Best and Worst Bond film title

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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    If they're going to do a SPCTRE trilogy, they should have SPECTRE, SHATTERHAND and then BLOFELD.

    Blofeld would be just as boring of a film title name as Spectre. I don't care for the name Spectre either. How about The Spectre of Defeat, to quote Connery?
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    If they're going to do a SPCTRE trilogy, they should have SPECTRE, SHATTERHAND and then BLOFELD.

    Thats a good Idea {[]

    Shatterhand could be set in Japan, like in the YOLT Novel.
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  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    Quantum of Solace is my favorite film title. It has such a cold mechanical feeling to it (to go along with the bleak metallic futuristic vibe of the movie) and it's really unique. I've heard lots of people say they have no clue what the title means. Seriously? They either need to get a dictionary or step up their vernacular.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Quantum of Solace is my favorite film title. It has such a cold mechanical feeling to it (to go along with the bleak metallic futuristic vibe of the movie) and it's really unique. I've heard lots of people say they have no clue what the title means. Seriously? They either need to get a dictionary or step up their vernacular.

    Mechanical? Are you confusing the word "quantum" with "quantum mechanics"? It certainly has a cold feeling, but a cold feeling of despair. It accurately reflects Bond's emotional situation, but it's too bad the film didn't put any focus on that.

    I can't say it's a very exciting title.
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  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    It's a dichotomy. Quantum is a word with a scientific connotation. And solace is an emotional word.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    It's a dichotomy. Quantum is a word with a scientific connotation. And solace is an emotional word.

    Quantum just means a very small quantity. I can be about science, but it doesn't have to. You're seeing the word in the context you're familiar with it, but that's not the only way it can be understood. You're the one who brought up dictionaries.
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    It's a dichotomy. Quantum is a word with a scientific connotation. And solace is an emotional word.

    Quantum just means a very small quantity. I can be about science, but it doesn't have to. You're seeing the word in the context you're familiar with it, but that's not the only way it can be understood. You're the one who brought up dictionaries.

    Quantum just means quantity - any quantity, large or small... It's used as a legal term as much as a physics term, too. -{
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  • The Wicker ManThe Wicker Man EnglandPosts: 434MI6 Agent
    So what does Octopussy mean?
    I have got my dictionary but it's no use :D
    1.ohmss 2.cr 3.frwl 4.ltk 5.gf 6.tswlm 7.sf 8.op 9.tld 10.dn 11.lald 12.tb 13.fyeo 14.ge 15.mr 16.yolt 17.tnd 18.avtak 19.sp 20.twine 21.qos 22.tmwtgg 23.daf 24.dad
  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,236MI6 Agent
    Quantum Of Solace = A Degree Of Comfort
    1 - LALD, 2 - AVTAK, 3 - LTK, 4 - OP, 5 - NTTD, 6 - FYEO, 7 - SF, 8 - DN, 9 - DAF, 10 - TSWLM, 11 - OHMSS, 12 - TMWTGG, 13 - GE, 14 - MR, 15 - TLD, 16 - YOLT, 17 - GF, 18 - DAD, 19 - TWINE, 20 - SP, 21 - TND, 22 - FRWL, 23 - TB, 24 - CR, 25 - QOS

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  • OrnithologistOrnithologist BerlinPosts: 583MI6 Agent
    One thing's for sure which is that titles only get worse when translated.

    Some of them, while accurate, just sound stupid like "Stirb an einem anderen Tag" (DAD), while others are utterly confusing. How does For Your Eyes Only become In tödlicher Mission ("on a deadly mission")?

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    PS: Would like to hear some more absurdities from other countries.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,218Chief of Staff
  • WadsyWadsy Auckland, New ZealandPosts: 410MI6 Agent
    I say the best title is The Living Daylights, but that's just me
    1. FYEO 2. OHMSS 3. LTK 4. FRWL 5. TLD 6. TSWLM 7. GF 8. AVTAK 9. MR 10. DN 11. SF 12. LALD 13. TB 14. OP 15. CR 16. GE 17. YOLT 18. TMWTGG 19. SP 20. TND 21. TWINE 22. QOS 23. NTTD 24. DAF 25. DAD 26. NSNA 27. CR '67

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  • OrnithologistOrnithologist BerlinPosts: 583MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:

    Thank you! "James Bond in Japan" is about as un-imaginative as it gets :))
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