Talk:The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

Box Office
This article mentions that the movie “broke-even at the box office.” This is not true. I do not know who wrote this, and there is no citation for the film breaking even, but the budget for the film is listed at 20 million. The movie grossed 21 million at the box office, meaning it was a commercial failure at the box office. In order to break even, the film would have to gross double what it cost to produce and promote. We do not know how much money the studio spent on promoting the film, but we know they spent 20 million on the production. In order to break even on production costs, the film would need to gross over 40 million at the box office. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.235.234.53 (talk) 00:15, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

Ace Ventura comparison
I removed "Compare the "Rock and Roll Detective with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective - also starring a notable comedian, Jim Carrey" from the article. It was put in very disjointedly, and I don't quite see why it was put in in the first place. If anyone wants to insert it back in, with a better explanation of why it fits in, that's fine with me, but as it stands now, it doesn't fit. Quentin mcalmott 08:55, 19 January 2006 (UTC)


 * There are at least a 1000 comparisons but you removed it so - thats it then 160.226.137.200 (talk) 10:47, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

For similar reasons I've removed the comparison to The Naked Gun: "In many respects, the comedy and style of the film is similar to The Naked Gun, though the humor and language tend to be slightly more offensive." It can of course be compared to a number of movies, and that helps people to decide if they want to watch it or not, but these comparisons should most often go to movie reviews and not encyclopedic articles. --Cyhawk 01:28, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

POV Paragraph
I fixed up a paragraph that had many POV comments. 69.40.250.53 01:54, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Unbelievable!
The unbelieveable mentioned in the soundtrack section (not the soundtrack listing) isn't about the song from the film, its about the unrelated song of the same name that samples sections of "Ford"'s dialogue, released the following year. Note that i didn't change the soundtrack listing, just the song mentioned IN the soundtrack section. Both songs are mentioned correctly, promise WookMuff 10:51, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Comic
I recently came across something related to the movie. There was a comic produced by DC comics called The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. It was a 4 issue release and acted as a prequel to the events in the movie and gives a back story to how Ford came to LA and covers how he met his friends in the movie (it's stated as a prequel in the editors notes at the back of the first issue). The series ran from May 1990 to August 1990. --69.165.138.40 (talk) 06:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:The adventures of ford fairlane.jpg
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BetacommandBot 04:13, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

IMDB text
Most of this article is lifted directly from IMDB. I'm pretty sure that's not OK. I'd re-write it, but I'm better at correcting text than creating it :) Dave420 12:04, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

No songs from Morris Day listed on soundtrack
Yet in the following paragraphs about the the film's soundtrack, it is mentioned that a number of musicians on the soundtrack were in the film , and goes on to list people starting with Morris Day. But there is NO song from Morris Day even listed on the soundtrack. So an edit is order .≈≈≈≈ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.233.52.166 (talk) 18:49, 29 November 2017 (UTC)