Paramount should leave out the star trek titlle for Trek 3.
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Well in all fairness to the OP, the 174 people worldwide who go to movie theater and pick a movie based solely on the title without considering any other information about the film might be swayed by a Star Trek- less title.
They could call it: The Film Not Meant for Self-Appointed "Hardcore Trekkies."
People aren't stupid...Do you think people are going to go to a film that has Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock (cultural icons) in it and not think that it's a Star Trek film?
There is nothing wrong with the Star Trek film franchise...Consider this, X-Men: Days of Future Past is considered a big hit domestically, it made $233 million dollars. Star Trek: Into Darkness is considered a disappointment because it made $228 million in the US + greatly improved the franchise's international take. Did I mention that Star Trek "09" made $257 million domestically?
So I ask, why does everyone want to reinvent the wheel? The Star Trek film franchise is doing quite well.
There is nothing wrong with the Star Trek film franchise...Consider this, X-Men: Days of Future Past is considered a big hit domestically, it made $233 million dollars. Star Trek: Into Darkness is considered a disappointment because it made $228 million in the US + greatly improved the franchise's international take. Did I mention that Star Trek "09" made $257 million domestically?
So I ask, why does everyone want to reinvent the wheel? The Star Trek film franchise is doing quite well.
Or Fanboys, you are really kidding yourselves when you think your thoughts matter one iota when it comes to us picking film titles
I'm hearing Star Trek Into Oblivion on Trekmovie, supposedly from IMDB. I'm assuming that's a joke, based on the movie's troubles.
I'm convinced my mother mistook Star Trek for Star Wars when she took me to the cinema to see The Voyage Home: Star Trek IV, as it was called in the UK.
Shame they can't get the guardian of forever in the next film and call it Star Trek Forever.
They also tried it overseas, dropping the Star Trek from any mention except in the fine print of Nemesis. I still saw it in the theater with two other people, the one week it was running.
Beat me to it. One of the nice things that was revealed by ST09's success was the audience's thirst for a Star Trek product, and it had perhaps the most diverse audience (male and female, young and old, newbies and Trekkies -- as evidenced by the box office returns). So the name isn't and should not be a problem. The days of "Star Trek" being a toxic brand are not here.
Or it's going to be an Elder Scrolls crossover.
Which, let's face it, would be awesome.
They should call it "Get A Life" and have the opening set at a Con. Shatner will have an obvious role. 
I get the concern for trying to get Trek to make more money like other blockbuster franchises. This is as good as Trek is ever going to get at the box office. It doesn't matter how hard the filmmakers try, there won't be a film that rakes in a billion dollars per film like the THE DARK KNIGHT, TRANSFORMERS or THE HUNGER GAMES franchises.
Could it still be that old stigma that Trek "isn't cool"/"for nerds"? Maybe, though certainly not to the extent of the NEMESIS/ENTERPRISE days.
Could it still be that old stigma that Trek "isn't cool"/"for nerds"? Maybe, though certainly not to the extent of the NEMESIS/ENTERPRISE days.
dofp was considered a hit because the first film made like 155m in usa. dofp increased domestically and worldwide by a large margin . stid did not do that and that is why it is considered a disappointment. also dofp was a much better sequel, stid is a weaker sequel
To take this further, you could perhaps follow the catchphrase-as-title formula, and attract good karma by titling the movie "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (evoking the TOS episode), or bad karma by titling it "The Final Frontier" (evoking the fifth TOS movie).
Either way, such titles would be utterly uninspired. As indeed are The Dark Knight and Man Of Steel.
To take this further, you could perhaps follow the catchphrase-as-title formula, and attract good karma by titling the movie "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (evoking the TOS episode), or bad karma by titling it "The Final Frontier" (evoking the fifth TOS movie).
Either way, such titles would be utterly uninspired. As indeed are The Dark Knight and Man Of Steel.
Star Trek: Boldly Go
STAR TREK must be in the title. 
To take this further, you could perhaps follow the catchphrase-as-title formula, and attract good karma by titling the movie "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (evoking the TOS episode), or bad karma by titling it "The Final Frontier" (evoking the fifth TOS movie).
Either way, such titles would be utterly uninspired. As indeed are The Dark Knight and Man Of Steel.
Star Trek: Boldly Go
That has got a certain ring to it, I will admit.
^ Yeah, absolutely Greg. And I've never bought the urban legend that Star Trek IV advertising itself simply as 'The Voyage Home' (sans the 'Star Trek' monikor) had any impact on it's revenue, either. Let's face it, whether the poster has actually got the words 'Star Trek' on it or not is immaterial when Kirk and Spock are front and center in the image.
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