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Reduce the involvement of the MI6 team, Make Mallory give Bond his mission, keep the foreign locations to 2 and use them well. Let's see a great story involving that African War lord that Logan came up with and let's get some hard hitting and innovative action. No more db5, no more wasting talented and beautiful leading ladies and no more half arsed love scenes. Bring in a new director and new writers and a bloody new composer!
@doubleoego, I'd enjoy seeing that. I loved SP, but I wouldn't mind seeing something completely detached from the last few installments.
My preference, as stated before, is to dump this storyline, go for a standalone sendoff for Craig, and come back with a properly imagined Blofeld without family connections for the new actor at some point in the future.
He was placed under arrest sure, but that doesn't automatically mean prison time.
M can make some accusations towards Blofeld but without strong evidence to back it, he's free to walk and Blofeld could easily spin it and claim M was trying to abuse his power to have Blofeld killed because of the 00 Section being shut down. Sure Nine eyes might have failed but Blofeld can use his expertise to have M and the others discredited and given tarnished reputations.
Maybe they can do the opposite of OHMSS - this time, no one recognizes Blofeld despite the events of SP. So Waltz is free to do anything he likes until Bond and MI6 remembers that this fella was responsible for all the mayhem in SP.
When he is next revealed in B26, it's with a new actor.
This! I like SF and SP but am now longing for a CR type of movie.
Doubt it will happen though.
I mean it's hard now to even enjoy the previous Craig entries knowing they are tied to SP.
Maybe it's because I've just had a kid, but I can't subscribe to this negative hysteria. I think some of you need to get a bit of perspective.
I'm warming to the idea of Madeleine not appearing but I think it's not likely since they made her so important in the end. (Then again, no one seemed to ask what happened to the likes of Kara Milovy and Tatiana Romanova by the next film.) Onscreen she's likely to die or be revealed as a sleeper Spectre agent. Blofeld, however, is begging for a follow-up.
That would be a disaster, makes no sense after SP.
My Idea: Blofeld espace in the PTS, after that she changed her name (Tracy), Bond goes on Mission, hunting Blofeld and destroyed Spectre. And in the End of the movie he is marrieng Tracy, that would be the best ending for the Craig Films
Let's say Blofeld has people working for him on the inside in which ever prison he's being sent to or has people that are part of his transport detail; it's nothing new, we've seen this a gazillion times before but to keep audiences interested and invested the film makers have to make it worth the while of audiences to be interested. The execution of conveying these scenes needs to be done in a way and a style that the Bond films havn't employed before.
I think EoN are lacking a clear and consistent action plan in moving forward and it's no surprise that their biggest creative risk which was also the biggest departure from the safe, conventional way of doing things also happens to be one of the series' all time best and one of the best films ever made in CR.
I'm of the opinion that EoN are to a degree mismanaging the heritage and goodwill of the Bond brand. The Bond name isn't enough and where they really abused the power of the brand name during the Brosnan era, they're making similar mistakes again with the Craig era. This is a rebooted era for crying out loud so why Mendes is adamant with reliving the past so extensively is beyond me. Mission Impossible is flourishing because with every outing they take calculated risks in bringing the sort of spectacle and entertainment it does so well. The fast and furious movies have evolved considerably and audiences have largely responded favourably to it. Bond needs to evolve and his evolution doesn't even require drastic changes. What we need are creative minds writing and directing these movies who can tell great stories in a captivating and thrilling way, bringing both style and substance to keep audiences invested, engaged and entertained. I refuse to believe that these are tall orders as other movies and many TV shows are achieving and understanding these film making principles. EoN don't need to wait until recasting their lead actor to maje the needed changes. We need creative talent with a vision that can carry on the Bond legacy for the next 50 years.
My perspective is fine. It's mine. I'll warm up to SP again when on blu ray.
Besides it's not hysteria... it's disappointment in people who should have done better. It's disappointment in the owners of the films willing to ignore Fleming and recreate Blofeld ...and that's after their history of saying when in doubt go back to Fleming.
I don't trust them anymore.
Its going to go one of three ways:
Craig, Mendes & Waltz returning. Madeline isnt required.
4-6 year gap with reboot & new actor
A standalone film with Craig & the villian being a member of Spectre.
Yes, I think it's because of this. Clouds the mind, I found :D
John Glen did 5 in a row ;-)
Maybe he should get a government pardon, or will that be too on the nose, i.e. too much like what was going to happen in OHMSS.
History has shown an actors reign become lighter, funnier, sillier to the point the last of the films is as far detracted from where it began, which makes it easier to reboot with a more serious grittier film as it always goes down well with an audience, only exceptions Lazenby/Dalton but only because his tenure was shorter than planned.
Look at mosts top 5 - Usually grittier stories early in a tenure cement Bond with the audience.
CR =- 1st film from a new Bond
OHMSS - 1st film from a new Bond
GE - 1st film from a new Bond
TLD- 1st film from a new Bond
FRWL - 2nd film 1st Bond.
LALD - 1st film from a new Bond
It depends.
I always compare DCs run as Bond as the Dark Knight series of the Bond franchise.
The Dark Knight trilogy was a separate series from the other Batman movies. I feel that Craig's run as Bond should be a separate series to the Bond franchise and then when Craig is done the new Bond actor picks up in the first Bond timeline where DAD ended.
Bad idea. Where do you go from there?
Back to the basic traditional Bond films. Bond gets an assignment, bond beats the villain, Bond gets the girl. Repeat