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Emma.[edit]
Anyone know why Emma. takes a period? SpinningSpark 17:58, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
- It appears to be the official title per This Apparently the studio included the period in the official name of the film, and has directed media to do same. --Jayron32 18:12, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
- That would be because she has gone through puberty. Why the movie title is styled with a full stop, I don't know, given that the title of the book does not have one. Fgf10 (talk) 18:31, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
- The story looks to be a period piece. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:32, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- Aaand that deserves another rimshot :) I've seen that kind of thing before. Romeo + Juliet is one example. MarnetteD|Talk 02:02, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- In the old days, seemingly needless periods were used a lot more often. In newspaper headlines, for one. And another example is when Comiskey Park opened in 1910, the sign over the main entrance read, "HOME OF THE WHITE SOX." ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:24, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- The director says because it's a period film.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 04:52, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- Do tell. Great minds think alike. (Or punny minds, anyway.) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:50, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- He's just trying to make a point.--Shantavira|feed me 09:04, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- Do tell. Great minds think alike. (Or punny minds, anyway.) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:50, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- The director says because it's a period film.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 04:52, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- In the old days, seemingly needless periods were used a lot more often. In newspaper headlines, for one. And another example is when Comiskey Park opened in 1910, the sign over the main entrance read, "HOME OF THE WHITE SOX." ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 03:24, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- Aaand that deserves another rimshot :) I've seen that kind of thing before. Romeo + Juliet is one example. MarnetteD|Talk 02:02, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- There are currently 111 title matches for 'Emma' on IMDB. of which at least nine are direct adaptations of the novel. I'd guess that this is a strategy to create a unique title string to minimise errors when linking from marketing material or in social media campaigns. Given that the best alternative is probably something like Emma! I think we got off lightly. Blakk and ekka 09:40, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
- That's as may be, but media outlets are under no obligation to follow studios' style choices, and at least one has chosen not to do so [2]. --Viennese Waltz 10:44, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
- Is this a style choice, though? Or a differently spelt title? If someone referred to the novel/movie What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? but omitted the question mark, wouldn't this be considered, well, incorrect? -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:42, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
- Movie producers do various weird things. Like spelling Seven (1995 film) as "SE7EN". ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:31, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
- Wait, so you're telling me it wasn't supposed to be pronounced "Sesevenen"? Iapetus (talk) 10:04, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
- Hard to tell, since they never spoke the film's title out loud. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:07, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
- Wait, so you're telling me it wasn't supposed to be pronounced "Sesevenen"? Iapetus (talk) 10:04, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
- Movie producers do various weird things. Like spelling Seven (1995 film) as "SE7EN". ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:31, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
- Is this a style choice, though? Or a differently spelt title? If someone referred to the novel/movie What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? but omitted the question mark, wouldn't this be considered, well, incorrect? -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:42, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
- That's as may be, but media outlets are under no obligation to follow studios' style choices, and at least one has chosen not to do so [2]. --Viennese Waltz 10:44, 17 February 2020 (UTC)