Teague wrote:Aaaaaaand "Out There" is a worse title. Thoughts?
Yeah, that's awful. The point of the title "Galaxy Quest" is that it's the title of the dumb sci fi TV show and so it's kind of a dumb title in exactly the same way as "Star Trek" is kind of a dumb title.
A good title, in my opinion, is one that is intriguing but doesn't make a lot of sense until you watch the movie/read the book and then it makes perfect sense.
The Pixar films run the gamut. Toy Story, Cars, and A Bug's Life are meaningless and could literally be about anything involving toys, cars, and bugs. Whereas Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and Ratatouille are peculiar until you see the movie and then seem like they could ONLY be stories about a company run by monsters, the search for a fish (or else a submarine captain), and a rat who wants to be a French chef.
EDIT: But if you do choose a simple title, it has to be the be-all and end-all of that thing. If you make a movie called The Godfather, it needs to be the last word on godfathers.
ShowThe main character needs to be a godfather in every sense, conventionally a gangster, literally a godfather to someone, figuratively a father to everyone, and even metaphorically god-like. If possible, his son even needs to die / sacrifice himself / be reborn after being away / take over for him.... AND ALL THAT HAPPENS.
Last edited by Zarban (2012-12-22 14:09:19)
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