When titles disappoint

Cafe Society
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So today I’m browsing the newest media available and see something called “Imagine Dragons Live in Vegas”. Now, I haven’t been completely living under a rock, I was aware that a band exists that is named “Imagine Dragons” and figured it almost certainly was a concert video, but I held out just a smidgen of hope that it was a new movie examining the “what if” of large mythological reptiles resident in Nevada, before having that brief hope snuffed out by clicking on the link.

Anyone else got promising titles that left you disappointed?

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Heard a song the other day called “May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose”. Title was the best thing about it.

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The Neverending Story

Penn and Teller Get Killed

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Great Balls of Fire

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There’s the Simpsons episode where the kids skip school to see Naked Lunch.

“I can think of at least two things wrong with that title.”

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Lionel Hutz agrees

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And a later episode where Homer complains that To Kill A Mockingbird taught him nothing about how to commit avicide.

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“Everything Everywhere All At Once”.

Although it came pretty damn close to living up to its title.

mmm

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Eagles of Death Metal

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Catcher with a Glass Arm

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Barenaked Ladies is another band that doesn’t live up to its name.

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I wasn’t disappointed, exactly - it turned out to be a wonderful book - but I completely misunderstood the title The Unbearable Lightness of Being. I thought it referred to the state of being so joyous you almost can’t stand it. (Spoiler alert: the book is decidedly not about that.)

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I remember liking it and humming along with the radio when it first came out. But I was eight years old :slight_smile:

Die Hard is not about overdosing on Viagra.

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Legal Eagle video on Youtube Alex Jones Obliterated On Cross.

It wasn’t what I thought.

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I’m sorry (and concerned) that disappointed you.

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I remember reading about some elderly women who were on vacation in the late 1970s, and were disappointed to find out that the Fabulous Poodles were a new wave band, not a dog show.

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Band name! :metal:

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I was very disappointed as a kid to hear that the movie The Man with the Golden Arm wasn’t literal.

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I don’t know why, but when I heard there was a movie called Gleaming the Cube I expected some SF/ Fantasy epic. Turns out it’s a skateboard term.

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Never mind.