A "Did you Know...?" section
I was thinking that a little box on the front page displaying random facts or interesting notes would be neat. The following would be a few things that people might find interesting:
... that the gold plated [[Taurus PT92]] with pearl grips and a black barrel used on ''[[Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball]]'' also saw use in ''[[Driven to Kill]]''? ... that a lot of television series substitute the [[M249]] for visually modified [[Daewoo K3]] machine guns? ... that there are barely any discernible differences between the outward appearance of the [[Beretta_M9#Beretta_92F.2FFS|Beretta 92F]] and [[Beretta_M9#Beretta_92F.2FFS|Beretta 92FS]]? ... that most firearms used on ''[[A-Team, The|The A-Team]]'' are actually semi-automatic only? The actors were told to pull the triggers rapidly and in conjunction with the sound and special effects the illusion of automatic fire was achieved. ... that a lot of the [[Heckler_%26_Koch_PSG1#Heckler_.26_Koch_SR9_series_ of_Sniper_Rifles|Heckler & Koch SR9]] sniper rifles seen on-screen are actually converted [[Heckler_%26_Koch_PSG1#Heckler_.26_Koch_HK9|Heckler & Koch HK91]]? ... that the pages for shows like ''[[24]]'' and ''[[Miami_Vice_(TV_Series)|Miami Vice]]'' became too big at some point, so each Season was given itīs very own page? ... that [[Bruce Willis]] used a [[Die_Hard#Beretta_92F|Beretta 92F]] in the first ''[[Die Hard]]'' movie, but a [[Die_Hard_with_a_Vengeance#Beretta_92FS|Beretta 92FS]] in the [[Die Hard 2|second]] and [[Die Hard with a Vengeance|third]]? ... that during Yuri Orlovs ([[Nicolas Cage]]) review of the weapon stockpile in ''[[Lord of War]]'', the production actually used 3.000 real [[Lord_of_War#SA_Vz.58_Assault_Rifle|SA Vz.58 assault rifle]]s? ... that the [[Cobray 37mm Launcher]] is often used to impersonate the [[M203]]? ... that most of the weapons seen on ''[[Torchwood]]'' are actually airsoft? these are only suggestions. The only problem right now is that there really is no more space on the front page for it. |
I think it's an interesting idea. I'd reword it though and would not use "Did You Know" as I think it comes off a little elementary schoolish.
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I guess you could call it IMFDB Trivia page. We have something similar, but it has to do with what MPM has brought to the site. http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Movie...7s_Own_Armorer
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Never noticed he had such a page up, thanks for the link.
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That does sound like a good idea
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I like the idea too, anyone else have any thoughts? It could be implemented on the main page just like the quotes/featured articles.
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Well I like to add a new thing under the daily quotes from movies. We have a section for the trivia
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You da man, MPM.
Being the website's claim to fame, we need you to stick around and be awesome like always. |
I added it to the front page and created a Trivia template so it can be added to. I took out the piece about the imfdb article pages as I feel we should focus on film/television/firearm trivia. Let me know your thoughts on the formatting... it's getting a little crowded and I want to make sure it's not hard to follow/read.
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