Friday, January 29, 2010

AMERICA'S GREAT DEBATES:Better (or at least more legendarily bad) subtitle for an unnecessary and awful part ii--"Electric Boogaloo" or "The Squeakquel?"

ETA: I misspelled "Squeakquel" originally. I am uncertain whether to be proud or ashamed of this fact.
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16 comments:

  1. Joseph J. Finn11:16 AM

    Easily Electric Boogaloo.  IO seriously doubt anyone will be using Squeakel as a shorthand in 20 years like EB.

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  2. Adam11:36 AM

    The Quickening?

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  3. Carmichael Harold11:38 AM

    Adam named my favorite, though I'm also partial to the Die Harder approach.  Of the two in the original post, definitely Electric Boogaloo. 

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  4. KCosmo11:50 AM

    I love both Electric Boogaloo and the Squeakquel, but I agree that EB will have a much longer life span.

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  5. Jenn.1:06 PM

    I rather thought that a chunk of the reason to do the second movie was in order to use the term "The Squeakquel."

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  6. Marsha1:39 PM

    I don't know... I'm hearing Squeakquel a lot in conversation, and I think it has staying power. They're both so hideous as to be fabulous - why must we choose?

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  7. bill.2:42 PM

    I would have called it "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakening"

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  8. Jenn.3:16 PM

    Great.  Now bill has given them an excuse to make another sequel. 

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  9. patricia3:37 PM

    "The Revenge."  It's a shark, people. (That's not a part II, but I think it's sufficiently horrible to deserve mention.)

    To the original question, I also love them both, but think EB has a longer shelf-life as well.

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  10. Andrew3:52 PM

    If there's enough demand for another Alvin and the Chipmunks film, maybe they'll go all out for "Alvin and the Chipmunk: Squeakuel 2: Electric Boogaloo"?

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  11. The Other Kate4:50 PM

    And even subtitles need taglines, right? "Alvin and the Chipmunk: Squeakuel 2: Electric Boogaloo: This Time, It's Personal."

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  12. Joseph J. Finn6:08 PM

    <span>"Alvin and the Chipmunk: Squeakuel 2: Electric Boogaloo: This Time, It's Personal, With A Vengeance"</span>

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  13. Nancy6:56 PM

    Electric Boogaloo forever. No question.

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  14. bill.9:47 PM

    After 5 weeks their box office gross is $205,297,861. I didn't buy I ticket, I haven't given them an excuse to make another.

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  15. Adlai10:27 PM

    I've definitely adopted "squeakquel" as part of my vocabulary. I feel Electric Boogaloo is over.

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  16. Jennifer J.2:05 AM

    The "Squeakquel" is far too easy. Electric Boogaloo is from teh awesome 80's and is just so bad to be good.

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