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Does anybody here know the name of the song that plays during the first Tank Girl/Jet Girl animation sequence, just before the scene with Kesslee in the bodycast? I've been trying to find out what it is for ages to no avail.
Radical AdZ 13:07, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
"2 Cents" by Beowulf. Crying shame it wasn't on the soundtrack disc - there was even a music video of that song to promote the movie. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.209.74.201 ( talk) 15:43, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
The movie's opening credits are "Girl U Want" by Devo. However, on my DVD copy, it sounds like female vocalists -- it doesn't sound like Devo. Was the opening song replaced for the DVD version? -- Mdwyer 06:57, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
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In the movie, Tank Girl gets a digital wireless photo camera. The item used in the movie looks like a "Dycam Model 1" ( alias "Logitec fotoman" ) digital still photo cam, of course without wireless data transmission. I got such a cam at that time, too :-) hemmerling ( talk) 19:44, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
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Apparently the July 1995 issue of Empire magazine contains an interview with Jamie Hewlett that has some interesting information on post-production. Freikorp ( talk) 12:27, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Issue 1288 of London's Time Out (magazine) (April 26-May 3 1995) features the cover story "Strip! How Tank Girl got screwed by Hollywood." Freikorp ( talk) 05:05, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
A deeper dig might turn up more sources but that's all I got for now. -- 109.79.182.126 ( talk) 14:11, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
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Vintage "Making-of Tank Girl" featurette. All quotes from interviewees, selected quote from narrator.
Baseballs, Tanks and Bad Tattoos: An interview with Actress Lori Petty. Questions not about the film omitted.
Too Hip For Spielberg: An interview with Director Rachel Talalay. No direct quotes (took way too long lol), summary only.
Creative Chaos: Designing the World of Tank Girl with Production Designer Catherine Hardwicke. Summary only.
Commentary with Rachel and Lori. I've omitted things mentioned already in the other special features.
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I disagree of having the cast list unlisted. It should be listed just like other film articles. 174.192.3.46 ( talk) 02:43, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
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Hate to put another wonderful oddity of a film on FA review (we seriously need more female hero films to be successful, plus trans hero films, plus non-binar– yeah, you get the idea), but I have to do it. Although there are only minor quibbles with citation formatting, prose (mainly some long paragraphs that could be split), and reliable sources (I don't know how good Nightmare on Elm Street Companion and the Doorpost Project is), I'm putting the hammer down mostly for its comprehensiveness
If I can find essential sources with only Google yet there not cited in the article, that's a sign the article is not the most complete resource on the topic. HumanxAnthro ( talk) 14:22, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
@ Damien Linnane and HumanxAnthro: I'm following up on this notice. Does this article meet the FA criteria? If so, can you mark it as "Satisfactory" at WP:URFA/2020B? If not, are you willing to continue working on this to bring it to FA standards, or should we prepare an FAR? Z1720 ( talk) 19:43, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Not having read the original comics, is the fact that one "license plate" says TANK, and the other, despite not being an exact mirror, says KANT, instead of KNAT which would be TANK spelled backwards an error, or is that the same in the original comic? And if it is an adjustment for the film, is it noteworthy enough to be in the article? 32.212.102.239 ( talk) 07:22, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
There’s something really off about this whole article - a sort of partisan feeling, that it’s been cultivated to make the films reception seem better than it actually was.
The film is surely far from being a “cult” film - in fact many in the UK have an antipathy towards it because it didn’t do justice to the comics, as it was so compromised.
Even the comic authors say this. Actually Emily Lloyd might’ve saved the film... Charliepenandink ( talk) 18:40, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
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Does anybody here know the name of the song that plays during the first Tank Girl/Jet Girl animation sequence, just before the scene with Kesslee in the bodycast? I've been trying to find out what it is for ages to no avail.
Radical AdZ 13:07, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
"2 Cents" by Beowulf. Crying shame it wasn't on the soundtrack disc - there was even a music video of that song to promote the movie. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.209.74.201 ( talk) 15:43, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
The movie's opening credits are "Girl U Want" by Devo. However, on my DVD copy, it sounds like female vocalists -- it doesn't sound like Devo. Was the opening song replaced for the DVD version? -- Mdwyer 06:57, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 09:40, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
In the movie, Tank Girl gets a digital wireless photo camera. The item used in the movie looks like a "Dycam Model 1" ( alias "Logitec fotoman" ) digital still photo cam, of course without wireless data transmission. I got such a cam at that time, too :-) hemmerling ( talk) 19:44, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
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Don't think the cast section was necessary, since the cast is mentioned in the "Plot" Section. | |
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Dup links to basically all people in the "Cast" section | |
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Apparently the July 1995 issue of Empire magazine contains an interview with Jamie Hewlett that has some interesting information on post-production. Freikorp ( talk) 12:27, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Issue 1288 of London's Time Out (magazine) (April 26-May 3 1995) features the cover story "Strip! How Tank Girl got screwed by Hollywood." Freikorp ( talk) 05:05, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
A deeper dig might turn up more sources but that's all I got for now. -- 109.79.182.126 ( talk) 14:11, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
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Vintage "Making-of Tank Girl" featurette. All quotes from interviewees, selected quote from narrator.
Baseballs, Tanks and Bad Tattoos: An interview with Actress Lori Petty. Questions not about the film omitted.
Too Hip For Spielberg: An interview with Director Rachel Talalay. No direct quotes (took way too long lol), summary only.
Creative Chaos: Designing the World of Tank Girl with Production Designer Catherine Hardwicke. Summary only.
Commentary with Rachel and Lori. I've omitted things mentioned already in the other special features.
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I disagree of having the cast list unlisted. It should be listed just like other film articles. 174.192.3.46 ( talk) 02:43, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
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Hate to put another wonderful oddity of a film on FA review (we seriously need more female hero films to be successful, plus trans hero films, plus non-binar– yeah, you get the idea), but I have to do it. Although there are only minor quibbles with citation formatting, prose (mainly some long paragraphs that could be split), and reliable sources (I don't know how good Nightmare on Elm Street Companion and the Doorpost Project is), I'm putting the hammer down mostly for its comprehensiveness
If I can find essential sources with only Google yet there not cited in the article, that's a sign the article is not the most complete resource on the topic. HumanxAnthro ( talk) 14:22, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
@ Damien Linnane and HumanxAnthro: I'm following up on this notice. Does this article meet the FA criteria? If so, can you mark it as "Satisfactory" at WP:URFA/2020B? If not, are you willing to continue working on this to bring it to FA standards, or should we prepare an FAR? Z1720 ( talk) 19:43, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Not having read the original comics, is the fact that one "license plate" says TANK, and the other, despite not being an exact mirror, says KANT, instead of KNAT which would be TANK spelled backwards an error, or is that the same in the original comic? And if it is an adjustment for the film, is it noteworthy enough to be in the article? 32.212.102.239 ( talk) 07:22, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
There’s something really off about this whole article - a sort of partisan feeling, that it’s been cultivated to make the films reception seem better than it actually was.
The film is surely far from being a “cult” film - in fact many in the UK have an antipathy towards it because it didn’t do justice to the comics, as it was so compromised.
Even the comic authors say this. Actually Emily Lloyd might’ve saved the film... Charliepenandink ( talk) 18:40, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
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The redirect Tank Girl (2020 film) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 18 § Tank Girl (2020 film) until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 ( talk) 14:26, 18 December 2023 (UTC)