Fact Of The Day

[RCMerchant]

I believe it! Why not?

[chainsaw midget]

Historians consider the 1895 short film L'Arroseur Arose, directed by film pioneer Louis Lumière, to be not only the first comedy in cinema's history but the first film to use a fictional narrative.

The plot of the 45 second film is thus: a gardener waters his plants with a hose, a young boy steps on the hose, the gardener looks into the end of the hose to investigate, the boy removes his foot from the hose, the gardener is sprayed in the face, the boy runs.

[ER]

^Oh, hey, I remember seeing that.

[claws]

Martial Arts actor Michael Jai White has a strict "he can't ever lose a fight on screen" clause in his contracts when he films fight scenes.

Vin Diesel was the first to have such a "can't ever lose a fight" clause, followed by Dwayne Johnson, who has the same clause.

[zombie no.one]

Martial Arts actor Michael Jai White has a strict "he can't ever lose a fight on screen" clause in his contracts when he films fight scenes.

Vin Diesel was the first to have such a "can't ever lose a fight" clause, followed by Dwayne Johnson, who has the same clause.

what's this about... is it purely a vanity / 'image' thing? because if so that's really dumb.

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I believe it's a fact that Bruce Lee never had an actual officially recognised 'fight'... as in tournament / championship / one-off bout stuff.

[Trevor]

I did some laundry last week. 😉

[claws]

what's this about... is it purely a vanity / 'image' thing? because if so that's really dumb.

I assume it is about image, and probably a huge ego. They want to be seen as the hero type.

So yeah, dumb indeed.

edit to add Jason Statham to the list.

[chainsaw midget]

Mrs. Columbo ran for 13 episodes.  During that time, it had three name changes. 

It started out as Mrs. Columbo changing to Kate Columbo, then Kate the Detective and ultimately Kate Loves a Mystery.

In France it was released on DVD as Madame Columbo. 

[RCMerchant]

^...better known as " Kate's Ratings Bomb."

[lester1/2jr]

^ it's on tubi


Lebanon is 43.4% Christian

[zombie no.one]

since 2009, every single video on youtube to break the 'most viewed video ever on youtube' record, is a music video.

[pacman000]

Somehow, I find that sad.

[claws]

MTV stopped showing music videos in the mid-2010s. People were looking for other viewing options, I guess.

[Rev. Powell]

Say what you want about music videos as an art form, but they are (or were) a good place for beginning filmmakers to develop their technical chops before tackling features.

[Trevor]

Say what you want about music videos as an art form, but they are (or were) a good place for beginning filmmakers to develop their technical chops before tackling features.

Agreed, Russell Mulcahy and Steve Barron come to mind 😊😊🐢