WordWolf

If you look up something used as a clue (Human used "Godzilla", for example), then it would be cheating. If you looked at the above list and, say, went to look up "Xanadu" or something, then it should not be considered cheating.

Ok, here's an odd way to run some clues. There was a successful television show (the one I want you to guess.) Its way was paved, decades earlier, by a movie serial. In 1943, a 15-chapter movie serial was shown in theaters. It eventually appeared on DVD, basically unedited, but before that, it was heavily edited on VHS. It's been suggested that the hatchet job edit was done because Sony was now the parent company, and nobody wanted them offended. AMC and TCM have actually aired the entire serial. The serial has been criticized. Part of this is its now-insensitive content (it was aired around World War 2!), and part of it was complaints with the casting of the 2 main characters, as well as their costumes (the lead's costume was too baggy I'm sure there's a few winces when people see the lead use the word "jap" a few times in the last episode. Decades later (1965), this serial was re-released in theaters as a marathon showing. The smashing success it had in college towns especially led to the development and greenlighting of what was the successful television show. What was the name of the successful television show?

-This movie was a success. The original cut of the film was about double the final cut. A marathon editing session trimmed the film down, and dropped all the jokes that didn't work and all the scenes that slowed down the story (and a few that were just...off.) -One well-known actor wasn't credited when the movie hit the theaters- by his request. -Columbia Pictures refused to film this movie in the way the director insisted. So, he went to Fox and the movie was a hit- filmed the director's way. - Because the same agent represented 3 actors, 2 of them- who played major comedic roles- were suggested to the third as possible cast members. -The "Darwin" mentioned was ERASMUS Darwin, grandfather to Charles. -Go ahead and count them- there's exactly 2 murders in this film- and one of them doesn't exactly count. -Deleted scenes included a reading of a will, and some exposition explaining who a certain police inspector was. -Black Forest Cherry Cake was mentioned and eaten in this movie. The Lancet was read in this movie. -Local to me is a pasta place named "Verm Y Chely." It's a running gag between me and Wordpup to pass it and say "Are you speaking of the WORM or the SPAGHETTI?" as a reference to this movie. If that doesn't ring a bell, at least remember that a worm-with very few exceptions- is NOT a human being. -The lecture worked for the audience, but the students should have been advanced well beyond it by the time they got TO that lecture. Then again, since the lecture itself wasn't the point of the scene, the audience just goes with it. -If you look closely, you'll see Kenny Marsh imitating a much more famous, repeated, moment in the movie, done by another actor. -It's considered a goof that one character "knocks" when arriving "home". However, it's equally likely he "knocked" to call another character to the door to announce their arrival, and to perform introductions. - There's actually a titular line. The inspector says the title in his lines- not that most people noticed or could make it out! -"Tail piece" is how one non-translated word would be rendered in English- but it isn't a word at all in the language in which it was spoken. (Unless, say, it got added due to this movie.) -He did NOT say a dirty word! The cinematographer/ film expert was initially told to shoot in a style- but he SHOULD have been told to EVOKE the style and not actually COPY it. He was supposed to render it BRIGHTER- which he did, once he was told to.

"The Fifth Element." Corbin Dallas, Leelo.

Suicide Squad Will Smith Men in Black 2

-This movie was a success. The original cut of the film was about double the final cut. A marathon editing session trimmed the film down, and dropped all the jokes that didn't work and all the scenes that slowed down the story (and a few that were just...off.) -One well-known actor wasn't credited when the movie hit the theaters- by his request. -Columbia Pictures refused to film this movie in the way the director insisted. So, he went to Fox and the movie was a hit- filmed the director's way. - Because the same agent represented 3 actors, 2 of them- who played major comedic roles- were suggested to the third as possible cast members. -The "Darwin" mentioned was ERASMUS Darwin, grandfather to Charles. -Go ahead and count them- there's exactly 2 murders in this film- and one of them doesn't exactly count. -Deleted scenes included a reading of a will, and some exposition explaining who a certain police inspector was. -Black Forest Cherry Cake was mentioned and eaten in this movie. The Lancet was read in this movie. -Local to me is a pasta place named "Verm Y Chely." It's a running gag between me and Wordpup to pass it and say "Are you speaking of the WORM or the SPAGHETTI?" as a reference to this movie. If that doesn't ring a bell, at least remember that a worm-with very few exceptions- is NOT a human being. -The lecture worked for the audience, but the students should have been advanced well beyond it by the time they got TO that lecture. Then again, since the lecture itself wasn't the point of the scene, the audience just goes with it. -If you look closely, you'll see Kenny Marsh imitating a much more famous, repeated, moment in the movie, done by another actor. -It's considered a goof that one character "knocks" when arriving "home". However, it's equally likely he "knocked" to call another character to the door to announce their arrival, and to perform introductions.

No, this movie was better-known than "Clue."

T-Bone, that's the only way I've ever done it. I didn't know the other way to get the thread! In answer to the original poster, what I know offhand isn't much. I know that he started "his ministry" while on the denomination's dime. While taking his paycheck for work as their pastor, he was quietly looking for enough material and enough people to make it alone as a separate church organization. (I thought of that while reading the Pillai links above- looks like Pillai- or whatever his real name was- was one of several people making up a sound-alike organization that sounded like an existing, respected church group. vpw might have copied him.) While vpw was doing that, he was trying to make contacts and connections. When he first set up "his ministry" called "The Way Inc" , his correspondence reflected both an ecumenical perspective as well as a Trinitarian one. The ecumenical one made sense to me whether he was sincere or not. If he was sincere, he might have considered an eclectic approach to Christianity. (When we thought he was legit, he resembled this to me.) If he was not sincere, it served him well to claim ecumenism as his ticket to enter where other Christians were. So, he either claimed to be a Trinitarian at the time, or he thought he was one at the time. vpw could always be counted upon to follow odd or idiosyncratic positions. Some of the time, I think it was because he could fake knowing esoteric things if he could spit back something esoteric that someone else said. Some of the time, I think it was because he thought obscure things were more marketable. I think the change in vpw's position was after his exposure to one of B.G. Leonard's books, "The Godhead, or The Water in the Bottle". It doesn't look like the same thing vpw taught, but it probably got him thinking. The exact position he arrived at was not the same as Leonard, Stiles, Kenyon, or Bullinger claimed to hold, so I don't know where he got it. He was so famously UNoriginal that it's my opinion he picked it up SOMEWHERE rather than actually arriving at it himself.

BTW, I just found out something about K.C. Pillai. Ever heard of JAMES CHARLES RYAN? You have if you've heard of Bishop K.C. PILLAI. They're the same person. "Joseph K.C. Pillai" "was his Indian name." https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/anglican-churches-0 "' 'The Anglican Church in America' was founded in 1991 following merger talks between the American Episcopal Church and the Anglican Catholic Church (ACC)." ".The American Episcopal Church was founded in 1968 by a group of former clergy and members of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Orthodox Church. They sought a more loosely organized structure than that offered by the Anglican Orthodox Church and formed the new jurisdiction with a congregational polity. The church turned to James Charles Ryan, better known by his Indian name, Joseph K. C. Pillai, of the Indian Orthodox Church, for episcopal orders. Pillai then became the first primate of the new church and merged the Indian Orthodox Church into it. In December 1968, Pillai consecrated James George as Bishop of Birmingham. Bishop George succeeded Pillai as primate following the latter's death in 1970." https://apostolicepiscopalchurch.org/structure/syro-chaldean-metropolitical-see-of-india-ceylon-mylapore-socotra-and-messina-primatial-decree/ "between August 1945 and 11 October 1947 Mar James (James Charles Ryan also known as Joseph Chengalvaroyan Pillai) served as Exarch for the Indies in the Catholicate of the West." I'm sure there's a story there. Why did he need so many names?

-This movie was a success. The original cut of the film was about double the final cut. A marathon editing session trimmed the film down, and dropped all the jokes that didn't work and all the scenes that slowed down the story (and a few that were just...off.) -One well-known actor wasn't credited when the movie hit the theaters- by his request. -Columbia Pictures refused to film this movie in the way the director insisted. So, he went to Fox and the movie was a hit- filmed the director's way. - Because the same agent represented 3 actors, 2 of them- who played major comedic roles- were suggested to the third as possible cast members. -The "Darwin" mentioned was ERASMUS Darwin, grandfather to Charles. -Go ahead and count them- there's exactly 2 murders in this film- and one of them doesn't exactly count. -Deleted scenes included a reading of a will, and some exposition explaining who a certain police inspector was. -Black Forest Cherry Cake was mentioned and eaten in this movie. The Lancet was read in this movie. -Local to me is a pasta place named "Verm Y Chely." It's a running gag between me and Wordpup to pass it and say "Are you speaking of the WORM or the SPAGHETTI?" as a reference to this movie. If that doesn't ring a bell, at least remember that a worm-with very few exceptions- is NOT a human being.

-This movie was a success. The original cut of the film was about double the final cut. A marathon editing session trimmed the film down, and dropped all the jokes that didn't work and all the scenes that slowed down the story (and a few that were just...off.) -One well-known actor wasn't credited when the movie hit the theaters- by his request. -Columbia Pictures refused to film this movie in the way the director insisted. So, he went to Fox and the movie was a hit- filmed the director's way. - Because the same agent represented 3 actors, 2 of them- who played major comedic roles- were suggested to the third as possible cast members. -The "Darwin" mentioned was ERASMUS Darwin, grandfather to Charles. - -Go ahead and count them- there's exactly 2 murders in this film- and one of them doesn't exactly count. -Deleted scenes included a reading of a will, and some exposition explaining who a certain police inspector was. -Black Forest Cherry Cake was mentioned and eaten in this movie. The Lancet was read in this movie.

Police scientist makes me think of The Flash and Bulletman (both ballistics experts, IIRC.) Was this Carter Nash/"Captain Nice"? I remember hearing OF him on one of these threads. (His "CN" belt buckle suggested his hero-name.)

The Super-Friends had Wonder Woman, and Wendy Harris, and the rest of the starters were white males- Superman, Batman, Robin, Aquaman. When they brought in help, it was Plastic Man or Flash. (All white males.) The attempts at diversity gave us some new tokens- Black Vulcan (a Black Lightning expy), El Dorado, Apache Chief, and Samurai. For those last 3, I suspect little thought was given to coming up with a costume or code-name that would have been authentic or reflective of their supposed culture.

Yes.

vpw is now known for both lying a lot, and telling different things to different people. He contradicted himself based on what he wanted to say at the time, which was often based on his audience at the time. He also may not have had a very good memory. Stan Lee (the Marvel Comics guy) has told contradicting stories down the years about some events decades ago (other comics people have done the same) and I don't think he was trying to impress people. In the case of Stan, I think that he often INNOCENTLY recounted tales in a more interesting way because he REWROTE THEM IN HIS HEAD and didn't realize he'd done it. In the case of vpw, he either knew he was rewriting stuff or really didn't care if what he told now was the absolute truth. In the mouths of some people, the truth or stories in general grow an extra leg.

It's the 70s. Let's diversify the cast. Right now, we have 2 white females, and the rest of the people are white males. Ok, you want to diversify the cast? Let's diversify the cast, then- we'll add an African-American, a Mexican, a Native American, and a Japanese.

-This movie was a success. The original cut of the film was about double the final cut. A marathon editing session trimmed the film down, and dropped all the jokes that didn't work and all the scenes that slowed down the story (and a few that were just...off.) -One well-known actor wasn't credited when the movie hit the theaters- by his request. -Columbia Pictures refused to film this movie in the way the director insisted. So, he went to Fox and the movie was a hit- filmed the director's way. - Because the same agent represented 3 actors, 2 of them- who played major comedic roles- were suggested to the third as possible cast members. -The "Darwin" mentioned was ERASMUS Darwin, grandfather to Charles. - -Go ahead and count them- there's exactly 2 murders in this film- and one of them doesn't exactly count. -Deleted scenes included a reading of a will, and some exposition explaining who a certain police inspector was.

That's it- Norman Osbourne, J. Jonah Jameson, Harry Osbourne. If there was a miss, I was going to include Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire.

If you're 17, a 32-year old woman is twice your age. I doubt you'd find many centenarians as good-looking.

Willem Defoe J.K. Simmons James Franco

We're just happy that at least ONE of the shows isn't angsty. We're following Flash and LoT right now, DC-wise. Star Girl might be lighter, but we'll have to wait and see. (The last one we saw of LoT was the one you mentioned.) Yes, in fairness, a lot of teenage guys would have gone a different direction there. In HIS case, he was SUCH an outsider that what he wanted most of all, deep down, was to fit in, maybe get some respect by his peers, and have good memories of his prom- especially with a girl he'd thought about before, not just one arriving now. Besides, Nora looked significantly older than him, so that might have made a big difference to him. There's been NSFW responses to that sort of thing where some guy got that type of question and gave that type of answer, but it didn't fit this show.

It IS "The Archies". There were several sequels, "United States of Archie", "Archie TV Funnies". "Archies Weird Mysteries", etc. "Riverdale" is its live-action show. The forgotten character who got her own TV show was "SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH". Forgot she was an Archie character, I'm sure. They've had a bunch of comic books, and at least one hit single- "Sugar Sugar." The "Riverdale" show included another MLJ character- their version of " the Black Hood."

According to twi, twi is inherently Christian, and superior to other Christian groups in practice and understanding of Christian matters. The disconnect between their "do as I say" and their own doings SHOULD provoke outrage among their "followers".

I'm just blanking incredibly on a movie. FREE POST! I'll post something eventually if nobody else does.

I'm not talking like the entire MU. Something more like "Super-Friends" if they'd been a live TV show in addition to the comics and cartoons. Or Pinky and the Brain if they'd had a live-action TV show. (Both examples, actually, being more recent franchises than the one this round is about.)