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Nothing more. Interview with Daniel Pemberton in 2015:
https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/daniel-pemberton-u-n-c-l-e-score-avoids-007-sound/
Each to their own, of course -- I quite enjoyed the chemistry between this version of Solo and Ilya. This was, to my sensibility, a perfectly reasonable origin story for the U.N.C.L.E. team. I'd love to see more, but given the financial returns on the first film, I won't be surprised if no sequel is forthcoming.
That's a great little article.
I liked this bit. We learn new and fun things.
ILLYA KURYAKIN'S NAME WAS INSPIRED BY A FICTIONAL PROSTITUTE.
The name Ilya was taken from the lead character in Jules Dassin's 1960 film Never on Sunday. She was a carefree prostitue in Athens, Greece. Later that decade, the movie was turned into a Broadway musical, Illya Darling.
===and Fleming came up with the name April Dancer too, as well as Solo.
Must get paws on Girl From Uncle Series someday. The Amazon price though is outrageous. I've burned through all the Uncle seasons and movies, but have yet to indulge the Uncle exploits of April Dancer.
However I recently sprung for the Batman 66 complete blu-ray series, and am loving it, so I may yet splurge for Uncle Girl!
https://uncleepisodeguide.wordpress.com/spinoff-the-girl-from-u-n-c-l-e-1966-67/
I do plan on buying someday though, as it would complete my Uncle collection.
I have complete Bond. Uncle. Flint , Helm and Batman 66.
Just need Uncle Girl and an Avengers & New
Avengers set, and my collectable goals for this genre are complete.
I'm sure I've seen virtually all of the Avengers episodes but for the Steed-Cathy Gale series, but I've never seen a single Ep of TGFU!
I still think a follow-up would be worth doing.
Take a fresh approach. Do pickup where the first film left off, but take a brazenly commercial approach. ie come up with a catchy title. Introduce the Uncle tropes, not because they are familiar, other than to fans of the original series, but because they are exciting and can be fully exploited all over again.
Re-introduce the secret HQ, the DelFloria secret entrance, the badges, Uncle girls walking about, Thrush. All the fun Uncle spy stuff
Take a less understated approach. Borrow from the Kingsmen, Marvel cinema universe, for example.
But keep it clever and smart, but with crowd pleasing in mind. Budget would have be kept tight, but an exciting film could still be made without excessive explosions and costly effects.
The 2015 film might have been too clever and "artish' for its own good.
I enjoyed the movie, but the approach might have compromised broader box-office.
I would have ranked it #1 on that list. I wouldn't put any of the re-boot Bonds ahead of it, but that's just me. I love my Uncle, but not a massive fan of re-boot Bond.
The Guy Ritchie Uncle had a real smart vibe about it!
The original, the essential, Man From Uncle has passed.
He lived a full life, age 83, including 4 glorious years, portraying, the smoothest of secret agents, Napoleon Solo.
The free world thanks him for his service.
The world is a safer and freer place, not to mention , that much more debonair and stylish.
Two of the three great '60s gentleman-spy icons have passed in recent years.
The essential John Steed, Patrick MacNee and now the essential Napoleon Solo.
The great Connery persists, age 86.
btw I noticed today HMV was stocking complete TMFU tv series on shelves. Good price too.
It looked to be part of a collection of Complete Series sets of various shows, to attract the Christmas season buyer.
Bullitt
Two of the coolest actors of all time
Farewell, Mr Solo.
https://uncleepisodeguide.wordpress.com/
And an invaluable resource it is. Happy anniversary!
Here's a retrospective of it's ups and downs. More ups than downs. Post includes two examples of self-admitted geek behavior.
https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/01/re-post-20-years-of-the-u-n-c-l-e-episode-guide/
Interesting bit re Stanley Ralph Ross. Batman is one of the best written shows of all-time.
His crossing over to Uncle, is of course a great thing.
I thoroughly enjoy Uncle S3. Part of Uncle's charm was it's escapist spyfy bent.
The series just needed to be dialed back a bit for S4, which it was.
Too bad it couldn't have continued but by 1968, it seems the whole genre was running out of gas.
Even Bond was in transition, post Connery.
I would like to see a full blown tv Uncle relaunch, set in the modern day.
I think it could work for maybe another 4 year run considering how popular the DC universe, TV shows are doing, ie Arrow spawning Flash, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow.
Ilya is that high up ?...the successor to Mr Waverley ?
Any comments ?