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Blofeld
Has s catchy sound to it
James Bond Jr
Yep, how could I have missed that one! Must have been desperately trying to blot out the memory of that one...
I'd even prefer Shaken Not Stirred to James Bond or 007.
With respect, those sound more like the name of a programme/documentary on Bond than they do a future Bond film title.
I realize that, as with most things, Austin Powers put a spanner in the wheel, but still, I'd like something different. I was one who liked Quantum of Solace as a title, for instance.
Having said that, I'd be happy if we don't hear Die in a title for a while.
James Bond or 007 on their own would
be awful though (as great as the new one looks I still hate Jason Bourne as a title). Spectre I thought was a lazy title. Don't really like the idea of a follow up called Blofeld either (Fleming gave them the perfect title if they want to continue the Blofeld saga: Shatterhand, could be a modern YOLT adaptation, just omit the characters and stuff they already used in 1967).
In fact (as a case in point) in December 1997 for the arrival of Tomorrow Never Dies in cinemas there was a programme broadcast on ITV called Shaken Not Stirred if I recall correctly. I suppose that Licence to Kill may not have been terribly inventive either when you think about it. It was just another phrase surrounding the James Bond character that the writers lifted after the original title Licence Revoked was dropped due to perceived audience uncertainty as to its meaning.
Ironically enough if I am being honest I was more disappointed with Skyfall as the title of bond 23 then Spectre as the title of Bond 24 largely due to the incredibly minor issue of I kind of hoped all of Craig's films were from Fleming's pen. I was estatic when Bond 22 was announced as Quantum of Solace and was championing for it on IMDb throughout much of 2007 and it was that title that pushed me into commanderbond.net and the first forum here. Again growing up Brosnan I really didn't think I would get two Fleming titles in a row and was pleasently surpised when indeed I did. Now as for future titles sure some could be concieved as bland (honestly it wasn't Untill he really cool logo as done by I believe Jcrendle that I liked the idea of Blofeld as a title) for me looking at the blander titles
007 in New York: it comes from fleming's pen but is the weakest of his titles personally this title has been on some cool fan art and if it was the title of bond 25 I would be more upset that the other 3 haven't been used but I wouldn't complain too much about it. Of course my number 1 question is how much of the film does 007 need to be in New York? As a title if he needs to be in New York City for the whole of the film I could see them doing a die hard with a vengeance type scenario and have bond race against a ticking clock. Would many here roll their eyes at the plot of course but if handled well and given an a lot of cool moments it could be a fun 007 film.
Blofeld: personally I feel this will be a title and honestly I am ok with it for a specific reason. It's such an Iconic villain. Much like Goldfinger Blofeld is a name people recognize that Many couldn't help but be enamored with the title.
In fact if we got Craig back for two films I could see 007 in New York (and the plot I described but adding a few minor things like Spectre plot thread that are hanging in the wind...... Wait I got it M sends bond on one last mission before he can retire tell a fellow agent her boyfriend is a traitor working for Spectre and there you go you then have a 2 hour exciting film from there sure it's a paper thin plot but it's better then Logan's original idea for Spectre) and Blofeld being bond 25 and 26 just have Spectre bring and kill Swann to New York (or maybe bond brings her out of sheer stupidity) and there you go sets bond 26 up as the ultimate finale bond versus Blofeld... Why is Logan making so much money writing crappy scripts with over complicated reveals sometimes a simple setup can do wonders. Look at jaws the setup doesn't get simpler and yet the film is brilliant.
As for
James Bond: I fear this will happen at some point but I thankfully think it won't happen soon. I won't hate the title but I don't love it either. Like the reveal of Skyfall it will feel anticlimactic.
Are people really suggesting that a Bond film in 2016 could have the title '007 in New York'??
This is a $200m budget film in one of the biggest franchises in the business not an episode of the Saint or a DVD extra about location scouting.
Perhaps it should be like the World Cup and the Olympics? Get countries bidding to EON to host the next Bond film based on interesting locations and how much they are willing to stump up and then just call the film '007 in Qatar' because they gave Babs the biggest brown envelope?
Now if only Fleming had been a lot less imaginative just look at some of the great titles we missed out on:
CR - 007 in Northern France
LALD - 007 in America or 007 in New York, Florida and Jamaica.
MR - 007 in Kent
DAF - 007 in America 2
FRWL - 007 in Istanbul or 007 on the Orient Express
DN - 007 in Jamaica 2
GF - 007 in Switzerland and America 3.
FYEO - 007 in 5 Short Stories (007 in a Forest in Paris, 007 in a Forest in Vermont, 007 in Venice, 007 in Bermuda, 007 in the Seychelles)
Utterly dismal title as are anything including James or Bond.
TB - 007 in the Bahamas
TSWLM - 007 in America 4
OHMSS - 007 in Northern France 2 and Switzerland 2
YOLT - 007 in Japan
TMWTGG - 007 in Jamaica 3
OP & TLD - 007 in 4 Short Stories (007 in Jamaica 4, 007 in Berlin, 007 at Sotheby's, 007 in New York)
Utter gash.
'No Deals Mr Bond' is the only time this has ever been done and Gardner fought to stop it because he hated it. Suffice it to say it was the money men who overruled him.
God knows I'm critical of Babs about some things but I like to think she'd never let such awful fan wankery titles happen on her watch.
LTK: "007 avenges his best friend"
YOLT: "007's Japanese holiday"
FRWL: "007 strikes back"
LTK - 007 in Florida and a thinly disguised Mexico
GE - 007 in Russia
TND - 007 in Hamburg and Vietnam (although we used Thailand)
TWINE - 007 on the Thames and in Azerbaijan
DAD - 007 in Crisis
SF - 007 Goes Home
SP - 007 Falls Apary in the Final Act
Can the pro '007 in New York' camp instruct us do we use all the locations outside London (so MR the film would become the punchier '007 in Africa, LA, Venice, Rio, the Amazon and Space') or just the main one (so OP for example would be '007 in India)?
Let's not forget that although '007 in New York' is techincally a Fleming title it was for a 'story' (I think travel article would be closer) he knocked out for a quick buck for a magazine and only relatively recently has been included as one of the short stories.
And it's a crap title.
Genius.
Guaranteed someone here will think that's a good title.
Getting back to "James Bond" as a title, I'm glad to find I'm not the only one who finds "Jason Bourne" a crummy title. I'm not even really a fan of that series- but that title alone turns me away especially after the other films had pretty catchy titles. So the idea of calling a future Bond film "James Bond" would be extreme laziness. Bond is unique from other characters and franchises in that each book, film etc has it's own individual title.
I do feel if Eon ever sold the rights to Bond and someone else ended up producing the films- I wouldn't be surprised if there was a film called "James Bond". Seems to be a trend in the 21st Century.
It absolutely is. I still don't understand why it gets brought up as a possible film title. Yes, it's a Fleming title, but, quite honestly, I think they've used all of the suitable short story titles already.
But even "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" sounds awful today so I don't know what they'd use...
Jason Bourne
Jack Reacher
Jack Ryan
Spectre
Justice League
And rumored title The Batman
Are all greeted with praise where other film titles like
Batman v Superman dawn of Justice
Quantum of solace
Mission impossible ghost protocol
Are laughed at siting how silly and pretentious they are and no doubt the remainder Fleming titles apart from 007 in New York even in terms of chapter titles will be dragged through the mud because interesting and evocative titles are no longer the norm... Shame but it is what it is of course if I had to choose between the bland Janes Bond and the equally bland 007 in New York I would choose the later as at least it's from Fleming and has a somewhat pulpy feel
I can only imagine what a shitstorm EON had to fight to get QOS as a title. I imagine the studio PR guy had a stroke the first time he heard that one.
the series, I'll be happy. ;)