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Weekend Discussion Thread: What SHOULD the Movies Have Been Called?

Alert reader David writes:

Thought the thread about movie titles was a fun discussion. Now, what about the logical extension? If you had the chance to fix the titles of the movies to what actually happened in them, what would the MSTie movie titles be?
For me: “Godzilla Versus the Sea Monster” would have been more appropriate if the title was “Godzilla Plays Pitch-and-Catch With the Sea Monster.”
With a title like “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Give Up Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies”, there’s no way the movie could fit the title. Maybe “The Mixed-Up Zombies Trapped In a Closet While a Bunch of Bad Strip Shows Where No One Stripped When On” might be closer.

Instead of “Robot Monster,” what about “Horny Alien Gorilla”? Probably would have helped the box office.

What’s your suggestion?

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How Were Joel’s Shows?

An open thread for reports from Joel’s Minneapolis and South Dakota stops this weekend on his “How to Have a Job Like Mine” tour.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Titles of MSTed Movies

Alert regular “Sitting Duck” writes:

Let’s talk about the movie titles. Specifically how well they reflect the content of the film. Sometimes the title actually has something to do with the film. Other times not so much. My pick for a most appropriate title would be “Bloodlust!” As a review of the episode I once read noted, there is blood (what with all the human hunting), and there is lust (what with Balleau intending to keep Betty and Jean as his own mini-harem). As for a least appropriate title, I would go with “The Dead Talk Back.” As Mike and the Bots noted when they started to leave the theater at the end, the dead never talked back (what with the whole thing being a load of fakery).

The titles that always bother me are “Stranded in Space” and “Space Travelers.” Neither one accurately describes the movie in question, and much better describes the other one.

Your thoughts on titles?

Update: Joel in Minn., S.D. this Weekend

Update on Joel’s “How to Have a Job Like Mine” tour:

Saturday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. Pepitos Parkway Theater in Minneapolis. More here.

Sunday, Nov. 4, at the Icon Lounge, 402 N. Main Ave. in Sioux Falls, S.D. Social hour at 5:30 p.m.; presentation at 6:30 p.m. Cost: $20. More here.

UPDATE: Joel gets interviewed at Minneapolis CBS affiliate WCCO. (“The Gizomcrat?”)

Euan Kerr of Minnesota Public Radio talks with Joel about the show.

Here’s an interview with Joel pegged to the South Dakota show.