Talk:List of disaster films

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is within the scope of multiple WikiProjects. Click [show] for further details

Film Portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Films. This project is a central gathering of editors working to build comprehensive and detailed articles for film topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. List This article has been rated as List-Class on the quality scale. NA This article has been rated as NA-importance on the priority scale. Editing Guidelines Please remember these guidelines when editing a film article: If a non-film article already exists with the name of the film that you are trying to create an article for, disambiguate and use (film) in the title: Film Title (film) For more information see: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (films) When writing an article about a particular film, the general format should be a concise lead section, followed by a plot summary of no more than 900 words, production details, a cast list, a reception section, and references. Create an Infobox that tells all pertinent information about the film. Additional Information: This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-Class status: Referencing and citation: not checked Coverage and accuracy: not checked Structure: not checked Grammar: not checked Supporting materials: not checked To fill out this checklist, please add the following to the template call: <!-- 1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited. --> |B-Class-1=yes/no <!-- 2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies. --> |B-Class-2=yes/no <!-- 3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content. --> |B-Class-3=yes/no <!-- 4. It is free from major grammatical errors. --> |B-Class-4=yes/no <!-- 5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. --> |B-Class-5=yes/no This article has had a peer review which is now archived. This page is part of WikiProject Lists, an attempt to structure and organize all list pages on Wikipedia. If you wish to help, you can edit the page attached to this talk page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.

I've nealy completed the list of disater movies article, you can add more movies (disaster movies) if you wish Storm05 20:21, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Don't now what categories/too lazy 2 Merge proposal 3 Rename list 4 delete this 5 Disaster Movie 6 Split animals to List of animal attack films 7 Clean up 7.1 Lady Aleena's changes 7.1.1 Why is X on the list? 7.1.2 What is gone? 7.1.3 What could be done in the near future? 7.1.4 Anything else?

[edit] Don't now what categories/too lazy

Mad Max series of films

Matrix

[edit] Merge proposal

Merged with redirect to here. Lady Aleena 10:52, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Should Lion King really be included under Political Unrest?

For Lady Aleena 02:43, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

this list is an absolute mess and therefore essentially useless. it doesn't follow the relatively narrow and relatively useful defintion of a disaster movie given in the main article. i would attempt to fix it but i have a feeling these 'list of ____ movies' pages are impossible to control. people will just keep adding stuff that fits their own personal definition of the genre or type of film being listed. i would just advise any thinking of using this list to take it with a grain of salt. Aglie 03:40, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and removed some of the more questionable ones. Some I won't argue if they are set back in, but Erin Brockovich? Really? --Bacteria 16:36, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Lion King is in no way a disaster film, i'm removing it. --User:Supermatt4818

[edit] Rename list

Should this article be renamed List of disaster films to be inline with other film lists? Lady Aleena 07:57, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] delete this

list! Many films listed are in wrong categories. Black Tuesday, The Sniper and Armored Car Robbery are terrorist films? Wrong! Steve-O

Then fix it!
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 03:48, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

I know what you are saying about 'fix it', but this list is so long it seems too daunting to try and fix. I almost tried a couple of times, but gave up. The other thing I thought was that just like the Jumping the Shark page, another editor will probably just come in and revert all the deletions anyway. Asa01 06:41, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

easier said than done. "A disaster film is a film that has an impending or ongoing disaster (e.g. a major fire, earthquake, shipwreck, or an asteroid collision with Earth) as its subject." Do you really want me to go in and remove all the questionalbe ones? Cocoon, Zoolander, Alien (doesn't a disaster movie have to take place at least near large masses of people?), Babar: The Movie, JFK? Come on! This list is usless.. that's why it should be deleted. It looks like people are just listing movies here. Steve-O

I tried to better define what is a disaster film and what isn't in an expanded introduction. I also sorted through the list and removed some of the more inexplicable entries and categories. Civil unrest? C'mon... any number of non-disaster films could fit into that category (including some of the ones listed there... JFK?). Volatile 22:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I think the Terminator movies should be on this list.

Terminator 3 is a pretty obvious disaster movie. The first two I find a little more questionable. cmadler 20:59, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disaster Movie

I myself question if many of these are really "disaster" movies. Cast Away may start with a disaster, but it is on such a small scale that only a few people were actually involved. In a great many of the movies listed, the disaster is nothing but a MacGuffin to ge tthe movie started, not the actual plot of the movie. Otherwise, everything from Dog Day Afternoon to Titan AE could qualify as a "disaster movie". 75.120.89.159 22:24, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Split animals to List of animal attack films

It is just a thought since that list is long, but I won't do it unless there is a great need for it. - LA @ 02:08, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

I think the whole list needs cleaning really. And a better grasp and definition of what a "disaster film" really is. the All Movie Guide has a pretty good definition here. The animal based ones seem more based around horror films. Check out the list Category:Natural horror films for the "when nature (animals/plants, rather then enviromental ones) begin to attack. Andrzejbanas (talk) 04:30, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

I took a look at Category:Natural horror films, and not all of those film are about animals and animal attacks. Plus there are films on the list which have yet to have articles here. So, I think we still may need to spin that section off into its own list. - LA @ 09:51, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I found the List of eco-horror films, so I will moved the section there. Most films in the animals section are already listed on the eco-horror list, so I will just add the ones that aren't. - LA @ 23:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clean up

If you look at the history, you will see all the clean up that I have been doing to this list, but it has a way to go yet. Any input would be gratefully received. - LA @ 02:24, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Crime film is not disaster film. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 22:03, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

So the crime film section should be removed. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 22:15, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lady Aleena's changes

After reading the article on disaster, I decided to use the headings there on this list. I haven't used them all since I don't know enough films to do so now. Some of the headings on the companion articles on disaster have their own film lists, so I just linked to them. Here is a short list of changes to this list. For more details please see the history. - LA @ 22:17, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Why is X on the list?

The headings for this list have been taken from Disaster, Natural disaster, and Man-made hazards articles. - LA @ 22:17, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Crime

See Man-made hazards#Crime, no films are listed here.

War

See Man-made hazards#War, no films are listed here.

Documentaries

They are also motion pictures so should be included.

[edit] What is gone?

• red links - should I add them back? 23:55, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
• date links
• several films which didn't belong (see history)
• the Stranded and Last on Earth sections
• the Extraterrestrials section has a link to List of films featuring extraterrestrials 22:36, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What could be done in the near future?

spin List of disaster films#Terrorism off into its own list by combining it with what is at List of war films#War on Terrorism.

Done. - LA @ 09:16, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

spin List of disaster films#Animals of into its own list. 22:52, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Anything else?

I alphabetized all of the lists.