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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 950276" data-attributes="member: 18896">I usually go by popularity in IMDb search results, combined with ratings of the movie and a rough idea on what majority of users expect.&nbsp;In this case the &quot;Public Enemies (2009)&quot; is bound to be in majority of users collection and most will never have the 1996 version in their collection. My preference is then to not let those users even notice anything, so the 2009 version keeps the title as-is. This means the 1996 would cause a conflict and has to be renamed.&nbsp;Terms I've used are (&lt;country-of-origin&gt;), (TV), (Original), (Classic), (Cult), (Remake), (Reboot), and a few more.&nbsp;The 2009 version is not a (Remake) of the 1996 one; it is a total new script which also leaves out (Original). I reserve the (Reboot) term for movie-series that are redone from scratch.&nbsp;So then I prefer to go with (Classic) to indicate it is an older version of the same story. However the very low 2.8 rating does allow usage of (Cult) as well.&nbsp;Since you are the one who brought up the title conflict, you get to pick; (Classic) or (Cult).&nbsp;&nbsp;It borderlines the insane sometimes indeed, especially when some series get a reboot on the remake. However it is a little bit of effort that goes a long way for a lot of users (almost 30k now if the Google code download counter is accurate). All the rename entries used to be 100% based on my own collection, but that has long since not been the case anymore. Adding series/title-conflicts for other users is still interesting for myself as well, because it sometimes introduces me to new movies or reminds me to dig up an oldie I forgot about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 950276, member: 18896"] I usually go by popularity in IMDb search results, combined with ratings of the movie and a rough idea on what majority of users expect. In this case the "Public Enemies (2009)" is bound to be in majority of users collection and most will never have the 1996 version in their collection. My preference is then to not let those users even notice anything, so the 2009 version keeps the title as-is. This means the 1996 would cause a conflict and has to be renamed. Terms I've used are (<country-of-origin>), (TV), (Original), (Classic), (Cult), (Remake), (Reboot), and a few more. The 2009 version is not a (Remake) of the 1996 one; it is a total new script which also leaves out (Original). I reserve the (Reboot) term for movie-series that are redone from scratch. So then I prefer to go with (Classic) to indicate it is an older version of the same story. However the very low 2.8 rating does allow usage of (Cult) as well. Since you are the one who brought up the title conflict, you get to pick; (Classic) or (Cult). It borderlines the insane sometimes indeed, especially when some series get a reboot on the remake. However it is a little bit of effort that goes a long way for a lot of users (almost 30k now if the Google code download counter is accurate). All the rename entries used to be 100% based on my own collection, but that has long since not been the case anymore. Adding series/title-conflicts for other users is still interesting for myself as well, because it sometimes introduces me to new movies or reminds me to dig up an oldie I forgot about. [/QUOTE]

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