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Hopefully nothing to do with bloody Madeleine !!
Because Bond is the property of a lady. As long as the Queen is alive at least. So they better use that title quickly.
A pattern has developed for naming the Bond films that if we count the lost 1991 film The property of a lady has been going on since the Dalton Era with each new bond picking up the previous bond's title pattern for their first and then moving on to a new pattern with their tenure... let me explain
Dalton's pattern was Short story for the odd number films of his with something from Fleming but not a short story for the even
The Living Daylights (Short Story)
Licence to Kill (title based on Fleming but not a title from a short story)
The Property of a Lady (which is what the weird plot with robots and hong kong would of been called is from a short story)
Goldeneye (brosnan's first but takes the pattern of the previous bond)
Brosnan's pattern also easy to spot odd number films from fleming's pen even number original titles
Goldeneye (from fleming)
Tomorrow Never Dies (original and kind of bland)
The World is Not enough (From Fleming)
Die Another Day (original)
Casino Royale (Craig's first but from fleming and follows the pattern)
Craig's pattern is also kind of easy Odd titles showcase the locastion of the finale where even titles are about Bond's emotional state and the organization he will fight
Casino Royale (location of the finale)
Quantum of Solace (bond's emotional feelings and Quantum is the name of the organization)
Skyfall (the location of the Finale)
Spectre (bond is dealing with Spectre's of the past as well as the organization Spectre)
with that in mind Garden of Death works as the title of Bond 25....
however with Craig only coming back for one more and me wanting a final blow out with Blofeld I kind of want Bond 25 to be titled Blofield patterns be damned.
Here on the continent we use something called palate to good avail just for avoiding these kind of accidents, dare I say catastrophes.
Sounds like a Fleming title to me.
I'm not a big fan of Property of a Lady as a title. Risico would be a good one for Bond 26 or another future film. Apart from that I don't think there are any good Fleming titles left. Use chapter titles/phrases/etc by all means but apart from Risico, I'd much rather they stick to original titles than any of the unused Flemings. They're unused for a reason.
By the same rationale you might as well call OHMSS a cheesy fan fiction title then.
I think Kingsman's title has put that title to bed forever .
Bond titles are tricky. Shatterhand would be challenging. I agree it's a bit Austin Powers. But it could work. It might appeal to them:
Skyfall
Spectre
Shatterhand
Otherwise I fear a return to the live/kill/die type titles, which frankly have been flogged to death.
Didn't think of that but you're right, it is similar so they'll probably avoid anything to do with "xxx on/of the secret service" for a while. Maybe they could use it for a videogame if we ever get a game along the lines of the Batman Arkham games (its own universe seperate from the films).
100% agree. The Death Collector would be okay too I guess but if they're going to do YOLT they really have to call it Shatterhand.
I can't see Mendes coming back at all
Too melodramatic?
I don't know if The Garden of Death falls into that category, but I've always wondered why EON haven't mined chapter titles for the films. Obviously only a few really have any real potential. I've pilfered these from another site:
A Whisper of Love, A Whisper of Hate (CR)
Cards With a Stranger (MR)
The Eye That Never Sleeps (DAF)
Bitter Champagne (DAF)
We Don't Like Mistakes (DAF)
The Job Comes Second (DAF)
Death is So Permanent (DAF)
The Slaughterer (FRWL)
The Wizard of Ice (FRWL)
The Beautiful Lure (FRWL)
Black on Pink (FRWL)
The Killing Bottle (FRWL)
The Finger on the Trigger (DN)
The Long Scream (DN)
Reflections in a Double Bourbon (GF)
The Pressure Room (GF)
Crime de la Crime (GF)
The Richest Man in History (GF)
Take It Easy Mr. Bond (TB)
How to Eat a Girl (TB)
When the Kissing Stopped (TB)
The Shadower (TB)
The Gambit of Shame (OHMSS)
Death For Breakfast (OHMSS)
Downhill Only (OHMSS)
Fork Left For Hell! (OHMSS)
Blood-lift (OHMSS)
Hell's Delight (OHMSS)
The Death Collector (YOLT)
Slay It With Flowers (YOLT)
The Question Room (YOLT)
Blood and Thunder (YOLT)
The Easy Grand (TMWTGG)
P. S.
You said it sounds like teenage fanfic. It's a Fleming title whatever the context, as he came with it. And you're making assumptions about said context. I never said anything about glorifying Bond as the Queen's servant. I actually have NO idea where you get that from and what's your argument behind this "reasoning". I'm saying the title has relevance to his state as a British civil servant. Like OHMSS by the way. A movie can have a context when the title could be relevant.
That's true of most Bond titles. What does a Goldfinger mean? Or a Thunderball? Or a Octopussy? Or a Skyfall? Unless you've read the book or seen the film you'd have no idea. It does prevent them being iconic.
Property of a lady and garden of death just doesn't sound like an attention grabber