# "A Bore is Starred," and other snarky titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034 "2012-04-17T13:28:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![deadindays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@deadindays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deadindays)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034/21 "2012-04-18T00:31:55Z")
**Three whores and a horse?** ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034/22 "2012-04-18T01:17:57Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid. I don’t know why, but that is my all-time most memorable Mad title. Why that one in particular has stuck with me for more than forty years I have no idea, because I don’t remember the rest of the BC&TSK spoof at all. (My second most memorable title? _Voyage to See What’s On The Bottom_) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034/23 "2012-04-18T02:53:42Z")
I saw somebody on this board refer to the recent Three Musketeers remake as _The League of Extraordinary Musketeers_. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034/24 "2012-04-18T03:03:32Z")
As a bonus, **Eve** ’s first example could also be applied to _The Core_. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034/25 "2012-04-18T06:18:07Z")
I recall a reviewer writing that _Dances with Wolves_ should have been titled _Plays with Camera._ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034/26 "2012-04-18T19:45:19Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Mad had all kinds of great titles. Some of my favorites: > > Jur-ass-has-had-it Park. (For Jurassic Park) > Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid. > Star Roars Epicload I: The Fandumb Mega-mess. > The Odd Father. > The Odd Father Part, Too. > Jaw’d. > Jaw’d, Too. > Clod Encounters of the Absurd Kind. > > Also, all of their Star Trek parodies have gone by the title of “Star Blecch.” > > Star Blecch: The Next Degradation. > Star Blecch: Deep Space Swine. > Star Blecch: Voyeur. > Star Blecch II: The Wreck of Korn. > Star Blecch III: The Search for Plot. > Star Blecch IV: The Voyage Bombs. > Star Blecch V: The Farcical Frontier. > Star Blecch IV: The Uninspired Continuation. > I could go on and on. Please don’t. These are all painfully unfunny. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034/27 "2012-04-18T19:46:32Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > After \*\*Ishtar \*\*was lambasted as being an awful, expensive flop, Kevin Costner came out with **Waterworld** , which I heard referred a few times…as **Fishtar**. Both _Dances with Wolves_ and later _Waterworld_ were known (during production) as **Kevin’s Gate**. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034/28 "2012-04-18T19:52:05Z")
A few I’[ve come up with: _Jurassic Park_ – **Godzillas in the Mist** _Spartacus_ – **Spartaculus: or, Rome Wasn’t Burnt in a Day** _The Matrix Reloaded_ – **The Matrix Inverted** \* \*It helps if you took Linear Algebra ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034/29 "2012-04-18T19:57:21Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > Kevin’s Gate _Ouch!_ ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034/30 "2012-04-19T02:57:59Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I remember calling Barbra Streisand’s _A Star is Born_ by the OP title, and her _The Mirror Has Two Faces_ became _The Camera has Two Filters_. The Bitch Has Two Faces The Theater Has Two Customers ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034/31 "2012-04-19T04:03:24Z")
After Kevin had bombed with _Waterwold_, he starred in _The Postman_, which I remember being referred to as _Dirtworld_. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034/32 "2012-04-19T20:39:42Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Stephen Frears’ excellent film _Prick Up Your Ears_ is generally referred to by the laziest and most prurient anagram ever, in our household. (Not sure if that counts as snark, though, as it is likely the intent of the author.) British theatres had a hard (hee! hee!) time with vandals rearranging the letters of the last word on their marquees. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bore-is-starred-and-other-snarky-titles/619034.md?page=1)