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Spoiler Alert![edit]

I think that the article about this film, and probably many other films too, should have some sort of warning that it is a so called "spoiler". The ending and other important aspects of the film are revealed in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.167.76.22 (talk) 19:58, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, spoilers are permissible; see WP:SPOILER. As an encyclopedia, we are not going to hold back on details that are pertinent to the topic. Erik (talk | contribs) 20:02, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind that a movie this old (with no real plots twist no less) doesn't really need spoiler warnings anyway. 199.180.166.51 (talk) 04:12, 25 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

'African American' boys[edit]

Removed this distinction as it is not relevant at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.105.178.94 (talk) 21:50, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Anon IP edit-warring[edit]

User:192.43.227.18 is an IP with a history of non-constructive edits and of being blocked. His first edit today at Mars Attacks! was reverted since it further violates the tagged plot guideline stating that this article is well in violation of WP:FILMPLOT already. It needs trimmed, not bloated. Additionally, per WP:BRD, he should have come here to the talk page and discuss it, rather than edit-war, as he is doing.--Tenebrae (talk) 19:13, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Martians Speech"[edit]

The article claims the Martians speech was created by reversing a duck's quack. But, I thought Frank Welker voiced them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.208.175.113 (talk) 11:18, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Was this written by AI?[edit]

Syntax and grammar are bizarre at best. Curious more than anything really. 136.32.211.54 (talk) 19:14, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It was a full fledged article 14 years ago. North8000 (talk) 14:42, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]