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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Seve wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    AceHole wrote: »
    'Tenterhook' ?

    That's nice, I can imagine Fleming going for that :-bd

    Good for a henchman name at the very least!

    I like the sound of "Tenderhook" as well

    Looks like someone has already grabbed it though...

    The_Tender_Hook_poster.jpg



    That's a different word! :)
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    Seve wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    AceHole wrote: »
    'Tenterhook' ?

    That's nice, I can imagine Fleming going for that :-bd

    Good for a henchman name at the very least!

    I like the sound of "Tenderhook" as well

    Looks like someone has already grabbed it though...

    The_Tender_Hook_poster.jpg

    Dragonpol wrote: »

    "Butterhook!" :)

    IMHO what you and your girl friend get up to in the bedroom doesn't necessarily make a good title for a Bond movie...




    On tenterhooks … not on tender hooks

    This phrase, meaning worried anticipation, comes from the word 'tenter' which was a frame on which cloth was stretched to prevent shrinking. The tenterhook kept the cloth tense and tight – hence the expression. A tender hook isn't a thing
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    AceHole wrote: »
    Seve wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    AceHole wrote: »
    'Tenterhook' ?

    That's nice, I can imagine Fleming going for that :-bd

    Good for a henchman name at the very least!

    I like the sound of "Tenderhook" as well

    Looks like someone has already grabbed it though...

    The_Tender_Hook_poster.jpg

    Dragonpol wrote: »

    "Butterhook!" :)

    IMHO what you and your girl friend get up to in the bedroom doesn't necessarily make a good title for a Bond movie...




    On tenterhooks … not on tender hooks

    This phrase, meaning worried anticipation, comes from the word 'tenter' which was a frame on which cloth was stretched to prevent shrinking. The tenterhook kept the cloth tense and tight – hence the expression. A tender hook isn't a thing

    Thanks for the explanation on the origins of that phrase, @AceHole. I always thought it had something to do with hanging raw meat in a butchers or something.

    They'll name films after anything these days! ;)
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Cool album by Chris Mars.




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  • SeveSeve The island of Lemoy
    edited November 2021 Posts: 357
    AceHole wrote: »

    On tenterhooks … not on tender hooks

    This phrase, meaning worried anticipation, comes from the word 'tenter' which was a frame on which cloth was stretched to prevent shrinking. The tenterhook kept the cloth tense and tight – hence the expression. A tender hook isn't a thing

    Doh, another miscomprehended word to add to my collection!

    Lol, now someone better explain that to Hugo Weaving and co...

    Dragonpol wrote: »

    Thanks for the explanation on the origins of that phrase, @AceHole. I always thought it had something to do with hanging raw meat in a butchers or something.

    They'll name films after anything these days! ;)

    You mean like Bob Hoskins had these guys on tenterhooks in "The Long Good Friday"?

    the-long-good-friday-schlachthaus.jpg


  • MSL49MSL49 Finland
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    "Time To Live"
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    Seve wrote: »
    AceHole wrote: »

    On tenterhooks … not on tender hooks

    This phrase, meaning worried anticipation, comes from the word 'tenter' which was a frame on which cloth was stretched to prevent shrinking. The tenterhook kept the cloth tense and tight – hence the expression. A tender hook isn't a thing

    Doh, another miscomprehended word to add to my collection!

    Lol, now someone better explain that to Hugo Weaving and co...

    Dragonpol wrote: »

    Thanks for the explanation on the origins of that phrase, @AceHole. I always thought it had something to do with hanging raw meat in a butchers or something.

    They'll name films after anything these days! ;)

    You mean like Bob Hoskins had these guys on tenterhooks in "The Long Good Friday"?

    the-long-good-friday-schlachthaus.jpg


    'Operation: TENTERHOOK' just sounds to me like something Fleming might approve of...
  • TopGearJB007TopGearJB007
    edited November 2021 Posts: 624
    My rule is if it's repetitive of "Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions Presents Firstname Lastname as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 in", then it won't do. This rules out as a title:

    007
    007 in New York (Sorry, Ian)
    James Bond
    Commander Bond
    Commander James Bond
    James Bond of the Secret Service

    ...and any variation of the above. Lazy titles.
  • Risico007Risico007
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    what about Fleming as a title as odd as it sounds it wouldnt be he worst idea
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    No Time To Grill
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    JamesCraig wrote: »
    No Time To Grill

    Isn't that the George Foreman biopic...
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    AceHole wrote: »
    Seve wrote: »
    AceHole wrote: »

    On tenterhooks … not on tender hooks

    This phrase, meaning worried anticipation, comes from the word 'tenter' which was a frame on which cloth was stretched to prevent shrinking. The tenterhook kept the cloth tense and tight – hence the expression. A tender hook isn't a thing

    Doh, another miscomprehended word to add to my collection!

    Lol, now someone better explain that to Hugo Weaving and co...

    Dragonpol wrote: »

    Thanks for the explanation on the origins of that phrase, @AceHole. I always thought it had something to do with hanging raw meat in a butchers or something.

    They'll name films after anything these days! ;)

    You mean like Bob Hoskins had these guys on tenterhooks in "The Long Good Friday"?

    the-long-good-friday-schlachthaus.jpg


    'Operation: TENTERHOOK' just sounds to me like something Fleming might approve of...

    It really does! :) It's in the same ballpark as 'Living Daylights' I'd say.
  • Risico007Risico007
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    The Nuance of Illusion

    Between Shading and the Absence of Light

    The Remains of Passage


    All 3 are from the Code monument outside the CIA headquarters
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    The Remains of The World
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
    edited November 2021 Posts: 8,025
    I still think LICENCE RENEWED makes a great title for a new Bond run
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    TopGearJB007 wrote: »
    My rule is if it's repetitive of "Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions Presents Firstname Lastname as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 in", then it won't do. This rules out as a title:

    007
    007 in New York (Sorry, Ian)
    James Bond
    Commander Bond
    Commander James Bond
    James Bond of the Secret Service

    ...and any variation of the above. Lazy titles.

    I agree. Those are extremely weak titles.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Decent acronyms, though.

    007INY
    JB
    CB
    CJB
    JBOTSS
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    JamesCraig wrote: »
    No Time To Grill

    Approved by @Christartos no doubt.
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    No Time To Grill

    Approved by @Christartos no doubt.

    :)>-
  • MSL49MSL49 Finland
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    "The Property Of A Lady"
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    Die Another Another Day

    Or simply:

    Graves
  • RyanRyan Canada
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    No Time To Die... Again!
    No Time To Die Hard With A Vengeance
    No Time Left For You
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited November 2021 Posts: 17,809
    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    I still think LICENCE RENEWED makes a great title for a new Bond run

    Indeed and it'd be nice if they could adapt the John Gardner novel in some form as well as using the title. A pipe dream, perhaps, given how rarely the continuation Bond novels have been used in the films.
  • Herr_StockmannHerr_Stockmann
    edited November 2021 Posts: 893
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Indeed and it'd be nice if they could adapt the John Gardner novels in some form as well as using the title. A pipe dream, perhaps, given how rarely the continuation Bond novels have been used in the films.
    I always thought Gardner was quite good in creating high concepts, and not so good in developing them as novels, or at least his execution wasn't as great as it could have been considering the potential of some of his concepts. No Deals, Mr. Bond (Bond must find and protect the remaining members of a honey trap operation who are one by one murdered) and The Man from Barbarossa (Bond infiltrates an organisation pretending to judge war criminals that secretly plans to overthrow a government) are the ones with the most potential.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    I always thought Nobody Lives Forever had the best concept. We don't see enough of Bond being chased in the films.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Yes, I think you're spot-on about the concepts being great but executions perhaps not so much, Herr_Stockman. As you say echo, Nobody Lives Forever was a lovely one, and then you had Win Lose or Die's idea of Bond going back to the Navy.
  • Herr_StockmannHerr_Stockmann
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    echo wrote: »
    I always thought Nobody Lives Forever had the best concept. We don't see enough of Bond being chased in the films.
    Seeing a dying bad guy putting a price on Bond's head is indeed a great concept. It could have been a good basis for an alternate NTTD. The kidnapping of May and Miss Moneypenny wasn't necessary though to make the premise interesting.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Oh yes I forgot about that. Smacks as a bit of a weaker return on the kidnap plot from Colonel Sun.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    mtm wrote: »
    Oh yes I forgot about that. Smacks as a bit of a weaker return on the kidnap plot from Colonel Sun.

    Yes, and then M got kidnapped one last time in Gardner's Cold. The kidnapping of regular characters seemed to be a theme in the Bond continuation novels for a while there! :)
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Gosh I remember almost nothing of Cold! That rings no bells. They did fall off a cliff towards the end, although I do remember finding Seafire to be reasonably straightforward fun.
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