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  • DewiWynBondDewiWynBond
    Posts: 932
    mtm wrote: »
    Does

    One Way Or Another

    work or is it a bit too trivial?

    One Day Or Forever
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited November 2023 Posts: 16,291
    That's nice.

    I saw Remember Me This Way the other day, which I thought sort of worked.
    But it is a Gary Glitter album.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited November 2023 Posts: 5,970
    I don’t even know if these titles work but I’m just spitballing:

    New Dawn
    No Good Deed
    If Only For Tomorrow

    The only ones I actually like fully are Role Of Honour (from the continuation novel) and Once Upon A Spy.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    Posts: 1,301
    Death Is never Permanent

    Swimming the Gauntlet

    Bloody Snow

    The Moguls of Death
  • BMB007BMB007
    Posts: 558
    Denbigh wrote: »
    I don’t even know if these titles work but I’m just spitballing:

    New Dawn
    No Good Deed
    If Only For Tomorrow

    The only ones I actually like fully are Role Of Honour (from the continuation novel) and Once Upon A Spy.

    "If Only For Tomorrow" rules.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    Posts: 6,264
    ChatGPT says (apologies if someone did this before in this thread):

    Certainly! Here are some new title ideas for a James Bond film:

    "Double Crossfire"
    "Shadow Protocol"
    "Diamonds and Deception"
    "Rogue Agent"
    "Quantum Reckoning"
    "No Tomorrow's End"
    "Vortex of Vengeance"
    "Fatal Mirage"
    "The Omega Gambit"
    "Infinite Espionage"
    "Deadly Resurgence"
    "Eclipse of Espionage"
    "The Syndicate Cipher"
    "Redemption Protocol"
    "Phantom Pursuit"

    These titles aim to capture the essence of espionage, action, and intrigue that are characteristic of James Bond films.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited November 2023 Posts: 16,291
    So it seems clear that it's just sort of taking other peoples' suggestions for Bond titles and collating them, rather than doing any sort of analysis as to what a Bond title is. Because if you look at a large number of them, they're often in the format of aphorisms, sayings. Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, You Only Live Twice, Die Another Day etc. It's why Never Say Never Again sounds kind of right: it sounds like advice, or a general truth about life being stated (sometimes but not always twisted in a way to make it antithetical).
    I expect if you add them up then the ones which are just describing a thing or a person (Octopussy, The Man With The Golden Gun etc.) might outnumber the aphorisms, but those still seem the more memorable and kind of uniquely Bondy ones.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    edited November 2023 Posts: 1,301
    NSNA is the best non Fleming title ever.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    Posts: 5,970
    BMB007 wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    I don’t even know if these titles work but I’m just spitballing:

    New Dawn
    No Good Deed
    If Only For Tomorrow

    The only ones I actually like fully are Role Of Honour (from the continuation novel) and Once Upon A Spy.

    "If Only For Tomorrow" rules.
    Haha glad you like it, I thought I'd create a title card for it...

    c8LPlD5.jpg
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 4,067
    Nice title card. I do like that title too, although I’d maybe get rid of the ‘if’. ‘Only For Tomorrow’ is a bit snappier.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,252
    Death, A Welcome Release.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited November 2023 Posts: 8,383
    007HallY wrote: »
    Nice title card. I do like that title too, although I’d maybe get rid of the ‘if’. ‘Only For Tomorrow’ is a bit snappier.

    I disagree, removing the IF makes it sound too simple and generic.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 4,067
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    Nice title card. I do like that title too, although I’d maybe get rid of the ‘if’. ‘Only For Tomorrow’ is a bit snappier.

    I disagree, removing the IF makes it sound too simple and generic.

    To each their own. It just sounds a bit too long with the ‘if’ for me personally.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,252
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    Nice title card. I do like that title too, although I’d maybe get rid of the ‘if’. ‘Only For Tomorrow’ is a bit snappier.

    I disagree, removing the IF makes it sound too simple and generic.

    I like it with the IF too, which are also the initials of our founder member, Ian Fleming.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,252
    Rosa Is My Relative.
  • TheSkyfallen06TheSkyfallen06 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    Posts: 1,089
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Rosa Is My Relative.

    Say hello to her for me.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,252
    TheSkyfallen06 wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Rosa Is My Relative.

    Say hello to her for me.

    Right between the eyes?
  • TheSkyfallen06TheSkyfallen06 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    Posts: 1,089
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    TheSkyfallen06 wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Rosa Is My Relative.

    Say hello to her for me.

    Right between the eyes?

    Why yes.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,291
    Between The Eyes is almost a nice title :)
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,397
    'Between the Eyes' is a great book about the brilliant illustrator/cartoonist Ralph Steadman, and theres an equally brilliant documentary about him which also could be a Bond title...'For No Good Reason!'
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,291
    That is a good title!
  • BMB007BMB007
    Posts: 558
    Denbigh wrote: »
    BMB007 wrote: »
    Denbigh wrote: »
    I don’t even know if these titles work but I’m just spitballing:

    New Dawn
    No Good Deed
    If Only For Tomorrow

    The only ones I actually like fully are Role Of Honour (from the continuation novel) and Once Upon A Spy.

    "If Only For Tomorrow" rules.
    Haha glad you like it, I thought I'd create a title card for it...

    c8LPlD5.jpg

    This rocks — thanks for making the title card!

    At first, I thought it was better without "if" but then I decided I liked the if because of the mystery of the word. "If" has chance to it, "if" is gambling.
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited November 2023 Posts: 4,506
    ''If only for Tomorrow'' there was peace, i using my licence to kill for what i get it for M and if that mean you stay in my way... M: Are you threaten me. Bond: If only for tomorrow. People must believe i no longer believe in you.

    I wish ''If only for Tomorrow'' you have thinking longer about your Hercules project, what are you thinking that you are god.

    Your beloved world is changing in front of you, tomorrow never lies. If only for tomorrow, i wish you see that too Mr Bond.
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
    Posts: 2,641
    If Only For Tomorrow feels very Bondian
  • Risico007Risico007
    Posts: 9,842
    I want fleming for Bond 26 simply put all previous actors had a fleming title for their first film (yes Goldeneye counts)

    It would be odd to break that trend with the 7th actor


    Why not The Diamond Smugglers as the title
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Orbis Rex.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 16,291
    King Balls?
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited November 2023 Posts: 18,252
    mtm wrote: »
    King Balls?

    It translates as "World King". I heard it on BBC Radio 4 the other morning when Armando Iannucci and Patrick Marber were talking about their new Covid pandemic play, Pandemonium. Of course former PM Boris Johnson said he wanted to be "World King" when he was a child. And we all know how that turned out.
  • Risico007Risico007
    edited November 2023 Posts: 9,842
    mtm wrote: »
    King Balls?

    Named after his father perhaps
    mtm wrote: »
    King Balls?

    Bolas 007
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,252
    Risico007 wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    King Balls?

    Named after his father perhaps
    mtm wrote: »
    King Balls?

    Bolas 007

    Balls, R.
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