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A fact from Let Me In (film) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 November 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
I noticed that the synopsis to the film has been reinstated. This was something I wrote back in July for drafting purposes. However, a DYK reviewer pointed out that it was not cited, and rightfully so. Because it is an upcoming film, any mention of plot details beyond what is mentioned in RSs basically constitutes original research. In other words, it needs to be cited, or removed. decltype (talk) 17:06, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't know the reason for its removal and didn't know that plot summaries need to be cited until a film's release. Aren't there plenty of websites that have already posted the synopsis? For An Angel (talk) 01:21, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Non-interpretative plot summaries for novels and films are exempt from our usual citation requirements, because they can be verified by using the work itself as a primary source. Of course, this is not the case with an upcoming film. I have looked thoroughly for RSs discussing the actual plot of the remake. The most recent PR only mentions Owen discovering an "unusual path to adulthood" or something in that vein. Although we can expect the plot to stay relatively faithful to the original, any attempt to "mix-and-match" elements from the original with what we know about the remake is synthesis. The plot summary, as written, is a result of me doing just that in my userspace.[1]decltype (talk) 10:21, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The same name
It seems like there is a minor edit war over whether the lede should read "the novel by the same name" or "the novel Let the Right One In". The reason for the confusion is because one of the English-language editions of the novel was published under the title Let Me In[2]. Please discuss the issue here rather than simply reverting the article to the version you prefer. decltype (talk) 13:25, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Let the Right One In seems most appropriate since it is the title of the book's article. The title change could be explained in the production section, I believe the article on the Swedish film uses a good interview with the writer that could be used as reference here as well. Smetanahue (talk) 14:44, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The new film version is not a "remake"
For a film to be a "remake" it must be based on a previous film. In fact, the Wikipedia page for Remake explains this quite well. It says: 'The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source.' The English language film Let Me In is a new film based on the novel Let the Right One In, not on the film Let the Right One In. The text of the description even explicitly says this. It is common for people to inaccurately talk of a film as a "remake" when it actually is not (even Tomas Alfredson does it in a quotation in the article), but for encyclopedic accuracy the article should resist using the term "remake" to describe the new film version of the book. 99.192.50.55 (talk) 07:13, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
