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February 12[edit]

Which song is this?[edit]

Hello, I had listened this song and want to ask who sang it? It's a female solo and goes something like this...

on the front road you...sum of...
can't win through losing
you just dissapoint'em
because you can ..
make some ... noise
.
kisss..
it's the something you're into
..
...
we're gone...

This song has whistling and it's is kind of nice music. Wanted to know who sang it?

Learnerktm 06:57, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's Follow Your Arrow by Kacey Musgraves. You can find the lyrics here. --Antiquary (talk) 10:08, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

terminology about film[edit]

relationships among films are sequel, prequel, midquel, spin-off; crossover and remake; are there other of them?--95.247.25.185 (talk) 14:47, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How about Reboot_(fiction)? We have a whole category of reboot films [1]. BTW, I don't know that "midquel" gets much usage, but our article on sequel includes that, as well as "interquel", "Sidequel", and a few others. One thing that almost never gets mentioned - the odd case where the sequel isn't the same format as the original. For example Goonies is a movie and Goonies II is a video game... SemanticMantis (talk) 15:16, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

midquel.--95.247.25.185 (talk) 16:06, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

With comics-based films there's also the concept of "universes". That is, does Spiderman exist in the same universe as The Hulk ? If so, you might see references to one in the other's film, even though they aren't directly in that film. Films exploring alternate timelines have a similar relationship. For example, did the Nazis win WW2 in both films ? StuRat (talk) 16:13, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What are differences between spin-off and sidequel? --95.247.25.185 (talk) 16:25, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A spin-off happens after the original, but with only a few of the original characters, and perhaps only for a limited time. A side-sequel would happen at the same time as the original. StuRat (talk) 16:38, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I also wonder if films like X-Men Origins: Wolverine should be called a "pre-spin-off", since they mainly follow just one character, and are thus different from a normal prequel. (Our article calls it a "standalone prequel".) StuRat (talk) 17:07, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

instead parallar story?--95.247.25.185 (talk) 17:17, 12 February 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.247.25.185 (talk) 17:16, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

An important thing to remember is that nearly all of these words are neologisms from the past decade or two, prior to the 1990s, you'd never hear any of them except "sequel" and "spinoff"; sequel applied to stand-alone works (like a film or a book), and spinoff only to serial works, like TV shows and comics. The plethora of XXXquels is a fairly recent innovation, to describe works related to an original, but not set in the time period after it. But they're all fairly new words, and there is no governing body that decides for rules on when to use them. So there's no "proper" use, nor is there anything stopping anyone from inventing some heretofore unheard-of XXXquel word to describe some other relationship. --Jayron 32 18:02, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

With that Jayronic generosity in mind: Is the world ready for the "interquel"? This is where you have to stop watching the original movie somewhere in the middle, go and watch the interquel, then return to finish the original movie. There could even be multiple interquels within the same original movie, and interquels within interquels, ad infinitum. Fantastic idea, if I do say so myself. Of course, you might never get back to finish the original story. And cinemas would need to make "special arrangements" for patrons leaving in mid-movie to go elsewhere to see the interquel (assuming there's only one), but intending to return in a couple of hours' time to see the remainder, which they've paid for. Still, we handle complex circumstances with aplomb these days, and you'll have had an adventure, of sorts. Even more fun if the interquels contain flashbacks within flashbacks within flashbacks .... Oh, this is such a rich vein of untapped genius, I can't imagine why it never occurred to me before. Thanks to the OP for inspiring me. (But I still get all the credit and all the royalties.) </OR alert> -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 18:09, 12 February 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Very reminiscent of Wikipedia articles written by PhDs, where they are utterly incomprehensible to a general audience, so you follow the links to try to understand them, and each of those articles is equally incomprehensible, requiring following more links, ad infinitum. StuRat (talk) 18:44, 12 February 2015 (UTC) [reply]

"Interquel" may be new, but of course it doesn't mean you have to stop in the middle of one movie to watch in order. But I suppose you are being just humorously obtuse :) Anyway, in medias res is a related concept, and that goes back a few thousand years at least! SemanticMantis (talk) 21:15, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Damn, I've been upstaged. See Category:Interquel films, where we're advised "An interquel film is a film which takes place between the events of two published works (usually other films in the same series). It is therefore both a sequel and a prequel." I much prefer my (completely independently created) concept. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 04:47, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'd call your version an "intraquel". StuRat (talk) 06:22, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

StuRat would be grammatically correct, inter- means between, while intra- means within. So an interquel is between two other works, while an intraquel would be within another work. --Jayron 32 15:09, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I stand corrected. But we're all way behind the times, it seems. This book discussed interquels, intraquels and - wait for it - transquels. (What next! Hyperquels? Paraquels? Multiquels? Megaquels?) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:24, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

quel désordre! ---Sluzzelin talk 22:02, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Has everyone noted the awesome warning box at midquel? "This section may document a neologism in such a manner as to promote it." SemanticMantis (talk) 15:09, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So how exactly do we quell such tendencies ? StuRat (talk) 00:37, 14 February 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Valentines Weekend[edit]

Well Happy Valentines weekend. 68.102.58.146 (talk) 20:53, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! But I'm afraid you're only supposed to ask questions on refdesk. The greeting should be appreciated all the same. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | ^{Say Shalom!} 23 Shevat 5775 21:16, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The OP forgot to phrase it like on Jeopardy: "Happy Valentines weekend?" ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:49, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hallmark profits for $400.

Held in mid-February, this day involves the giving of chocolates and flowers as romantic gestures.

What is, Valentines Day?

St★lwart¹¹¹ 01:04, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]