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resolved Can't see all of the articles in the more category Film
Hi! Huge fan of this site, been browsing for over 8 years now. I've noticed when I'm looking for things to read under a main subsection such as film, music, real life, etc, if I hover over the More section, it only shows me a certain amount of pages under it, not all of them. For example, in Film I can only see up to End of an Age. F-Z aren't in the list. Is there a way to navigate to see the rest of the tropes?
resolved Starship Troopers Edit war Film
Tak CWAL and Redkun edit warring and arguing in edit reasons.
- Originally added by TakCWAL
- Deleted by redkun as misuse and YMMV on Main
- Re-added by TaKCWAL
- Re-deleted as redkun as still ymmv on main
I think Redkun might technically be clear as Broken Aesop is YMMV so the deletions are making things in accordance with rules but it still would have been better to ATT first.
(I've checked and I don't think has been raised before but it was 11 days to a few weeks ago.)
resolved Swear word censorship in quote? Film
The Creator Backlash entry on Trivia/MadameWeb2024 includes a quote from Dakota Johnson where the swear words are bleeped out, which they aren't in the original quote. What should be done?
resolved Hey guys what do you think? Film
I've got some questions on adding tropes or creating a new... uh... whatever it is.
I wanted to add tropes to Youtubers
Am I allowed to do so?
resolved Four Souls of Coyote Namespace Film
I have another question regarding Four Souls of Coyote. I've seen many examples under the Hungarian folder in the Eastern European Animation page listed as "Animation" and only some as "Western Animation". Which do I list a foreign film like "Four Souls" under: "Animation" or "Western Animation"?
resolved Four Souls of Coyote Page Film
Hi!
No one has created a page for the Hungarian film Four Souls of Coyote (original name Kojot negy lelke) and I want to be the first. Problem is, I've never done a page for a movie before. A fanfiction series, mind you, but not a movie. Are there standards and protocol I need to follow before making such a page? Also, it's a foreign film, so are there extra steps to take?
resolved Want to avoid an Edit War Film
On the SignatureLine.Live Action Film on January 8th there were a bunch of cuts to examples for both the MCU and the Raimi trilogy. I thought they were in general good ones as the stated reason of them being less unique if there are too many was good. but I disagreed on cutting Natasha's last words, I did think it fit the trope and I posted on the Discussion page for that trope about a week ago but haven't gotten any responses. So I decided to go here.
resolved Unindexed movie Film
Was blindly searching specific movie's title to see whether there's a page on it or not, and found this page. Was unsure where to report it, so reported here.
It's in not exactly good state, having several images forming long vertical line (way longer than the rest of the page combined), questionable examples list, and no indexing.
The page was created almost a year ago, but was never fixed. I don't know whether it's even salvageable in its current state or not.
resolved Internet Backdraft/Marvel Cinematic Universe has a stupid entry Film
On Marvel Cinematic Universe there's this entry:
- A theory has been springing up that Marvel are sabotaging the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises in order to weaken Fox's success with their films, noting their reduced presence in the comicsnote which isn't true; the X-Men are currently one of the biggest lines they're producing, with more spin-offs than ever, Wolverine and Deadpool dying note which is no different than any other 'big shocking deaths', and is being used to launch several miniseries attracting tons of publicity to the X-Men line as it is, the Fantastic Four comic being cancellednote which has been underselling for a while, and while not the worst seller, it's still been pretty bad and doesn't have the cult following that their other books have, lack of merchandise produced for X-Men: Days of Future Pastnote which wasn't true; there weren't any children's toys produced, which is largely down to licensing issues; they still sold Hot Toys collectibles for them though, are still selling toys for the franchise in general, and sold toys for the film before that, their reduced appearances in recent animated seriesnote ignoring that Wolverine did get an animated movie and has appeared in their other cartoons, and a memo apparently sent out asking for artists to not send them Fantastic Four artworknote the validity of this memo is questionable at best. The theory itself makes little sense, but hasn't stopped people buying into it, including Rob Liefeld note Liefeld's creations are tied with Fox's licenses, so of course he'd be on their side over this.
- Disney's acquisition of Fox. Beyond the "Yay, X-Men and the Fantastic Four can be in the MCU!" cheering, fans were concerned about how Disney continued to acquire a huge amount of popular IPs to the point of becoming a near monopoly.
The first one is iffy in its own right, but the second bullet is my concern today. A couple of things:
1. This isn't about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's about Disney. The only connection the MCU really has to this is that Marvel Studios, the guys who oversee it, are owned by Disney. Unless the entry is alleging that Disney spent $71.3 billion acquiring the Fox film assets primarily to get the film rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises, in which case... yeah, I totally believe that. TOTALLY.
2. In all seriousness, Disney didn't do this because they thought Marvel Studios needed two more franchises. They did it because they want to bulk up their collective film library in preparation for going into the streaming market. Remember, Disney+ launches later this year, and Disney wants to leverage their majority control of Hulu to push for an international release around the same time, with the stated goal of being a place to put their adult-leaning content. That's why this happened.
3. For the record, this entry is heavily biased, mentioning the backlash to the decision to greenlight the acquisition while dismissing ANY praise or excitement as just people being excited for certain franchises; call me crazy but I don't think it's as bad as this entry makes it out to be.
4. This is a minor complaint compared to the preceding three, but it's also an example of bad indentation. It's got nothing to do with the preceding entry other than that they both involve Fox. I mean, seriously?
Look, my vote is to just delete it, but I wanted to at least make sure I consulted the community to see if that's the only workable solution, because I get the feeling that SOMEONE is going to want to talk about it on the wiki SOMEWHERE and it's worth figuring out where, if anywhere, is an appropriate place to do so.
Edited by MinisterOfSinisterresolved Trope where everyone in a scene is played by the same actor? Film
You'll see this trope in a variety of shows and movies, oftentimes in a cutaway or a dream sequence. Essentially itll be every person in a scene is played by the same actor, often times itll be a bunch of cuts to people walking down the street, kids on bikes, a mailman handing out letters, a firefighter or police office, but all of them have the same actors face. Sometimes itll show a baby with the actors face, and that will normally startle the protagonist the most.
What is the name of this trope?
resolved CreatorKiller entry on The Book of Henry Film
The trivia page for The Book of Henry has a Creator Killer entry for Collin Trevorrow. This had been added before in the past, first about his involvement on Episode 9 of the new Star Wars trilogy and then expanded with speculation about the Jurassic World trilogy. The final entry red as such:
- Creator Killer: The critical disparaging of this film, alongside Colin Trevorrow's allegedly egotistical behavior on the set of this film and Jurassic World, have been credited as what led to him and Lucasfilm mutually going their separate ways during The Rise of Skywalker. The critical reception of Jurassic World Dominion (which, as of this writing, has the lowest score in the franchise's history) hasn't been able to redeem him.
Which I deleted citing that I felt people were jumping the gun on how damaged Trevorrow's carreer was. Yes, Dominion has a middling reviews, but it still did an absurd amount of money at the box office in spite of the negative reception among critics and even some longtime fans.
Since then the entry has been re-added rewritten to be just about the speculation surrounding Episode 9 again.
- Creator Killer: Some suspect the failure of this film and its negative reception may have cost Trevorrow the chance to direct the third film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, which he was originally lined up to helm before Lucasfilm gave it to J. J. Abrams instead.
My question is aint Trevorrow's future as a creator still up in the air, making the entry still speculatory? Trevorrow is seemingly still attached to the Jurassic franchise going forward, serving as executive executive producer the way Spielberg did before him after The Lost World.
Anyone has any input on this particular case? I'd rather not do anything since I could potentially edit war by editing without input from other tropers.
Edited by MrSeykerresolved the hyphen in Jean-Luc Godard Film
I started making the Jean-Jacques Annaud page. While linking to it I have been typing some heavy [[ Creator / Jean Jacques Annaud Jean-Jacques Annaud ]] syntax.
However I just noticed that when you link to Jean-Luc Godard the hyphen in Jean-Luc appears naturally. It also appears in the pages's title.
How can I do the same for Jean-Jacques Annaud?
Edited by gropcbfresolved Any other instances of this trope? (Songs in the key of panic) Film
I don't know if this is really the same thing but I'm looking for examples of music speeding up... usually when something malfunctions or there's a situation where something goes wrong/becomes more intense. Like when the remote for the tickle belt gets destroyed in spongebob or when smithers tries to destroy robotic richard simmons but that makes it end up going berserk in the simpsons. Not like an orchestral score increasing in tempo, I'm talking diagetic/non-diagetic music's pitch and tempo (speed) increasing that isn't part of the actual song.
resolved Edit war prevention for a problematic edit Film
madorosh removed this example from Lady Ballers
- Broken Aesop: While a common conservative justification for the type of transphobia seen in Lady Ballers is to protect women's spaces, the film also promotes the idea that women are always physically inferior to men including at sports, which is both misogynistic and condescending and undermines the alleged "pro-woman" bent.
with the edit reason: "doesn't make sense, the characters in the film mention the biological fact that men have specific advantages over women, which in general is true. Not sure what 'transphobia' is being displayed - everything in the film is played for laughs"
I don't wanna cause an edit war, but the example was valid. The film tries to present itself as pro-women but the film very much plays on the supposed belief that men, even the weakest men apparently who are out of shape and washed out and haven't exercised in years, are more physically abled and skilled at sports than the most trained female athletes. Which very much does go against the film's supposed "feminist" message.
Again, I want to cause no edit war so I brought it here.
Edited by AudioSpeaks2resolved Icicle Thief development Film
The Icicle Thief is my very first work article that I worked on for a while, before other priorities got in my way. I would like to ask how many more tropes we need for the article, before it can be graduated to the mainspace. I also invite more editors to help improve the article further.
resolved Sleeping Beauty Film
On Trivia.Sleeping Beauty, Mr Matthew Hedrich keeps adding words like "possibly" and "allegedly" to entries crediting Verna Felton to Queen Leah, even after I shared a video from Disney themselves crediting her. Does this really sound necessary?
Edited by dsneybufresolved Mask of Zorro trope error, delete or comment out Film
So I came across this entry on The Mask of Zorro:
"* Artistic License – Religion: Elena says the broke the Fourth Commandment to honor her father and mother. The Fourth Commandment is to Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy."
But given that Elena is (probably) Catholic she's probably using the Augustinian division of the 10 Commandments which does put "Honor thy father and thy mother" as the 4th. Whereas Protestants use the Philonic division which makes this the 5th.
Now I would just delete this but I was wondering if it would be better commenting it out with an explanation or putting something else in just to prevent someone putting it back by mistake?
resolved The Wiz - Which Trope to Use? (Resolved) Film
I placed a trivia fact about the Wiz being an Acclaimed Flop on its trivia page, but did not realize I used the wrong trope, and made several edits.
hello86 removed it wholly, citing that it was missue, wasn't that trope and was instead Vindicated by History.
Since I don't want to merely put it back and cause an edit war on my part, I'm asking here: would it make sense I put it back as the corrected listing? I've also sent a DM to ask hello86 to talk things out.
ETA: I have seen that the new fact applies under the YMMV page instead and was moved there, so it looks like everything is done properly. Nothing else needs to be discussed and it doesn't need to be put it back at all since it wasn't deleted.
Edited by Nethiliaresolved Edit War Film
Tropers/rjung is edit warring in Miracle Mile. Course of action:
Other than that, the troper in question is saturating the page with complaining edits, in the process misusing Idiot Ball, Idiot Hero and "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot (along with cross-wicking the movie under CHATP).
Edited by Tropiarz
Hello. I have a good example of the trope "13 is Unlucky" in the movie "Roll Bounce". During the movie, Junior is pantsed inside of the roller rink revealing a pair of unusual underwear. If you look at the shirt that Junior is wearing, it has the number "13" on it. That "13" foreshadows that something unlucky is about to happen to him. Hence, the pantsing.
Edited by Tyvanicus