Talk:Stand by Me (film)

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True or false: This page can go on Stand by Me (film) and Stand by Me can be made into a dis-ambiguation page. Any objections?? 66.32.110.184 23:40, 20 May 2004 (UTC)

What other information do you want to include in the dab? RickK 23:41, 20 May 2004 (UTC)

• Whatever is possible. You know, a dis-ambiguation page has to have at least 2 choices, and there are 2 choices known, the film and the song. 66.245.107.192 00:12, 22 May 2004 (UTC)
  • We generally don't have articles about individual songs, unless they're somehow notable. RickK 02:04, 22 May 2004 (UTC)

Who exactly was Vern Tessio in the film stand by me?

He was the kid in the goofy shirt. You know, verrrrrrn!

Contents 1 Castle Rock 2 "Don't be a Menace" Bullshit 3 Differences between book and movie 4 Moved Around Information 5 References

[edit] Castle Rock

Removed a bullet that stated the film was shot and filmed in Castle Rock, Oregon. It's set in Castle Rock, Maine Tellkel 23:17, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

It wasn't set in Maine! its everywhere oregon oregon! God. it's repeated that its in Oregon. The film was shot in Brownsville, Oregon and other places in Oregon too, so its obvious, although Steven King's work was set in Maine, but the film is set in Oregon, as stated in one of the bullets. Ace Fighter 142.162.197.246

[edit] "Don't be a Menace" Bullshit

The scene in "Don't Be a Menace..." is a parody of a scene in Boyz N' The Hood --not this film. I removed that uneducated assumption from trivia.

[edit] Differences between book and movie

This list is too long in my opinion. Overall, the film was pretty faithful to the story and this list is isn't particularly useful or informative. James 05:34, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Response: Being the one who put most of the list on the site in the first place, I admit that some of the stuff on it is pretty lame. It might be a good idea to separate the major ones from the minor ones- however, I'm not sure that would go with the neutral-point-of-view policy. If nothing can be decided, then I recommend just leaving it as it is 2Pac 16:31, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I've just looked at the list and agree with James. I can't see how it would violate NPOV to remove a bunch of it. Things like pointing out that they don't cross a field as a shortcut in the book, that one character said a line instead of another (when it's not crucial to the character's development), and the mayor's name in the Lardass scene are not helpful and are just taking up space. Frankly, the more you add to a list like this, the less NPOV it becomes, because you're bound to miss something. I'd make a list of the major ones, and remove everything else. JM2C. PacificBoy 17:47, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, there you go, it's only your opinion that certain entries on the list are "not helpful and taking up space". Besides, we've got all the space we want, this is an online encyclopedia. And in all honesty, as long as these entries are true, there's no point in debating which ones are good enough to be on the site and which ones aren't. Maybe there's someone out there who wants to find as many discrepancies as possible, for a school paper or something, you never know. So I recommend not removing anything from the list at all, and if you think some of it's crumby, you should just live with that. It's no big deal. 2Pac 19:33, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Dont forget that the article being interesting is also important, not just its accuracy.

[edit] Moved Around Information

I moved the thing about a character called Milo Pressman in the show 24, from the Trivia section to the Parodies and Referances section. Ace Fighter 03:15, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

"# In the episode of Family Guy where Peter's father is working in the toy factory, the action figure they're making says "*cough, cough,* you kids wanna see a dead body?""

There is no evidence to suggest this is a ref to Stand By Me. King and Reiner did not invent dead bodies, nor young boys' fascination with them. I'm removing it. Satchfan 08:13, 5 February 2007 (UTC)