Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2020 February 14

= February 14 =

Emma.
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. -- Jayron 32 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)
 * Ba dum, chsss. -- Jayron 32 18:44, 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&#124;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. 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)


 * 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 . --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)