Talk:The Munsters (2022 film)

Histmerge

Hello @(a)nnihilation97:: I was wondering why you created a article for the The Munsters (2022 film) when I created a draft months ago at Draft:The Munsters (upcoming film). Could we potentially merged the editing histories of my draft, so that its history isn't tossed aside or thrown away? Cardei012597 (talk) 05:44, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

The histmerge is now complete. Cardei012597 (talk) 20:10, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

My apologies Cardei012597, I didn't realize it was already created as a Draft. I should've checked the Draft pages first before creating an article like I usually do. I was just surprised that the film already started filming and that there was no wikipedia page created for it. - (a)nnihilation97 (talk) 23:49, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Apologies accepted. It's all water under the bridge, now. Cardei012597 (talk) 05:14, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Why is it titled as a 2022 film if it’s not dated anywhere else?--CreecregofLife (talk) 07:13, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 17 April 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Already moved. Discussion has unanimously found that there is no confirmed date yet. The page has already been moved. Closing per WP:AVALANCHE. (closed by non-admin page mover) —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • C • L)} 08:49, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

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The Munsters (2022 film) → The Munsters (upcoming film) – No confirmed release window or date yet. Title present inaccurate information. Iamnoahflores (talk) 00:54, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

• Support, I agree there is no confirmed date on when it will be released so misleading title at this point. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 14:05, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
• Support I agree that the current title is misleading.--65.92.163.109 (talk) 03:06, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

• Support, per above comments. There is no confirmed date yet. Cardei012597 (talk) 13:36, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Casting rumour errors

Hello. I've had to go into various pages including this, which have cited Evan Rachel Woods and Jacob Trembley as being cast as Marilyn and Eddie. This is not true. Rob has not made an announcement on either of these characters on either his Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/robzombieofficial/) or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/RobZombie) nor at the official The Munsters page on his website: https://robzombie.com/movies/the-munsters-in-production/. Have had to go in and make a lot of changes to wikipedia and awaiting on IMDB to accept changes to any reference to ERW and JT. Aware there was recent rumours on the internet in regards to these roles but they simply aren't true. If unsure, check Rob's social or the official Munsters page at the website to see which cast members have been announced and confirmed before making changes. Cheers and thank you. EmmaJL5 — Preceding unsigned comment added by EmmaJL5 (talk • contribs) 16:37, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Title of article

As there is no other film titled "The Munsters", this article should be moved to "The Munsters (film)" over the existing redirect. 128.151.71.7 (talk) 15:34, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Rating section

Hi all, Just some advice please. I put up a section about the rating for The Munsters but this was removed with the reason being "no MPA ratings". I understand the overall reasoning behind this and I have left a request for discussion with the user who took it down, but was wondering if I could get some additional advice. This is not meant to be riding roughshod over an editors decision but I think there is some precedence to allow MPA ratings on a film page for certain reasons.

Here is what I said on the editors talk page:

"I understand that MPA ratings are not normally written about because films get different classifications across the globe but feel this is relevant because of the controversy surrounding speculation about the nature of the film that Rob Zombie was directing and the reason why he clarified on social media about it. Ratings have appeared on other movie pages. I take as example the section on his movie 31 (film) where it is brought up. I think it’s relevant to the films Wikipedia but would like to find a better way to put it in if you feel having it under a rating header is not relevant.....I’ve done a little reading and think there is room for having some information about the rating for The Munsters on the page using this information from Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Film#Ratings specifically this paragraph “Rating coverage generally belongs in the "Release" section, though coverage can be elsewhere. For instance, the "Production" section can detail the filmmakers' goal to achieve a specific rating in making the film, or a stand-alone section can cover controversy surrounding a rating if enough detail exists.” As I mentioned in my previous comment, Rob had to address this as there was intense speculation about whether he was directing a movie faithful to the family friendly nature of the original Munsters tv series or a movie more in the vein of his other blood and gore type films."

Any help in clarification will be gratefully appreciated. I'm not going to undo the removal until others more experienced in this type of addition to a movie page have been able to comment and a consensus is reached. EmmaJL5 11:35, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Seems notable to me, you have the director posting about the PG rating on socials, and film buzz sites cover the contrast with his metal/grindhouse image. Articles for The Straight Story and The House with a Clock in its Walls mention MPAA, and those were movies that didn't hype the discrepancy. Unrelated, is it standard practice to italicize quotes? 70.163.208.142 (talk) 01:04, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for the comment. Appreciated and this is my thought also. It was notable because as you say the contrast between this and Zombie's other movies, plus the media and fan questions before that announcement about the PG rating was made speculating the type of movie. I wonder if it is best for me to put it into the opening paragraph of the film, similar to how the linked page you gave as an example does it for The House with a Clock in Its Walls (film) where it is noted that "It is Roth's first film to not receive an R rating". So for example, "This is Zombie' first movie to be rated PG. Zombie addressed this on social media following fan and media speculation about the type of film The Munsters would be...... etc etc etc".

As to italicized quotes - it's probably a hangup of mine when writing articles on websites - quotes in italics to differentiate from the rest of the paragraph. I've had a read on formatting wikipedia text and have amended to remove the italics from the paragraphs I have contributed to. EmmaJL5 12:45, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

I think it's valid and important to include a section about the MPAA rating for this film. As you implied Rob Zombie is known for extreme gore in his projects. A PG rating is a significant deviation from the director's norm. It will have an impact on how Rob Zombie fans view the film. There will certainly be discussions about what could have been had he tried to make it bloodier. There will certainly be conversations that The Munster's originally parody the clean-cut Leave-It-To-Beaver suburbanized American and Rob Zombie film's staying true to that with honesty and corny laughs rather then scare tactics. That he's even attempting to create something for a wide audiecnce (rather then a niche audience looking for hyper gore) is a significant attribute. Again, I think it's important. BradVesp (talk) 12:58, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you @BradVesp for your insights, it's appreciated. As you mention this is a significant deviation from the directors previously rated movies and I think worth mentioning on the page. I wrote this originally under a sub-heading of "Rating" under the "Release" main banner:

In March 2022, following fan speculation about the Motion Picture Association rating for The Munsters, Rob Zombie revealed a graphic on his Instagram page which said "The Munsters. Rated PG for macabre and suggestive material, scary images and language". Explaining Zombie said "For those of you speculating, wondering and assuming that THE MUNSTERS would be dirty, violent and nasty… well, you are wrong. It’s all good down on Mockingbird Lane."

Do you think this would be better added to maybe the opening paragraph and not as a sub-category? EmmaJL5 13:17, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Hum...my initial reaction is that it doesn't belong in the opening paragraph, but like I said, I think it's important attribute for the film, so...It maybe valid. Are there any other film pages with some similar language in the opening paragraph? BradVesp (talk) 13:57, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm not sure either. One of the pages that user 70.163.208.142 referred to was The House with a Clock in Its Walls (film) which notes in the opening paragraph "It is Roth's first film to not receive an R rating". However, there is another Rob Zombie movie 31 (film) where rating is a section itself: 31 (film)#Rating - I'm still more inclined to how I had it originally but also don't want to risk a no MPA rating in a movie page removal. Hence trying to see if there is another suggested way that would make it a better entry to The Munsters page. ;) EmmaJL5 14:16, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Reviewing this situation, I see coverage from March 2022 about the film's rating. I think it could be covered in one or two sentences in the "Release" section. It is not sufficient content for a standalone section or subsection. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 18:01, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

@Erik that sounds fair. I will try and think of a way to put something in. Thanks for your advice. EmmaJL5 13:35, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

@EmmaJL5, tomorrow looks rainy where l am. So, maybe I'll spend the indoor time looking for examples in movie articles outside the horror genre.BradVesp (talk) 11:35, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

@BradVesp - Thank you. I'm not around much today to do any contributing to the page but will look on Friday also to try and come up with a way to interject a passage under release as @Erik has suggested. Anything you can find also will be very much appreciated. EmmaJL5 13:36, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

South_Park:_Bigger,_Longer_&_Uncut has a comment in the main paragraph and more detail in the Release section.

I looked at Quinten Terintno films and saw no mention about the MPAA ratings anywhere, not in Reservoir Dogs, not in Death Proof (nor Grindhouse).

The Passion of The Christ has a comment about it being the highest grossing R-rated film in the Box Office and Theatrical Run section in the Release Section.

l looked at Tim Burton movie pages and didn't notice anything relevant.

Gremlins has a comment in the main paragraph (It inspired a new PG- 13 rating) but no detail else ware.

The Adams Family movie pages didn't have anything relevant.

I noticed the following in Frankenstein movie pages:

Bride_of_Frankenstein has a Censorship section. The Reception section maybe useful to look at, too.

There's one sentence about censorship in the Production section in The_Ghost_of_Frankenstein

and one sentence in Development in the Production section in House_of_Dracula.

I don't see anything specific in Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_Frankenstein but wanted to highlight that it exists.

& Some movies have a Controversy section that includes comments abut Violence. This is, I guess, a controversy; that there isn't much gore. (maybe a reverse-controversy? or not.)

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Ultimately, yeah, one sentence in the Release section seems appropriate (probably with like a link to the Instagram page). The movie isn't available, yet. It maybe appropriate to revisit the content (whatever you write) in October and, depending on audience & critic reaction, add another sentence or two or a Controversy or Reception section. BradVesp (talk) 15:17, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks @BradVesp for your help. I'm going to have a look at this over the next couple of days. Not had any tine over the weekend as it was my wedding anniversary. At the moment trying to rewrite some sections - including casting - to take out the verbatim dates as it has been flagged on the revision page as not being compliant with wikipedia styles. Learning as I'm going along. EmmaJL5 13:20, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Info based on leak?

Hello, should we be allowing info on the page based on a leaked copy of the film? Or should updates to casting etc come once the film has officially been released? I've rollbacked an edit by a user who put info up on casting based on the leaked film and therefore end credits roll as I don't think we should be entertaining info that has not been officially released. Any help gratefully appreciated. EmmaJL5 13:53, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

"The Munsters (upcoming film)" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect The Munsters (upcoming film) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 February 27 § The Munsters (upcoming film) until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 15:59, 27 February 2023 (UTC)