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October 8

Can anyone identifiy this film?

An animated film I saw on TV as a child. It was called something like "VIPs" and it was about clones. I don't remember much, but I remember that the clones had some sort of antenna sticking out of their head. On one female clone, another character twisted this antenna into a sort of bow, after which she (the clone) started acting like an individual. It would have been in the late 80s or early 90s that I saw it, but (based on what I remember of the animation style), the film itself may have been older (I'm guessing 60s or 70s, although that could just have been a deliberate retro styling). All web searches I've tried come up blank (or rather, come up with much more recent things like Star Wars Clone Wars, or Clone High, or the like). Iapetus (talk) 08:57, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

IMDb has a list of 103 clone movies https://www.imdb.com/list/ls025476090/ , but none look like the one you wanted. -- SGBailey (talk) 11:54, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

That sounds like Bruno Bozzetto's VIP my Brother Superman. There are no clones, but there is a mass of near-identical asian workers/slaves, and people are turned into will-less, eager consumers by having mini-rockets penetrating there heads, leaving antennas sticking out.

(See Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2013 January 5#What animated cartoon is this?.) –Tea2min (talk) 12:35, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Ah, that looks like it. (Looks like I would have been 11 at the time, and I think I missed the start, so I don't think I really understood what it was about even at the time). Iapetus (talk) 13:14, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Eddie Van Halen

What did he invent? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.105.98 (talk) 11:02, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

We have an article on him. If he invented something noteworthy, it would be discussed there. Ian.thomson (talk) 11:22, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Since it's not really discussed there in any meaningful way, he invented a support system for the guitar so it could be played like a lap guitar or a piano, but while standing up. Here's a Slate article that discusses it, including the awesome diagram from the patent. Adam Bishop (talk) 11:39, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Luca; Pixar's 23rd or 24th movie??

We know that Pixar's films go:

1. Toy Story
2. A Bug's Life
3. Toy Story 2

...and so on. However, is there any info on whether Luca will still be the 24th Pixar movie or will it in fact only be the 23rd because "Soul" is not going to be in theatres?? (Important note: If the Pixar film Luca had an article of its own, I would have put this question on the article's talk page, but it doesn't, so I'm putting it here instead.) Georgia guy (talk) 23:43, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

The film is slated to be screened at the London Film Festival in the Southbank Theatre on 11 October 2020. So it is not going to be purely Internet only. Moreover, is there a rule that Internet releases do not count? We might then as well have a rule that digital releases do not count – celluloid only.  --Lambiam 11:39, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

I'm sure that that was the first time your question was ever asked anywhere online, because this is the first time to date it has had any meaning so far. I'm sure that the sequence was intended to be for theatrical movies. Georgia guy (talk) 12:14, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Your question is fairly unclear. If you are developing a list of Pixar feature films which were released theatrically in the US, then it seems likely Luca will be 23th since Soul wouldn't be on that list. If you are developing a list of Pixar feature films, like our article, then Soul seems to still qualify so Luca will be 24th. If you are developing a list of Oscar eligible Pixar feature films, then I think Luca will be 24th and Soul 23rd since Soul is eligible by merit of having a planned theatrical release before it was changed, and I assume all the earlier ones were eligible too. Unless you clarify what list you are talking about, and what definitions you are using in the list, I don't see how it can be answered. BTW, I emphasised US for a reason. According to Soul (2020 film), it is still going to be released theatrically in countries without Disney+. This wasn't supported by the existing ref, but I added on which does mention it. Nil Einne (talk) 07:07, 12 October 2020 (UTC)