Talk:McG/Archives/2012

McDouchebag Vandalism

Someone changes the use of the "name" "McG" to McDouchebag. It has been changed back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.247.76.74 (talk) 15:27, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

That "someone" happened to be using your IP address [1] --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 15:46, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Criticism

There should be a legit section dedicated to criticism. Since he receives so much of it.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629334/board/nest/152480003

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629334/board/nest/154214782

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php?t=683881

http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/41981

et cetera

Message board threads mean nothing. Please read about reliable sources --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 15:52, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

The least of which should be about his stupid stage name! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.80.9.114 (talk) 02:55, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Is this as spoof?

"He also is planning on filming a documentary on the relatively recent rise in chronic flatulence in single fathers, 1,000 Smelly Promises." 82.113.121.139 (talk) 21:33, 28 June 2009 (UTC) Martin Jost, Freiburg

McConfusing

Seriously.. don't let people make up their own nicknames. You know that's exactly what happened with this guy, right? The only reason he's "commonly referred to" as such, is because he likes it. If he can't get his name legally changed to McG, we should be referencing him by his legally given name. If you want a section in the article noting that he prefers to be called "McG" .. fine .. but please, let's stop feeding egos. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.243.180.70 (talk) 09:10, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

A silly name?

Is it a silly name?--213.94.192.200 (talk) 16:01, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

• Yes, it's a silly name. But it's also the proper one for inclusion. Snarky Boy (talk) 22:54, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Pronunciation?

How is "McG" pronounced? "emmceegee" or "mac-gee"? (203.153.202.24 (talk)) —Preceding undated comment added 11:16, 10 June 2009 (UTC).

"Maggie" 218.14.48.191 (talk) 12:13, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Justification for Salvation Job?

Is there any movie-industry article discussing how "McG" came to become the director of Terminator Salvation? One would assume that several other directors dropped out. For "McG", at first glance, one might draw parallels to David Fincher's early career ("acclaimed" music video work), but Madonna, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones and even the Wallflowers are certainly a place apart Sugar Ray by most people's estimations. Given that the Charlie's Angels movies and even the passable We are Marshall aren't exactly on par with the Alien franchise or Se7en, how in the world was this guy handed the Terminator Franchise? How is a second Terminator in this vein in development? What does this say about the state of the movie industry? Recent reboots of major franchises, such as the Batman the the Bond movies attached either a critically acclaimed director, Nolan, or a director with a good deal of experience, Campbell. Given that "McG" has had neither acclaim nor experience anywhere close to the those directors (by my estimation), how did his direction of such a successful and beloved franchise come about? This issue must have been discussed within industry publications somewhere.Gwopy (talk) 17:57, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Education

Did he actually get a bachelor's degree in psychiatry from UC Irvine. Psychiatry is a medical specialty officially devoted to the treatment and study of mental disorders. The term was first coined by the German physician Johann Christian Reil in 1808. There is no degree in psychiatry save for a doctorate of medicine. Should this be psychology? Krishthefish (talk) 22:29, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:McG/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Ironholds (talk) 11:43, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm tempted to quickfail this right here and now. Could you briefly explain why there are many paragraphs that are completely unreferenced? Ironholds (talk) 11:43, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Could you be more specific? Besides the introduction at the top of the page, which needs no references as the article elaborates upon him, I looked through every paragraph, and they all certainly have references. Enter Movie (talk) 20:29, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced sections of paragraphs, then. Examples:

"He had a brother, and his father owned a company that tested drugs for pharmaceutical firms."

"Bailing out of the project in favor of Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle in September 2002, McG was replaced by Brett Ratner. Meanwhile, he developed and co-created a television series with John McNamara called Fastlane (2002), which was eventually canceled after one season due to the high costs of each episode. Josh Schwartz approached him and his producing partner, Stephanie Savage, about another television series as well, known as The O.C. (2003), which revolved around the lives of several teenagers based in McG's hometown of Newport Beach. McG was set to direct the Pilot, but because of scheduling conflicts with Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, he was replaced by Doug Liman.[9] The show ended after four seasons in 2007."

"This eventually brought Bryan Singer on board in July 2004, resulting in Superman Returns.[14] McG produced the television series, The Mountain (2004), on the same year, also getting canceled after one season."

"At a budget of $35 million, the film only made $43.5 million. He had also produced the horror film Stay Alive (2006), which predictably received largely negative reception." Ironholds (talk) 21:02, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I can reference those sentences. Just point them out, and I'll reference them. It's not as if "many paragraphs... are completely unreferenced." I simply missed a couple of spots, but I don't think it warrants quickfailing it already. Enter Movie (talk) 21:58, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Okie-dokie; apologies for the unintentional hyperbole. Give me a poke when you've done those bits.

Oh, yeah, no problem. I'm done with those. If you see anymore, I'll fix them. Enter Movie (talk) 20:30, 2 September 2010 (UTC)