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See this removal: [1]. It's quite obvious to anyone who ever played a video game that when you beat the 6th highest score, the previous 6th highest score just moves down to the 7th highest score, rather than disappearing from the top 10 list entirely. But nonetheless somebody reverted my edit saying so, and asked for proof that this is how they work. Can anybody provide this proof ? StuRat ( talk) 17:47, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
This article needs a lot of work. The synopsis is chronologically out of order and partially incorrect. I cleaned up some grammar and fixed up a lot of awkward sentences, but there's a lot of work that needs to be done. Plus, there's a mention of the movie's association with "developing trends" that seems so wrong.
First, it's hardly a trend if only one other film touched upon the return of Halley's Comet. Second, though I cleaned it up and left it in, the other trend of the VHS market seems to be irrelevant when we later read that the film was released on VHS in 1990. Fermentor 06:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I've rephrased some of the summary to make the meaning a little clearer. It read as though Hector's plan was to rescue Reggie then commit suicide. 77.99.100.107 11:48, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
As per the No original research policy, I have removed the analysis section. Feel free to find sources that relate the same and reinstate it.
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Night of the Comet was both a comedic film, such as the Return of the Living Dead series of films, and a commentary on modernized culture. For example, despite the comet wiping out nearly all of the population of a major urban area, the automated functions of the city are still working and give the impression that nothing is out of place. The voice of a radio station DJ, who at first appears as a sign of life to the survivors, is revealed to be a set of pre-recorded tapes running on an automated loop; in an effort to give the impression of employing a live DJ, the recordings featured the DJ reading letters from listeners and complaining about "being trapped in a booth all day."
This film can also be associated with two developing trends in cinema from the early to mid 1980's: a cultural obsession with the re-appearance of Halley's Comet (which returned in 1986), touched upon in other films of the period including Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce; and the profitability of low-budget 'horror/slasher' flicks which were extremely popular with teenage audiences in the early to mid 1980's. The emerging home video rental market also increased the chances of a low-budget film making a profit, as some money could be made back in the rental market.
What was the name of the game that the main character was playing at the beginning of the flick? Also, did they ever find out who DMK was? White_Bishop ( talk) 18:29, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Tweaked the Village Voice bit about criticizing the cover. Connelly's attribution of the synopsis to Shout! is misleading - this is the exact same promotional copy from MGM used on the DVD case from years prior. -- Jtalledo (talk) 14:05, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
@ Megainek: can you explain why you're edit warring to remove sourced commentary from the lead? The lead is supposed to summarize the the rest of the article, including the reception. What policy or guideline do you think justifies removing this content? NinjaRobotPirate ( talk) 04:47, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's
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See this removal: [1]. It's quite obvious to anyone who ever played a video game that when you beat the 6th highest score, the previous 6th highest score just moves down to the 7th highest score, rather than disappearing from the top 10 list entirely. But nonetheless somebody reverted my edit saying so, and asked for proof that this is how they work. Can anybody provide this proof ? StuRat ( talk) 17:47, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
This article needs a lot of work. The synopsis is chronologically out of order and partially incorrect. I cleaned up some grammar and fixed up a lot of awkward sentences, but there's a lot of work that needs to be done. Plus, there's a mention of the movie's association with "developing trends" that seems so wrong.
First, it's hardly a trend if only one other film touched upon the return of Halley's Comet. Second, though I cleaned it up and left it in, the other trend of the VHS market seems to be irrelevant when we later read that the film was released on VHS in 1990. Fermentor 06:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I've rephrased some of the summary to make the meaning a little clearer. It read as though Hector's plan was to rescue Reggie then commit suicide. 77.99.100.107 11:48, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
As per the No original research policy, I have removed the analysis section. Feel free to find sources that relate the same and reinstate it.
REMOVED SECTION:
Night of the Comet was both a comedic film, such as the Return of the Living Dead series of films, and a commentary on modernized culture. For example, despite the comet wiping out nearly all of the population of a major urban area, the automated functions of the city are still working and give the impression that nothing is out of place. The voice of a radio station DJ, who at first appears as a sign of life to the survivors, is revealed to be a set of pre-recorded tapes running on an automated loop; in an effort to give the impression of employing a live DJ, the recordings featured the DJ reading letters from listeners and complaining about "being trapped in a booth all day."
This film can also be associated with two developing trends in cinema from the early to mid 1980's: a cultural obsession with the re-appearance of Halley's Comet (which returned in 1986), touched upon in other films of the period including Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce; and the profitability of low-budget 'horror/slasher' flicks which were extremely popular with teenage audiences in the early to mid 1980's. The emerging home video rental market also increased the chances of a low-budget film making a profit, as some money could be made back in the rental market.
What was the name of the game that the main character was playing at the beginning of the flick? Also, did they ever find out who DMK was? White_Bishop ( talk) 18:29, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Tweaked the Village Voice bit about criticizing the cover. Connelly's attribution of the synopsis to Shout! is misleading - this is the exact same promotional copy from MGM used on the DVD case from years prior. -- Jtalledo (talk) 14:05, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
@ Megainek: can you explain why you're edit warring to remove sourced commentary from the lead? The lead is supposed to summarize the the rest of the article, including the reception. What policy or guideline do you think justifies removing this content? NinjaRobotPirate ( talk) 04:47, 5 July 2023 (UTC)