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Unfortunately, a lot of interesting titles have already been chosen for other movies. For example, I like the title "Return to Sender", but it was already used for a Rosamund Pike movie.
And an Elvis Presley song of course. 🎶
I wonder if non-UK (or non Commonwealth perhaps) fans know the slight jokey origins of that title?
I don't get the joke on the title (I'm not from UK), but "Return to Secret Sender" sounds good to me. 🙂
Yes, British Government letters used to come to our house from the Department of Agriculture (and occasionally still do) marked On Her Majesty's Service in bold letters on the top. I noticed that early on as an influence on the Fleming title as it's something I'd seen since childhood. As a title OHMSS continues the Fleming trick of slightly altering well known phrases and terms to create memorable titles, such as with Live and Let Die before it and You Only Live Twice after it.
Would make a great follow up to Solace of Quantum.
Yes, and to most people I think they knew it as the sign of a tax bill from the Inland Revenue!
Yes, I'm sure it was used on a lot of official government letters but as we used to farm our land those were the ones I remember seeing most.
Always. I'm the Member for Queen's Bench.
Good. Then you see its fleming like resonance AND the legal reference: as in if Bond simply kills a burglar, he has no licence..UNLESS...etc..
Yes, I studied Law at Master's level for two years and am still very interested in it. That's a great username by the way. I still read and collect old Law Reports and Law journals in my spare time.
we should have tea sometime so in london. Same general approach as myself; i took masters arbitration but as one can guess from my sporadic posts: forensic enquiry and legal drafting not my strong suit; far prefer the academic approach!
Bond should go up against lawyers sometime. Some smart arse on a training contract tries to best him but 007 has swotted up on legal obscurity overnight and outdoes them, effortlessly while seducing the senior partner's wife
That would be great if I'm ever in London, @TheQueensPeace. Unfortunately I live rather further north in the UK. I studied History and English Literature for my undergraduate degree and then did a two year Masters Law conversion course. I like the academic approach to Law too as I never got into practice unfortunately. Still, the interest remains. I try to incorporate a legal approach into my all too infrequent Bond writings whenever I can. I even started a Legal Issues thread here some years ago which you are very welcome to contribute to:
https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/12680/the-legal-issues-and-criminal-justice-discussion-thread/
Bond up against lawyers sounds intriguing. Perhaps with diplomatic immunity like in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)* or some other legal ruse or loophole that makes them apparently untouchable. That swotting up on legal obscurity certainly rings true for the literary Bond who read up on his card sharping skills before the bridge game with Sir Hugo Drax in the Moonraker (1955) novel. So maybe one for a future Bond continuation author to look at? It would be something new at least.
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Trying to do just one or two from each album
Beyond and Before
Survival
The Prophet
A venture
Heart of the Sunrise
Close to the Edge
The Remembering
The gates of Delirium
Going for the one
On the silent wings of freedom
Machine Messiah
Tempus fugit
City of Love
Final Eyes
Silent talking
Miracle of life
Endless Dream
New state of Mind
The solution
If only you knew
Spirit of survival
Time is Time
Madman at The Screens
The Game
The Gift of Love
The Ice Bridge
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Wot - no Owner Of A Lonely Heart ?? :) or is that too post-prog Yes prime...
I would literally give my right leg to see a Bondfilm titled after Paul Simon's track: 'A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)'
I tried to pick one or two song titles per album and City of Love is on the same album as Owner of a lonely heart a song I honestly like.
OK, just that many Yes fans seem to think they sold out their roots with that song ;)