Talk:Alex (A Clockwork Orange)

message: I think this should be cleaned up. It jumps from the movie version to the book version back and forth without stating both sides. I could do it but I'd have to wait to get my copy of the movie back. Anyone else want to do it? --681dragon 01:10, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, it's a mess. Luckily, the actual plot is—and should be—described in A Clockwork Orange and A Clockwork Orange (film). A synopsis of the plot of either version belongs in its respective page, not here, so a rewrite would mean removing (or merging, but I doubt that's necessary) much of the current article. EldKatt (Talk) 18:53, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Clean up

message: the article is quoted as saying in Alex lives in an 'Unamed Socialist Country' which of course, is entirely wrong. Not only does the film have reference to the Monarchy (Alex describes the prison institution as 'Her Majesty's') but also that the country has a prime minister. Given the casting and author it has to be assumed it is Britain
I was writing the original version of this article about the character in the book.  While it is implied that Alex lives in Britain, this is never explicitly stated in any way in the original novel.  --Technomad
*I've never seen any indication that the England represented in the book or movie is socialist. I'm taking that out.Spylab 22:43, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Unamed socialist country' 

message: "While listening to this music, he fantasizes about endless rampages of torture and slaughter, to the point of orgasm." This sentence implies that his fantasies are what bring him to orgasm, but really he masturbates while he thinks of such things. Is there any reason why this isn't mentioned?
: Maybe it's the inconsistencies in the movie adapation? I only saw the first thirty minutes of the film but in the scene where he listens to "Ludwig van", the audience is shown his fantasies but there is no suggestion of masturbation. --Onias 21:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I think this gives the wrong impression 

message: If his last name isn't given in the novel, and he's called Alex Burgess in the film, where does "DeLarge" come from?  And whatever this source is, why is its name for the character given precedence over the novel and film? Nareek 20:33, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The newspaper montage at the end says he is Alex Burgess Liu Bei 04:12, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  DeLarge 

message: The recent edit that tries to distinguish the plot summary of the movie from the plot summary of the book made me wonder--why is this a separate article at all?  After all, the novel A Clockwork Orange is a novel told in the first person and focused on the narrator's character development--it's very difficult to talk about the novel at all without talking about Alex.  And the film follows the book in focusing entirely upon Alex--I can't recall any scenes that he doesn't feature in as the central character.
I'm not necessarily saying that this article should be merged, though that is a possibility.  But I think we have to ask ourselves how this article differs from and expands on the articles about the book and the movie. There's no reason why this article should summarize the same plot in different words. Nareek 14:51, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. I think a merger would be appropriate. Fut.Perf. ☼ 05:22, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is this a separate article? 

message: Every time someone 'dresses as Alex from Clockwork Orange' they stick a black gear around their eye. What is that? He doesn't seem to have anything odd in the movie and nothing in wikipedia mentions it.
In his droog outfit he wears very prominent fake eyelashes on one of his eyes... As seen in this generally popular picture: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Alex_Korova1.jpg (Which just happens to be on the Alex wikipedia page). So I suppose that some would just paint a gear around their eye. Straxton 03:35, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's with the eye thing? 

message: Alex gives his complete name when he enters in the jail, when the officer ask his name, he replies "Alexander DeLarge, sir".
The Gear comes from "clockwork", it's an association, taking advantage of the eyelashes he wears, it's a graphical symbol matter.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 57.74.227.131 (talk) 18:46, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  He gives his complete name 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Alex Korova1.jpg

message: The article states his prisoner number is "6655321", when if I am not mistaken it is "655321" (six double-five three two one).
EDIT: Just watched it, it is in fact 655321, I'm changing it in the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elchafa (talk • contribs) 23:11, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  The 6655321 number is from the book, it was shortened for the film. --90.206.122.174 (talk) 09:05, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prisoner number. 

message: Why the category?Civic Cat (talk) 19:49, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: He had sex with a pair of 9 year old girls in the novel, if I recall correctly. They were older in the movie. Canine virtuoso (talk) 08:42, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  a fictional pedophile? 

message: There is no information in the documentation for the picture that it is the opening shot. This pose is seen more than once in the film. IMO a WP:RS needs to be added for any caption states that it is the opening shot. MarnetteD|Talk 17:34, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox pic

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