Minecraft Movie sequel gets mathematically irritating new title

Of the various things that were annoying about last year’s A Minecraft Movie —its aimless plotting, the “Chicken Jockey” memes surrounding it, its franchise-ensuring success, etc.—its name actually rated pretty low.

Minecraft Movie sequel gets mathematically irritating new title. Of the various things that were annoying about last year’s A Minecraft Movie —its aimless plotting, the “Chicken Jockey” memes surrounding it, its franchise-ensuring success, etc.—its name actually rated pretty low. Sure, there’s a mild cynicism at play in suggesting that this was only a Minecraft movie, because a million more would soon be on the way, now with Kirsten Dunst apparently in tow. But there was nothing about it that was actively vexing. The same cannot be said for today’s reveal that the film’s sequel will be called A Minecraft Movie Squared, a title that is already threatening to burrow into the vulnerable grudgemeat of our brains and lay down roots. Let’s start, for instance, with the fact that the world of Minecraft isn’t made up of squares, but cubes, which...