How do you think franchise movies should be titled?

[luca_frontino]

I prefer the James Bond way.
There's no redundancy and each movie can stand on its own.

 

[Rishi]

Depends on the franchise, personally.

 

[Sawyer]

I've always like subtitles.

 

[The Navigator]

Why not both numbers and subtitles, like the Star Trek way?

 

[Hush]

Numerical is nice because it is easier to differentiate. But subs are nice.

 

[Gridiron]

If the number of films follow one complete story that are just separated by release dates, numerical and subtitles are the way to go (LOTR:x; Kill Bill vol. 1/2).

Stand-alone sequels such as TDK should have stand-alone titles (Batman Begins, The Dark knight). Obviously there is a sense of continuity between the two movies but they don't share the same storyline.

 

[Figs]

Depends on the franchise, personally.

This.

Can't give an honest answer since it truly does matter what franchise we're talking about here.

 

[Nirvana]

They should never mix the two (X2: X-Men United, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, etc...eck) and they should never switch back and forth (The Lost World: Jurassic Park/Jurassic Park III).

 

[Hush]

This is a good thread, it should be higher up, bump!

 

[xwolverine2]

subtitled.... or else it turns into Saw where i dont know which is which lol

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Subs. The original titles keep it consistent and subtitles are descriptive enough to let you know which is which film by a key point (ie: Prizoner of Azkaban, Attack of the Clones, Dead Man's Chest, Krystal Skull etc)

 

[Ziggyman]

It depends...

Like Iron Man II sounds good alone...With no attachment.

 

[byte19]

Bond. tho the subs are good for some things.....

 

[luca_frontino]

Like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, it doesn't come out very quick.
To me Revenge of the Fallen was enough.
Besides, trailers and posters are the things meant to explain what the hell a movie is about.

So if I had to choose between:

Transformers >>> Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
VS
Prime Directives >>> Revenge of the Fallen

... I would have chosen the second option.

 

[Octoberist]

Transformers: revenge of the Fallen is a weird title only because (as someone pointed here) it's kinda too pretentious for a movie like that. It just sounds awkwardly cocky.

 

[Episode29]

Numbers are fine early on, but just sound sad later on. Friday the 13th Part 8? Psycho 4? Hell, I'm kinda against Raimi tossing a 4 onto the next Spidey flick. I really wish they'd gone with the Amazing/Spectacular/Sensational idea with the first sequel...

 

[Octoberist]

yeah. besides Star Trek 4, adding a Four to a fourth movie sounds like overkill upfront, despite being THE fourth movie in the franchise.

I would call Spider-Man 4....Amazing Spider-Man.

 

[imdaly]

The OCD in me prefers numbering, so that when I organize my movies in alphabetical order they can follow that rule and still be together chronologically.

Spider-Man 1 -> Spider-Man 2 -> Spider-Man 3

or even numbered with subtitles works:

Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace -> Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones -> Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith, etc


No numbering with subtitles puts the movies together but can't (usually) be chronological AND alphabetical at the same time:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone -> Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -> Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, etc

What's worst, IMO, is when the go completely different each time. Those ones, if kept alphabetically, would be all over the place:
Batman Begins -> The Dark Knight, etc


Extremely OCD of me, I know, but just my opinion. Then again, I'd be incredibly annoyed if they tried numbering the LOTR movies...

 

[dude stannis]

All three are good, but subtitled ones piss me off when the get to long and pretentious:

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem anyone?

 

[luca_frontino]

The OCD in me prefers numbering.

I was for that too, but then I thought of all the movies titled with just the name of the franchise that, to me, suck so they don't deserve to carry the leading trademark.
And all the numbered sequels, that suck too, force you to HAVE them in the collection (Spider-Man 4 has to be preceded by Spider-Man + 2 + 3).
Instead, the James Bond films all carrie their own title so you can pick just the ones you like.

 

[Immortalfire]

Subtitles work best, but the thought of superhero films having titles that aren't the hero's name (Spider-Man), or nickname (The Dark Knight) is acceptable too.

 

[Octoberist]

All three are good, but subtitled ones piss me off when the get to long and pretentious:

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem anyone?

I think the lame directors just picked it because it sound kinda smart and it came from "Requiem for a Dream". lol. That was my first reaction.