Page 1 of Bond 22 named - Quantum of Solace

A pretty crap name in my opinion. But as long as the movie is a good as CR then I can live with it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7206997.stm

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Surely there`s been a mix up and this is the Indiana Jones real title.

"Indiana Jones & the Quantum of Solace" sounds better than the s*** current title. Although "and the Kingdom of the Krystal Skull" (or whatever it is) must surely be a subtitle that should have gone to Harold & Kumar, leaving "James Bond Goes To White Castle"



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From wikipedia- about the short story.
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`Quantum of Solace` is not a spy story and Bond appears only in the background. Told in the style of W Somerset Maugham, the tale has Bond attending a boring dinner party at the Government House in Nassau with a group of socialites he can`t stand.

Bond makes an offensive remark after dinner when the other guests have left in order to stimulate conversation. This solicits a careful reply from the elderly Governor of The Bahamas who tells 007 a sad tale about a relationship between former civil servant Philip Masters stationed in Bermuda and air hostess Rhoda Llewellyn. After meeting aboard a flight to London the two eventually married but after a time Rhoda became unhappy with her life as a housewife. She then began a long open affair with the eldest son of a rich Bermudan family. As a result Masters` work deteriorated and he suffered a nervous breakdown. After recovering he was given a break from Bermuda by the governor and sent on an assignment to Washington to negotiate fishing rights with the US. At the same time the governor`s wife had a talk with Rhoda just as her affair ended. Masters returned a few months later and decided to end his marriage, although he and Rhoda continued to appear as a happy couple in public. Masters returned alone to the UK, leaving a penniless Rhoda stranded in Bermuda, an act of which he`d been incapable of merely months earlier. But Masters never recovered emotionally, his vital spark never relit. The governor goes on to tell Bond how after a time Rhoda married a rich Canadian and seems to be happy, telling Bond that his dull dinner companions whom he found so boring were Rhoda and her new husband.

While the story does not include action elements, as other Fleming tales do, it attempts to posit that Bond`s adventures pale in comparison with real life drama. Bond reflects that the lives of the people he passes somewhat superficial judgments upon can in fact hide poignant episodes.
I think the story expansion they used in Casino Royal will be used quite a lot. Or will they just nick the title?

I`m sorry, but that sounds rubbish IMO.

Perhaps its just the way its been written up in Wikipedia...but that doesn`t sound like a Bond film at all.

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Perhaps its just the way its been written up in Wikipedia...but that doesn`t sound like a Bond film at all.

Your making the mistake of linking Fleming`s Bond stories with the Film`s Bond stories.
All they do is take the title and the very basic premise and create a film.

Its what they did with the Bourne films. They dont match the books - excpet for a scene here and there.

You must be able to get a good anagram out of Quantum of Solace.

Try this:
Quote of calm anus

Maybe Bond turns gay?

Sounds like the name of an anime. ;)

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You must be able to get a good anagram out of Quantum of Solace.

Manque Taco Fouls - Bond gets the runs after a dodgy mexican.

Am a foul conquest - After sleeping with the bond girl, bond gets VD

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Ace Quantum Fools - Super Quantum Physicists who can`t open doors

Equal Foam Counts - A film about the equal rights of different types of foam

Ha! Some good ones there.

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A film about the equal rights of different types of foam
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