Talk:Rampart (film)

who is actually "starring"

IMDB says Steve Buscemi. Other pages mention both Ice Cube and Woody Harrelson. We need to find a solid reliable source for this. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:39, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Harrelson is going to play the cop according to Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118024124?refCatId=13), at the moment we know that. IMDb puts Buscemi on the top of the cast randomly, but there's no source that claims he's going to star on a lead role, all sites mention him just as a member of the cast.--Machete kills (talk) 01:41, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Ok, that's good, Variety is certainly a better source than IMDB. Looks like Ice Cube could be considered a co-star as well. I have to admit I was having trouble imagining Buscemi as a hard-boiled cop in an anti-gang unit. Beeblebrox (talk) 02:54, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

The Reddit mention

There needs to be more about the Reddit AMA being a horribly failed PR stunt. I recommend this article. http://www.observer.com/2012/02/woody-harrelson-and-the-no-good-very-bad-reddit-ama/ Mojokabobo (talk) 03:39, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

I noticed that the article I recommended was actually already what was used in order to reference the reddit AMA, so I'm going to go ahead and include a little bit of info that was actually the subject of the article. Mojokabobo (talk) 03:59, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

In about two minutes, the Reddit mention will have absolutely no relevancy. In fact, it seems to be included primarily as a self-congratulatory exaggeration. Should be excluded. --96.235.34.41 (talk) 07:36, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

I disagree. This seems to be a smallish film and a smallish article. The Reddit thing was pretty big and most people who use that site with some frequency (millions uniques per month I would guess) know it as a meme. I would support a small section on the PR fiasco.96.50.10.234 (talk) 08:47, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

It, at best, would be given a sentence long mention in a marketing section, IF that. It seems entirely like an attempt at self promotion, this is not a major controversy or something that impacted the release of the film.Darkwarriorblake (talk) 13:27, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

That is yet to be seen. The film has not been widely released as far as I know, so we will see what kind of effect this bad pr stunt has on its bottom line. In any case, if the quotes from the AMA and the article are to be used, it should be referenced that the community at large viewed the quotes as being disingenuous. It's against n:pov to just omit the reaction that these quotes invoked in the community. Mojokabobo (talk) 06:43, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

On top of that, Darkwarriorblake, it is debatable whether this wasn't a major controversy... There are millions of Reddit users, and thousands upon thousands of those users have spent the last 3 days mocking Woody Harrelson for this stunt.Mojokabobo (talk) 06:46, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

This doesn't belong in the article at all, it's trivia of the most uninteresting kind. If any reliable sources are even still mentioning it next week, then maybe you'll have a point, but as it is 'some guys on the internet are mocking the actor for an interview he gave about the movie' is not important information. Robofish (talk) 23:50, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

What RoboFish said. No need to mention it. Especially since the Reddit AMA involved a LOT of libelous nonsense. Lots42 (talk) 02:41, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

I disagree. We are still hearing reports in the media about Woody's disastrous attempt to promote this film on Reddit several months later (http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/26/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/molly-ringwald-reddit-interview-ew/index.html). This was not a trivial event since this online interview showed the power of the internet to influence public opinion regarding actors and their movies. I recommend creating a marketing section in this article and adding a reference to a reliable news website which explains what transpired such as the following: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096768/Woody-Harrelson-falls-victim-Reddit-disastrous-Ask-interview.html Mistercontributer (talk) 9:52, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

The Reddit AMA deserves to be mentioned because it made a big splash in the media at the time, and is still relevant on one of the world's most popular web sites. To this day, celebrities who do interviews on Reddit mention or mock the "Rampart" interview: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/wc33h/iama_comedian_and_musician_danny_tamberelli_i_was/c5c33kt --76.102.87.128 (talk) 20:06, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Then cite where it appeared in the media. Yahoo? Time? Wired? Entertainment Weekly? Lots42 (talk) 19:25, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I think you mean it made a big splash on Reddit. Think outside the Reddit bubble. --SubSeven (talk) 00:03, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

One year later, and it's still referenced (more than the film itself it seems). The section devoted to it under Marketing is doing a good job of summarizing it currently. 12.46.106.78 (talk) 18:01, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

I agree. Based on this article's revision history, and also based on the above discussion, there were many attempts to censor out any references to that incident, until the ongoing references in the news media more than justified the Reddit mention in this article. -Mistercontributer (talk) 01:58, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Plot needs to be expanded

The plot is underdeveloped and needs to be expanded, moreover it should be rewritten.--Paleface Jack (talk) 03:51, 13 June 2014 (UTC)