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Koli 
"Striving lackadaisically for perfection."

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  20:24:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here's a funny thing: when I looked to see what reviews had been done for a film I recently added, Secret Things, I discovered that it had been added to Turrell's '& Ampersand' accolade - even though there's no ampersand in the title. Has it been added automatically, I wonder, and if so is it because the ampersand is in the original, foreign title?

turrell 
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  20:58:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
That is curious - this is an automatic accolade for anything with an '&' in the title. I will take it out and check the rest of the list for inconsistencies.

UPDATE....

I took out this and a few other films that have no ampersand in them - the others typically were foreign film titles with special characters, one was a German film with the word 'und' spelled out. Another Tristan + Isolde - obviously has a + and not an &.

So I am confused as anyone. This may be specific to a special character like &.

Anyone have any ideas?

Edited by - turrell on 11/10/2006 21:38:21
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randall 
"I like to watch."

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  21:39:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I hate accolades like this. Just my $.02. Makes me want to chase them anyhow, though, but not till other business is done...
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turrell 
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  21:45:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Randall I am honored to have raised your ire.
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randall 
"I like to watch."

Posted - 11/10/2006 :  23:49:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Turrell

Randall I am honored to have raised your ire.


Oh man, am I coming after this accolade, after I get the proper ones done...

...and after you finally get the kinks out...

Edited by - randall on 11/10/2006 23:52:41
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turrell 
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "

Posted - 11/11/2006 :  00:27:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Kinks (i.e. non ampersandy ones) out.

Still don't have a clue how they got in there, but they are gone for now. Will monitor from time to time to prevent further infractions.
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Salopian 
"Four ever European"

Posted - 11/13/2006 :  09:00:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have seen films in accolades before that must have been due to their alternative titles. Benj said that it didn't refer to the I.M.D.B., but something is obviously going on.
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turrell 
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "

Posted - 11/13/2006 :  14:47:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I checked these alternative titles and didn't see any - but not sure if there is a different IMDB for the UK?
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Salopian 
"Four ever European"

Posted - 11/23/2006 :  11:36:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This film has now joined that accolade - no obvious reason why, including from the I.M.D.B. page.
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turrell 
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "

Posted - 11/23/2006 :  17:31:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I wonder if the ampersand is coming across somehow in the html code - I don't know much about html, but I know that certain characters are represented using &'s and such - I will check this accolade weekly and remove the obvious offenders, but please help me out by posting here or private messaging me - thanks Sal for this new error - will remove.

Many of these films have french names (or I suppose alternate names in French) and they have the backwards apostrophe character which I imagine is HTML coded with a '&'

Edited by - turrell on 11/24/2006 21:35:53
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mampers11 
"Lazy Lebowski Loses Rug"

Posted - 12/02/2006 :  19:35:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sorry to me sad and nerdy, but the & sign is used in Oracle programming and is used in substitution variables. When you wanna put individual values manually, and if you have a double &&, then you can put the value once and it wont prompt you again. I should know about this, since I passed my exam in this last week. Got my exam next week, and then I can enjoy Delhi and its sights.

Mampers

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