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I'm not sure if it was a copyright issue, but wasn't there a movie poster there before? --Tokachu 06:46, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The following text appeared in the list of samples from the movie:

• The electro/shoegaze group, The Very Hush Hush, entitled the first part of their debut album, Mourir C'est Facile ("Long Live the New Flesh" in French). Prominently featured on the front of the album cover is a computer generated picture of body transmogrification composed by the artist, Ray Caesar (often compared to David Cronenberg).

I took it out because the translation seems a bit crap. I would just edit it, but if it doesn't mean "Long Live the New Flesh", we're left with... the guy who designed one of their album covers gets compared to David Cronenberg. Anybody want to insist on including it anyway? --Cdswtchr 11:26, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've been trying to determine if the character 'Moses' in the film is a reference to

More of the same: a minor character in the film was named The Blur. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 23:35, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff Minter's Tempest 2000 featured a track called "Mind's Eye" http://www.last.fm/music/Atari/_/Mind's+Eye that contains the line, "Television is the retina of the mind's eye." (An O'Blivion quote from Videodrome.) I have heard who the writer/composer was, but I haven't tracked it down yet. Somegeek 19:47, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone just added this film to List of films set in Toronto. I know that it was filmed in Toronto, but can anyone confirm that it's supposed to take place there? Is there anything in the dialogue, or any obvious landmarks that appear in the film that would place it in TO? Rawr 23:24, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just watched this movie last night. There is a lot of references to Toronto in the dialogue and also things in the background like signs, buildings, trains, phonebooks, ect. I was actually surprised because the last time i watched this film was about 10 years ago and I didn't remember any of the Toronto stuff.208.50.36.230elHector

Toronto is mentioned several times, the earliest of which being when Max meets Nicky Brand at her radio station for their date. As she signs off, she uses a Canadian station identifier (Cxxx, as opposed to Wxxx/Kxxx in the US). As she leaves the studio, the weather is announced and specifically mentions "for Toronto".

Other references: Max's pirate buddy says the Videodrome signal originates from Pittsburgh, to which he adds: "That's in the US." Also, at the very end of the film, Max flees the optical trade show and hides in a condemned boat. A plaque is shown on screen, reading that the boat has been condemned by order of the "Toronto Harbor Authority". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.5.69.239 (talk) 18:46, August 22, 2007 (UTC)

I've seen trivia problems in articles before, but this is one of the worst yet. Something needs to be done. Viriditas (talk) 03:45, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Within the movie, how much is real and how much is Max Renn's hallucination. After Max fuses a hand grenade to Harlan's hand and blows up Harlan's hand, Max walks thru the hole in the wall onto a city street where people act as tho they are unaware an explosion just took place.Naaman Brown (talk) 22:24, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's not meant to be clear what's real in the film or what's hallucination. Ash Loomis (talk) 02:29, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think that tagging Videodrome as a movie based on urban legend(s) is not correct. In the trivia (without references) is said that in the 40's there were people thinking that tv signals could cause brain tumors. Ok, is this enough to say that the movie is BASED on "urban legends"?? --Ermanon (talk) 09:23, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

She's definitely credited as "Deborah" in my copy of the DVD, so I've altered the text to reflect this ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 23:18, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Since McLuhan is already mentioned as an influence of this film it would be good to note that the character Prof. O'blivion is clearly based on McLuhan as a sort of caricature and parody. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.12.249.45 (talk) 12:34, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The section states:

"In 2009, Universal Studios announced that it had obtained the rights to produce a remake,[14] with a possible 2011 release. Ehren Kruger has been attached to the writting of the script, this however has gone a big backlash from fans."

Aside from the grammatical and spelling errors, where's the citation for Ehren Kruger being attached and what is the backlash in reaction to; the plans on remaking the movie in general or just him writing it? 71.83.176.227 (talk) 02:30, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have cleaned that section up and clarified the citations. I've removed the fan reactions statement as I could find nothing substantial to back it up, and updated it with the remake's current status.TheTome (talk) 21:20, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

One of the references to Peter Dvorsky is a hyperlink to an opera singer. He is no relation. The Peter Dvorsky in Videodrome is today a software developer and director at Artimetix Software Inc. There is a picture and short bio in the corporate web site http://www.artimetix.com/aboutUs.html

24.150.178.107 (talk) 01:49, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is just false. "Renn" means "run" (imperativ form). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.9.150.201 (talk) 21:18, 21 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Did the person or person that wrote the plot summary even watch the movie? Small but critical mistakes make the summary garbage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FCC8:6FC1:1500:ADFC:E867:396A:8251 (talk) 12:09, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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