Fun with Bond Titles

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• Gerard

  January 2021 Posts: 5,994

  According to Wikipedia, Zoé Oldenbourg was a russian-born french writer :
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zo%C3%A9_Oldenbourg
  
  The original title of this novel is Argile et Cendres (literally Clay and Ashes) which could be a good chapter title in a Bond novel, BTW. And it was her first published novel.
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  January 2021 edited January 2021 Posts: 13,813

  Seems a pretty substantial writer, @Gerard, agree on the chapter title idea.
  
  Additionally I'd like to see Bond films with non-English titles, as Casino Royale did in a mild way.
  Or the Carte Blanche novel.
  
  

  
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  May 2021 Posts: 13,813

  Not saying these are exceptional. Someone's idea of fun, though.
  
  
  

  Jimmy Bond in Dr Naw
  
  
  From Glesga With Love
  
  
  Stinkyfinger
  
  
  Funderbaw
  
  
  Octofanny
  
  
  The Man With the Gingy Bottle
  
  
  Spector
  
  

  
  
• Gerard

  April 2022 edited April 2022 Posts: 5,994

  Found this one by happenstance :
  
  
  
  Apparently, it was also the title of a 1952 british movie :
  
  
• Gerard

  April 2022 Posts: 5,994

  As you know, the movie Never Say Never Again was translated in french as Jamais Plus Jamais. Well, an earlier french movie was called Jamais Plus Toujours.
  
  
• Gerard

  July 2022 Posts: 5,994

  Two episodes of the original Storage Wars have Bondian titles : "Live and Let Bid", and "From Russia with Chucks". Wonder if there are others among all the other versions.
• Gerard

  September 2022 Posts: 5,994

  Found out today that there is a graphic novel series in France called Espions de Famille, and a few volumes of that series bear names inspired by Bond titles :
  
  Bons Baisers de Papy - From Gramps with Love
  
  
  
  Hier ne meurt jamais - Yesterday never dies
  
  
  
  L'Espionne qui m'aimait - The (female) Spy who loved me
  
  
  
  Éternellement Vôtre - Eternally Yours (Note : AVTAK had been translated in France as Dangereusement Vôtre) :
  
  
• Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl

  September 2022 Posts: 3,176

  Gerard wrote: »

  Found out today that there is a graphic novel series in France called Espions de Famille, and a few volumes of that series bear names inspired by Bond titles :

  
  Those look fun! Might look out for one next time I'm in France.
• Gerard

  November 2022 Posts: 5,994

  On behalf of UNICEF (and Sir Roger Moore, KBE), I give you The Fly who loved Me :
  
  
  
  Yep, that's Roger as Santa Claus;
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  November 2022 Posts: 13,813

  I enjoy that staple @Gerard, it will surely return during the holidays.
  
  
• Gerard

  January 2023 edited January 2023 Posts: 5,994

  Being in the supermarket the other day, I discovered that there is a french rum named...
  
  Spytail
  
  
• Gerard

  January 2023 Posts: 5,994

  Gerard wrote: »

  There's a new series of historical crime novels, written by Frédéric Lenormand (prolific author of, among others, many continuation Judge Dee novels) called Au Service Secret de Marie-Antoinette (On Marie-Antoinette Secret Service), in which the queen of France sends her modist and her hairdresser (who can't, at the beginning, stand each other) on secret missions for the kingdom. Two novels have already been published :
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Just saw one the novels of this series in my local mall : La Femme au Pistolet d'Or (The Woman with the Golden Gun) :
  
  
• Gerard

  January 2023 Posts: 5,994

  RichardTheBruce wrote: »

  Jane Bond Secret Agent comic, Mike Hubbard.
  
  

  
  https://bookpalace.com/acatalog/Jane_Bond_Mike_Hubbard_Art.html

  Statue of Liberty
  
  Trapped on the Train
  
  Fake Accident
  
  Finishing School
  
  Mr. Rovisky's Agents
  
  Electrify All The Exits
  
  Tarzan Impression
  
  Crack!
  
  Canal Capers
  
  Mr. Shadow
  
  Gargoyle
  
  Never!
  
  Helicopter
  
  Gargoyle Transmitters
  
  Musical Mystery
  
  Deadly Bows
  
  Queen of Swing
  
  Charity Donations
  
  Private jet
  
  Little Marietta
  
  Completely at our Mercy
  

  https://originalukcomicart.tumblr.com/post/104681827234/black-and-white-pen-and-ink-with-grey-wash/amp
  
  

  
  Guess what ? It's being reprinted. Here's the cover, courtesy of PreviewsWorld :
  
  
• Gerard

  April 2023 edited April 2023 Posts: 5,994

  It started with that :
  
  
  
  which I already posted on the On His Majesty's Secret Service thread (because it's the first book of a bodice-busting novels trilogy).
  
  Little did I kow that it would lead me into the world of bodice busting romance novels. Apparently, there's a lot of Dukes who loved the heroins of those books. And some other noble (and not so noble) ranks as well :
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  There's even a Highlander :
  
  
  
  A dragon :
  
  
  
  And an A.I.
  
  
  
  Maybe there's more Bondian titles like that, but after these ones, I'm exhausted.
• Legionnaire

  April 2023 Posts: 142

  Spy Today Die Tomorrow or the UK title Die Slowly You"ll Enjoy it More
• j_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'

  April 2023 Posts: 9,041

  I recently stumbled across a Morricone score which (unusually for those I'm still missing) turned out affordable. It's from a 1966 movie called Svegliati e uccidi, which translates to WAKE UP AND KILL, which is also the title in UK, CDN and Oz. However, the U.S. title is WAKE UP AND DIE. Sounds possibly more Bondian.
• Gerard

  July 2023 Posts: 5,994

  While perusing books at the local FNAC store (in Brest), I opened the eleventh installment of the Lady Georgiana (Her Royal Spyness) series by Rhys Bowen, and discovered that the original title was :
  
  On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Funny thing, it's the only title in the whole series (already 16 books) that bears a ressemblance to a Bond novel.
• Gerard

  July 2023 Posts: 5,994

  Funny, but I've see that title before :
  
  
• Gerard

  August 2023 Posts: 5,994

  And speaking of Doctor Who, here's From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love. A good occasion to see the late and lamented Elizabeth Sladen once more :
  
  
• Gerard

  February 4 Posts: 5,994

  By looking for something else, I was reminded that one adventure in the long-running graphic novel series Tanguy et Laverdure is named Opération Tonnerre, which is the french title for TB
  
  
• Gerard

  March 6 Posts: 5,994

  From Be Cool, Scooby-Doo ! : Omelettes are forever.
  

  The gang get caught up in international espionage and intrigue when they cross paths with a British secret agent on a mission. S2 Ep17

  
  
• Gerard

  April 7 Posts: 5,994

  Learned that an episode of S.W.A.T. is named Thai another Day. Of course, it takes place in Thailand.
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  April 8 Posts: 13,813

  
  I looked for a similar theme @Gerard.
  
  
  
  
  Live and Let Thai - The Play.
  First there was James Bond Island...now there is a hilarious sequel. Event Ended
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• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  April 9 Posts: 13,813

  A stretch. So I'll go there of course.
  
  

  
  
  
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

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• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

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• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

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• Gerard

  May 26 Posts: 5,994

  Just found that one :
  
  Nightwatch : Demons are Forever
  
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6318608/
  
  Which led me to this one :
  
  
  
  Demons Are Forever: Confessions of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

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