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I’d be ok with a LALD remake, but updated to modern times. Too bad LTK took a lot of the book’s best parts.
FYEO nicked a great scene too.
Now there is something we can both agree on.
Peace. B-)
Yep, I looked at the wrong movie's Worldwide BO and the difference was roughly $162 million more, so a mistake on my part. =D>
https://the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/James-Bond#tab=summary
But Gary Oldman doesn't appear in the new movie. It's Jeffrey Wright playing Gordon. We also don't know whether The Batman will be a huge B.O. success yet.
I do think these Batman comparisons are misleading as none of the previous directors, writers have killed Batman off at the end of a movie, to then bring him straight back.
Why LALD? There are at least a handfull of films I would remake before that one. If remaking films is a good idea at all.
No worries :)
Yes, I said 'if'. It was a hypothetical debating point.
Well they've come very close to killing him, and provided a definite end to his story (I don't quite want to spoil anyone!), and then he was back in another movie four years later which was produced/exec produced by the same people (Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Michael E Uslan..), and David S Goyer had a writing credit on both. So it's a pretty good example, I'd say.
New takes on everything, from the gunbarrel to M's office- I think that's what I'd like now.
+1 keep it familiar but push it forwards again.
The latter half of Daniel's era relied too heavily on the iconography of the series, which at times felt jarring for a reboot
Exactly. Although I'm all for continuing traditions, there's ways to do it and bring something new to the table. Bond really doesn't need an Aston Martin in every film and he doesn't need to order a martini in every film. Bond does enjoy other beverages.
Agreed, if they want a strict continuity they have to have the major plot beats mapped out beforehand. It's not an accident that the best-liked Craig films were CR and SF, the ones that most stand on their own, while QOS and SP are not that well-liked.
This is where I think they should go too. Back to the novels, but start ditching the references to movies past. No more DB5's, no more nods or references to other Bond flicks, no homages. Make everything seem new and fresh again on the surface, but back to basics by using the decent unused bits from the books (and there is plenty, as I have mentioned several times before).
And no, this doesn't mean I want to see Bond fight a giant squid or smile at a nodding statue.
Same. I’ve loved the last few films but I think it’s time for another GE/CR equivalent, a film that completely reinvents it for a modern audience.
I’d like to see Bond in an electric car, I think that’d be a cool way of modernising things a bit. But to stay in keeping with character, maybe he doesn’t take it at first? He could get offered an electric Aston with all the usual bells and whistles. Gets in, switches it on, hates the sound, gets out and tosses the keys back to Q. Takes his own vintage Aston (not one that’s been in a film before; maybe one of those big, beefy 90s ones?) instead. Wrecks it in a chase, and after finally being forced to use the electric model for some later setpiece, he could decide it isn’t so bad after all.
I think the office definitely needs updating too. The current one was a great bit of fanservice at the end of SF, but I think it does look quite stately and old fashioned. Might be time for something more modern again. And can we move MI6 back to vauxhall cross too? I liked having that real world reference point.
I’d love to see the whole obstacle course adapted properly, giant squid included. If they wanted to go a bit more surreal and OTT next time then I think that could be great.
I think voodoo specifically might feel a bit derivative of LALD, but Bond vs some creepy cult could be very cool. I loved the bits in NTTD that tapped into horror, and it’d be fun to have another Bond film that flirted with the supernatural like that.
Well well well. It seems the giant squid is more popular than I thought. Quite a few on here like it more than I realised.
I guess it depends on how it is executed. If it's not done obvious CGI tacky, it could work well, particularly as part of the nightmare obstacle course, as you said.
I still say The Garden of Death would make for a great bond title along with Slay it with flowers
Perhaps and agriculture themed trilogy
Slay it with Flowers 2023
Never send Flowers 2025
The Garden of Death 2027
then again probably not ;)
Bond looking at the giant squid ;)
Agree with that. It is definitely possible. There are talented people doing spectacular stunts and posting them on YouTube or Instagram. EON should approach some of those. I am sure they would be overjoyed to contribute to a Bond film.
Have they got a good history for exclusives?
I can’t see a period piece ever happening because of how much they make from product placement. And that’s probably for the best imo. It’d never feel as authentic as the Bond films we have from that decade (even if they nailed the tailoring, sets, etc, it’d still be written with modern attitudes and dialogue), and I like Bond always moving forwards. I think that’s a big part of why it’s endured.
If they wanted to go a bit more old school though, then why not use the “new cold war”? China’s probably off the table because they’ll need the box office, but Russian villains could be cool. I always found SMERSH much more intimidating than SPECTRE in the novels. Those passages in Russia in FRWL are just dripping with atmosphere and menace, and the films have never really dared go there.
Could be feel topical and relevant too, with cyber attacks and Russian interference in elections and everything. I wonder if that’s what Danny Boyle wanted to do with his Russian villains? I was really happy with Fugunaka’s work on NTTD, but I’d still love to see what Hodge and Boyle could do with Bond. It seems like the creative differences were down to how to finish Craig’s story, so maybe they’d be more suited to a reboot.
I personally wouldn't want a 60's era Bond again because that will always been Sean Connery
I must admit I am nervous with the future of the series, because the world has changed so much in the last few years, I can see the producers changing fundamental parts of the character to appease modern sensibilities. I hope they hold their nerve, like they did brilliantly with keeping NTTD in cinemas. Time will tell
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