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  • SeveSeve The island of Lemoy
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    NickTwentyTwo wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    Kojak007 wrote: »
    Since NTTD already had a title that was used in a TV series before ("Columbo"), I thought maybe it's not a bad idea to look at other episode-titles of TV series for a potential Bond movie title.

    Some titles of episodes I thought sound decent:

    "Back in the World"
    "Throwing Fire"
    "Red Sky at Night" (wasn't it even a working title for Skyfall?)
    "Fire and Brimstone"
    "Sinner Takes All"
    "Unfriendly Skies"
    "Sounds of Silence"
    "Meltdown"
    "Designated Target"
    "World of Trouble"


    Any title you like?

    Sinner Takes All is the favourite there for me, although perhaps a touch too punny.

    I like that one as well.

    Me too
  • JMPJMP
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    Bueno1694 wrote: »
    IDK, I think that "Bond" would be a very fitting name for the next film.

    No "James Bond 007" before the title, just "Bond". like "Logan".

    James Bond of the Secret Service
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    Eidolon
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
    edited November 2021 Posts: 3,497
    Reservoir Bond
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    I do fear that the classy, less 'obvious' kind of titles of the past (YOLT, LALD, FYEO, TLD, TWINE, QoS...) are not going to make a comeback. EoN wants something that is easily marketable. That means easily understood across all continents.

    As mentioned in this thread, a good chance that they will go with 'BOND' or '0.0.7' for the reboot in a few years time.
    Bourne and Logan started this imo very unfortunate trend...
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    QoS was only a few films ago, I don't think there's much basis for that. NTTD isn't massively different from those.

    What would make more sense is to do more one-worders like Skyfall or Moonraker: if you google those you only get Bond results, and they're meaningless enough to not have to translate.
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    No Time to Live
  • JMPJMP
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    AceHole wrote: »
    I do fear that the classy, less 'obvious' kind of titles of the past (YOLT, LALD, FYEO, TLD, TWINE, QoS...) are not going to make a comeback. EoN wants something that is easily marketable. That means easily understood across all continents.

    As mentioned in this thread, a good chance that they will go with 'BOND' or '0.0.7' for the reboot in a few years time.
    Bourne and Logan started this imo very unfortunate trend...

    I think those titles will come back. Just for the next film they want to re-introduce Bond and introduce him to new audiences, so it will likely be:

    James Bond of the Secret Service
    or
    007 in New York
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    THE MARK OF HAZARD
  • MSL49MSL49 Finland
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    I like "bond".
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    MSL49 wrote: »
    I like "bond".

    We all do.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    JamesCraig wrote: »
    MSL49 wrote: »
    I like "bond".

    We all do.

    That's why we're here. ;)
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    MSL49 wrote: »
    I like "bond".

    We all do.

    That's why we're here. ;)

    ;) Indeed.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited November 2021 Posts: 6,288
    Fleming liked to play with adverbs:

    The Spy Also Rises

    Always Yet Never

    Almost a Hero

    The London Gamble
  • MinionMinion Don't Hassle the Bond
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    RisiKILL

    The HildeDEATH Rarity

    Property of a DEAD Woman

    007 in New York... to DIE
  • RyanRyan Canada
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    Licence to Kill the Man with the Golden Gun on Her Majesty's Secret Service
  • Risico007Risico007
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    Ryan wrote: »
    Licence to Kill the Man with the Golden Gun on Her Majesty's Secret Service

    Wow now there is a mouthful
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
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    Starting with a new actor, I'd like something that screams Bond is back, even if it's a bit cheesey. I'd be pleased with a License Renewed type title.

    While they can't really do the becoming Bond, CR story again, perhaps a loose adaptation of Forever and a Day. Hopefully B26 doesn't take that long to come out...
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
    edited November 2021 Posts: 1,731
    echo wrote: »
    Fleming liked to play with adverbs:

    The Spy Also Rises

    Always Yet Never

    Almost a Hero

    The London Gamble

    He did! I like ‘Always, Yet Never’

    Others based on idioms:

    Better Dead Than Never

    The Kill Before The Storm

    The Devil's In The Detente

    Leave No Spy Unturned

    Death before Daybreak
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    Never Say Die
  • UnivexUnivex
    edited November 2021 Posts: 6,709
    AceHole wrote: »
    echo wrote: »
    Fleming liked to play with adverbs:

    The Spy Also Rises

    Always Yet Never

    Almost a Hero

    The London Gamble

    He did! I like ‘Always, Yet Never’

    Others based on idioms:

    Better Dead Than Never

    The Kill Before The Storm

    The Devil's In The Detente

    Leave No Spy Unturned

    Death before Daybreak

    No need for "yet", "Always Never" works ;) redundantly. So does "Almost Never", and stuff like that.
  • MSL49MSL49 Finland
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    I like "0 0 7".
  • RyanRyan Canada
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    Definitely Maybe

    And get Liam Gallagher to do the title track.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    For Queen and Country.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    I prefer the longer Bond titles. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The Spy Who Loved Me. The Man with the Golden Gun. The Living Daylights. It doesn't seem like Eon wants to go long right now, although No Time To Die is long-ish.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Title needs some urgency. How about:

    KILL. BOND. NOW!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    QBranch wrote: »
    Title needs some urgency. How about:

    KILL. BOND. NOW!

    I've just realised I want that on a T shirt :)
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I think they'll go extremely simple next time.

    JAMES has too many letters, so the film will be called

    JIM.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,270
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I think they'll go extremely simple next time.

    JAMES has too many letters, so the film will be called

    JIM.

    That'll be translated as YO JIMBO! for the US market.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited November 2021 Posts: 16,368
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I think they'll go extremely simple next time.

    JAMES has too many letters, so the film will be called

    JIM.

    That'll be translated as YO JIMBO! for the US market.

    I think Kurosawa already made that film.
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