Does Not Illustrate: Newscaster Cameo

The pic isn't bad per se (and nothing against Wolf Blitzer), but it doesn't illustrate much if it isn't made obvious it happens within the context of fiction and not just any news channel screen capture (which to be fair, this trope always try to look like in the first place).

Pat Kiernan being an MCU regular, he can certainly provides something: [1]◊ [2]◊

1.2 > current > 1.1

1.2 is good, although the caption will probably need to point out that Pat Kiernan actually is a real person.

that's probably the best approach to this particular trope, yeah

I agree with and .

Are any of these guys popular?

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Avengers: Infinity War

The Avengers (2012)

Iron Man

Skyfall

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Edited by eroock on Oct 11th 2019 at 10:57:21 AM

Personally the only ones I recognized were Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper, but I think all of them would still need a caption explaining who the newscasters are, like the current. I think Spiderman has the advantage — because Spidey is so front and center, one doesn't need the text to know it's a fictional work.

Edited by Synchronicity on Sep 30th 2019 at 9:53:07 AM

I agree; the advantage with Spidey is that he's so obviously fictional - Even Tony Stark just looks like a regular guy in that picture. The only newscaster I vaguely recognize is the Iron Man one and even then I couldn't tell you his name

Edited by WikiWanderer on Sep 30th 2019 at 7:33:57 PM

Perhaps the Spidey one is the best bet.

I was precisely thinking 1.2 needed a crop, so 6.1 is perfect.

Whether the newscaster is recognizable or not is quite secondary — only USAians would be familiar with any of them anyway, so the caption will always be needed to clear this up. Remember people from all around the world consult the wiki.

Spidey doesn't have this problem.

Suggested caption: Pat Kiernan in his 4th MCU cameo^note 9th if you count the TV series and 2nd Spider-Man cameo^note after The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Edited by StFan on Sep 30th 2019 at 10:31:43 AM

spideyy

6.1 is fine with me.

That's six votes for 6.1, I believe it's enough.

Yeah, this one's gathered enough dust. 6.1's in and tagged; caption?

Old pic:

"Pat Kiernan in his 4th MCU cameo^note 9th if you count the TV series and 2nd Spider-Man cameo^note after The Amazing Spider-Man 2."

Sure.

Good enough; it's in and tagged. Locking up.