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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

What Unseen Prequels?

Posted by Sean Breslin on Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:07 PM

Scene from the sequel to the unseen Star Wars: A Lost Cause.
  • Scene from the sequel to the unseen "Star Wars: A Lost Cause."

Does anyone know why we're collectively spending the day thinking of witty titles for unmade movies and posting them on Twitter? It's a trending topic on Twitter, but most of the ideas are terrible. Some of the most recent #unseenprequels include: The Texas Chainsaw Purchase, The Land Before The Land Before Time, The Last Two Mohicans, The American President-Elect...

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Slightly Infuriated Bull, Schindler's Brainstorming Session, The Second Man, Singin' in the Overcast Skies, Dog Day Morning...

Posted by tk. on November 3, 2009 at 1:31 PM | Report this comment

Bill and Ted's mundane weekday.

Posted by I Like Your New Haircut on November 3, 2009 at 1:32 PM | Report this comment

These twitter memes are universally not funny, from what I've seen.

Posted by luckymike on November 3, 2009 at 1:59 PM | Report this comment

Benji Begins

Posted by Marq Young on November 3, 2009 at 3:23 PM | Report this comment

I also loved #failedchildrensbooktitles

a few months ago.

It's funny, these memes are usually the best on Friday nights when the NOT LOSERS DO NOT SAY LOSERS stay home.

Posted by kiala on November 3, 2009 at 4:21 PM | Report this comment

I prefer the term loser-american myself.

Posted by atomic on November 3, 2009 at 5:00 PM | Report this comment

I am not a glory hunter, but I started this tag on Monday morning ( http://monstereatthepilot.tumblr.com )..I'm only commenting because I noticed kiala liked #failedchildrensbooktitles...which I also started :)

Believe me, I'm a really humble guy. I just can't believe a random thought I had spread across the globe like it did.

Twitter rocks :)

@davesusetty

Posted by davesusetty on November 3, 2009 at 9:08 PM | Report this comment

Richard, Jr. / Unrepentant / Misplacing Mr. Goodbar The best one (not mine): Groundhog Day

Posted by Wind2Energy on November 4, 2009 at 10:14 PM | Report this comment

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