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July 19

True Grit: Scenes from the book

Which True Grit film had all scenes from the novel? 1969 or 2010? 5.80.140.162 (talk) 18:36, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What makes you think either one did? Books are not screenplays, and much material from the book tends to be cut in order to condense the presentation to less than 3 hours on-screen. For what it's worth, comments at the time were that the more recent version attempted to be more true to the book than the John Wayne version. But to me they looked rather similar. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:53, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Neither the book nor the two movies are difficult to find. If you've got a free weekend you could probably knock both movies and the book out in one go. Then you wouldn't have to ask the question. --Jayron 32 19:27, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Folks, here are some actual references where the differences are discussed: [1], [2], [3], [4]. There, that wasn't so hard now, was it? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:02, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Cross-checking

What does cross stand for in this ice hockey move? I'm aware that checking means stopping someone in their tracks. 31.45.234.252 (talk) 20:02, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Cross-checking. MarnetteD|Talk 20:16, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Did you? It doesn't give the etymology. But I think it's obvious enough if you think about it this way. The various penalties for striking an opponent with your stick are all named according to how it's used: hooking, tripping, spearing. Well, in cross-checking, you're holding it across the opponent's body. --76.71.5.114 (talk) 01:59, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. Hockey has always been somewhat excessive in the fine distinctions between stick/assault penalties. If you obstruct an opponent with the butt-end of your stick, it is "spearing", with the middle it's "cross-checking" and with the blade it's "hooking". If you swipe at an opponent below the waist it is "tripping" and above the waist it is "slashing". As with many rules, it has become excessively verbose, but basically, cross checking is striking your opponent with middle of your stick between your hands is called "cross checking". The easiest way to do this is to hold the stick horizontal, and hit them "across" their body. Of course, nearly all of these fouls have identical penalties associated with them, meaning they could just call the lot "hitting someone with your stick" and be done with it... --Jayron 32 11:52, 21 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And just for clarity, here is a cross check in hockey. Here is slashing, here is tripping, here is hooking. --Jayron 32 11:57, 21 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I enjoyed reading your replies. Thank you all very much. 31.45.234.252 (talk) 15:11, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]