Talk:The Criterion Collection/Archives/2012

Article move proposal

I thought Wiki titles are not supposed to start with "The"?--Adoniscik 28 June 2005 23:32 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia's Naming Conventions, "The" is not supposed to be used in article titles in most circumstances. Therefore, if there is no objection in a week's time, I will move the article. --metzerly 03:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Where's the vote page for this proposed move? --Dogbreathcanada 10:00, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I think we should probably hold the vote here for convenience. --metzerly 18:25, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Oppose. Mainly because it is known as The Criterion Collection and not simply Criterion Collection. The DVDs include the word 'The', so in this instance the 'The' should be included in the entry's title. --Dogbreathcanada 19:34, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Oppose Same reasons as above. --Ted-m 19:49, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Support. It would only be the article's top title that would have "The" removed from it. The article body would still refer to it as "The Criterion Collection." Additionally, anyone who types in "The Criterion Collection" in the search bar would be forwarded to "Criterion Collection" without a problem. As I mentioned, Wikipedia's Naming Conventions discourages the use of "The" at the beginning of an article title (here is the link to the exact section of the conventions). Almost every article in Wikipedia covering a subject that uses a definite article doesn't use it in the title. I don't think the Criterion Collection should be entitled any different than, for example, the Netherlands.

It's not a big deal - and I will remove the tag if you still oppose - but I think the definite article is not necessary. --metzerly 22:41, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I of course looked over the naming conventions earlier. The text seems to support the "The" in the title of this article. It is the official name of the collection. --Dogbreathcanada 03:34, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough, I'll remove my move proposal. --metzerly 04:04, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Move/Rename Template

I don't understand why the move/rename template is only supposed to go on an article's Talk page ... yet a delete template appears on the article's main page itself. How is anyone to know that there's a move/rename discussion going on if it's not advertised on the page where people will actualyl see it? Makes no sense to me. --Dogbreathcanada 03:36, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Special editions

I've bought copies of The Red Shoes DVD with and without a "Special edition" sticker on them. They were exactly the same apart from the sticker. Early releases didn't have the sticker. I emailed Criterion and they said that the only difference was the sticker. But I didn't keep the email. SteveCrook 19:13, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Were they different prices? The Singing Badger 21:33, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

No. It's just a marketing sticker. People are more apt to buy DVDs if they're brightly labeled "Special Edition". I don't even think the sticker issue is all that noteworthy and should be removed from the article. --Dogbreathcanada 22:14, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

It is just a marketing sticker, but I think it's a misleading one. People think that there's something different about the DVDs with the sticker. SteveCrook 22:34, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

the "definitive versions" sections is wildly out of date and also largely arbitrary. most of the films picked in this section are hardly representative either. the section needs to be updated or deleted altogether, you could reasonably claim criterion has issued 300 "definitive versions" which would seem to make the section somewhat pointless.Clover catcher 00:26, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

LD transfer question: notes from article

This unsigned note was removed from the article, and I am placing it on the Talk page. Please do not insert notes into articles.

I have a feeling that this gap is due to the widescreen films in between using the same transfer as their previous laserdisc releases, and that these are the first widescreen films to be transferred from film following their decision to go anamorphic. Please could someone confirm whether this is the case? Also I was struggling to find an elegant way of stating the fact that they released Academy ratio-films in between so there wasn't necessarily a gap of 8 non-anamorphic widescreen films between the two

--can anyone help maybe? -- Chris Stangl 19:20, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Ridiculous Linking

Is it really necessary to have a hyper link for every little thing; namely dates and months? Having extraneous hyperlinks makes articles very difficult to read because the every other word has a different color.

Welcome to the internet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.31.78.14 (talk) 22:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Restoration

I think the term restoration is used rather misleadingly in this article. As far as I'm aware Criterion have never restored a film. They merely take the best film prints (and/or elements) they can find and do a digital clean up for DVD. Restoration means to repair or create a new film print for preservation purposes (which may or may not be used for a DVD release). crazymaner2003 (Talk)

agreed, though it might we worth mentioning that their releases are often coordinated with Janus restorations Jun-Dai 00:14, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Next gen support?

is there any info on this? i haven't been able to locate any, but it would seem only natural that Criterion would support next gen. AlexOvShaolin 15:39, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

"next gen"? Do you mean HD DVD / Blu-Ray? If I were them, I'd wait until the format has settled. There's no clear indication yet that either/both formats are capable of competing with DVD at this point, and until there is, releasing in that format is going to be hideously expensive. Jun-Dai 18:46, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't see Criterion shying away from better quality movies due to expense, they were one of the first to adopt Laserdisc. – 58.106.109.143 09:13, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I hope my formatting is right i always get assaulted saying im "vandalising" when i try to help, but on the criterion site they got a blu-ray section under releases http://www.criterion.com/ so that should close this one —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kr4ft (talk • contribs) 09:09, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Criterion succession boxes

There's a discussion going on at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Films#Criterion Collection infoboxes and, to a lesser extent, Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive62#Criterion Collection infoboxes regarding the deletion of the Criterion succession boxes. --Doctor Sunshine 02:28, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Commentaries on De Palma films

The Criterion commentary on Carrie is not the only one recorded for a Brian De Palma film. The DVD of Mission to Mars contains a crew member commentary. However, De Palma himself has never participated in a commentary track. Mixedmedian11 (talk) 17:18, 24 August 2008 (UTC)