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[Loomis]

Loomers - ask yourself how you Might have reacted had you heard of the 21st Century Bond title of Goldfinger or Moonraker - had you heard them for the very first time.

GOLDFINGER would have probably had me a bit puzzled, but it's certainly distinctive. MOONRAKER, on the other hand, is elegantly strange. Both conjure up curious imagery and roll of the tongue pretty nicely.

Yeah. My biggest problem with SKYFALL, pretty much, is that it doesn't roll off the tongue. In fact, it sort of gets stuck rather awkwardly in the mouth. Unless you very deliberately and quite slowly pronounce the "sky" and the "fall" separately, drawing out the "fall", it sounds like "skiver" or "skyval"or "skylar" or somesuch.

I can picture thousands of people failing to hear it correctly the first time they hear it announced on TV as the new Bond film title, unless the presenter really makes a point of saying it slowly and clearly. "Eh? SCALPEL? That's the title of the new Bond film? What did he say, again?"

Even if SKYFALL is enunciated with due care, it still fails to roll off the tongue (let alone conjure up something bizarre, seductive and Flemingian - it sounds like some pisspoor, third-rate PC game). It just kinda.... hangs there. One waits for more, but it doesn't come.

These one-word Bond titles need at least three syllables, I think. SKYFALLER would be a pretty silly title, but it does at least sound much more Bondian than SKYFALL. SKYFALL is too matter-of-fact. It lands with a thud, like, well, something falling from the sky. But SKYFALLER? Like MOONRAKER, it sounds sleek, sinuous, mysterious and sexy.

[marktmurphy]

Fascinating that it may have come out this way. Stranger things have happened: we got confirmation that Daniel Craig was James Bond from his mum! As others have said, the lack of '007' in those domains is a bit odd, though.

I've never been a big fan of the one-word titles and this isn't a huge change in that (like others, I do think Devil May Care and Carte Blanche hit the Bond button exactly), but I quite like the connotations of the sky falling in which it conjures. Could very well still be an early title they may not go with, though. Time will tell.

[Harmsway]

More than anything, the title makes me think of Sky Mall.

[Matt_13]

Loomers - ask yourself how you Might have reacted had you heard of the 21st Century Bond title of Goldfinger or Moonraker - had you heard them for the very first time.

GOLDFINGER would have probably had me a bit puzzled, but it's certainly distinctive. MOONRAKER, on the other hand, is elegantly strange. Both conjure up curious imagery and roll of the tongue pretty nicely.

Yeah. My biggest problem with SKYFALL, pretty much, is that it doesn't roll off the tongue. In fact, it sort of gets stuck rather awkwardly in the mouth. Unless you very deliberately and quite slowly pronounce the "sky" and the "fall" separately, drawing out the "fall", it sounds like "skiver" or "skyval"or "skylar" or somesuch.

I can picture thousands of people failing to hear it correctly the first time they hear it announced on TV as the new Bond film title, unless the presenter really makes a point of saying it slowly and clearly. "Eh? SCALPEL? That's the title of the new Bond film? What did he say, again?"

Even if SKYFALL is enunciated with due care, it still fails to roll off the tongue (let alone conjure up something bizarre, seductive and Flemingian - it sounds like some pisspoor, third-rate PC game). It just kinda.... hangs there. One waits for more, but it doesn't come.

This is a very fair point.

[Nicolas Suszczyk]

Yes! And Bond 24 will be DEADFALL! And Bond 25, RED SKYFALL AT NIGHT!

[DominicGreene]

I hope it's Skyfall, I'm really excited because this seems legitimate.

[Guy Haines]

Yes! And Bond 24 will be DEADFALL! And Bond 25, RED SKYFALL AT NIGHT!

Deadfall's been done, though not as a Bond film, of course. And John Barry wrote a very good soundtrack, with Dame Shirley singing the rather Bond like title song.

[Captain Tightpants]

The real title of "Bond 23" will have a Fleming link for the 50th. Trust me.

Why? Do you know something we don't?

[Single-O-Seven]

I believe the full title will run as follows: SkyFall and the World of Tomorrow Never Dies

[Quantumofsolace007]

"Skyfall"?? Hmmm....lacks punch, don't ya' think?

It's misdirection, folks. Simply the Sony flacks trying to stir up buzz, while at the same time engaging in a shell game. And internet "news" sites are all too willing to fill their empty pages. Registering a pile of fake domain names costs mere pennies.

The real title is securely under wraps. You don't think EON would let it slip that easily and spoil all the fun, now do you?

Besides, with this being the 50th anniversary Bond film, the real title will have far more resonance than "Skyfall". Sounds more like a bad '80s-era TV show, than a James Bond film.

The real title of "Bond 23" will have a Fleming link for the 50th. Trust me.

Mark My words bond 23 is Skyfall I believe it to be true and if this is misdirection and bond 23 is a fleming title I'll be SHOCKED!

[univex]

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[col_007]

I suppose one possibility is Skyfall is embedded in the film somehow, but not the actual title itself. Perhaps it is a device, or connected with the Quantum organization somehow. I'm not liking this title if this is infact it. Like others, I expected a Fleming connection to tie the other Craig films.

Sounds a bit like that airline company from Casino Royale "skyfleet"

[NorthoftheThames]

"Skyfall"?? Hmmm....lacks punch, don't ya' think?

It's misdirection, folks. Simply the Sony flacks trying to stir up buzz, while at the same time engaging in a shell game. And internet "news" sites are all too willing to fill their empty pages. Registering a pile of fake domain names costs mere pennies.

The real title is securely under wraps. You don't think EON would let it slip that easily and spoil all the fun, now do you?

Besides, with this being the 50th anniversary Bond film, the real title will have far more resonance than "Skyfall". Sounds more like a bad '80s-era TV show, than a James Bond film.

The real title of "Bond 23" will have a Fleming link for the 50th. Trust me.

Mark My words bond 23 is Skyfall I believe it to be true and if this is misdirection and bond 23 is a fleming title I'll be SHOCKED!

There are not many appropriate Fleming titles left...but there are still plenty of Fleming literary links.

Guys, think about it: it's the 50th ANNIVERSARY. And plus, does "Skyfall" really sound in line with the new direction of the Daniel Craig era?

"Skyfall" is a ruse. And Freida Pinto is still not the new Bond Girl.

But I hear the domain names for "Live & Let Sky", "The Sky Who Loved Me" , "GoldenSky" and "Sky Another Day" are still available.

Everyone just hold tight until the press conference...all will be revealed.

[Captain Tightpants]

Guys, think about it: it's the 50th ANNIVERSARY.

That doesn't prove anything other than that it has been fifty years since the first film. And if there is a precedent for naming anniversary films, it was established by DIE ANOTHER DAY - which was not a Fleming title.

And plus, does "Skyfall" really sound in line with the new direction of the Daniel Craig era?

What direction is that? And why is "Skyfall" inconsistent with it?

"Skyfall" is a ruse.

Do you have any proof of that?

And Freida Pinto is still not the new Bond Girl.

She was never linked to the role other than by users who saw that filming was planned for India.

Everyone just hold tight until the press conference...all will be revealed.

See, this is a pet hate of mine: people who write posts in such a way that suggest they have access to information that they do not. If you have proof that BOND 23 is not called SKYFALL, or proof that you have knowledge that we do not, then please, show us. I'm sure we'd all like to see it.

But if you don't have that proof, then perhaps you should put a little more thought into your posts and stop writing things in a way that suggest you know more than you are sharing.

[Jeao007]

Any word on when there will be a press conference?

[Captain Tightpants]

That's what I'm hoping NorthoftheThames can provide, as proof that he has access to information that the rest of us do not.

[Peaceful]

Ok, I think it's dreadful ... but then I thought ... would we accept it if it was on a Fleming novel? It sounds more 1950's than 2010's.

[Grubozaboyschikov]

Here's my interpretation of the title:
http://www.james-bon...=1661&mode=view

[blueman]

Gotta be for the next game, that's a crappy movie title for any franchise.

[Captain Tightpants]

Gotta be for the next game, that's a crappy movie title for any franchise.

If it's for a game, then why where domains like "skyfall-film.net" and "skyfallthemovie.com" registered? And why were they registered by Sony when the Bond video games are published by Activision?

[Jeff007]

So perhaps like the Fall of Quantum? The demise.

[Gobi-1]

SkyFall Logo I made
http://rnkfanartblog...of-bond-23.html

Personally I don't mind SkyFall. I kind of like the sound of it.

[Captain Tightpants]

So perhaps like the Fall of Quantum? The demise.

Well, that has the "fall" part covered. But not the "sky". And when asked if BOND 23 was the third installment of a trilogy, Craig reponded "no ing way" (mind you, that was back in 2008-09).

[Jim]

Could quite easily be mistaken for SpyFall?

Although that's worse, admittedly.

I quite like it. No idea what it's meant to mean but that's never been a reliable barometer of quality with the titles. "The Bond film" is as good a title as any; no normal people remember these things anyway.

[Captain Tightpants]

Could quite easily be mistaken for SpyFall?

The thought occurred to me, but I can't see them somehow registering fifteen domain names with 'skyfall' in them without picking up on the mistake - especially since the first batch were registered in August and the second lot this week-ish.

[Mr Teddy Bear]

My initial reaction is 'not too bad' and I'm sure in time it will only grow on me more.

The people that have figured out the mathematical formula for the the perfect Bond title need to forward their findings onto EoN!

[Jeff007]

My initial reaction is 'not too bad' and I'm sure in time it will only grow on me more.

The people that have figured out the mathematical formula for the the perfect Bond title need to forward their findings onto EoN!

How about have Lucy Fleming make up a title. That way you can never say that it is not a fleming title.

[Jim]

Someone raised the possibility of it being an anagram (the amount of Ls suggests it's a Welsh anagram). The best I can do is SlyFlak, which admittedly is not unutterably dreadful and as compellingly nonsensical.

SkyFall James Bond Fifty is Jolly Famed Baffy Stinks. BaffyStinks has a ring to it, admittedly. Sir Ian Flemming would of written that. He would of. He would.

Daniel Craig in SkyFall is Angelical and Friskily. No comment.

SkyFall James Bond Golden is Gladness! Famed Jolly Knob. JollyKnob has merit. Daniel Craig as James Bond 007 in JollyKnob. I'd watch it. Although I'm going to watch it even if they call it FilmBondBangSexPhwoarr, this final suggestion having the requisite number of Os for the 007 logo contrivance they seem obsessed with.

Noted that James Bond Twenty Three is Joy, then! Man Bedwetters. About which I say nothing.

[NorthoftheThames]

That's what I'm hoping NorthoftheThames can provide, as proof that he has access to information that the rest of us do not.

(sigh) Well, looks like I've been busted by the guy wearing the tight pants calling himself "Captain".

I admit it. I needed to divert attention away from what has to be the biggest marketing blunder in the history of this multi-billion dollar franchise. Someone went ahead and registered countless "Skyfall James Bond" web domains months ahead of the official announcement in the hopes that no one would notice one of the most carefully-guarded secrets. I mean, what are the odds that it would hit the internet and spread like wildfire through the fan forums? Someone at Sony is going to get docked a days pay for this!!!

Looks like we'll have to hold the press conference this afternoon and officially announce it. And I guess we'll also have to admit that, yes, Frieda Pinto and Gulshan Grover are FINALLY getting roles in this Bond film after years of them wearing us down from the constant PR-Internet "reports".

Ahem....the art of disinformation is full of red herrings. Web domains are cheap. Well-crafted marketing and publicity campaigns costs hundreds of millions of dollars. At the risk of repeating myself, "Skyfall" is a ruse. Sorry to burst your bubble tight pants.

I mean, seriously, Skyfall ???

[Captain Tightpants]

I admit it. I needed to divert attention away from what has to be the biggest marketing blunder in the history of this multi-billion dollar franchise. Someone went ahead and registered countless "Skyfall James Bond" web domains months ahead of the official announcement in the hopes that no one would notice one of the most carefully-guarded secrets. I mean, what are the odds that it would hit the internet and spread like wildfire through the fan forums? Someone at Sony is going to get docked a days pay for this!!!

It happened last time. People found the title before it was announced by checking domain registries. When you think about it, Sony/EON are kind of obligated to register the names early. If not, then some enterprising soul will register the names in advance, and get a whole lot of free traffic by people searching for the film.

If you have some kind of inside knowledge about the title, then the least you can do is share some proof of your claims. I'm not saying that you should reveal the title, but that you should prove that you are in a position to know. Otherwise, you should stop making posts that imply that you do now.

Ahem....the art of disinformation is full of red herrings. Web domains are cheap. Well-crafted marketing and publicity campaigns costs hundreds of millions of dollars. At the risk of repeating myself, "Skyfall" is a ruse. Sorry to burst your bubble tight pants.

I mean, seriously, Skyfall ???

You have no proof of it being a ruse. Your entire argument boils down to "I don't like it, so therefore, it can't be the title". Your opinion is not fact.