WordWolf

"The Polar Express"?

Ah, "What Lies Beneath the Planet of the Apes"?

Yes- performed by Otis Day and the Nights. (Confused them for the "Jumgle Love" band from "Purple Rain.)

"Shout" ("You know you make me want to")

Never mind, George chimed in seconds before me and I have no freaking idea who's in Platoon.

But "Partyman" and "Batdance" were. Both by the artist still known as Prince to the public who stopped being interested. His movie, however, was "Purple Rain." He did "Let's Go Crazy" onstage then ran off, angering the club manager.

There's been entire books on the subject! I can get back to this later, but here's a really short answer. There's a variety of opinions on the subject. Most germane to what you're asking are Pre-Tribbers, Mid-Tribbers, and Post-Tribbers. Pre-Tribbers say the Christians leave before The Tribulation begins. (Some say that's what starts the clock for The Trib.) They say the vanishings of people all over the world is major news, for a few days, maybe a week or so. Then a political leader steps up and grabs all the headlines. ("The Antichrist", "the man of sins", "The Beast".) He works out some political stuff with Israel (the politics never interested me), then seems to keep his deal-for a time. People hail the arrival of peace, at last. People put their trust in him, and a one-world religion and a one-world government begin being set up. Then comes The Tribulation. All sorts of "natural disasters" happen, and "the day of wrath". (Revelation 6.) Then comes the mandatory registrations: People are required to have the ID implant of "the antichrist" in/on their skin. It's required for any commerce, and it is illegal to refuse it. The 2nd half of "the Tribulation" is "the Great Tribulation." Dissenters who refuse will be slaughtered. Strange things will happen that strain credulity that there are natural explanations to it all. Many deaths will happen. Mid-Tribbers believe Christians will vanish at the beginning of "the Great Tribulation". At the end of Revelation 19, Jesus returns to Earth leading an immense strike force. Who's in it? Angels, and any Christians who vanished previously. (Post-Tribbers believe that there won't be any vanishing- the surviving Christians will all be on the ground when Jesus arrives.) There is a tremendous fight. A few heavies are imprisoned for 1000 years. Revelation 20 opens. There is a great judgement on the Earth- Jesus' faithful who were not judged before are judged now, and they all get a passing grade or better. 1000 years of paradise pass. Then the last push of demonic/devilish forces happens. Naturally, it's foredoomed to failure. Obliteration or eternal imprisonment for the top bad guy of the universe, and for his top agents ("the beast", "the false prophet".) Then the end of Revelation 20 happens. The rest of humanity is judged- by their works, and Jesus is the Chief Justice, with his people handling judgement under him. Some people make it, some do not. Those who do not either die or are imprisoned forever, depending on who you ask. Then it's a whole new ballgame. For this subject, that's a really short answer.

Young Frankenstein Peter Boyle the Shadow

"Putting on the Ritz." I'll accept any movie it was used where that was not also the title of the movie.

"The Spy That Loved Me"? You guys are really bringing me back to my days singing chorus.

It's correct. I have no idea how you could rattle it off.

"The Rain in Spain."

Ok, here's another triple, and yes, it's a proper triple. As he approaches his 30th birthday (and mandatory death), an out-of-shape man tries to try to win back his ex by running a marathon. Meanwhile, to try to keep him from dying, she's got 20 minutes to get 100,000 Deutschmarks to him. I thought of adding a 4th, but sanity prevented me.

It's "Fame." (In junior high school, we performed both songs you mentioned.) Why was he thinking of "Flashdance"?

It IS "Gigantor." Meanwhile, I thought the clues were too vague to begin with!

This black-and-white cartoon was released in Japan as "Tetsujin 28-go." It was released in the US (and other countries) under at least 1 other name, which is still remembered today in the US. Its black-and-white debut in the US was in 1964 (with the violence edited), and its color debut in the US was in 1993 on the Sci Fi Channel. It was "an animated series about world's mightiest robot." Plans for a live-action feature film, so far, look to remain only plans.

Might have helped to know it was television. (I forget to mention formats also.) "Diagnosis: Murder She Wrote"?

"If I were a rich man"

Seriously-I was right????? *does a search* Apparently I was. Must have been a vague memory that made it to the surface. I ALMOST had the artist's name. (Deniece Williams, whom I thought was "Shaniece Williams.")

I'm not sure it hit exactly what he was asking. If I can try to hit it, here's what I THINK her opinion is like- and she may correct me and disavow it..... She knows how water gets to her faucets, and knows that there's steps involving collection, chlorination and flouridation, transportation, water pressure and so on up to the moment it reaches her spigot and she turns the tap. She takes for granted that there will be water reaching her home whenever she wants. She doesn't think about the steps when she turns the tap. She knows how electricity is generated at power stations of various kinds (with fossil fuels, or hydroelectric, or nuclear, etc). She knows that there's alternating current cables that carry the current from the power station to her home. She takes for granted that the electricity will be there when she turns on the light switch. She doesn't stop each time to consider whether it will or not. PERHAPS that's what she means, but she'll need to say "That's it" or "Not even close" or something like that.

Seriously, this was on a soundtrack? Um, "Footloose?"

Then, of course, that would be "V". The scene I linked to will live in my memory for life. When people are figuring out the "Visitors" are enemies, and stomping on resistance, some youths with spray-paint go to deface posters for the "Visitors. An old man sees them (the character was a Holocaust survivor.) "No! If you're going to do it, do it right. I will show you." He had the child draw a "v" with the paint, over the poster's figure. "You understand? For Victory! Go tell your friends!" THAT was about as memorable an ending as I've ever seen. (IMHO)

"76 Trombones"

"You understand? For VICTORY! Go tell your friends!"

twi used to badmouth insurance as a CONCEPT. They said it was based on bad things happening. Instead of being seen as a hedge against disaster and a sensible precaution (whether or not it's seen as excessive precaution) it was seen as AN IMPEDIMENT TO POSITIVE BELIEVING and A SIGN YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE ENOUGH. We were supposed to keep from buying insurance, because POSITIVE BELIEVING was supposed to be our insurance. It wasn't seen as "tempting God" or anything. It all began in Session 1, when vpw talked about the imaginary traveling salesman he'd met and spoken to who had never had any kind of crash, fender-bender, etc, partly because he now understood about POSITIVE BELIEVING. It was supposed to be a coincidence that this meant we had more cash available and could increase tithing, abundant sharing, plurality giving...