Talk:Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

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Language clean up
This article needs serious language editing and proof reading, it contains multiple spelling and grammar errors. I reads incoherntly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.146.61.37 (talk) 21:11, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

CG production
What tools and technologies was used to made it? especially for feathers animations?94.45.73.56 (talk) 16:16, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Minor Changes
Metalbeak didn't just kill Allomere, it was a provoked action due to lack of trust when Soren and "the gang" show up and meddle with his plan. Fixed the plot section. Also corrected Mrs.P's species. She is most likely a western blind snake. (She's defined as just a blind snake in the books but the western blind snake most resembles her form in the movie). Also, all versions of the soundtrack available for purchase do not include the 30 Seconds to Mars song "Kings and Queens". Removed and added as a separate line after soundtrack listing and info with reference to trailer for movie. Also added specific artist names to album info and listing, Owl City only did one song so it is mentioned only above the listing instead of being inserted into the actual listing. --Wizardsbane (talk) 10:25, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Production
I can't seem to narrow down when work started in this film; it appears to have begun before February 2009. It is hard to nail down the "beginning" with animated films. If anyone can find sources to verify the development timeline of this project, they would be welcome. — Erik (talk • contrib) 04:27, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Video Game
If anyone has played the video game, it would be appreciated if you start making an actual page for it. I would make a page, if I had played the game, but I haven't yet, so I can't. Monkeys 9711 (talk) 23:33, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

"Sequal" Section
Don't know how to fix it, as I'm new, but the typo is desperately annoying me. Thanks. 77.86.62.42 (talk) 23:07, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It's been removed altogether. Unsourced.  Mike   Allen   00:51, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Image
I added a different poster for the image; I know that someone will change it, but I really like it, and I'll see if it works out. Monkeys 9711 (talk) 20:09, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism?
Gylfie is voiced by Emily Barclay and not Emma Watson. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.120.246.178 (talk) 06:01, 29 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Unknown user, please sign your posts with the four tildes (~) and place your posts UNDER all previous posts. Venku Tur&#39;Mukan (talk) 18:47, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

It says in the article that Soren and Kludd were knocked out of the tree and swept up by a tasmanian devil... This is ridiculous! I've read the first three books (is the movie based on the first three or the first four?), and this is already WAY off base. Could somebody who's actually SEEN the movie please fix this? Venku Tur&#39;Mukan (talk) 04:16, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Besides, (at least in the books) Kludd IS Metalbeak. He pushed Soren out of the tree (in the books) and St. Aegolius captures him. Either: 1) Somebody screwed this up 2) My memory is way off 3) The movie totally strayed from the books' plot. PLEASE clarify! Venku Tur&#39;Mukan (talk) 04:22, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

No, the user is right! I thought about that too before, but it clearly says on Internet Movie Database that they were swept up by a tasmanian devil. Monkeys 9711 (talk) 21:30, 29 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay, maybe not "swept up," per se, but "attacked." Whatever. It didn't happen in the books... that disappoints me. But hopefully the movie's good (it probably is--it's by the same people that did Happy Feet). Anyway, I wouldn't quite trust IMDB, unless it happened in the movie ... Thanks for the comment on my User Page, Monkeys 9711.

Venku Tur&#39;Mukan (talk) 16:45, 7 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, I've seen the movie and the were NOT "swept up". They were, however, attacked by an animal, which now that I think of it, looks like a (real-life) Tasmanian Devil. It was shadowy and fast moving, so I'm not sure, but it fits the description the best. However, they weresnatched up by St. Aggie's patrol (Jatt and Jutt). In the movie, Kludd and Metal Beak are separate characters, and the Pure Ones are the ones running St. Aegolius. There were several other major points where the movie wasn't faithful, such as changing Otulissa and Strix Struma from Spotted Owls to Northern Saw-Whets (NOT Short-eared Owls, by the way; they didn't even have ear tufts =/), completely nixing Martin and Ruby, giving Mrs. Plithiver eyes, etc. Ignoring the fact that it's only halfway faithful, it's a fairly decent movie. But I'd advise seeing it for yourself before touching the plot synopsis. Speaking of which, we seriously need to cut it down to size to meet the standards of WP:PLOT.-- Twilight  Helryx  18:49, 7 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay. I saw the movie recently. It paused a lot (no, I'm kidding, that was just because of stuff going on around the house). You were right--they did get attacked by our little friend Taz. The fact that they changed Kludd to a captured-and-corrupted character kind of bothered me. Maybe they'll find a way to put it back to normal in a sequel, as with adding Ruby and Martin. I suppose this isn't really a place to discuss the movie itself (perhaps a discussion on my page would work), so I'll try to lay off that now. Venku Tur&#39;Mukan (talk) 00:11, 4 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Venku Tur&#39;Mukan, you must be cautious, as for the movie may not be entirely based off the book. Therefore, I recommend to watch it before performing crucial edits to this article. --Michaelzeng7 (talk) 19:49, 17 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Michealzeng7, I did say that I saw the movie. I did not make any major changes to the article (the most serious edit involved the tasmanian devil, and I didn't take it out). I also know that not every book-based movie is 100% faithful to the book. Venku Tur&#39;Mukan (talk) 20:18, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Box office?
The box office section should say what currency it is in. (USD / AUD / ?). Also, does "domestically" mean Australia, the US, or some other country/region? This encyclopedia isn't only read by Australians! --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 19:30, 21 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I fixed the section. Thanks for the heads-up! Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 19:37, 21 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Wow! that was quick. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 20:25, 21 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I tend to monitor ongoing discussions. :) You can do the same with this. Let me know if you have any questions! Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 20:47, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Style
Just thought that viewers would wonder why there are lots of slow motion scenes in this film. If anyone disagrees, please send me a message on my talk page explaining why you removed it. Thanks Monkeys 9711 (talk) 01:17, 20 December 2010 (UTC)


 * That's okay (James Cameron loves slo-mo too), but both that and the Sequel section need references. Find a good solid source, and then update the reference section. Venku Tur&#39;Mukan (talk) 00:16, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Four times a cast
The cast of the film is repeated four times, all wiki linked! I suggest removing the cast from the introductory paragraph and delinking the the names in the plot and voice cast sections (except for those not mentioned in the infobox). Any objections? --DelftUser (talk) 00:32, 22 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I completely rewrote the plot as it was too detailed. All cast names were removed from the summary. Wxkat (talk) 11:05, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Plot
The previous plot summary was far too detailed. I pared it down to keep within the 700-word limit and keep the plot concise. Wxkat (talk) 10:53, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Good work, but you should wikify some owl species in the voice cast that were mentioned in the old summary. --DelftUser (talk) 17:22, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I've wikified the main characters that I kept in the plot, but it might be better to wikify the characters mentioned in the cast that don't show up in the plot summary. Wxkat

(talk) 06:32, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * In the previous year since the last comment there have been edits that make the plot exceed the limit. I added to account for this.--Michaelzeng7 (talk) 16:39, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Removed template on plot section
I cleaned up the plot, and if anymore details are removed, then it will confuse the reader, since this movie has a lot of details that viewers must know. Notice that the templte states: "may be too long or over detailed." It is not over detailed, it is just a movie with lots of details that must be followed. Monkeys 9711 (talk) 21:57, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The Plot summary should not give a too detailed summary. All movies contain a lot of detail. A plot summary is here to summarize the movie in a short and concise way. A plot summary is not a recap. I advise you (Monkeys 9711) to read the Wikipedia reference to plot summaries here: How to write a plot summary --Michaelzeng7 (talk) 16:46, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Alright, time to rewrite the plot summary
I'm rewriting the plot summary because it is too excessive in detail. Although it may give the juicy stuff out, that is always not required. Following WP:PLOTSUM. ---Michaelzeng7 (talk - contribs) 01:13, 10 February 2012 (UTC)


 * ✅ Please don't include too much detail to the plot as of now. Unless it's in good faith and feel that it is nessecary, please discuss it on the talk page before inserting it. Thanks! ---Michaelzeng7 (talk - contribs) 16:30, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (soundtrack)
The soundtrack album for this film doesn't have any independent notability. The only additional information contained in the soundtrack article is a tracklisting and an infobox; both of which can be neatly contained in the film article without WP:TOOLONG issues. I thus propose merging the content of the soundtrack album to the "Soundtrack" section of this article. Mz7 (talk) 21:44, 1 April 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅ I've gone ahead and WP:BOLDly performed the merger. I've also cut a few of the sections out, as they appeared to be original research basing on YouTube video descriptions (some of which have been deleted due to copyvio). Respectfully, Mz7 (talk) 22:00, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

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Production companies
what is your reliable source for the companies that you want to add? They are not in the AFI catalog. Is this just your original research? It looks to me like you're edit warring to add unsourced content. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:25, 4 February 2019 (UTC)


 * WP:RSing must be provided with any addition to the article. If the companies were part of the production then this shoud be easy to provide. One thing to be aware of is that if these companies are listed on the DVD that does not necessarily mean they were part of the production of the original film - I don't know whether that is the case here but it has come up in the past. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 19:39, 4 February 2019 (UTC)


 * BFI page for the film shows this. There seems to be a basis for including Village Roadshow and Animal Logic. Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 20:07, 4 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for finding that Erik. So does this direct link to the BFI page. I would think they can be added with this as the ref. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 20:48, 4 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Screen Daily mentions these two. There are also results for GOG, but it seems more of a rights-holding capacity than a production capacity. Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 21:36, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
 * One reason why I like the AFI catalog is because they clearly label what each company did – you don't have to guess. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:54, 5 February 2019 (UTC)