Caption Discussion/Repair Thread: Low Tech Spears

The caption on Lens Flare has 3 Sinkholes to the works in the picture. I think we should remove them and just leave a note in their place.

edited 29th Jan '16 12:29:40 AM by Karxrida

Sinkholes removed.

UsefulNotes.Australia uses this as a caption:

"The country that kills everybody."

It references a trope (without potholing it) that now prohibits RL examples. And according to the Real Life section maintenance thread it's possible that it's a huge exaggeration, as the wildlife isn't there for the sole purpose of killing people.

Anyone got any better ideas for a caption, or should we send a Boxing Kangaroo after it?

It needs to go, regardless of replacement.

Went ahead and axed it. Also left a comment to go here to suggest something in its place.

You sure you did? I'm still seeing it there.

Also noting it here that I went with Willbyr's proposed variant of my caption for The Captain. I saw at least 3 people in support of it, counting him and myself; not quite consensus, but then, I didn't update the tag to say it was.

edited 5th Feb '16 9:43:34 AM by ShadowHog

Could have sworn that I did... Should be gone now.

Could I get away with trimming the caption on It's the Same, Now It Sucks! to just this?

"...this new Psycho evokes the real thing in an attempt to re-create remembered passion. — ''Ebert, who rated the remake 1.5/4."

In fact, would we even need to still include the rating, or does Ebert's insistence on calling the original "real" compared to the remake already make it clear that he hated the latter?

That's such a minimal change that I don't see the need for it. I also think the rating helps convey the trope more.

Well, before I edited the caption, it began with a reference to Norman Bates masturbating in the remake; I removed it while and after writing that post because I both failed to see the point of including it here, and feared that readers who never saw Psycho wouldn't really know why an explicit masturbation scene would ruin the tone.

Do you see the point of referencing it here?

edited 18th Feb '16 9:48:48 AM by dsneybuf

Oh, okay, I didn't know it had been cut down. Ebert phrased the comment that way because, to him, the remake was the equivalent of A Date With Rosie Palms while thinking about the original...it's meant to be metaphorical. The cut-down version loses that association.

edited 18th Feb '16 11:16:52 AM by Willbyr

Does that mean I should put it back?

Yeah, unless someone comes up with something better it's probably best to take it back to the original.

For the new pic on The Oldest Ones in the Book, I was thinking "Sometimes, the oldest ones are the book." Yea/nay?

I like what you're trying to go for, but something about that particular take doesn't jive with me.

"Hey, I found [ancient trope] on this page!" Pick your favorite Oldest One.

edited 2nd Mar '16 4:13:55 PM by HeraldAlberich

What was the first trope page on the wiki? I know the place started out as a Buffy wiki so maybe that work page?

Gilligan Cut was the first trope page created.

edited 2nd Mar '16 4:38:53 PM by Karxrida

I meant something more along the lines of an iconic trope found on the Older Than Dirt index. I just didn't take the time to look through it myself.

For "Join the Army," They Said, something punny about Rooting for the Empire seems appropriate.

Back to the Future needs a wittier caption.

I'd just leave it blank.

Yeah, I'd just cull it altogether.

ok, removed it.

Takes One to Kill One: I don't think we ever settled on a caption for this one, but I think it would add to the clarity. Something like "Ah, the classic vampire weaknesses: sunlight, garlic, silver, and another vamp's fist through your skull".

edited 24th Mar '16 4:14:32 AM by Morgenthaler