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Either there is more decided than we are aware of or Waltz is unsure and just saying no.
They have been working on a script for quite some time now, haven't they? I can only assume it doesn't call for Blofeld and he's letting it be known. It's either that or an assumption of his.
I honestly don't buy that they'll try to hide Blofeld's appearance for two films in a row.
Interesting you have witnessed that Brady..for me SP was the ideal time to just let Blofeld get away,it would have given so much more credit to the film.
It's too late now though..CraigBond will have to finish on a high,hopefully on a baggage free stand alone mission.
They literally just released a movie saying that Blofeld and Spectre we’re behind everything that happened and they are still a big threat. Sam Mendes and the writers ruined Spectre. If EON can get it together then they could have a great last film for Craig. Why go to the trouble of connecting every film only to say oh this is a stand-alone...
Soo what about Madeline? Are they just going to forget about her and not mention her? They already established each film in Craig’s series is a follow up. If this was back in the day I wouldn’t care because they could get away with Bond and the girl at the end of the movie then not even mentioning her in the next...
@jake24 , I was curious about this back when it was first mentioned, so I looked it up, but forgot to post about it. This is the article from the Telegraph in which Purvis and Wade said Spectre closed off "a certain way of doing Bond". I presume their words on Bond 25 being "less personal" are from it as well, but unfortunately it's a premium article.
Is that the right article, @SirHilaryBray ? If so, could you perhaps post the whole Bond-related text for us?
Just as i said...agreed...i think we are looking at a one-off baggage free standalone...Daniel deserves this and the emotional freedom it entails.
I think they would've been better off keeping the same angle of SP without trying to bring back all the prior connections, even if that meant we lose out on Mr. White. Would've been great to have Bond and MI6 shocked by the prowess and secrecy of Quantum a few films prior, just to realize that was nothing compared to SPECTRE. Connecting the two didn't work for me, especially Silva being a part of it all.
I have to agree with you. Why go through the trouble of getting the rights to SPECTRE and then feature them in only one movie? I wanted another from Waltz. I'm so very disappointed if this is true.
I just hope Waltz is lying. And secondly, do they have a script then if he's not lying?
Yeah that’s exactly how I pictured it.
They randomly decided hey let’s conndct everything. I remember the producers saying CR and Qos were connected and that was it. So the big problem is that wouldn’t all of the Spectre agents still be out there?
I dont think the 'marriage' theory will be used,i think ,by this move with Waltz,they are heading for a big TSWLM type ending for CraigBond.
I hope not because they would have to kill her off. I could see a real Blofeld appearing (Mark Strong) and them saying Oberhauser was just someone from Bond’s childhood and they wanted to toy with Bond. Think about it.
The plots so far.
1) Finacing
2) Finacing
3) Killing M
4) Controlling all of the intelligence networks in the world. (Also killing Bond).
5. Blank
“So Oberhauser....He wasn’t the real Blofeld?”
“Right. You’re catching on.”
“A man from my past with a personal vendetta. Jealous over my relationship with his father?”
“Exactly. Case closed. Spectre operating in the shadows yet again..”
“It was a good plan Blofeld. Too bad it didn’t last.”
I swear I can write better dialogue than P&W is it really that hard?!
Speaking of whom, has anyone figured out what he's up to yet?
They have that premise already, otherwise I can't see why Craig committed. They've kept a great lock on it so far, and I'm sure that thing is guarded like Fort Knox due to what happened last time. You're right, we won't hear anything for a while yet.
If after all that retconning and continuity they quietly sweep SP under the rug for a stand alone Bond film with Craig (delaying an actual fresh start by probably the best part of a decade) then it better be a really good one to justify that. This news has really killed my enthusiasm to be honest. Seems like I should give up hope on getting anything close to YOLT.
Well he did star in the previous installment. We're merely die-hard fans on an Internet forum. He'd definitely be privy to that sort of information.
@bondjames, I've lost track. Seems like he's attached to a movie for a while and then he's not. The only thing he's attached to on IMDB is The Voyeur's Motel, but I could've swore that whole project sort of died out.
Thanks @Creasy47, that's what I thought. Yes, Voyeur's Motel fell through. I know he's got some theatre work but that's about it.
@bondjames, no worries. I thought he was attached to a live-action Disney remake at some point, too, but perhaps plans changed on that, too.
Exactly what i was saying....old heads think alike @Birdleson ..agree 100000%.
I know I will be called a blasphemist, but I strongly suspect that Craig would say yes to anything that delivers him the last really big paycheck of his career. Also it's not so that's his career was overcrowded with great quality scripts/movies, so I don't really there is real merit to the theory that he puts a Premium on quality scripts.
I get that, but it's not like SP wasn't successful. Reviews were decent overall, and it made more money than CR and QoS. I don't think the public would have cared if Bond 25 is a sequel or not as long as it's a good film. But to me it just seems weird to get Craig back if they do want a clean break, especially since SP seemed to wrap up that storyline so neatly. Plus on a personal level I'm annoyed that they seem to have missed the chance to do YOLT properly. Could be ages before they get that opportunity again.