Jeremy Smith

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Data vis, infographics - and all sorts of visual storytelling

A Christmas festival light projection onto the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford during 2020. Errrr I can’t think of an obvious segue here, but I’m putting forward as today’s answer ‘Everyone says I love you’ (which is of course not true, as everyone says they love the Christmas data vis advent calendar)
Rodin’s Thinker (the statue) ponders long and deep before a backdrop of Parisian gaiety… and wonders if the answer is Dead Poets’ Society
In an illustration from Thomas The Tank Engine (the books rather than the animated series, thankyouverymuch), James the Red Engine ploughs through snow. The railway controller is either cheering him on or is outraged by his lefty socialist views, it’s hard to tell. Assuming James is making a decent speed, we can consider this Fast And Furious.
A photo of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, who on Bridge Over Troubled Water sang a song about a Baby Driver
Will Ferrell in ‘Elf’ thinks the answer is ‘You’ve Got Mail'
Snoopy and Charlie Brown doze peacefully in the snow. Snoopy’s doghouse is decorated with fairy lights, and a small tree - a branch, really - sports a single bauble. While I have, like Charlie Brown, been disappointed in the past, I am pretty confident that I have today’s answer right: Freakier Friday
Robert Smith of The Cure would like you to know that he feels strongly, passionately about Fridays, and is in fact in love with them. For its part, Friday feels that they’ve only just met, this is all moving too fast, and in fact is generally Freaky Friday about the whole thing.
Michael Caine in Muppet Christmas Carol being menaced by the ghost of Marley, and also by the ghost of Marley. I am struggling to write any sort of connection, so I will just posit that the answer is North By North-West
A small boy flies through the air with a big white snowman; you can’t hear him in an image, but Aled Jones is warbling on about walking in the air. A similarly unsafe flight featured in Almost Famous - though I note there was also a film in 2024 called ‘Almost Popular'
The derpy tiger and the crow from K-Pop Demon Hunters stare avidly from a nearby rooftop. The titular demon hunters are known for their love of extremely spicy noodles, demonstrating that Some Like It Hot
In a still from Brooklyn 99, Jake is dressed as Father Christmas whilst Holt looks on in paroxysms of emotion. Behind them, other Father Christmasses are tussling with Boyle and, er, Jake. All these mentions of Fathers make me wonder if this might be... Hereditary.
Sideshow Bob derides Bart's truth handling abilities in the Simpsons parody of A Few Good Men. Too obvious? Too soon?
A Christmassy scene from gritty rural epic Stardew Valley. Rather late to the party, but this sounds like The Hangover.
A sweatshirt with the slogan “Now I have a machine gun ho ho ho” from feelgood Christmas classic, Die Hard. All of which makes me a lot happier than reading the synopsis of The Virgin Suicides
That good old meme of a lady looking pensive across four panels while various formulae are superimposed on her image. Something something Gravity
Much like the original question, an image of a map showing a route. In this case, the map is of the University Parks parkrun in Strava, and I would point out that the start and finish is in much the same place, which is terribly convenient, unless I was trying to Escape (From New York)
Benoit Blanc and gang gaze down into an open grave in the poster for Wake Up Dead Man, which leads us nicely on to today's quiz answer: four weddings and a funeral
Gina Davis in a screenshot from The Long Kiss Goodnight, holding a gun, and looking like she would like to know if the film is actually a Christmas movie. And as the movie definitely involves teetering over the top of Niagara Falls, perhaps there is a touch of Vertigo
A photo of Robert Redford’s team from the film ‘Sneakers', which has absolutely nothing to do with today’s question except that we have just watched it and it was hellagood time. I believe the movie we should be talking about is ‘No Country For Old Men'
In a screengrab from Love Actually, some bloke and Keira Knightley communicate through the media of a) large whiteboards b) the expression of someone trying to work out what exactly the cat has left on the doormat, respectively. As a wild stab in the dark, I am wondering if today's movie is Outbreak, but frankly I think Keira has my number
A tasty stack of pancakes representing an alternative developmental path for eggs - otherwise, they might turn into (The) Birds
The little girl from Poltergeist saying “they’re here”. I completely failed at this one - blew straight past and was trying to thing about deceleration. In my defence I did briefly think “it was called 'the bus that wouldn’t slow down'” but bounced straight off.
Bill and Ted, from Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure, meeting Socrates, who is similar to the legendary Greek philosopher, but only has two vowels
'Enough jokes' says Hans Gruber sneeringly. Today's answers in no particular order: Jackson Five, The Andrews Sisters, Nat King Cole, Destiny's Child, and Queen
Snoopy spins around on the ice, which is certainly THE CURE for the winter blues
A still from the Two Ronnies in which an ironmonger is politely asked for four candles. Or possibly fork handles. We will never know.
Gromit the claymation dog admires a sculpture of his pal Wallace, who is usually also made out of clay but just this once appears to be carved from snow. Not totally sure about this one, but if the Y axis is in multiples of three inches, then what we are looking at here might be Nine Inch Nails
A frame from the 2018 'Grinch' film featuring our favourite green misanthrope (who is not a witch) sneaking up on a very well-padded reindeer with a fringe called Fred. The reindeer is called Fred, not the fringe. And the answer to today's question is The Rolling Stones, I believe.
A still from sadly under-rated film 'Top Secret' featuring the Beach Boys parody Skeet Surfing, as 60s surfing dudes brandish shotguns. On surfboards. In the sea. The Beach Boys being one answer, and Beach House being another.
Marley and Marley in A Muppet Christmas Carol. Scrooge starts off thinking that the ghost was simply a dream... a state in which he would have experienced Rapid Eye Movement, or REM
Bruce Willis plays a police officer out of his depth in, er, Moonrise Kingdom. Which has only the most tenuous Die Hard connection, and I believe today's hidden answer is The Mamas & The Papas
Ana and Elsa from Frozen (possibly about to break into a cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart)
A frame from Die Hard II with Dennis Franz as the chief of airport police, struggling and out of his depth. Which is a bit like me with this question, really. I considered Coldplay and discarded it very early (not least because of the implication that they have some sort of relationship with 'fun') but frankly I have nothing else.
Scrooge leans out of the window, wanting to know what day it is. And not a muppet in sight. Apart from me, thinking the answer is 'Phoenix' without ever having heard of 'em.
An office wall with a homemade decoration comprising a silver foil-covered box that looks a little like an air duct, and a print out of Bruce Willis in Die Hard, appearing to be crawling out of selfsame air duct, reminiscent of a painting along the lines of Truth Crawling Out Of Her Well To Shame A Bunch Of Euro-crims. Oh, and the answer to day's question is 'Smoking After Cigarettes', whoever that is.
Lego model of Nakatomi Plaza by Rauy. And I would guess today's answer is Kanye West, given how the K marker is way over to the left side of the map.
Michael Caine and a bunch of muppets starring in a Muppet Christmas Carol and, sorry, I can't think of any connection to anything else at all. But today's answer is 'The Beatles', right? A waveform intersecting with beetles?
Screengrab of Joe Lo Truglio playing Charles Boyle in Brooklyn 99, wearing the sort of white vest that has become painfully familiar this month. I cannot make any subtle continuity here: the answer is Cypress Hill
A slice of a blue cow’s milk cheese - wonderfully called 'Blue Monday', created by Alex James, a former band member of Blur - the band which happens to be today's answer
A photo of pin-up bombshell Diana Dors at a photoshoot which she had clearly inadvertently double-booked with her bath night. By complete coincidence, the answer to today's question is 'The Doors'
This is a lovely still from Bluey with one of the dogs seeking shelter behind some furniture in much the same way John McClane might duck a barrage of gunfire in Die Hard. The answer to the question is Soft Cell, by the way. At least I really hope it is, as it has now eaten up quite a lot of time.
A picture of what happens when you post an image (in this case of a poet/actor in a Die Hard vest with fake blood stains on it) on Bluesky: a grey 'graphic media' alert with an option to 'show'
Laurence Olivier as Richard The Third. You may be astonished to know that "the third" referred to the fact that 66% of the population was taller than him, which is why he was often referred to as 'Little Richard'. That is actually not true - but it is today's answer.
A pic of the Brooklyn 99 cast cosplaying as Jake Peralta's favourite action thriller, Die Hard. After Jon MacLean Spring comes (the answer) Donna Summer
New Order in concert at Wythenshawe Park, August 2024. My photo of a darkened stage with shedloads of laser lights streaming out of it. Please admire my forbearance in not posting the photo which has the words to Joy Division (that being the answer)'s 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' displayed prominently as I was dead proud of that one.
Scientific-looking diagram titled "deleting a node" that explains... something. An image which has nothing to do with this thread except that it is perfect for sneaking in a terrible pun containing the answer to today's band: we can surely refer to the removal of a node as a "node out" [as I don't think one can put an alt tag on an alt tag, that should be pronounced "No Doubt". Phew]
A scene from House of Cards with the main characters meeting on the subway. Kevin Spacey is wearing a very obvious disguise, including a hat which may well have a felt lining, which would mean that we're getting close to VELVET UNDERGROUND
If Andy Kirk can post a frame from Die Hard with the answer (it's Earth, Wind and Fire!) hidden in the alt tag, then so can the rest of us. But as this is a mook wearing a Santa hat, it's so much more seasonal