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At the end of the plot section, the article currently says "Dallas confesses his love for Leeloo and kisses her. In response, Leeloo combines the power of the stones as the Fifth Element and releases the divine light on the great evil." Although the script broadly points to Leeloo as the Fifth Element, it always seemed clear to me that it wasn't her. The Fifth Element is Love. This is supported by the priest's quiet exhortation to "Tell her, Corben."

Suggested replacement text: "Dallas confesses his love for Leeloo and kisses her. Love is the Fifth Element. It activates Leeloo, and allows her to combine the power of the stones and release a powerful light that destroys the great evil." AceNZ (talk) 03:41, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Except that it's never stated in the film that Love is the Fifth Element, so it would be inappropriate for us to state it. Our role is to recount what occurs in the film, not inject our own interpretations.

I would, however, be amenable to dropping the part about the Fifth Element altogether. DonIago (talk) 04:10, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. We can't say that The Fifth Element is love since that's never explicitly stated, though we can drop the mention of Leeloo being The Fifth Element. I've just done that. Freikorp (talk) 22:09, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, when Corbin joins Leeloo in their sleep chamber (or whatever it's called) on the spaceship that is going to take them to Fhloston Paradise, Leeloo surprises Dallas by now being able to speak English. Basically, the first thing she says to him is, "You no trouble. Me... Fifth element... supreme being. Me protect you." Apparently, Leeloo believes she is the fifth element and who is going to argue with a "supreme being." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:801:4280:a710:64e4:5:c7b8:5110 (talk)

What does that have to do with anything? It's well established before that that Leeloo is considered a 'Fifth Element', but it never clarifies exactly what that means. I stand by the current text in the article. Damien Linnane (talk) 09:31, 10 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Vin Diesel

Someone tried to add Vin Diesel as the unaccredited voice of the character 'Finger' earlier today. Surprisingly, this credit is actually confirmed by the Writers Guild of America supplied cast on IMDb: [1]. I can only find one RS source that give this a passing mention though: [2] (and this source probably doesn't make the 'high-quality' standard for FAC). In any case, the 'cast' section should only contain the main cast and not trivia (we'd have to expand it to include dozens of people if we also wante to include Vin Diesel). Unless we get some detailed information (like an interview with either Vin Diesel or Luc Besson regarding the matter) I'm not convinced this should be mentioned in the article; I don't see a way to introduce it into the article in a way that doesn't make it sound like trivia. Damien Linnane (talk) 02:24, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ruby Rhod's name

I just wanted to point out that another fairly obvious "origin" for the name Ruby Rhod would be the ruby rod component of early lasers.

From the laser article: "Solid-state lasers use a crystalline or glass rod which is "doped" with ions that provide the required energy states. For example, the first working laser was a ruby laser, made from ruby (chromium-doped corundum)"... "These materials are pumped optically using a shorter wavelength than the lasing wavelength, often from a flashtube or from another laser."

Basically, the earliest lasers used a literal ruby rod as the primary component to collimate the beam. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richfiles (talk • contribs) 17:34, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 14:37, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

He kills the Mangalore leader Aknot

I think this bit of the plot is probably wrong. In the earlier scenes before Fhloston, Aknot is injured following Zorg's detonation of the weapons, and is seen telling others to go to Fhloston and retrieve the stones. The leader killed by Dallas is uninjured and, on screen, unnamed. -- ferret (talk) 16:52, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You may be right about that one. I think naming this particular Mangalore Aknot is probably incorrect. DonIago (talk) 20:15, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Good point, I'm happy for the wording to be changed. Damien Linnane (talk) 23:24, 11 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Per a version of the script, the Mangalore killed during "negotiations" is Akanit. May be just as well not to name him though, since it's not that important. DonIago (talk) 04:27, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]