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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
pplchamp is stepping up to bat. :sigh: That would be "stepping up to the plate". If he stepped up to the bat he's liable to get nailed by it  . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
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I agree with widescreen, except "all titles" is dangerous ground, there will always be exceptions.
May I have one exception.... ? Well, the most obvious exception is of course foreign films where you usually want to use the title in the local language as the title for the DVD. | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,494 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Patsa: Quote:
Well, the most obvious exception is of course foreign films where you usually want to use the title in the local language as the title for the DVD. and if the foreign title is in between quotes on the rear jacket it should be that title.. foreign or not. ..  Let's keep in mind Region 1 would apply for region 1 titles.,, region 2 would apply for region 2 etc. | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
Quoting Dr. Killpatient:Quote:
pplchamp is stepping up to bat. :sigh:
That would be "stepping up to the plate". If he stepped up to the bat he's liable to get nailed by it . You figured it out! hehe |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Is it too late to get enough people to lock the title here on the website or does that have to happen before they contribute? |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 824 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote:
If Ken wishes to weigh in he will. I do wish you would stop talking aabout common sense because you vision of common sense is certainly in line with my vision of common sense, which in turn is probably not the same as other users. Your vision of common sense, in fact, to me makes no sense at all.
Skip Could you please stop your public love affair with surfeur51 all over the forums, it's very stalker-ish and really creeps me out. | | | | 99.9% of all cat plans consist only of "Step 1." |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 2,366 |
| | Posted: | | | | skipnet 50 - surfeur 51 Is that the score? Just kidding of course.  | | | Martin Zuidervliet
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 844 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Staid S Barr: Quote:
On the other hand, almost all packages have a spine (envelopes excepted), and from a quick scan I can't find any that doesn't have a title. Just a suggestion... Felicia's Journey for one off the top of my head. |
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| Registered: August 22, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,807 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting hal9g: Quote:
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Have you tried "X III: The Last Stand"?
I curious on that as well. 
That's how I would contribute that cover title, per the rules.
Someone else is more than welcome to give that a try.  It also has to be said that going strictly by the book will severely mess up searches.  I would enter it as "X III" if it were a new profile, but I wouldn't be so eager to make that change in an existing profile. | | | | -- Enry |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
Quoting Patsa:
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Well, the most obvious exception is of course foreign films where you usually want to use the title in the local language as the title for the DVD.
and if the foreign title is in between quotes on the rear jacket it should be that title.. foreign or not.
.. Let's keep in mind Region 1 would apply for region 1 titles.,, region 2 would apply for region 2 etc. I'm not sure what you mean by your last statement... A rule would have to apply equally to all regions. But yes, there is already an exception in the rules for foreign films, but it tells us to use the copyright notice or film credits, not the credit block. | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 | | | | Last edited: by Nexus the Sixth |
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| Registered: March 26, 2007 | | Posts: 196 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote:
Has it occurred to you that things are done for a REASON, while you might not understand the Reason, there is one.
OK. What are the reasons, and how could I have found them out myself? Secret knowledge is not that useful. |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 | | Posts: 14 |
| | Posted: | | | | Include possessives if the front cover includes them, and if they are verifiably part of the title. If quotes surround the title in the credit block (generally on the back cover), check whether the possessive is within the quotes. In the absence of quotes to verify, check the font size used for the title on the front cover. Generally, possessives which use a significantly smaller font are not part of the title.
I would use this as an suggestion as it is listed as x-men on the back cover |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | It was argued that the "X" on the cover is well known to mean "X-Men". But it's really a symbol, how should we translate symbols for the title? You also have Wolverine's claws representing the number 3. He has three claws, this isn't the roman number III.
As symbols, they translate to "X-Men 3: The Last Stand".
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Could the X on the cover also not be understood to be X-Files? Or even X-15? Just playing devil's advocate to "X" on the cover is well known to mean "X-Men".<shrugs> I think there are few Xs it coud be understood to be. <sigh>
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Taken in context with the rest of the cover, it's pretty clear as to what it refers towards.  |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Go look at the Deluxe Set
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
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