Talk:The Number 23

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Dr. Miles Phoenix? Whoever wrote the screenplay sounds like a Phoenix Wright fan.

• Or a die-hard Gears of War fan. Or just has no idea how to right realistic characters (Mr. Lucas, we're onto you!). Akbeancounter 21:36, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Or it could just be a coincidence, like the 23 enigma. --YoungOcelot 05:25, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

How about a citation for the Mayan "predicting the end of a new era" thing? TheShadowZero 05:10, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

If it wasn't on the trailer, then it should be removed from the page anyway. ≈ The Haunted Angel ^{//The Forest Whispers My Name//} 11:56, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I never saw that trailer, but I think it's interesting that everyone talks about the Mayans predicting the end of the world when they did no such thing. My calander will end on December 31, 2007; if I don't buy another calendar, will the world end? Also, this looks like a stupid movie. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind is Jim Carrey's good "serious" movie. Professor Chaos 06:12, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

In the trivia secsion, saying that this film "is very similar to Stranger than Fiction" is a stretch if I ever heard one, seeing as how they're in COMPLETELY SEPARATE GENRES and that the plots aren't similar IN THE SLIGHTEST.

Point taken - statment removed. ≈ The Haunted Angel ^{//The Forest Whispers My Name//} 00:22, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Although its not "very" similar to Stranger than Fiction, it is a little bit (just a little). Example: both movies are about a guy who has a book written about him, and someone (whether it be the guy or someone else) is supposed to die at the end. KKIPPES 07:32, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Issues I have w/ the article 2 euphoria? 3 The number 17 4 The Plot 5 Help needed for trivia addition

[edit] Issues I have w/ the article

The MPAA rating of the film is not mentioned. The title should be 'The Number 23(movie)'. It would clarify things for people before they click the link. Randomfrenchie 03:37, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

We (the wiki collective) should add a critical response to this article. The movie is being almost universally trashed (not surprising, considering how much the trailer insults our intelligence) YoungAristotle 20:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

• Agreed. If I have the time, I'll take a look around and collect some articles this weekend. MSN was just vicious; they panned the film, the dialogue, the writing, and of course, Joel Schumacher. On a side note, isn't it a tad self-contradictory to have a "viral site" for the film? That sounds a concept slapped together by tragically unhip MBA's. Akbeancounter 21:32, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I already added that using rottentomatoes as a summarizing tool. Quadzilla99 09:29, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

• I think the plot summary was a bit spotty. It should be looked over for clarity issues Nevermore27 00:54, 15 March 2007
• Trivia says "See also Alfred Harth - eleven fingers left twelve right." What does this mean? Does the guy have 11 fingers on his left ahdn, and 12 on his right? I don't understand this. //Kada 7 april 2007

Removed that last bit... not sure what it's on about. ≈ The Haunted Angel 11:04, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] euphoria?

"As Walter reads the novel and sees the character surrendering himself to his own paranoia, he begins to experience similar feelings of euphoria." Euphoria? Surrendering to paranoia isn't a sensation of well-being or elation. --ScarletSpiderDavE 01:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The number 17

I'm not sure if this is something that is worth mentioning in the article or not. But after Walter talks to the teacher who was falsely convicted of killing Laura he concludes that the man is innocent because his name adds up to 17, not 23. But as anyone who has done much looking into the 23 enigma should know and realize 17 basically IS 23. 1+7=8 and 8=2^3. many lists of the 23 "conicidences" or whatever you want to call them also include things that tie into 17s. Considering the research that must have been done when writing this movie, I find it difficult that this could have been a mistake or coincidence. Could someone have really "not noticed" that 17 is easily manipulated into 23?

I never thought of that. *gets chills* you think someone that finds 23 everywhere would see the connection. KKIPPES 07:30, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I didn't realize that. that really is chiiling. UnDeRtAkErFaN01 00:45, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

wtf, you guys are joking, right? given sufficient mathematical operations, every finite number can be related to every other finite number. everything about it is sub-trivial, just like the trivia section itself —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.134.89.45 (talk) 22:36, 7 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] The Plot

The plot part of this page makes no sense, names are given without any identification and the text is very skatchy. I haven't seen the film and so I cannot correct it, perhaps somebody else could. Dusis 19:37, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help needed for trivia addition

The film alludes to the fact that this 23-obsession is not new...and it reminded me of a stand-up comedian from early '80s, perhaps (I seem to remember his being introduced on a young comics thing on HBO)...He had a whole routine about the relationship of 2s and 3s to everything...and he had a word for them, something like "moledes." Anyone know who/what I mean? 67.87.36.247 04:02, 21 March 2007 (UTC)