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February 16

ABBA Former Singer: How many languages does Frida Lyngstad speak?

Being the case that Abba recorded in several languages and Frida's pronunciation is REALLY good... I was just wondering if there is a way to find out how many languages she actually speaks. I have checked several biographies and, mostly, they don't mention that detail. Even though her father was German, I don't think she learned any from him because - according to the information I have read - he left even before she was born. I am a native Spanish-speaker and her Spanish in Chiquitita (the Spanish version) sounds incredibly natural. Could anybody help me find out about this? I recognize it is not a "life-or-death" matter... but I'm very intrigued! I'd appreciate your help. Thank You! Allav82 (talk) 03:38, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For whatever it's worth, I couldn't find any mention of her language ability on Norwegian or Swedish internet pages. I suppose she wouldn't be the first singer whose singing talents include the ability to produce near-perfect foreign accents. 16:36, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

movie identification

I saw a sci fi movie back about (maybe) 1992. A group of activists go into a corporation building at night to mess things up. It truns that one of them is the leading scientist for the company that has lured them into this so he can use them to test his new war machine robot on. Anyone have any ideas what it was? thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.234.165.74 (talk) 04:08, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's a FAR outside shot that this is a misinterpretation of the plot of Sneakers (movie). In that one, a group of computer hackers run a business where they are hired by large corporations to test their secutity systems. The end up hacking into the building of a company run by a friend of one of the main dudes (Ben Kingsley is the friend, Robert Redford is the hacker). There's some convoluted plot twists in there as well. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 12:24, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

3D Films

Are there any that haven't used the "popping out of the screen" gimmick, or any future film that has been said to not do that? I just watched Coraline, and while quite nice looking overall, it was also painful and difficult to focus on at parts due to the virtual proximity of the image. 24.76.160.236 (talk) 06:16, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've been told by others that this may have been an issue with my theatre's projector. Not sure how they could screw it up that badly with only one projector, but to be sure it was lower quality than the DLP projectors at another nearby cinema. I'll have to compare them eventually. 24.76.160.236 (talk) 10:26, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't seen Coraline yet, but several reviews I have heard mentioned that the 3-D effects are well-done even they do not use the "'popping out of the screen' gimmick". --Thomprod (talk) 00:18, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, you can definitely tell when the scene was tailored towards it, but those were rare and it was handled well. The convergence was just screwy and painful. But from other's experiences, that was probably just the projector's fault. 24.76.160.236 (talk) 00:44, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

When Arch Oboler made The Bubble (1966), he wanted an airplane to fly out of the screen and over the audience. However, he discovered that the effect did not work for some members of the audience. They psychologically suppresed the notion because they felt the wingspan was longer than the width of the film screen. So Oboler eliminated the scene. Pepso2 (talk) 10:16, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I also recently saw Coraline and I think your issue was with the projector as the only notable scene which "popped out" was in the beginning, with the needle. This is actually one of the only movies i know of that wasn't gimmicky - I saw Beowulf originally in 2D and could easily pick out the scenes where they were playing to the 3D effect. -ΖαππερΝαππερ ^Babel_Alexandria 05:04, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Turkish pop song

This is a huge shot on the dark, but I've tried this before here and amazingly the first reply was what I was looking for, so here we go again: I don't speak Turkish, but this guy I used to work with had some turkish music (he was lebonese, didn't understand a word of it) and basically the song is very upbeat sounding, has about three people (two males and one female) singing different parts, and throughout most of the song, each line for the chorus ends in -na [nA]. It's super vague, I know, but I'm not even sure where to start, so any help is greatly appreciated. --Anthonysenn (talk) 08:07, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Who was the first monster to be destroyed by the Rangers with the Power Blaster? 200.112.78.128 (talk) 14:27, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Amazingly, our article Mighty Morphin Power Rangers has some information. --Thomprod (talk) 00:15, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Link

Hi I have noticed that you have some links towards the end of the information article, how would I be able to put a link on there myself? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.14.199.190 (talk) 21:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The wp:help desk should have some "how to make a link" bits in it. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 22:18, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Which article are you referring to? --Thomprod (talk) 00:14, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just in case you're thinking of adding a link to your company homepage, for example, chances are it's not going to stay there unless the article is about your company. Advertising is a no-no on Wikipedia. (Plenty of other kinds of links are perfectly acceptable, though!) -- Captain Disdain (talk) 07:26, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for a music video (needle in a haystack)

Hi, while we were out on the town in Oxford (UK) celebrating Valentine's Day on Saturday the night club we were in was playing a music video on the TV screens above the bar (it wasn't the same track as they were playing on the dance floor). In it, while the band was playing, there was a young man and a considerably older woman doing acrobatic tricks on a stage while a crowd of onlookers gasped in awe.

I would like to study the video closer because I can't believe a grey-haired older woman can pull off feats of athleticism such as that without doing herself a serious injury, however I have absolutely no idea who the band was, or what the song was that they were performing. If anyone has any idea from this brief description what I'm referring to, can you let me know and put me out of my misery please?

The young man was wearing very little, and the woman had an outfit with a black stripe down the middle. -- role^player 23:58, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Hardest Part (Coldplay song)? Nanonic (talk) 00:34, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that's the one. Thank you ever so much. -- role^player 02:07, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]