Talk:Escape from Tomorrow

Assessment
I am not involved in any of the noted WikiProjects, but how is such a comprehensive, well organized, well-sourced article only listed as a "Start" class? 78.26  (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 16:23, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It was assessed shortly after I began the article, and hasn't been revisited since. Thanks for the compliment! Daniel Case (talk) 16:33, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, that happens, and I've written articles that were assessed early on, way before I was finished, and I wish would be re-assessed (although I'm hoping for a "C" on mine, this deserves higher in my oh-so-humble opinion). I guess I am formally requesting that a member of said WikiProjects re-assess this article, because it truly deserves it.    78.26   (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 16:45, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * When it happens, it happens. I don't worry about these things. I am thinking of listing it for peer review after this Main Page turn (and after the news dies down; unless Disney decides to take legal action which of course would change things). Then I would nominate it for GA, which would change the assessment if it passes. Daniel Case (talk) 17:20, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Smart thinking. If Disney reacts, you'll be busy!  Anyway, kudos for a superb job.  I thought this was one of the most informative, readable articles I've seen in a long time.   78.26   (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 17:39, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Daniel, I've re-assessed this article based on your expansion, and it's excellent work! Like the IP user, I also enjoyed reading about the topic; I had no idea about this. I've assessed the article as B-class, and I think you will be just fine for a GA assessment. :) Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 17:59, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you again! However, before GA I always like to print the article out, go through it with a red pen, and then after implementing the copy edit take it to PR. Doesn't hurt to have had a few other eyes on it before the ones that count. Daniel Case (talk) 19:26, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

The plot is completely wrong
The plot summary for this movie is wrong. Unless there are multiple versions of this movie where the scenes are moved around or something, this very badly needs to be fixed. However, since this is currently a good rated article, I'm reluctant to make the changes. KatCheez 01:53, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Go ahead and and do it, if you've seen it. I put that together from what I could glean in the articles about it that ran in January and February when it was at Sundance, since it was unclear at the time if anyone outside that festival would ever actually see it. Now, that's not so. And don't let the rating on the article stop you from making a change if you feel it's an improvement. Daniel Case (talk) 14:43, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I radically rewrote the plot summary to correct the mistakes. It could use some tidying/trimming and, if you have seen the movie, you know that there are some scenes which are not completely clear. I believe that it is substantially correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.195.139.67 (talk) 07:04, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks good now ... all this article needs then is a digest of the reviews (which generally have been lukewarm at best). Daniel Case (talk) 16:21, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

The article says "The film cuts to another unnoticed scene involving the young Jim from the opening as he tortures a stray cat in the middle of a field somewhere outside New York City, revealing that he has transversed across the US. Then cuts to a different sequence with his childhood friend Tom, getting drunk in an abandoned junkyard outside an Oklahoma suburb, which is now vandalized. The two scenes end as the boys take a ride on their bikes into a bleak and vast landscape. One of them discuss about his first-time trip to Disney World with his father and another one who is now discussing about his morbid fantasy of murdering his abusive and alcoholic stepfather. The film ends with young Jim and Tom destroying everything in the same junkyard, from the eariler scene with a drunk Tom, in the rain." I just finished watching the movie on Netflix, and none of those scenes were in it. Was the film edited down? Metamatic (talk) 02:03, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * For all I know, yes. (I still haven't had a chance to see it myself). Daniel Case (talk) 16:39, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

[redacted]
Daniel Case (talk) thinks that he is a "consensus" and that man-child Tony Goldmark - a Disney fan boy with almost no YouTube subscribers and a huge conflict of interest - is as important as the LA Times and the New York Post. Bravo, Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.14.224.162 (talk) 11:37, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, I guess I'm going to have to protect this talk page too, since as the original section hed for this further demonstrates, you have shown no interest whatsoever in discussing this within Wikipedia policies of civility and no personal attacks, instead choosing to edit war relentlessly with sock puppets. I claim consensus for including Goldmark's review based on myself and TMobias's observation at your talk page that Goldmark wrote his review for a notable site—therefore it can be in this article. Instead of discussing this, you have just tried to impose your will on this page, and insulted willy-nilly like a little child when you didn't get your way. I'm not bothering to leave the page unprotected for you to reply because I've lost all faith in you; thus it would serve no purpose. Don't let the door hit you anywhere on your way out. Daniel Case (talk) 04:04, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Goldmark's "review" was first posted by (User:174.125.147.22) a sock puppet of TMobias - who hasn't used his wiki account for any other other purpose than to defend his original post. So to claim a consensus based on that is just... retarded. TMobias is also a "friend" of Goldmark's - how do we know this? Because he notified him within hours of the post being edited and brought him out of the woodwork to post a response on HIS talk page - (TMobias|talk). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.14.224.162 (talk) 13:26, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * It's certainly an oddly large amount of space to devote to Goldmark, regardless of whether his opinion belongs on the page or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.154.234.80 (talk) 02:53, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

Goldmark review
Hi. I know that this subject had come up in the past, but I thought I might bring this up anyway. I've made some edits to this page before, and I never thought too much one way or the other about the inclusion of Goldmark's review (I've even made some edits to improve the description of it.) But I've been thinking about it for a while, and I don't think it should be included;

First off, in his three-part review, Goldmark isn't playing himself, he is playing a character (called the "jerk") In the finale of part three, the actor that Goldmark is speaking with even addresses him as "jerk" and reference is made to the story-arc that got him to review the film in the first place. During the review Goldmark is pretty much in-character the whole time. His characters' opinions may be based on his real ones, but they are still exaggerated.

Second, Wikipedia movie articles don't usually include YouTube comedy reviews from "Channel Awesome" (or any YouTube review in general). Goldmark has also produced a three-part comical review of The Haunted Mansion for instance, but it is not included in that film's Wikipedia article. So why is his Escape from Tomorrow review so important that it needs to be noted in the reception section of this article? On top of that, there have been several reviews of this film on YouTube (and millions of film reviews in general). YouTube reviews (especially satirical reviews from "Channel Awesome") are generally not necessary or important enough to be included in Wikipedia film articles.

Three, when Goldmark's review was first added to the page (I don't recall which editor it was), the article text initially included an external link to the website "Some Jerk With a Camera" which is rather inappropriate and unnecessary to include within the article text. Which makes me question if an editor just wanted to give a shout-out and advertise the website within the article.

In the interest of full disclosure, I actually agree with Goldmark's review. But whether I agree with him or not is irrelevant. I believe that it is not appropriate to include notes from a "Channel Awesome" review in this article. If nothing else, I don't think that Goldmark's review needs to have so much space dedicated to it. Any thoughts? Wikicontributor12 (talk) 00:15, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, now this is the right way to go about doing this. I refused to discuss it before because of Owlfarm88 and his socks ... he seemed to have some personal loathing for Goldmark and no other justification for the edit. I didn't actually add this review myself when I created the article ... someone else did later on. Maybe it was Goldmark or some sock of his; at this point I don't know and don't care. Since I wasn't familiar with the site but noted that it was notable enough for an article to have been started and kept on, I felt a review posted there could stay. Since it is responding directly to another review we quoted here, I also thought it relevant as well. I do agree, however, that maybe I quoted too much ... I've noticed that at GAN the trend has been towards more paraphrasing and less direct quoting, I don't know why, probably because one nominator too many was submitting articles that were largely quote salad, and they wanted encourage more writing and less copyright-troublesome collaging. Also, the disclosure that Goldmark's review may be as much a performance as an actual review has led me to reconsider it some more. Daniel Case (talk) 07:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I appreciate you offering your thoughts. I apologize that I did not get back to you sooner. Until a determination is made if the entire thing should be deleted or not. I'm going to try and shorten it a bit.Wikicontributor12 (talk) 06:18, 13 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I've noticed the recent article history. I think it's time to seek some additional feedback on this subject; @SummerPhDv2.0. - Wikicontributor12 (talk) 05:32, 23 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I can only guess why I was called into this.


 * For the moment I'll just say that we have had past instances of fictional NASA personnel pointing out inaccuracies in Gravity, fictional commentators editorializing on politicians and yes, lots of fictional reviewers of films (and video games).


 * These are not what the characters purport them to be. We would not, for instance, report medical advice from a doctor on The Simpsons as if it were a doctor giving medical advice. Instead, this type of material is effectively "In popular culture" material. Imaginary characters on The Critic or Men on Film and similar have their imaginary opinions. The only time we would have something to say about them is if independent reliable sources discussing the film discuss them. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 12:59, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
 * As far as I can tell, Goldmark is his own name and I am not sure the review segments are clearly marked as performance (really, to some extent every critic who reviews films on TV or Internet video is playing a character), the way Men on Film was. A question in settling this would be, are excerpts of his reviews used in blurbs to promote films? If they are, then it suggests that film marketers believe viewers take them seriously. Daniel Case (talk) 16:38, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for providing your thoughts here. I've seen your edits on various articles that I have also given attention to, so I was familiar with the fact that you know a lot about policy, and I knew that your feedback would add some value. After seeing the back and forth in this article's edit history, I felt it would be a good idea to stimulate discussion again. Personally, I am ultimately fine with any outcome to this subject. In answer to the recent question though, I personally have never seen blurbs from Golmark's reviews used to promote a film. Wikicontributor12 (talk) 17:48, 23 May 2017 (UTCt


 * If Goldmark's remarks are used as blurb it would show the marketing folks thought it would look good on a poster, nothing more. Posters have been known to include blurbs from fictional reviewers created for the poster.


 * Our articles repeatedly describe That Guy with the Glasses/Nostalgia Critic/Bum Reviews/Some Jerk With a Camera/etc. as satire. Satirical movie reviews are not movie reviews much as "Weekend Update" and The Onion not news. Goldmark is focused on mocking films and critics not reviewing them. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 19:15, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
 * After the latest (interestingly coincidental) attempt to remove it by a possible Owlfarm88 sock whom I've blocked for this (the other edits weren't terribly constructive anyway), I took the trouble of removing this myself. Daniel Case (talk) 17:41, 24 May 2017 (UTC)


 * How many can agree that the film isn't "postmodern" as Kyle Kallgren explained in Tony's vid. Espngeek (talk) 12:11, 24 October 2019 (UTC)

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Dis fan reactions

 * Aside from Tony Goldmark's, some are pretty negative: Jenny Nicholson, Animat and The Disney Project Podcast.
 * I think some critics want it to be an anti-Dis masterpiece or a legit criticism of WD, but it's a film with unlikeable characters and bad controversy. Espngeek (talk) 12:07, 24 October 2019 (UTC)