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Post by Lucy on Feb 3, 2010 13:25:44 GMT
 James Pendrick, owner of the Pendrick Building, proudly shows off his extensive art collection to a group of admirers. The highlight of the tour is a magnificent Rembrandt that Pendrick purchased on a recent trip to France. The constabulary is hired to guard the painting's return to the Pendrick mansion and is daringly stolen from the elevator, leaving a dead security guard in the car. |
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Post by snacky on Nov 7, 2014 21:39:52 GMT
Wow - the episode of "landscaaaaaaaaaape" fame has no discussion? LOL!   Anyway, I stumbled across a possible funny reference for the title that I thought I'd through in, and I think the age group of the writers and actors would make this a plausible in-joke. The "rock music mockumentary" movie This is Spinal Tap (1984) - which was considered a "cult classic" and came up at least once for campus screening when I was in college - features an amplifier that goes beyond the standard level 10: it goes "up to eleven". Turning something "up to eleven" apparently became a catchphrase for a while (something like "over 9000" now) to mean going to the extreme. Wikipedia even has a specific entry just for that phrase: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_to_eleven Hilariously, this metaphor for "extreme" caused actual equipment to adjust their amp scales up to eleven! So when Pendrick's building went "up to eleven", he became an "extreme" architect, and "extreme" modern, who had built an "extreme" building for the era. William appreciated that Pendrick had an amp that went up to eleven!!! *Note that this adds a fun layer to the title of CC's fic "Obtuseness Goes to Eleven" as well. #crumpetgate |
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Nov 7, 2014 21:46:03 GMT
Wow - the episode of "landscaaaaaaaaaape" fame has no discussion? LOL! Anyway, I stumbled across a possible funny reference for the title that I thought I'd through in, and I think the age group of the writers and actors would make this a plausible in-joke. The "rock music mockumentary" movie This is Spinal Tap (1984) - which was considered a "cult classic" and came up at least once for campus screening when I was in college - features an amplifier that goes beyond the standard level 10: it goes "up to eleven". Turning something "up to eleven" apparently became a catchphrase for a while (something like "over 9000" now) to mean going to the extreme. Wikipedia even has a specific entry just for that phrase: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_to_eleven Hilariously, this metaphor for "extreme" caused actual equipment to adjust their amp scales up to eleven! So when Pendrick's building went "up to eleven", he became an "extreme" architect, and "extreme" modern, who had built an "extreme" building for the era. William appreciated that Pendrick had an amp that went up to eleven!!! *Note that this adds a fun layer to the title of CC's fic "Obtuseness Goes to Eleven" as well. #crumpetgate yeah i already knew all of that. no i didn't.
the 'over 9000' is a reference from an anime called dragonball z. i used to watch that as a kid. goku had extreme powers that vegeta was in awe of. lol so basically my title says, stupidness to the extreme. yup, sounds about right! xD btw, i'm hurt that no one's commented on my new sig.  |
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Post by snacky on Nov 7, 2014 21:57:19 GMT
btw, i'm hurt that no one's commented on my new sig. Ooh, somehow it didn't sink in it was a new sig because I've mostly been on my Kindle the last couple of days (no pics show). I thought that was just a pic you post in response to the horse posts! Anyway it's great - I like it just as much as your last one, but for a different reason. The last one was colorful and different from other sigs on here, and showed your unique style and sense of humor. This one is good not just because it looks good, but because of it's blatant innuendo - heh. btw, have you ever heard anyone use "up to eleven" in your generation? I wasn't familiar with this even though I'd seen the movie in college. It's a shame if that's died out, because it's just as funny as "over 9000". |
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Nov 7, 2014 22:02:01 GMT
btw, i'm hurt that no one's commented on my new sig. Ooh, somehow it didn't sink in it was a new sig because I've mostly been on my Kindle the last couple of days (no pics show). I thought that was just a pic you post in response to the horse posts! Anyway it's great - I like it just as much as your last one, but for a different reason. The last one was colorful and different from other sigs on here, and showed your unique style and sense of humor. This one is good not just because it looks good, but because of it's blatant innuendo - heh. btw, have you ever heard anyone use "up to eleven" in your generation? I wasn't familiar with this even though I'd seen the movie in college. It's a shame if that's died out, because it's just as funny as "over 9000". oh i guess you're forgiven then. the whenever/wherever are from shakira's biggest hip shaking song.  not that i recall. i tried watching that movie awhile back but didn't 'get' it at all and gave up about half way through. perhaps a rewatch is in order. over 9000 still makes me laugh even though a lot of people are sick to death of it. it's just the way the vegeta character says it that makes it so funny. |
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Post by snacky on Nov 7, 2014 22:12:13 GMT
over 9000 still makes me laugh even though a lot of people are sick to death of it. it's just the way the vegeta character says it that makes it so funny. It's interesting how pop culture has become globalized over the last 10 years - half of urban dictionary will refer to anime and online video game culture that enjoys worldwide participation. Even where English is the dominant language, there is a lot of cultural exchange going on. It's hard to import much of that into Murdoch Mysteries, though (except in "multicultural" episodes like Kung Fu Crabtree). "Postmodern" jokes are still going to have to be Anglo-sourced in some way. So "This one goes to eleven" would work, but pokemon references wouldn't. Ps. Not familiar with the Shakira song. I really don't listen to most pop music. Still hoping to see a George "strut" video though! |
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Nov 7, 2014 22:26:47 GMT
over 9000 still makes me laugh even though a lot of people are sick to death of it. it's just the way the vegeta character says it that makes it so funny. It's interesting how pop culture has become globalized over the last 10 years - half of urban dictionary will refer to anime and online video game culture that enjoys worldwide participation. Even where English is the dominant language, there is a lot of cultural exchange going on. It's hard to import much of that into Murdoch Mysteries, though (except in "multicultural" episodes like Kung Fu Crabtree). "Postmodern" jokes are still going to have to be Anglo-sourced in some way. So "This one goes to eleven" would work, but pokemon references wouldn't. Ps. Not familiar with the Shakira song. I really don't listen to most pop music. Still hoping to see a George "strut" video though! it's a really old one, one of her firsts i think. the lyrics were something like, "Whenever, wherever, we're meant to be together. I'll be here and you'll be near, and that's the truth right here." Probably called My hips don't lie or something like that. or maybe that was an entirely different song. |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Nov 7, 2014 22:34:14 GMT
Wow - the episode of "landscaaaaaaaaaape" fame has no discussion? LOL! Anyway, I stumbled across a possible funny reference for the title that I thought I'd through in, and I think the age group of the writers and actors would make this a plausible in-joke. The "rock music mockumentary" movie This is Spinal Tap (1984) - which was considered a "cult classic" and came up at least once for campus screening when I was in college - features an amplifier that goes beyond the standard level 10: it goes "up to eleven". Turning something "up to eleven" apparently became a catchphrase for a while (something like "over 9000" now) to mean going to the extreme. Wikipedia even has a specific entry just for that phrase: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_to_eleven Hilariously, this metaphor for "extreme" caused actual equipment to adjust their amp scales up to eleven! So when Pendrick's building went "up to eleven", he became an "extreme" architect, and "extreme" modern, who had built an "extreme" building for the era. William appreciated that Pendrick had an amp that went up to eleven!!! *Note that this adds a fun layer to the title of CC's fic "Obtuseness Goes to Eleven" as well. #crumpetgate yeah i already knew all of that. no i didn't.
the 'over 9000' is a reference from an anime called dragonball z. i used to watch that as a kid. goku had extreme powers that vegeta was in awe of. lol so basically my title says, stupidness to the extreme. yup, sounds about right! xD btw, i'm hurt that no one's commented on my new sig. The Shakira sig? I like it, and got it immediately, but maybe no one else did? No one other than you and Snacky have commented on mine either, soooo... Yeah, I always knew the Spinal Tap refs from that episode, and immediately caught the ref on CC's fic. I guess it was so obvious, I just didn't comment on it. Confession time: I may live in Japan, but I really don't care for anime. This mindblows most folk. I'm more into traditional Japanese culture, although once upon a time I did live 10 minutes walk from Akihabara, epicenter of all things Otaku. It was largely lost on me. |
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Post by snacky on Nov 7, 2014 22:34:39 GMT
Probably called My hips don't lie or something like that. or maybe that was an entirely different song. Goes well with that Beyonce ring song, lol!
Margaret would be into it |
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Nov 7, 2014 22:36:54 GMT
Probably called My hips don't lie or something like that. or maybe that was an entirely different song. Goes well with that Beyonce ring song, lol!
Margaret would be into iti was waiting for the margaret comment. you're getting a little too obsessed with that. |
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Nov 7, 2014 22:39:54 GMT
yeah i already knew all of that. no i didn't.
the 'over 9000' is a reference from an anime called dragonball z. i used to watch that as a kid. goku had extreme powers that vegeta was in awe of. lol so basically my title says, stupidness to the extreme. yup, sounds about right! xD btw, i'm hurt that no one's commented on my new sig. The Shakira sig? I like it, but no one other than you and Snacky have commented on mine either, soooo... Yeah, I always knew the Spinal Tap refs from that episode, and immediately caught the ref on CC's fic. I guess it was so obvious, I just didn't comment on it. Confession time: I may live in Japan, but I really don't care for anime. This mindblows most folk. I'm more into traditional Japanese culture, although once upon a time I did live 10 minutes walk from Akihabara, epicenter of all things Otaku. It was largely lost on me. did i even comment on it? well i guess you weren't obtuse at all then. i only watched anime when i was younger...and only a few of them at that. don't really care for cartoons at all nowadays. well, maybe one. |
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Post by snacky on Nov 7, 2014 22:52:24 GMT
Confession time: I may live in Japan, but I really don't care for anime. This mindblows most folk. I'm more into traditional Japanese culture, although once upon a time I did live 10 minutes walk from Akihabara, epicenter of all things Otaku. It was largely lost on me. I had an anime phase, but I think that ran it's course unless something spectacular happens. It has to be something really high level to grab me. But anyway, it was enough to graze and soak up the idioms and find some music I actually liked. You're probably in a position to do that without actually having to watch anything, though! By the way, I noticed something interesting about Japan a while back that kind of blows my mind. Japan and Ireland are two island nations that developed two really specific, detailed cultures that they are now able to market to the rest of the world as a wealth of tourist attractions. Yet move a few miles away to, say, the Philippines, and you don't have that same tremendously focused identity. You can't blame colonization because Ireland was colonized by England and while Japan rebuffed China, it was so heavily culturally influenced by China, you might as well say it was culturally colonized by China. So if the Philippines bears the stamp of Spanish culture, and even American culture, that shouldn't prevent it from generating it's own identity. It's not about poverty, either. Three words: Irish potato famine. Is it about literary culture? Maybe. Ireland has some myth cycles, but I believe a lot of it's medieval literary culture is Christian overlay - if Ireland was able to "own the colonizer", again that just proves colonization is no excuse. Anyway - weird place to hijack a thread - just wondering if you had any thought as to why some island nations are successful at "mythologizing" themselves into tourist attractions, while others aren't. |
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Post by snacky on Nov 7, 2014 22:52:57 GMT
Goes well with that Beyonce ring song, lol!
Margaret would be into iti was waiting for the margaret comment. you're getting a little too obsessed with that. You started it! |
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Post by snacky on Nov 7, 2014 22:54:21 GMT
i only watched anime when i was younger...and only a few of them at that. don't really care for cartoons at all nowadays. well, maybe one. Funky town? |
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Nov 7, 2014 23:01:00 GMT
i only watched anime when i was younger...and only a few of them at that. don't really care for cartoons at all nowadays. well, maybe one. Funky town? uh...never heard of it. so no. i've been watching legend of korra with my younger sister. |
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