Everybody Remembers The Stripper, but it doesn't make for a good image: Basic Instinct

Yeah, self explanatory; I'm continuing my crusade to get rid of pics for works that only show a specific scene from the work. Stuff like Attack The Block or Futurama work because they at least are nice summations of characters, but this image is simply annoying to me (and the wink-wink, nudge-nudge caption isn't my favorite). I recommend this.◊

I'm good with the current picture. This isn't a case of Everybody Remembers the Stripper - this is a case of "there's really nothing else you need to know about this movie other than the fact that it has this scene."

The caption could be changed maybe.

edited 9th Feb '12 9:52:25 AM by abk0100

I'd be fine with swapping that out for the poster.

I think I'll make the switch as long as no one specifically objects.

Maybe my first post wasn't clear enough, but yeah, I'm specifically objecting.

Basic Instinct was basically "Sharon Stone crossing her legs while not wearing panties" the movie.

Maybe if it at least mentioned Sharon Stone's name instead of just Michael Douglas's, but as it is, the poster is just misleading. It focuses on him because he was a star and Sharon Stone was a nobody, but this was the movie that changed that, and the current picture explains why.

Take the picture on the Terminator page, for instance. It's good because it tells you what you need to know about the movie; that it has Arnold Schwarzenegger walking around with a gun and sunglasses looking like a badass.

Now imagine if we replaced that with a poster featuring Linda Hamilton and the other guy in the movie. It doesn't make sense for the picture to focus on that romantic subplot, because the real point of the movie was the killer machine with an Austrian accent.

edited 10th Feb '12 5:40:03 PM by abk0100

There could probably be a better picture, but the poster isn't one of them.

Work article images are frequently a cover◊ (300); I also like the disk label◊ (225).

edited 10th Feb '12 6:15:04 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Maybe a compromise? Something like this?◊

Interesting...as long as that looks good at wiki size, I think that would be a good compromise.

I think that the compromise is a good option. I feel that picturing a single scene of a movie is the works equivalent to JAFAAC. Sure, most people only remember the one scene in this movie, but that doesn't mean it's what the movie is about. It doesn't mean that that is even a good representation of the film. But most importantly, it is aesthetically unprofessional looking for a wiki page. We need images that work as headers and introductions or summations of a work not one that says, "Hey, you know this movie? There's a lady in it who wears no undwear, cool, amIright?". At least with a compromise, it looks like a solid representation of the film.

Bump. So are we changing the image?

Yeah, use the movie poster.

Clock is set. I'm good to replace the current pic with the poster or DVD cover.

The clock's up, and hearing no objections, the poster is up and tagged. Locking up.