Talk:That Thing You Do!

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Fictional bands

I was wondering why this article doesn't cover the most amazing fact about this movie - that all teh bands/artists featured were in fact fictional, and that no such bands ever existed?

It is to Tom Hanks' credit that so many people today swear that they "grew up" listening to these songs, when in fact they didn't exist before 1996! :)

If it is intentional (to keep the mystery alive) then cool, else I'd think we should have a clear reference here that all songs in the movie are original and (along with the artists) didn't exist before this movie. Achitnis 08:06, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Plot

That plot summary is toooo long!72.37.171.36 22:28, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article Clean-Up

This article needs a clean-up desperately. I'll help where I can, but here are some suggestions:

Plot - It needs to be shortened to a pertinent summary. Much of the information included can be broken up into different sections that would be more appropriate rather. As it is, it seems like the bulk of the information is irrelevant to the basic plot description. There is already a Beatles' References section so why not add on to a cultural reference section?
Trivia - The only section as long as the Plot section! It needs to be sorely cut down or integrated into the article into appropriate sections rather just floating as an unorganized laundry list of trivial references.
References - It seems the bulk of the information in the article in general right now are trivial facts without any reference. Facts included should be notable rather than trivial and verifiable rather than just hearsay.
Tone - The tone of the article could be greatly improved if the information was broken down into more appropriate sections and rewritten with less "personality".

--76.214.199.83 (talk) 21:33, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've trimmed the plot summary, tightened up the writing, and addressed all of most of the issues above. The article seems okay now to me. I removed the tags. --Tony Sidaway 18:56, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Extended Edition DVD

I've removed the information about deleted material from the Extended Edition section, since no references could be provided.

S. Luke 09:25, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Beatles parody

This is absolutely ridiculous to erase from the opening paragraph. This movie, as I am connoseur of, is EXACTLY like the beatles, and it is essential for people to understand this! Don't be deleting my shit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.53.185 (talk • contribs) 00:04, December 25, 2008 (UTC)

Although I don't see much similarity between The Wonders and The Beatles since The Fab Four didn't exactly disappear into obscurity, our opinions don't count for much here. Feel free to add any material that can be substantiated by someone other than a WP editor, and then provide references.
Jim Dunning | talk 18:11, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what you have against the beatles, or if you just enjoy the catchy theme song from the movie, but you deleted ALL BEATLES references that previous users had written about the movie. Excuse me, but that seems like self-supporting agenda. I think the proof is in the pudding, so to speak, of the movie's beatle parody....