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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 04-01-2012, 01:08 AM:
 
Does anyone remember this interview where Cameron went off about how it isn't "The Terminator" or "The Aliens" or "The Abyss" or "The Titanic"? He doesn't title his movies with "the" in the title and detests when people call it that.

If anyone has a link to an online video of that interview, I would love to send it to some people putting signs up for "The Titanic".
 

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Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 04-01-2012, 04:42 AM:
 
I think The Terminator is the only correct one though, but al the rest have no "the" in it.

Imagine: The True Lies.

AJG
 

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Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 04-01-2012, 05:57 AM:
 
"The Abyss" is right there on the poster. So is "The Terminator."

JC may not have named his movies with "the" in the title but the studios released "The Abyss" and "The Terminator" as such, and that is how they are called.

I don't know anyone who refers to "The Titanic" or "The Aliens" -- those are just wrong -- but I don't think there's much to worry about there. Nobody's calling them that.
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 04-01-2012, 06:05 AM:
 
I guess he hasn't seen "The Commitments"
 

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Posted by Martin McCaffery (Member # 37) on 04-01-2012, 09:07 AM:
 
I distinctly remember the pre-release publicity for "Terminator," and noting it had become The Terminator by release. I had one of those fold out posters that used to be used as promo in Variety.

Oh well, I'm still peeved Pretenders eventually morphed into The Pretenders and that Keith Richard caved and became Keith Richards.
 

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Posted by Sean Weitzel (Member # 244) on 04-01-2012, 12:39 PM:
 
The Abyss teaser even has Don LaFontaine growling at the end: "The Abyss....Believe your eyes.."
 

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Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 04-01-2012, 12:47 PM:
 
Wait a second -- is this an April Fool's prank???
 

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Posted by Jonathan Froes (Member # 5861) on 04-01-2012, 02:19 PM:
 
James Cameron is a full time April fools joke
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 04-01-2012, 07:58 PM:
 
I was thinking Brad had a teaser title there, but I guess not!

What I hate is when people refer to the sequel by the original's name. Like instead of saying "When is Toy Story 3 coming?" they say "When is Toy Story coming?" I'm tempted to say "We already played it in 1995."

Or they'll say "that" in front of the name. "When's that Titanic coming?" or "Is that 21 Jump Street any good?" or "Are you going to get that True Grit?"
 

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Posted by Mike Spaeth (Member # 524) on 04-01-2012, 08:56 PM:
 
My pet peeve is when people refer to the original in a series of sequels as __ One, as in "Did you see Saw One?"
 

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Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 04-01-2012, 10:05 PM:
 
Oh, just get over yourselves already!
 

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Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 04-02-2012, 02:22 AM:
 
I was gonna say Manny....

What is everyone smoking tonight?

And keeping with the sprite of the thread, shouldn't it be called, "James Cameron hates the The"?
 

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Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 04-02-2012, 05:58 AM:
 
I hate people who hate.
 

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Posted by Martin McCaffery (Member # 37) on 04-02-2012, 08:53 AM:
 

quote: Frank Angel

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And keeping with the sprite of the thread, shouldn't it be called, "James Cameron hates the The"?

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