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Wait, two versions of the film - PG-13 and an "X-Rated Sex Cut" ?? Where is this cut? I believe this may be someone's joke, as the version I have is the R-Rated Director's Cut. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.25.154.159 ( talk) 05:58, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Please expand the Necroplasm article.
Does the change of skin colour really warrant such heavy and badly written discussion?
A new sequel has been mentioned at this site [1], which got its information from the current Wizard magazine. Posting this here if anyone wants to make a section out of it on the article or wants to keep an eye on it. Nehrams2020 08:37, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
I deleted the paragraph detailing how the character of Al was portrayed as white in the film, this is not true. The actor was Michael Jai White. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.63.116.72 ( talk) 14:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC).
Near the end of the the plot summary it says "Wynn goes to prison after the bomb inside him is destroyed" Bomb? What bomb? It doesn't say anything about a bomb. RJFJR 20:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
It would be useful if the article could elaborate a little further on the differences between the theatrical version and the Director's Cut. Annie D 08:37, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
There's also not 45 minutes of additional footage. that's the uncut animated cartoon vs. the pg-13 version of said cartoon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:1C1:C201:14BE:34C3:C2CB:CAF3:FEC6 ( talk) 08:39, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
I fixed it and left references. https://www.etsy.com/se-en/listing/635732034/spawn-directors-cut-vhs-video-movie-film?ref=related-4 Also, I remember (I owned the Director's Cut VHS) from either "the making of" or "Todd McFarlane interview" that the MPAA at the time's main issue besides violence (This as mostly AL's death scene in the beginning being too graphic, and I remember the scene lingers on his Burning much longer than in the PG-13 version.) was referencing "THE BATTLE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL" and all references were changed to "THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL."
Remember this was over 20 years ago. the MPAA at the time did similar with The Frighteners, which was going for a PG-13, and the MPAA said that there was no way that The Frighteners would get a PG 13, so at point in prodcution, they basically just said "F-it" and added in as much R rated content as they could. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.240.223.108 ( talk) 04:08, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
Well, I guess somebody is an idiot because they changed it back. check my sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.240.223.108 ( talk) 03:34, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
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The Spawn DVD contains two Easter Eggs (1) a Marilyn Manson Video and (2) the Clown's Backwards Line. I own the Director's Cut DVD and verifed both exist on this version. The video is titled Long Hard Road Out of Hell and is here on YouTube. I'd like to see this disclosed within the main article. Are there any objections or concerns? Conrad T. Pino 04:02, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Returned to article after delete with no discussion. Conrad T. Pino 18:47, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
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It seems to be not true that this is the first movie with a black superhero, see 1993's Meteor Man: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107563/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.120.135.174 ( talk) 15:24, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Can anyone provide a link verifying that some version of the soundtrack shipped with the Powerman 5000 track "When World's Collide"? I've looked at Amazon.com, discogs.com and rateyourmusic.com (I also own the limited US CD) and I can't find any version that shipped with that song. 2601:404:C200:F6C4:D024:CD31:CE43:861D ( talk) 21:22, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
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Saw that some refs were needed for the awards, added IMDB award links. Please review, and if you have questions or need more refs, just let me know! MasterData ( talk) 14:07, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
Tiny Edit here, I also added the newest news about the sequel script being done, announced by Mcfarlane. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MasterData ( talk • contribs) 14:24, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
IMDB is in fact a good source for the awards. If you have a problem with this, talk to me. MasterData ( talk) 00:03, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
I didn't start the proposal, however I do think it would be a good idea to split the soundtrack as this article is about the film, and thus the soundtrack takes more space and makes it somewhat harder to read. MasterData ( talk) 09:54, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
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Various sources put the budget at $40 million but as I'm always skeptical of Hollywood Accounting and the tendency of Box Office Mojo to round figures off, it should be noted that when reviewing the film for industry publication Variety magazine Todd McCarthy was more specific and called it a "reasonable $45 million production investment" from New Line. -- 109.79.173.175 ( talk) 01:02, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Screen Junkies did a Live presentation at SJ Central 2017, called "Does It Hold Up". Looking back at the film 20 years later. It features McFarlane and White as guests.
They discuss various aspects of the film. McFarlane mentions "unevenness" (08:20) of the special effects. He explains that due to test screenings the studio gave more money for additional effects shots but that there was difficulty finishing (10:45) those shots. He discusses the difficulty of getting a PG-13 rating, with the MPAA judging the scenes based on their "intent" (13:40).
They discuss the effects and the performance of John Leguiziamo as the Clown, and McFarlane and White both say that Leguiziamo really did eat maggots (15:00) which he had also said himself on Twitter:
Point is there is more detail that could be included in the article and this is still a work in progress. It's easier to quote written sources than video though, and it helps show notability when other sources repeat the same information in print. -- 109.76.245.185 ( talk) 02:39, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Other sources:
Maybe I'll dig into these later. -- 109.76.197.121 ( talk) 02:11, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
This article was littered with drive-by request for citations where editors clearly hadn't bothered to check the other sources included in the same paragraph or sometimes even in the same sentence. Little effort had been made to fill these citations, many were years old. Many of the sources would have been easy to check, but it seems I was the first person to bother. It is also highly likely that difficult to check sources (such as out of print copies of Wizard magazine) were ignored, and citation requests added to sentences when it was very likely the reference covered both sentences in the same paragraph.
Despite these many bad faith citation requests, and I made a good faith effort to add more sources. I added an article that article looking back at race changes of characters by historian Scott Manning (who has his work included in Encyclopedia Britannica) that extensively quotes the letter pages of the Spawn comics, where fans criticized the character changes and McFarlane responded. The article also included citations to the specific issues of the Spawn comics where quotes came from. That article is a convenient secondary source but the article is not being used to source any new information, it was only being used a convenient secondary source instead of the the comics themselves a more difficult to check primary source. Not only that but the citation request was almost certainly a bogus request because Wizard magazine was another difficult to check source.
It does however highlight that the comics are a difficult to check but great source for comments from McFarlane and verifiable public information about fan reaction, that could be used to expand the article. -- 109.76.245.185 ( talk) 14:26, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Can't use unauthorized Youtube videos as sources in the article but I can include them here in case anyone wants to check Siskel and Ebert arguing about Spawn. The article will have to make do with citation reference to the date and number of the episode. -- 109.79.161.65 ( talk) 18:57, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
Billing order per poster: John Leguizamo, Michael Jai White, Michael Sheen, Theresa Randle, with Nicol Williamnson, and D.B. Sweeney
The version of the poster in Wikipedia is too low resolution to see the billing order list so here is a higher resolution version of the poster just to make it clear that Leguiziamo had top billing and that is why he is listed first in the Infobox. -- 109.77.199.95 ( talk) 01:33, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
@ User talk:109.76.147.170 I'd rather we discuss disputes on the article talk page than my own talk page. We should stick to Template:Infobox film rules regarding not "cherry picking" budget estimates. If we favor one estimate but ignore other sources reporting different budgets, then we would be cherry picking. From this source, it seems we should report the budget as $40–47 million. Unless McFarlane was giving an off shoot number cuz he likely didn't remember the correct budget? If this option is still an issue, we can do what I did for Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film) and add a footnote detailing how multiple sources report different budget estimates. In regarding the run time, I'm trying to find a source that supports the 96 minute run time. Armegon ( talk) 01:26, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
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Wait, two versions of the film - PG-13 and an "X-Rated Sex Cut" ?? Where is this cut? I believe this may be someone's joke, as the version I have is the R-Rated Director's Cut. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.25.154.159 ( talk) 05:58, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
Please expand the Necroplasm article.
Does the change of skin colour really warrant such heavy and badly written discussion?
A new sequel has been mentioned at this site [1], which got its information from the current Wizard magazine. Posting this here if anyone wants to make a section out of it on the article or wants to keep an eye on it. Nehrams2020 08:37, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
I deleted the paragraph detailing how the character of Al was portrayed as white in the film, this is not true. The actor was Michael Jai White. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.63.116.72 ( talk) 14:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC).
Near the end of the the plot summary it says "Wynn goes to prison after the bomb inside him is destroyed" Bomb? What bomb? It doesn't say anything about a bomb. RJFJR 20:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
It would be useful if the article could elaborate a little further on the differences between the theatrical version and the Director's Cut. Annie D 08:37, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
There's also not 45 minutes of additional footage. that's the uncut animated cartoon vs. the pg-13 version of said cartoon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:1C1:C201:14BE:34C3:C2CB:CAF3:FEC6 ( talk) 08:39, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
I fixed it and left references. https://www.etsy.com/se-en/listing/635732034/spawn-directors-cut-vhs-video-movie-film?ref=related-4 Also, I remember (I owned the Director's Cut VHS) from either "the making of" or "Todd McFarlane interview" that the MPAA at the time's main issue besides violence (This as mostly AL's death scene in the beginning being too graphic, and I remember the scene lingers on his Burning much longer than in the PG-13 version.) was referencing "THE BATTLE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL" and all references were changed to "THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL."
Remember this was over 20 years ago. the MPAA at the time did similar with The Frighteners, which was going for a PG-13, and the MPAA said that there was no way that The Frighteners would get a PG 13, so at point in prodcution, they basically just said "F-it" and added in as much R rated content as they could. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.240.223.108 ( talk) 04:08, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
Well, I guess somebody is an idiot because they changed it back. check my sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.240.223.108 ( talk) 03:34, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
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The Spawn DVD contains two Easter Eggs (1) a Marilyn Manson Video and (2) the Clown's Backwards Line. I own the Director's Cut DVD and verifed both exist on this version. The video is titled Long Hard Road Out of Hell and is here on YouTube. I'd like to see this disclosed within the main article. Are there any objections or concerns? Conrad T. Pino 04:02, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Returned to article after delete with no discussion. Conrad T. Pino 18:47, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
Restored Marilyn Manson video section after delete without discussion asserting copyright infringement. IMO reference to another site is not infringement and even if it is that only justifies deleting the reference only; deleting the entre section isn't warranted in any infringement case. – Conrad T. Pino ( talk) 19:09, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
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It seems to be not true that this is the first movie with a black superhero, see 1993's Meteor Man: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107563/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.120.135.174 ( talk) 15:24, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Can anyone provide a link verifying that some version of the soundtrack shipped with the Powerman 5000 track "When World's Collide"? I've looked at Amazon.com, discogs.com and rateyourmusic.com (I also own the limited US CD) and I can't find any version that shipped with that song. 2601:404:C200:F6C4:D024:CD31:CE43:861D ( talk) 21:22, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
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Tiny Edit here, I also added the newest news about the sequel script being done, announced by Mcfarlane. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MasterData ( talk • contribs) 14:24, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
IMDB is in fact a good source for the awards. If you have a problem with this, talk to me. MasterData ( talk) 00:03, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
I didn't start the proposal, however I do think it would be a good idea to split the soundtrack as this article is about the film, and thus the soundtrack takes more space and makes it somewhat harder to read. MasterData ( talk) 09:54, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
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Various sources put the budget at $40 million but as I'm always skeptical of Hollywood Accounting and the tendency of Box Office Mojo to round figures off, it should be noted that when reviewing the film for industry publication Variety magazine Todd McCarthy was more specific and called it a "reasonable $45 million production investment" from New Line. -- 109.79.173.175 ( talk) 01:02, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Screen Junkies did a Live presentation at SJ Central 2017, called "Does It Hold Up". Looking back at the film 20 years later. It features McFarlane and White as guests.
They discuss various aspects of the film. McFarlane mentions "unevenness" (08:20) of the special effects. He explains that due to test screenings the studio gave more money for additional effects shots but that there was difficulty finishing (10:45) those shots. He discusses the difficulty of getting a PG-13 rating, with the MPAA judging the scenes based on their "intent" (13:40).
They discuss the effects and the performance of John Leguiziamo as the Clown, and McFarlane and White both say that Leguiziamo really did eat maggots (15:00) which he had also said himself on Twitter:
Point is there is more detail that could be included in the article and this is still a work in progress. It's easier to quote written sources than video though, and it helps show notability when other sources repeat the same information in print. -- 109.76.245.185 ( talk) 02:39, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Other sources:
Maybe I'll dig into these later. -- 109.76.197.121 ( talk) 02:11, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
This article was littered with drive-by request for citations where editors clearly hadn't bothered to check the other sources included in the same paragraph or sometimes even in the same sentence. Little effort had been made to fill these citations, many were years old. Many of the sources would have been easy to check, but it seems I was the first person to bother. It is also highly likely that difficult to check sources (such as out of print copies of Wizard magazine) were ignored, and citation requests added to sentences when it was very likely the reference covered both sentences in the same paragraph.
Despite these many bad faith citation requests, and I made a good faith effort to add more sources. I added an article that article looking back at race changes of characters by historian Scott Manning (who has his work included in Encyclopedia Britannica) that extensively quotes the letter pages of the Spawn comics, where fans criticized the character changes and McFarlane responded. The article also included citations to the specific issues of the Spawn comics where quotes came from. That article is a convenient secondary source but the article is not being used to source any new information, it was only being used a convenient secondary source instead of the the comics themselves a more difficult to check primary source. Not only that but the citation request was almost certainly a bogus request because Wizard magazine was another difficult to check source.
It does however highlight that the comics are a difficult to check but great source for comments from McFarlane and verifiable public information about fan reaction, that could be used to expand the article. -- 109.76.245.185 ( talk) 14:26, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Can't use unauthorized Youtube videos as sources in the article but I can include them here in case anyone wants to check Siskel and Ebert arguing about Spawn. The article will have to make do with citation reference to the date and number of the episode. -- 109.79.161.65 ( talk) 18:57, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
Billing order per poster: John Leguizamo, Michael Jai White, Michael Sheen, Theresa Randle, with Nicol Williamnson, and D.B. Sweeney
The version of the poster in Wikipedia is too low resolution to see the billing order list so here is a higher resolution version of the poster just to make it clear that Leguiziamo had top billing and that is why he is listed first in the Infobox. -- 109.77.199.95 ( talk) 01:33, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
@ User talk:109.76.147.170 I'd rather we discuss disputes on the article talk page than my own talk page. We should stick to Template:Infobox film rules regarding not "cherry picking" budget estimates. If we favor one estimate but ignore other sources reporting different budgets, then we would be cherry picking. From this source, it seems we should report the budget as $40–47 million. Unless McFarlane was giving an off shoot number cuz he likely didn't remember the correct budget? If this option is still an issue, we can do what I did for Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film) and add a footnote detailing how multiple sources report different budget estimates. In regarding the run time, I'm trying to find a source that supports the 96 minute run time. Armegon ( talk) 01:26, 20 July 2020 (UTC)