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Until someone is recognized as a villain by both sides, and both sides insistently, this figure either side speaks of, whether it's the liberals who allegedly complain how much of fascists conservatives are or the conservatives horrendously antagonizing the liberals by calling them delusionals, shouldn't be touched. Otherwise, you're just declaring war. And that's not what a Bond film should be about. Should it?
Well, I can tell you've been helping on my paper!
If Bond is partisan, it should at least be in ways that are true from the books. Like being a nationalist, chauvinist, etc.
Seriously, if they want to ensure the film's longevity with the public over time they should stay away from reality. The world is too political and polarized these days anyway, and I don't want Bond wading into this.
These idiots should just make sure they give us a villain for the ages (irrespective of current affairs). They should go watch Die Hard or something and hopefully Rickman inspires them.
I've always found that Bond is kind of an eternal figure anyway. Sex, alcohol, quips, guns, gambling etc. These are all pretty non-era specific elements, no?
Trump is a hero. He took on the entire global elite; the mainstream media, the established Right, Left, nearly every single political figure of power, not to mention the financial banking globalists who are crapping their pants right now and beat them! If you don't agree, you know nothing about history and haven't been paying attention to politics your entire life. The system is/was a corrupt cesspool of special interests and scumbag criminals.
NO POLITICAL DISCUSSION IN THIS THREAD PLEASE
That's pretty old now - I think everyone has made up their mind where they stand on it. I'm talking about something out of left field.
Mendes will follow.
Then Craig.
And Newman.
oh Dear....
One way of putting it (JOKE)
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In regard to Connery, yes, very true. My mother always said that he was notably more handsome when he hit his fifties. Well, if I remember correctly, I don't think she thought he was that handsome when he was in his thirties. She did though once he reached his fifties. The rate at which he aged slowed right down when he reached his fifties too,whereas, when he was in his 30's and 40's he aged pretty quickly.
It's a funny thing age. I turned 40 in January and at the risk of sounding immodest, people tell me I look around 27 on average. My mother is 67 and looks around 55. My father is 70 and looks around 55 I would say too. My parents have always looked young for their age along with my sister. A part of it is to do with what you eat and generally how you live your life but most of it is in the genes. Anyway, who knows how Craig will age. Maybe he will start looking a lot older or maybe he'll remain relatively timeless for a while.
I don't see any filter on Spectre's gunbarrel.
I think the former. ;)
I liked that the author knew his Fleming, and I thought his main points were all solid:
01. Get rid of Madeleine Swann by having her dump Bond in the first act.
02. Redeem Spectre's mishandling of Blofeld by giving the character a good reintroduction (he must be thirsting for revenge after Bond put him in prison) that doesn't rely on that stupid backstory.
03. Return to Fleming by making Blofeld an elusive master of disguise and evasion.
04. End the Craig era by having Bond "die" during his final confrontation with Blofeld, just as Bond "died" in You Only Live Twice. Craig's replacement as Bond will then return from the dead as a new man, as Bond did in The Man With the Golden Gun.
Don't forget subtly anti-American. And as Milton Krest and the Spang twins demonstrate, Fleming had an abiding hatred of vulgar American millionaires.
They went out of their way to make the whole ending so vague that we can interpret it any number of ways. Was Bond leaving or was he just going on a holiday? Just because he doesn't kill Blofeld doesn't mean he's leaving the service. Throwing his gun in the river could be a heat of the moment decision but doesn't need to have any more significance than that. An argument can be made that Maddy's whining in London prior to the finale may suggest that Bond was leaving the service for her, but who's to say she didn't change her mind? After all, she's a woman, and it's a female prerogative. Perhaps after he saved her life she reconsidered her stupid ultimatums.