The Random Thread and The Endless Nights of Baseball Discussions

[LondonUnderground]

The little scene with Charlie and his mom before the "Cheer Up, Charlie" song was filmed at 1:00 in the morning.

*mum

 

[MickeyisBeast]

Our convo about sports in Old Testement class this morning was just great xD

*E and J are talking about basketball*
J: Sara, do you watch sports?
Sara: Of course, I watch baseball!
E: Oh good, because ya know, you gotta watch sports- guys like that in girls
J: YES MA'AM! But guys are always so LAZY when they watch sports! They want the women to get the snacks ready and then clean it all up. I'm like GET OFF YO LAZY *** AND PICK YOUR CRAP UP! xD
E: Ummmmhmm!
J: Do you like the Celtics?
E: CELTICS IN DA HOUSE!
Sara: Celtics? OHMYGOSHNO
E: WHAT? WHY?
Sara: ... DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE CELTICS ARE FROM?
E: Noo... I just like the players-they're hot!
Sara: They're from Boston.
E: EWW LIKE THE RED SOX?
Sara: Yes, like the Red Sox
E: Well that ruined my day.
J: What about football?
Sara: Yeah, football rocks!
E: Go Vikings!
J: EAGLES!
Sara: No no no, JETS
E: Oh the Jets are cool!
Sara: What about baseball?
J: Yankees!
E: Yankees!
Sara: YANKEES
J: They really are the best. My boyfriend started making me watch their games, they're really good!
Sara: J, I LOVE YOU! xD
Mr. Teacher: Boston sucks, just my two cents
E: YEAH MR. TEACHER!
J: I can't believe the Panthers won
Sara: Me either! It was kinda pathetic though, only be 3 points.
E: Who can't beat San Fran?
Sara: That goes for their baseball team too! I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THEY BEAT THE PHILLIES! I dunno how they got to the WS, that's just sad.
E: It's PATHETIC that it's the Rangers vs Giants. They both are nobody teams.
Sara: AMEN.
E: It would've been better if the WS included either; Yankees, Phillies, Rays, Red Sox, Braves, or Twins. At least let the GOOD teams in the WS.
Sara: AMEN AGAIN!




The WS Game 1 started... I just randomly found out now because I checked the MLB website. If I didn't do that I would have had no idea... no news about it on facebook... and my family definatly isn't watching it. I don't even care xD

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Roald Dahl was reportedly so angry with the treatment of his book (mainly stemming from the massive rewrite by David Seltzer) that he refused permission for the book's sequel, "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator", to be filmed. Seltzer had an idea for a new sequel, but legal issues meant that it never got off the ground. Reportedly, Dahl was so unhappy that he refused to ever watch the completed film in its entirety. Once, while staying in a hotel, he accidentally tuned into a television airing of the movie, but reportedly changed the channel immediately when he realized what he was watching.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

*mum

Sorry, I was copy/pasting from IMDB!

Roald Dahl was reportedly so angry with the treatment of his book (mainly stemming from the massive rewrite by David Seltzer) that he refused permission for the book's sequel, "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator", to be filmed. Seltzer had an idea for a new sequel, but legal issues meant that it never got off the ground. Reportedly, Dahl was so unhappy that he refused to ever watch the completed film in its entirety. Once, while staying in a hotel, he accidentally tuned into a television airing of the movie, but reportedly changed the channel immediately when he realized what he was watching.

 

[LondonUnderground]

so ladies.
man.
woman.
gender confused.
OR BEAASSSTTTTT!

a, b, c or d, all vote NOW.

omg
who wants to be a millionaire quotes ftw xD

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Ernst Ziegler, who played Grandpa George, was nearly blind, and so was instructed to look for a red light to guide him when his character was meant to be looking in a certain direction.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

The scene of Violet Beareguarde's demise where she swells up into a blueberry was done in two takes. Take one was pumping air into an inflatable suit and take two involved stuffing Denise into a two piece Styrofoam cut out. When rolling Denise around in her blueberry suit, the Oompa Loompas had a hard time controlling the rolling actress and would send her crashing into the wall several times.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

The scene of Mike's demise was difficult to film. When seen far away while in the TV, it was accomplished through blue screen. While seen in the TV from close up, Paris Themmen (Mike) was standing on a platform on a huge television set. The shot where Mrs. Teavee picks him up was a doll, and the single shot where we see a closeup of Mike dangling from his mom's fingers was accomplished by having Paris dangle from the fingers of a papier maché hand.

 

[LondonUnderground]

CELTICS PLAYERS ARE SMOKIN!

actually, I don't know that cause idek who plays for the Celtics apart from Shaq xD
and Kevin Garnett, but that's about it xD
I can pretty much name the whole 40 man RS roster though ;D

 

[wdwllamadancer]

CHICHARITO THE HERO!

 

[AmandaSparks730]

During the "Pure Imagination" song, Willy Wonka whips his cane around here and there to stop the crowd in place during various points of the song. According to Paris Themmen (Mike Teevee) in the DVD commentary, during one of the takes as Gene Wilder whipped his cane around, he accidentally whacked Thennem in the head.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Quite a lot of the chocolate things such as trees, flowers etc featured in the movie were created by chocolate shop Choccywoccydoodah in Brighton, UK. The shop displayed and sold some of the creations in the shop after the release of the film.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Forty squirrels were trained for the scene where they pounce upon the character Veruca Salt.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

OMGGGG, page 169. And I didn't even notice!

 

[LondonUnderground]

I WHIP MY HAIR BACK AN FORTH!

...what is the point in this song? it's so ridiculously stupid xD

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Johnny Depp was so impressed with Freddie Highmore's performance in Finding Neverland (2004) that he recommended that Tim Burton observe him for the role of Charlie Bucket.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Wonka's line, "Good morning, starshine, the earth says hello," is the first line of the song "Good Morning Starshine" from the musical "Hair".

 

[MickeyisBeast]

right, european football.
English football to be exact.

I figured

Who loves the Red Sox even when they don't win? *holds up huge sign with arrow pointing to me* *points to self* THIS GIRL!


FOOTBALL SUCKS, MANCHESTER SUCKS, CHELSEA SUCKS, Liverpool rocks. xD, THE ENGLAND TEAM SUCKS, WAYNE ROONEY SUCKS, STEVEN GERRARD IN THE SOX? GET REAL JOHN HENRY, HE AIN'T TAKIN JACOBYS PLACE, GERRARD PLAYS A GIRLY SPORT AND IS SCARED HE MIGHT GET HIS HANDBAG WET ON THE PITCH, HE WOULDN'T SURVIVE A DAY BATTING WITH BIG PAPI.

/end hate football rant xD

Heheee... they don't win a lot xD

soccer = football in europe.

we don't have the one where people throw themselves at each other whilst wearing 3/4 length leggings LMAO

I like the one where they throw themselves at each other!
American Football > Soccer

I hate soccer... the only reason I find it a tad bit interesting is because RSF plays it... he plays lacrosse too though, and I find that boring also xD

American football is stupidly named. It should be called "Tackle".

I AGREE.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

During the Wonka Boat scene, one of the glowing signs on the round doors reads "Beetle Juicing", a reference to the film Beetle Juice (1988), also directed by Tim Burton.

 

[LondonUnderground]

megatired.

is it sad I'm kinda excited for my day of productivity tomorrow? xD