This is the thread to use if you feel that the page image itself is good but the caption needs help.
If you think that both the image and the caption are poor, please make a thread in Image Pickin' for the page, and we'll work on the image and caption both at the same time.
As with other TRS and IP threads, please state your reasons and make your case in your first post. Don't make the other posters spend time trying to pry it out of you.
Edited by Willbyr on Jun 21st 2021 at 9:42:03 AM
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Agreed, that caption isn't helping anything.
Zzzzzzzzzz
Just Plane Wrong: The caption currently is "Concorde, X-15, what the hell is the difference?" The plane pictured is an X-15, for the record, and it's supposed to be a Concorde but some folks may not know immediately how different the Concorde looks
◊. I suggest changing the caption to "Boeing747? X-15? Nobody will know the difference." since most people probably know what a Boeing 747 looks like, or at least that it doesn't look like that.
As I said in Skype, I support switching the caption to "Boeing 747" since it's a better known plane.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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The caption on Nightcrawler is completely redundant with the tagline in the pic. Moving to strike it at the very least, if not replace it with something else.
Second.
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
Yep, remove that.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
iRidescence
It's gone.
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And now someone's added another caption which is the same as the page quote and the stinger, making it doubly redundant (and not in true to the film, where the line's only used once). Moving to strike the new one, possibly replacing it with "Remember, use the zoom, steady hands", which I'd also suggested to replace the stinger.
iRidescence
Oh, great. Should I have added a note to not add a caption without discussing it in this thread first too?
Anyway, I've deleted the new caption for redundancy and PMed the troper in question.
edited 8th Dec '14 4:43:23 AM by theAdeptRogue
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Yes, that sounds like a good idea for that page and future pages.
iRidescence
Alright. I added in the additional note.
Probably not the place to say this, but I've also removed the page quote, because I realized it's exactly the same as that offending new caption/stinger.
edited 8th Dec '14 4:38:03 AM by theAdeptRogue
Suspension issued for Kasumiwumi.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
The reason I added "You have to make the money to buy a ticket" as the caption is because the first teaser trailer for the film (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lEdwqwOttg)
had Lou repeating the phrase over and over at the end of the trailer. The last time he says it, he says it in an enraged manner, explaining the Stinger. That's why I put it as the caption as well; to match with that repetition.
Sorry if I didn't make that obvious. I wanted to add it in one other place on the page, to really hammer in the repetition theme, but I couldn't find a proper place to put it. However, I didn't actually know you guys wanted replacement captions discussed here, so I apologize for that as well.
Also, I feel I should note that the Stinger doesn't really work if the opening page quote isn't there to provide context for it.
edited 8th Dec '14 7:05:04 AM by Kasumiwumi
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, The page quote should be restored. The stinger needs to be removed. The line only appears once in the actual film but the repetition in the trailer is referenced in one example; that's as far as it needs to go.
edited 8th Dec '14 9:31:28 AM by Willbyr
I also agree that "Steady hands...use your zoom" would be great for a stinger.
Officially intimidated
I think the caption of Interstellar is a bit too long. Either the size of the words should be reduced, or only the second half should be left ("We must think not as individuals...but as a species. We must confront the reality of interstellar travel").
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I agree with cropping it down to that part.
Officially intimidated
How many have to agree for a consensus? (Sorry, it's my first query in this thread)
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Not sure, but I'd say at least a couple more ![[tup]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Thumbs_up_emoticon_3268.png "[thumb up]"){kind=small}
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Anyone else for replacing the page quote on Nightcrawler and either replacing the stinger with the "use your hands, steady zoom" line or ditching it entirely?
The caption on Doting Grandparent is either a reference I'm not getting (which is not potholed) or the most redundant, pointless caption I have ever seen.
Langweilig. Kill it.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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It's gone and the page is tagged.
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Can we do something about the caption on High-Speed Missile Dodge? It's really not adding anything to the page.
"Samus dodging Snake's missile? That's nothing; he once dodged a missile by jumping on it."
Moon◊
Yep, that part of the caption can stay gone.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman