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[Call Billy Bob]

Now I have Tom Petty stuck in my head... curses Dove!

[x007AceOfSpades]

Patience is not an easy thing to endure when it's a Bond film

 

Any other film, it's tolerable (Though I was going insane as the wait for The Dark Knight grew nigh lol). But when It's Bond, we all just go anxious. I guess that's what makes this franchise feel all the more special.

[Peaceful]

Luigi Doesn't Like Fettuccine

[Shrublands]

Sony Pictures have had their computers hacked with the hackers threatening to reveal their secrets.

Could the title of the new Bond film be one such secret? 

 

http://deadline.com/...age-1201295288/

[x007AceOfSpades]

Well it's the 25th of November, so they're a tad late on releasing their info and secrets.

[freemo]

I'm not sure I'd have guessed "Skyfall" from that film's acronym, "S". So, who knows?

[Marketto007]

IMO, one week left for the Press Conference. 

[univex]

A known member of another forum is stating he has a contact who swears the film will be called

Spoiler

Spectre

 Gargantuan pinch of salt here, gentlemen. On the same note: I´d love it if it were true. Very marketable, wether you´re a die hard fan or not, very translatable, very devious sounding. But then again, I really am taking this with a large pinch of salt. Just a net rumor. The guy also states there will be a press conference on the 4th. Who knows at this point? (Alguma notícia, Marketto?) Cheers.

[Shrublands]

A known member of another forum is stating he has a contact who swears the film will be called

Spoiler

Spectre

 Gargantuan pinch of salt here, gentlemen. On the same note: I´d love it if it were true. Cheers.

 

Which forum is that, Univex?  

[univex]

 

A known member of another forum is stating he has a contact who swears the film will be called

Spoiler

Spectre

 Gargantuan pinch of salt here, gentlemen. On the same note: I´d love it if it were true. Cheers.

 

Which forum is that, Univex?  

 

Mi6. Not the most accurate antrum, I´d say. Fans like us all. And we know what´s that like. But the guy is an old member, I think.., I´m not certain because I don´t go there very often. At this point, I only trust Marketto or Baz with info.

[MattofSteel]

Interesting if true. It's effectiveness from a brand perspective changes, IMO, depending on whether it's treated as the word or the acronym - and the word, per se, is technically spelled wrong.

 

Spectre? Or SPECTRE? Or S.P.E.C.T.R.E?

 

As a title, I'm partial to the last one.

[univex]

Just realized we´re on the spoiler section of the forums so no need for tags. Silly me.

 

And you raise an interesting question Matt. No idea how they´d handle that.

 

The guy in question has just doubted his own rumor in said forums, so I´d day that if he´s not willing to believe his own source, we don´t have to either. 

[sharpshooter]

Not sure I like 'Spectre', if that's their choice. But fingers crossed we find out the real title this week. 

[Shrublands]

I think SPECTRE would be great, an excellent title. Wouldn't you only write S.P.E.C.T.R.E. (with dots) if you were supposed to spell it out? Strictly speaking, there is no need for the fullstop between the S and the P anyway. 

 

For example, you'd write I.B.M. and spell it out when you say it. But Bupa (which stands for the British United Provident Association) is written without dots and is said as a word. 

[Guy Haines]

How about "Spectre Of Death"? "Death Is a Spectre"? "The Spectre Of Defeat"? (Connery used that line in TB) I'm not offering these in all seriousness - if the producers are being cagy about, er, "you know who" being in Bond 24 it's not likely they'll tip their hand by using the name of his outfit as the title. But, you never know. My guess is it will be an unused title from the Fleming canon or something Messrs Purvis & Wade have a hair pulling session about.

 

(That said, if the actual title doesn't work for the theme tune, you could always fit that seven letter word into it instead! Might not mean a thing to present day film goers but us fans would get it straight away!  )

[Marketto007]

Alguma notícia, Marketto? Cheers.

 

Not that I know. It's the same surprise for me. I'm not buying it at the moment, but...we never know. This week is going to be massive.

[tdalton]

SPECTRE would be a pretty lame title.  Way too on the nose and it would smack of a certain amount of laziness.  Even if they're going to be uninspired in their selection of the film's villain by going back to the past for someone (and an organization) that we've seen over and over again in the franchise, they could still manage to come up with something a bit more inspired than SPECTRE for the title.

[AMC Hornet]

I already saw this title announced in Variety in 1985. It was to be Kevin McClory's follow up to NSNA.

 

Just because EON now holds all the rights to Ernst and his organization doesn't mean they intend to immediately resurrect McClory's planned franchise.

 

On the other hand, I said the same thing when MGM acquired the rights to CR in 2003...

[x007AceOfSpades]

While it's certainly interesting, I don't buy it.

[007jamesbond]

if it is true that "spectre" is the title then this should indicate Blofeld return? 

[MattofSteel]

They can't really call it "Spectre" and still be straightfaced-coy about whether or not Waltz (or another actor) is playing Blofeld. That'd be practically akin to calling Skyfall "She's Moneypenny."

[sharpshooter]

Yeah, no matter how they spell it, I'm not a fan of 'Spectre'. There has to be something better than that.

[Call Billy Bob]

I stand behind a proposed title I mentioned on another thread - I think calling the film Special Executive would rock.

[007jamesbond]

it is possible that spectre is a fake just to hide the real title? 

[Shrublands]

I stand behind a proposed title I mentioned on another thread - I think calling the film Special Executive would rock.

 

I think that what makes the words 'Special Executive' entertaining as part of the acronym SPECTRE, is that something so businesslike sounding is connected with concepts such as terrorism. revenge and extortion. Just saying 'Special Executive' outside that context has no ironic twist. It may as well be the title of a documentary about high finance and corporate takeovers. 

[sharpshooter]

I don't think Special Executive has that Bondian flair of past titles. Somehow it's too straightforward and bland. 

[dtuba]

Yes, not a fan of SPECTRE. That would be two one-word titles starting with the letter S in a row. And I do not care for repetition. 

 

Although I can totally see it being used. 

[seawolfnyy]

While it's certainly interesting, I don't buy it.

Nor do I. SPECTRE is too bland of a title and would be giving WAAAAY too much away.

[SecretAgentFan]

I guess the main problem with SPECTRE is that the majority would not know the word ("revoke" anyone?) and would not know about Blofeld´s connection to it either.

 

They will have to choose a title that a world wide audience will be able to understand... and say at the B.O.

[AMC Hornet]

Yes, not a fan of SPECTRE. That would be two one-word titles starting with the letter S in a row. And I do not care for repetition. 

 

Like

The Man With the Golden Gun

and

The Spy Who Loved Me

?