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"Just cutting off your earlobes doesn't make you a count." Your Bond 23 Title

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  • civil_servantcivil_servant
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    'Behind The Red Curtain'? What's a 'Red' curtain? Is it a bit like The Iron Curtain? Or does Bond 23 see 007 taking on an evil interior designer?
  • shadowonthesunshadowonthesun Banned
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    I seriously doubt it's legit. It sounds like someone who is either incredibly gullible, or is making up rumours.
  • Jedi_James_BondJedi_James_Bond
    Posts: 1
    I like "For Her Majesty's Honor"
  • AllforBondAllforBond
    Posts: 2
    Got to stick with Fleming. Eon would never use other authors titles anyway. Something out of a Fleming bond novel or something new.
  • AllforBondAllforBond
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    Her Majesty's Agent or Agent of her Majesty. We are starting over from the beginning again with Craig's007 . So something to show that Bond is at the beginning of his career as a double OO
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited August 2011 Posts: 13,355
    Her Majesty's Agent or Agent of her Majesty. We are starting over from the beginning again with Craig's007 . So something to show that Bond is at the beginning of his career as a double OO
    We've already done the "beginning of his career as a double OO" though, that's over. Bond is now, well, Bond again.
  • Risico007Risico007
    edited August 2011 Posts: 9,847
    I agree Samuel
  • jmac67jmac67
    edited September 2011 Posts: 3
    The Pull Of Your Past
    Death Comes Slowly
    Craz Poker
    99% Yes
    Cinnamon Sticks
    Death Becomes You
    99% is a Bitch
    Crippled By Design
    100% Is A Breeze
    Deeply Fulfilled But Painful
    Slippery Undercracker
    There's Something Rotten In The State Of My Underpants

    Rosamund Pike and Sienna Miller should be the next Bond girls......both stunningly gorgeous, both so sexy that they melt the chocolate in my underpants, elegant, refined, sophisticated AND able to act..........
  • rajayoganrajayogan
    Posts: 1
    "you know my name"
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    Posts: 5,745
    Locked Door to Heaven
    or
    Locked Gate to Heaven

    Pain Of A Promise

    One Left To Die

    Everything Or Nothing (I know its a game, but its a good title)

    Absent Remorse

    *all of the top of my head, go easy*
  • SJK91SJK91
    Posts: 1,310
    I'm thinking it is going to be another Fleming title; the other two Craig films are Fleming titles and I really see EON continuing the tradition. Seeing how there are no more novels to use, only leaves the short stories remain.

    Okay, so the short stories that haven't been used so far are:

    - 007 in New York
    - Risico
    - Property of a Lady
    - The Hildebrand Rarity

    '007 in New York' is automatically tossed out for what I believe to an obvious reason: it is a terrible title for a film.

    I also just don't see 'The Hildebrand Rarity' being used either; for those of you who read the short story, you'll know that the Hildebrand Rarity as being a rare fish...and while filmmakers can (of course) change the meaning, I'm not sure where they'd go. But hey, who knows.

    Then there is 'Property of a Lady'; when Rachel Weisz's name was being tossed about as a villain I was convinced that POAL would be chosen, but now that her name is out the window and in addition to Bardem and Fiennes being hinted at villains, I feel that Property of a Lady would be an irrelevant title...that is unless EON does in fact go with a female main villain. Personally, I think Property of a Lady is a fine title.

    Finally, there is Risico. I do admittedly like the sound of it; although people's reactions to it may be similar to QOS. I'm sure many people's would immediately, "What the hell is a Risico?" (And you can tell them it means "a risk involving danger"). Although, does anyone know what language that is?

    Based on the translation (which is spot on for a Bond film), my vote would be for 'Risico'. It has a ring to it, and could easily be said by a character in the native language it's meant to be spoken in. (Bardem?)

    Final answer.
  • BounineBounine
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    Yeah I like Risico. It's stylish and cool sounding.

    Stairway to Insanity
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
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    I'm thinking it is going to be another Fleming title;

    Finally, there is Risico. I do admittedly like the sound of it; although people's reactions to it may be similar to QOS. I'm sure many people's would immediately, "What the hell is a Risico?" (And you can tell them it means "a risk involving danger"). Although, does anyone know what language that is?

    Based on the translation (which is spot on for a Bond film), my vote would be for 'Risico'. It has a ring to it, and could easily be said by a character in the native language it's meant to be spoken in. (Bardem?)

    Final answer.
    Of course Bond 23 is going to be a Fleming title, at least imo. But do you have any titles you can think of? I think thats what the post is going for more.

    But your connections b/w Bardem and Risico are hopefully spot on, I love the actor and the title.
    Heres hoping
    [-O<
  • SJK91SJK91
    Posts: 1,310
    I'm sure many people's would immediately, "What the hell is a Risico?"
    I'm sure many people are thinking, "What the hell does that statement even mean?" Haha I was typing fast there....

    And yeah, the connection with Bardem and 'Risico' for sure seems like a legitimate possibility. My personal title? Oh how about...

    Seven Seconds to Kill

    Has a ring to it, I guess. ;-) You could even do '007 Seconds to Kill'! What a marketing dream! I've had that one up my sleeve for awhile...but I've also always thought it sounded a bit like 'A View to a Kill'...
  • shadowonthesunshadowonthesun Banned
    Posts: 1,894
    Although, does anyone know what language that is?

    Based on the translation (which is spot on for a Bond film), my vote would be for 'Risico'. It has a ring to it, and could easily be said by a character in the native language it's meant to be spoken in. (Bardem?)
    "Risico" is supposed to be Italian for "risk". However, it's not actually Italian - Fleming got it wrong. It's a lot closer to Dutch, but good luck selling Javier Bardem as a Dutchman.
  • SJK91SJK91
    edited September 2011 Posts: 1,310
    Although, does anyone know what language that is?

    Based on the translation (which is spot on for a Bond film), my vote would be for 'Risico'. It has a ring to it, and could easily be said by a character in the native language it's meant to be spoken in. (Bardem?)
    "Risico" is supposed to be Italian for "risk". However, it's not actually Italian - Fleming got it wrong. It's a lot closer to Dutch, but good luck selling Javier Bardem as a Dutchman.
    Haha, I laughed when I read that last part. Yeah, I was thinking it sounded Italian (in that case Bardem would've worked), but Dutch??? Well....maybe with some CGI and prosthetics... ;-)
  • shadowonthesunshadowonthesun Banned
    Posts: 1,894
    How would Computer-Generated Images change Bardem's voice? And why would you want to change his voice - which is perhaps one of the best in Hollywood - for the sake of using a hitherto-unused Fleming title? It sounds like one hell of a compromise.
  • SJK91SJK91
    Posts: 1,310
    How would Computer-Generated Images change Bardem's voice? And why would you want to change his voice - which is perhaps one of the best in Hollywood - for the sake of using a hitherto-unused Fleming title? It sounds like one hell of a compromise.
    I was being sarcastic!!!!!!!! Haha relax, shadow, relax ;-)
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Now that I know what Risico means, I have further grown to love it. It feels right for a Craig Bond film.
  • QuarterdeckQuarterdeck
    Posts: 136
    Definitely want a Fleming title - 'Property..' and 'Risico' seem the front-runners. Both fine IMHO

    'Risico' carries a bit of baggage with the original meaning ('risk'). Personally, I'd pronounce it 'Ri-seeko' and leave it as an enigamtic Flemnig word along the lines of 'Octopussy' - it could be a name of anyone or anything.

    Must say, with talk of 'classic' Bond and DC saying he'll be well 'suave' this time out , the signs of a grand epic Bond adventure continue to increase. Very excited....
  • BondTIBondTI
    Posts: 1
    Trying to go all original here

    Promises, Promises
    Mr. Black
    When in Rome
    At All Times
    The Dead Don't Cry
    Inner Reflection
  • shadowonthesunshadowonthesun Banned
    Posts: 1,894
    Okay, I've just come up with a title that I really like. It's not from Fleming, but I think it would really work. It's taken from TS Eliot's The Hollow Men:

    IN DELIBERATE DISGUISES

    It comes from the second stanza of the poem:
    Let me also wear
    Such deliberate disguises
    Rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves
    In a field
    Behaving as the wind behaves
    The poem is mostly concerned with Europe in the aftermath of World War I; this particular part invokes the sense of a battlefield when the war is over.

    The reason why I like "In Deliberate Disguises" as a title is because of the wordplay involved. "In Deliberate Disguises" suggests a very conscious choice to disguise oneself. "Deliberate" means something that is carefully considered and done on purpose; it speaks to intention. But, on the other hand, "indeliberate" is the exact opposite - not unintnetional, but certainly something done without forethought. So, IN DELIBERATE DISGUISES could also be read as INDELIBERATE DISGUISES, and therefore mean both. It also has that questioning sense about it, promting audiences to ask who is in disguise and why are they doing it deliberately?
  • Risico007Risico007
    Posts: 9,847
    And Then There Were None

    for some reason even though this is an agatha cristie it has a chilling feel that might suit 007
  • BounineBounine
    Posts: 2,599
    When in Rome
    I quite like that. Afterall, The Living Daylights is or atleast was a common saying too.

  • Geo_BayGeo_Bay
    Posts: 44
    Something without the words 'Kill, Die, Gold' in please. (:|

    The property of a lady keeps getting a mention, but this was used in Octopussy in the auction book, so I find it unlikely.

    There are plenty of good Fleming chapter titles out there from the books, but there are also some very bad one's like The Undertakers Wind, Midnight Among The Worms and Death of a Pelican from Live And Let Die. :-))
  • VirageVirage
    Posts: 1,856
    The property of a lady keeps getting a mention, but this was used in Octopussy in the auction book, so I find it unlikely.
    MR,AVTAK and QOS have pretty much NOTHING to do with the book

  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
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    love the way you lie (using rhiannas love the way you lie part 2 as the theme, maybe give her a cameo too)

    wonderwall (use the oasis song)

    double or nothing (use "killer" by the hoosiers, i think that would work well)

    risico/property of a lady (get joss stone or lady gaga or susan boyle or somebody to do a classic style bond song since it'll be the anniversary, why not bring back shirley bassey)

    brokenclaw (a non flemming bond book, base it loosley on the book or just keep the villian "brokenclaw lee" and give it a whole new story. lee is chinese so give the theme a mystical feel maybe showing lots of dragons in the opening)

    by royal command (got this title of one of the young bond books, and iv run out of theme ideas)
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    Posts: 5,745
    Eyes of Deceit

    From Chris Cornell's You Know My Name for Casino Royale.

    Its a good title :)
  • Geo_BayGeo_Bay
    Posts: 44
    The property of a lady keeps getting a mention, but this was used in Octopussy in the auction book, so I find it unlikely.
    MR,AVTAK and QOS have pretty much NOTHING to do with the book

    My point was that as it has been seen/mentioned in a previous film, it is unlikely to be used again.

    However, The World is not Enough was Bonds family moto in OHMSS and used as a title, so just because it's been seen before might not mean it is not used.

    I personally think Bond 23 will be Risico seen as we are using the more oddly titled Fleming short stories.
  • raptorbond83raptorbond83
    Posts: 2
    I'm new here but just a few ideas=

    Death waits for no man
    Death waits for no spy
    Brand of evil
    Crimson deliverance
    Man alone
    Crimson vice

    I dunno just a few ideas.
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