Rename Your Favorite Book Or Movie
Post Edited To Add...If you enjoy this post, you will want to visit the following site:
'Also Known As' - Renaming Movies, Books, and TV Shows
Let's play a game. The name of the game is Rename your favorite book or movie.
Yesterday we went to see Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire. Which, incidentally, I liked even better the second time, and I really liked it the first time. Definitely more intense than the first three, and deserving of its PG-13 rating, so think carefully before taking your children to see it!
But I was thinking, it's odd that the book was named "The Goblet Of Fire". After all, the Goblet of Fire's only purpose in the book is to get Harry into the tournament, and then, after the first few chapters, that's really the last we hear of it. So why name the book "The Goblet Of Fire"? Why not "The TriWizard Tournament", or something obvious like that?
Then, last night, I flipped on the TV and saw that "Finding Nemo" was on. Since I was thinking about movie titles anyway, I found myself wondering, would the movie have flopped if it had been titled "Looking For Nemo", or "Over The Dropoff" or "What Was that Clownfish's Name?"
And then, since we're in the Christmas season, I thought of "Skipping Christmas", and remembered that when they made a movie out of that book, there was another movie coming out the same time with a similar title (Surviving Christmas, maybe?), so they decided they had to rename it. So who came up with "Christmas with the Kranks", and why?
So here's the game. Pick some of your favorite books and/or movies, and rename them. No fair saying "I like the title it has." The rule is, you must change the title, even if you think it was the best of all possible titles. What name would you pick? Or, what names do you think would have been funny, or what names would have made it flop? I'll get us started, and anyone who wants to join in the fun, post a comment back to me, listing yours.
Ready?
Finding Nemo: Sharkbait Ooh Ha Ha!
Ender's Game: The Enemy's Gate, or The Battle Room
A Beautiful Mind: Nash
Moby Dick: Whale Tale (ha ha), or Ahab's Folly
Return Of The Jedi: Redemption of Vader
Lord Of The Flies: Pig's Head On A Stick.
Monsters Inc.: Eyeball <-- That's for Daniel.
Tale Of Two Cities: The Worst Of Times
Okay, your turn. Anyone want to rename the movies and books I've listed? Or add some of your own?
Posted On Nov 25, 2005 at 6:40 AM
On Nov 25, 2005 Doug wrote: Oh, and it doesn't have to be a favorite, either. For example:
Joe vs The Volcano retitled to: How In The World Do Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan Show Their Faces In Public After This Fiasco?
On Nov 25, 2005 Trent wrote:
Rocky VI - Give it up
A Walk in the Clouds - Don't bother Walking in
It's a Wonderful Life - A Matter of Perspective or My lips bleedin Burt, My lips Bleedin
How to Make An American Quilt - How to Make an Awful Movie
Anna and the King - The King and Anna ;p
A Christmas Carol - The Redemption
How the Grinch Stole Christmas - How Christmas saved the Grinch
Bruce Almighty - Heretics Abound or Waiting for Lightning
Braveheart - The Bruce wasn't a TRAITOR!!!!! or Braveheart and the Boyds (border line genealogy reference}
Doug Replied:
Waiting for Lightning *laughs*
Oh Boyd!
On Nov 25, 2005 Mr. T wrote:
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Long and Boring Look at the Rebuilt Enterprise
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan - The Movie with the disgusting worms that crawl in people's ears
Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock - The rebirth of Spock, which is no better than the episode 'Spock's Brain'
Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home - The Cool Whale Movie
Star Trek 5: The Final Frontier - The Forgettable Movie
Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country - The Shakespeare Quoting, Klingon Looking, Christopher Plummer
Star Trek: Generations - You're Dead, Jim. Wait - No you're not! Oh - now you are!
Star Trek: Insurrection - How many Captains does Starfleet allow to resign in order to disobey orders, and then get their commission back?
Star Trek: First Contact - Data's Temptation to betray his Captain
Star Trek: Nemesis - Couldn't we come up with a better antagonist than a clone of Picard?
Doug Replied: This is why I didn't bother doing any Star Trek movies...
On Nov 25, 2005 Doug wrote: Besides, I would have just renamed them all to He's Dead, Jim, or My Name Is Kirk and The Galaxy Revolves Around Me.
On Nov 25, 2005 Mr. T wrote: Wouldn't that be My Name. . . . Is Kirk . . . . . and The Galaxy . . . . Revolves Around . . . . .Me.?
On Nov 25, 2005 Laura wrote: Lord of the Rings: Trials of the Faithful
The Incredibles: The Importance of being Super
VeggieTales: The Kitchen Sink Chronicles
The Village: Those we don't speak of
Some Like it Hot: The fuzzy end of the lollipop
The Master of Disguise: The Master of Italian stereotypes
Rebel without a Cause: Parents without spines
Galaxy Quest: Never give up, never surrender
Snow Dogs: It doesn't take a good actor to recognize a bad one
Doug Replied: "It doesn't take a good actor to recognize a bad one"
so...does this mean I shouldn't bother watching "Snow Dogs"?
Speaking of "The Village" - I saw a preview for M. Night Shoobydoowop's new movie this week.
On Nov 25, 2005 BackStage wrote:
A Few Good Men - Naaa...we were probably better off not knowing the truth.
A Few Good Men: JAG - The Pilot
American President: The West Wing - The Pilot
Doug Replied: HA!!!
How about these...
Lord Of The Flies: Well, It Sure Ain't Gilligan's Island
Galaxy Quest: Nuh uh...the Galaxy Revolves Around ME!
Batman And Robin: Oh, Look! Joe And The Volcano Have Competition!
Atlas Shrugged: One Thousand Seventy-Four Pages Of Objectivism Propaganda
On Nov 25, 2005 Trent wrote: Bleachers - Ode to An Abusive Coach
Quigley Down Under - Magnum Down Under and that's not a bad thing
Walker Texas Ranger- Delta Force in Jeans and Cowboy Hats
The Secret Kingdom by Pat Robertson -I'm A Strange Little Fella by Pat Robertson
Trying to come up with these is a process. Sorta like a description I read once of Ernest Hemmingway "you have to turn over a few hundred pebbles before you find the diamond."
Doug Replied: Speaking of Hemmingway...
A Farewell To Arms - A Farewell To Happy Endings
On Nov 26, 2005 Laura wrote: Yep, Snow Dogs was stupid. Ooohh - Shyamalan's new movie! Would that be "Lady in the Water"? I'm looking forward to that, although I have no idea what the plot is supposed to be like, other than what the title suggests.
Doug Replied: imdb.com gives a brief description of what the movie is about.
On Nov 27, 2005 Doug wrote: WELL! Well, everyone seemed to have had such a good time with this entry that I decided to build a new section of the playground site just for humorous titles for movies, books, and TV shows.
You can find this foolish new site here:
'Also Known As' - Renaming Movies, Books, and TV Shows
Feel free to post new stuff there!
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