Better Titles

Elfhelm · 12-17-2003, 04:13 PM

The book titles were made up by Houghton Mifflin, as I recall, and JRRT didn't like them. Of course, they made three movies instead of six so naturally they used those less-than-perfect titles.

Anyone want to have fun making up better titles?

The Two Towers is the most obvious bad title because it's misleading, but I think Return of the King is also less than perfect because the focus of the last two books (I mean numbers 5 and 6) is the destruction of the One Ring. Obviously, British fantasy fans love to hope that Arthur will return, but for me that is one more misleading element in the title. At most, Return of the King could be a chapter title.

I'm taking a shot at the new movie. What if they realized it and named it differently? What might it have been called? How about:

The Destruction of the Ring
Assault on Mount Doom
Saruman's Revenge (OK this was a title suggested by a co-worker for Book 6, not for the movie which has no scouring).
Samwise Gamgee, Hero!

hehehe... anyone else?

12-17-2003, 04:13 PM	#1
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	Better Titles The book titles were made up by Houghton Mifflin, as I recall, and JRRT didn't like them. Of course, they made three movies instead of six so naturally they used those less-than-perfect titles. Anyone want to have fun making up better titles? The Two Towers is the most obvious bad title because it's misleading, but I think Return of the King is also less than perfect because the focus of the last two books (I mean numbers 5 and 6) is the destruction of the One Ring. Obviously, British fantasy fans love to hope that Arthur will return, but for me that is one more misleading element in the title. At most, Return of the King could be a chapter title. I'm taking a shot at the new movie. What if they realized it and named it differently? What might it have been called? How about: The Destruction of the Ring Assault on Mount Doom Saruman's Revenge (OK this was a title suggested by a co-worker for Book 6, not for the movie which has no scouring). Samwise Gamgee, Hero! hehehe... anyone else? __________________ cya

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