Talk:Austin Powers

message: The line "i'm a sexy bitch" IS indeed a catchphrase, so its "vulgarity" cannot be used as a vallid reason for ommision.  The film makers did change it in the third, likely to appeal to a wider audience, but the first two iconic films did feature the line. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 205.251.228.10 (talk • contribs) 22:19, 10 January 2007  (UTC)
===Removal of catchphrases section===
Many reasons for this. Most of them weren't correct. Bad use of lists. Not really relevant, as most of the important ones are included in the rest of the article. Can't remember any more... Ianbittiner 22:56, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Catchphrases

message: Many reasons for this. Most of them weren't correct. Bad use of lists. Not really relevant, as most of the important ones are included in the rest of the article. Can't remember any more... Ianbittiner 22:56, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of catchphrases section

message: The names of the individual films are quite long and break up the text.  I propose that they be referred to as AP1, AP2 and AP3. Barfbagger 10:56, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Abbreviated Film Names

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message: I've changed the name of the card game back.  It was called "Austin Powers:The Spy Who Shagged Me".  Decipher intended to release expansions covering the first and probably the third films but the game wasn't a success.  All the stills on the cards as well as the secondary characters, missions etc are solely from the second film. Douglasnicol 22:30, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Card Game

message: The physical appearance of Austin Power is everything that's about an unattractive male, which includes the hair, gestures, eye glasses (especially the thick black frame), and chest hair.  Yet, the film portrayed him as "irresistible" to women.  I think this should be added to the article, but I think it should be discussed before added.  Lightblade 16:38, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm...maybe this should belong to the Austin Power (character) page.  Lightblade 16:40, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irony of the character Austin Power 

message: Whoever added this, do they *understand* that recurring means that the joke happens more than once either in the same film or spanning over multiple films.  The listed "recurring jokes" are not all recurring, in fact only a couple actually were :-P SmUX 20:53, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recurring jokes? 

message: I know that there isn't a page for Austin Powers 4 but why do we have a link here that is just going to take the person that clicks on it back to this page? They would just be going in circles. 
A Lone Gamer 05:28, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: IMDB is not reliable. See WP:RS/IMDB: "The IMDb should be regarded as a questionable source, especially for future films. Its content is user-submitted and often subject to incorrect speculation and rumor." "Austin Powers 4" has been rumoured for 10 years. The IMDB page has been there since 2008 or earlier. They just push the date back every year. It's all just hot air. Barsoomian (talk) 04:10, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Austin Powers 4 

message: The whole Original Sources section appears to be based on speculation of the sources of scenes and characters, it needs some references or a good clean-up.  e.g. I find it difficult to believe Demolition Man,released in 1993, is the inspiration for the thawing scene. Paulbrock (talk) 22:23, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That Original sources section later became the "Development" section, and thankfully it is a lot better sourced now than it was then, but the claims weren't wrong. Austin Powers clearly and deliberately parodies many films. It is the similarities to Demolition Man that prompted me to check these articles and see if it was mentioned, and I've no doubt the similarities are intentional, but don't take my word for it, Birth.Movies.Death. says: "It's Demolition Man, Time After Time, Diamonds Are Forever, Encino Man, and Blow-Up thrown into a blender". It might be difficult to be believe and it is easy to see parallels to other Rip Van Winkle type stories even if there are none, but that doesn't mean it isn't true. More importantly just because it is true doesn't mean it is WP:NOTABLE either, and not ever single reference to another film needs to be cataloged here. -- 109.77.196.143 (talk) 19:55, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Original Sources = Original Research? 

message: Removed the suggestion that "The name Austin Powers is probably inspired by the British Aston Martin brand of motorcar which is almost synonymous with James Bond movies." This seems to me to be rather speculative, particularly when Austin was in fact a British motorcar company itself. Sir jcd (talk) 23:15, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aston Martin 

message: Is there any proof that he has a dual citizenship (Ive heard he also has American citizenship as well)?   Norum 03:54, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mike Myers' dual nationality 

message: in the Austin Powers movies there are more direct references to Casino Royale and spoofing Peter Sellers than spoofing the actual James Bond Movies. Specifically the 'Look of Love' scenes and the beautiful Burt Bacharach and Dusty Springfield soundtrack. There is no question that Mike Meyers was copying/spoofing Peter Sellers - especially rolling around on the bed in his sailor boy striped undergarments with Ursula! Too funny! Casino Royale deserves a lot of direct reference in the article. Woody Allen's Jimmy Bond was obviously the inspiration of 'Mini Me'.  --76.19.199.2 (talk) 00:09, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: WP doesn't allow editors to publish such analysis in articles. If it's just what you think, that's "original research". Find a reliable source that says that and it can be put in. Barsoomian (talk) 03:13, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  casino royale and Austin Powers 

message: Hello. Recently, I added new content on this page. The new content was about the future, including Austin Powers 4, but with broken source links. Could anyone correct/fix them, please. Many thanks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.1.231.197 (talk) 21:30, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken links on "Future" 

message: Shagadelic is a redirect that points here, yet the word has no mention in the article. As the signature word of the whole series, it seems it should at least deserve a mention, right? Oiyarbepsy (talk) 01:27, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shagadelic 

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