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Lol I would like this too. I always love in the novels when Fleming tells us Bond let’s out one loud expletive here and there.
Dr No even has a 'F---' in it, I think.
Do people care at all?
Is it interesting it's only ever been M to say it?
Lending a different voice could be beneficial to the end product as Nick says, and also it could be a good idea from a PR point of view. Bond is increasingly viewed as a bit of a personification of the worst aspects of masculinity. I think Craig and NTTD did actually do good work to move that on a bit without betraying the character of Bond, but a female director may well be a good signpost to those who'd written Bond off of the new 007 being a worth a look. Probably not essential, but it could help- and if they're as competent as each other as you say, what's the problem? Eon have only just given up their 'the director has got to be British' rather than the best-person-for-the-job policy, and I didn't see anyone getting particularly upset about that.
To be honest, I don't really agree with the whole 'it should be the best person for the job no matter their background' thing: if you've made a choice to increase diversity then you've got to stick to it. There's no one single best person for any job anywhere: not even to play 007 himself, as we've seen many times over the years.
I don't love it. I swear regularly, but it doesn't feel right to me in the Bond movies. Even 'shit' in LALD and LTK feel extremely weird. I wouldn't want full-on nudity either.
But if it's gonna be done, the F-bomb in NTTD is pretty perfect.
I remember watching a Bond fan film on YouTube and they had their Bond sitting next to a woman who was completely naked laying on her front with her butt visible. Not a major thing, but it really drew a stark contrast between the class Bond films strive for, and how quickly it can become trashy.
:)) Yeah, and he started well, but in the 1980s, Octopussy in particular was unbelievably trashy, and LTK had the very childish 'oh look the O is an x-ray thing and you can see a nipple!!!!!!!' Oy vey.
Must admit I never quite got that! But the excuse was just so she could basically keep an eye on Bond, for Mallory presumably.
She was the best Bond girl in the last few films if you ask me, a shame she didn't really get much to do after SF.
I liked "don't touch your ear" in SF. At least it's a callback to a *recent* film.
Imagine Q saying:
"Now pay f***ing attention, OO7"
It makes me chuckle to think that's basically the book's equivalent of the iconic 'you expect me to to talk?' moment in the film.There's also a little moment in the DN novel if I recall correctly when he's going through the obstacle course and says rather loudly to himself "f_ck them all".
1 - Lazenby
2 - Dalton
3 - New Guy
4 - Brosnan
5 - Craig
6 - Connery
7 - Moore
Made me think of a question for the people:
Do you think we’ll ever get a remake of a Bond film that already exists, or do you think they’d ever re-use a Fleming title?
It's quite easy to imagine too actually, given how long it takes for them to make them these days plus the rumors they want to pursue an arc of some kind again, making a trilogy format appealing. 8 seems quite out of the question, so that should complete the cycle whenever it comes.
I think nothing's impossible although I'd be surprised if they do for a while. I guess a few of them have been unofficial remakes of previous ones already (AVTAK/GF etc.)
I don't get that. I want the next film to be directed by a capable director, whether male or female. Why does it have to be
But then we would be pushing a diversirty agenda. I just want a good Bond film. I'd be happy with a combination of both as long as the director is chosen out of artistic rather than political considerations. I can think of several female directors who I'd love for a Bond film, but because I confide in their skills, not because they are women.
Yep, and there's nothing wrong with that.
If the result is a good film there's no problem then. Perhaps some of those directors you mention have their sensibilities informed by their experiences as women in society and wouldn't be the same if they weren't women. It is an artistic medium.
Did it harm the Bond films that Cubby insisted on only British directors?
Was Cubby's instance on this perhaps (I'm only speculating) more an issue of money and convenience rather than necessarily artistic? I know John Landis was connected to LTK at one point, and of course Broccoli also considered American actors like John Gavin, James Brolin etc. for Bond. Seems exactly the sort of thing a producer would do/say to be honest. Insist on a particular demographic for these positions (again, because it works out cheaper or more convenient for them) and then claim it's for the purpose of representation. It happens even today.
Probably (I suspect a tax reason). But that's even worse isn't it? Putting money above the art?
If he really wanted to make the best films he should have been looking for the best director, no matter which country they were from.
But nothing is really as simple as that- there are always many angles to play. He'd have been thinking of the money, so he could spend more to put on screen. And also there's an argument that a British voice does give a unique sensibility to what are semi-British films and make them what they are. So there are all sorts of reasons why you would decide to pick someone from this or that background.
I only half agree with that statement, @mtm. Bond films, at least to me, are pure entertainment. Oliver Stone pushing an agenda? Sure. But not the Bonds, or at least not in my opinion. Obviously, there is nothing wrong with organically bringing diversity in a Bond, as we have seen in the previous couple of films, all directed by men I might add. All I am saying is that as long as it happens without things being too obviously engineered, I don't care. But if the film is designed to in-your-face promote a diversity project, I am not so cool with that. That is not what this series was made for, or so I think.
Rewatching NTTD, I fear some of the creatives didn't understand the essence of James Bond