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Mendes for Bond25? he may not be done yet, would you want him?

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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    fjdinardo wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    fjdinardo wrote: »
    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

    Sure, but why mix it up with the 1062-2002 timeline?
  • fjdinardofjdinardo
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    fjdinardo wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    fjdinardo wrote: »
    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

    Sure, but why mix it up with the 1062-2002 timeline?

    Because like the Dark Knigh trilogy, keep the DC run as Bond its own story of the franchise
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    But Batman isn t back to the Burton/Schumacher timeline. It starts anew.
  • fjdinardofjdinardo
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    But Batman isn t back to the Burton/Schumacher timeline. It starts anew.

    Isn't this new batman movie it's own timeline as well?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Yes, that is my point.
  • fjdinardofjdinardo
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Yes, that is my point.

    Well overall the DC run should be its own timeline and own story that should not countinue with a new Bond
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    It depends. I am open to both options.
  • DoctorKaufmannDoctorKaufmann Can shoot you from Stuttgart and still make it look like suicide.
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    Rather not.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    No.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Mendes can do another.....

    IF

    -he hires Alexandre Desplat or David Arnold for the score
    -Bond 25 will NOTHING be like SF.
    -Ben Whishaw has at least as much screen time as in Spectre.
    -his condition for coming back is getting a bunch of new writers, or a new writer.
    -the movie gets made for a 2018 release.
    -proper GB, shaken not stirred, Bond James Bond.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    edited October 2016 Posts: 10,591
    All of the man's creative juices have been completely used up over the course of two films. I respect and enjoy what he brought to the table, but the series will be much better off hiring fresh creative blood.
  • SeanCraigSeanCraig Germany
    edited October 2016 Posts: 732
    jake24 wrote: »
    All of the man's creative juices have been completely used up over the course of two films. I respect and enjoy what he brought to the table, but the series will be much better off hiring fresh creative blood.
    Couldn't agree more. He's done all he can and somebody else should bookend the Craig era. Campbell would be great but I doubt he will do it.

  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    I'm not certain Campbell has another one in him, but it would be ideal to get him back for another solid entry. Denis Villeneuve is another great option, but he appears to have a jam packed schedule over the next couple of years.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    mcdonbb wrote: »
    RC7 wrote: »
    mcdonbb wrote: »
    B25 saddled with SP's cliffhangers is such an albertross. I think it's safe to say that SP is generally conceived as a misfire tarnishing the reboot. I'm sure some like myself just want B25 over and done with.

    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.

    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.

    I must have manic when I wrote this ...it's not that I don't trust them it's just I didn't like how they handled getting SPECTRE back on the screen.

    But I'm a life long fan.. I have a right to voice my dissension now and then.
  • GetafixGetafix
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    fjdinardo wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    fjdinardo wrote: »
    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

    Sure, but why mix it up with the 1062-2002 timeline?

    I've never heard the origins of the Bond series dated to four years prior to the Norman Conquest before...

    Interesting theory, but one which I suspect many will disagree with.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Getafix wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    fjdinardo wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    fjdinardo wrote: »
    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

    Sure, but why mix it up with the 1062-2002 timeline?

    I've never heard the origins of the Bond series dated to four years prior to the Norman Conquest before...

    Interesting theory, but one which I suspect many will disagree with.

    I'm laughing very hard. :D Funny typo, funny remark. :)
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited October 2016 Posts: 6,304
    fjdinardo wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    fjdinardo wrote: »
    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

    What would you do with Judi Dench and John Cleese?
    Getafix wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Sure, but why mix it up with the 1062-2002 timeline?

    I've never heard the origins of the Bond series dated to four years prior to the Norman Conquest before...

    Interesting theory, but one which I suspect many will disagree with.

    Does this mean James Bond is immortal, or merely a code name?
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    There can be only one...
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    To answer the thread question I'd say no. I'd like a new voice - Mendes is a fine director - American Beauty and Revolutionary Road prove that. But those are from accomplished screenwriters or source novels. If he had Casino Royale's script he would have knocked that out of the park too. I don't mind Mendes returning - but I'd be a lot more excited for a story generated by an accomplished novelist (maybe taking inspiration from unused parts of Fleming - especially in MR, DAF and YOLT) and then put in to script form by a screenwriter with a level of high quality thrillers to their name (such as Christopher McQuarrie.) With the production team and Craig and half the cast of SP returning (probably including Waltz) they need to find a fresh angle from somewhere - script/director has to be the place.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Mendes would not have improved on Campbell's CR. No chance......he didn't initially approve of DC as Bond!
  • GetafixGetafix
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    Mendes was an unfortunate choice creatively IMO.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    Every time I see this thread I feel compelled to say again ...no no I don't.

    Ok on to another thread.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Please NO. Even if Craig returns it's time for a fresh vision, or a return or Campbell to bookend his era.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    Mendes would not have improved on Campbell's CR. No chance......he didn't initially approve of DC as Bond!

    Much agreed.

  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    Still NO ...just now in caps :D
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    NO

    The risk of getting another Skyfall outweighs the hope for another Spectre by far.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I think it's time for either Purvis or Wade to step up to the plate and take the director's chair.


    Just kidding, I'd prefer Mendes to NOT come back. However, if a new film were announced soon and it turned out he was directing , I'd probably just be happy that a new film was actually underway more than anything.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    I don't want another Mendes film. He comes with Newman and if I have to put up with another piece of crap score from him I'll rip my hair out and change my name to Ernst.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Murdock wrote: »
    I don't want another Mendes film. He comes with Newman and if I have to put up with another piece of crap score from him I'll rip my hair out and change my name to Ernst.

    I'd rather have Eric Serra back over another Newman SF copy/paste score.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    I don't want another Mendes film. He comes with Newman and if I have to put up with another piece of crap score from him I'll rip my hair out and change my name to Ernst.

    I'd rather have Eric Serra back over another Newman SF copy/paste score.

    You and me both!
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