Talk:The Wild

Picture Reqripoff?uest

If someone could please post the picture with Samson and his friends in the car looking at New York here, that would be great. I think that would be a great edit to the article.

Add this picture

Someone please add that picture of Samson and his pals looking at new york from that car? Thanks.

"Harsh thoughts?"

How is the quote from movies.com (Disney's OWN website) "harsh thoughts"? The statement seems hardly harsh at all. In fact, it seems pretty much like a variation of every movie pitch ever made. And who are these "Others"? Are they from an island somewhere?

Production Timeline

It's pretty much common knowledge in the film industry that Madagascar went into production after The Wild. Can someone please update this section with more links like this: http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=416a2a1b-6e47-4310-9613-23e591475939&k=3248 [ty]

more likely, indeed: animation is far smoother and characters are no mere cubes or cylinders, but round and crisp. These things take a lot more time to render properly. The only original and creative feature film so far from Dreamworks is Shreck, but it rips from the Grim Brothers, H.C.Andersen and a few others rather than Disney...

it sucks when competition means similar products in movies. It's ok with shoes and clothes, but with movies and any storytelling media, it really sucks...

It also sucks when the movie that Dreamworks ripped off from Disney is recieved better and made more money. IMO, I like the animation of Madagascar better than that of The Wild,as well as the story and general presentation. Emerald 18:39, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Lots of errors and confusion

I just read some of the article, and noticed lots of errors. Down at the bottom, there are a few blatantly misspelled words in the Box Office section, plus "it's" used for possession. Also, the Soundtrack section makes almost no sense grammatically and generally.

If you're savvy enough to know how to post in the discussion page, you're able to correct such errors on the main page. I'll be doing a few post-haste, but suggest you do the same should you note errors in the future. Student Driver 16:55, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Not in canon because...

Why isn't this movie in the Disney animated features canon?? It appears to meet all the criteria. Georgia guy 21:17, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Because this was not made by Disney but by C.O.R.E Animation studios and is therefore only distributed by Disney so not going into the canon like Disney's Valiant and other Chicken Little and Snow White, etc. which were made by Disney.

This is NOT a Disney movie. This film is distributed by Disney, but Disney had nothing else to do with it. Many other films, like Valiant, Pokemon 4, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, etc, etc, etc, would all be "Disney films" if the criteria would be if Disney distributed them. But that is not the rule!!!! Learn. Disney did not make The Wild, and it is not a Disney film. Casey14 23:21, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

The dvd box argues otherwize, on the back of mine it says "Disney's 46th ainmated classic".

all the previsous 45 classics hav it.

The Director is Steve "Spaz" Williams not Steve Wiliam. The correct link to eg. imdb. would be [1] He's canadian and a legend ILM animator, best know for his work at Jurassic Park, Abyss and Terminator2.

Urban Legand

The alligators in the sewer are an urban legend. There are no alligators in New York's or any other city's sewers. That might not have much to do with the movie, but I thought it would be cool to bring it up.

Duke And Eze

Who's the hippopotamus and who's the kangaroo? Dora Nichov 23:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Promotional Efforts

The article mentions a scant handful of promotional efforts from a few manufacturers and publishers. What counts as a promotinoal effort? 3M did character adhesive bandages (under the Nexcare brand) in multiple packages featuring characters from the film, and decorated PoP displays were available before Christmas 2005. Is this "promotional" or merely "licensed"? Student Driver 16:58, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Inaccuracies

This list is pointless. Surely a more important inaccuracy is 'Animals can't really talk'. 81.136.125.120 12:11, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

STOP, NOW! "Animals can't talk" really is too nitpicky. You...! Even babies know that animals (other than humans) can't talk in human languages. Oh, you think someone doesn't? Dora Nichov 12:40, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

"The Koala has a British accent". Australians talk with a similar accent. 67.188.172.165 17:56, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

No they don't. The Sky May Be 07:34, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

The list is pointless!! Some of the things mentioned are not accurate aswell and do not go into enough detail. Also, Who cares if it is inaccurate!? It's a childrens comedy animation by Disney. What do you expect?

What isn't accurate? Dora Nichov 00:12, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Bridget the Giraffe

"She is perfect of being physical." What does this mean...? --60.229.153.165 08:34, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

If you see something that does not make sense, go ahead and edit it to make it right. Wikipedia is founded on every user being involved in the creation of this encyclopedia.

Inaccuracies Section

I removed the Inaccuracies section. This film is not meant to educate (as opposed to, say, a movie documenting a historical event or a documentary). Any film portraying TALKING ANIMALS is likely to be zoologically inaccurate.

STOP, NOW! "Animals can't talk" really is too nitpicky. You...! Even babies know that animals (other than humans) can't talk in human languages. Oh, you think someone doesn't? Dora Nichov 05:44, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Plot summary

I've trimmed the exceedingly long plot summary, which had been tagged as such since July, 2007, using a briefer summary from an earlier revision [2]. --Tony Sidaway 14:35, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:The wild.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:39, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

a madagascar clone???

I just wanted to point out to everyone that the statement made by some people, that The Wild can be seen as a clone of Madagascar is TOTAL NONSENSE !!! Just take a close look at the animal graphic details,that should give everyone a clue or six! The lion in Madagascar is a bad cartoon character compared to Samson the lion in The Wild. If the development and design team wanted to make a madagascar "clone" they would have been able to release the movie a year or two earlier, in short....... The Wild is a real gem to view and i think that Madagascar is just a funny animation flick,...sorry fans!