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The name's 25. Bond 25, or rather, it's NTTD.

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  • Risico007Risico007
    edited November 2017 Posts: 9,846
    Personally I always felt Blofield would be perfect for bond 25
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    Revelator wrote: »
    Given the fashion for one word titles, I thought Spectre was strong and evocative. But it should have been spelled out, because I suspect many of the younger people who watch the Craig films wouldn't know what it stood for.
    Birdleson wrote: »
    I wouldn't mind if down the road we had an entry simply entitled BOND.

    There is a chapter title called "Take it Easy Mr. Bond." Just sayin'...

    I always liked the title No Deals, Mr. Bond. It's vague enough to be evocative, and you just know the line would show up during the movie.

    Surely a highlight of YOLT is when Blofeld says the title.

    Gardner came up with some decent titles, although I think some of them were decided by committee...
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    BOND, 007 and BLOFELD are among the worst title ideas I've ever read around the boards.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Walecs wrote: »
    BOND, 007 and BLOFELD are among the worst title ideas I've ever read around the boards.
    And then some. Not to mention some very cringe-worthy chapter titles because they are from "Fleming novels".
  • RevelatorRevelator
    Posts: 2,917
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    And then some. Not to mention some very cringe-worthy chapter titles because they are from "Fleming novels".

    I find the commentary more cringe-inducing than the titles.

  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Revelator wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    And then some. Not to mention some very cringe-worthy chapter titles because they are from "Fleming novels".
    I find the commentary more cringe-inducing than the titles.
    You know what they say about opinions. Tit for tat.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Northeast By Southwest
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    echo wrote: »
    I always liked the title No Deals, Mr. Bond. It's vague enough to be evocative, and you just know the line would show up during the movie.

    A favorite. Few titles would get me more excited for a new Bond film.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    Walecs wrote: »
    BOND, 007 and BLOFELD are among the worst title ideas I've ever read around the boards.

    Indeed. I joked awhile back on one of the other threads that if EON does sell and some typical Hollywood producer gets their mitts on Bond we would probably get a film simply titled "JAMES BOND".
  • TuxedoTuxedo Europe
    Posts: 260
    I prefer a title that is somehow connected to the story. If they follow up the story of SPECTRE then "Blofeld" could indeed be the title. But I would rather have Bond on a classic mission without diving into his personality or background any further.
  • shobairshobair London
    edited December 2017 Posts: 85

    Mr.Hinx
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Kill me.
    I'll join the suicide squad. Lol!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    KILL ST JOHN-SMYTHE
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited December 2017 Posts: 14,571
    Thought I'd share a few titles I thought of back in the late 90s when I was attempting to write Bond stories:

    1997: Peacekeeper - Based on the ICBM, which Bond has to stop the villain from activating.
    1997: Once and For All - The title would be uttered by the villain- "Kill 007, once and for all".
    1998: Never Say Die - I believe there are now several films using this title.
  • shobairshobair London
    Posts: 85
    The title Rebound is better because its mean return to a mission and we know that james will come back because Ernst Stavro Blofeld will escape and mr hinx will help him and then james bond will return and start him mission again
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    How about we call it Saturday Night Fever? - You know... Bond has a lovely weekend planned with Madeleine, then suddenly is called by his superiors to hunt down Blofeld who has a diabolical plan to take revenge on the brother dear and his squad. Within three days at the end of the week, Bond must stop Blofeld.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    THE PROPERTY OF A LADYBOY
  • shobairshobair London
    edited December 2017 Posts: 85
    Some titles that can be BOND 25 Title

    Surrogate

    Ghostwriter

    Defiler

    Slaughter

    Rebound

    Mr.Hinx

    Poltergeist

    Confused

    Baffled

    Blockhead

    Over Kill
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    007 IN NEW JERSEY
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Copperfield - Bond locks horns with magician David Copperfield over planet magnetism.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    edited December 2017 Posts: 7,021
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Copperfield - Bond locks horns with magician David Copperfield over planet magnetism.

    Bond to be played by a goat?
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Copperfield - Bond locks horns with magician David Copperfield over planet magnetism.

    Bond to be played by a goat?
    Yeah, Craig is already growing a goatee now that Green Arrow is a popular hero.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Never Sam Never Again

    NolanEye
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Bloodsport

    Bond: "Like you said, Mr. Damme. Such a good bloodsport."
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
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    If Nolan is involved, and this could be for any Bond movie, not necessarily Bond 25, I'm torn on what sort of title he'd go for.

    Most of his non-franchise movies have one-word titles, and the previous two Bond movies have had one-word titles. So then what would Nolan go with?

    Daniel Craig is James Bond 007 in:
    Provocateur?
    Spymaster?
    Tradecraft?

    But! Nolan's favorite Bond films are On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The Spy Who Loved Me, and he's commented on the merits of Casino Royale in the past, so perhaps he's interested in longer, romanticized titles. Then what would he go with?

    As previously mentioned-if the Queen passes, there's On His Majesty's Secret Service, but that's not something he can count on for now, unless they kill her off in the canon of the movies, which they won't.

    James Bond 007 in:
    Once Upon A Spy (working title for Skyfall)?
    L'Ennemi Ecoute / The Enemy Listens?
    Special Branch?
    Dead Reckoning?
    The Eye That Never Sleeps?
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,466
    Birdleson wrote: »
    I'd be thrilled with any of the following:

    RISICO
    THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
    THE HILDEBRAND RARITY
    007 IN NEW YORK
    COLONEL SUN
    PER FINE OUNCE
    EVERYTHING OR NOTHING
    MURDER ON WHEELS
    FOR SPECIAL SERVICES

    First 3 are the best there.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    JWESTBROOK wrote: »
    James Bond 007 in:
    Once Upon A Spy (working title for Skyfall)?
    L'Ennemi Ecoute / The Enemy Listens?
    Special Branch?
    Dead Reckoning?
    The Eye That Never Sleeps?
    Now these are decent titles.
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    JWESTBROOK wrote: »
    As previously mentioned-if the Queen passes, there's On His Majesty's Secret Service, but that's not something he can count on for now, unless they kill her off in the canon of the movies, which they won't.

    They are never titling a Bond film On His Majesty's Secret Service, and thank God for that.
    JWESTBROOK wrote: »
    James Bond 007 in:
    Once Upon A Spy (working title for Skyfall)?
    L'Ennemi Ecoute / The Enemy Listens?
    Special Branch?
    Dead Reckoning?
    The Eye That Never Sleeps?

    I still dig Once Upon a Spy. It's original, evocative, old-school, and absolutely something Fleming might have come up with himself. It flows right off the tongue. Hope they use it some day.

    I'm less crazy about Everything or Nothing—just purely as a title, taken on its own—but for its history it simply must be used at some point.

    Shatterhand and Shamelady of course are both great Fleming-penned titles that would be thrilling to see on the marquee someday.

    I'd dig For Queen and Country too. Very British, feels Bondian, smooth alliteration, and looks nice when written.
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    JWESTBROOK wrote: »
    James Bond 007 in:
    Once Upon A Spy (working title for Skyfall)?
    L'Ennemi Ecoute / The Enemy Listens?
    Special Branch?
    Dead Reckoning?
    The Eye That Never Sleeps?
    Now these are decent titles.

    Not sure they'd use some of the longer chapter titles that are frequently suggested, like "The Eye That Never Sleeps" for instance. Given its story, Spectre very easily could have been titled The Eye That Never Sleeps—what with the eye imagery in the title sequence and the Nine Eyes plot—and I'd have dug them calling it that, yet could you really see them marketing a Bond film in 2015 with that title?
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Birdleson wrote: »
    I'd be thrilled with any of the following:

    RISICO
    THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
    THE HILDEBRAND RARITY
    007 IN NEW YORK
    COLONEL SUN
    PER FINE OUNCE
    EVERYTHING OR NOTHING
    MURDER ON WHEELS
    FOR SPECIAL SERVICES

    First 3 are the best there.

    Agreed.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    Posts: 13,789
    A Bond title with a question mark would be ground-breaking.
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