Talk:Scream (film)

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Wern't Scream I II and III part of a pre-written triolgy?

Kevin Williamson included a 15 page outline for 2 and 3 when he sold the script to 1. He said he wanted it to be the "Star Wars" of horror. Williamson wrote 2, but 3 was written by someone else. Supposedly, only the opening and closing scenes were based on Williamson's original outline. RevRaven 08:35 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Wait a second, the ending of that plot is all wrong. chronologically, I mean. Can't remember precise details, maybe someone who just watched the movie could patch it up?

I'm not ecstatic about such a detailed plot description anyway. The JPS 07:25, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Cleanup

I put the copyedit tag in. The last half of the middle section looks like it was written by an inept 12 year old. Zkissane 20:35, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

I tried to clean up the mess of the person who does not know what punctuation is. However, I'm not certain on plot points of this movie, so hopefully someone more familiar with it will check it out. Sarpedon Achilles 19:42, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup 3

I have performed some cleaning on the detailed plot, particularly the last paragraph. I know a considerable amount about this film, but I lack the necessary writings skills at this time to do more than minimal edits. RevRaven 08:35 30 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Rules

I've just added a "Rules" section to each movie of the trilogy, paraphrasing the rules as stated in each movie rather than using direct quotes. KickAir8P~ 20:20, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 144.136.128.193

Removed images without giving reason. Mikereichold 03:16, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deaths

Are we keeping this section, as added by anon? If so, it needs tidying. The JPS 14:28, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly libelous "trivia":

  • 2000 A youth aged 15, who said he was obsessed by Scream wore the mask while stabbing his sleeping parents to death in France. [citation needed]
  • 1999 Thirty-four violent films, including Scream, were found in the rooms of two male college students at Hadlow, Kent, UK who stabbed a friend to death, dismembered his body and burnt it. The boys identified Scream as one of the main influences behind the event.[citation needed]

I find it unlikely that acts of such violence were (admittedly by the murderers in question) inspired by a film as tame as this, especially considering it's mostly recognised as a dark comedy. These additions were made by the same anon. user without citations, and I've never heard anything relating to this about this particular film. Possibly someone with an anti-horror/violence or pro-censorship agenda using Wikipedia to further their arguments. Should they be kept? --Switch 12:43, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Legacy Section

i'm going to rearrange the legacy section a bit as it seems to make out that films like I Know What You Did Last Summer and Cherry Falls were parodies or sequels... its just a bit messy the way it is now. --timeheater 08:00, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Drew Barrymore

I believe that Scream had a huge part in reinvigorating Drew Barrymore's career.... Shouldn't that be noted in the article? (Note: I unfortunately don't recall WHERE it was said.) SKS2K6 09:19, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

The "deaths" section really needs to be reformatted - its manner is very unencyclopedic. 68.14.79.31 02:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Eek, just noticed it. I've removed it: it was hideous. The who article needs clean up, with references, and keeping that Trivia section down. It is still attracting anons treating this like a fan site. The JPStalk to me 17:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Scream 2 Picture

Why is there a Scream 2 picture on the wiki for the first one? It shows the costume, but there are many pictures from the first one that can be used. Lemmy12 17:43, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plot Summary

The plot summary is very disjointed and unbalanced. 4/5 of it spends time dealing with the last 20 minutes of the movie. It's like a brief synopsis of the rising action, and then a play-by-play of the ending. Problem? Arius Maximus 14:50, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Agreed and caught my eye for this too. It's a full original narrative, not at all a plot synopsis, and in fact is full of the original author's personal descriptions of internal character feelings, as well as descriptive facial expressions, and so on. Almost fanfic, imho.Joevanisland 18:12, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
I've just tried to cut it down: removed some quotations, adjectives and relatively minor actions. The JPStalk to me 18:42, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
See below; I didn't mean to be rude. I only did work on the synopsis. Nice job cutting out a lot of words on the "detailed"!Joevanisland 18:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Further, your edits have significantly improved the whole article. Fixing no link or explanation in treatment about who Sidney is, and referencing the Munch connection transformed it imho to a much more encylopedic tone. I hope you continue.Joevanisland 19:02, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another Death List!

It looks as if someone has added a death list to the article. I think it should be deleted because it has no encyclopedic value and the deaths are described in the "Detailed plot" section. How does everyone feel about this? Who else thinks it should be deleted? AquafireGal 10:28 23rd February 2007.

I absolutely agree, with reference to a recent AFD discussion. The JPStalk to me 09:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Characters

I was thinking perhaps we could add a section about the characters featured in the film into the article. Anybody think this is not a good idea? If not then I shall do it.AquafireGal 08:51, 10th March 2007 (UTC).

No rejections? None at all? OK then shall get right on it. Note: Please feel free to edit them later on. Thank you AquafireGal 16:11, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I always felt that Stu wasn't exactly insane - I mean, Billy sure was, but Stu was just so completely pathetic, you almost felt sorry for him. Almost. Harley Quinn hyenaholic 20:28, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, so would you like to edit it to your satisfaction? AquafireGal 11:32, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Remember to avoid original research, which includes interpretation. It would be incredible helpful to attribute these claims to a reliable source. The JPStalk to me 14:53, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tatum Picture

Somebody has seemed to have inserted an image into the plot of when Tatum is being liften with the automatic garage door. Is it of any good use, should it be deleted? AquafireGal 23:39 23rd March 2007 (UTC).

It's OK -- though it should have been cropped to remove the black bars. As a genuine screenshot it is preferable to the one of Gale Weathers, which is inaccurately tagged and has poor sourcing -- it is that which should be deleted. The JPStalk to me 10:19, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Apologies for the edit conflict

I had already described what I had done on cleanup page and didn't catch the conflict. Seems we are in agreement in separating true synopsis from what I believe is a treatment. Hope no offense taken, didn't touch "detailed" editing, only actual "synopsis"Joevanisland 18:56, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References of other horror films question

I was thinking that we could add information to the films that are referenced in the film by writing a little sentence next to the film in the list, i.e:

And so on. Any thoughts? AquafireGal 15:27, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I think there should be some context to justify thee section, rather than a list. The JPStalk to me 15:33, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
OK, what we NEED to add when rewriting this section is references to RS! I don't think we need to write up and include every reference to a film. The JPStalk to me 12:19, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1997 MTV Movie Awards Spoof

Question... my memory of this is somewhat hazy, but didn't the "Scream" spoof that was played during the 1997 MTV Movie Awards feature Mike Myers, the event's host for the evening, stalking the Casey character, and not Britney Spears as it says in the article? I remember this because the second half of the parody was the part where the "voice" was tormenting Casey not about the killer from "Halloween," but about her favorite character from "Saturday Night Live" (the punchline being that her response, "Michael Myers," effectively answers either question). And then they show a great shot of Myers on his cell phone giggling to himself, supposedly on the phone with Casey, and then notices that he's on camera and hilariously utters: "Gotta go!"

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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[edit] Soundtrack

The links for "Youth Of America" and "Birdbrain" don't direct to the song and band that are used in the film, but to two completely unrelated articles. There aren't any articles that exist for the song and band, so shouldn't we edit the page and delete the links until the articles have been created? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MicFiend13 (talk • contribs) 19:54, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I`ve read somewhere...

...that the Scream series inspired many murders in Europe, mostly Scream fanatics (teens) who killed their parents, friends or, well... I don`t remember everything, but I know it did happen. It`s a fact, not a rumor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gamesrcool (talk • contribs) 00:48, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Link To Trilogy Page

Do we think there should be a link to the trilogy page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_trilogy in the summary? Lukeyboyuk (talk) 01:00, 24 March 2008 (UTC)