Talk:Vacancy (film)

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Contents 1 Synopsis 2 i dont know if this is important or not 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Vacancy.jpg 4 Sony anti-piracy technology. 5 Frank Whaley

[edit] Synopsis

The current synopsis is taken word-for-word from the official site. Isn't that a copyright violation? I'm not certain, so I won't take it down just yet. Elizabennet | talk 03:25, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

You're right Elizabeth. I have a feeling this stub was setup BY someone from Sony pictures. --Art8641 14:27, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

The current synopsis is sloppy, inaccurate, and gives away the ending. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.65.192 (talk) 16:10, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] i dont know if this is important or not

I just noticed that "vacancy" sounds like "they-can-see" which is what the movie is mostly about, and I don't know if this is important or not. Could go under trivia maybe. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.116.187.228 (talk) 02:23, 4 April 2007 (UTC).

I think that would qualify as original research. --  timc  talk   23:25, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Not only would that be original research, but it would also be entirely pointless to include in the trivia. 24.159.210.122 03:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

No one else said it, so I'm going to have to. It shouldn't go under trivia, or anywhere at all, because it's plain dumb. :) 210.49.15.52 (talk) 18:09, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Vacancy.jpg

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BetacommandBot 16:45, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sony anti-piracy technology.

I wrote a (very small scope) entry in relation to the anti-piracy issue with MANY Sony DVD releases of late. I kept it narrow in scope (Australia specific) because I can't substantiate any claims for other countries, if anyone else has knowledge on this, please share. I rented the DVD about a half dozen times (ie: took it back and swapped for another) and tried it on five different DVD players before digging around on the net to find it was a common problem for the AU release at least.

It's interesting to note that anti-piracy technology merely messes stuff up for home users; in frustration I just went and downloaded a torrent of it which (GASP!) worked fine.  :P They should call it anti-homeusery.  :P 210.49.15.52 (talk) 18:12, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

It would be great if we could cite this information and expand the section. Kushal^t 21:43, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Frank Whaley

Is it just me, or in the film does Frank Whaley's character (the creepy motel manager) look (and sound) just like Ned Flanders? ;-) --Legis (talk - contribs) 20:09, 9 May 2008 (UTC)