Duplicate Image: Climactic Volcano Backdrop

Exact same image as the bottom half of We Used to Be Friends. Edit: Also someone fix the typo in the title.

edited 6th Jan '14 11:29:26 PM by spacemarine50

I was going to suggest something, but then that's the final boss of the game, so it'd be a spoiler.

Keep Until Better Image Suggested, because the difference between the images is fairly important.

The title is fine, although please tell me if I'm missing something obvious. Technically, "climactic" means "of or pertaining to a climax" and "climatic" means "of or pertaining to the climate".

I don't know of images from other works that would work as well as this one here. Could we just find another shot of the same scene?

Just so to be clear, you aren't missing anything obvious.

• That was just a spelling error that's fixed now. And out of the 2 tropes that use the image, this one's easier to change.
• @sept: Other than on We Used to Be Friends, it's only 1/2 of the page image, and here it's all of it?

edited 7th Jan '14 1:24:31 AM by spacemarine50

I agree that if one frame is duplicated, it is functionally identical to "duplicate image". Hypothetically we could find a different second frame from Revenge Of The Sith for the current We Used to Be Friends page image, but it's probably easier to find something completely new for that article, or replace the one on Climactic Volcano Backdrop.

edited 7th Jan '14 2:11:20 AM by rodneyAnonymous

The largest concern I have for duplicated images isn't an issue here. One of the tropes refers to the background, and the other to the characters (and actually using the former trope for emphasis). That means there's no real confusion about the trope and what the image illustrates, since the trope names are pretty clear about the subjects of the tropes.

Honestly, it shouldn't be that hard to get a good-quality screencap from ROTS and use it for Climactic Volcano Background.

^^ The fact that the same image is supposed to be illustrating different things does not mollify my concern about it being a duplicate. It looks cheap IMO, and readers are especially likely to see both articles: they probably link to each other, and they are linked from the same page, since the page images are from the same source.

edited 7th Jan '14 10:28:06 PM by rodneyAnonymous

For me, the probability problem is really the main issue with duplicate images ("The probability of an image to be a good one for two articles as once is small"). That only works with exactly the same images - which is not the case here.

Don't know about "cheap", though.

Ok, even if that doesn't count as the same image (but I totally think it does) that's not the only issue. An image being "good for an article" includes not looking cheap/lame/unprofessional. That's part of why demotivators and image macros suck for page images: they look bad.

The second frame of the page image on WUSBF is definitely a duplicate of the page image on CVB: either replace the second frame of the first, or entirely replace (or pull) the image on either, IMO.

It's easier to tell who they are in the poster art, and these are potentially more about the backdrop (and are from that scene), so I suggest these for replacing the CVB image: [1]◊ [2]◊ [3]◊. There is a Convection, Schmonvection joke in there somewhere.

edited 8th Jan '14 2:22:09 AM by rodneyAnonymous

The second of those has the most focus on the actual backdrop, and you can still see two people about to fight with laser chainsaws, so I think that one works the best.

12.2 needs a little judicious cropping because the focus is a little too heavy on the location (yes, even with people wielding glowing crystal laser swords for a trope dealing with location specifically) but it's good.

edited 8th Jan '14 2:38:49 AM by treelo

Any of the ones in 12 are great.

If the figures should be bigger, that is near the end of a shot where they move from the foreground to the distance, so an earlier frame would be better if that is the goal. Cropping more, on the other hand, would lose important details on the sides.

I don't think it needs that, though. Also, it is already cropped, the full frame is wider.

^{Addendum to the "duplicate image" conversation:}  Print publications, especially magazines but as far as I know all of them, avoid using the same picture more than once (not just on the same page, or even in the same issue, but ever) because it is poor style. That's not a new or made-up convention. TVT has the additional "probability" reason to avoid it.

edited 8th Jan '14 11:04:03 PM by rodneyAnonymous

I agree with 12.2 being a nice replacement.

I prefer 12.1 since it has both Anakin's face and a "mini-eruption" relatively close to the camera. I think it does a better job of showcasing the drama of both the characters and the location.

edited 9th Jan '14 6:11:35 AM by Druplesnubb

While I prefer using the Star Wars images in some form or another what about the volcano boss from Metroid Other M? 1◊, 2◊ 3◊ 4◊

edited 10th Jan '14 6:52:17 PM by Paktra

Good for Image Links, but I like the ROTS ones more.

Thanks, Perhaps I will add them later.

19's pics have a bit less recognizable features than the SW pics.

Even the third one, with the volcano so clearly in the middle of the background, And Samus running to it?

I agree that that one's the best, but I'm not too sure if it would look good at 350px.

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