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Old 07-16-08, 05:50 PM
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Know what really annoys me? (pointless nitpick)

I'm not sure why but it annoys me when people type out the name of a movie and use numbers where Roman Numerals should be. For example, Superman 2 instead of Superman II. Anyone else? Or am I just way too nit-picky?
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2 nit-picky.
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Originally Posted by Mr.Scary
2 nit-picky.
what you did there....
i see it
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Shall we create a poll?
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Non-descriptive thread titles?
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Originally Posted by devilshalo
Non-descriptive thread titles?
ftw!

not everyone is obsessed with everything about a movie, or remembers that it was Superman II and not Superman 2.
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Its still the same number anyways.
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I prefer Superman Deux
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Originally Posted by BobSchlapowitz
I'm not sure why but it annoys me when people type out the name of a movie and use numbers where Roman Numerals should be. For example, Superman 2 instead of Superman II. Anyone else? Or am I just way too nit-picky?
You are a ridiculous little man, and I am not going to interview you.
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You folks may be on to something here. I guess it's not that big a deal after all.
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If it weren't for Roman numerals, I wouldn't call the MIB sequel Men Invariably In Black.
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Yea. That's pretty dumb.

You know what yanks my chain? People who chew like pigs in movies; especially good ones. I'm looking at you --- Brad Pitt in Oceans 11/12/13. Ya big jerk. Chew with your damn mouth closed.
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Originally Posted by troystiffler
Yea. That's pretty dumb.

You know what yanks my chain? People who chew like pigs in movies; especially good ones. I'm looking at you --- Brad Pitt in Oceans 11/12/13. Ya big jerk. Chew with your damn mouth closed.
how bout audience members that chew like pigs? i once turned around to tell some one to knock it off bc they were smaking like a cow!
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Originally Posted by Mr.Scary
II nit-picky.
fixed.
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yes, I agree... that type of thing makes my 4iuos as well.
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I prefer to render the title as the movie does in its logos. If it says SUPERMAN II, then it's SUPERMAN II, but X2 is X2, not XII, and SPIDER-MAN 2 is SPIDER-MAN 2, not SPIDER-MAN II, et cetera.
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Originally Posted by John_Shil
I prefer to render the title as the movie does in its logos. If it says SUPERMAN II, then it's SUPERMAN II, but X2 is X2, not XII, and SPIDER-MAN 2 is SPIDER-MAN 2, not SPIDER-MAN II, et cetera.
you make the marketing departments very proud.
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Originally Posted by John_Shil
I prefer to render the title as the movie does in its logos. If it says SUPERMAN II, then it's SUPERMAN II, but X2 is X2, not XII, and SPIDER-MAN 2 is SPIDER-MAN 2, not SPIDER-MAN II, et cetera.
But if it were XII, it would actually be Twelve
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BobSchlapowitz,
Are you the type of person that also gets annoyed when people refer "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" as "The Mummy 3"?
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This thread is IIwice as annoying as I thought it would be, but I guess I could have IVtold that since the title was so vague.
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Originally Posted by toddly6666
BobSchlapowitz,
Are you the type of person that also gets annoyed when people refer "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" as "The Mummy 3"?
No. But I would get annoyed if someone were to refer to "The Dark Knight" as "Batman Begins 2" !!!!
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So the movie with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman should be "VII"?
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Originally Posted by jiffy97
So the movie with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman should be "VII"?
No, it should be seVIIn.
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Jiffy,
NOOOOOOOOO, what's wrong with you? Don't ever call it that - it's called SE7EN. You are going to hell.
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I don't see why the marketing people felt the need to advertise SUPERMAN (1978) with "The Movie" in the ads. The title of the film is simply SUPERMAN.

Warner did the same thing with the video releases of BATMAN (1966) and now people think that "The Movie" is part of the title when it isn't.

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