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Agreed. To many people Spectre feels like a closure to Craig's tenure. Having a stand-alone/one-off low budget period thriller would be great! It would not feel tackled on and they'd still be able to forget all the continuity mess from Craig's previous films.
Then have Bond 26 set in 2022 and go back to "regular service", as @Strog said.
50s/60s. Or how about just 1955? Boyle could go after a proper adaptation of Moonraker, for example (even if bits of it have been incorporated across 4+ films already). I picked Moonraker, because someone posted a quote from Boyle the other day where he said all his films were about people overcoming the odds. He's a Fleming fan. And while all the Bonds could be viewed very generally as one man overcoming the odds, for me Moonraker is the novel that comes to mind first in that regard.
But it could easily be an entirely original story set in the past.
I agree in general. Just trying to entertain some 'out there' ideas that at first glance might seem a hard sell to Eon.
I'm quite sure this is not what Boyle is thinking. But again if they wanted to do it for one film, I'm up for it.
Yes. Craig's Bond gets to drive off with Madeline, and Craig himself gets to do another film without being bogged down by the previous four.
While I never had a problem with Moores old age I can see why some did. Reason why fans don't rag on Moores look in FYEO & in OP is due to the stories. OP is a Roger Moore Bond film. No other actor in the series could pull off OP other than Roger. AVTAK seemed more like a Dalton story rather than a Roger story. FYEO is IMO an any Bond actor story.
Another noted exception is The Long Goodbye (1973) directed by Robert Altman, starring Elliot Gould, taking place in (contemporary) 70s Los Angeles. Worth seeing.
Another exception is Marlowe with James Garner from 1969. Seems up until Farewell My Lovely every film is set in the time it's made. I much prefer that character to remain in his 1940's era myself. I wonder when it will be set when Liam Neeson takes on the role?
As much as I would love it I agree most audiences probably would only enjoy it as a one off experiment. Many people I've met flatly refuse to watch any movies or television made before they were born, so it stands to reason they might not go for a period piece cold war Bond.
Pierce Brosnan also had the advantage of looking far younger than he was, in GE and TND especially.
Hmm could be worse.
If I were to give the 'perfect age' for the long-term Bond actors, it'd be Connery in Dr No, Moore in Live and Let Die and Brozza in TND.
Pierce was a little too fresh faced in Goldeneye.
Man he’s looking old. They’ll definitely need some “Hollywood magic” to make him passable for B25.
Pierce was 52 in the above photo, I think Brosnan could in a parallel universe played Bond into his fifties no problem.
Mark Obi Wan Renton Kenobi. Who else?
Broz was at his best physically in TND. He looked damn good.
Could be a leasurely sunday afternoon trip. I go to museums sometimes, it can be fun if you don´t stay too long.
Brosnan still looks good for his age, if you ask me. He could easily have played Bond at least for one more film without age being an issue.
I think it served the movie in GE as Sean Bean was young himself. A more mature Bond (Dalton for instance) would have made the villain less menacing.
You may be right about that. If the two films would have been made with a two-three year gap, then it would have been possible.