Hey team,

I've been thinking a lot about how much I enjoyed the film THE FIRST OMEN (2024), but something about it nagged me. Nothing about the movie itself—it's a dang good horror movie!

No, the problem is with the film that spawned it. 1976's classic THE OMEN.

You see... if the new film is THE FIRST OMEN, then the 1976 classic simply can't be THE OMEN anymore. THE FIRST OMEN implies multiple, subsequent omens, but THE OMEN suggests there's just one. That hasn't been the case for some time now.

This bummed me and the (probably) billions of die hard OMEN fans out! There should be continuity in these titles so they all make. It was an issue, but I bring the solution.

From now on, the 1976 classic film THE OMEN should be called...

THE SECOND OMEN

Sounds cool, right? Even in a vacuum, that makes it sound dark and ominous. And now it connects directly to the new hotness surrounding one Damien Thorn. 

Now, I know what you're thinking. What about the other sequels? Don't worry. I thought of all that, too.

DAMIEN: OMEN II (1978) will be THE THIRD OMEN: DAMIEN: OMEN II (1978)

THE FINAL CONFLICT (1981) will be THE FOURTH OMEN: THE FINAL CONFLICT (1981) [it's rad, i agree]

OMEN IV: THE AWAKENING (1991) will be THE FIFTH OMEN: OMEN IV: THE AWAKENING (1991) [though this is a television movie and its role in the theatrical naming conventions could be debated]

Now, I've been ignoring the elephant in the room. WHAT ABOUT THE OMEN (2006) REMAKE?!

Well, buckle the f*ck up, team.

THE OMEN (2006) will be THE SECOND SECOND OMEN (2006).

Under this logic, the television show DAMIEN (2016) episode 101 should be "THE SIXTH OMEN", and the numbering should continue until its final episode: 110 aka "THE FIFTEENTH OMEN"

I'd like to tell Bob Iger how sorry I am to throw this on his plate. He didn't make The Omen movies, and I doubt he thought much about this when he purchased 20th Century [Fox] Studios for enough money to solve world hunger. He had bigger questions to ask, like: Will Deadpool still know he's in a movie if he is put into the MCU? Big stuff.

This will be a monumental undertaking, I know. It's not just about updating future releases. We'll need to go to every home in America, ask if they own THE OMEN, DAMIEN: THE OMEN II, THE FINAL CONFLICT, OMEN IV: AWAKENING, THE OMEN (2006) or DAMIEN and then update the home video packaging on an as needed basis.

But I think we can all agree, Damien Thorn would want it this way. And if we didn't do what he wanted, he'd look at us all funny and then we'd suddenly die in a freak bird accident or something. Well, I don't intend to get Fabio'd, and I don't want that for you.  

 

Do the right thing, make THE OMEN into THE SECOND OMEN.