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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 13,203 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting richierich: Quote:
you'll get splinters in your butt 
I cannot believe anyone  would want such a change, regardless of 'screen credit proof'. But yes, according to the rules as they currently stand, someone could come along and change it Well, if you had asked me what I 'want', you would have gotten a different answer. For the most part, I think the possesives are a pain in the arse. If someone wants to 'add by title', they have to know it is 'John Carpenter's Escape From New York' and not 'Escape From New York'. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | mdnitoil's screencap is missleading and pure "spin". If you pause the credits at "Alfred Hitchcock's" then go forward frame-by-frame, you will see that the two parts of the title actually disolve from one into the other. At one point, portions of "Alfred Hitchcock's" & portions of "The Birds" are in the same frame  . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,203 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
mdnitoil's screencap is missleading and pure "spin". If you pause the credits at "Alfred Hitchcock's" then go forward frame-by-frame, you will see that the two parts of the title actually disolve from one into the other. At one point, portions of "Alfred Hitchcock's" & portions of "The Birds" are in the same frame . I would say that entire post is a very good example of 'spin'. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well, that should be easy to show if it's so obvious.
Found a few more movies we've mistitled based on this new method of calculating movie names.
To Catch A Thief
Notorious
Spellbound
I can do this all night, guys. It's an easy game, anyone can play. Grab any Alfred Hitchcock movie in your collection and watch the first two minutes worth of credits. So far, I'm batting about .950 that each title is preceded by Alfred Hitchcock's....I haven't gotten to the early UK years yet, so perhaps there'll be a change of pace then.
I humbly submit that 8ball is the one spinning. Either that or he's got a whole boatload of title changes to submit. Actually, it's not even spin, just inconsistency. But again, don't take my word for it. You all have the same movies I have. Check for yourselves. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | You'll all be relieved to know that this is purely a domestic problem with poor Alfred. He hasn't shown any possessiveness in any of my UK productions. That gets me down to about 75%. Still, it's a wonder we caught this with "The Birds" and no other title. Perhaps not many people own Hitchcock films?  | | | | Last edited: by mdnitoil |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
I would say that entire post is a very good example of 'spin'. Not any more or less than most | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
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At one point, portions of "Alfred Hitchcock's" & portions of "The Birds" are in the same frame I can't believe I let this one get by me. During this amazing "both portions" frame, is it possible to distinquish any words, whatsoever? Yeah, that's what I thought. Oh heck, this is what I could find. Do you have a better frame?  I mean if this is what you want to hang your hat on to justify the movie title, more power to you. Regardless, we're talking like this movie is isolated and special when I've already demonstrated that it's a drop in the bucket. | | | | Last edited: by mdnitoil |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 980 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mdnitoil: Quote:
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At one point, portions of "Alfred Hitchcock's" & portions of "The Birds" are in the same frame
I can't believe I let this one get by me. During this amazing "both portions" frame, is it possible to distinquish any words, whatsoever? Yeah, that's what I thought. Oh heck, this is what I could find. Do you have a better frame?
I mean if this is what you want to hang your hat on to justify the movie title, more power to you. I like the way you used a little bird crap at the top of the screen. Nice effect!  | | | | Dan |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
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I like the way you used a little bird crap at the top of the screen. Nice effect! Honestly, it wasn't intentional! Frankly, I was trying to be polite. I haven't even mentioned just how long one frame lasts on the screen.  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,203 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mdnitoil: Quote:
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At one point, portions of "Alfred Hitchcock's" & portions of "The Birds" are in the same frame
I can't believe I let this one get by me. During this amazing "both portions" frame, is it possible to distinquish any words, whatsoever? I could distinguish two words. The first word was 'the' and the second begins with the letter 'C'. I guess it was an appropriate word as the title is 'The Birds'.  | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
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We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,372 |
| | Posted: | | | | looks like some kind of porno title if you ask me (not that I've ever seen one mind you  ) |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 278 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting richierich: Quote:
H.P. Lovecraft's Re-Animator
Akira Kurosawa's Ran
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Frank Capra's Arsenic and Old Lace
John Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13
David Lean's Brief Encounter
Danio Argento's Card Player
Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls
Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands
Walt Disney's Fantasia
Howard Hawks' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Frank Peretti's Hangmans Curse
Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life
John Woo's The Killer
Jerry Wald's Lets Make Love
George A. Romero's Night Of The Living Dead
akira kurosawa's seven samurai
The above took 2 minutes to find in my collection.
Do we really believe these are the correct ways to record the titles?? I'd argue a case for some of the ones you've listed. | | | | Guns don't kill people. Hammers do. |
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| | Posted: | | | | Quoting lyonsden5: Quote:
looks like some kind of porno title if you ask me (not that I've ever seen one mind you ) Great minds. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 820 |
| | Posted: | | | | Here's a link to an interview between Peter Bogdanovich and the great man himself from 1963 (the year The Birds was made) published by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The film is referred to as The Birds by Hitchcock at least a half a dozen times. http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/1999/hitchcock/interview/index.html Bogdanovich is a renowned Hitchcock scholar and lists the title in the Filmography for Hitchcock as The Birds: http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/1999/hitchcock/filmography.html For some light entertainment, here is a link to a quiz on Hitchcock. If you score 15-20 you can continue to participate in this discussion. (I scored 19. Got number 15 wrong). No cheating now. http://www.grandtimes.com/hitchcock.html |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Damn...you guys are rough . I should leave the "spin" to the professionals around here . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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