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Reply to Of all the movies that were rushed through production and released very quickly, which ones amazed you most with the final product? by unitedfan6191
Off the top of my head... Scream 6
It was green lit, writen, shot, and released within a year of thr previous movie. It's not a masterpiece but its still very entertaining and a solid slasher film. Friday the 13th and Saw use to release a new movie every year and they got bland fast. This one still felt like it was still trying to give audiences the same level of quality
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Reply to TIL that William Daniels, famous for playing Mr. Feeney on "Boy Meets World," has been married to to actress and fellow Emmy Award winner Bonnie Bartlett since June 30, 1951; at more than 71 years, it is the longest active Hollywood marriage as of today. by arrogant_ambassador
Funfact: William Daniels played John Adams in the musical 1776 on Broadway and on film. The high school he is the principal of on Boy Meets World is John Adams High
Double funfact: in the sequel series Girl Meets World, Riley (Corey and Topanga's daughter) attends John Quincy Adams High, named for the son of John Adams
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Reply to comment by RSquared in What actor had the greatest opening one-two punch debut in film history? by bolshevik_rattlehead
He was on snl for just 3 years before Wayne's World came out
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Reply to What actor had the greatest opening one-two punch debut in film history? by bolshevik_rattlehead
Mike Myers first 4 movies were Wayne's World, Axe Murderer, Wayne's World 2, and Austin Powers. The middle one didn't quite take the world by storm like the other 3 but still a decent movie.
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Reply to comment by electronp in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter
That's a whole other can of worms. Different people invented different planes all around the same time and its debatable who did what first. But if you can tell me who you believe "invented the airplane", I'll tell you how they got military funding for it
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Reply to comment by electronp in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter
As soon as the Wright brothers proved that motor powered flight was possible they got funding out the wazoo from the military to further develop the technology.
Canned foods were developed by Nicolas Appert in France after the French government offered a cash reward for who can develop a method to store food for the army
The microwave was discovered by accident but the technology was further developed, as you yourself said, by the military.
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Reply to comment by arealhumannotabot in Leonardo DiCaprio has only worked with 3 directors more than once: Baz Luhrmann (2x), Quentin Tarantino (2x), Martin Scorsese (6x). by jankyeyes
As much as I enjoyed Paul Dano, I think DiCaprio could've played Mr Fabelman
War Horse, Munich, and Tintin could've been good for DiCaprio also. They might have been smaller roles than he's use to but he took the smaller role for Django
DiCaprio tends to do exciting dramas like Revenant, Hollywood, and Shutter Island, but he's branched out. Don't Look Up was a straightforward comedy. Revolutionary Road and J Edgar were simple period dramas with almost no action. J Edgar even feels like a Spielberg movie in the vain of Lincoln and War Horse.
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Reply to Leonardo DiCaprio has only worked with 3 directors more than once: Baz Luhrmann (2x), Quentin Tarantino (2x), Martin Scorsese (6x). by jankyeyes
Surprised he hasn't done another with Spielberg.
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Reply to comment by HarveyTheRedPanda in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter
Morbidly, war has usually spured innovation and exploration. Canned food, bug spray, microwave ovens, airplanes, GPS, and Cheetos were all developed for the military and trickled down to everyday civilian use. Look up DARPA the US agency that developed new tech for the military. The amount of products they've made that we use everyday is ridiculous.
This was kinda the plot to The Eternals, they were tasked with keeping humans safe enough from alien threats to keep advancing as a species by waring with themselves.
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Reply to comment by MolassesFast in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter
Radio technology used by the military was also used commercially after the war. Stations could broadcast further, reaching wider audiences
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Reply to TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter
Pizza was already popular in New York, especially within Italian communities.
However, back then if the restaurant wasn't within about 5 blocks of your home, you would never hear about it. WW2 not only got Americans to experience European culture, they got them to experience each other's culture. Imagine being from Kansas, and only knowing other people from Kansas your entire life. Now you are living and working with guys from New York, Miami, San Francisco, and Texas.
"I served with a guy named Gino in the Pacific, he kept raving about this thing called pizza"
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Reply to comment by ThePhonyKing in TIL Sir Peter Jackson owns a version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang used in the film and the car is fully driveable. by camerawn
The Sherman Brothers wrote the music, it was their biggest project outside of Disney.
Within Disney, they wrote Mary Poppins, Jungle Book, and It's a Small World (and more)
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Reply to Those idiot in NJ will surely fall for our lies if we make claims with no evidence and pretend to care about the whales like they do! by New_Stats
They said/say the same thing about birds and windfarms on land. Yeah, the occassional bird gets hit by a blade and dies, it's sad. Not compare that to the millions of birds who die from contaminated air and water pollution? How much wildlife dies when a pipeline bursts or tanker spills? It's a joke that these people hide behind birds when they say they don't like wind farms.
(Also, they've started painting wind blades to make them easier for birds to see. Dropping the rate of bird deaths by an estimated 90%)
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Reply to comment by Looper007 in Film acting debuts of actors/actresses that are just so impressive to you by ChrisEvansFan
Shes really only done a handful of movies since. She was fantastic in Us. It wasn't a very challenging role but she was good in the Black Panther movies.
nowhereman136 t1_j9pji8u wrote
Lupita Nyang'o in 12 Years a Slave
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Reply to comment by otravez5150 in TIL The Rocky Horror Picture Show is still in limited release after 47 years making it the longest-running theatrical release in film history by shakeyjake
Don't forget his fiance, Janet Weiss... slut
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No Walk Hard?
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Reply to comment by Batracho in Inside Abraham Lincoln's Wrestling Career Before He Was President by Professional_Bite725
Lincoln was also a dog lover. He named his dog Fido, which is Latin for loyalty. It is thought that this is where the trend of referring to dogs as Fido comes from.
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Reply to comment by thepoopypantspirate in The quality of almost every TV show tends to decline after season 5 by Leanskiba22
I think all shows are different. Sons of Anarchy and Breaking Bad did a good job of keeping each season self contained in case it had to end right there. Shows like Monk and How I Met Your Mother are very episodic but do have an overarching plot they can just back to anytime they want. It didn't really matter if those shows ran 1 season or 8, they could finish they way they always wanted at any time. Game of Thrones, from the very beginning, was a show that planned for 7 seasons and it wouldn't been weird to end after 2. Simpsons, Seinfeld, and Always Sunny has absolutely no overarching plot and episodes can run indefinitely out of order.
Frankly, I think the Breaking Bad model of one season at a time is best. There is no reason to set up season 4 plot points in season 2
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One you hit 100 episodes, around 5 seasons for most network programs, your show can be syndicated. Often times that's around when there is a change up in contracts and creative teams. The show isnt jusy running on a regular primetime slot anymore, but can be run daily on fringe channels. Sometimes this goes smoothly, other times not so much.
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Funfact: in 1928, Charles Curtis was elected Vice President under Herbert Hoover. Curtis was 3/8th Native American and a member of the Kaw Nation. He was the first vice president to acknowledge non-european ancestry and the only one until the current VP, Kamala Harris, became the second.
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Reply to People Are Selling 'Splash Mountain Water' on eBay After Permanent Ride Closure at Magic Kingdom by jdb1984
It will be the same water when it reopens as a Princess and the Frog ride
nowhereman136 t1_j540aud wrote
This is one of those things I though was general knowledge but apparently a ton of people don't know. You never know what kinda useless knowledge you in your mind you take for granted.
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Reply to What was a key turning point in your life that permanently changed it for better or for worse? by ad_imperator
Getting the chance to go to Portugal when I was 20 opened the door of traveling to me. 10 years later and I'm over 40 countries and counting