The verbose mastermind is back! He rephrased the titles of shows, books, and films; worse, he made mistakes. For each word with two meanings, he chose the wrong one to rephrase: "Star Wars" became "Celebrity Battles."
-1. This short story and movie look terribly scary, despite a mundane title: "Offspring of the Painful Callus". What title should these works have? 4 words
-2. You wouldn't guess this tune was popular just from its rephrased title: "Frozen Precipitation to the Leader". By what name is the song more widely known? 4
3. Now, this looks like an oddly maudlin title for a comedy that combines fashion and police work: "Long for Friendliness." What's the movie's original name? 2
-4. Here's an interesting movie, an action thriller that seems to belong to the so-bad-it's-good school of filmmaking. The title, though, has been rephrased to "Serpents upon a Flat, Two-Dimensional Surface". What should it be? 4
-5. This martial-arts comedy has an oddly cozy name: "Large Problems in Small Porcelain Tableware". What's the original title of the movie? 5
-6. The covers for this book and movie look like they belong to an exciting action piece, complete with spies and lots of military hardware -- but their shared title, "Obvious and Gift Hazard", just doesn't match. What should the title be? 4
-7. Next up is a drama that comes as both a novel and a movie. The title - "The Fermented Juice Residence Reigns" - rather kills any dramatic potential, though. What should it be? 4
-8. Here's an entry in a series of science-fiction films: "Primary In-Eye Corrective Lens". This sounds more hazardous than the cyborgs littering the DVD cover. Leaving off the name of the series, what should the movie be called? 2
-9. Our rephrased title -- "The Nocturnal Personal Timepiece" -- corresponds to the official name of a Discworld novel, and the unofficial (but very popular) name of a 1642 Dutch painting. What should this title be? 2
10. We'll wrap up with a novel that's stood the test of time, and the wildly successful stage musical adapted from it. Yet it's hard to imagine a live production of "The Supersonic Jet Fighter Aircraft of the Theatrical Drama Set to Music". What a mouthful! What's the original title? 4
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