Thank you
I sure will
No, im going by memory , I remember The title THE APE OF DIAMONDS.
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That is a random title…
It’s not my favourite. More like an Avengers episode
Yes, it was the only one I could remember off the top of my head.
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There are a batch of Fleming chapter titles we used to discuss on the old forums as being possible film titles:
A Whisper of Love, A Whisper of Hate
The Belles of Hell
Hell is Here
Slay It with Flowers
… And there are many more.
Try reading this for inspiration.
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Fantastic
Thank you
Or this:
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I think A Whisper of Love, A Whisper of Hate is just too long.
A Whisper of Love would be better, IMO.
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Thanks Stromberg will definitely be having a look
Think A Whisper of Hate is better than A Whisper of Love.
As per my Emerald suggestion the Love option is Barbara Cartland
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Just really like making them up myself too. To get a Fleming title takes some thinking lol
Generally, some of the best Fleming titles are tweaked idioms:
You Only Live Twice (You Only Live Once)
Live and Let Die (Live and Let Live)
Diamonds are Forever (Nothing lasts forever)
There have been some good ones post-Fleming. Gardner had Win, Lose, or Die and Never Send Flowers. Benson’s best titles, I think, were High Time to Kill and Never Dream of Dying. I like both of Horowitz’s titles: Trigger Mortis and Forever and a Day (though FaaD is a fairly common phrase). I think the best unaffiliated Fleming titles from EON are Tomorrow Never Dies and Skyfall. No Time To Die is good too.
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Totally agree
I try a few, some work, some certainly do not
For instance; Robbery with Violets
Sapphire Arms
Terrorwrist
Apocalypso
Then I also went down the 'sayings ’ quotes:
The Middle of Next Week
You Can’t Win Them All
To Kingdom Come
The Last Line of Defence
Mourning Glory
Quater to Hate
Tender Loving Scare
Is it completely blasphemous to say that Never Say Never Again is Fleming-esque?
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Of course not
Decent title
When they sued Mike Meyers over Goldmember, one of my favorite alternate titles they had planned was Never Say Member Again.
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Yet they hot away with The Spy Who Shagged Me
And the movie within a movie in Goldmember was called Austinpussy.
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And yet Columbo had an episode No Time to Die and they never kicked up a fuss