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I have never heard of "A View to a Kill" being a typo. I thought the "From" was dropped on purpose. I know that TND was the result of a typo. TNL would have been much better.

you're probably right, but why would they choose to drop the word and render the phrase meaningless?

in those other cases, I agree Fleming's intentions are meaningless once the filmmakers decide to replace Fleming's story with another plot. They should still find a way to make the title relate with to the content of their new story, and I would prefer something more thoughtful than simply naming a woman Octopussy or an evil organization Q.U.A.N.T.U.M.

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This movie title is hotly debated because it's so bland and uncontroversial  ajb007/biggrin

This couldn't be more true!

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Re: No Time To Die

caractacus potts wrote:
Matt S wrote:

I have never heard of "A View to a Kill" being a typo. I thought the "From" was dropped on purpose. I know that TND was the result of a typo. TNL would have been much better.

you're probably right, but why would they choose to drop the word and render the phrase meaningless?

in those other cases, I agree Fleming's intentions are meaningless once the filmmakers decide to replace Fleming's story with another plot. They should still find a way to make the title relate with to the content of their new story, and I would prefer something more thoughtful than simply naming a woman Octopussy or an evil organization Q.U.A.N.T.U.M.

I don't see how "A View to a Kill" has any less meaning without "From".

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Matt S wrote:
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This movie title is hotly debated because it's so bland and uncontroversial  ajb007/biggrin

This couldn't be more true!

Well, it has created buzz.

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Matt wrote:

I don't see how "A View to a Kill" has any less meaning without "From".

then I concede I don't know what it means.
Isn't "from a view, to a kill" referring to two actions taken by a hunter, in sequence?
First you view your prey, then you kill your prey.

is the "from" implied in the film title?
is Bond hunting Zorin? (I guess, that's his job, but the same is true in every film).
Is Zorin or Mayday hunting someone? increased market share for microchips is their goal, albeit by killing millions of people to manipulate the supply. What is the kill? Are they going to make a killing in the marketplace, is that "the kill"?

within the film, the line is spoken when Zorin and Mayday admire the view over San Francisco, and I don't think it means anything there.
Zorin: "what a view!" Mayday: "...to a kill!"
It always sounded like a non-sequitir to me.

But maybe I'm misunderstanding their dialog, and I wouldn't mind if somebody patiently spelled it out to me.

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So even if it might be bad marketing, it's brilliant marketing.

EDIT: Potts, I think that parodying the series itself had gotten so far up its schtick that they wanted that line to feel forced.
Unless of course, this is supposed to serve as irony because Zorin even though he means San Francisco will be destroyed by his attack, he himself dies on the Golden Gate bridge they're overlooking.

I'm putting way too much thought into this, I'm sure.

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Greetings all - been ages since I posted but I couldn't stay away now we actually have a title!

I love NT2D.  The last two movies have had single word titles, so it was time for a "sentence".  There is (kind of) a link to Broccoli, from that 1958 film, but I also think it sounds like an homage to teh Gardener/Benson novels of the 80s and 90s.

Either way I think it works and can't wait to get back into AJB007, debating, discussing and getting NT2D news.

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I love the NTTD title and it's actually my favourite original title. I'm not totally sure why though. It sounds really cool to me and very Bond - it doesn't just hint at the danger in his life, but that he's a man on the move who has stuff to accomplish both in his missions and with his enjoyment of finer things.

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No time for Lea to die....

Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool. Craig is too.
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I love the NTTD title and it's actually my favourite original title. I'm not totally sure why though. It sounds really cool to me and very Bond - it doesn't just hint at the danger in his life, but that he's a man on the move who has stuff to accomplish both in his missions and with his enjoyment of finer things.

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005 wrote:

I love the NTTD title and it's actually my favourite original title. I'm not totally sure why though. It sounds really cool to me and very Bond - it doesn't just hint at the danger in his life, but that he's a man on the move who has stuff to accomplish both in his missions and with his enjoyment of finer things.

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Well, I hated spectre and I'm not a fan of Skyfall as films. So perhaps not.

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zaphod99 wrote:
005 wrote:

I love the NTTD title and it's actually my favourite original title. I'm not totally sure why though. It sounds really cool to me and very Bond - it doesn't just hint at the danger in his life, but that he's a man on the move who has stuff to accomplish both in his missions and with his enjoyment of finer things.

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Well, I hated spectre and I'm not a fan of Skyfall as films. So perhaps not.

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Just watched an episode of The Saint, its title 'A Time To Die' - (Series 6 Episode 8), won't spoil it for any one but might be interesting to see comparisons to the plot of 'No Time To Die'.

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Enjoying Death wrote:

This is the title of B25!

https://youtu.be/ChJ_afRiUzo

Happy anniversary, NTTD ajb007/smile

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lol  ajb007/lol  ajb007/lol

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Perhaps rename it to " Long Time to wait " ajb007/wink

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YouTube Historian Lindy biege just released a 38 minute video based on his trip to Matera which I would recommend watching. There isn't that much Bond stuff in it but with Lindybieges fun style and well researched information it was quite fascinating. Sounds like the Bond team not only chose a stellar location but, once again, tapped into an up and coming tourist location
Here's the link.
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