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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:33 am 
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Excellent choice, IMO. An original title of Fleming's that works well with Bond's condition at the end of Casino Royale; emotionally ravaged by his losses, he only has time for a "quantum of solace" before getting down to business against the mysterious terrorist organization behind so many of that movie's events. Everything I've read so far about the plot sounds awesome, and I'm looking forward to this movie more than any other this year. :thumbsup:

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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hAu ... qgfLa2UvPQ

http://www.eonline.com/news/article/ind ... ntry=index

286 days and counting.... :yay:

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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:40 am 
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I have trouble saying this title.

The guy behind me at Rambo said "The new Bond title is out. Quantum of Silence or something: :)

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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:40 am 
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I like the idea. I can hardly wait!

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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:45 am 
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Never read the original story. From what I understand it's not really what you'd call a "Bond story" at all. It's just about Bond listening to a friend talking about a couple's marital breakup. I'm sure all they're taking is the title a maybe a couple of character names. It still doesn't sound like a very catchy title for a blockbuster Bond movie. Ian Fleming's original works seem like they've been pretty well mined out at this point.

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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:49 am 
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I don't remember being this excited about a forthcoming Bond movie. Casino Royale and Craig's performance were incredible.

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From a glance at the subject I thought this was some kind of science thread. :)


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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
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Is that a legit poster or a photoshopped one?


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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:20 pm 
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Dunno. But it looks cool! :007:


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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:39 pm 
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That meddlin kid wrote:
Never read the original story. From what I understand it's not really what you'd call a "Bond story" at all. It's just about Bond listening to a friend talking about a couple's marital breakup.

That's accurate, yes.

"Quatum of Solace" was Fleming's attempt to write a story in the style of W. Somerset Maugham. It's not Fleming so much as "Fleming doing Maugham."

That meddlin kid wrote:
Ian Fleming's original works seem like they've been pretty well mined out at this point.

You would think so, yes. I'm astounded by how they keep going back to Fleming to find one little bit - even if it's just a scene - that they haven't tapped yet!

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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:17 pm 
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going back to mine original Fleming seems to be the magic behind the excellent Craig incarnation so whatever they have to do to keep this going, I'm behind it. Anything's better than going back to the old, stale, status quo.

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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
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I've never read any of Fleming's Bond stuff. Am I licensed, then, to watch this film?

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:04 pm 
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285 days and counting.... :yay:

Fixed! :thumbsup:

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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
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Darragh Greene wrote:
I've never read any of Fleming's Bond stuff. Am I licensed, then, to watch this film?


More often then not, you are better off if you can't compare the movies to the books. However, I am reading the books again.

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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
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I like that the story picks up within a couple of hours after Casino Royale ended. That certainly piques my interest.


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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:25 am 
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Kevin wrote:
284 days and counting.... :yay:

Fixed again! :thumbsup:

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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
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Kevin wrote:
282 days and counting.... :yay:

Fixed! :thumbsup:

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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:53 am 
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The joke's already old, Eddie.

(At least you skipped one day....)


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I liked Casino, mostly, and am behind the reinvention of movie Bond as a gritty badass, but this title is really awful.


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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:22 pm 
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Kevin wrote:
The joke's already old, Eddie.

(At least you skipped one day....)


If the joke's already old, I'd better not grind it into the ground.
If the board still accepted HTML, I could put up
a countdown which shows how many days are
left until the release date...

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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:13 pm 
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I wouldn't mind a countdown at all. Failing that, a bump once a month or so with an adjusted date would be fine.


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 Post subject: James Bond 22 is "Quantum of Solace"
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Hanzo the Razor wrote:
I liked Casino, mostly, and am behind the reinvention of movie Bond as a gritty badass, but this title is really awful.

Why?


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