# A Series of Unfortunate Titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2007, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-series-of-unfortunate-titles/413176 "2007-07-26T01:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-series-of-unfortunate-titles/413176/41 "2007-07-29T19:04:38Z")
[QUOTE=Lust4Life] The English Patient seeing as hes German. [/QUOTE] Actually, he’s Hungarian. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-series-of-unfortunate-titles/413176/42 "2007-07-29T19:44:10Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] I don’t see why that would be unfortunate. It’s memorable, and – though it’s not explained in the movie – the book makes it clear what the title means. [/QUOTE] Well, if you hadn’t read the book, what type of move would you think you were going to see? 10 points if you can tell me who old Alex was in the book… ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-series-of-unfortunate-titles/413176/43 "2007-07-29T20:11:53Z")
[QUOTE=beowulff] Well, if you hadn’t read the book, what type of move would you think you were going to see? 10 points if you can tell me who old Alex was in the book… [/QUOTE] “Fifteen” popped into my head, just now, but I’m a few years away from having read it. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-series-of-unfortunate-titles/413176/44 "2007-07-29T20:39:51Z")
[QUOTE=Speaker for the Dead] “Fifteen” popped into my head, just now, but I’m a few years away from having read it. [/QUOTE] I think we have a winner! It really puts a different perspective on the story - in the movie Alex is played by an actor who was 29 at the time. If you think of everything he did being done by a 15 year old, it’s that much more chilling. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-series-of-unfortunate-titles/413176/45 "2007-07-29T21:04:59Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] It didn’t get any better with the third game, _Thief 3: Deadly Shadows._ They’re still the same old shadows that Garrett loves to hide in. [/QUOTE] Naming frailty aside, it is a great series, and I’m personally looking forward to the upcoming release of _Thief IV: Stealing and Reselling Unattended Valuables_. ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-series-of-unfortunate-titles/413176/46 "2007-07-30T04:24:16Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] Metal Gear Solid 3: **Snake Eater** [/QUOTE] I’m fairly certain that this is quite intentional, given the codenames for the super innaboxed secret agents (Naked Snake, Solid Snake, and Liquid Snake). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-series-of-unfortunate-titles/413176.md?page=2)