Talk:Wes Craven's New Nightmare

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Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a film review site, nor a fan web page. I think this entire article needs to be redone. -- LGagnon 01:28, May 4, 2005 (UTC)

The review is the biggest problem, but the plot summary could use a rewrite too. It reads a lot like a fanboy's overenthusiastic description. -- LGagnon 02:20, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Inappropriate tone

I've added the "inappropriate tone" template to this page because the "plot summary" section is far too conversational. The summary needs to be changed so that it:

• provides information about the film from a neutral stance instead of describing it from the POV of a viewer (e.g., "we see...").
• explains the plot rather than narrating it like a story (e.g., "Suddenly, Freddy slices his way through the back of the set! ... Well, actually, no, it's just...")
• sounds like a formal encyclopedia article, not chatty.

I would try to make some changes myself, but I don't know anything about the movie and the section really needs a complete rewrite. This is just my quick sketch of the problem, so if anyone would like to discuss this further, please do so. Also, please remember not to remove cleanup templates without discussing it on the article's talk page unless significant changes have been made to the article since the template was added. Thank you.

–Sommers ^(Talk) 22:33, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

rewrote to remove inappropriate tone. no more "we see", no more chatty stuff. dont think the "narration" is a problem though. Zzzzz 18:42, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Ah, yes, two years gone and it still lives. Yes, it was too chatty for encyclopedia sorry. I originally wrote the bulk of this article for another site a review. Zzzzz, I think you did a fine job cleaning up the POV. Thanks. Is there a discussion going on around here somewhere about how exactly one is supposed to be neutral when discussing and describing art? Could someone point me to it, please? Isogolem 06:12, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canoninity

Is this a real nightmare on Elm Street Film? Is it perhaps considered not part of the series and outside it, and Freddy really did die in Freddy's dead?

no freddy didn't realy die in freddy's dead, he was only stopped from spreading all over the world, and recontained within springwood again the a 5 years of rebuild leading up to freddy vs jason , as for this wes craven's sequel its canon but its not part of the main fiction line of events as it takes place in a alternate universe

[edit] Discussion about cast

I'm holding a discussion at Talk:A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)#Cast in regards to the cast list for the film series as a whole (and the comics if need be).  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 02:14, 25 January 2008 (UTC)