Oh wow, I thought I was the only one who experienced that glitch. Seems like whenever the homepage is updated with a new video, the layout temporarily gets all mixed up like that. I think it has something to your browser's cache or whatever, so I don't know if there's anything the LMW crew can do. Just close/refresh the page a couple times and it should fix itself. EDIT: Posted this from my phone without really paying too much attention - i assumed the video was from a homepage update, but I guess it can happen in the forums too. Fix should be the same though
If I'm remembering correctly then they also do something to the file itself to make it hard to get into. One time I used a browser-plugin (which looked for video files on the page you're currently on) to download something I rented from YouTube, and it downloaded a big 500mb mp4 file that none of my media players could read.
I think I found the torrent you were talking about. As you said, it looked dead, but I tried leaving it open in the client anyways to see if any seeders would come online (which has worked for me in the past) but yeah, nothing. Sorry. Though I did watch your video and it was funny, so I subscribed : )
Not sure where that came from. But as a general rule, screeching at people on the internet who politely disagree with you probably isn't a good thing to do when you're trying to prove how mature you are.
If you're 16, it seems pretty hypocritical to criticize people a couple years younger than you when the 20-21 range could easily do the same to you. It shouldn't really matter how old you are to use a site like this as long as you don't ACT like an obnoxious child
Not sure how much you want to trust this -- you missed a whole big thing earlier in the Shoutbox where this guy claimed he sold a Nickelodeon GUTS trophy for $500,000 and used it to buy a copy of The Electric Piper, and then told us he'd only upload it if he got 50 subscribers. THEN he told us that he would hold a contest to make a YTP out of the currently-available clips, and that he'd only send it to the top 3 winners. When we called him out on how ridiculous everything he was saying was, he told us he sold it and got all $500k back (like, 5 seconds after he claimed to have it) because we were being rude. We kept asking for proof that he had it and eventually he said "You want proof? Here's your proof" and linked us to some Spanish softcore porn site. Then he left. Plus, he said in another message on here that he's 15, meaning that when The Electric Piper came out, he was... 2. So yeah, most likely everything he said is just completely made up.
I WOULD say Canzo Empyrean, but there's a catch -- I wouldn't want it to leak if Justin Fornal wasn't okay with it, which he clearly still isn't. So instead I'll say Honolulu Nights. I don't know why, it's a fairly new article here and it's not that significant, but something about it just grabbed me like few other articles have. It's not too often local TV stations produce their own animation, especially not for hour-long films. I'd love to see it, even if it does end up looking as silly as Diana Hansen-Young's other animated works.
PLEASE somebody answer this. People are still doing it (2 new ones since I made that message) without even paying attention to whether the articles are obvious hoaxes.
Super Trivia is actually one of my favorite episodes. It's weird that the Webdriver Torso version is all chopped up, though I guess there's nothing about it being there that ISN'T weird. Also, out of curiosity, does anyone who speaks Spanish know what they used in place of the Backstreet Boys joke?
I've noticed a lot of people still doing this, some more than others (though I won't name any names). Am I the only one who feels like this shouldn't be allowed? Obviously it was necessary while the new site was still in development so we didn't have to rewrite everything, but now that we've broken off from them, there's no reason to do it anymore.
I tried to bring attention to this in the shoutbox a while ago, but it got buried pretty quickly. I just feel like if we decide it's okay to copy their articles, then there's no reason why the people over there wouldn't want to copy our articles as well. Also, it breaks the plagiarism rule -- given that both sites are currently running completely independent of each other, it's really no different than copying articles from Wikipedia or something.
Aside from the ethical issue, most of the articles on the old wiki suck hard, and putting them here only makes the site worse. We can't rely on another community to (sloppily) do our job for us. To me, it's just lazy and wrong. Can any staff members can weigh in on this just so there's a precedent about it? Right now it's a total grey area.
can you shorten it so i can actually understand what you're saying sorry xd
Pal, if I did that I'd be forced to give up my "Most Longwinded Person On The Entire LMW" award. And I ain't doing that any time soon. (as i said, you don't actually have to read the whole thing, I just wanted to write this and didn't really have any other place to put it)
(it's cool if you don't feel like reading this whole thing. i'm mostly just writing it for reference) As I mentioned in the Shoutbox earlier, last night I went to an event relating to lost media. It was actually the final night of a 3-night event, but sadly, it was the only one I was able to attend. Here's some detailed info about if for those interested: For those who don't know, the Library of Congress owns a building called the Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation in Culpeper, VA (USA). On weekends, they frequently hold screenings of older movies (often original prints). I don't live close enough to go to it all the time, but my Dad lives near it, so sometimes when I'm at his house we go there and check out what's playing. Usually interesting stuff. Anyways, apparently they hold an event called the "Mostly Lost" Silent Film Workshop every summer (this is the 5th one, as indicated by the name). I've seen some conflicting info as to what it actually is, with some articles saying it's about showing clips from unidentified silent movies and having the audience work together to try to come up with whatever info on it they can, while the official Packard Campus website makes it seem as though it's just an event for screening rare silent films that have already been identified. I'm guessing the screenings and the workshops are two separate parts of the event (workshops during the day and screenings at night), and given that I didn't go to the workshop, I'll just give a recap of the screening that I went to.
Last night was the finale, and they showed two rare silent films that, as of right now, can't be seen anywhere else: "The Bride's Play" and "Bell Boy 13", from 1922 and 1923, respectively. Here's the official plot summary of The Bride's Play from the website:
THE BRIDE'S PLAY: Marion Davies stars as Aileen Barrett, an educated Irish lass of refinement, who is well versed in the folk-tales of her native land. Aileen is a sweet, kind-natured girl, helpful to the poor and instructive and gentle to the young. Her father, John Barrett, dies while Aileen is still at school, leaving her a comfortable fortune. Her loveliness attracts both an earnest, rich wooer as well as a young Dublin poet. When the ancient custom of “The Bride’s Play” is revived at her wedding, Aileen must choose between the two men. Directed by George Terwilliger, the romantic drama also features Wyndham Standing, Frank Shannon and Jack O’Brien in the cast.
If you want a more detailed plot summary, I've typed one up from my own memory and put it here: pastebin.com/qJ3JRe4P. Honestly, I thought the movie was pretty interesting, but not amazing. I can see why it's so unknown, as there wasn't anything particularly special about it, it was sort of predictable, and it did drag at some points, but as a sweet love story with some comedy thrown in, I definitely didn't regret seeing it. Also, maybe it's just me, but the locations they filmed at were gorgeous. There were times when you could see waves crashing in the background, and it just felt so good to look at. Aileen was pretty nice to look at as well.
Moving on, here's the official plot summary of Bell Boy 13, also from the website:
BELL BOY 13: Harry Elrod is a happy young man who looks forward to marrying his sweetheart and coming into his inheritance. His uncle Ellrey attempts to match him with other less appealing marriage prospects and then disinherits Harry when he is not interested. Harry takes a job at a hotel as a bell hop which causes much chaos to ensue. Directed by William Seiter, this comedy stars Douglas MacLean, Margaret Loomis, and John Steppling.
Again, I've written a more in-depth plot summary and put it here: pastebin.com/zzSTpGLK. Honestly, I, along with everybody else in the theatre, thought this one was pretty damn hysterical. Not even "funny for a silent movie", just flat out "funny". The execution of the jokes was so spot-on, and it's just the type of ridiculous plot that you'd never see nowadays. Also, all of the title-cards had really cool looking art on them, as opposed to just white text on a black screen. I looked this up on IMDb, and it only has an average rating of 4/10? That right there is absolutely criminal, as this had the entire audience just losing it at every joke. Just brilliant. Also, it's the thirteenth installment in the popular Bell Boy franchise.
Something that I wasn't expecting was that they actually had a live piano player there to accompany the movies. This dude gave one of the best performances I've seen, as he played throughout the entirety of both films (a total of 2.5+ hours) without any sheet music. I don't know if he memorized it all, or if it was partly improvised, but it was fantastic. On top of that, the music fit perfectly with what was happening onscreen, and melded with it so well that after a few minutes, you forget he's even there. I forget his name, but he was one talented bastard. Great sense of humor too -- he didn't say much, but after the second movie ended, he gave his bows and began to walk offstage, only for the first film to start over (they were playing digital transfers for clarity reasons, and accidentally had it set to loop), so he quickly ran back over and began playing again for ~30 seconds until they turned it off. What a cool guy.
I was sad that I couldn't make it for the first two days (school had just ended for the summer and I needed a couple days to chill before I could sit through the car ride up to Virginia), but last night was a lot of fun. If anyone's wondering, the 3 films I DIDN'T see were "Whispering Shadows" (1921), "That Model From Paris" (1926), and "Husbands and Wives" (1920). I definitely hope to go again next year, and if by some chance anyone on here lives nearby the area, I'd recommend you check it out next year as well (or hell, just check out the regular weekend screenings as they're also pretty cool).
Also, I looked up both movies afterwards, and I found that The Bride's Play is actually getting a limited DVD release, funded via an independent Kickstarter. Which actually ended 2 days ago (my guess is the LOC people knew this, and intentionally screened it right now as it's the last time they can say "It's the only place you can see it!") Here's a link to that: is.gd/LeeoL1 I'm pretty sure these won't be for sale and will only be going out to the donors, but most likely a rip of it will pop up on the internet soon enough after they get sent out. Sadly, there's no such project for Bell Boy 13, which is a damn shame considering it was undoubtedly the better of the 2 movies. Maybe the LMW could try organizing similar projects for movies like Ingagi?
ANYWAYS. THIS POST HAS GONE ON LONG ENOUGH, SO, GOODNIGHT!!!
I loved playing those games so much. Pajama Sam and Putt-Putt were always my favorite (I also liked Freddi Fish, but it was too hard for me to beat at the time, and I never played too much Spy Fox just because I could never find it anywhere). I also loved their different stuff, like the Backyard Sports series. You can buy a collection of virtually all of their games on Steam -- Usually it's $100, but I got it during a sale for like $20 or something. Best purchase of my life.
And to a lesser degree, just a lot of old computer games have that effect on me. I played Nicktoons Racing a lot (at the time I thought I just sucked at it, but when I got older, I came back to it and realized that the controls are so bad it's impossible to get better), and goofed around in Kid Pix all the time (though I'm sure I never made anything of worth). What's funny is that, games like those were outdated compared to what my friends were playing at the time, but our only computer was so horrible that these types of games were all it could run. I remember my friends bringing over games and me disappointedly telling them that they didn't work on my computer, or buying games like Roller Coaster Tycoon at my school book fair and not being able play them until I went to my dad's house (and then the next time I'd come down, all of them would be uninstalled).
There were a lot of movies and TV shows I loved as a kid, but strangely, I don't get much nostalgia from them. I either barely remember them at all or just view them for what they are. I loved Billy & Mandy as a kid, and after many years of forgetting about it I started watching it again recently. It's hilarious, but I don't really feel any nostalgia from it. I have fond memories of playing Sonic Adventure 2, or buying Pokemon VHS tapes from the local thrift shop, but I wouldn't exactly call that nostalgia. Only the computer games give me that feeling. Weird.
EDIT: Oh shit! I just remembered something that still makes me mad. One time, me and my sister both got a PC game each, on the same day. Mine was a Madeline game, hers was probably Barbie or something. Anyways, I installed mine first, and had a good time playing it for about 30 minutes. Then, my sister was bugging me because she wanted to play hers, so I got off and let her do that. But after that, guess what? The Madeline game never worked again, for no reason. That was cool.
EDIT 2: Oh shit! Again! How did I forget about THIS??
Fun point-and-click game based off of SpongeBob, aka the bane of the LMW's existence (though obviously the usual P&C elements have been simplified for a younger audience). I played this so many times that I could LITERALLY write a full walkthrough right now without even opening it up.