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[edit] This Needs Work
This article needs a lot of work. The synopsis is chronologically out of order and partially incorrect. I cleaned up some grammar and fixed up a lot of awkward sentences, but there's a lot of work that needs to be done. Plus, there's a mention of the movie's association with "developing trends" that seems so wrong.
First, it's hardly a trend if only one other film touched upon the return of Halley's Comet. Second, though I cleaned it up and left it in, the other trend of the VHS market seems to be irrelevant when we later read that the film was released on VHS in 1990. Fermentor 06:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
- What part of the synopsis do you think is wrong? It looks fine to me. Clarityfiend 16:40, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Well, the scene with the crazed store clerks happens after Hector leaves the girls and after Samantha draws the attention of the researchers by going on the radio; Hector has no part in that scene. Plus, I don't think they were actually store clerks and they weren't undead—the comet doesn't kill people it just turns them into crazies, kind of like "28 Days Later", and then into piles of dust. The whole shopping scene takes place after the radio station scene, the radio station is the first place the girls go and it's where they meet Hector. Also, the researchers are blown up at the end, they don't just die off from lack of blood. Fermentor 00:33, 18 February 2007 (UTC) P.S. It guess it doesn't need a LOT of work, but it could use a bit of help.
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- Okay. I watched it again and fixed the errors. Hey, who needs a life? Not all the villains were blown up though. Clarityfiend 05:46, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Hey, it could probably be cited that us fans of "Night of the Comet" have no life! j/k :D Fermentor 08:04, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
- Actually, this is wrong. Night of the Comet was released on VHS by CBS/Fox in 1985. It was released again by Goodtimes Video in 1990. There was also a Betamax release but I am still trying to find out the year. Phaid 19:56, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
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- I figured it was released earlier than 1990. With a movie like that they must have been banking on rental sales which makes the comment about the studio taking the advantage of the video market seem more relevant. One change I made about a week back was that I deleted the part written about how "VHS tapes sold for $100 so it might not have made much back" or something along those lines. It's true that VHS tapes would sell for that much, but only for one to three months before the consumer edition came out. Films were available to rent well before they were available to purchase.
- Good clean-up on the summary, btw, looks much nicer.Fermentor 09:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
