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change the title from “Nope” to “NOPE” as Universal in press has began to distinctly stylize the name that way 2603:6081:5340:F2A2:C486:2B3C:BFAE:1FB9 (talk) 03:59, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. please also provide reliable sources that press in general refers to the film as "NOPE" instead of "Nope", and keep in mind the guideline for all-caps in articles. 💜 melecie talk - 10:21, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The stylization in all caps appears to be a font choice, although an inconsistent one. As of now, on Universal's page for Nope, they primarily use Title Case "Nope" over ALL CAPS "NOPE," although the embedded YouTube trailer video there does use "NOPE." ColinATL (talk) 00:36, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Gordy doesn't kill Jupe's female cast mate, she is at the abduction show on Jupiter's Claim. Her electronic wheelchair is on the roof. Gordy is shot before Jupe can fist bump him. 104.246.197.69 (talk) 14:27, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:37, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Using proper pronoun for a character

In the first paragraph under the “Plot” section, a character named Gordy -a male chimpanzee- is referred to with inconsistent pronouns. He is referred to as “he,” and is later referred to as “it” in the last sentence of the paragraph. Since he has already been introduced with a name and a “he” pronoun, the “it” pronoun needs to be corrected to “he.” 144.230.82.251 (talk) 19:13, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Horse Pronouns

The horses should be referred to by him/her as they are in the film. The use of ‘it’ is objectifying and increasingly out of fashion even in scientific and academic settings, not to mention going against the themes of respecting other beings found in the film. 2603:7000:A303:2ED2:1D44:6E8E:C98A:EAFB (talk) 06:45, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Muybridge pictures

The animation of Eadweard Muybridge's pictures of galloping horse Annie G. (published as plate 626 in Muybridge's Animal Locomotion in 1887) is used in the movie as illustration of "the very first assembly of photographs to create a motion picture" and the rider is said to be the great (great) grandfather of the Haywoods.

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Muybridge had already been publishing chronophotographic picture sequences since 1878 –nine years earlier– (see The Horse in Motion) and the names of riders and drivers are printed on the first cabinet cards: (Charles) Marvin and G.(Gilbert L.) Domm. Their skin colour isn't clear in the original pictures; at this stage Muybridge only managed to record them as silhouettes (Stanford did employ black coachman James Vickers, featured in an 1872 still photograph by Muybridge, but Marvin and Domm were probably not black; the extant detailed press articles of the time would probably have pointed this out). These and other sequences were often viewed in motion in zoetropes soon after publication, and a little while later they were traced anamorphically in paint on glass discs for projection with Muybridge's zoopraxiscope in his lectures on locomotion (starting in 1880). The lectures thus seem to have included the first projected motion pictures based on actual recordings of motion, basically a form of rotoscoping. Stroboscopic animation already existed since 1833, projected stroboscopic animation at least since 1847, and stop motion/pixilation (animated posed photographs) since circa 1851/1852, see: History of film technology.

The black rider of Annie G., recorded at the University of Pennsylvania between 1883 and 1885 (in much clearer quality than the 1878 pictures), has not yet been identified. Unfortunately, the pages with notes for these recordings are missing from Muybridge's notebook kept at the George Eastman House library (https://fdiv.net/2015/01/02/who-were-jockeys-muybridges-photographs). Joortje1 (talk) 15:21, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WP:FILMRATINGS

WP:FILMRATINGS are not normally included. What's more the text makes it clear how entirely unsurprising it is that this Jordan Peele film is R-Rated. The notes about the MPA rating should probably be removed. If editors were aware of the guidelines and deliberately trying to claim something about the rating is especially noteworthy and that an exception should be made in this case then they must do more to clearly explain why they think it is appropriate. A talk page discussion should not be be necessary to figure this out, it should really already be clear to readers that something about the rating was exceptional or it shouldn't be in the article. -- 109.78.196.241 (talk) 00:00, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Plot summary

The plot summary is unnecessarily long and poorly worded. Additionally, the alien’s final form does not look like a biblically accurate angel at all. That part needs to be taken out. 75.182.185.45 (talk) 20:05, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, Angel does not accidentally get wrapped in the tarp and barbed wire. He does this completely on purpose in order to protect himself. 38.140.6.218 (talk) 15:28, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The plot summary has since been reduced to an acceptable word count per WP:FILMPLOT (i.e. between 400 and 700 words; at the time of my writing this, the word count is 696 words). The general consensus seems to favour referring to the alien's final form as being reminiscent of a "biblically accurate angel", especially since there are multiple cited sources that refer to it as such. And as for Angel being wrapped in tarp and barbed wire, I've removed the word "accidentally". —Matthew - (talk) 21:10, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Neon Genesis Evangelion References

Neither Jordan Peele nor the monster designer John Dabiri are on record as citing the series or Angel designs as direct inspiration at this time. Every linked source regarding this is speculative writing by third parties. I think this should be removed as it is in multiple portions of this entry. CrustyCrostini (talk) 04:49, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, it's essentially fanwank.--Mr Fink (talk) 04:56, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Nope (film)

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Nope (film)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "BOM":

From BlacKkKlansman: "BlacKkKlansman (2018)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
From Candyman (2021 film): "Candyman (2021)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
From Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
From Get Out: "Get Out (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
From The Wizard of Oz (1939 film): "The Wizard of Oz (1939)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
From Universal Pictures: "Universal All Time Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
From Us (2019 film): "Us (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
From Thor: Love and Thunder: "Thor: Love and Thunder". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
From Close Encounters of the Third Kind: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
From DC League of Super-Pets: "DC League of Super-Pets". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved August 14, 2022. ID is missing in both template and Wikidata; please add to either place.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 23:42, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Genre

One thing we can clearly agree on is this film is a science-fiction horror. But I feel it may fall into other genres, such as neo-western (desert and cowboy imagery galore) and/or thriller. I propose it’s categorized as “epic neo-western sci-fi horror.” This is the most concise, accurate way this film can be described. 172.254.82.67 (talk) 23:12, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]