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November 5[edit]

Looking for Miners Strike 1984/85 Documentary[edit]

Hi All,

I'm looking for details about a documentary covering the 1984-1985 miners strike in the UK.

The film consisted of archive TV footage etc with a background of contemporary music. There was no narrator and comment was provided by captions (as was the style at one point!). Probably made at some point in the 1990s.

At least one of the background songs (possibly the first song) was Road to Nowhere by Talking heads.

Thanks!

90.255.61.51 (talk) 00:36, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly: "The Battle For Orgreave". www.journeyman.tv.

(I haven't watched it) --2606:A000:1126:28D:B44D:AECC:2DDA:3FC5 (talk) 02:54, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hulu Original content that is not legally available on any streaming service outside the US[edit]

Given that Hulu is currently only available in the US, are there any Hulu Originals that right now are only legally available anywhere in the world on Hulu, and are not known to be available on any international streaming service? Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 00:58, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are shows on that list that are also available on other services. See, for example, Devs#Release which is available in India and UK. You can check other entries in the list that you are interested in for availability. RudolfRed (talk) 02:24, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You probably want to especially check recent releases (as well as low profile very old releases). For example, this [1] Helstrom may not have been available on release, and this is even an MCU release, although I suspect they may not have properly checked developing and non English speaking countries very well. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if they only checked the UK and Canada, and maybe Australia and NZ. Note it may also depend on your definition of "streaming service". Are you only referring to subscription or free streaming services where you pay or don't pay for access to the entire service or channel including all the content available at the time where you live? (Somewhat related or indeed sometimes developed from subscription TV like services.) Or are you including video on demand rental or purchase services e.g. iTunes, Amazon, Google Play etc where you rent or buy a specific episode or series? (More akin to traditional home media i.e. Bluray, DVD, VCD, Laserdisc, VHS.) Older releases may make it to such services after a while. Nil Einne (talk) 03:10, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I made some formatting corrections this now, without using ins/del tags since I felt it would mean the benefit was loss. See [2] BTW, Veronica Mars (season 4) is one particular example which seems to be available to buy at least in Canada on iTunes [3] although it's also available on normal subscription streaming sites [4] [5] so your definition doesn't matter for it. Nil Einne (talk) 15:09, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Joan Baez[edit]

Which was Joan Baez's break through album? Was she an instant success with her debut album? Or was there another that really brought her to international fame. Also, which was or is her best album or most critically acclaimed album. Which has the vest reviews? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C6:6884:6200:3569:91F6:BA71:17A9 (talk) 11:23, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There's a good overview of her career here. As for her best album, personally I would start with Diamonds & Rust. --Viennese Waltz 11:59, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has an article titled Joan Baez which either a) has answers to all of these questions or b) has links to articles that answer all of these questions. For example, the first two questions can be answered in the lead section, second paragraph, sentences 2 and 3. --Jayron 32 12:38, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why was a James Bond video game based on a 42 year old movie?[edit]

Is there any information out there on why From Russia with Love (video game) was made, or how they came to the decision in 2005 to base a video game on a movie from 1963? The “Development” section of the article is silent on the matter. Thanks! —151.132.206.250 (talk) 22:31, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

James Bond in general is very popular and From Russia with Love is one of the best received films in the series, so why wouldn't they? Given the usual lead time on making a game, this project would have started after the release of 2002's Die Another Day and before 2006's Casino Royale. With no then-current material to base a game around, why not draw on the long legacy of the franchise? EA had spent a lot of money to get the rights to do Bond games, they had no reason to just sit around twiddling their thumbs during this lull in production. --Khajidha (talk) 22:41, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also of note is that the film is frequently ranked as one of the best Bond movies ever. I spot checked several lists by googling "Best Bond movie" and it ranks as high as #1 on some lists, and I can't find a list that ranks it lower than 4. --Jayron 32 12:51, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For a bit more context, consider that the video game world had then only recently been shown that even a medium-quality Bond film (1995's GoldenEye) could be made into an absolute juggernaut of a video game (1997's GoldenEye 007). The subsequent Brosnan films did well enough, but there was a general sense that the series had gotten old (again). I recall the invisible car from Die Another Day was viewed with particular disdain. By the time the FRWL game started development, it was already clear that Brosnan was done and that perhaps the franchise was obsolete in the face of stuff like the Bourne film series, which was seen as doing what should have been Bond's work - but better.

So you know that Bond translates well to video games and the name brand recognition seems to help, but nobody is interested in making a Die Another Day game and then it turns out that the real, original, Bond - Sir Sean Connery himself - is willing to do the voice work, returning to the role he left decades ago. So why not go retro? I don't know why they went with FRWL versus one of Connery's other Bond films, but as our article states, the film had been gaining in respect and recognition at that time. Maybe they wanted to tap into that? Matt Deres (talk) 15:21, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]