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August 13

Vague memories of two or three (obscure?) movies I saw in the mid 80s

I have vague memories of a couple of movies I saw on television when I was a kid sometime in 1986 or 1987, and was hoping either of these ring a bell for anyone?

With the first movie, I remember a scene where a creature (either a giant black beetle, or something like a giant black horseshoe crab-like creature) would latch on to the side of a person's head, and then you'd see blood trickling out of the person's ear. This is the only thing I remember about that movie, but that scene has stuck with me for a very long time.

For another unidentified movie, there is another scene which was a shot of a large shipyard-crane like vehicle driving down a highway (by shipyard crane, I mean this vehicle was very tall and very wide -- left wheels on one shoulder of the road, right wheels on the other shoulder of the road... and the highway being 2 or 3 lanes wide). I think this movie had a woman truck driver who drove around the country completely naked (no, this was not a porn movie... it was on cable television); but that memory may actually be a third, different movie.

Sorry if this is all I can remember, but I've had not much like with Google on any of these. --66.235.32.39 (talk) 06:43, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Could the first one be The Wrath of Khan? —Tamfang (talk) 04:10, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please name this (Australian?) tune.

This is a portrayal of the Australian Nyan Cat, and I'm sure the tune isn't the anthem. I heard it once; it was nowhere near as catchy as the (8-bit) tune that plays.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlb4omuxW7c&feature=autoplay&list=PL2B9D9DE2BB24C6E1&playnext=9

Please name the tune. I wonder if the original version is catchier. Thanks. --70.179.170.114 (talk) 07:37, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's Down Under by Men at Work. Here's a better version. And no, it's not our national anthem; that's Advance Australia Fair. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ ^{[your turn]} 08:07, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Don't be stupid, this is Australia's National Anthem. Great Southern Land 220.239.37.244 (talk) 12:45, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Music of Darcey Bussell's ballet performance

What was the music to which Darcey Bussell and those in her accompaniment performed ballet at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics? The article does not seem to include it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.21.216.229 (talk) 09:19, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It might perhaps be mentioned somewhere in these 40-odd minutes of credits. Best of luck. What did it sound like, anyway? -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ ^{[your turn]} 12:44, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It was David Arnold's "Spirit of the Flame". - JuneGloom Talk 18:52, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First association football video game and early football games

What is the title of the first association football video game and a list of early on assoc football video games?Nicholasprado (talk) 21:46, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We have an article on sports games, which notes the release of Soccer in 1973, and we note Atari Football (released 1978) as "the first videogame to accurately emulate American football," though that description suggests prior releases. I'll note also that my memories of accurate American football games were text-based, and as such, could have existed well prior to the Atari era. — Lomn 22:02, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Association football or American football? Dismas|^(talk) 22:03, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dismas, association football is what I'm referring to thanks70.2.164.160 (talk) 22:42, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

~~In Tomohiro Nishikado's article, he claims that Soccer, released in 1973, was "Japan's first video game".~~ Wow. Senility creeps up on you so quickly. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:17, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]