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Hear, hear.
C'est la vie
Or sell it before Fleming's copyright runs out?
+1.,
+2, I would have only wanted to see QT’s CR adaptation. God forbid he would ever try to adapt LALD in his style! Spike Lee would have the ultimate fit! I would trust Christopher and Johnathan Nolan as writers, at least. We all know that CN would want to direct. As DV, I would trust him, but wait until after Dune is and see how big his name gets. EON won’t hire him if he gets too big, name wise. No matter where and who with next time James Bond goes, let’s just hope they don’t bring Neal Purvis and Robert Wade with them! When Martin Campbell did CR, he tried to fire them, for not strong material. Paul Haggis did the script as we like it.
I enjoy all of the Craig films, but where is the other content to engage and bring in new and young viewers? Growing up in the 90s/00s, the Bond video games is what got a lot of us in the 30-40 year age range into Bond. Prior to that toys, cars, board games, trading cards, etc. was a draw. Now it seems that we have only Craig and the brand is more tailored to upscale lifestyle, and clothing if anything.
Then again, while Disney or similar would reshape the marketing and branding of Bond, a far greater worry of the deteriment of the films would come into play which could jeopardize losing the existing fan base.
They can take the heat for a lot. The film could have come out quite a bit before the pandemic. First and foremost, they waited eons (no pun intended) for Craig to make up his damn mind and put all their faith into him in regards to making creative decisions and earning a producer credit.
Had they recast right after SPECTRE, we'd probably have another film by now and potentially another one in the works. This tells us something about the state of affairs at EON and that it's far from the business that Cubby had run.
Yes to all this.
The great Sir Sean often made really rude comments about the films - it was only in much later years that he started to talk more friendly about the character and the films.
I truly believe Craig likes the character and believes in the films they made - he put in A LOT into these films. But it clearly was and is the 007-scale media coverage he hated and some of the media definitely wanted to make him look this way. Look at that silly slash-my-wrists comment - everybody knows this was taken out of context and how often he said that he respects and enjoys the character and how much Barbara and Michael let him explore it and give it a new spin of his own. And it paid off, greatly. Yet he never did and probably never will be so easy and beloved with it like the late Sir Roger Moore was.
To the future of Bond: Look what Netflix is planning there with Ryan Gossling and Chris Evans. If you think a company like Apple with so much cash at their hand would buy the Bond rights ... I truly think this is more likely to be a path for future Bond movies, too. Released much closer after another again with a plan for a series right from the start.
I liked the Craig era second-best after the Connery era. I remain excited about NTTD. But I think Bond will never reach me as much as those 2 Bond eras did - One a young boy of 11 and the Connery films in their TV premieres ... and then grown up the Craig era. I may even drop off the Bond train if they would recycle the Fleming books in a streaming film series ... because I don‘t need that. But ... never say never. First we gotta see NTTD and then the Craig era is finally over and we shall see who and what come next.
James Bond will return.
They will not turn Bond into a Netflix movie series.
+1.
As for Bond himself, I would like to see a return to a more cultured 007, one who takes pleasure in the finer things in life - drinks, foods etc and a return to a more darkly comedic tone a la Connery - cruel but darkly humorous.
Craig Bond engages in drinks, food, fashion etc but its just there as window dressing, he doesn't comment on it or anything where as I do like it when Connery talks about the different cherry vintages in both DAF and Goldfinger. Likewise a return to the Bond "know it all isms" as seen in the earlier films.
I'd also like Bond Number 7 to just be Bond, we have had all the "Bond Begins" elements in the Craig era, leave them there. They worked great there and there's no need to rehash them with a new Bond. I do like the current MI6 crew, and as tradition would like to see them continue.
I agree. I'm a big fan of Gareth Mallory. Current Q and Moneypenny are fine too.
Spot on!
These are the elements I want to see return too. I'm totally done with personal angst and Team Bond in action. What I would give now for the next Bond film to have all the traditional elements back from the 60's to 80's era (without the silliness).
Bond going to M's office, flirt with Moneypenny, get briefed on a mission, pop down to see Q, and then off on an assignment. Nothing more. No Scooby gang in the field this time.
And Bond isn't going rogue anymore. He's just doing his job, after a villain with no personal connections, no revenge motive, no long lost brother. And no DB5 anymore (as much as I love that car).
We need a Bond film like this again. Stick in a few 100% adapted unused Fleming scenes too for good measure, woven expertly into the script Maibaum style. Job done!
And bigger guns
Maybe not this big, but a P99 instead of the ppk
But the PPK has such an iconic look about it.
Definitely! In Bond 26 our hero tries to shoot M, then he fights an octopus and then there’s a chase with old American steam trains, then he’s trapped in a garden of death! He escapes by helium balloon but loses his memory
;)
Is the scooby doo team involved in that plot too. :)
There is of course no way of realising that - and I sincerely hope the general situation of the world is very different by the time Bond 26 is released - but man could I use some escapism right about now.
I have no idea when I'll be comfortable going on a long distance flight again - and when destinations worth flying to are safe enough to do so - and then the whole "flight shame" thing will come back into play. So there's a chance Bond films will regain their appeal as "travelogues" to places the average person cannot visit. Actual destinations instead of homogenous luxury hotels.
PS: On a recent James Bond & Friends, they discussed when/whether media will start depicting our status quo instead of the way things used to be. Just imagine a socially distanced Bond...
Escapism without silliness is the way to go.
And more of this.......
Like Dr no type films
Yeah, a tricky situation. But we hope the best would be made out of it.
Indeed. Something of this ilk.
A man can dream. Seems so simple, getting back to this formula, but I fear it won't be the case. I worry we'll get more personal, brooding, rogue-like storylines with narrative threads connecting the films again, which is the last thing I want after this era. Just give me some standalone missions, please.