Talk:St. Elmo's Fire (film)

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Contents 1 "Defining 80s movie?" 2 Ill omen 3 Jules Surname 4 The name of the bar 5 Merge from Alec Newbary 6 Fair use rationale for Image:St elmo's fire.jpg 7 WikiProject class rating

[edit] "Defining 80s movie?"

The 1985 brat pack movie St. Elmo's Fire was a defining movie of that genre.

Can someone enlighten us as to why? Mike H 06:57, Oct 28, 2004 (UTC)

I'm planning on adding a detailed synopsis of this film, and a section on its crtical reviews and its place in popular culture at the time.

The Machine 15:38, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ill omen

I removed the comment about St. Elmo's fire being interpreted as an ill omen by sailors; according to St. Elmo's Fire it was seen as a good omen. Let's be consistent here, please. Kelly Martin 15:25, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jules Surname

In no point in the movie is Jules' surname mentioned, how do we know it is Jacoby? I have seen various other surnames for this character on other sites!

[edit] The name of the bar

The bar is actually only called "St. Elmo's," not "St. Elmo's Fire" (which would really be overkill, between the title of the movie, the song playing in the background and the allusion to the natural phenomenon in the climactic scene!) Change has been made. -J21

The bar has two names, "St. Elmo's Bar" (lit-up sign) and "Saint Elmo's Bar" (printed on awning). They are both visible during the closing credits. --Cinematical 05:55, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge from Alec Newbary

Please merge relevant content, if any, from Alec Newbary per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alec Newbary. (If there is nothing to merge, just leave it as a redirect.) Thanks. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-11 09:40Z

Any material that is truly encyclopedic from any articles on the individual characters should be brought into this article, and then the character articles should be deleted or redirected. HokieRNB 17:30, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I have added a merge template, which should not be removed without discussion here. The articles on individual characters are not encyclopedic and should be greatly pared down and merged into the existing article here. In addition, the plot summary needs to be vastly edited. HokieRNB 22:57, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree that the characters should not have their own articles. --Cinematical 05:56, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Y Done There really wasn't anything to merge, as the individual articles mostly duplicated the content of the main article. They are now all redirects. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:17, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:St elmo's fire.jpg

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[edit] WikiProject class rating

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