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October 3

Disney+ removing films and tv shows

Does films and tv shows have to removed from Disney+ to cut costs? And have there been complaints about it? If there have been, what was their response? 86.130.9.101 (talk) 19:05, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you try asking them yourself? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:40, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

They don't exactly have an email address for queries from random people. And even if they did, they wouldn't give an answer to a question like this. --Viennese Waltz 08:18, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Disney+ does live chat <http:/help.disneyplus.com/en-GB/contact-us/getting-started?target=|chat>. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. 2A04:4A43:861F:F549:8934:3F66:3E44:4966 (talk) 13:35, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is not free to store programming for streaming. It costs money. If a program is not profitable, don't host it. Disney+ isn't the only company that continually curates the available library of programming. Iger states in the Q2 earnings report that due to a large loss in subscribers, they would be removing programming to save money. What I found interesting is that they pay a contractual penalty for not hosting some programs. The report states that the penalties for non-hosting will be less than the savings for removing programming. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 13:56, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Coincidentally or otherwise, it also fits with their long-standing practice of periodically re-releasing their older films, and then pulling them back after some stretch of time. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:20, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So they do have to remove them just to cut the costs? And what about the complaints and their responses? 86.130.9.101 (talk) 21:13, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you file a complaint yourself, whatever response you get (if any) would likely represent their typical response. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:10, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was asking 68.187.174.155. 86.130.9.101 (talk) 22:23, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck! ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:02, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You don't have to file a complaint yourself - see the IPv6's comment above. 2.101.241.55 (talk) 14:00, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That post is by a banned user, so there's a good chance you are that same banned user. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:35, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

October 5

Emilio Estevez

Why din't he use the name "sheen"? It could be Eric Sheen or something anglicized. Sportsnut24 (talk) 02:48, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See the last paragraph of Emilio Estevez#Early life. Rojomoke (talk) 06:44, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yet charlie/carlos din't. Weird.

Also he's from europe originally? thought they were hispanic from mexico or something.Sportsnut24 (talk) 01:20, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What I wanna know is: How come he and everyone else says his name ɛˈstɛvəs/, with the accent on the first syllable, when his father's legal name is Estévez, which has the accent on the second? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:59, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

People can pronounce their name however they choose. Ramón Estévez (aka 'Martin Sheen'), though born in the USA, was raised by his immigrant Spanish father Francisco Estévez (not the person of that name who has a Wikipedia article), so may have grown up using a European pronunciation. Emilio was one generation further on in US residence, so may have been more comfortable with (or merely gave in to) a pronunciation more common in the Americas.

This is of course speculation: perhaps the answer is buried in one of the many references used in their articles. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.6.86.81 (talk) 18:13, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how he himself or others pronounce the name, but our article on this person renders the pronunciation in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɛˈmɪlioʊ ɛˈstɛvəs/, in which both the given name and the surname have the stress on the second syllable. --Lambiam 19:53, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, my bad for misreading the IPA hieroglyphics. Yes, you're right, that's what it says. But every time I've ever heard his name spoken, it's always been stressed on the first syllable, like Esteban. So our guidance seems to be contra the way it's actually spoken out there in Real Life Land. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:50, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do English speaker pronounce "Esteban" stressed on the first? Influenced by István?

--Error (talk) 23:48, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Esteban mentions with no reference.

--Error (talk) 23:49, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've often heard it as ES-te-ban, as with Gloria Estefan mispronounced as ES-te-fan. If Spanish didn't have that leading "e" in front of many of its s-plus-another-consonant words (such as España), then we would get it right: es-TE-ban, as with STEVE-en or STEPH-en. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:20, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the leading e should be called the misleading e. :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 19:40, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here are some comments by Emilio:[1] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:50, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So, to answer Jack of Oz's question, it should be accented on the second syllable, and it's Anglos who get it wrong. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.6.86.81 (talk) 00:34, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarification. I'll be sure to say his name correctly the next time I have occasion to do so, which, going on my strike rate thus far, is looking very unlikely. But one never knows: I may just say it as a random aside in some otherwise unrelated conversation, in order to ensure that I gain full value from this exchange. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:51, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

They're from europe? I thought the Americas forever.Sportsnut24 (talk) 18:56, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Their ancestors were from Europe. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:45, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Some of their ancestors; only Martin Sheen's parents were from Europe: Ireland and Spain. (If you go back far enough, their ancestors were from Africa.) --Lambiam 14:39, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you go back far enough, everyone's ancestors were from Africa. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 13:02, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

October 10

Special name

Is there a special name for chords that have the same notes but a different root?? Examples are C6 and Am7; Csus4 and Fsus2. Georgia guy (talk) 00:42, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is something similar to the concept of Relative key. There's Common chord (music). Card Zero (talk) 05:37, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

C⁶ is the first inversion of Am⁷. See further Inversion (music) § Root position and inverted chords. --Lambiam 05:48, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yes, I suppose that is the term. I passed that by, thinking "no, an inverted chord is still the same chord in a different order, I need to find a name for when these function as different chords". Card Zero (talk) 06:02, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A Killer's Memory

I've just watched a film on TV, with the above title. On here, it's obviously the film Knox Goes Away. Google correctly finds this article when you search for A Killer's Memory, but I can't find any clear indication of a connection between the two titles. Can anyone tell me whiether it was known by different titles in different markets? Rojomoke (talk) 15:54, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, this is not the Belgian film The Memory of a Killer, although the subject matter is similar. Rojomoke (talk) 15:59, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

German WP calls it "A Killer's Memory". Various google results suggest the name was changed for its Prime Video release. Our article needs updating. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 18:32, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In its AKA section, imdb has "A Killer's Memory" solely as the title in Germany. --Lambiam 20:36, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Heartwarming, funny, adventure and family Disney movies/tv shows

Are all Disney movies/tv shows heartwarming, funny and adventurous? And are they all aimed at entire families? 86.130.9.101 (talk) 21:21, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on your definitions. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:32, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, what is a Disney show? Devs (TV series), for instance, was a dark sci-fi drama about free will. It was unheartwarming, not funny, and not really an adventure story, and wasn't aimed at entire families probably, but it was produced by FXP and DNA TV, both owned by Disney. Card Zero (talk) 06:17, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And a number of Disney's early cartoons had plenty of violence and killing in them. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:59, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely not. Read The Walt Disney Company. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:16, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

October 13

Midnight Oil lyrics

Midnight Oil is a politically-focused rock band from Australia. In 1984, they released a song called Who Can Stand in the Way, which is broadly about the brutality of capitalism. The lyrics, as usual, are rooted in Australia and Australian culture: John Laws, Dobroyd Point, First Fleet, etc. But the part I'm curious about is a kind of lyrical epilogue at the very end, where Garrett sings:

When the spinifex hit Sydney, it was the last thing we expected
When the desert reached the Gladesville, we tried to tame it
And when the emus grazed at the Pyrmont, it suddenly dawned on us all
Hah, everybody, the world was silent and the door was shut.

These also reference Australian things, but it's otherwise completely out of place and sounds kind of like they're quoting someone. Our article on John Laws says that he published poetry and he's name-checked right at the start of the song. Is this passage from him? Googling has not turned up anything for me yet. Matt Deres (talk) 14:47, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why do you assume it's a quote? To me it just feels like part of the lyrics of the song. --Viennese Waltz 03:35, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If it were published poetry, then phrases from it would surely appear on Google, which (apart from quotes from these lyrics) it doesn't. Alansplodge (talk) 12:02, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, fair enough. But if I search for John Laws poetry, I get reviews, and other people recording it, and other evidence of their existence, but precious little actual poetry. Likewise, Googling, john laws lyrics only gives examples of songs about someone named John Laws (same guy or not). Matt Deres (talk) 18:52, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Given that Laws is still alive, copyright concerns are likely to restrict the amount of his poetry uploaded and searchable. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.6.86.81 (talk) 05:20, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think it might come from elsewhere because it's sung in a different style, and doesn't match the theme or pace of the rest of the song. To be honest, it doesn't sound like any of the Oils music I've heard. Matt Deres (talk) 18:41, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

October 16