Property of a Lady
To start with this is my favourite of the unused Fleming titles and I think elements of story have potential. The Fabergé Egg and Sotheby's side of the plot was used in Octopussy, but the idea of using the sale of antiques to pay off a double agent hasn't. Given that Quantum's money supply was shown to be tainted in QoS and the organisation has a number of double agents on their payroll this is certainly something they could play with.
The Spy Who Loved Me
With the exception of a steel-toothed villain the plot was completely unused in the film of the same name. Unused, but unusable? I would say no. With a little tweak to the story Vivienne Michael is taken hostage by two operatives working for Quantum and Bond arrives tracking them. I'd like it if Vivienne could be kept on as lead Bond girl and Horowitz and Morant could stay around as henchmen to the main villain.
And I am aware of the original terms of sale for the book rights, but it's fun to speculate.
The Hildebrand Rarity
A bit trickier, especially since Milton Crest was used in Licence to Kill. The Seychelles is still a nice setting and Bond could certainly meet a marine biologist there who is definitely not Milton Crest. Although rather than a fish, I was thinking that the Hildebrand Rarity could be some form of antique in his possession, tying the plot with my Property of a Lady idea.
Live and Let Die
Again, mostly already used, but the villains financing operations through the smuggling of gold coins does tie in with PoaL ideas too. 'Mr Big' could be seen as Quantum's replacement for Le Chiffre. I've also been considering something happening to Felix, obviously not a shark mauling, but something serious enough to put him in the hospital.
From a View to a Kill
Another unused plot. The theft of information is pretty relevant today and I'm sure they could do something with the ideas of dispatch bikers.
You Only Live Twice
The Garden of Death could make an exciting climax, and Shatterhand (Blofeld's alias) could work as the main villain, and in fact the title.
Moonraker
A lot of plot points have been used in the films of Moonraker and Die Another Day, but many of the characters (Gala Brand, Ronnie Vallance, Willy Krebs) and the actual missile have not. It could work, Quantum are supplying a terrorist organisation or rogue state with materials and personnel to build an offensive missile. And within the context of the film the character of Krebs could easily be upgraded to lead villain.
There are others, such as a showdown in a reconstruction Wild West town (Diamonds are Forever), fighting a giant squid (Dr. No) and Bond saving the worlds sugar (The Man with The Golden Gun) which we'll never see and I think is for the best.
So, which ones have have potential for Bond 23?
Edited by Vanya86, 11 November 2008 - 01:54 AM.