Talk:On Your Mark

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The scene changes again, now to bright daylight and blue sky. The two men are driving a sportscar down an empty road. One of them helps the girl up; she spreads her wings; he holds her hands as she gains confidence, and finally with a nudge she is airborne.

This is how it happens the second time. When it happens the first time, she is worried and the man lets go before she's ready. --OGoncho 18:56, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Really ? You've got a fine observation skill ! :) I think I will try to make some more screenshots of the clip, notably and now, thinks to you, might be interesting too to compare the scene in the intro and in the end.
 * The accident between the truck and the helicopter-like thingy
 * The truck falling
 * The truck activating its retro-boosters thingies

Fascinating little clip, is it not ? :) Rama 07:58, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Winged Apostle theory
Just wondering if the theory about On Your Mark's relation to Nausicaa should be added or not--here's a quote from IMDB about it:

"In the Nausicaa comic, there is a legend of a winged apostle (a fresco of her on a ceiling looks extraordinarily like the angel from On Your Mark), who the reader latter discovers may have returned to the earth on several occasions throughout history, when the world was in peril. Spoilers: By the end of the series, though, we learn that everything--plants, animals, Ohmu, even humans--have been genetically engineered or altered to survive in a world contaminated by nuclear war. As it turns out, the winged apostle (the new one being Nausicaa) may well have been a genetic trait, timed by scientists to "go off" every few generations to help them with the pre-designed events leading up to the cleansing of the world. I think that maybe the angel in On Your Mark was the first of these--a prototype version that may have passed into legend by Nausicaa's time, making the music video a kind of prequel to Nausicaa.

Anyway, watch the music video, watch the Nausicaa anime, and read the Nausicaa comics. They are likely all related."

I know the article already states that the angel-like figure bears some resemblance to the character Nausicaa. I dunno, it's a thought :)...

Miyazaki an Athiest?!
"Miyazaki is known to be atheist[citation needed]" - Where did this fact come from? This seems completely contradictory when taking into consideration the blatant shinto/buddhist references scattered throughout his films, I mean just take a look at spirited away, a bath house for kami..Totoro..etc. etc..this is retarded.


 * Miyazaki is a humanist, feminist, and a marxist. It would not be suprising at all if he was an atheist. Just because Japanese culture apears in a Japanese movie by a Japanese artist it does not mean that said artist fully supports those positions. Are you going to claim that Miyazaki must be a wizard because he obviously thinks magic is real? After all he made Majo no Takkyūbin. Nope, I am afraid that the the only thing around here that is 'retarded' is you.--4.159.113.4 03:35, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Inspiration from Chernobyl disaster.
I've removed the "Citation needed" tag from the "partially inspired by the Chernobyl disaster" sentence, in the"Analysis" sub-section. The sarcophagus in the background, with the abandoned village, and radiation warning signs in Russian would make the inspiration self-evident, I feel. And although Miyazaki initally says "You can interpret it anyway you want" in his OYM interview, he makes a reference to Chernobyl 2 sentences later. Good enough to count as inspiration for me. Johnmc 12:08, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Radioactivity = Death Of Policemen
I've removed the section which implied the two policemen may have died from radioactive poisoning, hence them stopping their car. Since the video depicts bright and lush fields of vegetation, it is impossible for there to be much if any radiation present in the very air, much less the ground.

I believe the video depicts a world where no one has bothered going to the surface world for several hundred years, if not more, given the technology level in the crater city compared to the one directly outside. So inhabitants of the crater have no idea the world outside isn't dangerous anymore, but keep to it just in case.

Of course, without citations or quotes from the author himself, how are we to know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.83.146.151 (talk) 20:37, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Radiation poisoning would not kill the two men THAT fast. More than likely they stopped to watch the girl fly away, or they just stopped to get their bearings now that they're "outside" now, or they simply stopped in a more symbolic fashion because they have done what they worked to do--free the winged girl. 70.66.74.41 (talk) 11:28, 8 June 2008

Radiation poisoning wouldn't kill them nearly that fast, true, but the lush plantlife doesn't mean the radiation is gone. Chernobyl, which inspired the music video, is known for having quite a lot of wildlife and greenery all around it, even in areas that humans cannot go safely.(UTC)

Section headers
If this article is about a music video then shouldn't Synopsis, Production, Reception etc. be included as Level 2 headers? I don't think it needs a "Music video" section since the entire article is already about it. --WonderBoy1998 (talk) 18:52, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Makes sense to me so I've made the changes you suggested.Verso.Sciolto (talk) 09:21, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Song article created, re-naming this article?
An article for the song has been created. Should this music video article be re-named now? Are there any other links etc that need to be created to direct searchers to the respective pages for On Your Mark (song) or this music video article? Verso.Sciolto (talk) 09:27, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I think this might be the primary topic of readers coming to the page, the article could be hatnoted, but I don't think we need to rename it. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 19:06, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

About the unreliable sources tag
Dani Cavallaro's publications have been designated as generally unreliable sources in this discussion at the reliable sources noticeboard. Citations to her work can be replaced with more high-quality ones or removed, and the tag can be taken off once complete. — TechnoSquirrel69 ( sigh ) 20:23, 6 June 2024 (UTC)