Someone at 20th Century Fox has an obsession with acronyms and it needs to end.

First there was "ID4," which apparently stood for "Independence Day." Yeah, that makes sense. The same way that XP is short for 'experience.'

Then they named the "X-Men" sequel "X2." Of course, that had to be renamed later to "X2: X-Men United." Maybe because "X2" didn't mean anything to moviegoers...?

Then their movie adaptation of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" was shortened to "LXG." That might be necessary for theatre marquees, but it it's still not necessary. And it sounds more like a clothing size.

And one of their upcoming flicks is "AVP." Aren't you excited about that movie? Doesn't the title just say it all? No, the full title does: "Aliens vs. Predator." It's not like putting 'vs.' in a title is bad. New Line raked in quite a few bucks with "Freddy vs. Jason." But someone over at 20th Century Fox apparently doesn't think the words 'Aliens' and 'Predator' could sell the film as well as "AVP" does.

We've got films like "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle Of Life," "Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas" and "Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World," and somehow we haven't gone mad from all the reading they require. If 20th Century Fox had its say (or should I say "2CX") those films would have been called "TR²," "M&C" and "GXMAS."