'Strange World' Disney's 2022 Animated Film

[Vegas Disney Fan]

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It's a deal. 30% Done!

But can you now select a Wow Statement! wallpaper for my guest powder room?

I vote for 3 but I’m an old guy with an unhealthy Disney fandom so my taste is probably questionable. I’m picturing a standard size powder room so #1 being so dark may make the room look like a cave, #2 may be too bold for a small space and overpower if, #3 is elegant and light but also one of those patterns I think you’ll see something new in every time you look at it.

When I first bought my house I went with pretty bold colors but over the last decade most of the walls have been repainted Greige (gray beige), not as striking but I find it much easier to decorate around a neutral color.

 

[TwilightZone]

Ah now this is nice. Maybe the strange world thread should turn into the home decor thread. Less arguments

 

[Prince-1]

Only scoreboard that matters, especially for a public company, is box office dollars. Can't manufacture it. Can't hide it. Can't spin it.

That's OK, we're now one week away from the film being "discovered" and "beloved" on Disney+! Trust us! They LOVE it!!!

You must have a lot of time on your hands to continue to worry about a film that bombed but at the end of the day does not affect you or me or anyone on this site at all.

 

[Heppenheimer]

It's a deal. 30% Done!

But can you now select a Wow Statement! wallpaper for my guest powder room?

Liked for use of the "powder room". I don't think I've heard that term in 20-30 years.

 

[Phroobar]

Liked for use of the "powder room". I don't think I've heard that term in 20-30 years.

Isn't a "power room" considered a "half bath" in realtor speak? Bathroom with toilet & sink no shower or tub.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Isn't a "power room" considered a "half bath" in realtor speak? Bathroom with toilet & sink no shower or tub.

It may be in realtor speak, but, in the old days, "powder room" was one of the many euphemisms for the room in which bodily excretions took place, especially for the ladies. They're only refreshing their make-up, certainly not doing anything else a refined person might imagine!!

It joins the long list of euphemisms:

Rest room​

Mens/Ladies room​

Wash room​

Lavatory​

Bath room​

Water Closet [which required its own euphemism: W.C.]​

Comfort Station​

Latrine​

 

[Heppenheimer]

It may be in realtor speak, but, in the old days, "powder room" was one of the many euphemisms for the room in which bodily excretions took place, especially for the ladies. They're only refreshing their make-up, certainly not doing anything else a refined person might imagine!!

It joins the long list of euphemisms:

Rest room​

Mens/Ladies room​

Wash room​

Lavatory​

Bath room​

Water Closet [which required its own euphemism: W.C.]​

Comfort Station​

Latrine​

One of the effects of spending several years in a language environment other than your native tongue, is that you tend to unintentionally calque phrases and word usage back into your birth language. Hence, I just call the whole room a "toilet" now.

Back to the movie and percentages, since we'll probably see Strange World sooner rather than later on Disney+. My estimation of what I'll think of it:

70%- I'll find the movie OK, worth a watch, but it will probably join a string of recent Disney and Pixar animated films as a one-and-done watch.

20%- It will actively not enjoy it, either due to plotting, insufferabley annoying characters (there seem to be more and more of these recently in movies and TV, particularly from the Mouse House), my general disinterest in science fiction. The "diversity dictates" of modern films bother me less, with the exception of historically-based (or informed) entertainment, if it spoils the realism.

7%- I will quite enjoy the film and it will enter the usual rotation of Disney films that get shown in my house.

3%- I will completely despise the film to such a degree that I can't even finish it.

 

[Phroobar]

It may be in realtor speak, but, in the old days, "powder room" was one of the many euphemisms for the room in which bodily excretions took place, especially for the ladies. They're only refreshing their make-up, certainly not doing anything else a refined person might imagine!!

It joins the long list of euphemisms:

Rest room​

Mens/Ladies room​

Wash room​

Lavatory​

Bath room​

Water Closet [which required its own euphemism: W.C.]​

Comfort Station​

Latrine​

 

[LittleBuford]

It may be in realtor speak, but, in the old days, "powder room" was one of the many euphemisms for the room in which bodily excretions took place, especially for the ladies. They're only refreshing their make-up, certainly not doing anything else a refined person might imagine!!

It joins the long list of euphemisms:

Rest room​

Mens/Ladies room​

Wash room​

Lavatory​

Bath room​

Water Closet [which required its own euphemism: W.C.]​

Comfort Station​

Latrine​

Not to mention the word “toilet” itself.

 

[LittleBuford]

Hence, I just call the whole room a "toilet" now.

This is standard in British English.

 

[LittleBuford]

One of the effects of spending several years in a language environment other than your native tongue, is that you tend to unintentionally calque phrases and word usage back into your birth language.

If I recall correctly, you've spent some time in Germany. It's interesting to note that the comma you've used in this sentence (separating a subject phrase from the verb) is very Germanic!

 

[MisterPenguin]

If I recall correctly, you've spent some time in Germany. It's interesting to note that the comma you've used in this sentence (separating a subject phrase from the verb) is very Germanic!

Or, the comma after 'environment' was accidentally dropped, which would have made "other than your native tongue" stand out as a parenthetical adjectival clause.

 

[MisterPenguin]

This is standard in British English.

I've been convinced by BBC shows that everyone in the UK calls it "the loo."

 

[LittleBuford]

I've been convinced by BBC shows that everyone in the UK calls it "the loo."

We do, but it's a bit colloquial. "Toilet" is the standard word for a room that has, well, a toilet (but no bath/shower) in it.

 

[Phroobar]

I thought we were calling it the Refresher.

 

[LittleBuford]

Or, the comma after 'environment' was accidentally dropped, which would have made "other than your native tongue" stand out as a parenthetical adjectival clause.

That reading wouldn't make sense to me.

The German connection may not be relevant anyway, because you see such pre-verb commas used in English quite often. They used to be standard (they occur frequently in nineteenth-century prose) and have somehow survived the disapproval of modern usage guides.

 

[Heppenheimer]

If I recall correctly, you've spent some time in Germany. It's interesting to note that the comma you've used in this sentence (separating a subject phrase from the verb) is very Germanic!

I guess I calqued the punctuation too!

And yes, without thinking about it, I started holding the knife in my right hand and the fork in my left.

 

[LittleBuford]

And yes, without thinking about it, I started holding the knife in my right hand and the fork in my left.

Also standard in the UK.

 

[DisneyHead123]

Whoa! I had to Google it to believe it, but I guess wallpaper is back! Mind officially blown. It looks way better this time around!

 

[Disney Irish]

Whoa! I had to Google it to believe it, but I guess wallpaper is back! Mind officially blown. It looks way better this time around!

Everything old is new again....