Talk:Spartan (film)

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Contents 1 Scott's job 2 Laura Newton's father's position 3 One riot, one ranger. 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Spartan movie.jpg

[edit] Scott's job

Never is it mentioned that Scott works for the Secret Service, and in the commentaries, Mr. Kilmer says that his character is one of those people who's organization is not known and not talked about.

[edit] Laura Newton's father's position

Whoever wrote this article did not watch the film. Miss Newton's father is the President not just a high-ranking government official. Please for the sake of those who use Wikipedia as a source for information, get your facts straight.

• Actually, never is it mentioned that the girl's father is the President. In fact, on the back cover of the DVD (the one that is currently sitting mere inches to the right of my keyboard) the man in question is indeed described as simply "a high government official." I'm not sure where you heard he was the President, but please, for the sake of those who use Wikipedia as a source for information, get your facts straight.

Ryan hunt17 07:14, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Ryan. I watched the film and it was never mentioned in the film that the father of a girl is a President.

[edit] One riot, one ranger.

I don't believe that line refers to the King of Sparta. It refers to a statement made by Captain Bill McDonald of the Texas Rangers to the author, Albert Paine. McDonanld was sent to Dallas to prevent a prize-fight from happening and was questioned about why only one Ranger was sent. McDonald is said to have replied, "Hell! ain't I enough? There's only one prize-fight!" This is from the book: Captain Bill McDonald: Texas Ranger

17:26, 6 December 2006 (UTC) Jim

Well, while what you've said about McDonald is true, are you sure that it's not also true of the King of Sparta? These could be entirely independent stories. And let's not forget that the film's called Spartan. Cheers, --Plumbago 08:43, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Oops. To clarify; I doubt the King of Sparta ever said "One riot, one ranger", but the story of only sending a single soldier sounds like exactly the sort of thing ancient kings got up to. Cheers, --Plumbago 09:23, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Certainly the kind of things that ancient Spartan kings got up to. --Peter Knutsen (talk) 16:28, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Spartan movie.jpg

Image:Spartan movie.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:28, 24 January 2008 (UTC)