbe7ry wrote
Reply to comment by DriedChalk in Foam/paste that can be injected into a hole and when it hardens, it's as strong as hardwood? by flying-benedictus
I agree. I had a similar railing (in a house constructed in the mid-'70s, I guess anchoring railings in drywall was the style back then), and I cut a portion out of the dry wall to put a cross piece between the rafters behind it, then anchored the railing to the cross piece and restored the drywall.
SchillMcGuffin t1_jdlaec5 wrote
Reply to WWII veteran Don Rickles on the set of Kelly's Heroes, 1970 by eaglemaxie
"Maybe the guy's a Republican."