Talk:Scary Movie 5

Plot

Happily-married couple Dan and Jody begin to notice some bizarre activity once they bring their newborn baby Aiden home from the hospital. But when the chaos expands into Jody's job as a ballet dancer and Dan's career as an Ape researcher, they realize their family is being stalked by a nefarious demon. Together, with the advice of certified experts and the aid of numerous cameras, they must figure out how to get rid of it before it's too late. ...is either a copyright infringement of [1], or at the least blatantly unencyclopedic in tone. I've tried to remove the section, but been reverted. A couple of templates referring to the problems are now added. 99.136.255.134 (talk) 22:01, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Scary Movie V

Isn't the official title of the movie Scary Movie V? --DrAndrewWinters (talk) 13:43, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

On the film poster credits, it's stated as Scary Movie 5. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 08:40, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Parodies

Please avoid adding a list of parodies in the film. It is unsourced and doesn't help anyone understand the film. It would be like every comedy page listing a list of jokes from it. Please don't add it per Wikipedia:Fancruft. Andrzejbanas (talk) 15:20, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

There is a strong precedent set by the other Scary Movie and so-called spoof film articles. It can be sourced based on reviews from critics (preferably reusing named references), so it is fair to insist that it be properly sourced and limited to the main examples. Better to have a section listing the main influences than to bloat other sections like Plot or bloat the Critical response section with Plot recaps, references, and name-dropping. Editors can add things in good faith and give it a fair chance if they make the effort to properly source and reference it. -- 109.77.166.45 (talk) 18:13, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

But how does a list of things that are mocked/parodied help the article? How does it make you understand the film more? Perhaps if critics make a point that "parodies of this were good/bad/confusing" then it's relevent. Otherwise, it seems to be fancruft still. There is no benefit to adding just a list of parodies. Andrzejbanas (talk) 21:39, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

For a film like this a list of "parodies" is actually more informative than the plot section. Critics generally give an overview of the plot in their reviews, for this film you'll notice most just name drop the main films used as structure to parody and hang other jokes on, rather than attempting to summarize blow by blow.

The intro already outlines the main films parodied. The intro should summarize information in the article body but that information is not yet contained in the main article. How should that information be best included?

Maybe you are objecting to a list and prefer prose? That's fine. Maybe you think the information should be presented under Production or Development or Writing? That would be fine too. As I said above, I do agree additions should be verified and shown to be notable, those requirements alone should be enough to stop it becoming fancruft. Editors are trying to add information in good faith, don't say what you don't want, say what you think is the best way to do it. -- 109.77.166.45 (talk) 22:52, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

If it can be cited an incorporated into the plot, I think that would be much better. Mind you, it should still be relevant to the plot, not every random gag. Andrzejbanas (talk) 02:59, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Failing it being incorporated into the plot, then it should probably be in a "cultural references" section or something. I'm thinking something like the television articles (see The Griffin Family History#Cultural referencesfor an example). Andrzejbanas (talk) 13:04, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Sad

I miss what Ebert would have to say about it... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.189.191.15 (talk) 13:45, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

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Scary MoVie

I don't think the title of the page should be this. The copyright and credit at the bottom of the poster label this movie as "Scary Movie 5" here. Should this be moved back? Andrzejbanas (talk) 16:30, 19 April 2013 (UTC)