Talk:Gene Hunt

message: "Gene Hunt was born in 1931 (as he is portrayed as being in his early 40s)." - was this somebody's unmathematical guess, or a just badly-phrased reference to an actual source that puts his year of birth as 1931? I've assumed the former and removed it for now. --McGeddon (talk) 19:24, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthdate 

message: This article's infobox currently says "Police Officer formerly for Manchester and Salford Police and now the London Metropolitan Police Service."  This should be revised to match the continuous present tense that the rest of the article uses for fiction.  In the action of Life on Mars, Gene Hunt is a member of the Manchester Police, in Ashes to Ashes, he is a member of the London Police.  Only if we were speaking specifically of the character's Ashes to Ashes appearance could we say he was "formerly" with the Manchester Police.  The usage of "now" is meaningless, since it doesn't help specify which point in the 17 episodes he has appeared in is being used as a reference.--Trystan (talk) 17:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Using present tense to describe fiction 

message: I just created this new section.  It's only a draft.
I'm happy to put work into it, adding examples and references, but I wanted to gauge the other editors' (your) reaction to the new section as a whole first.
Do you agree that it's valuable?
CuteGargoyle (talk) 15:53, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's been removed as original research.  I would have thought as POV, but understandable either way.  CuteGargoyle (talk) 07:17, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leadership Skills 

message: I'm confused. The article says Gene Hunt did his National Service and joined the police at 19. But wasn't National Service a two-year stretch from the age of 18? (From the North (talk) 23:09, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but TV programmes do alter things to make it benefit them. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 15:01, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So this was taken straight from a line of dialogue in the series? --McGeddon (talk) 15:21, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I remember hearing it, it makes sense that he did his National Service because he knows how to handle a Webley & Scott, and an the time, that was the revolver of the British Army. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 15:25, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: National Service

message: I'm suprised no one has mentioned yet (unless I'm mistaken, in which case forgive me), that Gene Hunt refers to himself as the Gene Genie, which of course is another David Bowie song called 'The Jean Genie', which was released in 1972. The lyrics to this song also might enlighten on what the producers think of his personality
81.111.39.100 (talk) 15:54, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gene Genie 

message: Is he an example of one? Jackiespeel (talk) 20:23, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Gene Hunt as [[psychopomp]]

message: Is there evidence that the character will be in this, or even evidence that the series exists or will ever exist? If not, it ought to be removed. --93.96.175.64 (talk) 19:53, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The editor who inserted this information did not reference it. Pending a source, I'm going to remove it. If you do find a source or any evidence please feel free to re-add. Police,Mad,Jack ☺ 16:11, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blast to the Past? 

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