Talk:Spartan (film)

message: Never is it mentioned that Scott works for the Secret Service, and in the commentaries, Mr. Kilmer says that his character is one of those people who's organization is not known and not talked about.
::At one point another character refers to Scott as a Marine. He's serving as training cadre for Delta Force, which is evidenced by the fact that Eric Haney was a technical advisor and the training at the beginning of the film is similar to that described in Haney's "Inside Delta Force." Also, Curtis looks at a Ranger memento that his dad gave him; implying that he too is a Ranger, participating in 1st SFOD-D selection. That being the case, Scott has to be former Marine Recon (MARSOC wasn't yet created when the movie was made), and is probably an independent contractor. delta_foxtrot_zulu 20:47, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Scott's job

message: Whoever wrote this article did not watch the film. Miss Newton's father is the President not just a high-ranking government official. Please for the sake of those who use Wikipedia as a source for information, get your facts straight.
*Actually, never is it mentioned that the girl's father is the President.  In fact, on the back cover of the DVD (the one that is currently sitting mere inches to the right of my keyboard) the man in question is indeed described as simply "a high government official."  I'm not sure where you heard he was the President, but please, for the sake of those who use Wikipedia as a source for information, get your facts straight.
Ryan hunt17 07:14, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Laura Newton's father's position

message: I don't believe that line refers to the King of Sparta.  It refers to a statement made by Captain Bill McDonald of the Texas Rangers to the author, Albert Paine.  McDonanld was sent to Dallas to prevent a prize-fight from happening and was questioned about why only one Ranger was sent.  McDonald is said to have replied, "Hell! ain't I enough? There's only one prize-fight!"  This is from the book: Captain Bill McDonald: Texas Ranger
17:26, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, while what you've said about McDonald is true, are you sure that it's not also true of the King of Sparta?  These could be entirely independent stories.  And let's not forget that the film's called Spartan.  Cheers, --Plumbago 08:43, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops.  To clarify; I doubt the King of Sparta ever said "One riot, one ranger", but the story of only sending a single soldier sounds like exactly the sort of thing ancient kings got up to.  Cheers, --Plumbago 09:23, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Certainly the kind of things that ancient Spartan kings got up to. --Peter Knutsen (talk) 16:28, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  One riot, one ranger. 

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message: I submitted a much shorter version of the overly detailed 1650 word plot summary. Per the wikipedia WP Plot Summary guidelines I tried to cut it down to within the 400-700 word range. I just viewed the film, and while I may have incorrectly described some details (because Mamet's story is quite void of details) I think I managed to summarize the story as it's presented. But feel free to correct any minor mistakes I may have made. KeithLD (talk) 15:17, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree the opening paragraph describing Scott's function as a selection cadre member and how he meets Curtis and Jackie Black is appropriate and necessary to understand the film better. I had included the terms "Scott and his unit" because I was referring to the other team members that were surveilling his interrogation of Laura's ex-boyfriend, the "raid" and interrogation of the madam at the bordello, as well as the team mobilizing to fly to Dubai. As they were being briefed on the strategy to enter Laura's suspected location in Dubai, Scott's familiarity with a few of the men seemed to indicate they were an elite unit that had worked together before. But of course, it was never stated these people were "part of Scott's unit" or "team" or that he "belonged with them or had worked with them before." Scott certainly acted alone and was brought in alone to assist the operation. Mamet's script was sufficiently void of these specific details. KeithLD (talk) 18:21, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for summarizing the plot to fall within the appropriate range, Keith. Erik (talk | contribs) 21:45, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed references to Stoddard later in the summary, because he is never named in the early portion of the summary. Beadmatrix (talk) 22:57, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lengthy Plot Summary