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openDeleted scene examples on trope pages? Film
Are examples from Deleted Scenes allowed on trope pages? Pichu-kun deleted the Zootopia example from Racist Grandma with the edit reason "Removed a deleted scene example for being What Could Have Been." I think it's fine to keep, but don't want to start an edit war.
openThe Maltese Falcon Film
Permission to move The Maltese Falcon to The Maltese Falcon (1941), as there was a previous film adaptation from 1931?
openThe Great Gatsby 2013 film Film
Currently, the 2013 version of The Great Gatsby is put on the namespace Film/TheGreatGatsby. There had been previous film adaptations to this such as the ones in 1926, 1949, and 1974, by which the 1974 one has its own page. Should the 2013 one be moved to The Great Gatsby (2013)?
openHow do you make new pages on people? Film
I was planning on making a page for director Donald G. Jackson and his filmography but I don't know how to make one. Is there an option to create a page for a person or do you have to ask the site for permission first?
openLuke Skywalker's Adaptational Heroism Film
In the Legends continuity, Luke briefly turns to the dark side of the Force and becomes Palpatine's apprentince. In the new Star Wars canon, that never happens and Luke's character page features an Adaptational Heroism entry for this reason? Is that enough to qualify, though? Luke did turn his back on his friends and family and hide in the middle of nowhere after what happened in Kylo Ren, and to some, that might be just as bad, if not worse than turning to the dark side. What do you think?
openRemoving Channel Awesome reviews from SBIH Film
TheFallofElDorado has been going around removing review links to Nostalgia Critic and Brad Jones on the So Bad, It's Horrible pages without leaving edit reasons. I think this might have to do with the #ChangeTheChannel drama, as they were the only two who are still on the site.
They have been brought up before for having some bias against the site, and have had a history of removing links to their reviews from the page before. So they've seemed to have learnt nothing from last time they did this.
open Looking for a TV Show/Movie Film
Hey guys! Thanks for having me here. You see, I'm looking for this movie or perhaps a tv show where a doctor/guy saved a kid over a billionaire.
openAre WMG about a film’s quality acceptable? Film
The wmg for The Banana Splits movie is just somebody saying they think it will be terrible
openCommon Knowledge in Man of Steel Film
Five years after its release and Man of Steel still causes controversy in this very website. Troper Tuvok deleted the Common Knowledge entry in the movies YMMV page.
The entry said: "The final fight scene with Zod has garnered this reputation. People generally describe it as the fight destroying the entire city with Clark being responsible for most of the destruction and being completely indifferent to the rest. In reality, most of Metropolis is left completely untouched and the destruction seems worse than it is because of the focus given to it and the fact that the film doesn't hold back from showing how terrifying it is from a civilian perspective. Similarly, Clark is personally responsible for almost none of it as much of it was done by Zod's world engine or Zod himself and Clark did make an effort to lead him into space and even made a point of avoiding buildings when he punched him at one point. As for claims of indifference, he was busy trying to stop Zod to begin with who wasn't exactly an easy opponent."
Tuvok justified the deletion with: "The damage was calculated as quite large and city wide as shown in B v S , as well as the Director addressing it [1]. Snyder wanted there be consequences for hero interactions. ‘’’I wanted a big consequence to Superman’s arrival on earth. Certainly, Batman v. Superman sort of cashes in all its chips on the ‘why’ of that destruction.’’’ Which would signify the damage was large. It was also calculated by various outlets [2] Done by the Watson Technical Consulting to assess the cost. So confirmation the destruction was city wide, the main critisim during the fight was Clarke punching through flying through various building with no indication of making an effort to check damage caused. Making out with his girlfriend with the city in waste in the background did not help."
I must protest the deletion because Common Knowledge is about correcting and clarifying details about a story that average viewers might not be aware of and Tuvok's reasoning is about reaffirming something the viewers already know. Yes, there is an estimation to the city's damage but there were parts of the city that were largely untouched during the climax. Yes, Superman's fight with Zod caused damage but Superman attempted to limit the damage by fighting Zod in the sky. As for claims of indifference, Superman was busy fighting Zod, so it's not like he was shown not caring about civillian casualties.
What do you think?
Edited by MasterHeroopen Crime Tv series Film
it was a tv series, where an old lady asked a detective for help on her missing granddaughter, and that girl was solving mysteries on his phone by solving riddles and she was gona missing because she was level 5 where 1million was pot on the money
openBruce Willis Syndrome? Film
So we've got Leslie Nielsen Syndrome for serious actors going for comedy and we've got Tom Hanks Syndrome for comedians going for serious stuff... my question is, why there is nothing for situation where comedians go into action hero roles? Remember times when Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, The Rock and few more used to play straigh-up comedies, then suddenly played one "big" role in an action movie and got repacked into Action Men? Somehow no trope for that...
Edited by Dratewkaopen Disturbing TV show Film
There was a disturbing TV show that I once watched when I was a child but I cannot remember its name. The only thing I can remember from the show is at the end of one of the episodes, a uv light was shone in a bedroom and bloody hand prints (in green) could be seen all over the bedroom walls. I know earlier in the episode this bedroom had been shown in the daytime and no evidence of anything sinister could be seen. This scene has stuck with me for over 20 years and I would really like to find out which TV show is responsible for this vivid and disturbing memory.
openRecent additions to WhatAnIdiot.StarWars Film
There were some lengthy additions to WhatAnIdiot.Star Wars recently. Long story short, they were nitpicking on insignificant details. I trimmed some of them down and removed a the rest as misuses of WaI, only for another troper to restore them.
Could someone else get a look at the page? I'll admit, I am getting annoyed at all the "fans" bringing their negativity to the Star Wars pages, so I'm rather quick to reach for the axe. It'd be nice to have another opinion.
open teen scene with kids watching youtube Film
I need a scene from a movie or television showing teens/kids watching youtube for entertainment. It could be funny or educational. Anybody have a suggestion.
open Excessive (?) gushing Film
Awesome.Avengers Endgame features several paragraphs of gushing over the movie breaking every box office record and becoming the highest grossing movie ever. To wit:
- The film's box office performance has been nothing short of astounding:
- Most box office prognosticators were cautiously optimistic that it could break $300 million opening weekend in the US, which would handily break Infinity War's record of $257 million, in and of itself a staggeringly high amount of money. It completely obliterated everyone's expectations by making $357 million, $100 million more than its predecessor. Barring some ridiculous future inflation, it's hard to imagine a future movie breaking the box office record by a 9-figure sum.
- Endgame became the first movie ever to gross one billion (with a "B") dollars in its opening week! $1.2B to be exact, which is almost double what Infinity War did on its opening. This also makes it the second entertainment product to do so, outside of Grand Theft Auto V.note And of course, being a AAA video game which costs $60 rather than just the cost of a movie ticket, GTA V has a massive unfair advantage there. To put simply, it became the highest grossing movie of 2019 and the 18th-highest grossing movie of all time in four days, and it's even more impressive when one takes the film's heavy Continuity Lock-Out into account.
- As of its opening Sunday (28 April 2019), Endgame broke 144 records.
- It became the highest grossing import movie in China ever in just a week. It hit $500 million there the Thursday after release, blowing past the original record holder The Fate of the Furious's $392 million total haul.
- After just 12 days into its worldwide release, Endgame not only surpassed $2 billion (becoming the second comic book movie to do so), but also blew past Avengers: Infinity War, The Force Awakens, and James Cameron's Titanic to become the second-highest grossing movie of all time. In turn, this makes the MCU the first franchise to have two $2 billion grossing movies under their belt, unadjusted for inflation.note If you do adjust for inflation, then it's second only to Star Wars, but it's still impressive either way.
- Crossing over with Heartwarming, Cameron himself, a man infamous to MCU fans for his comments about "superhero fatigue", congratulated Marvel Studios for surpassing Titanic:
@JimCameron: An Iceberg sank the real Titanic. It took the Avengers to sink my Titanic. Everyone here at Lightstorm Entertainment salutes your amazing achievement. You've shown that the movie industry is not only alive and well, it's bigger than ever!
- Crossing over with Heartwarming, Cameron himself, a man infamous to MCU fans for his comments about "superhero fatigue", congratulated Marvel Studios for surpassing Titanic:
- In 20 days, it grossed 2.5 billion. The only other film that achieved this was Avatar, and it took 72 days to get to that point.
- Then 89 days after release (July 20th, 2019), Endgame went above and beyond any other record it's broken prior to this point, and officially surpassed Avatar as the highest-grossing movie of all time.note worldwide, not adjusted for inflation, and the first sequel to do so. The last few weeks prior to this achievement were nail-biting, because even with the re-release in theaters it was clear that it'd be a photo finish either way... and yet it happened regardless. In fact, it happened with such perfect timing that Kevin Feige himself got to announce it during the Marvel panel at San Diego Comic Con. You'd swear it was pre-ordained from the heavens to work out this way.
- Once again, Cameron congratulates Marvel Studios for passing Avatar:
@JimCameron: Oel Ngati Kameie, I see you Marvel. Congratulations to Avengers Endgame becoming the new box office king!
- Once again, Cameron congratulates Marvel Studios for passing Avatar:
Do we really need all that info?
openkids tv program or show Film
there was kids tv educational program when I was a kid, it had two aliens and computer that had a female voice that traveled around the world in a saucer teachings kids about ancient egypt,volcanoes, oceans etc I've been trying to find the name of this show/ program for years.
openTop Gun Maverick? Film
Why is Top Gun: Maverick a red link? There used to be a page for it, and there's an official trailer out for it now.
openLion King is in the wrong namespace? Film
The upcoming Lion King remake is currently under the Film namespace when the movie is entirely computer generated. Shouldn't it be moved to the Western Animation namespace?
openMispelling and lack of context Film
Troper markband added a rather confusing Brought Down to Badass entry in Darth Vader's character section. It reads…
- Downplayed. Before he was critically injured on Mustafar, Vader had the potential to become the strongest Force-user in the galaxy. While in Legends his injuries hobbled his force potential and his strength in the force to were he was stated to only have about 80% of the strength the emperor had, in canon Vader never lost the raw power he had in the force but was unable to use it to it's fullest given the precarious situation of being reliant on machinery to keep himself alive. Basically, Vader couldn't use some force powers like force lightning because they would obviously endanger the cybernetics keeping him alive and he couldn't use his full power because of the stress tolerances of his bionics. The emporer even called Vader's power "unparalleled" in the Dark Lord of the sith comic.
I had to correct it to…
- Downplayed. Before he was critically injured on Mustafar, Vader had the potential to become the most powerful Force-user in the galaxy. Even after, he was still able to use his Force powers and remained an effective Hero Killer and symbol of fear.
What the name of that tv show that talked about all the things people in the olden days used that was harmful like eating green meat and washing powder in the milk and using Radiation as a beauty treatment I think I was on Netflix onced