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  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    Posts: 17,756
    Univex wrote: »
    PanchitoPistoles wrote: »
    Shatterhand sounds exactly like an Austin Powers title. It would work very well as the title of a Bond parody, but it would be a truly awful Bond title. There is simply no way I would watch a Bond movie titled 'Shatterhand' at the cinemas, I would skip it even if it were directed by the great Chris Nolan.

    "Hi, two tickets for Shatterhand, please!"
    Forget it!

    You, sir, are hilarious. Not kidding, I laughed. A lot :)

    So, Goldfinger sounds like a proper Bond title to you? Or too much like a French nail polisher? ;)

    …or like a Hungarian-born architect? :-)
  • UnivexUnivex
    edited August 2018 Posts: 6,709
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    PanchitoPistoles wrote: »
    Shatterhand sounds exactly like an Austin Powers title. It would work very well as the title of a Bond parody, but it would be a truly awful Bond title. There is simply no way I would watch a Bond movie titled 'Shatterhand' at the cinemas, I would skip it even if it were directed by the great Chris Nolan.

    "Hi, two tickets for Shatterhand, please!"
    Forget it!

    You, sir, are hilarious. Not kidding, I laughed. A lot :)

    So, Goldfinger sounds like a proper Bond title to you? Or too much like a French nail polisher? ;)

    …or like a Hungarian-born architect? :-)

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  • UnivexUnivex
    edited August 2018 Posts: 6,709
    Jokes aside. I do like it. Maybe Dr. Shatterhand would've sounded nicer. After all, he was Dr. Guntram Shatterhand, wasn't he?
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    Posts: 17,756
    Univex wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    PanchitoPistoles wrote: »
    Shatterhand sounds exactly like an Austin Powers title. It would work very well as the title of a Bond parody, but it would be a truly awful Bond title. There is simply no way I would watch a Bond movie titled 'Shatterhand' at the cinemas, I would skip it even if it were directed by the great Chris Nolan.

    "Hi, two tickets for Shatterhand, please!"
    Forget it!

    You, sir, are hilarious. Not kidding, I laughed. A lot :)

    So, Goldfinger sounds like a proper Bond title to you? Or too much like a French nail polisher? ;)

    …or like a Hungarian-born architect? :-)

    Shatterhand_cover.jpg

    812cF6jPNDL._SY445_.jpg

    Haha! :-D
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
    Posts: 8,188
    It's funny how we take for granted how certain Fleming titles don't sound like conventional action/adventure film titles. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER certainly sounds more like a slogan than a blockbuster tentpole title.

    Then there's the title that befuddled so many: QUANTUM OF SOLACE, and even the remaining titles that have yet to be used.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    Posts: 13,807
    SHATTERHAND.

    So disappointing...that it's not 7 letters total.

  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited August 2018 Posts: 8,399
    Univex wrote: »
    Jokes aside. I do like it. Maybe Dr. Shatterhand would've sounded nicer. After all, he was Dr. Guntram Shatterhand, wasn't he?

    Yes. I thought Hinx sounded strange, until he was known as Mr Hinx. Maybe the Dr title could put people at ease.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    Posts: 17,756
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    Jokes aside. I do like it. Maybe Dr. Shatterhand would've sounded nicer. After all, he was Dr. Guntram Shatterhand, wasn't he?

    Yes. I thought Hinx sounded strange, until he was known as Mr Hinx. Maybe the Dr title could put people at ease.

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  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    Jokes aside. I do like it. Maybe Dr. Shatterhand would've sounded nicer. After all, he was Dr. Guntram Shatterhand, wasn't he?

    Yes. I thought Hinx sounded strange, until he was known as Mr Hinx. Maybe the Dr title could put people at ease.
    True. That does have a more menacing quality to it certainly. I'm reminded of the chilling Dr. Szell from Marathon Man.

    "Is it safe?"
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    Posts: 3,157
    mybudgetbond wrote: »
    I love the idea of having a Fleming related title. 3 S titles in row might be a bit much, but it does get me excited.

    Me too, it creates a nice symmetry with Craig's titles.

    2 Fleming titles, 1 original title, 2 Fleming Titles

    Also, because I can't see a song titled "Shatterhand" hit the top charts, the song will most likely have an original title.

    So we'll have a nice symmetry with the song titles as well!

    2 theme songs with an original title, 1 theme song titled like the movie, 2 theme songs with an original title

    You see, it's like poetry. It rhymes.

    But to be honest, I'm not very fond of Shatterhand as a title, I just want Bond to finally kill Blofeld for good.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    It's funny how we take for granted how certain Fleming titles don't sound like conventional action/adventure film titles. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER certainly sounds more like a slogan than a blockbuster tentpole title.

    Then there's the title that befuddled so many: QUANTUM OF SOLACE, and even the remaining titles that have yet to be used.

    You raise a very good point, sir.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,585
    bondjames wrote: »
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    Jokes aside. I do like it. Maybe Dr. Shatterhand would've sounded nicer. After all, he was Dr. Guntram Shatterhand, wasn't he?

    Yes. I thought Hinx sounded strange, until he was known as Mr Hinx. Maybe the Dr title could put people at ease.
    True. That does have a more menacing quality to it certainly. I'm reminded of the chilling Dr. Szell from Marathon Man.

    "Is it safe?"

    Terrific reference. Great film. A forgotten gem.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited August 2018 Posts: 13,807
    " 'fore you see my heart Shatter
    Hand     me my Walther P-P-Kaaaaaaaaayyyyy...    "

    So I think it could work.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    Posts: 17,756
    TripAces wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Univex wrote: »
    Jokes aside. I do like it. Maybe Dr. Shatterhand would've sounded nicer. After all, he was Dr. Guntram Shatterhand, wasn't he?

    Yes. I thought Hinx sounded strange, until he was known as Mr Hinx. Maybe the Dr title could put people at ease.
    True. That does have a more menacing quality to it certainly. I'm reminded of the chilling Dr. Szell from Marathon Man.

    "Is it safe?"

    Terrific reference. Great film. A forgotten gem.

    Forgotten? I sure hope not!
  • Risico007Risico007
    Posts: 9,847
    I do wish if it is the title it didn’t leak the joy of that December was seeing the title unveiled with my wife
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,589
    I'd be ecstatic if it's Shatterhand.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,480
    Where is the core source listing it as Shatterhand?

    If so, as a "working title" it could be there to mollify the Fleming purists. :) Like on all forums around the world. I do doubt that will be the title. Happy if it is, but I just doubt it.

    Then again, I would not have guessed the simple "Spectre" would be a title.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 8,399
    Last_Rat_Standing wrote: »
    I'd be ecstatic if it's Shatterhand.

    I wouldn't go that far, but it is a good title.
  • petergreenhill5petergreenhill5
    Posts: 824
    Shatterhand would be a good title..........has a Bond feel. Speculation is fun.
  • FrankXavierFrankXavier
    Posts: 678
    I like SHATTERHAND as a title. But I do cringe at the thought of another movie with Brofeld as the villain. I guess I'll have to get used to it, unless this turns out to be a smokescreen, which is possible.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    Posts: 6,304
    4EverBonded wrote: »
    Where is the core source listing it as Shatterhand?

    If so, as a "working title" it could be there to mollify the Fleming purists. :) Like on all forums around the world. I do doubt that will be the title. Happy if it is, but I just doubt it.

    Then again, I would not have guessed the simple "Spectre" would be a title.

    https://www.productionweekly.com/search/Shatterhand
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
    Posts: 8,188
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    It's funny how we take for granted how certain Fleming titles don't sound like conventional action/adventure film titles. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER certainly sounds more like a slogan than a blockbuster tentpole title.

    Then there's the title that befuddled so many: QUANTUM OF SOLACE, and even the remaining titles that have yet to be used.

    You raise a very good point, sir.

    Truthfully, if THE SPY WHO WHO LOVED ME was not a Fleming title I imagine there would be so many railing against it. "It sounds too much like a romance film". I remember as a teenager first getting into Bond films that ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE struck me as an odd title.

    In a lot of ways, this makes me hope EON will become a bit more imaginative about their titles in the future. Despite being titled QUANTUM OF SOLACE, people still went to go see that flick because it's ultimately a James Bond film. Heck, I'd use RISICO at this point, if for no other reason than just getting that over with and essentially preventing any more fan films from using that title.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,169
    Fleming had variety in his titles: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, THUNDERBALL, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, OCTOPUSSY, etc

    Sometimes I feel the filmmakers try so hard to come up with a title that sounds Bondian they tend to lose that variety: TOMORROW NEVER DIES, DIE ANOTHER DAY and so forth.

    I do prefer when Eon use a phrase or something from the man himself when coming up with a title, therefore I don't really mind SHATTERHAND.

    Three "S" titles in a row is a bit redundant. It's been so long that there's been a new Bond film in the works I don't think audiences will remember what letter the last film started with anyway.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,480
    Thanks, @echo. :)
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
    Posts: 8,188
    Funnily, I feel TOMORROW NEVER LIES fits better as a title Fleming would have used, whereas TOMORROW NEVER DIES just sounds more generic. I wish that infamous typo made at MGM wasn't made.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    Posts: 4,636
    I just hope that they announce the director, the title and the screenwriter(s) at the same time soon. We're all getting a bit crazy on this thread. On the plus side, next week, Dynamite comics we be releasing the first James Bond Origins comic.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 8,399
    I just need director confirmation. The rest I can wait for December for.
  • MooreFunMooreFun
    Posts: 385
    Walecs wrote: »
    I think they should re-title all the previous Bond movies so that they start with an "S"

    For example:

    SEEK OUT DR. NO
    SINCERELY, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    SIR GOLDFINGER
    SAFETY MANAGEMENT: THUNDERBALL
    SO, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    SECRET SERVICE
    SPECIAL DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    SAY LIVE AND LET DIE

    And so on...

    Stop The Man With The Golden Gun
    Shank The Spy Who Loved Me
    Space Moonraker
    Sex For Your Eyes Only
    Spandex Octopussy
    See A View To A Kill
    Scared The Living Daylights Out Of Her
    Stealing A Licence To Kill
    Shining GoldenEye
    Stamper's Tomorrow Never Dies
    Spinning The World Is Not Enough
    Sing And Die Another Day
    Spirit Of Casino Royale
    Smelling The Quantum Of Solace
    Skyfall
    Spectre
    Shatterhand
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    Posts: 6,304
    LOL @ Spandex Octopussy.
  • peterpeter Toronto
    Posts: 9,509
    w/t means working title-- which is in brackets beside SHATTERHAND...

    Now a few of us knew that EoN was gearing up for something and ppl were to be taking production offices by end of April-- which follows the timeline of the P&W script... So if the working title (w/t) was SHATTERHAND, it would be posted as such on a production site (because they were about to start crewing up).

    Then, suddenly, this news of production offices opening went very quiet leading into April...

    And then it was announced that Boyle and his idea would now be B25.

    It's highly reasonable to believe that B25 (w/t SHATTERHAND) was never changed over-- and for many reasons-- but the one I subscribe to is this: although they are using what will soon be a polished script based off the Boyle script, Boyle had no title yet for the film-- thus the production announcement remains James Bond 25 (w/t SHATTERHAND).
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