Talk:A Trip to the Moon

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Contents 1 Victory Parade 2 Sections needed 3 WikiProject class rating 4 GAN on hold 5 Was the Moon a man or a woman?

[edit] Victory Parade

The article claims that the victory parade only appears on the colour version found in 2002. I watched La Voyage dans la lune yesterday (6th February 2007) at the National Film Theatre and it did include this victory parade, but the entire film was in black and white. Does anyone know more about this? On another note, shoudln't the article be titled "La Voyage dans la lune" - that is the film's title, with "A trip to the moon" a re-direct? Tompagenet 08:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, the 'victory parade' section is confusing - maybe the BFI has some info? About the title, Wikipedia policy is to use the English release title. Cop 633 21:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

My DVD of Georges Méliès films (released by Arte, NTSC version) shows a complete version of Le Voyage dans la lune, ending and all. Thus the information is wrong.User:some guy who don't know how Wikipedia works 22:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.69.180.72 (talk)

[edit] Sections needed

• Initial release information (dates, places, reactions, etc.)
• Subsequent critical analysis
• Behind the scenes information (production information, how they did some of the special effects, etc.)
• Impact on pop culture

What are the things you should know about this movie? -BiancaOfHell 22:30, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 02:04, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GAN on hold

• Where's your GA/FA count, out of curiosity (AnonDiss)?
  • In Special:Contributions/Anonymous Dissident. I'd prefer to go out and actually contribute than fiddle with stats. And I guess I'd start worrying about where I could draw the line about calling a FA/GA my own, how many I have, whether I am x amount of numbers higher or lower than the next person... nup, not for me. I prefer to just mosey around, add a bit here and there, and maybe chip in a bit on various collabs. Much easier going I find. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 08:39, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
• "The film runs 14 minutes if projected at 16 frames per second." - 16fps isn't the default, is it? Better to say the the time when running at whatever the default framerate is
  • Firstly, I suppose how long it went for when filmed gives historical context, secondly, I have no idea how would would work out the adjusted running time.
    • It's in the infobox ;) dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 08:47, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
• "It is also considered by many to" - also not necessary
  • Fixed
• 2nd paragraph of lead should be longer than 1st, and about the same length as 3rd. For aesthetics and for general practice...needs reorganisation, basically.
  • Fixed
• Quotes in 3rd paragraph need refs
  • Fixed
• Ref 4 needs formatting like others
  • Fixed
• "Exhausted by their journey, the astronomers" - they were the explorers in the last sentence. Be consistent
  • Fixed.
• "wakens the explorers. The explorers then" - redundancies
  • Fixed
• "(continuing to whack the pursuing Selenites on the way)" - Can you use a better word than "whack"?
• Complete version section could probably be L3 (as part of the preceeding one)
  • Fixed.
• There's a stack of white space under the Distribution section
  • Fixed
• "same event is shown twice, and very differently" quote needs attribution
  • Fixed
• Anything on "reception"?
  • That's kind of hashed over in the lead, where it is mentioned that it is the most celebrated film my the director, and also in the third para of Analysis.

And a note on my talk page when done. Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 10:25, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

• • All done methinks. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 08:26, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
    • Passed, methinks. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 08:47, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
      • Thanks. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 08:53, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Was the Moon a man or a woman?

This article mentions the "Man in the Moon" character in the film. The "Moon" was played by a woman, and IMDb list the character as "Lady in the moon". Is there any evidence that Méliès specified the Moon was meant to be a man? 92.2.157.250 (talk) 18:02, 29 May 2008 (UTC)