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June 11

Disaster movies

Hello all, could someone give some examples of good disaster movies that feature mountain rescues (e.g. from avalanches and/or other skiing/mountaineering accidents)? I'm a big fan of the disaster genre, and I'm looking for some of those movies to add to my collection. (I already have 127 Hours as well as High Sierra Search and Rescue -- what, no article?) By "good" I mean well-researched with regard to technical stuff, and with a believable plot. Either English-language or Russian-language is fine; any other language better have subtitles. Thanks in advance! 67.169.177.176 (talk) 04:45, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Like 127 Hours, Touching the Void is a superb film based on a true story. See also mountain film and Category:Mountaineering films.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:04, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vertical limit, Alive? Aaadddaaammm (talk) 09:00, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's Cliffhanger (film) with Sylvester Stallone: [1]. StuRat (talk) 09:27, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to suggest that but then saw that the OP wanted "well researched" and "believable" films, something Stallone action films are not known for. The only recommendation I would have is the previously mentioned Alive. Dismas|^(talk) 12:00, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Mountain has Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner climbing to rescue/loot (respectively) at a plane crash. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:52, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's Alive (1993 film), about the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash in 1972. Plane crash in the mountains, rather than a mountaineering accident. There is an avalanche, plus cannibalism to boot! Buddy431 (talk) 22:23, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, everyone. I'll be sure to watch Touching the Void and Alive. I'll also consider watching Vertical Limit -- it seems like they've done their research on the various dangerous situations and rescue techniques in that film, even though the characters may not be very plausible. As for Cliffhanger, I don't think it's worth the two hours of my time, considering the completely insane plot line. 67.169.177.176 (talk) 02:20, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

From memory (and it has been a long time since I have chosen to watch it), the snow scenes in Cliffhanger featured powder snow, icy snow, hard packed snow and avalanche snow, all within the one area and, according the script, a very short time frame. Credibility factor zero. HiLo48 (talk) 11:43, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note the episode descriptions for the (excellent) series I Shouldn't Be Alive. Pepso2 (talk) 11:26, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds interesting... is the show available on DVD? 67.169.177.176 (talk) 02:25, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I Shouldn't Be Alive Season one DVD set. Pepso2 (talk) 09:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! 67.169.177.176 (talk) 21:48, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See Vertical Limit Hia10 (talk) 19:54, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for b/w photo

Hi,

I'm looking for a photo I saw once in a book. It was black and white and featured a woman wearing a wedding dress standing in a forest beside a big oak (or similar) tree. I think the name of the photo was something similar to "beauty and the beast in the dark woods". I'm sure it was a famous photographer - I saw it in a book in a school photography class. Not much to go on, but I'd appreciate if anyone has any ideas.

Thanks!

Aaadddaaammm (talk) 08:59, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to post a link to this question on the Humanities desk, they might have a better clue. Exxolon (talk) 12:00, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Zelda HD

Nintendo introduced the next generation of Wii at E3 2011 with some playable game, including Legend of Zelda, which is temporary referred to as "Zelda HD" by IGN. It looks very amazing indeed. Does Nintendo announce any information 'bout that game? Personally, I like Twilight Princess, but do not eager to play Skyward Sword much because of its character model. The "Zelda HD" brings the character models from Twilight Princess back, but all info I can find for now is just a Wii U demo. -- Livy the pixie (talk) 11:59, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think at the moment there are really no games that are complete and available for the Wii U - they're all in development still. At E3 they showed mostly demos and previews of the games as a result, and haven't really launched much detail for the games. As the console/controller is still about a year away from release not everything is quite ready yet, like it was at the original Wii's launch. Forgive me if I am wrong but I think this is the case. Chevy monte carlo 18:33, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

BBC repeats

Is there anywhere on the BBC website that lists when repeats of programs will be shown? In particular I wish to watch several episodes from the recent half series of Doctor Who which I missed on BBC1. I expect it to be repeated on BBC3 but would like to know in advance... -- SGBailey (talk) 19:10, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The whole series is available to watch on demand here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0103y2x --Tango (talk) 19:47, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

They're all expired now. There's clearly a disjunction between the Doctor Who website offering "watch this now" links and iplayer's limits. -- Finlay McWalter ☻ Talk 20:44, 11 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The only place I've found is the programme schedule section of the BBC website, where if you click the link on the programme you go to the programme page, and right down at the bottom it tells you when it will be repeated in the next week or so. I don't think the schedulers at the BBC work much more than three weeks in advance. --TammyMoet (talk) 07:40, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You can try the Radio Times website (no longer owned by the BBC, I think). If you register you can search upcoming listings by programme name and it will give the showings on any channel. They will be mixed in with the repeats of much older shows though. Sam Blacketer (talk) 23:45, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]