Talk:A Trip to the Moon

message: The article claims that the victory parade only appears on the colour version found in 2002. I watched La Voyage dans la lune yesterday (6th February 2007) at the National Film Theatre and it did include this victory parade, but the entire film was in black and white. Does anyone know more about this? On another note, shoudln't the article be titled "La Voyage dans la lune" - that is the film's title, with "A trip to the moon" a re-direct? Tompagenet 08:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the 'victory parade' section is confusing - maybe the BFI has some info? About the title, Wikipedia policy is to use the English release title. Cop 633 21:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

text: My DVD of Georges Méliès films (released by Arte, NTSC version) shows a complete version of Le Voyage dans la lune, ending and all. Thus the information is wrong.User:some guy who don't know how Wikipedia works 22:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Victory Parade

message: *Initial release information (dates, places, reactions, etc.)
*Subsequent critical analysis
*Behind the scenes information (production information, how they did some of the special effects, etc.)
*Impact on pop culture
:What are the things you should know about this movie? -BiancaOfHell 22:30, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sections needed

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 02:04, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: *Where's your GA/FA count, out of curiosity (AnonDiss)?
**In Special:Contributions/Anonymous Dissident. I'd prefer to go out and actually contribute than fiddle with stats. And I guess I'd start worrying about where I could draw the line about calling a FA/GA my own, how many I have, whether I am  x amount of numbers higher or lower than the next person... nup, not for me. I prefer to just mosey around, add a bit here and there, and maybe chip in a bit on various collabs. Much easier going I find. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 08:39, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Seven refs to make it a GA?! Lugnuts (talk) 13:52, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: GAN on hold

message: This article mentions the "Man in the Moon" character in the film. The "Moon" was played by a woman, and IMDb list the character as "Lady in the moon". Is there any evidence that Méliès specified the Moon was meant to be a man? 92.2.157.250 (talk) 18:02, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not to necro an old discussion, but the film's title is Le Voyage dans la lune. It's female. GRAPPLE X 07:03, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

text: Why are you people assuming the face seen in the film is that of a woman? Just because of the thick lips and eyelashes? In the old silent film days, actors of both sexes often wore heavy makeup. And the filming of this movie is portrayed in From the Earth to the Moon (TV miniseries), which is carefully staged to seamlessly match the actual footage. Tom Hanks portrays Méliès's assistant, personally constructing the plaster Moon like a cream pie around a male actor's face. You have to be careful about IMDB; it's not always a reliable source. Our article says Bleuette Bernon is "one lady in the Moon", not the lady; she could have very well been one of several Moon maidens depicted in the film. Since she played Joan of Arc, I doubt very much that she's this ugly guy with the "cannon shell" stuck in his eye. JustinTime55 (talk) 18:09, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was the Moon a man or a woman? 

message: There should be mention in the article of the Smashing Pumpkin's music video for "Tonight, Tonight" being based on the movie.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheesecake42 (talk • contribs) 18:21, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tonight, Tonight 

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thread_title: File:A Trip to the Moon poster.jpg Nominated for Deletion

message: I think the film is supposed to end with some scenes of triumph, after the travellers' return to Earth. Yet in the film embedded in this article (stored in Commons) those scenes are missing: the film ends with the shell being towed to port.
I've been looking up in Commons and in archive.org and I found the following files:
Case 1
*File: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Voyage_dans_la_Lune_%28Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s,_1902%29.ogv
*Size: 97433491 Bytes
*Md5sum: c61273dd39b5c31e22ef01340b3a1a4e
*Lasts: 11:12
*Resolution: 640x480
*Frame rate: 29.97
*Soundtrack: yes
*Last scenes of triumph: no
Case 2
*File: http://www.archive.org/details/Levoyagedanslalune
*Size 51641795 Bytes
*Md5sum: 44cd59a19582dcd230be23f391b0dd95
*Lasts: 13:26
*Resolution: 400x30
*Frame rate: 29.97
*Soundtrack: yes
*Last scenes of triumph: no
Case 3
*File: http://www.archive.org/details/le_voyage_dans_la_lune_2006
*Size: 37113917 Bytes
*Md5sum: 42c620fd79689ce09be6c8fdc4f40bdd
*Lasts: 09:39
*Resolution: 400x300
*Frame rate: 29.97
*Soundtrack: yes
*Last scenes of triumph: yes
Case 4
*File: http://www.archive.org/details/TripToTheMoon_304
*Size: 53237860 Bytes
*Md5sum: c24c4802e04d8369263a47da129cb9bb
*Lasts: 11:05
*Resolution: 400x300
*Frame rate: 20
*Soundtrack: yes
*Last scenes of triumph: no
Case 5
*File: http://www.archive.org/details/LeVoyageDansLaLune_218
*Size: 48668018 Bytes
*Md5sum: 22ac57b5c2df517f76daf09b3e16932b
*Size 48668018
*Lasts: 12:48
*Resolution: 400x300
*Frame rate: 18.07
*Soundtrack: no
*Last scenes of triumph: yes
The film embedded in the article is the file in case 1. There it's written that the source to the file in case 1 is the file in case 2. One can say for sure it is not the same file. Could it have been derived from? 
To the matter in hand: what can one do now?, regarding the missing scenes
*do nothing
*upload another file to Commons and embed it in this article instead of the current file
*add to the article a notice about the missing scenes and a link to another file Garsd (talk) 13:50, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing scenes in embedded film 

message: The Oscar winning film Around the World in 80 Days, starts with a shorten version of a Trip to the Moon. MBG 101.113.205.0 (talk) 11:26, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film)

message: Cory Doctorow posted on Boing Boing a few years back about a Méliès tribute on an iron fence in New York. I can't figure out whether this is notable enough to be mentioned the article (I highly suspect it isn't), but if somebody wants to add it in, here's the ref text:
And here's the citation:
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--Lemuellio (talk) 21:28, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Its cute, but I don't think its really notable.  --GHcool (talk) 23:11, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moon sighting 

message: I would appreciate suggestions on how to clean up the "External links" section of this article. Currently, in addition to the standard IMDb, AllMovie, and Rotten Tomatoes listings, the section includes the following miscellany (quoted from this edit of the page):
* Filmsquish — Blog-A-Thon of critics celebrating the film
* Was the NASA splash down inspired by Georges Méliès? — A letter to NASA
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* 
* The hand-colored, restored version of "A Trip to the Moon" on Hulu
* A Trip to the Moon complete film on YouTube
* A Trip to the Moon (Hand-colored) complete film on YouTube
The first of these items seems of questionable value, but perhaps some readers would find it interesting, so I'm not sure whether to keep it. The second is merely a scan of two pages from a book about Méliès, and the information therein doesn't seem particularly notable, so I'd wager this link can be removed, but again, I'd value any suggestions.
What about the final five? Since the film is in the public domain, certainly a link to the complete film might be worthwhile, but five links seems like overkill at best. Each of the linked versions are slightly different, however, so it's tough to tell which (if any) to keep. Thoughts?--Lemuellio (talk) 21:50, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links cleanup 

message: IN the release section, several mentions were made that Edison and others illegally distributed the film. Reading of the source material does not support this interpretation. Also, movies were not covered by copyright law in the USA until the 1912 Townshend Amendment to the 1909 revision of copyright law, and neither the Amendment nor the 1909 law existed when Edison reproduced and distributed copies of the film. Deleted all uses of "illegal" in the section. 
Realspool32 (talk) 19:29, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing mention of illegal copying in the Release section 

message: Haps British the court wigs just came over as exotic against the rather bland French court dress. Anyway, noteworthy of at least a byword.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.0.183.116 (talk) 12:18, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it known why the throng don British court wigs (and robes)? 

message: Hello. I've found a good Trip to the Moon video in the public domain with public domain music. The video can be found here: (https://archive.org/details/a_trip_to_the_moon_1902). I think it would be a great video to add to the page. May I add it? :)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by A Clockwork Potato (talk • contribs) 00:35, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  New video 

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thread_title:  A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion 

message: Since the colored video of the film was removed and is copyrighted, shouldn't the stills be also deleted and reuploaded here as fair use images (or choose a frame that hasn't been tampered with)? Though I'm not exactly sure of the colored version of the famous shot of the moon, since it doesn't look like a derivative.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by A Clockwork Potato (talk • contribs) 02:57, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shouldn't the colored photos be removed also? 

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