Talk:The Secret of NIMH

Box office
I'd like to know how much money this animation made in the box office. I'd also like to say that this article should be improved since the people at WikiProject Films gave this a high improtance rating but quality-wise it is rated B. 60.50.119.217 (talk) 18:02, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Proposal to merge with The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
i am opposed to this. i think a see also or a mention of it in the article's text is sufficient. the two are so culturally distinct from one another that they need separate entries. the first is a cultural icon for people of a certain generation, while the other is a direct to video knock off that didn't involve the original creative team and that no one i know has ever seen. Coffee joe (talk) 00:18, 8 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Who worked on it isn't particularly relevant. The second film seems to fail all film notability guidelines, being a direct to video sequel and having little coverage on its own. Rather than being a sentence with a link to the stub, the merged version would be a paragraph with no link. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 00:31, 8 October 2008 (UTC)


 * hmmm...maybe i just have an emotional attachment to the original and hate to see it mentioned in the same breath as crap (i call it that without the qualification of having ever seen it, but i'm still willing to wager). but i can see your point, so i guess i'm turned around on it.Coffee joe (talk) 11:29, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * It was ass. Trust me, you're missing nothing. Half  Shadow  02:51, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * LOL, trust me, I know the feeling. A lot of great animated films were followed by crud sequels, but we have to stay neutral. :) -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 13:10, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd love to see the article about the sequel deleted, just so people can forget what a pile of crap it was, but rather have it kept as a separate article than merge it into this one, if it has to stay. FunkMonk (talk) 12:07, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * yeah, i know but like AnmaFinotera pointed out, we're supposed to be neutral. and it's not an article on its own. Coffee joe (talk) 04:57, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Correct ratio and theatrical release?
As I haven't seen this info on the page, it seems that the film was animated with a 1:33 ratio, but cropped to fit widescreen theatrical release. I have no other source than this guy on this forum claiming he exchanged e-mails with Don Bluth himself (see comment #15), but the difficulty to find an "original theatrical release" version on dvd should hint something.

I'm not familiar with Wikipedia, but shouldn't the infobox give the image ratio? Given the diversity of ratios in the film industry, I think it's a valuable information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.238.209.97 (talk) 02:07, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Added invisible comments
Mrs. Brisby's name regularly gets changed to Frisby, apparently because people fail to know that the name of the character was changed due to possible copyright violations. I've added invisible comments to prevent further "corrections". Are the comments just right, or too annoying for other editors?-- Laukku  TheGreit (Talk•Contribs) 20:29, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * They seem a bit excessive and make it hard to read. My guess is that people are jumping directly to the plot, missing the name bit. So, I put a note at the top of the plot section that rehashes the lead just to be clear. RP9 (talk) 21:21, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, here we have a new Frisby edit already. I made the invisible comment more noticeable.-- Laukku  TheGreit (Talk•Contribs) 05:59, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Not sure how the note could have been missed. Is it that people think it should be Frisby as a canon thing even though that was not the name used? RP9 (talk) 20:26, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Additional Information
I'd say the following quote from the page on Bluth's biography in the section "early critical success" belongs on this page instead of over there: "But a small number critics gave the film only faint praise (with criticisms that it was too fast-paced or overdone) perhaps unable to overcome the prejudice that only Disney could produce truly great animated films.   " 71.162.2.126 (talk) 05:06, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Secret of NIMH tv series?
I see that listed on the Don Bluth list below. Can't find any references to this being planned. Any source? 72.129.10.123 (talk) 12:00, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I couldn't find anything through google, and the template has been vandalised a lot. Seems like false info.-- Laukku  TheGreit (Talk•Contribs) 13:15, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

The name
I believe the main character and her childrens' last name is Brisby it says so in the ending credits and the booklet from the 1998 DVD Matthew Cantrell (talk) 04:29, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Nostalgia Critic
It seems that many editors have used the Nostalgia Critic as a legitimate reviewer on this page. I would like to clarify that the Nostalgia Critic is not real. He is one of the many characters played by Doug Walker, an actor, not a critic. He may have opinions, but Walker's profession is as an entertainer, not a critic.

Therefore, please do not use The Nostalgia Critic's opinion as a reference when it comes to film/TV/video game criticism on this page, or any page on Wikipedia from now on, no matter how honest and sincere Doug's opinions may be. That is all. Freshh (talk) 13:02, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Impossible reference date for rejection by Disney
Roy Disney reportedly died on 1971, so he could not reject the text on 72. The reference must be checked by OP or another one with access to it. Flavio.mprado (talk) 10:05, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The reference is linked, anyone can check it. It says what it says.  I don't think it means Roy Disney personally, but Walt Disney Animation Studios.  Disney (the studio) can and does still reject films today, despite the fact that Disney (both Walt and Roy) are long dead. ~  ONUnicorn (Talk&#124;Contribs) problem solving 12:44, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

American Film Institute recognition
The reference of the infomation about AFI's 10 Top 10 nomination is not valid yet. Please, allow me to change it to this link:. Dr.saze (talk) 06:31, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Many NIMHs
Perhaps add a link to NIMH (disambiguation). Jidanni (talk) 23:29, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Remake
Is MGM's proposed remake really supposed to be an animated/live-action hybrid movie of the Smurfs and Alvin & the Chipmunks, i.e., a movie featuring them as characters? It seems more likely that the remake will simply be made in the style of Smurfs and Chipmunks entertainments. Mucketymuck (talk) 03:32, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

removal in plot
Some anonymous user seems hellbent on removing "which ends with the dying Sullivan killing Jenner and saving Justin's life" The user has not explained themselves and have not justified their removal dispute being given this justification for its inclusion. They need to take it to the talk page and stop edit warring. LittleJerry (talk) 21:32, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Perhaps semi-protecting the page would be in order?--Mr Fink (talk) 22:59, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * It already was before and this was temporary. The user will just wait. LittleJerry (talk) 00:27, 20 June 2021 (UTC)