Talk:Branded to Kill

message: I thought this article was not only extremely thorough and well-referenced but so interesting.  I corrected a couple tiny proofreading-type things.  Besides that, the summary could stand to be a tiny bit shorter but I'm not sure how one would explain such a tortuous plot with fewer words than that, so it might be tricky.  But I definitely think this deserves GA status. FilmFemme 20:30, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
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message: Small question indirectly related: is Suzuki's film's name Our Blood Will Not Allow It as in the quote of the critic or Our Blood Will Not Forget, as it states in the template? K a r n a 00:11, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The title's been translated a number of ways. I've seen at least 3 or 4 variations. In the article the title is part of a quote so it's correct. The one in the template seems to be the most common title. I'll pipe it here and verify the most common title when I get around to making that article. Doctor Sunshine talk 05:30, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Whups. I see you've beat me to the punch. Doctor Sunshine talk 05:32, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suzuki's film name? 

message: In this half-paragraph:
: A settlement was reached on December 24, 1971, in the amount of one million yen, a fraction of his original claim, as well as a public apology from Hori. In a separate agreement Branded to Kill and his previous film, Fighting Elegy, were donated to the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art's Film Centre.[11] The events turned Suzuki into a legend and shook the film world.[3][11] Branded to Kill, along with other of his films, played to "packed audiences who wildly applauded"[29] at all-night revivals in and around Tokyo.[3] However, Suzuki was blacklisted by the major studios and did not make another feature film until A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977) ten years later. In the meantime, he subsisted on commercial and television work and writing books of essays.[30][21]
The 'Tale of Sorrow...' movie is said to have been made 'ten years later', however the date mentioned directly above is December 24, 1971, so that seems to be the date being compared, not the actual release date of Branded to Kill, which was 10 years before. It seems counterintuitive to me, but I'm not sure if it needs fixing. Anchoress 00:44, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's intended to mean ten years after his last feature film but you're right, it could have been more clear. I've modified it. Thanks, Doctor Sunshine talk 05:30, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not sure the dates work here 

message: The caption for the first picture says one character is asking another to buy some rice for him. But the picture shows the characters surrounded by butterflies. It would be helpful to explain the butterflies in the caption! Cop 663 23:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good call. I had something in originally but took it out during peer review when it was suggest I needed to explain their context. I think I remember a source I can use which I'll look up tomorrow. In the meantime: they're silly and/or a death/Misako obsession motif. Doctor Sunshine talk 01:18, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
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message: This is labelled as a "featured article" but it seems not very high quality. Would anyone care to discuss this? JoshuSasori (talk) 04:11, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: This article was developed into a Featured Article way back in 2007 when possibly we have been more lenient to such things. To be fair, this is a film that is a 1960s Japanese film and I'm sure the predominant author used all available sources at the time to make the best article you can. You can read it's FA review [Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Branded to Kill here]. If you have serious doubts of it's quality, you can take it for an FA-re-review. Andrzejbanas (talk) 13:58, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a great article. For example it claims that Quentin Tarantino said that the film is a masterpiece, but in the interview on the website he says nothing of the kind. Also, a lot of the writing is not very good, it's like a fan article. I remembered this the other day when an obnoxious person left a message on my talk page that I was not to edit a featured article without his permission, or something, and I remembered how bad "Branded to Kill" was even though it is a "featured article". What I am wondering is whether there is any will to improve this article, or should it be sent to that re-review? JoshuSasori (talk) 14:25, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

text: Well personally I think it has a lot of strong information but some of it is a bit fan-crust. The person who developed this article into what it is has long stopped editing (I think...). If you think it just needs a brief clean then perhaps try that. No one will bite you here for attempting to edit it. ;) For the record, you can't "own" an article on wikipedia no matter how much effort or personal time you put into it. On that other page you mentioned, bring up WP:OWN. Andrzejbanas (talk) 22:08, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes I looked at the featured article review and noticed that this article's main editors' last edits were two or three years ago. I don't want to spend time putting "Branded to Kill" into shape. As for the other article, we can discuss it on my talk page if you like. JoshuSasori (talk) 01:55, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
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