Talk:Eight Below

message: I have seen actual sled dogs on TV, and they are very 'wild' or like a step away from being wolves. In the movie the dogs seem like stupid puppies. Also these dogs are like purebed, but real sled dogs are a lot of the times all different colors, no just white, gray, or black. It doesn't really matter though. --65.146.207.149 20:01, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Actual Sled Dogs

message: I found two different articles about the original expedition, one in the Japan Times (Google Cache), and a blog.  Both state there were 13 dogs, not 12.  I'm inclined to believe that the Japan Times article is accurate.  The external link already referenced does not state the total number of dogs. Teridon 02:23, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have a source cite it to the change you make in the article.  Cordially SirIsaacBrock 02:34, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Original Expedition

message: I understand the previous reference states that Antarctica is -140 degrees Fahrenheit, but that obviously cannot be true.  A quick look at other references on the 'net indicates temperatures of -40 Celsius in the summer to a low of -80 Celsius in the winter..  Also see pages such as  which has great information on average temperatures in several locations throughout Antarctica.  I've changed the article accordingly. --Stephane Charette 20:20, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My bad -- I was converting incorrectly between Centigrade and Fahrenheit.  The winter minimums of -90 Celsius (Antarctica#Climate) does translate to -130 degrees Fahrenheit. --Stephane Charette 20:28, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: How cold is it?

message: Original from 146.87.65.10 - Changes from 5. Feb. 2007 12:44
*The reason given for abandoning the Antarctic base is that the weather was too severe. Yet when the film returns to follow the dogs' story the weather is mostly tranquil (and it is usually light, whereas the Antarctic winter is usually dark)  	 
*The Antarctic base was only being abandoned for the winter, and the Commander says "no-one is going south until Spring". So, within the six month timeframe of the story it seems odd that regular journeys south had not resumed.
The reality in the movie is that the weather was serve at the leaving of the base. But the weather at the return is tranquil, as it was mentioned correctly.
This is not a mistake, because the day of return is 6 months after the leaving and so the weather should have been changed.
For Day and Night time (light and darkness periods) look at #Daylight in Antarctica.
Therefore there must not be all day dark during the antarctic winter and not all day light during the antarctic summer. Especially getting north from the southpole, the period of all day darkness and all day light shortens to 1 day at the polar circle (63.5 ° South).
As also mentioned before, Mt. Melbourne is about 74° South and in so far there might be only a few days darkness and a few days of light. The period between is a normal day with a time of darkness and the rest light.
The second item mentioned, that it is surprising that the regular journeys had not been resumed cannot been proved because there is nothing shown of that.
Maybe the station shown in the film is a winter-only station without any summer-time crew... But this cannot be prooved trough the film.
ReneRomann 19:51, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Abandonning the Base - Mistakes Section

message: Should it really say that this movie was proceeded by Snow dogs? the two movies have little in common, aside from the fact that they both involve sledding. Stevo D 15:20, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In fact is Eight Below (less) a continuation of Snow Dogs. But some of the Dogs used for Snow Dogs are still used for Eight Below, such as DJ, playing Demon in Snow Dogs and Max in Eight Below.But there are no further relations between these 2 films expect the mushing and the relation to huskies. -- ReneRomann 18:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: is that Right?

message: It would be great to include this photo but I'm noty at all adept at uplaoding photos and figuring out the copyright issue.  If another editor could upload it, or a similar photo, that would be great:
Taro & Jiro
ThanksLisapollison 22:02, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If this picture is taken by yourself, you can use it under license of GNU and you have no problems with the copyright issue. But if not, there will be still problems with adding the picture to Wikipedia. (In fact, please read the following article: Image Description page at Wikipedia -- ReneRomann 18:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Statues of Taro & Jiro

message: Should this article be placed in "Category:Period films"? Yes, I know it's set in 1993 and that's only thirteen years before its release, but American Graffiti is in that category and it was released a mere eleven years after the time it was set in. 67.171.170.241 22:58, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe yes, because the original material for this film was situated in 1958. -- ReneRomann 13:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Umm, no, a period film is simply not just a film that takes place in a different time than when it was released.  It portrays what life is like during that period, life in Antarctica didn't really change much between 1993 and 2006.  --Holderca1 16:31, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Category:Period films?

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Eight below.jpg

message: Here's some source material that might help to expand this article —
* Has good animal handling and production information, including American Humane Society involvement
* The canine stars of EIGHT BELOW had to be able to do much more than sit and stay . . .
* DVD release info
* Hollywood Reporter review
* Awards (music)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by JimDunning (talk • contribs) 21:17, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Beware of single source dependence, though
Jim Dunning | talk 05:15, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Material for expanding article 

message: That thing about Eight Below being on Universal HD seems to be incorrect because I'm watching it right now. In any case, I guess it can be removed.
PatMan33 (talk) 23:43, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Universal HD

message: "balmy, blazing daylight at a time Antarctica is locked in round-the-clock darkness and temperatures of 140 degrees below"
that's utter nonsense. the guy who wrote this is really ignorant in basic geography. december, january and february are climatically summer in the southern hemisphere. that's why the dog guy says the ice is too thin. and if i were to be critical of the film, i would say there was actually too much darkness in the movie. i am no expert, but taking into consideration the latitude (halfway between the antarctic circle and the pole), the altitude (presumably over 2000 meters) and the fact that the expedition takes place in late january (that's right, just around the solstice) i'd say the sun shoul've had been under the horizon for 2 hours at most, if at all. and that means there's actually no darkness at all, but just about midnight there is a couple of hours of twilight.
i liked this movie anyway :). cheers!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.80.116.136 (talk) 17:40, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  broad daylight