Rango to Lone Ranger - TheAnimationEmpire Movie Review

UPDATE: Added info about how Rango was the highest grossing film for about a month and how that impacts the business of it. Originally posted 8/28/11.

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Some animations seem to focus too much on the adult audience and not enough on the youth audience. And I see that in Rango; I can't help but wonder who it was for.



Who was Rango for? How is Rango interesting to a 9-year old girl? How is Rango interesting to a 12-year old boy, a father, or a mother? Mothers often pay to go to movies because they want their kids to see the movie. What mother sees Rango and wants her kids to see it? Some, yes, but not as many as the mothers who went to see Toy Story 3, Up, or Finding Nemo.

Did you know that Rango was based on an old TV show flop from Tim Conway that lasted one season and was also about a bumbling Old West cowboy who accidentally became sheriff?

Does that seem like a good inspiration for a childrens film?

The point is that films like Rango aren't making as much money as they could and often lose money. The kids can still watch movies like this on DVD (and some films, like TMNT, were made cheap and then probably did much better on DVD than in the box office, thus making a decent profit). Mothers are more willing to pay for DVDs that they don't want to watch... because they don't have to watch them. They just put them on and get a free babysitter for their boys (because Rango seems more aimed at boys than girls).

But of course the mother's preference (for movies aimed at boys) is that it's on TV. Take 3-2-1 Penguins for example. It's a Christian cartoon aimed mostly at boys (from the makers of Veggie Tales). It didn't do well on DVD (mother's didn't enjoy watching it too much, or at least not as much as Veggie Tales), but after the studio (Big Idea) re-purposed it for TV, 3-2-1 Penguins did VERY well. Why? Because the mothers weren't entertained by it, but the boys were. So moms didn't want to invest the time and money, but they were more than willing to sit their sons in front of it and go get some work done.

Now Rango, 9, and Legend of the Guardians were perfect examples of films that didn't do so well (when compared to successes that DreamWorks, Pixar, Ice Age, and Despicable Me are getting), but only in the sense that they lost money or didn't make much to make the effort worth it to the studios (or to get a sequel). In other words, the movies were good even if they didn't make a lot of money. It's more of a marketing problem. (My only point is that they didn't make as much money as they could have; I did enjoy them.)

Fortunately I think Rango is making more money on DVD (again, mothers don't want to go watch it, but as a gift to their boys to watch without them, it seems like a better idea). Also, Rango did better than it would have done, because they hired Johnny Depp to voice it (that made more mommies and daddies interested in it).

Rango cost $135 million to make, and it made $123 million in the states, but it also made $120 million outside the US (the international market loves Johnny Depp after he made Pirates). Add its DVD sales and subtract the costs of theaters (which are never factored in, but could be as much as one third the box office take), and you have a film that made a little and did "okay."

Did you know that Rango was the highest grossing film for about a month in 2011? Now, does that really matter? I say that's irrelevant. They spend x dollars to make something and need y dollars to make profit. If x is too big and y is too small, then it doesn't matter if it sells better than its competitors (because they spent more money on it than its competitors). It's a business just like anything else... like making toothpaste. Doesn't matter if you've got the best selling toothpaste for a month. If you spent more to make it than you're getting back then it's still not a profitable business.

We probably won't see a Rango sequel.

The director of Rango was Gore Verbinski (Pirates 1-3, The Ring, Mouse Hunt). He has wisely decided to forgo more animations and chose to instead go back toward his biggest success (epic adventures like the Pirates movies), and he's trying to do for Old West what he did for Pirates (redefine and reset the genre). (Spielberg, Ron Howard, and the Iron Man director, John Favreau, just attempted to redefine old west with "Cowboys and Aliens" and failed.)



What's Gore Verbinski's next movie?

The Lone Ranger!

(Interestingly, Rango was based on an old TV show flop from Tim Conway that lasted one season and was also about a bumbling Old West cowboy who accidentally became sheriff. I find it interesting that Gore went from Pirates to 2 cowboy movies that are VERY different from each other!)

For Lone Ranger, Gore was also attempting to team back up with his dream team from Pirates 1-3... Jerry Bruckheimer, Disney Pictures, the Elliott/Rossio writing team (who also wrote Pirates and Zorro), and Johnny Depp (who would play Tonto). Armie Hammer (Social Network) is on for playing Lone Ranger. (George Clooney was once in talks.)

However, this past week, Disney announced that The Lone Ranger was on hiatus, simply because the budget is getting big and "Cowboys and Aliens" lost a ton of money.

But I say to Disney... go for it! After all, yes Cowboys and Aliens lost money, but it wasn't very fun (cool but not fun), the romance and story weren't really thought through, and it really wasn't all that well marketed. Who wanted to see it? Sure, women like Daniel Craig, but not enough to see a movie like that. It's target audience was older dudes, the characters were all stoic and serious, the romance wasn't there (Olivia is an alien, keeps dying, isn't relatable to women, and gets naked once... not exactly what women want), the title alone makes most women snort (I've heard a lot of women snorting at it), the weapon on the arm bit gets old after awhile (which is why they change that in the story near the end), and not enough older dudes were interested in it (and the moms weren't interested in taking their sons).

So "Cowboys and Aliens" failure had nothing to do with the old west. They just thought the concept would sell and they stuck too close to the comic and to the screenplay that they got. It could happen to anyone, and this time it happened to three of the best filmmakers of all time (Spielberg, Howard, and Favreau), all of which have flopped like this before (and probably won't be their last; Howard's got the most flops, Favreau didn't do well when he directed Zathura and Spielberg practically lost DreamWorks films when he flopped with Michael Bay on The Island).

In contrast, Wild Wild West did well (despite bad reviews), Mask of Zorro did well, and the Elliott/Rossio writing team (who wrote Zorro and Pirates 1-4) found the right chord with Pirates by including supernatural elements. They sought to do the same thing here on Lone Ranger (with a screenplay massage by Justin Haythe). So Lone Ranger has all the right signs (the right writers, producer, director, actor, and the romance that was missing from Cowboys & Aliens). (For example, the love interest from Cowboys & Aliens, Olivia Wilde, was also the love interest in Tron Legacy, which had a much richer romance, and that film did much better.)

So what's Disney waiting for? This is likely to do amazingly well despite Cowboys & Aliens' performance.

Of course, rumor has it that the "hiatus" announcement is merely a political move by Disney to get Bruckheimer and team to lower their budget. Normally, I would say, "Are you kidding? This is Jerry Bruckheimer we're talking about!" But Bruckheimer did deliver lackluster results with Sorcerer's Apprentice, Prince of Persia, G-Force, Deja Vu, Glory Road, King Arthur, and Bad Company (good movies with budgets too high and that weren't assembled in marketable ways). So I think both Bruckheimer and Disney should compromise a little (since this is the first attempt at a Lone Ranger film, they shouldn't assume it will do $200 million+ ... then they can increase the budget with sequels once they prove that it's a hit).

Jerry and Gore should cut a few financial corners, and they should get this ball rolling!

Meanwhile, Johnny Depp has something good going here. Not only is he Jack Sparrow (Pirates 5 broke 1 billion even though it sold a little low in the United States, so they're making a sixth one), he's tied into almost every recent Tim Burton hit (Sleepy Hallow,  Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd, Alice in Wonderland, and the upcoming Dark Shadows), he's now also on Gore Verbinski's short list (Pirates 1-3, Rango, and the upcoming Lone Ranger), and he seems to have been finding some blockbuster dramatic projects in between Pirates and Burton films (Chocolat, Finding Neverland, Public Enemies, and The Tourist). Plus Johnny has a 21 Jump Street movie coming up. Keep the hits coming for Johnny Depp!

Enjoy!

- TAE

Ghostbusters 3 - Will it be a bust? A Ghost Bust?

Check out this story here:

Sony Pictures’ Ghostbusters 3 has been in developmental limbo for years, held up in large part by the studio’s inability to get leading man Bill Murray to commit, or for that matter even read a script. Today, franchise co-star Dan Aykroyd said the film will shoot next year, even if Murray’s not in. “That is our hope. We have an excellent script,” he said on radio’s The Dennis Miller Show. ”What we have to remember is that Ghostbusters is bigger than any one component, although Billy was absolutely the lead and contributed to it in a massive way, as was the director and Harold (Ramis), myself and Sigourney (Weaver). The concept is much larger than any individual role and the promise of Ghostbusters 3 is that we get to hand the equipment and the franchise down to new blood.” Somebody better tell the execs at Sony, where it’s still no Murray, [no] movie. And for that matter, Murray.

And then username "Everyone" had a nice comment here:

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Ghostbusters WILL MAKE MONEY NO MATTER WHAT. Since, it’s one of those popular movies that each generation loves. For example Tron was a box office failure but the sequel made bank even though it was only an ok film.

Ghostbusters 2 wasn’t all that bad. It just lacked the epic, edginess and horror elements of part 1. But, it’s not exactly a Uwe Boll film or some cheesy movie of the week on the syfi network. Part two was a quality film that just had a few flaws. I saw it in theaters and thought is was an ok movie. It’s only major flaw is that the made part 2 more of a tongue and cheek family flick which part one WAS NOT.

I think part of the reason was because the cartoons were on TV at the time. I remember the Real Ghostbusters cartoon and other cartoon when I was a kid.

Ghostbusters is bigger then Bill Murray. But, they can bring in any number of A-List comedians who are just as funny or even funnier. I love Bill Murray but if he’s not even going to contribute by reading the script and/or making contributions then he’s not being a team player so forget him!! He’s not exactly A list anymore so NO FRANCHISE SHOULD HAVE TO BOW DOWN TO HIM.

Note to the people making this movie:
WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER BLUES BROTHERS 2000
1. Make sure the story is taken seriously, not campy. The original had comic relief, but it wasn’t a three stooges UNREALISTIC movie.
2. Make sure the horror elements that scared the hell out of me when I was little are in it.
3. Make sure the mythology of whichever horror ghost is on the epic level of part one and not part two.

Again, this movie will be a hit with or without Bill Murray. It’s like Tron and other franchises that are loved by generations.

From:
http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/aykroyd-sees-ghostbusters-3-shooting-in-2012-but-somebody-better-tell-the-studio/

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AND NOW, THIS IS WHAT WE SAY HERE AT THEANIMATIONEMPIRE:

I agree with Everyone…

Everyone is always right…

Everyone always agrees with Everyone…

Okay, how’s that? Punny enough?



Anway… pay attention to Everyone, people who are making the movie but who aren’t reading this!

And while we’re at it…

4. Don’t try to replace Murray. You can try creating a new, fun character, but don’t bother trying to replace Murray. It won’t happen. You’ll have to try to find characters that are good but different.

5. Keep some humor in the film. It is a little scary that Aykroyd and Ramis didn’t help write it (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289401/fullcredits), but at least they’re both exec producing and Reitman is directing again and exec producing. But see Everyone’s points #1-3, because you made Ghostbusters 2 too campy. So keep the balance you had in Ghostbusters 1.

6. Wait, are you making this one a team of girl ghostbusters??? (Faris, Dushku, Milano): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289401/fullcredits#cast
Wow. You couldn’t get the rights to Charlie’s Angels? I gotta hand it to you; your ladies wouldn’t try to recreate Murray’s humor. But still, Faris’ humor is pure slapstick and your other ladies are cool, but they aren’t comedians. Good luck with that; it seems far riskier than mixing it up with guys and gals. So… please don’t do this? Please?
Fortunately, on August 25th, Aykroyd said they were looking to cast three guys and a gal:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=81518

7. Keep the directing style similar to Ghostbusters 1. Reitman, you must’ve been watching a lot of Spielberg films before you made Ghostbusters, because you nailed it with the right camera angles, reveals, and suspense factor in your timing and pacing. So go watch some more Spielberg films before you begin shooting. Looking at your most recent projects helps calm that nerve a little:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718645/#Director

8. I recommend that you keep working on Bill Murray. He was the star of the first film (as Dan said). Ramis and Aykroyd were just straight-man characters that played off of Murray (so Murray was the only character who was intentionally funny). Bill fell away with Dan and Ramis during Groundhog Day (I think that’s the bigger reason why he’s not interested). So try talking to Bill and his new group of friends (Wes Anderson), and see if you can get Bill to sign on and cut some sort of compromise (and maybe his high standards will help make the film better). Previously Bill said he’d do it if he gets to die and be done with it. So it sounds like he’s close.

NOTE TO EVERYONE: Tron 1 didn’t really do that well. It made a little momentum as a cult classic, and then Tron Legacy was released with a blockbuster formula (Tron 1 was missing the love story, emotion, and the pacing felt more like a drama), and it featured Jeff Bridges in a role that made his character twice as interesting. So if we were going to take Tron Legacy as an example, then that’s more of a reason to get Bill Murray on and to redefine his character in a huge way that makes him the center of the story. For example, turn Murray into a ghost, zombie, werewolf, or the main villain/source of evil (or he gets cloned and his clone is the evil one who he has to combat). That would be the lesson to learn from Tron Legacy (along with the love story, emotions, and superior pacing, all of which were used effectively in Ghostbusters 1, unlike Tron 1). And, honestly, if you turn Bill into a villain and have him killed, then you probably satisfy his request to die and could get him to sign on (see #8 above). After all, he died in a hilarious (and slightly similar) way in Zombieland, so he’d probably like the concept.

Aykroyd also says...

"I like this guy Matthew Gray Gubler from the 'Criminal Minds' show, but there's going to be a casting. We're going to see everyone that wants to do it. We're going to need... three guys and a young woman."

Special thanks to Everyone and to the filmmakers who won’t read this!

- TAE

Weakly EDitorial: Cartoons about real people

12/20/10 Update: Added ProStars and The Beatles, and we updated some images. Originally posted 7/18/10.
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I was talking to my uncle about all those cartoons that have been about actual celebrities. It made us wonder who voiced themselves and who didn't. That brings us to the latest Weakly EDitorial.


A lot of the celebs voiced their cartoon selves. Here are a few...

3 Stooges: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Three_Stooges



Gary Coleman Show: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gary_Coleman_Show



New Kids on the Block (they started voicing themselves and later stopped): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124956/fullcredits#cast



MC Hammer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179572/



Chuck Norris: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165166/fullcredits#cast



Mr. T (lasted 3 years, which is quite impressive): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_T_(TV_series





And the ones who didn't voice themselves...

ProStars (Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, and Bo Jackson fought evil for about a month and a half):
target=_blankhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProStars



The Beatles (lasted two years from 1965-1967; the producer and director of this series also did the very-different Yellow Submarine animated Beatles film):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_(TV_series



Jackson 5ive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackson_5ive_(TV_series)



Hulk Hogan's Rock N Wrestling (Hulk was played by Raymond's brother): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203265/



Harlem Globetrotters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters_(TV_series)#Production_credits



Super Globetrotters (they brought it back for more): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Super_Globetrotters#Super_Globetrotters



Jackie Chan Adventures (Jackie did the live action bits, but not the voice; lasted 5 years, which is probably the most successful): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jackie_Chan_Adventures_characters




And honorary mentions go to Bill Cosby's Fat Albert and Little Bill, characters loosely based on himself and his stand-up comedy.

Maybe we'll add more to this later. Leave a comment if you can think of any more. Thanks!

Enjoy!

- TAE

Weakly EDitorial: Rodney Dangerfield's best jokes

In honor of Rodney Dangerfield (who has passed on; November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), here are our favorite of his jokes, spun a little differently.



For those who don't know, Rodney was famous for one-liners, and he sometimes borrowed from other comedians, which, at the time, wasn't considered as big of a deal as it is now in the digital age. The "I get no respect" jokes were his trademarks, sort of how Jeff Foxworthy's are "You might be a redneck."


First, some general ones:

• You wanna have laughs? Do what I do. When I go through a tollbooth, I keep going. I tell the guy, "The car behind me is paying for two."

• I have to be the worst cook. In my house, we pray after we eat.

• I had my driver’s test the other day. I got 8 out of 10. The other 2 guys jumped clear.

• The other day I told my wife that our kids were spoiled. She said, "All kids smell that way." … Not sure if she was kidding.

• Once, somebody stole our car. The cops asked if I saw who it was. I said, "No, but I did get the license number." … They didn’t like that.

• I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.

• I’m not the best driver. I once hit a deer… In a zoo.


I came from a tough neighborhood…

• I came from a real tough neighborhood. I bought a waterbed and found a guy at the bottom of it.

• People say fish is good for a diet. But fish in my neighborhood was never cooked in butter. Fish was cooked in natural oils - Texaco, Mobil, Exxon...

• I came from a real tough neighborhood. Every time I shut the window I hurt somebody's fingers.

• I went to a hotel in my neighborhood once, and they stole my towel!

• In my neighborhood, bath toys for kids were toasters and radios. … The strong survive.

• I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once, a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn't a professional, though; the knife had butter on it.


I get no respect…

• I was so depressed that I decided to jump from the tenth floor. They sent up a priest. He said "On your mark... " … I lost my motivation. I wonder if that was reverse psychology… Probably not.

• When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but it was okay; I always found them.

• The other night a mugger was about to mug me, but then instead he took off his mask and made me wear it.

• I went to the doctor because I'd swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills. My doctor told me to have a few drinks and get some rest.

• I asked an old man in the park, "How can I get my kite in the air?" He told me to run off a cliff.

• One time I told my boss I'm tired of running around in circles. So he nailed my other foot to the floor.

• When I was born, the doctor came out to the waiting room and said to my father, "I'm very sorry. We did everything we could. But he pulled through."

• When I was younger, a girl phoned me and said, "Come on over, there's nobody home." So I went over. Nobody was home.

• When I was a kid, I played in the sandbox, and the cat kept covering me up.

• I went to a freak show and they let me in for nothing. I was like, “Hey thanks! … Wait a minute!”

• I had plenty of pimples as a kid. One day I fell asleep in the library. When I woke up, a blind man was reading my face.

• Last week I told my psychiatrist, "I keep thinking about suicide." He told me from now on I have to pay in advance.

• The other day, my tie caught on fire; the fireman instantly showed up and tried to put it out with an axe.

• I asked the park ranger if I could go ice-skating on the lake. He told me, "Wait til it gets warmer."

• My uncle's dying wish was to have me sitting on his lap. He was in the electric chair.



Enjoy!

- TAE

Weakly EDitorial: The Dictionary of FeminEnglish (The Language of Women)

The Weakly EDitorial is our series of silly posts. They could be stories or other randomness.

For this article, we're starting a dictionary of words women use that don't actually mean what you think they mean. This dictionary is meant for men in order to understand how to translate what women say.

Feel free to leave a comment with your own words to add to this dictionary. Thanks!

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Originally posted on 5/26. Latest updates: "The Trash Is Full," "Which Dress Should I Wear?" and "Yes"

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Do you think I'm fat? This is a test. Do not, under any circumstances, say "Yes," even if it's true. Do not answer in any sort of truthful way. Do not talk about her diet, what she eats, how she exercises, or try in any way to fix her weight issues. She's not asking for truth, and she's not asking for help with her weight. She wants you to compliment her. Say something like, "Of course not. You're beautiful." Then give her a hug, back rub, or kiss (whatever's appropriate; you might not want to kiss your sister).


Don't worry about it, I've got it: A dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking, 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response, refer to "Nothing."


Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.


Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half hour. "Five minutes" is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.


Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!


I Look Fat: This is another test. If she says, "I look fat," what she means is, "You don't compliment me enough, and I think it might be because you think I look fat." Do NOT agree with her. If she has a crazy sense of humor, you can be clever and say, "Really? Next time you look at yourself in a mirror, don't look through a fish bowl, because you are NOT fat at all." You could also take a risk and tell her that you've seen fat people, and that she is not one of them. But the safest thing to say is, "No you are not fat. You are beautiful, and I love you." (Use "appreciate" instead of "love" if she's just a friend.) And if you're empathetic, you could say, "Have I been complimenting you lately? Because I think about how beautiful you are all the time. Should I say that out loud more?" And then the bottom line, again, is that you're not complimenting her enough. So get back into complimenting her (clothes, the way she looks... anything really). So if she said this, you're already failing.


Loud Sigh: This is actually not a word, but it is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer to "nothing.")


Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with "nothing" usually end in "fine."


Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say, "You're welcome. " This is true, unless she says "Thanks a lot." See "Thanks a lot."


Thanks a Lot: This is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT, under ANY circumstances, say "You're welcome" -- that will bring on "Whatever."


That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a woman can make to a man. "That's okay" means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.


The Trash is Full: This is probably your mother, but it could also be your wife, girlfriend, or any other woman in your house. She's not actually saying "The trash is full." What she's saying is, "The trash is full, and you need to get your lazy rear up, go around the house, collect all the full trash bags, tie them up, take them out to the garbage can, and make sure you get new liners in the trash cans. And you need to do that RIGHT NOW!!!" Therefore, you should never say, "Yes. Yes it is." or even worse, "Really? Maybe you should take it out." That will bring on a war, and women fight dirty.


What Dress Should I Wear? This is another test. She's not actually asking you. She has the answer in her mind, and she's testing you whether or not you love her enough to know what dress she should wear. Do not, under any circumstance, actually answer this question, because there's no way you could possibly know. (However, if you're metrosexual and you pay attention to that stuff, calculate your odds of how accurate your answer probably is before you answer. If your chances are 98% of accuracy or above, then it's probably worth the risk.) The best way to answer this question is to compliment all the options, then compliment her, and then ask her what her favorite dress is or any other question about the dresses. This will get her talking about her dresses (women love to talk), and she'll forget that she tested you. The woman probably won't mind doing this either (being distracted), since her main goal of the test is just to get you to pay more attention to her, and asking/talking to her about her dresses accomplishes that goal in a different way.


Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying, "Up yours!"


Yes: If you ask a woman out in a vague way (see "You're so funny!"), and she says "Yes," then you need to follow up with something more specific. For example, your vague question could be, "Want to go for a walk or get a cup of coffee sometime?" or "Want to go grab something to eat?" or "Want to go do something?" Then, if she says, "Yes," she really means "Yes, but I'm testing you to see if you take me to do something that's appropriate or not." Next, you need to ask her a very specific question and whittle it down. For example, "Great! Would you rather go for a walk or I can take you to a movie?" Then continue to whittle it down. By giving her choices, you are initiating but still ensuring that she has a good time. Otherwise, she might end up seeing Death Race 12, and you might ruin the opportunity.


You're so funny! If this woman is just a friend, she might like you as more than a friend, regardless of whether or not you're actually funny. (Sorry, you might not be funny; she might just be telling you that she likes you.) If she's less than 3 feet away from you, looking in your eyes with wide open eyes, smiling, and her body is upright (straight posture with her rear and chest out), then she's laying the hints on very thick. If you don't like her, say "Thank you," step away, and talk to someone else or change the subject. If you do like her, say "Thank you," compliment her (such as "I really enjoy hanging out with you") and then ask her to do something (such as "Hey, do you want to go for a coffee or a walk sometime?" -- the use of "sometime" will force a yes or no out of her rather than an excuse about whether or not your suggested time will work, since you probably won't know if her excuse is genuine or not).


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Some of these are mine, and some of these I've found from anonymous authors. Leave a comment if you have more.

Enjoy!

- TAE