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Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by klondike_klive on Friday January 10, 2025 @02:24PM (#42659064)
One of my dad's sayings when somebody in a film delivered a line and then disappeared was "6 months rehearsal for that."
Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by jvm___ on Friday January 10, 2025 @03:22PM (#42659700)
I envision happy families watching the end credits for Dad's name as Third Assistant Caterer on a big budget film.
Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday January 10, 2025 @06:18PM (#42661500)
Best Boy Grip, the assistant to the Key Grip
Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by whycome on Friday January 10, 2025 @06:29PM (#42661595)
And getting pissed off because Netflix minimizes it into the corner to already try to push some other show on you.
Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by 14 on Friday January 10, 2025 @10:39PM (#42663092)
Couldn’t be worse then a YouTube short that has writing in the video but is covered by the subscribe button and some description of the video you wish were not there
Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by im3w1l on Friday January 10, 2025 @11:27PM (#42663294)
Thank you for putting that image in my mind, it brought a smile to my face.
Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by linsomniac on Friday January 10, 2025 @11:34PM (#42663324)
I now always stay around in the movie theater to see who the sysadmins were that worked on the film, for solidarity reasons. :-) Pretty much all the movies these days have them, which I would have never imagined would be the case back in the '80s when I started this career path.
Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by xrisk on Saturday January 11, 2025 @01:25AM (#42663755)
Huh I’ve never noticed a sysad credit in a credits roll. Are they labeled as something else?
Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by linsomniac on Saturday January 11, 2025 @09:58AM (#42666287)
It depends, sometimes yes sometimes no. Toy Story 2 says "systems administrators & support" for example: https://youtu.be/4rL_4Xqak1Y?si=R2ykfdSarIjjGDZP&t=288
Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by Agentlien on Saturday January 11, 2025 @03:58AM (#42664444)
This is totally the case! The first time I was credited in a big production[0] I totally made my family watch the credits. Luckily, my name (Daniel Kvick) was quite close to the top.

Unfortunately, in the next game I made them watch the credits[1] for my son's name in Production Babies. It is right at the end and the wait was embarrassingly long.

[0] https://www.mobygames.com/game/75645/need-for-speed/credits/... [1] https://www.mobygames.com/game/98129/need-for-speed-payback/...

Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by xanderlewis on Friday January 10, 2025 @08:46PM (#42662545)
That is a very Dad thing to say.
Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by brightball on Friday January 10, 2025 @09:21PM (#42662711)
The swordsman in Indiana Jones comes to mind.

The guy famously trained for months for the fight scene and a tired Harrison Ford just pulled out the gun and shot him. Everybody thought it was hilarious and that became the scene.

Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by HenryBemis on Saturday January 11, 2025 @10:24AM (#42666456)
I remember hearing/seeing that "he had the shits" that day, and wanted to wrap-up the scene so he can go recover/rest.

https://screenrant.com/indiana-jones-swordsman-shoot-raiders...

"It sounds wrong to say one should thank Ford’s sickness for one of the most iconic scenes, but Raiders of the Lost Ark is definitely better off for it."

https://screenrant.com/indiana-jones-raiders-lost-ark-gun-kn...

"A much more elaborate fight scene was planned, but Ford developed dysentery while filming in Morocco..."

Re:I've Acquired a New Superpower by arwhatever on Saturday January 11, 2025 @02:13AM (#42663973)
A funny quip from mst3k was “their whole family probably gathered in front of the tv to watch them deliver that 1 line.”