Is it though? There once was a game named Castle Wolfenstein, and later a game entitled Wolfenstein 3D, but I think it was the first game called Wolfenstein.
Anyway, just call it Wolfenstein 2009, just like how I say Tomb Raider 2013 and Prince of Persia 2008. 
Back around 2000 I bought a big box version of Mortyr, which I still have. I could never really get into it though. Apparently thereâs now such a thing as a Mortyr 4, which came out last year:
Thatâs not the point. Itâs a well known and established series WITH THAT NAME and if you make something new and just call it like that then I hate you (e.g. Tomb Raider, Doom, Star Trek).
If you are arguing that this particular series may be actually called âCastle Wolfensteinâ instead of just âWolfensteinâ itâs IMO just nitpicking.
It may be nitpicking to you, but in that case I guess I fail to see the point, which I thought was something like âgosh darn it, that '13 TR game has the same title as the '96 original.â
Thereâs a game called Wolfenstein. Just one. I donât see what the series has to do with it, but it seems that it goes both by Wolfenstein (e.g., 3D, RPG, New Order) and Castle Wolfenstein (e.g., the original, Beyond, Return to).
Itâs a well established series. With that name.
Itâs like calling the next Windows version: Windows.
Itâs just stupid.
Btw. from your perspective âStar Trekâ would be also be an example which would be probably OK because there was no other movie called like that (the first one was called âStar Trek: The Motion Pictureâ).
I know itâs a pet peeve of mine, if you are fine with it then live happily ever after because I wonât 
Well letâs try a search for a specific game or movie and you will see.
Perhaps, but so is calling the next Windows version â7â or â10.â 
âWolfenstein 2009.â
Star Trek is a television program that aired from 1966 through 1968, so thatâs not entirely comparable. After all, thatâs the very reason the movie title includes âThe Motion Pictureâ in the first place.
Incidentally, the 2001 flick was called Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, so as a movie Tomb Raider (2018) is a first. 
I donât understand whatâs wrong with that. Well except that after 8 came 10, but that wasnât your point.
So first I have to look up the year it was made so I can do more refined search. Great.
Are you working in PR or marketing by any chance?
No. Star Trek is a movie from 2009.
See how great that is?
The whole franchise is called Tomb Raider.
âThere are already two movies made. Letâs make another one and call it Tomb Raiderâ.
Those âbeepâers!
Btw. Iâm not telling them to logically number there movies/games or something. Just stop calling a âthingâ from franchise X having previous âthingsâ just X!
Actually that is part of the point. I explicitly didnât mention 8 because unlike 7 and 10 that one isnât odd. 8 comes after 7, plain and simple.
7 just comes across as a random number, and not in a funny way like Winamp3.
Ergo, not entirely comparable.
Iâm more bothered by the fact that thereâs all of about zero tomb raiding in it tbh, and that itâs a pretty shitty movie even setting that aside. (Unless you count that one scene where they simply walked right up to the crypt. Technically a tomb was being raided, but hardly in the Tomb Raider sense.)
Although admittedly, the way this used to be handled wasnât that great either.
Title
Super Title
Title 64
Title
Title 3D
Title 2000 (itâs '8x/'9x, why are you calling it 2000⌠at least Windows 9x and 2k came out around the year of their titles! xD)
Are you talking about going from XP to 7 and from 8 to 10? Itâs called marketing âingenuityâ.
But itâs not the point because XP does not equal 7 which does not equal 8 or 10.
I just like to be able to think about movies/games/software without my brain constantly throwing unique constraint violations.
Let me clear up some confusion:
There is none. You argued that if Iâm okay with Wolfenstein (2009) because itâs the only game by that title, I should be okay with Star Trek (also 2009) because itâs the only movie of that title. But Star Trek (1968) is also a thing, whereas thereâs no such title as Wolfenstein (1981).
Incidentally, I donât personally mind the name of the Star Trek reboot, but I donât think itâs at all clear that the Wolfenstein argument would apply.
But at least itâs a different âthingâ. It wasnât a movie.
In germany it´s.
Star Trek = Raumschiff Enterprise
Star Trek the Animated Series = Die Enterprise
Star Trek The Motion Picture = Star Trek der Film
Star Trek: The Next Generation = Raumshiff Enterprise: Das nächste Jahrhundert
Star Trek Generations = Star Trek: Treffen der Generationen
The 2009 Film is just Star Trek in english and german.
Just so you know you are not alone with your pet peeve:
As an aside the latest Child´s Play (Chucky) movie will simply be called âCharlesâ. 
Iâve seen most Bullshit Episodes and probably this one too. Iâve completely suppressed my memories about it!
âCliff Hangerâ
The best part is that he accurately predicted the title of the fourth Rambo movie based on the logic of the sixth Rocky movie! 
Rocky Balboa (2006)
John Rambo (2008)
Cliffhanger isnât half bad. (Assuming weâre talking about the 1993 movie; didnât watch the vid yet.)
Huh?
Some Directorâs Cut versions seems to be called like that: https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-rambo-Directors-Cut-Blu-ray/dp/B003MS0YUS
Wikipedia says: âRambo (also known as Rambo IV and John Rambo)â.
It is also the official german title. And I think it was the pre-release title as well (it was on teaser posters I think).
Further down it says:
John Rambo was the original working title for the film but was changed in the US because Stallone thought that audiences might think that this is the final film in the Rambo series (due to the then recently released Rocky Balboa ), which was not his original intent. In many other countries, the title John Rambo is used because the first Rambo film, First Blood , was released as Rambo in those countries. The film premiered on US television as Rambo , but the title sequence referred to it as John Rambo .
I didnât realize First Blood was named Rambo elsewhere. Itâs like if Raiders of the Lost Ark were entitled Indiana Jones.
PS Donât tell me itâs called Indiana Jones in Germany. >_>
It´s called âJäger des verlorenen Schatzesâ (which translates to âHunter(s) of the lost treasureâ).
But just imagine this title for a second (since it´s not been announced yet).
Star Wars Episode IX: War Of The Stars
