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You nailed it, that's the problem. SPECTRE was meant to set Blofeld as the ultimate villain and Madeleine as Bond's new great love, but it failed to do both and now you can't just forget them (what would the point be in bringing Craig back if you're going to have a clean slate?), but even if you bring them back we don't care about either of them.
I don't understand why some people think she MUST die or MUST be ignored completely. For one we can have a insight of what happens to the Bond girl after credit rolls and why Bond remains single so why not go that route?
As I said in my previous post, it would be great to see Bond make that decision to leave the girl behind. We never get to experience the moment when he realises his duty puts these women in danger and walks away because of it. Use the end of the Bond novel SOLO within the film.
Given the setup in Spectre I think we have the perfect opportunity to shed some light on this for once.
Boredom, arguing, breaking up. All I ever wanted from a Bond film. The ideas and wishes of some of you never cease to baffle me.
Wasn't exactly alluding to an angsty high school breakup but hey, if you want to interpret it that way.
Have you read FRWL?
Yes I have. Bond gets ditched by Tiffany, tells M about it and not even one page later ... voila. 007 back on mission.
So that's the way to do it.
Please God, we are spared any "back-story" with Blofeld working out in the prison yard, hangin' with his homies, or eating prison slop.
I'd think such prisoner would be completely isolated from the others and heavily guarded. Heck, for safety reason I would keep Blofeld in a prison all by himself!
...segue to totally derivative X-Men knock-off.
Not really it's merely a common trope. And it happens in real life too, at least to a degree.
And right off the bat I can think of Maurice "Mom" Boucher in Quebec who was completely isolated before his trial for the murder of two prison guards. He was isolated in the aisle of a women's jail with no contact to any prisoner. His spouse and his lawyer could visit him but that's it. If they did this for a common mobster I can easily see the Brits doing this to an international terrorist who had infiltrated the British government.
My God.
Even Jailbreaking Blofeld would be ripping off Austin Powers XD.
Most people respect the rule of law, innocent til proved guilty, rules of evidence etc, but it's just human nature to want instant, clean justice with no loose ends (even better to be sanctioned by the country you are paid to protect). Surely, thats why the licence system exists?
To leave Blofeld to go down the criminal justice procedure (I want a phone call, fill in this form to apply for legal aid etc etc) is as un-Bond like as anything IMHO
M: "Ever since Blofeld escaped, all possible links to Spectre have evaporated."
Leave it up to the imagination as to how he escaped?
So now you guys are arguing with each other whose movies they are ripping off? Tell me - which would be less shameful? Is it really that extreme to ask for a bit of originality?
Don’t take things so literally. Films, filmmaking, scriptwriting— you look for inspiration in other stories in other films. Then you put your own unique spin on it.
You should try it some time, maybe it’ll lighten your mood and take the edge off your usual misguided indignation!
The achievement of excellence never ever has been reached by people thinking "well, whom could I take for inspiration ( meaning whom to imitate )this time?"