Create alternative titles for the Bond movies

Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
edited June 2022 in The James Bond Films

Most Bond movie titles are great, but I think it would've been fun to come up with alternative titles for all of them.

I'll start with a few suggestions:

DAD: Icaros

QoS: Death leaves an echo

DN: Death in paradise (๐Ÿ˜)

FRWL; SMERSH

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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    edited July 2022

    I'm not sure Detente is a good title for an action movie. It's bit like calling it "Calm" or "Peace" isn't it?

    The other two are great!

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    edited June 2022

    LTK: Blood Runs Cold

  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff

    "Icarus" is a very apt choice of title for DAD. The Greek story of Icarus is about a son who doesn't listen to his father's warnings (General Moon tries to warn his son from his plans and is ignored) and flies too close to the sun. The satellite Icarus is explicitly referred to as a second sun. "Sun" is even part of the son's name.

    That's a fair amount of subtext for a film that's usually dismissed.

  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent
    edited June 2022

    I guess you could also call it 'COLONEL'S SON' ๐Ÿ™‚


    Or maybe FORTUNE FAVOURS THE GRAVES ๐Ÿ˜

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    edited June 2022

    Would these two work as alterantives to FYEO:

    Eye for an eye

    Risico

  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent

    Although now I think of it; his dad was a General. Well that spoils it ๐Ÿคฃ


    How about Skyfall becoming NEVER GO BACK

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent

    For YOLT we could use the title of a later Connery movie:

    Rising Sun


    Or a version of it:

    Blood Red Sun

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    edited June 2022

    OP:

    Dangerous Game (there is big game hunting in the movie, Bond is a dangerous prey and the cold war is a dangerous game)

  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters

    I'm sitting at my desk, and just above my computer screen are hanging posters for YOLT and OHMSS. As I looked at them, with their painted artwork and dramatic scenes I suddenly reimagined them is early 1950s disaster movies with titles like

    Volcano!

    and

    Avalanche!

  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff

    ๐Ÿ˜ So the next two would be

    "Satellite!"

    and

    "Alligator!"

  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters

    My alternative title for DAF (with some apologies to Raymond Benson):

    The Facets of Death

  • jclemzjclemz Posts: 85MI6 Agent

    AVTAK could simply be called: “James!”

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    edited June 2022

    ๐Ÿ˜‚


    Is changing TND back to "Tomorrow never lies" cheating? ๐Ÿค”

  • John from CorkJohn from Cork Posts: 111MI6 Agent

    NTTD : The End

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent

    The trailer will of cource be spoiler-free ....

  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent

    A few with real movie titles…

    DN: Mysterious Island

    FRWL: The Moving Target

    GF: The Bank Job

    DAF: Sin City

    TMWTGG: Duel

    TSWLM: Groundhog Day

    MR: Space Cowboys

    AVTAK: No Country For Old Men

    And I think OHMSS could only be called All The Time In The World.

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Westward_DriftWestward_Drift Posts: 3,085MI6 Agent

    Alligator would be the Harvard Lampoon version by  I*n Fl*m*ng from 1962, correct?


  • MI6_HeadquartersMI6_Headquarters Posts: 168MI6 Agent
    edited June 2022

    Dr. No: The Forbidden Evil

    From Russia With Love: One Missed You Die

    Goldfinger: When Gold Touches Death

    Thunderball: The Tropical Chaos

    You Only Live Twice: The Rising Sun of Blasphemous Power

    OHMSS: The Armageddon of Cold Love

    Diamonds Are Forever: Trails of Troubled Brilliance

    Live And Let Die: The Deception of Darkness

    The Man With The Golden Gun: Prisons of Eternal Pleasure

    The Spy Who Loved Me: Love Between The Borders of No Peace

    For Your Eyes Only: The Price Of Vengeance

    Octopussy: The Paradise Of Lies

    A View To A Kill: The Ascending Empire Devoid of Glory

    The Living Daylights: Heaven Inside The Iron Curtain

    License To Kill: The Belles Of Hell

    Goldeneye: The Two Faces of Temptation

    Tomorrow Never Dies: The Knowledge From A Tyrant

    The World Is Not Enough: The Heart's Pain Is A Dragon

    Die Another Day: Death of One's Self

    SkyFall: Only The Good Ones Suffer

    SPECTRE: The Resurrection of Broken Spirit

    No Time To Die: The Collateral of Lies


  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff

    If only! I'd love to see that filmed.

    You do know that the title you suggest for LTK was a possible Fleming title choice for OHMSS?

  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    edited June 2022

    Dr No:- The Dragon Of Crab Key

    From Russia With Love:- The Spectre Conspiracy

    Goldfinger:- The Man With The Midas Touch

    Thunderball:- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    You Only Live Twice:- Bond-san Zero Zero

    On Her Majesy's Secret Service:- The World Is Not Enough

    Diamonds Are Forever:- Diamonds Of Death

    Live And Let Die:- Dealt The Cards Of Fate

    The Man With The Golden Gun:- Fire A Golden Bullet

    The Spy Who Loved Me:- A Passion To Love, A Mission To Kill

    Moonraker:- The Doomsday Complex

    For Your Eyes Only:- To Settle A Score

    Octopussy:- Circus Of Subterfuge

    A View To A Kill:- Operation: Mainstrike!

    The Living Daylights:- Death To Spies

    Licence To Kill:- Vengeance Hard Won

    Goldeneye:- Know The Name And Number

    Tomorrow Never Dies:- Headline: Mayhem!

    The World Is Not Enough:- Never Die Today

    Die Another Day:- Ice Hard

    Casino Royale:- Win Or Lose, You Die

    Quantum Of Solace:- The Spy Who Never Left

    Skyfall:- Shot Taken

    SPECTRE:- The Eye That Sees It All

    No Time To Die:- Double-O Seven

    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent

    DAF: Carry On Camping

    AVTAK: Carry On Screaming (James!)

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent

    The only Bond film title I really dislike is Spectre. It's bland, and it gave away the reintroduction of Blofeld. It should have been called 'The Dead Are Alive', and they could have done away with the ridiculous title card that says that line.

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  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent
    edited July 2022

    That's not bad actually! ๐Ÿ˜ Yes it's a shame they couldn't have come up with a phrase which uses the word 'spectre' in some way, although I guess it's nice that 'Spectre' refers both to the evil organisation and to Blofeld himself, a dead man from Bond's past come back to haunt him.

    I wonder if 'The Dead Are Alive' was even perhaps a potential title and they wanted it in there somehow.

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    edited July 2022

    "Eidelon" is a new word for me, but why hasn't Rolls Royce made an Eidelon?

  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent

    That's a very good point! ๐Ÿ˜Š

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent

    There're a limited number of psynonyms to ghost, so it should happen sooner or later.

  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,119MI6 Agent

    Some very good titles in there @Shady Tree

    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,177MI6 Agent

    James Bond

    The Return of James Bond

    James Bond Strikes Back

    Bond is Back in Action

    James Bond in Japan

    James Bond: Special Agent

    James Bond Forever

    .... I get stuck after this.

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent

    "James Bond in Japan" is the title of YOLT in Norway ๐Ÿ˜

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