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Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier, but perhaps it shouldn't be so film-focused. Perhaps it should be called Middle-earth in other media and discuss everything from Tolkien's own illustrations to the stage versions. I'll see what the Middle-earth WikiProject thinks. Alientraveller ( talk) 13:12, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Happy New Year, Erik! Given your vast contributions to film pages, I thought I could solicit your assistance. I've submitted two articles for peer review, and thought that you might like to critique them:
If you have the time, it'd be great if you could look over those two articles and assess their flaws and weaknesses. Thanks, and, once again, a Happy New Year to you! — Cinemaniac ( talk • contribs) 03:44, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi... Thank you for the note on my talk page, and I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. I've been familiarizing myself with the formatting and markup on Wikipedia pages and have been experimenting with my user page to get a feel for things.
I did an edit of Across the Universe (film). Towards the end of the plot summary, it looked like a whole passage was missing, and it just generally needed cleanup. Doing this also made me aware of the Beatles Wikiproject, which I have also joined.
If there's anything in particular you'd like me to do, I'd be willing and able. My grammar and spelling are really quite good (if I do say so myself).
Thanks again.
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Please do not remove verifiable content from articles. You removed quotes from David Cronenberg, the film's director, and Roger Ebert, who is probably the most well-known film critic in North America. What you removed is not a disclaimer. I don't see how the section you removed violates WP:SPOILER. Thanks. -- Pixelface ( talk) 21:38, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, that test cite was probably more of a case of
point-making on my part too. Pixelface was questioning the lack of an actual citation for the primary source used for the plot section, so I thought I'd provide one, even though I agree it is unnecessary. I'm not sure where the discussion can go from where it is now; as you say, the arguments have been done to death. I drop in to it now and again, but I lack the time to devote to it that other participants seem to have. They're thrashing it out on the
spoiler talk page for some reason, but I've so far refrained from joining that particular debate.
I watch a lot of television, but I've used the curent hiatus caused by the
writers' strike to catch up on a bunch of films I never got around to watching the first time.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang had been on my radar for a while, ever since it was trumpeted loudly on AICN, and I finally got the opportunity to give it a viewing last night. I'm glad I did; it's largely excellent, certainly one of the more purely entertaining films I've seen recently. Similarly with
Live Free or Die Hard; though I wasn't expecting much, it surprised me by not being completely stupid. Len Wiseman was a surprise here (considering his filmography). Unlike
some action-film directors, he did an excellent job of mounting some of the better-written action sequences in an imaginative-yet-coherent manner. I also enjoyed
The Prestige a couple of nights ago. I read
the novel when it first came out, but the film was sufficiently different that any overfamiliarity with the story didn't ruin things. I have
Rocky on my list of films to watch, and as long as the strike continues I'm sure I'll get around to it sooner rather than later. Best regards,
Steve
T •
C 14:05, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Oops; thanks for catching that over on Appreciation Index. I'm not 100% familiar with WP:DYK, but I was meaning to check it out when State of Play starts filming. I'll go have a look at it now, thanks. Best regards, Steve T • C 23:42, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, while I suspect not many people know what the phrase means (text only link, but maybe not 100% SFW), it was originally chosen when I wasn't planning on sticking around here for too long and so I thought it was about time I opted for something less puerile. I was lucky to get this name; a previous usurpation attempt on "Steve" by another editor had already been unsuccessful. Hope you didn't mind the mass-replacement I performed on your talk page. All the best, Steve T • C 14:04, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Whoops, that Cloverfield revert. That was pure clumsiness on my part. I had the wrong edit window open and reverted a completely different change to the one I'd intended to zap (a clunky embiggening of part of the plot section - though I've decided to leave it alone for now). Steve T • C 21:32, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I'm very excited for the new season! You know the people on the rescue ship aren't there for them! It's gonna get messy. As for the section I created, I mainly did it because I just saw the film again last night shortly after finishing the novella and picked out all the differences. I left out quite a few and included the ones that were character related. I could condense it down if need be, but I think it fits in the article nicely. Moviemaniacx ( talk) 16:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I have nominated Untitled stephen sommers project ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Floaterfluss (talk) (contribs) 17:27, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
No pun intended by the title. I figured it was an accident. My new computer is coming tomorrow (hopefully), so I'm excited. It has a quad-core processor, with 4 GB of RAM so, god willing, I should be rockin'-n-rollin' when it comes to speed. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 22:09, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I see this is the guy who wrote the latest Watchmen script. I'm a fan of Alan Moore's stuff. I have yet to watch V for Vendetta and I'm not sure if I will watch Watchmen but it's great that someone is attempting to turn it into a movie. The article on Alex Tse looks good. I would maybe put his unproduced screenplays in the Credits section, because it's always interesting to see what the screenwriter is actually working on at the moment. I've noticed you've done some excellent work on many film articles, even one on Body of Lies (film) but that the one you did on Tripoli (film) got deleted. Hopefully it will be resurrected if that film ever gets off the ground.- BillDeanCarter ( talk) 03:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Erik. I notice [1] you removed a tag from *batteries not included. I'm going through an AWB sweep at the moment, should I pick up ordinary tags as I'm going along, just leaving the notable ones? Regards SilkTork * What's YOUR point? 15:25, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
I actually have no idea, I was reformating an earlier edit by a new user...come to think of it I probably should have checked the source. Coffeepusher ( talk) 22:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Yes I inquired about this article because to me it seemed a bit fishy that were going to do a movie when I have heard that they have no intention of doing any at the present time. I think that it was good that it was nominated for deletion because it didn't really have any reliable sources. Headstrong 345 ( talk) 03:30, 11 January 2008 (UTC)Headstrong 345
Nope, I think you've covered anything I would have added to it. My biggest argument against it has always been that you can find PG-13 movies with very similar details as R-rated movies (i.e. Strong violence --> Extreme violence), yet we don't know what exactly pushed the MPAA over the bar of PG-13 and into an R-rating. I film might get an R-rating if it says "fuck" a certain number of times, but that might be the only thing "adult" about the entire film. If that was the reason it got an R-rating, then it might help to know that instead of just saying "It was rated R", especially if it didn't receive such a mature rating in other countries who are more liberal with what they allow. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 22:37, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
I recently got a message from Headstrong_345 seeking to have me mentor him in things Wikipedian. Honestly, I don't think I am qualified to do it, though I am flattered as hell at the request. I think I have a ways to go before before I have the editing equanamity to serve as an example for anyone. because of this, i am inclined to want to find the fellow a good mentoring substitute. You and Bog and Alientraveller immediately came to mind. Don't feel compelled to agree to it. I've already suggested WP:MENTOR, but I thought a bit of personal attention for the new user might be the spoonful of prevention that prevents the pound of cure later on.
This brings up another matter. I seem to recall that you had an editor review some time ago. I am pretty sure I know what my strengths and weaknesses are, but maybe I should ask for that, to confirm them, and get some insight on how to improve both categories. Even though it would effectively be painting a bulls-eye on myself for everyone I've managed to piss off over the past year or so. I am thinking that 14 months is long enough to wait to get some input in a group setting. Thoughts (from any of you)? -
Arcayne
(cast a spell) 00:08, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
I have very little experience in AfD matters, and am asking for your input before nominating an article for deletion, because, quite frankly, I do not want to be seen as someone who capriciously nominates articles which do not meet AfD standards.
If you have time, please take a look at this article. It was created by the person who—as the intro asserts—is the very person who coined the term. Most of the edits are by that person. Most, if not all, of the sources link back to this person. I mean, at best it appears to me to constitute OR, at worst, self-promotion. But maybe I'm seeing it wrong. What do you think?
I selected you and many other editors pretty much completely at random; I picked one day's AfD archives, and clicked on the talk pages of the first two or three dozen editors' talk pages I came across. I hope that in using this selection method, I will get editors who are well-versed in AfD policies, yet who also represent a good cross-section of AfD philosophies. I will monitor your talk page for your response. Thanks. Unschool ( talk) 07:09, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey thanks for providing that statement, at first I thought it was just a random statement someone pulled out of there ass. But hey thanks for correcting me :D Much appreciated. Empty2005 ( talk) 01:21, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Thought you might find this interesting. Scroll down to Section III of the edit. I got a laugh out of it. Jauerback ( talk) 17:23, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey, how come you're not an admin yet? I can nominate you if you would like. Let me know. Useight ( talk) 17:39, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Yea, I say the same thing. Erik you got to be an admin :). Blasziken master no it is not a hard job. Well first it would be a hard job later it would fine. Most important if the person is willing to learn he/she can do anything. So blaziken tell me about your future in youtube. I like to know :). -- SkyWalker ( talk) 19:45, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
I feel it would just confuse readers or new editors if JRR Tolkien or CS Lewis were not credited for Rings or Narnia. I definitely think while odd we credit Jerry Robinson for TDK, overall it doesn't hurt to credit Kane and Finger. Alientraveller ( talk) 18:45, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't certain if you were aware of this one. Girolamo Savonarola ( talk) 23:00, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Have you seen the trailer for Doomsday yet? It looks like it's going to be a cross between a Mad Max type of film and The Hills Have Eyes. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 03:15, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
I put them there with the intent that eventually there will be several pages all pointing to say, Jim Uhls as a writer or Jeff Cronenweth as cinematographer, and being able to see what pages point to those people's articles could aid in creating their article. Quickmythril ( talk) 01:17, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Yes, thanks again! I incorporated information from the articles into the "Historical Accuracy" section, and used one article to slightly expand the "Screenplay" subsection. I still think all six articles could come in handy when writing the previously requested "Themes" section, but I still haven't gotten around to doing that yet.- Hal Raglan ( talk) 04:45, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey Erik, how's it going? Have you got any other sources for Bowfinger, that are not already used in the article? I need some additional sources in order to flesh out the Production and Casting sections, specifically. Any help would be appreciated. Drop me a note on my talk page if you think you can help out, Cirt ( talk) 10:56, 17 January 2008 (UTC).
I have finally figured out how to and that I need to talk to other users. Sorry I have been ignoring you. On my account page ( User:Djbj16) I made a list of all the film articles I have created. You can look through those articles and tell me if I'm doing anything wrong. User:Djbj16 User talk:Djbj16 3:14 PM, 17 January 2008
Hi again. I discoved that there are two article about the same film each under a different name because the film changed names during production: Bachelor No. 2 (film) and My Best Friend's Girl (2008 film). My Best Friend's Girl (2008 film) is the correct title. How do I merge them? Djbj16 User talk:Djbj16 7:25 PM, 22 January 2008
When I create movie articles I usually use a plot from the movie's IMDb page. Is this ok under Wikipedia's policies? Do I need to cite it? Sometimes the plot is listed as a potential copyright violation but most of the time its not. What should I do? Djbj16 ( Talk) 5:10 PM, 24 January 2008 —Preceding comment was added at 22:10, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Would you do me the favor of taking a look at the FLC? I'm in a discussion regarding the usage of box office info within a filmography, and I want to hear your opinion on the matter, especially as we don't really have too much precedent in this area. Many thanks, Girolamo Savonarola ( talk) 21:08, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
While I am finding off-line sources concerning Princess Leia easier to obtain, finding such references for Duck Soup at my town's public library are proving much more difficult. I wasn't given access to "Google Scholar" and similar search sites, so I wondered if you might be able to help me out in that regard. — Cinemaniac ( talk • contribs) 00:01, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
But I still refer to the Superman movie as Doomsday, and I really doubt I'm the only one. TheBlazikenMaster ( talk) 00:00, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Erik,
I thought you'd be the best person to ask about this. I want to change the plot summary back to the one from earlier today. Normally I would just be bold, but after the plot summary was changed, then there were several edits that other users made to that one. I'm not sure if I'd be acting in good faith by ignoring the work done by them today. That being said, the plot summary as is is fairly poorly written, including some minute details that don't matter, and skipping over some things that should be included. I'm not sure if you have read the summary (do you not read summaries if you haven't seen the movie?) but I guess I'm asking if a revert (I wouldn't revert, just do a copy and paste from the old version as to not eliminate other changes) would be in good faith. Thanks for any assistance. Gwynand ( talk) 00:52, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Damn it man, you're everywhere. Anyway, when you watch movie articles do you ever worry about the movie being spoiled? I never watch articles about upcoming movies, and I'm happy to know that there is rarely or never discussion about movie plots on this talk page. Sometimes, but not that often. TheBlazikenMaster ( talk) 18:17, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
I was thinking the cloverfield talk page is getting large and hard to navigate, might be time for an archive. I'm actually currently unsure how to do this, trying to learn. I see you often take the task of archiving movie pages, though I'd bring this up to you. Gwynand ( talk) 19:41, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Funny, we know have IPs trying to remove the films from the infoboxes. However, I know Marvel is aiming to set Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Cap and Ant-Man in their own films before they make the Avengers. There is the chance that film will not get made, but in Marvel Studios's eyes, they are making films in the same series. Alientraveller ( talk) 08:46, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Feeling free to ask you about this one! All indications were that the film was a "solid" western, though nothing spectacular. I was pleasantly surprised to discover it was actually excellent, probably the best of all those I've seen recently and listed on my userpage. Even more surprising, considering I thought Mangold's last film, Walk the Line was ultimately poor and a waste of some very good actors. What did you think? All the best, Steve T • C 21:02, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Please check it out and tell me what you think. TheBlazikenMaster ( talk) 20:20, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Please be more careful before reverting. I'd rewritten the Parasite section to remove OR, then you reverted blindly and added it all back! I've undone your last edit to fix this. 130.49.157.75 ( talk) 22:09, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. I just thought it was odd you'd missed out on Abrams' backstory for his beast. Will you be seeing it? I won't, I might get dizzy from the camera. I might rent the DVD. Alientraveller ( talk) 17:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but if you read what it says, it does not call the monster Cloverfield: ""Cloverfield", which is the case designate given to the creature". Notice the word "case". It does not label the monster at all. That is why he only refers to it as the creature. Cloverfield is the name of the location and is designated as such at the beginning of the movie. Location, formerly known as Central Park, now known as Cloverfield, i.e. clover fields cover areas that were bombed. Central Park was completely bombed. This is a matter of English grammar. If you have any questions, you can contact me, but you cannot construe the above to imply what you think it says. Ottava Rima ( talk) 15:33, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
I am sorry, but the evidence you cited (Wired Article) is not sufficient evidence as it has no official backing, but is sinmply the assumptions of a reviewer. Therefore, it has no factual basis as a description of the creature. -- Majin Gojira ( talk) 15:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Heath Ledger, dead, that seems totally random. Have you been reading about it? BIGNOLE (Contact me) 22:29, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
First off, I have no problems with the reference to Entertainment Weekly. Your rephrasing of The Associated Press is terrible. If you rephrase it properly, I will keep it. And regarding the reference Animation--Animation THEMSELVES believes that Warner Bros. will have to alter their marketing campaign for The Dark Knight. Nowhere did it say that Warner Bros., the studio or any of the films director have stated that the marketing campaign will change. This is only SPECULATION on ANIMATION's part. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Euges116 ( talk • contribs) 05:52, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Your paraphrase of The Associated Press made it seem like that Heath's death was PLANNED to boost the marketing campaign. I'm not rewriting it, you're free to. I don't like writing stuff, just "correcting stuff." As to the Animation thing, again, it's an independent source. If the studio said they are changing the marketing campaign, fine. Who's the independent source? He or she isn't verfiable. It could be some dude on the street who gave a "tip" to the magazine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Euges116 ( talk • contribs) 05:58, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Do you know of any non-web browser based software than is designed to edit Wikipedia (kinda like a HTML editor)? Especially any that can update in real time? ~ QuasiAbstract ( talk/ contrib) 18:07, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
wiktionary:quantum, and I hope you know what solace means. To sum it up, the producers said "[Camille ( Olga Kurylenko)] is someone who challenges Bond and helps him come to terms with the emotional consequences of Vesper's betrayal". So there. So this is the first title to refer to Bond's monkey genes? Alientraveller ( talk) 14:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, now that I've been a bit more careful and reanalyzed the tide of Thursday's news articles, it turns out we missed the name of the new SPECTRE. Green Planet? Why, what a fiendish way to hide criminal activities. Alientraveller ( talk) 17:47, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
There certainly is useful trivia, it's just hard to find a source other than the trivia section at IMDb. I don't have access to many resources outside the internet and the film itself. Maybe the DVD commentary? Unfortunately I don't own a DVD of Reservoir Dogs. Then again alot of the trivia is garbage.-- The Dominator ( talk) 17:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
These worthy of comment, that aren't on my watchlist:
Btw, Cloverfield is far and away the best movie I've seen in almost a year. It is what good filmmaking is all about. Run, do not walk, to see this movie. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 03:48, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks; hope yours goes through too. I know it doesn't really mean anything, and it's not why we're doing this, but that doesn't mean we still can't enjoy the feeling of satisfaction for a short time. Oh, and I'll still be playing catch-up on my watchlist well into tomorrow, but I have to say that I did just notice this, which genuinely made me chuckle. You go tell 'em how it's done. Steve T • C 22:27, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
If you don't already have one, I want to discuss movies with you, without filling out your talk page with our conversation, so do you have a YouTube account? You don't need to be able to hear to have a conversation with me at all, all you have to do is send me a message through YouTube. TheBlazikenMaster ( talk) 23:04, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
I have granted your request for rollback. Please make sure you are familiar with how rollback works. The tool is only for reverting obvious vandalism - any edit, no matter how awful or biased, that could possibly have been made in good faith should not be reverted in this manner. Never use rollback on the edits of regular contributors and most of all, use common sense. Remember rollback privileges can be revoked by any administrator. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism.-- Docg 16:36, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Just wondering, do you intend to write about any similarities between the Hulk and Tyler Durden, especially because of Norton playing both guys with anger issues? Zak Penn and Total Film have mentioned this now. Alientraveller ( talk) 18:18, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. — ERcheck ( talk) 20:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
works for me. ThuranX ( talk) 16:04, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
-- Bookworm857158367 ( talk) 01:03, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I know what you mean, do you just do film AfD's or AfD's in general?-- The Dominator ( talk) 00:42, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Would you recommend it? TheBlazikenMaster ( talk) 14:10, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Nice job rescuing the article. I think it's funny that the bulk of the improvement was performed by people who initially wanted it deleted. - Verdatum ( talk) 14:59, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
A new interview with Simon Furman was posted on TFW yesterday, and I thought Furman gave the film a few criticisms which really summed up the fan base's niggles with the flick. Would it be unneutral to give him his own quote box, or should I just add this into the prose? It's hard to decorate these reception sections.
"It was a shame that given how much latitude CGI allows to create whole worlds, we didn’t start [at Cybertron] or look in there at some point [and] see some robots in their natural environment. [...] It would [...] have given more urgency and poignancy to events on Earth. I’d have given the likes of Jazz, Ironhide, Ratchet and Starscream extra stuff to do, and more layers to their characters. It felt like whatever they [...] had [was] drowned out in all the explosions and noise. If only they’d ditched the whole Maggie Madsen/Glen Whitman computer expert/geek storyline, which went nowhere." — Simon Furman [2]
Alientraveller ( talk) 10:56, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
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I was wondering if you could take some time out of your schedule to head over to the Heroes (TV series) talkpage and give us an honest peer review. The page has gone through some major changes in the last few months, and it would be fantastic if a prominent editor/contributor like yourself, could head over and give us at the Heroes Wikiproject some sound opinion and ideas on improvements for the page. We have all worked very hard at improving the page, and we need great outside, reliable and trustworthy users to come over and help us improve. I you are interested in joining the peer review discussion with other prominent users/contributors, much like yourself, please follow the link. Thank you very much for your help and your continued effort to improve Wikipedia and its quality! Wikipedia:Peer review/Heroes (TV series)/archive2-- Chrisisinchrist ( talk) 05:17, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Generally I try to stay away from quote boxes, but could you perhaps point me to a couple Featured Article-quality film articles that have tasteful use of quote boxes? Cirt ( talk) 20:31, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I have removed the db-repost tag from the page since the objection raised in the AfD was that the article 1) doesn't have source 2) hasn't bee officially announced and 3) doesn't even have an IMBD page. All this has been address in the new article. Obviously the old AfD never intend to forbid the creation of the article all eternity (even after the film is released!), but only until the film become more imminent. If you want to nominate the article for a new AfD (it seems like you were in the middle when you realized there was an old one) that is fine, but don't expect the same conclusion. Jon513 ( talk) 13:35, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, Erik, I appreciate it. I'm glad to see you're still diligently working on film articles; I've moved on somewhat, but I'm doing well, thanks. :) Take care, María ( habla con migo) 22:09, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for backing up my tag on Sunshine; you get a few (or a lot of) fanboys out there who just have to incl every miniscule detail from a film & BLAM!!!, the thing gets bloated, right? Or they think they're Ernest Hemingway & that excessive words are better than being succinct. BTW, have you listened to the commentary track on the DVD yet? Do it, one of the best I've heard & be sure to listen to Boyle right around the point where they find Trey, there's a startling revelation that I didn't pick up on... BUT, it's not something that should be incl'd in the summary... Tommyt ( talk) 03:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Can you please explain why you removed my comment about the Sun's gravity? The entire premise and scientific aspect of this movie is beyond ridiculous. Nuwaubian Hotep ( talk) 18:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Erik. I hope you can clarify some questions I have about the use of images in Wikipedia. User:Tnblk Ji keeps removing photos I've added to articles without a clear explanation why. Can you please look at Image:MaxSteiner.jpg and Image:JaneHorrocks.jpg? I think I've provided the correct rationales when uploading these images. His objection to their use appears to be although the images identify the subject of the articles to which they're attached, the articles are not about the images per se (i.e., the Horrocks article is about her, not the play, and the Steiner article is about him, not the CD on which he's pictured). Is that a valid reason for deleting them? Images is one area of Wikipedia where I seem to be lost - I can't quite understand the explanations about their use, so I've looked at other uploaded images as examples and tried to follow their rationales when uploading new ones. Thank you for any explanation you can offer me. MovieMadness ( talk) 15:43, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
So what you have just demonstrated, is that a certain number of details are perfectly fine. Guided by the information you point me to, the plot should be between 400 and 900 words. The previous edit to the plot I had made, increased the plot description to 804 words which is within the bounds of the guidelines. These additions were neutral and relevant to understanding the plot. There were numerous other details no more or less extraneous than the additions I added. You however, decided that my particular details were indiscriminate. You are biasing the plot to include information only you wanted and this goes against Wikipedia policy. Why don't you let the details I added sit for awhile and see whether other contributors agree or disagree, or let the content evolve naturally. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.74.235 ( talk) 02:00, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could direct me to the Cast section guidelines so I could clean up the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie page. I haven't seen it myself, but the article is a mess, and I plan on doing what I can to not make wikipedia looks like a 12 year olds playground. The cast section seems as good place to start as any DurinsBane87 ( talk) 02:48, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
good call, didn't know about that one. ThuranX ( talk) 14:41, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
I think this is utter cruft (we don't use DVD covers as per FU). What do you think? As always, the rest of the gang can contribute - your comments are always insightful. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 19:39, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
I have no idea what sources are considered legitimate and I am not really interested in becoming a more serious editor anyway. I would like some advice, though, is how to make sure the basic film info I get from IMDb is ligitimate. I had thought that IMDb is reliable but then I noticed that you deleted my addition of Armin Mueller-Stahl to the cast of The International (film) because IMDb is not a reliable source. Could you give me some reliable websites? Djbj16 Talk 6:05 PM, 9 February 2008 —Preceding comment was added at 23:05, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
There was a question on the talk page of the Samuel L. Jackson/Eva Mendes film Cleaner (2008 film), asking when the release date is. IMDB still points out that it came out last year, and other sites point to 2008, which I'm more likely to believe. Do you have any reliable sources that mention when the release date is? Just curious so I can update the information and send a notice to the IMDB page. Thanks in advance. -- Nehrams2020 ( talk) 23:11, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
No worries. I actually used it to check something earlier today, so when your FA nomination cropped up on my watchlist I thought I'd check it out again. Looks good. Peanut4 ( talk) 01:59, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
You sure you don't want it to pass? I'd support without unintended themes, because I feel the article is a featured article, and in all likeliness you're planning to spin-off interpretations too. Alientraveller ( talk) 20:09, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I gave this article a MAJOR cut down, because it was, (and still is) one of the worst written Marvel Films. Want to help rebuild it? I think we can do so easily. ThuranX ( talk) 05:23, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Re the film article, is it the norm to list a film's year after its title in prose? E.g. mention Bullitt, Mad Max, etc and have the year of the film in brackets after? Just curious. Geoff B ( talk) 21:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Mind explaining? It was capped from an official released clip, and one bad image doesn't mean the infobox should go. Will ( talk) 23:23, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
You said "but I reserve the right to refer to the articles as "XXX film series" in prose" in a recent rename discussion. Here is another shorter way to refer to a film series.
The ''[[Superman (film series)|]]'' films are great!
will get you...The Superman films are great! Why type "series" again? :) - LA @ 01:20, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Erik! In response to your question, I removed "Filming took place in Maryland in fall 2007" and added specific locations (which you removed). That Variety originally reported Jake Weber would be part of the film's cast seems inconsequential, since he isn't. The comment "Papamichael desired to make From Within in the tradition of The Shining (1980) and Rosemary's Baby (1968)" isn't supported. The link for the July 31, 2007 edition of the Baltimore Sun no longer is valid. Does it really matter that filmmakers originally planned to finish production in time to release the film for the Sundance Film Festival in February 2008 (sic), since the festival was held in January and it wasn't shown? All of what I removed seemed to be a lot of filler added to make it look like the article had substance. Meanwhile, you removed the extensive cast list I added - why?
No offense intended, because I realize you created the article, but as it stands now, it's a bit of a mess that in my opinion falls far short of Wikipedia standards, but I'm not going to engage in a discussion about its merits with you, because I have no vested interested in the film or the article. I stumbled across it only because I edited the article for the director, which had been copied verbatim from Variety. If you feel so strongly about it, please feel free to keep it as it is, but considering your admirable dedication to the film project, I'm surprised it passes muster with you. Sincere best wishes, MovieMadness ( talk) 21:36, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
If you want to be more detailed on the characters, that's fine. But it's hardly "more detailed" to remove all but the two main characters. I think we should keep the list up, at the very least. Andrea ( talk) 22:17, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Schreiber as Sabretooth makes more sense than Stryker, and Danny Huston looked like a young, slim Brian Cox in Children of Men. I look forward to seeing a less stupid Creed. By the way, I bought myself a book on the X-Men franchise from 1963 to 2006 (it was a Last Stand tie-in I guess). Alientraveller ( talk) 21:06, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I added the latest revision, but I don't think you're going to be able to find very many secondary sources as I didn't see any. I was reading through the list and was interested in seeing this one: "A famous cheat code from the PC game The Sims for one thousand simoleans was "rosebud". Additionally, if your Sim pursues a career in Hollywood, he is eventually approached to create a sequel to Citizen Kane, which randomly makes or breaks his career if accepted." I had always used that code for the game, but never knew where it came from, so that was interesting to see. The movie's currently in my online queue, but I won't be getting it for a while. Good luck finding any of the resources and expanding the article. It will be part of the core list of articles within the project. -- Nehrams2020 ( talk) 00:20, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Aw, thanks, I forgot about the DYK. Ironic eh? Murphy chose another toy line (something I'm glad for of course), and because of that we'll get TF2 and G.I. Joe next year. I hope my faith in Mr. Sommers has a similiarly sucessful investment to my faith in Mr. Bay. Alientraveller ( talk) 18:24, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
"Whoever did the wiki page did a pretty damn good job." Alientraveller ( talk) 16:07, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
What are your favorite movies of that year? I will list you mine, I must warn you it's a very long list. I will also name the categories:
My most hated movie of 2007:
So tell me, Erik, what are your favorite movies of 2007? Also, do you agree with any of my personal opinions? TheBlazikenMaster ( talk) 05:54, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Did the Academy really award Golden Compass best VFX? I wasn't aware those polar bears were made up of twenty thousand pieces. Bad luck to Kevin O'Connell too, I was really hoping it'd be his night for such an evocative soundtrack in Transformers. Still, at least Ratatouille won Best Animated Film. Alientraveller ( talk) 08:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
It wasn't the acting which bothered me, at least from the two leads. As I said before, they tried their hardest to make it work, it was just everything else (and I mean everything) which conspired against them. Dench was very good, as was Blanchett (to a lesser extent, though her character wasn't as coherently defined). But the director seemed to think he was making a tough detective thriller of some kind; the writing and astonishingly DRAMATIC music left me in no doubt that this was intended as a lurid melodrama, a big-budget soap, rather than a credible character study. IIRC, Blanchett's character in particular made decisions which were designed purely to drive the histrionics. In the simplest terms, I just didn't buy it. All the best, Steve T • C 12:52, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Your reasoning makes sense; I guess I have a tendency to think of "production" as the act of filming itself and any other production-y details (producers, studio, distributors, etc.) - So you'd have gone for something like:
==Production== The film is being made for New Line by Solaris and... etc. ===Development== ===Filming=== ==Release==
Yes? Steve T • C 18:16, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Erik! I just did extensive work on The Cat's Meow and have a question re: the year to which it should be attributed. It debuted at the Locarno Film Festival and was shown at two other festivals in 2001 but did not go into commercial release until 2002. IMDb lists it as a 2001 film; I think the correct year is 2002. Given the facts, what is your opinion? Thanks! MovieMadness ( talk) 18:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
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