Talk:The Giant Spider Invasion/GA2

Infobox

• Be sure to only link an article once. I see that you have linked Bill Rebane twice.
  • Done. GamerPro64 23:07, 11 May 2026 (UTC)
• There is a specific release, but there is no source inside the infobox, or anywhere else.
  • I just made it just October 1975. GamerPro64 23:07, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Lead

The lead is generally well written. The reader would know what the film is about just by reading the first sentence.

• Despite this, the lead should be more detailed. A synopsis in the lead may give the reader a glimpse of what they will read.
  • I added little more information to the lead. GamerPro64 23:07, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Plot

The plot is mostly well written.

• "but the Sheriff says things are quiet." I'd suggest elaborating more on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MailJail (talk • contribs) 01:01, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

I just rewrote the entire plot section. GamerPro64 05:09, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Production

Fine.

Release

This section is mostly fine.

"Robert Firsching from Allmovie gave the movie one star out of five, speaking negatively about Rebane's direction and the movie's use of humor." - This may fall under the self-published sources policy. Is Firsching an expert in film journalism?

I would think so. He's written for the New York Times. GamerPro64 05:30, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Sorry to pop in. The New York Times used to use AllMovie as a database source. I don't think Firsching worked for them. That said, WP:ALLMOVIE states that the content used before 2024 is acceptable. Andrzejbanas (talk) 14:44, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

References

• [2]: The current link is dead and should be removed.
• [3]: The archive.org link should be removed as it is no longer available.
• [12]: The archive.org link should be removed as it is no longer available.
• [22]: As previously mentioned, this may fall under the self-published sources policy.
• [26]: The current link is dead and should be removed.
• [32]: The current link is dead and should be removed.
• [33]: The current link is dead and should be removed.
  • There's already an archived link to some of these in their references. Calm down with the calls for removals. But I did remove the archived magazine links. GamerPro64 06:19, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
• @MailJail: Is there anything else for me to do? GamerPro64 05:30, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

  Give me a minute and I'll provide a second opinion. -- Reconrabbit (talk) 12:19, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

  I had one nitpick on the description of the explosion aftermath in Production. The Turner Classic Movies description in "Insider Info" is a bit of a dramatization of the events - I find that "singed hair" isn't as useful a description as "hospitalized" as Famous Monsters of Filmland describes. Also, under Release, it doesn't make sense that it "wasn't an initial hit until it became a cult classic" since this event was more than 20 years after its 'initial' release. Besides that I have little to criticize; the above reads as a decent review (excepting notes about dead link removal). -- Reconrabbit (talk) 20:38, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

  I mean that's a direct quote from Bill Rebane so that's just what the director said. GamerPro64 21:40, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

  I guess I have to take the director at his word... In that case, please put it in quotes, I can't make heads or tails of it. -- Reconrabbit (talk) 01:45, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

  I just removed that part of the sentence. GamerPro64 02:06, 9 July 2026 (UTC)