Defamer
You may now stop referring to the next installment of the recently "rebooted" James Bond franchise as Bond 22 (or, if you were still so tantalized by images of Daniel Craig emerging unclothed from the surf that you hoped they'd continued on in this beefcake direction, How To Stuff A Wild Superspy Mankini); earlier today, the Official Keepers of the Tuxedo revealed the name of the upcoming film : Quantum of Solace, a title taken from an Ian Fleming story. "We thought it was an intriguing title and referenced what happened to Bond and what is happening in the film," explained producer Michael G. Wilson.
Continued Barbara Broccoli, "It is not a revenge movie. It's a lot more complicated than that. It has lots of action but it also deals with the inner turmoil Bond is feeling." Our knee-jerk reaction is that it's not as immediately catchy as previous Bond offerings, but we complement the team for not succumbing to studio pressure and going with something more obviously focus-grouped, like Melancholy is Forever, which really would have popped off a one-sheet close-up of a devastated 007's sad, betrayed eyes. [AP]
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I feel bad for Barbara - Broccoli had to be a helluva surname growing up. "Ewww - It's Barbara Broccoli..." I can imagine the schoolyard taunts now.
@DuckyDoom: It's not her name, it's her late husband's, Albert "Cubby" Broccoli, who had been producing Bond movies for ages. He was fairly famous, and rich, so I doubt he had to care much about people making fun of his last name.
Quantum of Solace. What the fuck does that even mean? He gets a really nice hug from a hot nuclear physicist?
@Sweet Panda Love: It sounds like a really bad gay bar in Alpha Centauri.
They should have stuck with "Prognosis: Negative!"
Team Mankini!
@Sweet Panda Love: It means the film will only tend to be entertaining.
Nerd joke! Nerd joke!
Actually, it was her name growing up. Barbara Broccoli is the daughter of the late Albert "Cubby" Brocolli. Her father turned over Eon Productions to Barbara and her father back in 1990, and Goldeneye was her first.
She used to accompany her father on the location shoots, so I guess having the name Broccoli had its compensations. ;-)
"We thought it was an intriguing title and referenced what happened to Bond and what is happening in the film." Obviously they should have waited for the writers to return to work...
@procrastinator, esq.: I stand corrected, but I still maintain that'd suck...
Isn't a 'Quantum of Solace' what the Studios are offering the WGA?!
So how about we go home and I quantum the solace out of you? (Is this old yet? I'm on the fence.)
@Abacus Finch: Oh, old like a good vintage.
A "Quantum of Solace" would be the smallest "unit of solace" possible. That's not much. ;-)
Barbara Broccoli is the daughter. Dana Broccoli was his wife.
I kind of can't wait to hear Mr. Moviefone say this one. A Quuuuuantum of So Lace. Press one NOW.
@Double Banger: Or it could mean that this film leaps to another level.
@Abacus Finch: @CrankYank: Hell to the no! Not old yet, I just read this post and thought of the exact same line . . . it's a modern classic, Defamer-style.
Quaaludes and Cialis? What the hell kinda bond movie is that?
I'm glad they used something from Fleming, but this title doesn't exactly sing, does it?
The title means that Scott Bakula gets a cameo resulting in a harmonic convergence of all the past their prime franchises.
Wasn't this the name of a Pontiac?
Whatever - so long as Craig whoops the fuck outta everyone in the room, and it has lots of 'splosions - I'm in.
I can't wait to hear Amy Winehouse singing "Quantum of Solace" during the credits...
@capncalamity: Nononononononononono...
And yet, so on the money...
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