I would not go with the Smith clones, since thatsuggests other tropes. MIB or agents are both fine.
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I'm definitely for the Men In Black screenshot.
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+1 for 1.1.
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No, the other one.
1.1 is better than 1.2, due to the duck angle.
edited 4th Aug '13 5:53:37 PM by AnotherDuck
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I also like 1.1, the angle makes them look more intimidating.
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I'd really prefer to stay away from the films for this page. I actually kinda like the current, but this
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Yeah, I still have to with the movie. It's practically the Trope Namer in the public eye.
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I like #7. It seems most representative of what the trope actually is. I think we should avoid shots from the Will Smith film, if you just show the most famous, and in this case eponymous, example of a trope some people may not realise that the trope extends beyond that work.
I am so tempted to suggest a shot of the men in black from Serial Experiments Lain's death sequence, but however funny that would be, it would be unrepresentative and pretty unclear without the context of motion...
edited 5th Aug '13 10:56:13 AM by porschelemans
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I prefer Willbyr's suggestion in 7. It gets the concept across clearly without being specific to the movies.
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7 is slightly better than the others.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanOw! My eyes! 7 seems more like a more typical example of the trope.
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7 is great. It's very mysterious looking. I don't know how you could get a better image.
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Going through the examples,I came across Dark City's Strangers, example
◊ ,unfortunately they don't have any shades so I doubt they will qualify,but its worth a shot,right?
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edited 6th Aug '13 4:36:48 PM by Ultimatum
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That doesn't look like the trope to me. They look like gentlemen.
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Yeah, they don't look shady enough to be proper Men In Black. I think 7 is the best so far.
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I feel they definitely look like creepy people dressed in black; and would probably have been a viable candidate had 7 not been here to overshadow it. As such, 14 is okay but 7 works much better.
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Bump; one or two more votes for 7 and we can run with it.
7 is excellent.
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Good enough. The new pic's up and tagged. Caption or no?
I should probably ask before it shows up in the sticky: source? I see the URL, but is it from a work in particular?
edited 13th Aug '13 3:57:48 PM by ShadowHog
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Not that I know of; I found it through GIS and it's on a bunch of paranormal/Conspiracy Theory sites, but I'm not seeing a definite origin.
Caption suggestion: "You saw nothing. This trope is just a weather balloon."
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No consensus on a caption; locking up.
edited 16th Aug '13 4:19:45 AM by Willbyr
The image currently on The Men in Black is a close-up of the guy's face. While that works, I suggest that it may be better to have a full body shot of one or more of these, such as this pic
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◊ or this one here
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