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Only when addressed by another naval officer or by a member of the monarchy.
I left the police to work in insurance nobody still calls me officer.
He can be Commander whenever they want him to be so I don't really know what the discussion is about.
The question is about why they would now, he's no longer a serving naval officer so unless they want to do a story in which he encounters naval personnel who wish to call him commander it would be inaccurate for anyone else to refer to him by person as Commander Bond, perhaps if you are lost on the purpose of the discussion you should go back to the start of the thread and have a read through rather than be so nonchalant with your response.
I just don't see what the issue is, these are works of fiction that take liberties with the realities of life. Your man on the street doesn't care if addressing Bond as Commander belies a technicality.
Ritchie won't direct IMO.
I think Mendes will do another. I reckon after the few months off both Dan and Mendes will announce they will both return.
That is just a lethal combo. Imagine being sold insurance by a copper :D
Precisely.
I don't want to make this more difficult than it is but I truly want to understand.
Kudos to the producers by the way if they did indeed deliberately recognize Bond as no longer a RN officer. No clue how they could get that right but yet seem to have no idea who Blofeld is... Fleming's or theirs.
But anyway so only a member of the monarchy or a naval or former naval officer could refer to Bond as Commander Bond?
Just asking.
I would like a faithful YOLT adaptation... might be the best answer to recover. I don't Mendes has enough appreciation for the original material to do it properly. We need new.
Having said that, I did like Spectre.
yes, the monarchy enter the military from young age and technically its still the Queens forces she is still master and commander of the empire so it would be correct for her to refer to him as Commander Bond as he has served in her Navy. Charles/Andrew etc are all time served Navy men, Harry Army/RAF William RAF. Current and former Naval staff would also address former military personal by their rank its like a brotherhood even though you are no longer with them you address them by rank a sign of solidarity and respect.
See earlier post
"So any Bond film after 1994 had the issue to deal with Bond could not be Bond in the Royal Navy aligned intelligence service as it was now GCHQ MI6"
When TLD was made prior to intelligence being moved away from War Office and Navy to GCHQ MI6.
What makes you say that? Frankly I don't trust Mendes.
Why couldn't Bond keep his Commander title in the SIS as a cover for military payroll? If he dies, he was a Commander and there are records of him. Easy cover.
"It make sense for him to be in that line of work, he's a Commander, now let us get back to spying. Stop asking questions."
Was it like the original series?
Appreciate your response. Thank you.
Cause of what he started with Spectre.
I thought the same after seeing it.
I just want someone other than Mendes. Him coming back after Skyfall was a mistake. I liked QoS more than SP because at the very least QoS felt fresh to me. That's always been a huge part of the Bond franchise's appeal. One bad movie doesn't mean the next one has to be bad as well. I'm worried that Mendes coming back for Bond 25 will mean he'll try to finish what he started with SP and I'd love for them to just drop all of the plot points that were left open at the conclusion of SP.
There is no chance on Earth Ritchie would be the next Bond director, much to my dismay.
Just my predictions.
I've wondered about this as well. His last scoop was that Bellucci was indeed in the movie (a tweet before the Dec. 4, 2014 press conference). He's done nothing Bond-related since that I've seen.