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[Mister Asterix]

I vote number 4.

[Tarl_Cabot]

I voted no book tie in. The story(book) has very little if anything to do with James Bond...so it makes no sense to represent the film as an adaptation of the book, however loose it may be.

Still, I love the title.

[Icephoenix]

I've enjoyed the past novelisations and will always enjoying reading new bond adventures. My vote goes to No# 4.

[Trident]

No tie-in. Simply not necessary. Great title, great cast, hopefully great film. No use for a novelization. Most of them have turned me off in the last few years and the profit expected from such a book could easily be made from a proper in-depth-behind-the-scenes/backstage-documentary. Better leave it at that.

Edited by Trident, 24 January 2008 - 07:40 PM.

[Professor Dent]

I think # 4 would be the best of both worlds.

[Harry Fawkes]

No tie-in. Simply not necessary. Great title, great cast, hopefully great film. No use for a novelization. Most of them have turned me off in the last few years and the profit expected from such a book could easily be made from a proper in-depth-behind-the-scenes/backstage-documentary. Better leave it at that.

I fully agree on that one

[DamnCoffee]

Number 4 for me.

[Qwerty]

#4 is my pick, but with this being a Fleming title, my gut just tells me there's going to be no novelization at all.

[Vauxhall]

I vote number 4.

I agree. I don't see it happening, but it's definitely what I'd like best.

[MarcAngeDraco]

I would have voted for #4, but I think that has zero chance. So I went with #1 instead.

[Sbott]

#4 is the only viable option for a book. However, I think they should just leave well alone and voted for #5

[Loomis]

Well, I'd reject the following options:

- Retitled re-release of For Your Eyes Only
Disrespectful to Fleming.

- Re-release of For Your Eyes Only with

[Scrambled Eggs]

Theres a similar thread on one of the other boards. I think Zencat dug something up which suggests that IFP can block a novelisation if they want to, and with DMC coming out they might want to.

When's the last time a Bond movie was released without an accompanying novelistaion or re packaged Fleming original?

What about something a little different? A graphic novel tie in? Something that wouldn't trample on DMC's toes.

[Qwerty]

When's the last time a Bond movie was released without an accompanying novelistaion or re packaged Fleming original?

Had to have been... The Living Daylights?

[Tiin007]

No tie-in. Simply not necessary. Great title, great cast, hopefully great film. No use for a novelization. Most of them have turned me off in the last few years and the profit expected from such a book could easily be made from a proper in-depth-behind-the-scenes/backstage-documentary. Better leave it at that.

I fully agree on that one

As do I.

[Donovan Mayne-Nicholls]

Honestly, have you ever reread any of the novelisations once the movie's come out on dvd? They didn't do one for AVTAK even though the film had no similarities to the story, so I hope, they'll have enough sense this time around.
They should release the final shooting script illustrated with storyboards. Novelisations and comic book adaptations are by definition subproducts which are by no means essential to understanding/enjoying the film. The script, however, would be both entertaining and enlightening as to how the process of making the film goes. MGM released GE and TND scripts at the time they firdt came out on video and believe me, I'd rather reread those than those awful novels I bought out of sheer completism.

[DamnCoffee]

Number 4 seems the ideal choice IMO.

[Double-Oh Agent]

I went with number one--an all new novelization, but only (and now I'll get flayed for saying this) if they loosely tied it in to the timeline of the Bond novels a la what John Gardner did with Licence To Kill. (Yes, I am one of those who believe in the loose continuity of the literary and film series.)

For example, in the present day/after a number of years post-novel Casino Royale, Bond apprehends Mr. White and during his interrogation of him learns information that leads 007 to the man responsible for turning Vesper into a traitor and her eventual suicide--a man who used to work for SMERSH, but has now branched off to become part of a mysterious organization. That sends Bond after the bad guy and gets into the story proper. Such a scenario would still follow on from the film Casino Royale while also allowing for the literary M to be female and to carry on from the literary series. Any mistakes Bond makes could be attributed to his tunnel vision for revenge for Vesper's death instead of it being just his second 00 mission.

If the above were not an option, then my second choice would be to have no book tie-in.

[David Schofield]

I went with number one--an all new novelization, but only (and now I'll get flayed for saying this) if they loosely tied it in to the timeline of the Bond novels a la what John Gardner did with Licence To Kill. (Yes, I am one of those who believe in the loose continuity of the literary and film series.)

For example, in the present day/after a number of years post-novel Casino Royale, Bond apprehends Mr. White and during his interrogation of him learns information that leads 007 to the man responsible for turning Vesper into a traitor and her eventual suicide--a man who used to work for SMERSH, but has now branched off to become part of a mysterious organization. That sends Bond after the bad guy and gets into the story proper. Such a scenario would still follow on from the film Casino Royale while also allowing for the literary M to be female and to carry on from the literary series. Any mistakes Bond makes could be attributed to his tunnel vision for revenge for Vesper's death instead of it being just his second 00 mission.

If the above were not an option, then my second choice would be to have no book tie-in.

I'm with you on that all the way. And think if it was done, it would have to be as you suggest.

After all how do you novelise a contemporary movie that is itself a sequel to a film based upon a novel published in 195?

[Double-0-Seven]

If they decide to do a novel tie-in, I'd say number one is probably the most likely choice. I can't see them doing number four since the original story has nothing to do with the film. I really hope we get a novel tie-in. I've really enjoyed the last few. I'd say that the Die Another Day novel is much better than the film.

[Scaramanga'74]

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[Trident]

Btw: German Amazon lists 'Quantum Of Solace - The Complete James Bond Short Stories' by Penguin Classics as film tie-in.

http://www.amazon.de...e...4889&sr=8-1



Looks as if that settles all the speculation. But, remarkably, neither US nor UK branches of Amazon sport that 'film tie-in'-moniker. So maybe that could still be wrong, although I doubt it.