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What names should not be re-used in movies?

Asked by filmfann (52255points) July 30th, 2011

I went to see “Cowboys and Aliens” today. One thing that was very distracting for me was Harrison Ford’s last name was Dollarhide. That kept my mind refering back to the movies “Manhunter” and “Red Dragon”, which are based on the same book, and have a bad guy named Francis Dollarhide. That name is obscure enough in real life to easily avoid it in a movie.
You probably wouldn’t make a movie or book today with a character named Lector, Vader, or Ripley, because the names are too familiar to us.
What other names should be avoided by future media?

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Berserker's avatar

Well, every time I hear the name Jason it reminds me of Friday the Thirteenth. But that shouldn’t be a reason not to use it, it’s a perfectly good name.

Maybe the last name O’Hara.

Bellatrix's avatar

Mine. It is the character’s name in a movie for the the psychotic, murderess.

I should confirm it was my whole name. First name and surname.

jonsblond's avatar

Jason Voorhees good one @Symbeline.

Michael Myers

Keyser Söze

Griswold

YARNLADY's avatar

John Wayne

Cruiser's avatar

Dirty Harry, Clark Griswold, Cool Hand Luke, Annie Wilkes, Pinhead, and Marty McFly.

DarlingRhadamanthus's avatar

Highlander (with any number behind it).

please, never, ever, ever again

Berserker's avatar

@DarlingRhadamanthus Haha yeah.

Most people are afraid to die. That’s not your problem. You’re afraid to live.

That always cracks me up lol.

Jeruba's avatar

Voldemort.

Berserker's avatar

They could reuse it, if they didn’t pronounce the T at the end, as orignally intended. :D

lillycoyote's avatar

Speaking of Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones would be one, certainly, that shouldn’t be reused.

funkdaddy's avatar

Corleone
Gump
Bond

downtide's avatar

Harry Potter
Norman Bates

ucme's avatar

Dirk Diggler.

Supacase's avatar

Ferris Bueller

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