Talk:The Postman (film)

message: I tagged the plot summary section of this article with both the plot and grammar tags. I would rewrite the section myself, but I haven't actually seen this movie so I'm afraid that in fixing grammar I might mistakenly change a plot point. Hopefully someone will take the initiative here though. Ronark (talk) 03:11, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Rewrite 

message: Is it just me or is the plot of this movie similar to the ones used in the Fallout video game series? Perhaps it's possible the games' story was based on this movie somewhat. 98.114.237.231 (talk) 00:08, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The setting of a Post-Apocalyptic World is also similar --77.0.187.132 (talk) 13:33, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Fallout New Vegas would be a much better comparison. Both stories main characters are mail men, both are post apocalyptic stories set in the American West, and both feature a brutal medieval styled warlord who styles himself as a philosopher (Caesar and Bethleham). The book version is even more apparent since in the novel there is a super computer comparable to Mr. House and one of the main Factions that General Bethleham is fighting is a recovering and united California, comparable to Ceasars Legions vs the New Calirfornia Republic. Theres no way that the creators of New Vegas were not inspired by The Postman.Friedbyrd (talk) 15:53, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fallout 3 

message: The opening bits of the article state that the movie is set in an undisclosed apocalypse, while the first line of the plot says it is a post-nuclear war apocalypse. Can someone who has seen the movie please clarify this? 184.89.179.138 (talk) 10:39, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't make that revert. Another user did. Could you please review the page history and then redact your comment. I do agree that the section is already far too long so it's best not to add more information than is needed. JOJ Hutton 13:59, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I made the reversion, and, as I said in my edit summary, it is because the plot is already too long and you added more unnecessary details.  Changing the nuclear war claim is easy enough and does not require that the summary be further expanded. ---The Old JacobiteThe '45 14:24, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

text: None of your revisions shortened the length of the summary, as every single one added text.  You also lied in your recent edit summary when you reverted and claimed that "several days have passed without discussion.  In fact, it has been one day.  You are now being disruptive and violating WP policy on plot length.  None of the justifications you have offered above justify your plot expansion. ---The Old JacobiteThe '45 15:40, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot cleanup 

message: A post apocalyptic film about a man pretending to be a postman who inspires a pseudo postal service and under equiped paramilitary oranization of young peopel who oppose an army that preys upon survivors. The postman eventally rallies enough troops to sucsessfully defete the army. The world is eventually restored to pre apocalyptic levels. 
98.164.125.58 (talk) 14:00, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extremely shortened plot summery. 

message: This article was added to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests in January 2015. I rearranged per WP:MOSFILM and reduced the plot summary per the request's statement that "The plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed, and the article may need to be made more concise".
— Molly-in-md (talk) 20:36, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy-editing done 

message: We seem to be having some sort of content dispute regarding the members of the cast that should be listed according to WP:FILMCAST.  I was hoping the related editors would comment here.  At first we had an anon editor adding in pretty much every extra and minor role in the film.  Now that same editor seems to have switched to removing cameos as well.  THoughts and comments? Millahnna (talk) 01:54, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The anon's removal of notable actors and characters just seemed petulant, so I have reverted and given them a final warning for disruption.  The current cast list is of appropriate length and includes only notable roles. ---The Old JacobiteThe '45 11:39, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: THat's my read on the situation as well based on other encounters with the same anon.  But I thought it would be good to invite outside editors to to comment to see if you and I were missing something.  WP:ROPE, as it were. Millahnna (talk) 14:41, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  Thanks, Millahnna. ---The Old JacobiteThe '45 14:53, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cast list 

message: I noticed that in the description of both the book and the movie, the Holinist are described in these articles as being Fascist. The appropriate label for them would be to call them feudalist, or neo feudalist. This comes from Brin himself as the author of the novel describing them as feudalist, the character of Bethlehem describing his rule as a feudalist one in the story, and Brin in general basing a lot of views and writing on a fear of society deteriorating back to a feudal state. 
Video of Brin describing the Holinist as feudalist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgWH0BTaOMg
Here is an interview with Brin giving his opinion on the 2020 election where he states repeatedly his fears of feudalism
https://ew.com/books/author-interviews/the-postman-trump-david-brin/
Interview with Brin where he discusses his fear of a return of feudalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqUrJLI0C_c
Friedbyrd (talk) 16:15, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fear of Feudalism