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Should the news about the death of Chad Oulson be included in this article? He was texting while sitting in the theater when a disgruntled man shot him.
NYT article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/us/a-movie-date-a-text-message-and-a-fatal-shot.html?_r=0 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.94.175.128 ( talk) 18:29, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country.
— Malcolm X
US Navy SEALs are longer required to maintain their original ratings, ie: Hospitalman (HM) or Gummer's mate (GM) (if they went to an 'A' achool before joining NSW). They are now identified by their Special Warfare Operator (SO) rating. See: United_States_Navy_SEALs#Special_Warfare_Ratings - theWOLFchild 04:11, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
It is Gunner's_mate not "Gummer's Mate". SunSw0rd ( talk) 19:30, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
Ref #5 is a dead link. - theWOLFchild 21:20, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
This section is too long. It needs to be cut back, a paragraph for positive reviews and one for negative reviews is sufficient. You don't need to list every single positive/negative review. 98.209.42.117 ( talk) 19:34, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, Erik ( talk | contrib) ( ping me) 18:22, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
It's baffling to me that this article has an abundance (too much?) detail about production aspects of this film and almost no information about the plot. The move has been out for 7 days and clearly is a top movie-going choice, some editors must have seen the film and can sum it up in a paragraph or two. It's just odd that this is 10X the level of detail on the making of this movie and little on the finished project. Liz Read! Talk! 05:34, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
The film didn't receive critical acclaim. 74 on Rotten Tomatoes and a mixed 60 on Metacritic is quite lukewarm. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.26.109 ( talk) 20:07, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you for reviewing the Lone Survivor article, Onel5969. I have made some changes to the article, based on your review of the article. SuperSonic2000 ( talk) 06:32, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Strong Support. Okay. Still think you need to update the Oscar nomination info, since Gravity won both those Oscars. Perhaps not in the lead section, but at someplace in the article. I know when you get down to the table, it becomes apparent that the film didn't win, but since you mention it, you should also mention the results.
Onel5969, I have made various edits to the article to address the abovementioned issues.
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Comment: I take issue with the movement of the non-central cast to the "production" section. I think that the cast section should reflect something like The Avengers' cast list, in that central characters have expanded information and minor characters are listed underneath. Many readers wouldn't think to check the production section for the rest of the cast list. Corvoe (speak to me) 16:48, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
Comment Why hasn't this been passed/failed/put on hold yet? Pinging original reviewer Onel5969. Corvoe (speak to me) 00:04, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
I think that from this article one can get the wrong impression that Pashtuns are against Talibans. This is not true, Talibans are Pashtuns and abide by the Pashtunwali! (see Wikipedia article on Taliban: "The majority of the Taliban are made up of Afghan Pashtun tribesmen.[13][14] The Taliban's leaders were influenced by Deobandi fundamentalism,[15] and many also strictly follow the social and cultural norm called Pashtunwali.[16]" ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:DE12:1780:C448:A931:402B:DB6 ( talk) 13:37, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
Generally good story. My criticism is in the casting. The US military and elite forces are not just a bunch of green & blue eyed white guys. The enemy is not all just a bunch of brown guys. The credits show that the all white guy navy seals is not how it really was. They should have paid more attention to keeping to reality instead putting this undertone on it in casting.
Gfutia ( talk) 05:06, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. QEDK ( T ☕ C) 14:53, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
– I get a lot of the views for the film. I get less views for the book. 31.53.108.231 ( talk) 14:15, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
This article needs to be reviewed for GA status. There are sections that are not referenced and B1 must = no. -- Lineagegeek ( talk) 23:09, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
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The article states that the US Army provided MH-47 Chinooks to the production, however the Chinooks in the actual film are CH-47F Chinooks. F model Chinooks were never used by the 160th SOAR. MH-47s are easily distinguishable by a long refueling boom in the front and painted a darkish black green. CH-47Fs, as shown in the film, do not have this boom and are painted the correct lighter green as fielded by the non-SpecOps US Army aviation units. This is the equivalent of using NASCAR vehicles to portray race cars in a Formula One movie. 24.207.164.46 ( talk) 05:13, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
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Should the news about the death of Chad Oulson be included in this article? He was texting while sitting in the theater when a disgruntled man shot him.
NYT article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/us/a-movie-date-a-text-message-and-a-fatal-shot.html?_r=0 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.94.175.128 ( talk) 18:29, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country.
— Malcolm X
US Navy SEALs are longer required to maintain their original ratings, ie: Hospitalman (HM) or Gummer's mate (GM) (if they went to an 'A' achool before joining NSW). They are now identified by their Special Warfare Operator (SO) rating. See: United_States_Navy_SEALs#Special_Warfare_Ratings - theWOLFchild 04:11, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
It is Gunner's_mate not "Gummer's Mate". SunSw0rd ( talk) 19:30, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
Ref #5 is a dead link. - theWOLFchild 21:20, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
This section is too long. It needs to be cut back, a paragraph for positive reviews and one for negative reviews is sufficient. You don't need to list every single positive/negative review. 98.209.42.117 ( talk) 19:34, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Thanks, Erik ( talk | contrib) ( ping me) 18:22, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
It's baffling to me that this article has an abundance (too much?) detail about production aspects of this film and almost no information about the plot. The move has been out for 7 days and clearly is a top movie-going choice, some editors must have seen the film and can sum it up in a paragraph or two. It's just odd that this is 10X the level of detail on the making of this movie and little on the finished project. Liz Read! Talk! 05:34, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
The film didn't receive critical acclaim. 74 on Rotten Tomatoes and a mixed 60 on Metacritic is quite lukewarm. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.182.26.109 ( talk) 20:07, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you for reviewing the Lone Survivor article, Onel5969. I have made some changes to the article, based on your review of the article. SuperSonic2000 ( talk) 06:32, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Strong Support. Okay. Still think you need to update the Oscar nomination info, since Gravity won both those Oscars. Perhaps not in the lead section, but at someplace in the article. I know when you get down to the table, it becomes apparent that the film didn't win, but since you mention it, you should also mention the results.
Onel5969, I have made various edits to the article to address the abovementioned issues.
SuperSonic2000 ( talk) 10:24, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
Comment: I take issue with the movement of the non-central cast to the "production" section. I think that the cast section should reflect something like The Avengers' cast list, in that central characters have expanded information and minor characters are listed underneath. Many readers wouldn't think to check the production section for the rest of the cast list. Corvoe (speak to me) 16:48, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
Comment Why hasn't this been passed/failed/put on hold yet? Pinging original reviewer Onel5969. Corvoe (speak to me) 00:04, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
I think that from this article one can get the wrong impression that Pashtuns are against Talibans. This is not true, Talibans are Pashtuns and abide by the Pashtunwali! (see Wikipedia article on Taliban: "The majority of the Taliban are made up of Afghan Pashtun tribesmen.[13][14] The Taliban's leaders were influenced by Deobandi fundamentalism,[15] and many also strictly follow the social and cultural norm called Pashtunwali.[16]" ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:DE12:1780:C448:A931:402B:DB6 ( talk) 13:37, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
Generally good story. My criticism is in the casting. The US military and elite forces are not just a bunch of green & blue eyed white guys. The enemy is not all just a bunch of brown guys. The credits show that the all white guy navy seals is not how it really was. They should have paid more attention to keeping to reality instead putting this undertone on it in casting.
Gfutia ( talk) 05:06, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. QEDK ( T ☕ C) 14:53, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
– I get a lot of the views for the film. I get less views for the book. 31.53.108.231 ( talk) 14:15, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
This article needs to be reviewed for GA status. There are sections that are not referenced and B1 must = no. -- Lineagegeek ( talk) 23:09, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
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The article states that the US Army provided MH-47 Chinooks to the production, however the Chinooks in the actual film are CH-47F Chinooks. F model Chinooks were never used by the 160th SOAR. MH-47s are easily distinguishable by a long refueling boom in the front and painted a darkish black green. CH-47Fs, as shown in the film, do not have this boom and are painted the correct lighter green as fielded by the non-SpecOps US Army aviation units. This is the equivalent of using NASCAR vehicles to portray race cars in a Formula One movie. 24.207.164.46 ( talk) 05:13, 5 April 2022 (UTC)