# When titles disappoint **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055 "2023-07-15T02:06:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/1 "2023-07-15T02:06:51Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/2 "2023-07-15T02:17:10Z")
Heard a song the other day called “May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose”. Title was the best thing about it. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/3 "2023-07-15T02:17:41Z")
_The Neverending Story_ _Penn and Teller Get Killed_ ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/4 "2023-07-15T02:42:23Z")
_Great Balls of Fire_ ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/5 "2023-07-15T04:27:42Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/6 "2023-07-15T10:02:49Z")
[Lionel Hutz agrees](https://youtu.be/NL_pRiXov7Q) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/7 "2023-07-15T10:34:15Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > There’s the Simpsons episode where the kids skip school to see **Naked Lunch**. And a later episode where Homer complains that _To Kill A Mockingbird_ taught him nothing about how to commit avicide. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/8 "2023-07-15T11:05:02Z")
**“Everything Everywhere All At Once”**. Although it came pretty damn close to living up to its title. mmm ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/9 "2023-07-15T12:10:06Z")
Eagles of Death Metal ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/10 "2023-07-15T12:34:11Z")
[Catcher with a Glass Arm](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1026573) ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/11 "2023-07-15T12:50:17Z")
Barenaked Ladies is another band that doesn’t live up to its name. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/12 "2023-07-15T13:19:40Z")
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.) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/13 "2023-07-15T13:57:19Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Heard a song the other day called “May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose”. Title was the best thing about it. I remember liking it and humming along with the radio when it first came out. But I was eight years old 🙂 _ **Die Hard** _ is not about overdosing on Viagra. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/14 "2023-07-16T00:13:04Z")
Legal Eagle video on Youtube [Alex Jones Obliterated On Cross](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-QcbOphxYs&t=84s). It wasn’t what I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/15 "2023-07-16T01:12:40Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > _ **Die Hard** _ is not about overdosing on Viagra. I’m sorry (and concerned) that disappointed you. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/16 "2023-07-16T01:28:15Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/17 "2023-07-16T04:06:17Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Eagles of Death Metal Band name! 🤘 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/18 "2023-07-16T05:18:52Z")
I was very disappointed as a kid to hear that the movie _The Man with the Golden Arm_ wasn’t literal. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/19 "2023-07-16T19:06:56Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055/20 "2023-07-16T19:14:44Z")
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