Talk:We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (film)

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Review: April 13, 2021. (Reviewed version).

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Plot

I hate to nitpick a children's story, but where it mentions Rex is forcefed "280 portions" of Brain Grain Cereal, is there a source for that? Because I don't remember it anywhere in the movie, all I remember is a ton of it falls into his mouth.--97.97.231.148 (talk) 01:27, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vorb says it took "280 portions to jump start that brain of yours". My timer reads 6 minutes and 40 seconds into the movie. TeigeRyan (talk) 00:10, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Summary

The article concludes at the mid-point of the story, leaving out the darker second half. BethEnd 03:52, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

why?-Giant89 16:34, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It;s all a conspiracy to keep the ugly truth from the public's eye.. I'm disgusted... Lue3378 03:40, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(Gasp!) The horror! Would somebody like to add to it? The article, I mean, not the horror. Kochdude388 00:16, 14 November 2006

Fair use rationale for Image:We're Back! Movie Poster.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What about box office? Did the film fail or succeeded? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.125.120.94 (talk) 14:57, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any reason for the random Japanese title at the beginning?

Nowhere in the page does it say that it had any signifigance in Japan, nor is it anime. 97.103.214.234 (talk) 00:50, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Colors

Can I just mention how idiotic it is that the colors in the plot summary hyperlink to their respective pages? As if someone is going to read this article and wonder what is meant when the word "blue" is used.

Bogus voice actors for this movie

Somebody puts up Vic Tayback as Professor Screweyes and Dom DeLuise as Stubbs the Clown! I changed it back to Kenneth Mars and Martin Short.. Whoever did will be blocked! This page has been vandalized not by me, somebody else! I fixed this article to real voice actors for Professor Screweyes and Stubbs the Clown.

Don Bluth

Don Bluth had no Involvement with this Film. It was made out of Spielberg's Animation House 'Amblimation', also the Film was Directed by Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells, Dick & Ralph Zondag. It is a Non-Don Bluth film. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:989:0:3D7E:2CE3:92C9:1138:8D2A (talk) 23:43, 10 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

John Malkovich connection

Does anyone have a clue where to find this "rare 2003 interview" in which Malkovich mentions this movie? Or at least any reliable source that says he was offered a part in this movie? I'm assuming that this is a rumor: the fact that a very respected and high-paid Hollywood actor was offered a part in a children's movie is hard to believe. Anyone is welcome to make comments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.97.66.144 (talk) 21:00, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (film)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Some Dude From North Carolina (talk · contribs) 14:43, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I'm going to be reviewing this article. Expect comments by the end of the week. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 14:43, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. BTW, I just reviewed your nomination for The Lighthouse. 👨x🐱 (talk) 02:31, 10 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox and lead

Add a non-free use rationale for the poster.
- The fair use rationale is already there. It's a section instead of a template. You might've missed it. Would you like me to convert it to a template anyway to avoid confusion? 👨x🐱 (talk) 00:54, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@HumanxAnthro: Yeah, that's what I meant (it's better to have a template than writing it out). Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 01:05, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done 👨x🐱 (talk) 01:31, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a reason the "Starring by" parameter, the cast in the lead, and #Voice_cast are listed in different ways?
- (1) Because there's no "starring" bill in the poster (which was also true for another Amblimation film, Fievel Goes West, so the best option was to use how the cast was listed in the beginning)
- (2) The cast list section is for how the actors are ordered in the end credits.
- (3) I've ordered the voices in the lead per the end credits order. 👨x🐱 (talk) 00:54, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
An unspoken rule is that the poster serves as a source for the infobox. However, Amblin Entertainment and the editors are not included in the poster or in the body of the article. Per MOS:INFOBOX, add sources, mention them in the body, or remove them from the infobox. Additionally, the running time also needs a source.
- All done. It's really Amblimation that worked on the film, which is already in the lead and body, so removed Universal and Amblin Entertainment. I've added a citation for the editors. You know, people who are credited in the fields of Template:Infobox film don't necessarily need their credits sourced because there's, you know, the end credits of the film itself crediting them, right? It's the same reason plot sections don't need citations. The film itself is the citation. Also used NY Times review as source for runtime. 👨x🐱 (talk) 00:54, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The given citation doesn't mention Sim Evan-Jones as an editor. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 01:06, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Removed named. She was actually a supervising editor according to AFI 👨x🐱 (talk) 01:21, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In this section and in others, is the title We're Back! A Dinosaur Story or We're Back: A Dinosaur Story? Try to be consistent.
- Good catch. I always thought it was "A Dinosaur Story". I never noticed the "'s" Anyway, fixing this. 👨x🐱 (talk) 00:54, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, you made the good catch. I was referring to the uses of an "!" and ":" in between the title. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 01:07, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Used formatting of poster which used the exclamation point. 👨x🐱 (talk) 11:59, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Plot and cast

The plot section passes WP:FILMPLOT.
"accidently" → "accidentally"

Done Chompy Ace 23:03, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Remove the comma after "citizens panic".

Done Chompy Ace 23:03, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Add a serial comma after "Louie, Cecilia".

Done Chompy Ace 23:03, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cast section looks good.

Production

This section looks good.
Image is free to use so that's good.

Release and promotion

"Dinosaur renaissance" → "dinosaur renaissance" (per article linked)

Done Chompy Ace 23:06, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Second use of the term also needs to be changed. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 01:08, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done Chompy Ace 01:56, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"in a American suburb" → "in an American suburb"

Done Chompy Ace 23:06, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Storyto American theaters" → "Story to American theaters"

Done Chompy Ace 23:06, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Reception

"gross $135 million" → "gross of $135 million"

Done Chompy Ace 23:21, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"highest grossing" → "highest-grossing"

Done Chompy Ace 23:21, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"film another indicator" → "film an indicator" (first mentioned reason)

Done Chompy Ace 23:21, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

#Critical_response looks great!
"best animated" → "best-animated"

Done Chompy Ace 23:22, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"ninth worst" → "ninth-worst"

Done Chompy Ace 23:22, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

Archive sources.
- Bad news. Although I was able to add archive links to some cites, many of them are un-archivable. When I try to create new screens on archive.org, it kept saving the page, giving me a link only to say there's no screenshot! Also, if I tried saving a courant.com cite, the save screenshot redirects to the main page instead of the article itself. Sorry about that. 👨x🐱 (talk) 01:20, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Mark all references from Los Angeles Times with "|url-access=limited".

Done Chompy Ace 23:01, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I also believe some references are missing "|access-dates=" (see WP:CITEWEB and Template:Cite web#URL).
- Only one cite, a NY Times source, was missing an accessdate. I've added it 👨x🐱 (talk) 00:56, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There's another one (which should have Washington Post changed to The Washington Post) also missing the parameter. Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 01:10, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done 👨x🐱 (talk) 01:23, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Progress

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
It is reasonably well written. a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): It is factually accurate and verifiable. a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism): It is broad in its coverage. a (major aspects): b (focused): It follows the neutral point of view policy. Fair representation without bias: It is stable. No edit wars, etc.: It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate. a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall: Pass/Fail:
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Absolute thanks to User:Chompy Ace for his contributions! 👨x🐱 (talk) 12:51, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Inflation adjustment

I'm not somebody who is active in Wikipedia editing, so maybe this question is obvious. How is the box office inflation adjustment calculated? Is it a script? I ask because inflation calculation websites I've tried adjust 9.3 mil to about 18 mil. Thanks. 162.205.237.17 (talk) 17:37, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]