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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2021 20:14:10 GMT -5
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Magnum Force
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Post by berkley on May 26, 2021 20:44:17 GMT -5
Speaking of the Three Musketeers, I always liked the title of Dumas's own sequel to that first book, Twenty Years After - and the idea behind it as well.
I suppose my preference would be for completely different titles rather than the sequential numbers or variations on the original.
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Post by Prince Hal on May 26, 2021 22:34:02 GMT -5
How about The Thin Man (1934), based on the Hammett novel of the same name? It was a hit at the box office thanks to the incomparable charm of the team of William Powell and Myrna Loy. It inspired not just one or two, but five sequels.
The problem is that the eponymous thin man is actually the murder victim in the original novel and film. He never reappears. Seems most audiences saw Powell's detective Nick Charles as the thin man of the title and since no one wanted to mess with success, each of the sequels contained the words "The Thin Man:"
After the Thin Man (1936)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 26, 2021 22:40:29 GMT -5
The all-time champion will always be, to me, Aliens. So simple. So efficient. "Oh, there are several now??? O.K., I'm definitely scared". Yeah I think Alien, Aliens and Alien 3 could be the best use of conveying the exacerbation of the sequence of Ripley’s encounter with the creature. I also liked the simplicity of the actual font of each movie for the titles. Conveyed an ominous feel for the first three films. Resurrection was just good cause Sigourney Weaver in a leather catsuit ..... 🤤 |
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Post by brutalis on May 27, 2021 1:26:20 GMT -5
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
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Post by foxley on May 27, 2021 3:03:26 GMT -5
In Like Flint
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Post by Prince Hal on May 27, 2021 3:24:14 GMT -5
With a tip o’ the hat to Errol Flynn. 😏 |
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Post by foxley on May 27, 2021 5:34:07 GMT -5
With a tip o’ the hat to Errol Flynn. 😏 Another fine Australian export.  |
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Post by MDG on May 27, 2021 9:58:18 GMT -5
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Post by Rob Allen on May 27, 2021 12:59:04 GMT -5
Prince Hal writing that the title "The Thin Man" originally did not refer to William Powell's character reminded me of this one:
A Shot in the Dark
The second movie to feature Peter Sellers as Inspector Jacques Clouseau. The Pink Panther was a diamond whose theft was the subject of the first film. Starting with the fourth film in the series, the phrase "Pink Panther" was in the title regardless of whether the diamond was part of the story. Wikipedia says that the diamond was in six of the eleven films.
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Post by Rob Allen on May 27, 2021 13:11:55 GMT -5
And another sequel that doesn't look like a sequel at first glance:
Ma and Pa Kettle
To most people, this is the first of the nine "Ma & Pa Kettle" films. But it's actually a sequel to The Egg and I, in which the Kettles were supporting characters.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 27, 2021 13:12:51 GMT -5
Die Hard II: Die HarderApparently the movie was originally just called "Die Hard", but on set the crew started referring to its as "Die Harder", so the producers tacked that one as the official subtitle. For some reason, the sheer silliness of it appeals to me.
I was so hoping the third one would be titled Die Hard III: Die Hardest. Alas... |
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 27, 2021 13:52:34 GMT -5
I think Space Battleship Yamato holds the record for worst titles of sequels
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978)
Space Battleship Yamato II (1978)
Yamato: The New Voyage (1979)
Be Forever Yamato (1980)
Space Battleship Yamato III (1980)
Final Yamato (1983)
Yamato 2520 (1994)
Space Battleship Great Yamato (2000)
New Space Battleship Yamato (2004, cancelled)
Great Yamato No. Zero (2004)
Yamato: Resurrection (2009)
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Post by Prince Hal on May 27, 2021 13:56:33 GMT -5
Rob's post reminded me of the famous Andy Hardy series of movies. The first of the 16 was released in 1937, 15 between 1937 and 1946 and the final entry in 1958.
The first three were family-centered comedy-dramas entitled "A Family Affair," "You're Only Young Once," and "Judge Hardy's Children." However, Andy, played by Mickey Rooney, soon became the focus of the series, and ten of the successive films, including nine of the last ten, contained his name.
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Post by shaxper on May 27, 2021 14:14:31 GMT -5
I can't believe it took three whole posts. |
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