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I removed "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" from the list of trilogies because (a) it's not really a trilogy, and (b) it's mentioned in the article already, as a humerous aside, which seems a better way to bring it in than in a list. - DavidWBrooks 18:14, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
b o oks.google.com/b o oks?id=t y pSAgAAQBAJ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.97.46.151 ( talk) 08:16, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Boy, are the examples in this article a perfect example of the geek/nerd/computer-fan bias inherent in wikipedia! - DavidWBrooks 02:17, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
A few months later, following the wonderful example of an editor who created a main article about movie trilogies which allows cutting down the list here, I have trimmed some reptetive examples from the text (e.g., several sets of video games) and tried to expand the cultural reach further beyond sci-fi and fantasy - by, for example, removing the Scream movies from the famous list and putting in the Apu trilogy. - DavidWBrooks 16:47, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Just how many "trilogies" are there with more than three parts? Most importantly, are there enough to make a separate list? At the moment the only ones I can think of are:
Hitchhiker's Guide (a trilogy in four/five parts) Xanth - where the original trilogy was extended to 9, then a new trilogy was started, but then (at around the point I stopped reading) someone pointed out that he could stretch it to 3^3 = 27 parts and call that the trilogy Scary Movie - the latest offerring advertised as "The fourth and final part of the trilogy".
Can we expand this trilogy to a few more examples? Confusing Manifestation 05:00, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
The list of video/computer game trilogies is getting pretty darn long: They seem to be the norm in the industry. Can somebody with some knowledge of the field trim it a bit - we only need really notable examples here, as with books and movies - DavidWBrooks ( talk) 16:23, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
"A trilogy is different than a triptych" — How are they different? - Puck ( talk) 15:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
How can anyone take Wikipedia seriously when Lord of the rings is listed here as a famous trilogy of Movies and not a famous trilogy of books. Tolkein's is the definitive modern trilogy - why is it only mentioned in passing as just another movie franchise? He must be turning in his grave! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.6.106.255 ( talk) 23:48, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
I find it quite stupid to have a section for video game trilogies in this article and omit the Halo trilogy. 76.69.168.223 ( talk) 04:11, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
A major theme lacking in this article is the theory behind the trilogy. Why three rather than four or two? why do writers / directors talk about "making it a trilogy" as though it were special but they don't talk about quadrilogy or [insert word for a series of two here]. I would find theory behind this much more interesting than lists of trilogies, which honestly serve very little purpose. - 170.215.46.84 ( talk) 04:55, 21 August 2008 (UTC) What about Beverly HIlls COP? That must a be a tiriology too? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.178.123.161 ( talk) 14:50, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Technically the Star Trek movies II, III and IV form a kind of sub-trilogy in the overall hexalogy of the TOS movies, as the plot of III builds directly on that of II and the plot of IV builds directly on that of III. Furthermore, if you look at the entirety of the Star Trek TOS movies as a hexalogy, the TNG movies also form a trilogy. These facts should be amended in the appropriate section. - 217.235.156.170 ( talk) 21:18, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
This article lacks answering a question many of us non-sci-fi people have: What is the logical reasoning behind having things come in three? Why not four, or two, or five? Obviously, the formula for delivering things in three's works, but it would be interesting to know why the formula works.
groink 10:43, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
Is it time to get rid of the lists of famous/notable trilogies? The video game list is ridiculously long, the movie list keeps getting filled with pop-trilogy-of-the-month, and it borders on pointless trivia. Any thoughts? - DavidWBrooks ( talk) 23:46, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
I've added a table of how people create words from the Greek to make up words for other series, in the hope that articles for Tetralogy, Hexalogy ( Talk:Hexalogy) and Heptalogy will eventually point here. Robsinden ( talk) 14:46, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
The modern two in Greek is dio [thee-oh], don't know the old greek two. The german wikipedia mentions "dilogy" and not "duology" for the number two. This does not exclude that "duology" has been in use. But I guess in the Greek ethymological context Dilogy matches better.
In chemistry we also find the Di- prefix (for example Dichlormethan). But some lexica give it additional meanings. Like word repetition or ambiguous speech.
Best Regards
References: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweiteiler
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dilogy
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dilogy
Janburse ( talk) 20:58, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
If there are like 17 James Bond movies, does it make it a "seventeenlogy", or whatever would be the actual word coming from latin numbers? What about tv series like ER, CSI, Law and Order, are these like "fivehundred-fortyseven-logies"?
I've always thought that the "logy" part entailed that the parts are more intertwined, the sequels being highly dependent on the previous works rather than working individually, connected to each other than just by some character or a group of characters, like "back to the future" when at the very end of the first movie the second starts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.13.143.9 ( talk) 17:53, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
The specific paragraph I would like to change is contained in section 3, titled "Unofficial or mistaken trilogies", and now, without any changes, reads as follows:" Terry Gilliam has dubbed his films Time Bandits, Brazil and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as "The Imagination Trilogy",[2] in that each movie has to do with the imagination of humans in the three stages of life: child, man, older man." I would like to change the word "humans" to "humanity" so as to not confuse it with the word "humane" which is used in the name of the animal care-centered charity American Humane, and the phrase "older man" to either "old person" or "elder". What do you think? --Marce 10:31, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
The articles lists a few music examples, but there are a few far more obvious examples missing, in particular Metallica's Unforgiven Trilogy and Pink Floyd's the Wall Trilogy. BenW ( talk) 17:11, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
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I removed "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" from the list of trilogies because (a) it's not really a trilogy, and (b) it's mentioned in the article already, as a humerous aside, which seems a better way to bring it in than in a list. - DavidWBrooks 18:14, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
b o oks.google.com/b o oks?id=t y pSAgAAQBAJ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.97.46.151 ( talk) 08:16, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Boy, are the examples in this article a perfect example of the geek/nerd/computer-fan bias inherent in wikipedia! - DavidWBrooks 02:17, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
A few months later, following the wonderful example of an editor who created a main article about movie trilogies which allows cutting down the list here, I have trimmed some reptetive examples from the text (e.g., several sets of video games) and tried to expand the cultural reach further beyond sci-fi and fantasy - by, for example, removing the Scream movies from the famous list and putting in the Apu trilogy. - DavidWBrooks 16:47, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Just how many "trilogies" are there with more than three parts? Most importantly, are there enough to make a separate list? At the moment the only ones I can think of are:
Hitchhiker's Guide (a trilogy in four/five parts) Xanth - where the original trilogy was extended to 9, then a new trilogy was started, but then (at around the point I stopped reading) someone pointed out that he could stretch it to 3^3 = 27 parts and call that the trilogy Scary Movie - the latest offerring advertised as "The fourth and final part of the trilogy".
Can we expand this trilogy to a few more examples? Confusing Manifestation 05:00, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
The list of video/computer game trilogies is getting pretty darn long: They seem to be the norm in the industry. Can somebody with some knowledge of the field trim it a bit - we only need really notable examples here, as with books and movies - DavidWBrooks ( talk) 16:23, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
"A trilogy is different than a triptych" — How are they different? - Puck ( talk) 15:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
How can anyone take Wikipedia seriously when Lord of the rings is listed here as a famous trilogy of Movies and not a famous trilogy of books. Tolkein's is the definitive modern trilogy - why is it only mentioned in passing as just another movie franchise? He must be turning in his grave! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.6.106.255 ( talk) 23:48, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
I find it quite stupid to have a section for video game trilogies in this article and omit the Halo trilogy. 76.69.168.223 ( talk) 04:11, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
A major theme lacking in this article is the theory behind the trilogy. Why three rather than four or two? why do writers / directors talk about "making it a trilogy" as though it were special but they don't talk about quadrilogy or [insert word for a series of two here]. I would find theory behind this much more interesting than lists of trilogies, which honestly serve very little purpose. - 170.215.46.84 ( talk) 04:55, 21 August 2008 (UTC) What about Beverly HIlls COP? That must a be a tiriology too? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.178.123.161 ( talk) 14:50, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Technically the Star Trek movies II, III and IV form a kind of sub-trilogy in the overall hexalogy of the TOS movies, as the plot of III builds directly on that of II and the plot of IV builds directly on that of III. Furthermore, if you look at the entirety of the Star Trek TOS movies as a hexalogy, the TNG movies also form a trilogy. These facts should be amended in the appropriate section. - 217.235.156.170 ( talk) 21:18, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
This article lacks answering a question many of us non-sci-fi people have: What is the logical reasoning behind having things come in three? Why not four, or two, or five? Obviously, the formula for delivering things in three's works, but it would be interesting to know why the formula works.
groink 10:43, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
Is it time to get rid of the lists of famous/notable trilogies? The video game list is ridiculously long, the movie list keeps getting filled with pop-trilogy-of-the-month, and it borders on pointless trivia. Any thoughts? - DavidWBrooks ( talk) 23:46, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
I've added a table of how people create words from the Greek to make up words for other series, in the hope that articles for Tetralogy, Hexalogy ( Talk:Hexalogy) and Heptalogy will eventually point here. Robsinden ( talk) 14:46, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
The modern two in Greek is dio [thee-oh], don't know the old greek two. The german wikipedia mentions "dilogy" and not "duology" for the number two. This does not exclude that "duology" has been in use. But I guess in the Greek ethymological context Dilogy matches better.
In chemistry we also find the Di- prefix (for example Dichlormethan). But some lexica give it additional meanings. Like word repetition or ambiguous speech.
Best Regards
References: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweiteiler
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dilogy
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dilogy
Janburse ( talk) 20:58, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
If there are like 17 James Bond movies, does it make it a "seventeenlogy", or whatever would be the actual word coming from latin numbers? What about tv series like ER, CSI, Law and Order, are these like "fivehundred-fortyseven-logies"?
I've always thought that the "logy" part entailed that the parts are more intertwined, the sequels being highly dependent on the previous works rather than working individually, connected to each other than just by some character or a group of characters, like "back to the future" when at the very end of the first movie the second starts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.13.143.9 ( talk) 17:53, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
The specific paragraph I would like to change is contained in section 3, titled "Unofficial or mistaken trilogies", and now, without any changes, reads as follows:" Terry Gilliam has dubbed his films Time Bandits, Brazil and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as "The Imagination Trilogy",[2] in that each movie has to do with the imagination of humans in the three stages of life: child, man, older man." I would like to change the word "humans" to "humanity" so as to not confuse it with the word "humane" which is used in the name of the animal care-centered charity American Humane, and the phrase "older man" to either "old person" or "elder". What do you think? --Marce 10:31, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
The articles lists a few music examples, but there are a few far more obvious examples missing, in particular Metallica's Unforgiven Trilogy and Pink Floyd's the Wall Trilogy. BenW ( talk) 17:11, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 16 April 2024 and 11 June 2024. Further details are available
on the course page. Student editor(s):
Kaileydm (
article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by Lolzish ( talk) 15:03, 2 May 2024 (UTC)