My initial reaction to the new James Bond title announcement

[andrewducker]

Which is, for those of you not paying attention, "Quantum of Solace"

It's a terrible title, even if Fleming came up with it himself.

Over on instant_fanzine applez demanded that there be an evil genius with a quantum device. To which my response was to demand a scene with the following dialogue:

"Are you alive Mr Bond? Or are you dead? Soon we shall open the box and see! Bwahahahaha!"

Comments

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

I don't really know why they bothered using that title. Yes, it is the title of an Ian Flemming short story, but the film is going to bear no resemblance to the original story. Not least, because in it Bond is only a minor character. 90% of it is set at a dinner party with another character espousing his thoughts and theories on love, which include a mathematical formula to calculate the strength of love, hence the title. It is really just Flemming's attempt to write about his thoughts on love and relationships, which are frankly rather depressing.