Talk:Men in Black (film)

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1 The Tycho Treaty
2 Is this it?
3 The Elvis 8-track tape that K plays in the Lincoln Tunnel Scene
4 Reference to X-Files series
5 Chief "Zed"

[edit] The Tycho Treaty

Why is the Tycho Treaty always being deleted from this site? That section is true, I don't know why there's such a problem with it. You're all wrong about one thing.

It's being deleted because this article is about the film Men in Black, not some non-notable (a Google search on "The Tycho Treaty" +band only brings back 31 returns) band who happened to make an album with a MIB theme. This band had nothing to do with the film, and the continual re-insertion of irrelevant information comes off as a transparent attempt at self-promotion. TheRealFennShysa 03:21, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

technically it's not self-promotion. i am a friend of the band. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 160.39.188.109 (talk) 05:38, 14 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Is this it?

This is pathetic, there need to be more info on this! What about the MIB themepark ride?

And what about the gadgets? I got directed here from a "neuralizer" link... (You know, I would write something, but then again...)

As you said... 8)

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[edit] The Elvis 8-track tape that K plays in the Lincoln Tunnel Scene

What album is that? It sounds pretty good. 147.145.40.44 00:02, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reference to X-Files series

I just added a paragraph called Trivia that contains reference to an episode of the X-Files TV series which also used the same theme as the movie. However, this has been removed. Is there any reason why such a reference should not be included? I thought it would be interesting to see how the same theme, based upon the comic series, is used in multiple creative expressions. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.150.80.101 (talk) 21:21, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

It was removed because you have no references citing that The X-Files actually used The Men in Black as their inspiration for that episode, only your own impression of that idea - one which you originally posted as The X-Files influencing The Men in Black, which is impossible, due to the timeline. What you posted was not based on published facts, but personal opinion - which should be avoided. TheRealFennShysa 22:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

I just noticed another page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_Black_%28The_X-Files%29) stating the link with X-Files already, so problem solved :-)

[edit] Chief "Zed"

In the article Rip Torn is credited as playing the role of chief "Zed". Now, in the film, virtually every member of the Men in Black organization is represented by a letter. Now, "Zed" can be a man's name, however it is also a pronunciation of the letter "Z" (pronounced "zee" in America). Now, is his name actually "Zed", or is it simply the pronunciation used for the letter "Z"

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