Film Series... What "-ology"???

[Heirofthedog]

As everytime I have done a "Tetralogy" cover in the past, there has always been someone who asks why I used that word and not "Quadrilogy"?

Basically the 20th Century Fox marketing team coined the synonym "Quadrilogy" for the release of their Alien DVD box set The Alien Quadrilogy. This uses the Latin numerical prefix quadri-/quadr- Instead of the usual Greek Tetra-.

Here is a list of "a/ologies" for their related number of films as per the Oxford English Dictionary.

• 2 in a series = Sequel or Duology
• 3 in a series = Trilogy
• 4 in a series = Tetralogy
• 5 in a series = Pentalogy
• 6 in a series = Hexology
• 7 in a series = Heptalogy
• 8 in a series = Octology
• 9 in a series = Nonology
• 10 in a series = Decology

Obviously these are to be used as a matter of preference and choice. I mean, I chose to use it on my "Tremors" cover as two "T" sounding words obviously flows better than using Fox's Quad one... Tremors Tetralogy IMO is vastly better than "Tremors Quadrilogy".

Anyway now you know the "a/ologies" I hope this clears things up and is of some use.

Regards

HOTD

I thought 2 in a series was a biology?

[Heirofthedog]

lol. You get an "ology" and you're a scientist!!! Damn I still remember that BT ad.

I feel so sorry for putting you into teacher-mode Heir - I promise I'll do better from now on :)

I am one of the guilty party for asking this question, back when you did your scary movie tetralogy, thanks for clearing it up Mr Heir

[Heirofthedog]

Originally Posted by Rocklogic | View Post » I am one of the guilty party for asking this question, back when you did your scary movie tetralogy, thanks for clearing it up Mr Heir

:) there have been others matey so don't worry!!!

[moviefan2k4]

Why not go with "quartet", since many more people are familar with that term? Just curious...

Yeah, "quadrilogy" is just a marketing term some studio came up with. Guess it sounds better than tetralogy.