A small faction within me wishes to see the recently-released motion picture A Good Day to Die Hard even as the sober majority struggles to make them see reason, that the film must surely be unspeakably uninspired & ultimately saddening. This quibble has occasioned the question: Is Die Hard in the running for the movie franchise with the all-time worst titles? The answer, clearly, is no, for though Die Hard has some awfully awful titles, the undisputed & arguably invincible champion is the Fast & Furious franchise, a juggernaut of cinematic mediocrity so poorly titled that it is difficult even to know what to call the franchise, The Fast and the Furious or Fast & Furious?

The Champ
The Fast and the Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious
The Fast and the Furious: Toyko Drift
Fast & Furious
Fast Five
Fast & Furious 6

2 Fast 2 Furious, quite possibly the worst title of all time, maybe even the worst title possible, is itself enough to deny Die Hard the championship belt.

The Contender
Die Hard
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Live Free or Die Hard
A Good Day to Die Hard

Die Hard really should be regarded as two separate series, the three films produced from 1988 to 1995 & the ill-conceived latter day sequence, begun only after a gap of twelve years. Star Wars is regarded as two separate series of three films each, no? So, for symmetry's sake only, let us hope there is a third 21st century Die Hard film. The title? I nominate Never Say Die Hard.

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
The Klezmonauts, "Deck the Halls" from Oy to the World: A Klezmer Christmas (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: This is Lent not the Yuletide, but from the moment I woke up this morning I had a jones for klezmer music & The Klezmonauts & Golem are the only klezmer bands whose music resides in my collection. Oy to the World, despite is unseasonal nature, is exactly the sound I was jonesing to hear.