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Galen Murphy-Fahlgren
Master Film Handler

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From: Canton, MI, USA
Registered: Oct 2007

posted 09-25-2008 11:06 AM

Here's a fun game: go to the Merriam-Webster word of the day site and pick any random two words and join them with any conjunction, you'll have a new Bond title at least as good as Quantum of Solace. Try it! I think this may be how they came up with this title too!

Also, I hate Bond movies. I liked them when I was a kid, but then I watched Live and Let Die, and that 13 minute boat chase scene opened my eyes. Now I hate them.

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Tim Reed
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From: Northampton, PA
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posted 09-25-2008 02:10 PM

Opened your eyes to what? That movies aren't real? [Razz]

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Christian Appelt
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Frankfurt, Germany
Registered: Dec 2001

posted 09-25-2008 05:31 PM

In the late 1980s, German distributors began translating Bond titles more closely. Before, they had either invented a new title or modified the original title so non-english speaking audiences would understand it.

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER became DIAMANTENFIEBER (Diamond Fever),
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS became DER HAUCH DES TODES (Touch/Breath of Death)
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY became IN TÖDLICHER MISSION (Deadly Mission)
A VIEW TO A KILL became IM ANGESICHT DES TODES (Facing Death)

When they translated the original titles almost verbatim, this gave some unpleasant results because each language has its distinct character.

TOMORROW NEVER DIES has a nice rhythm, its direct translation DER MORGEN STIRBT NIE appears somehow clumsy to German ears. Just like STIRB AN EINEM ANDEREN TAG for DIE ANOTHER DAY.

But never have I seen audiences remain so silent after a Bond preview trailer like after the title EIN QUANTUM TROST (Quantum of Solace) appeared on the screen. This must be the dullest and least exciting title ever used for a Bond movie, no matter what Mr Craig thinks. He is paid well enough to like any title they come up with. [Smile]

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Brian Guckian
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From: Dublin, Ireland
Registered: Apr 2003

posted 09-25-2008 07:42 PM

LOL - the producers will have the last laugh...since clearly the obligatory pre-credits sequence must be set in the new Large Hadron Collider facility in Switzerland!!!!

(INT. LARGE HADRON COLLIDER DAY)
Bond confronts stock-in-trade deranged BOND VILLAIN
BOND VILLAIN: "So Meester Bond - now your distinguished career comes to an end!"
A FIGHT ensues. Shortly, Bond THROWS BOND VILLAIN INTO the particle accelerator and throws a switch! BOND VILLAIN is accelerated to close to the speed of light and is vapourised!
BOND: "And they say speed kills"

"Quantum" of Solace - geddit [Big Grin]

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