26 replies to this topic

[mattbowyer]

After three wordy titles (TND TWINE DAD) its time for a Dr. No, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Moonraker, Octopussy, GoldenEye style one word title.

Aquator has been bobbing about forever, that gets the thumbs up from me.

I'm not such an expert on the Fleming novels, and other good one-word titles that could be derived from the books?

[PaulZ108]

There's only been 2 one-word titles in the last 2 decades. I fully agree that we need another one-word title.

Shatterhand is the ideal choice to me.

[Icephoenix]

Agreed, SHATTERHAND is the ultimate title for me.

[Rich Douglas]

SHATTERHAND does have a nice ring to it. Let the hype for Bond 21 begin!

Rich

[JackChase007]

Well, I hate to spoil the mood, but wouldn't it make more sense to start coming up with ideas for the title once they have a story for Bond 21?

[mattbowyer]

No.

My dear boy the announcement of the title is the biggest event in the leadup to the movie - I care way more about that than any plot. People remember the titles of the Bond films, ask anyone what the ATAC is and they'll be lost.

[jeff319]

SHATTERHAND would be a great title.

However, EON must refrain from using any of these words in the title:

Never, Day, Die, Tomorrow, Another.

[zencat]

Yep, it's time for a one word title again. I still think ICEBREAKER would have been the perfect title for DAD.

[Mister Asterix]

Two word titles in general are so unbondian unless they are a villain's name. That's one of the big reasons I didn't like the rumoured Cold Eternity title.

[Zero Zero]

I'm with the flow here, and think that Shatterhand would be a perfect title. But am also partial to Fleming's Risico.
Both of these titles would certainly be a welcome return, and would also have a reasonable amount of mystery about them.

[00Kevin]

yeah Risico or shatterhand would be Ideal, we probubly shouldn't do Colonel Sun for now because of Colonel Moon in DAD

[RITZ]

...and NO diamonds
NO snow
NO over-the-top CGI

[gkgyver]

As a German, Shatterhand reminds me of the Western classics of Winnetou and Old Shatterhand, so for me the title would sound a bit dated...

[Harmsway]

Shatterhand gets my vote.

[NotStirred]

Icebreaker is a no no after all that ice in DAD

[Double oh Ten]

i like Flemings RISICO but i agree with u on the two worded titles, they just dont sound good!!!

Bond 21:
John Cox's SHATTERHAND, excellent Bond Story, although the plot is similar to MI2 slightly!!

[DMH]

One problem with that Risico title is that the story fleming wrote with that title has already been used on FYEO.

[General Koskov]

Risico is a good one.

I know this contradicts the purpose of this thread but: Quantum of Solace is a good title which inculed none of the mundane 'never's or 'die's.

The problem is finding a good villan's name from which to derive a title. But Shatterhand does not quite do it for me.

[Icephoenix]

Originally posted by Double oh Ten
i like Flemings RISICO but i agree with u on the two worded titles, they just dont sound good!!!  

Bond 21:
John Cox's SHATTERHAND, excellent Bond Story, although the plot is similar to MI2 slightly!!

Hey, just to let you know, Zencat wrote this script before MI:2 came out!

[Sir James]

Well I will always be a fan of Forever is Just the Beginning.

But I also like "Death to Spies"

I think TWINE should have been the title for the last Bond movie.

What do you think of TWINE's first considered title as a possibility, "Pressure Point?"

[Double-Oh-Zero]

Yeah, I agree, Shatterhand would be good...although it would seem a little out of place if Shatterhand wasn't even mentioned in the film. I at least hope the next one doen't have death, die, kill, live, life (or lack thereof), or gold in it. I've always liked the title "Pressure Point," or something to that effect.

[Icephoenix]

Yuk. Pressure Point is so un-bondian. I agree with Mr * completely.

[Arrant]

I,m with the "Shatterhand" voters, because it,s so different from the last trilogy of titles, which are begining to have an air of cannibilisation (if that,s a word) about them.
It,s Fleming, and therefore has that bizzare "sophisticated yet vulgar "feel about it.
You feel it,s innuendo,but you can,t put your finger on it.
(Oh dear,time to leave the stage)
One problem though, I fear the producers have been beaten to it and it has been used as a title of a computer game.
In light of possible Legal entanglements it might be a no no.
If that should prove to be the case I still feel we need a solid one word title, and if Bond 21 is not going to be a "proper" version of Casino Royale,to bring it at long last home to the Bond cannon, then it,s time for all good Bond fans to start ferretting through the works of Fleming to find a suitable alternative.

P.S.
I,ve already gone through "The Diamond Smugglers" to no avail, and all a biography of Fleming produced was the fact that as well as being the name of his house in Jamaica "GoldenEye" was the codename of a mission he devised in WW11.

Good hunting.

[mattbowyer]

shatterhand doesn't really do it for me either. if they do go a wordy one again i like "beginning of the end" (churchill quote used in Gardner's COLD). Aquator still gets my vote.

mb

[Mister Asterix]

I know it go against the title of the thread, but I'd like to see them use Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang or The Rough With The Smooth.

[HailtotheKing]

Shatterhand the title must be.

(Ya, I know that was written in "Yoda" lol )

[Peter]

My votes would go for:

Quantum of Solace

The Hildebrand Rarety

Casino Royale

...with, I hope, some actual Fleming elements from these stories!