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Or the tabloids have. ;)
Thinly veiled, you say.
Love this.
Richard Maibaum, 13 movies.
Tom Mankiewicz, 3 movies (with credits, did uncredited work on Spy and Moonraker)
Bruce Feirstein, 3 movies
John Logan, 2 movies
Michael France ("story by" credit in GoldenEye)
Harold Jack Bloom ("additional story material" credit in You Only Live Twice)
I mean a debate with all of you apparently. Anyway, again, it's my upcoming debate about Bond 25 and the updates on MGM's new distributor and others.
You know what i mean my friend?
It seems we're the last rats standing on this issue, @Murdock. ;)
He said regarding the franchise: "...it will not be what you expect." Not: "...who you expect."
Who knows how serious Mendes is being. Maybe he doesn't like how all the media thinks that they know what's happening, hence this comment. Or his comments may have real validity. The latter I hope (maybe foolishly hope) for. I don't want a return to the Moore days of light hearted humour though, unless of course the actor can pull it off as naturally and as well as Moore. I don't know who could do this. Whatever happens in terms of the franchise's direction, the tone, the stories, whether Craig returns or doesn't return, or who will be cast as the new 007, nothing will surprise me.
It would be great if Craig returned but it does seem less and less likely. The tabloids do get it right at times. It would be fantastic if it was a massive smokescreen or if Craig who initially wasn't keen, suddenly changed his mind and we got this official announcement saying that Craig has returned and will be embracing his more serious side again like in Casino Royale. I certainly won't be getting my hopes up on this one though. :)
"I think it would really depend on what direction they choose to take with the franchise going forward. If it's to go in a more light hearted direction (like the Mission Impossible series currently is, or like how Bond used to be, and like how SP attempted to be), then Hiddleston would be excellent imho."
@bondjames Maybe I'm one of the few who thinks this, but while I do find some of Simon Pegg's jokes in MI funny, I don't really like how he has brought this comical, light hearted tone to the franchise. I find his performance as Benji in MI and Scotty in Star Trek, annoying a fair bit of the time. It feels too comical to me and not natural enough. The latest MI films in general are more light hearted but I think that Pegg has brought it all one step too far.
There may have been attempts to inject psychology and paranoia into it, but I still found it far more playful than anything we've got in the Craig era to date, at least in terms of how he reacted to such scenarios.
Asking Hiddleston to deliver a CR or QoS level intensity in particular is a different matter though - hence my point about direction impacting which actor is suitable.
I think we won't be going back to that early level of intensity for a while, but I could be wrong.
Yeah, I agree. The story had dark undertones but it was Craig's performance that was light hearted in a number of parts which to me, didn't really harmonise with the story. This movie was all about tradition and I felt that they focused too much on this and lost sight of the characters. I don't care as much though as the whole Blofeld back story was just stupid and too personal. He shouldn't have had anything to do with Bond's past. While Spectre is an entertaining flick, the Blofeld back story and lack of character movement were the main facets that hindered my enjoyment of this film. Craig's light- hearted portrayal was the third worst thing about this film but I didn't mind it too much. A Casino Royale Craig would have been better though.
I've never seen Hiddleston act. Must check out some of his stuff. What is worth watching of his? Wasn't he in a recent spy drama?