Talk:Legendary (TV series)

Episode 4 placements

Seems like there's disagreements between a few editors about the bottom placements of episode 4. The wording of the judges when the last two houses were on the stage was a little confusing, and it's unclear whether Escada and Gucci were in the bottom two. I think it makes sense that they were in the bottom two based on the speech Jameela gave about "not performing the best" and "getting one more chance" to prove themselves. They were also the lowest performing houses across the three categories. However, nothing was clearly stated, including whether or not they were considered safe overall or in the bottom. So, what do you guys think?

PS. I reverted the edit where "BTM" was changed to "SAFE" by Tullyo in the progress table just so the information in the table aligns with the two other places on the page where it says the two houses were in the bottom two (so there's some continuity on the page). Monochromatic Bunny (talk) 15:44, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

@Monochromatic Bunny: I would personally think that, since there wasn't even a final vogue redemption battle that they should just be SAFE. Are there any reliable sources providing episode summaries? We could see what they say, but it seems like WP:OR to just claim they were the bottom two when this wasn't explicitly stated this episode as it has for other episodes. Umimmak (talk) 20:38, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

I haven't found any reliable sources regarding this show. I personally believe they were in the bottom, but I can't be 100% sure because this is the only episode where a large portion of the show was edited/cut out at the end where the judges would have declared each house safe one by one. In previous episodes, the judges declared one house safe until two were left standing on the stage, then Jameela would speak to the remaining house leaders about the battle. However in episode four, the scene cuts from all of the house leaders standing on the stage to only two, so whatever happened in that time period is a mystery. Based on previous episodes though, I believe Escada and Gucci were in the bottom, but were given another chance (as Jameela stated). This is subjective unfortunately, as it wasn't shown if the judges explicitly stated the two were safe, like the other houses (which we are assuming were safe based on their lack of presence on the runway), or in the bottom. —Monochromatic Bunny (talk) 05:22, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Yeah I agree with your last two statements; it's certainly a reasonable assumption, but it might be WP:Original Research to treat them as the same as the houses which were the bottom two and had to compete in the vogue redemption battle. To the extent I have found reliable secondary sources about this show, they just seem to discuss the first two episodes, unfortunately. Umimmak (talk) 21:43, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Addendum: yeah the closest I could find to a "review" of that episode was this [1] in Out.com, which is just about how Jazzul Escada was "robbed" and shouldn't have been chopped. Umimmak (talk) 21:49, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

@Umimmak: I recently watched an interview with Pack-Rat Lanvin and Twilight Escada where they discussed episode four. See here: [2] (the video title says ep.3, but they are in fact discussing ep.4 Wild Wild West). I timestamped the video at the point where Pack-Rat says that Escada's house was in the bottom two. This is the only source I could find in relation to the safe/bottom placements of the episode. —Monochromatic Bunny (talk) 21:39, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Excessive plot summaries

As of right now ([3]), I think the episode plot summaries within the table are entirely too long. MOS:TVPLOT says plot summaries within episode tables should be "no more than 200 words". The prose sections right now are 771, 583, 605, and 608 words so there clearly needs to be some trimming. What do other editors think? Umimmak (talk) 20:50, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this up! I wasn't aware of those guidelines. Last week, I noticed the article had a lack of information, so I wrote the episode summaries as I watched the episodes. However, I agree they should be trimmed down in accordance with the guidelines, but I think 200 words might be too little. When I was formatting the summaries I tried to reference the episode table on RuPaul's Drag Race (season 12) (as it was my first time writing summaries), and the descriptions on there usually span from 300-400 words. Is that also okay? —Monochromatic Bunny (talk) 05:22, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Honestly I think even those are a bit long, but if we can get the summaries down to at most that length I think it would be better. I think a lot of the specifics, context, WP:PUFFERY, specific comments from specific judges, etc., can safely be removed I think, as well as redundant information like "meanwhile the other competitors earn tens across the board and stand to the side". Umimmak (talk) 21:39, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Cast

In episode 4, Divole S'vere was credited as the DJ. I'm not sure if this is the only episode MikeQ didn't DJ, but it's something to keep an eye on for the Cast Section if multiple DJs end up being important for the series.

I was also thinking the cast should include Tanisha Scott (Performance Coach), Eric Archibald (Stylist/Costume Designer), Johnny Wujeck (Stylist/Costume Designer), Natalia Barzilai (credited as "Assistant Costume Designer", but her chyron on screen reads "Designer") and others since they seem to be in all episodes after the first. Does this make sense? Am I missing anyone else? Umimmak (talk) 21:07, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

I agree that they should be included under cast. —Monochromatic Bunny (talk) 05:22, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Contestants

Could we consider removing the "outcome" column in the Contestants category? This spoils early episodes for readers catching up with the show or looking up each House, and it's already well-covered in the other sections below (progress and episodes).

There might be a benefit to separating out information about who is in each house and the final overall result of each house; as of right now, the table is very long and can't be read all at once on most screens due to having a separate row for each member of each house. I wonder if it might be worth writing up in prose the members of each house which would allow for more detail than just a list of names, and then in the summary table just having the house name. That said, the potential for spoiling a viewer isn't a an argument editors should consider: see WP:SPOILER. Umimmak (talk) 03:43, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

I disagree that the outcome column should be removed so that readers are not potentially spoiled. However, can you describe more about your idea of "writing up in prose the members of each house" @Umimmak:? What would that look like? —Monochromatic Bunny (talk) 05:22, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Well, this sort of depends on how many reliable sources we can find, but I was thinking just writing out sentences like "The House of Balmain consists of Father Jamari Balmain and Cali, Calypso Jetè, Gravity, and Torie." in a section outside the table, and then just having the house names in the table. And then, if there are reliable secondary sources, editors can also write up additional, relevant information (when the house was founded, by whom, the members' ages, where they're from). The episode summaries have a lot of background information about the houses and their members which might be better in an abridged form in a section about each of the houses. Just a thought. Umimmak (talk) 05:41, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Award nomination

• 32nd GLAAD Media Awards

---Another Believer _(Talk) 00:53, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

New section with description of format.

I made a format section, for two reasons:

First, I think it can allow a better understanding of the mechanics of the show. I purposefully wrote it aiming to make it understandable fo people who have no prior familiarity with ball competitions, but my own experience is limited, so if I made a mistake please let me know to correct it.

And second, I think it actually can help to reduce bloating, since the description of the format makes it unnecessary to describe the dynamics in each individual episode, which I think is one of the issues that has been talked about. I intend to go over the descriptions of each episode to clean them up a bit now that the description is in the format section. Any thoughts? Not A Superhero (talk) 02:20, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Season 3

Stub for Season 3 at Legendary (season 3) ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:24, 28 April 2022 (UTC)