Don't you wonder what might have happened if the title of some book or movie wasn't called what it eventually came out as? <br><br>For example, what if Tenchi Muyo was called something like "Overwhelmed Guy." What if "Star Wars" was titled "Space Rebels vs. the Galactic Empire"? Those wouldn't work...or would they? :P<br><br>What other alternate titles might have been contemplated for different works and ultimately left behind in place of the eventual title that people know them by? Similarly, what sort of odd or humorous title might an author or producer have had in mind as a joke as the work was being made? Any thoughts?<br><br>ZL <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://webpages.charter.net/korichan/zl/R3K.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://webpages.charter.net/korichan/zl/ZLstrat.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE BR START--><br /><!--EZCODE BR END--><br>Empires wax and wane; states cleave asunder and coalesce. <br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as the fire, steady as the mountain."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> A banner used by the Takeda clan of Kai (Sengoku Jidai era). </p><i></i>

indianna jones and the raiders of the lost ark<br><br><br>archeologist chases guys who have a giant coffin <p><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"> If fourty is when you are over the hill, then eighty is when you are too old, tired, and distracted by the crap in your pants to notice </div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i>

"The Lord of the Rings" - "A Bunch of Tiny Little Men, An Elf Who Exists Solely to Look Pretty, And Some Other People Try to Destroy a Ring, and Also Meet an Ugly Gray Alien Schizophrenic Thing Named Gollum".<br><br>...*phew*<br><br>"Harry Potter and [insert title of book here]" - "I Have an Idea, Let's Make a Book Series That Will Be Even More Over-Franchised Than Pokemon".<br><br>...wait, that wouldn't explain the plot of the book or anything. Oh well. I'm not very creative. <p></p><i></i>

The Legend of Zelda games...<br><br>Wouldn't have worked if they were called "Link, Zelda's little Boy Toy" would they? :P<br><br>ZL <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://webpages.charter.net/korichan/zl/R3K.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://webpages.charter.net/korichan/zl/ZLstrat.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <!--EZCODE BR START--><br /><!--EZCODE BR END--><br>Empires wax and wane; states cleave asunder and coalesce. <br><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"Swift as the wind, silent as the forest, fierce as the fire, steady as the mountain."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> A banner used by the Takeda clan of Kai (Sengoku Jidai era). </p><i></i>

Super Mario Bros.

OR

"The Princess is in Another Castle!"

Pokemon (Insert title that comes after the first two, Red and Blue. I suppose those two couldn't be blamed):
"Hey, I've got an Idea, let's make another version on this game, but make it SLIGHTLY different! Then we can rip people off by making other ones that are all SLIGHTLY different to eachother, so they'll have to buy all of them!" (Pokemon Emerald, anyone? -_-')

I'll add a twist to this, see if you can work out what the following are meant to be.

Anime:

Tokyo explodes a lot. / Blue old kids and ex-biker make things explode

Tokyo Tower is destroied.

Girl and Half Dog demon try to cover up their rampent lust for each other.

Panty shots and catfights: The Original

Monkey Men with pointy hair blow stuff (including each other) Up

Tokyo Tower is destroied. Again.

Kid and Pink Dog Doll mess up everyone's head with a Golden Baseball bat

Japanese High School Girls Gone Wild!!!!1

Arucard Kicks Serious Arse / Alucard Kisks Serious Arse

The Writers Don't like Tokyo Tower much.

The Writers who didn't like Tokyo Tower bring together all their cast, to presumably blow up mutliple Tokyo Towers in different dimensions.

Men Vs Women Vs Some Evil Aliens. In Space.

Guy copying Pointy Ears Man with Giant Robots.

Now for Cartoons:

Pointy Ears Man: The Cartoon.

Crazy Alien and Robot try to invade Earth and Make a mess of it. Repeatedly.

British Secret Agent Rodent.

Robots that change into other things and have great marketing power.


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See how many you lot can work out without me giving out the answers...

Oh I loved this topic when it was new. Good to see it being used again by this strange twist of fate.

Let me try one...

Independence Day

Stuff B blowed up!