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And 9 To Suffocate Us.

jstarlee — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:51:35 -0800

[HalloweenFilter] I would like to dress up as one of the rag dolls in the animation movie "9." (this one) I have no experience in tailoring/crafting but I have a friend who does and is very excited at this idea. She has told me that stitching up the costume is not the problem - it's that the fabric will make the costume extremely hot. I am more comfortable with hot temperature rather than cold anyway and also willing to endure the heat/poor ventilation as long as it's a decent costume. My major concern is the details of the costume - particularly the eyes and the hands.

1) How hard would it be to achieve similar quality of the goggle-like eyes? Right now I am thinking cut-off Pringles cans. I am fine with the pupils fixated at the center of the eyes and not moving at all - perhaps use spectacles from sunglasses?

2) The hands of the rag dolls look delicate and complicated - mostly made of metal with leather (wood?) outside. How can we achieve similar look (without going broke or taking too much time)?

Bonus: How would you make the cane/lamp stick?

We would probably spend a few hours each week so looking at around 40 person-hours. I would like to keep the budget around $50. (for good quality $75, no more than $100)

Thank you very much in advance and if you want to take this idea and make other rag doll costumes (number 9 or not) I'd love to get together and take a picture on Halloween night!!

When is 9 released?

lukeo05 — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:26:25 -0800

When is the Tim Burton film 9 released in the UK? I've been looking forward to this film for months and months and months, and as the tag line had always said 9.9.09 I assumed it would be released this coming Wednesday! But I have been looking on the internet and cannot find any information about showings in England. Does anyone know if/when/where it is being released here?

Sharlto Copley stars in "My Left Claw"

TomSophieIvy — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:17:23 -0800

District 9 has infected me, so to speak. I can pick up on the cinematic influences and the overt South African references, but surely there are more South African influences that elude me. Help! D9 has overtaken my brain for the last day. I picked up on Enemy Mine, The Fly, Independence Day, Starship Troopers, The Office, RoboCop, and ET (among others) as cinematic references. However the references to South Africa namely refer to apartheid and District 6, but I also felt there were references to the mercenary movement in South Africa, witchcraft, shantytowns and underground economies. I'd like to know what other South African references I am missing...other than the obvious reasons already stated, what makes the location such a vital part of the movie?

Mac OS9 HD Crash

pinto — Mon, 09 May 2005 15:10:59 -0800

I'm a pc guy, but my friend's imac hard-drive has crashed. I managed to salvage the entire drive on a dvd, but otherwise it's been rendered inoperable. So, my question: can I just copy the appropriate folders (keeping directory structure) from the dvd to the new (essentially empty) drive and have everything work as before? Can I do this for specific software, such as outlook (all saved emails lost!) or word? Or do I have to to a manual re-install of all software, export of emails, etc., as any self-respecting pc would require. Mac OS 9.22