Talk:Mystery Men

message: More information and less critique is required. - Caleb Osment 07:04, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Info

message: ...and 'Jacob Levy', the mastermind behind the whole team who earns his position from Dr.Power and the UCC-league.
Mystery Men is one of my favorite movies, and yet I don't remember anyone named Jacob Levy... nor Dr. Power or any organization called the "UCC-league".
Tipa 21:56, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who is Jacob Levy? 

message: Many Wikipedia articles have sections where references to the topic are pointed out in other pop-culture subjects. Therefore, there really isn't a reason to remove the Trivia section from this article. If anything, it needs expanding.  Zubenelgenubi 23:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The burden of proof is on you I'm afraid, if you can't come up with a source this information will have to be removed. If you don't trust me we could take this to Third Opinion and get someone else to look at it. Mallanox 08:18, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia Section 

message: Just a note that you might want to take a look at WP:TRIV. Although it's only a guideline, it should offer some help. Most articles are slowly moving away from trivia sections anyway, and since there's only one item under the said section here, it ought to be moved elsewhere in the article (not eliminated if you can avoid it)! // Pilotguy radar contact 00:13, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Third Opinion

message: After viewing the movie after a long hiatus, I gathered that Cpt. Amazing "powers" were gleamed from his gadgets a la Batman versus having actual powers like Superman.  The fight scene with the Red-eyes could have been accomplished by a well-trained fighter.98.24.122.5 (talk) 03:03, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Captain Amazing's Powers 

message: I disagree with classifying Captain Amazing as a hero. The first real thing he does in the movie is intentionally work to release a dangerous psychotic into the general public. Amazing -was- a hero, but now he's a villain. Lots42 (talk) 06:32, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Captain Amazing ... a hero? 

message: Who was it that played this part?  I think this ia just a relevant (and amusing) as the references to Pencilhead, et. al. Jokem (talk) 19:16, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ballerinaman 

message: I have never seen anything that said Danny Boyle had anything to do with this film.  I'm all but sure that this is a mistake. Shannon Tucker (talk) 03:48, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Danny Boyle

message: "Despite its list of stars Mystery Men was widely considered [weasel words] to be a flop with a final box office gross of just $29,762,011 domestically and $3,699,000 outside the USA.[1]"
Consider replacing "Mystery Men was widely considered" with some variant of "mathematics and Hollywood economics dictated Mystery Men.." It made half what it cost to make it. That is considered a flop by Hollywood standards, and is therefore "widely considered" to be a flop both in and out of Hollywood. I love this movie, and I accept it's a financial flop. Is there anyone challenging this? I'm not aware of an actual book defining Hollywood standards which could be cited as a source, aside from the bank books of any movie production company. Sometimes "weasel words" are the best you can do. ZachsMind (talk) 17:05, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I just don't understand the people in this talk page who just refuse to get it. You must be able to cite a reliable third party source for any claim that you make about this film. Otherwise, any statement you add, no matter how "obvious" it may be to you, is original research and will be flagged and/or removed. No, weasel words are not "the best you can do".  Weasel words are unacceptable, that's why there is a template to indicate that they aren't acceptable. Stating that it earned only half of its budget in box office returns is a statement of fact as long as you have a reliable third party source to support the figures; if you don't have a source, it's original research. Inserting a weasel statement like "Everyone knows it was a flop" is not constructive unless you can identify who specifically makes this claim. Citation 1 in the passage you quoted supports the financial statement that it grossed $29 million domestically and $3 million internationally. It does not support the claim that it is "widely considered a flop". That's you making an original claim, making an extrapolation from cited facts, forming a synthesis of the data yourself.  That is the definition of "original research".  Don't like the rules?  No one is forcing you to edit Wikipedia. 12.233.147.42 (talk) 02:02, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Oj, that's bullshit. A movie earning half it's budget is very clearly a _Flop_! No need to “back-up the claim“ that snow is cold. 2.247.247.174 (talk) 00:01, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

text: Not every little “claim“ has to be verified. Everyone can do the math. And everyone will consider a movie losing tens of millions a flop. There is absolutly no need to find a source for that, as long as the numbers itself are properly sourced. Gott (talk) 02:24, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weasel Words 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The article could be improved, if it pointed out the reference/tribute to the Green Lama, '30s pulp fiction hero. Tex (talk) 19:06, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blue Raja/Green Lama 

message: The plot should mention "They drive into battle using a Herkimer Battle Jitney, a salvaged war vehicle".. And then have an article on that as a unique movie prop
Patbahn (talk) 19:17, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Herkimer Battle Jitney 

message: Mystery Men '99 is a comic book limited series published by Dark Horse Comics that was served as a continuation of Mystery Men (1999), 24.111.55.7 (talk) 15:06, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comic book continuation