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Domestic Partner?

Pardon my ignorance, but what does "domestic partner" exactly mean?--Surten (talk) 07:13, 18 August 2008 (UTC)Surten[reply]

Domestic partnerships, some legal jurisdictions institute them as a way to recognize same-sex unions. It looks like it was leftover vandalism, there has been quite a bit of recent vandalism on this page as well as on Aaron Seltzer's article. Thanks for pointing this out, it slipped through the cracks. Cheers and happy editing! Apparition11 (talk) 07:27, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I had the feeling it was something like that.--Surten (talk) 17:09, 18 August 2008 (UTC)Surten[reply]

Spy Movie

If one more person adds it im gonna smack um.All spy movie is is a fake wikipedia page someone created that got picked up by a few websites.it is not real.--Jwein (talk) 17:46, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV concern

It's not that I like the pair's film or want to defend them, but to balance the scathing (and hilarious) criticism on the page, we should put at least a comment from a critic who is quoted as perhaps saying that the outcry is over-blown, they're just stupid movies, or something like that. Or perhaps a quote from one of the two "film"-makers how they don't care (and know) that their films are going to get slaughtered by the film critics. IstvanWolf (talk) 22:52, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Good point. It would be better to see what they say actually about the critics. Though it's not Wiki standards, I would say it would be better. --JMAA

That would be nice. But good luck finding one.

Financial Success?

Presumably these movies made enough money to enable more to be made. Providing that information would provide some balance (whether needed or not). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.123.173.139 (talk) 09:12, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I added "worldwide gross" statistics to the filmography chart, alongside the critical statistics. It seems like a logical thing to do rather than just throw a cluster of numbers in that paragraph underneath.96.229.18.138 (talk) 15:50, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FACTS - Verrifiable Facts

Ok nothing against the existing material, but I think we can help future generations of filmmakers if we can show how these guys got to command several movies. First, where are they from? What school did they go to? Did they always think making, ahem, these movies was what they wanted to do when they "grew up"? How did they get funding for these films? I mean really who is paying these people? They are not doing it for free - maybe free pot but certainly not out of love. We need facts! --Bear77

I mean really, how do they keep getting work? Is it like "they are good at keeping in budget and on schedule so we trust them with our money" type of deal. Have their films made money? Have they lost money. What is the demographic of these films? More facts!!! --Bear77 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bear77 (talk • contribs) 22:48, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They don't seem particularly expensive, Date Movie and Epic Movie had a budget of roughly $20 million. Given that these movies consistently hit about $85 million worldwide, it seems like a pretty sure $60 million profit. An easy quadrupling of your money is never a bad investment. That's why they are still making movies - sucky as they are, they make money, and they do so every time. Even Disaster Movie ($25m budget) made about $10 million. Worst case scenario the studio isn't even out much money. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.37.244.76 (talk) 23:51, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gargbage

I do believe this wikipedia article does not trash these two enough. As a personal opinion the insults currently in the article are mere understatements. -- Darkrocker0007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.3.177.90 (talk) 02:13, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good for you. Go complain about it on Twitter. Not a Wikipedia talk page. See Wikipedia:NPOV. KMFDM FAN ^(talk!) 21:41, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article needs a major rewrite

As Bear77 said, this article is important for posterity, so it needs to be improved drastically. To begin with, NOT PUTTING A BUNCH OF UNSOURCED INSULTS IN THE SUMMARY. I'm fully aware their movies are terrible, but it needs a reliable source saying "these movies are terrible."

CuddlySatan (talk) 20:57, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I still say they make reference films, but oh no, nobody listens to sensible criticism. They don't make any actual jokes about the movies or anything that happens in them, they basically say "oh hey here's a scene that was in that movie, but look now there are hot chicks totally mud-wrestling where the epic battle is supposed to be and to your left is either a racist/sexist joke, a dick joke or quite possibly, both." FeindishSanta (talk) 22:24, 9 July 2010 (Iceland) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.220.28.78 (talk)

I agree with Cuddly Satan (words I never thought I would say). This "article" doesn't tell you anything about them except that they suck. Right now the article is more about the antics of Korey Coleman than it is about the supposed subject of the article. "Ha ha, they suck" does not a good Wikipedia article make. I don't expect to find positive reviews of their films, so I don't think we need balance, per se. But some actual biographical information would be nice. Surely, Variety has had at least one article about the pair. --GentlemanGhost (talk) 00:42, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The issue is that, really, at the moment, the article is really about the pair's films rathre than Friedberg and Seltzer themselves. That's fine, probably most people would recognise the names Friedberg and Seltzer but everybody recognises the "movie movie" phenomenon,it's really the films that are more notable. The article should be called "Filmography of JF & AS" or something similar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.27.55.220 (talk) 00:43, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Clarity

Yes, but what do critics REALLY think of their movies. this article is so vague...66.80.6.163 (talk) 20:51, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is the occasional differing opinion.[1] Granted, he compares Date Movie to junk food, but he means that in a good way. --GentlemanGhost (talk) 01:47, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Biggest Movie of All Time 3D

Whatever happened to The Biggest Movie of All Time 3D? Alphius (talk) 17:46, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't there at least be some mention of it in this article, even if it was cancelled or something? Especially since it had gotten to the stage where it had a poster.... Alphius (talk) 16:29, 26 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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American-Canadian?

I haven't been able to find a source stating that Seltzer comes from Mississauga, Ontario. The interview from Grantland doesn't even mention his birthplace, just that the pair met at UC Santa Barbara. But I did look on ancestry.com and sure enough there was a record for the guy's birth and (sure enough) the date and place are different: October 30, 1970 in Los Angeles County, California. Also, that Seltzer's daughter is Olivia Seltzer, who established a website and a book for Gen-Z, and that his wife is Dana Seltzer, who was in that informercial for Atari. -Maxbmogs (talk) 13:45, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Announced projects

For how long is the "announced projects" section will be kept? Is cleary almost ten years later that this projects are not coming out. HourZerox (talk) 22:56, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]