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I would have thought that a seasoned vet who's been around long enough to remember and comment frequently on the apparent travesty (by your own accounts) of most of Roger Moore's tenure would understand that. Afford me a little leeway here why won't you kind sir?
I don't have easy access to his work, but I am in the process of seeking it out and will have a more informed opinion at some point in the near future. Hopefully at that point you will think of me as less unresearched.
Why if I may ask :-(?
1 George Lazenby
2 Timothy Dalton
3 future Bond No 7
4 Pierce Brosnan
5 Daniel Craig (doing Bond 25 and then resigning)
6 Sean Connery
7 Roger Moore
I like numbers and number games.
This thought occurred to me long ago that it would be fascinating if Craig did a fifth.
Because then I'm certain the next Bond will do 3 and then be replaced.
2018 Bond 25
2022 1st with new actor
2026 2nd with new actor
2030 3rd with new actor
I think Moore stayed on for 1 too many, as OP would have been an all time high after 10 yrs in the role. Connery went out after 9 yrs (but with a gap in between). Brosnan could have done one more, it's true, but DAD was a good time to pack it in.
If they want to make a direct sequel to SP, then Craig of course should return. If they are going for a standalone, then cast someone new imho.
Sorry, but I think Brosnan would disagree with you about that working out for him. Something tells me if you asked him how he felt about doing only 4 films before being randomly shuffled out, he'd be experiencing every other state but contentment in response. But in the disarming sort of way that Irish charm always resonates. ;)
Seen objectively Roger maybe did one too many, but personaly I'm happy he did AVTAK. Its kind of fun that he will probably hold the record forever/a very long time.
This site reported he had 2 more AFTER Skyfall (so Bond 25 is his last). WILL STAR IN AT LEAST 5
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/craig_five_bond_movies_deal.php3
Also, multiple reports of Michael Wilson wanting him to do 8...
http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/daniel-craig-to-become-longest-serving-james-bond/255888
The time is right for a black James Bond, and Eon producer Barbara Broccoli might be brave enough to hire one, said writer/director Paul Haggis, kicking off Friday’s Script to Screen Summit presented by Winston Baker here at Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18).
Haggis, who wrote the screenplays for Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace, noted he had no connection to Bond anymore but he said “I would go for a black Bond.
“Barbara [Broccoli] is really brave, and so is Michael [G Wilson], I think she might do it. “ He added that Broccoli already proved her bravery “and took a lot of heat” in hiring Daniel Craig as the first blond Bond. “She just didn’t care, she’s very brave, she’s wonderful.”
Don't see why. It all depends on a very good story....and some renewed energy.
If everything is so quantity-based...arguments wise, like "4 is a good number" and "three years gaps", I think we loose the essence a bit of what makes a good Bond film. And that has nothing to do with age, production gaps or simple quantity sums.
A good Bond film can always be made, regardless of 'gaps' and other quantity figures. I honestly believe in that. With or without Craig, long run or not, old or young. Just look at what Tom Cruise is doing with his "Mission: Impossible"-franchise. Or what Robert Downey Jr. is doing.
In many ways, the post-"SPECTRE" period reminds me a lot of the post-"OHMSS" period. I just read my Helfenstein book, about OHMSS. And especially the last chapter (about critics and reviews) reminds me so so much of the fallout with regard to the SonyLeaks and remarks like "I slash my wrists".
Sorry, I don't buy it. At times we're quite a bit spoiled brats in here who also facilitate all that fallout. Yes, Craig needs to mind his words. But is there not one fan who fiercefully supports Daniel Craig to do a 5th?
So, in my humble opinion, Bond is more than ever a kind of an ensemble cast film.
If Daniel leaves the franchise, then we will have a complete reboot. For that, they will try to keep him for one or two films more.
The reason Craig has to go is that SP was a huge mess. A mess they could not ignore if Craig returned, since Bond's life was very much altered in that film. Just like a decade ago, it's time to go back to basics again. Bond 25 has to be a mean, lean and sexy movie, and I don't mean Casino Royale lean. I mean Dr. No lean. Smaller budget, fewer locations, a young Bond, less spectacle and more thrill.
Hey @Rossi. Nice to see you around here :-).
You are mentioning a valid point here though. The MI6-team: 'M', 'Q', Moneypenny, Tanner. The SPECTRE-team: Blofeld. They all vanish when Craig walks away?
In all honesty, I think Ben Whishaw should stay. And if they all leave, that's quite a big 'blood-letting'. And it would immediately lead to a new reboot. And I don't think that's what the Bond franchise needs.
Let the Marvel-guys, DC Comics and all of Hollywood indulge in this uncreative instrument of....rebooting when creativity is all gone.
Bond is an ongoing thing.....and it is of my honest believe that we should slowly breathe out the continuity part in the next Bond film, so that Bond #25 is an open ended film, and that a new actor can walk in....preferably with the same MI6-team.
I honestly think people are not ready yet for another....reboot. Look what happened to "Batman vs. Superman". Zack Snyder tried to copy-paste the first half of his film by having Christopher Nolan in mind. It fell flat.
@Creasy47, by that point acting will be outsourced to crazy life-like CGI models, so we can just have a computer created Sean Connery replace any other actors as Bond instead for the rest of our days. There could even be settings at each movie theater in the future that would allow you to customize what Bond actor you want in the role for every film. The dialogue and actions Bond makes in the film would stay the same, but computers would've already created a way for each of the Bonds to be the star of the movie based on preference, and their voices and likenesses would carry over perfectly. You could watch Brosnan in the film, I could watch Sean, @DaltonCraig007 could see Roger. This is the future!
I'd love for Dan to match Roger's film number, but if it doesn't happen, I'm glad the record will be in Sir Roger's hands for a considerable amount of time more, and maybe even forever at this point unless EON and MGM's release schedule alters considerably.
I'm proud Roger gets that honor, though, as he's far and away been the biggest ambassador of the series throughout his days in the role and decades outside of it, doing events, meeting fans, attending Bond celebrations and being supportive of the vitality of the franchise in general. A true gentleman in every sense of the word, and we've been blessed to have him.
Sorry, but what a load of crap. A Bond soundtrack that doesn't feature different instrumental versions of the theme song should not be nominated. That is an insult on Bond music and on what Barry achieved in all of soundtracks he composed for Bond. And that man was not nominated once for his Bond work. The academy should present John Barry a public apology and retroactively cancel Newman's nomination for SF.
I say this as someone who enjoyed SF's soundtrack, but let's be realistic. Barry not only created 11 unique soundtracks, but he worked his ass off composing new arrangements of the Bond theme, and weaved each film's respective theme song thanks to several different versions in the soundtracks.