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I'm curious how people think the plot will play out. we already have some intel that we will get the longest PST sequence since TWINE with Norway and Matera playing out before the titles.
However....what next? I know folk thought there may be a sequence where David Dencik's character gets kidnapped. Could that be here:
If so, do we think Nomi will be introduced in this sequence? Or will we get that classic Bond set-up, where M talks to Moneypenny about some massive international incident and says "Get 007 here now." Then we cut to Nomi walking into the office.....if so, will we get a riff on Nomi meeting Moneypenny and getting her gadgets from Q? that could be very fun...
The question is how do they bring Bond back into the fold? After all, seemingly the scientist is in Cuba but Nomi makes a stop in Jamaica first. Is Nomi there to keep an eye on the CIA? Is her actual mission to tail Felix and see who he is meeting? Hence her encounter with Bond?
I think Madeleine is still the romantic lead of the film, but I reckon Nomi is in the film a lot....I think after Matera, we have to wait till at least the middle of the second act for Madeleine to return. The only think that makes me think that Madeleine is in the film more is that fact that Lea is on the poster, she's been on a ton of the marketing and press for the film. So I believe she is in this movie a heck of a lot more than we think. Plus, it's basically confirmed that Ana De Armas has a 'cameo.' Which makes Madeleine and Nomi the nominal leading ladies.
My goodness, he looks like Lazenby here.
Just as some states have reopened, the US has recorded its deadliest day (so far), with 2,909 deaths from coronavirus on Friday.
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/05/02/who-us-just-reported-deadliest-day-for-coronavirus.html
It sadly may be very difficult to reopen the economy for people to go to restaurants/cinemas/concerts/etc, given the virus seemingly won't go away, and we have to deal with an unprecedented 30 million unemployed US citizens (potentially up to 1.5 billion unemployed people worldwide. It is not just about the virus now, but also a worldwide economy on the verge of collapse.
Or is this just speculation?
Wow!!! Amazing video with lots of behind the scenes footage from the Scotland filmed car chase! Also a new clapperboard of scene 187.
Which confirms that the Norway chase comes after Bond meets Blofeld which is scene.....were there any clapperboards from scenes with Bond and Nomi in Safin's HQ?????? I know @Contraband and @antovolk will know the answer
The latest is from the ever reliable Baz Bamigboye is that the plan is for NTTD to have a theatrical release. Therefore if November 2020 is not feasible, than they will reschedule the release to a date to be determined in 2021.
Cool thanks for that, it's certainly new to me.
So it's definitely set in Norway, and there's an Aston Vantage with a stunt driver cab on the roof too, so maybe there's a little bit of action with that car after all?
I think the "Bond isn't relevant anymore" plot should have been left alone after GoldenEye. That film proved otherwise. Case closed.
Yeah, burn out was enough of an issue for Bond in SF.
I have pondered this many times.
Because that’s how Purvis and Wade write. They’ve been dried up since their beginning. Sorry to beat a dead horse, folks. Them leaving for good after DC leaves is the number one thing that needs to happen.
This is a great point. I'd happily put the blame for bad stories on P&W but I think you're 100% right.
That's quite different from the books, where M keeps on having reservations on Bond, with a tenser relationship which they finally brought to the films when Judi Dench got the part.
During the Brosnan and Craig years, the writers could have definitely come up with something more original. There may have been too many instances of a second act that's about Bond having to prove to his allies that he's the right guy for the job, with Skyfall being also in many ways a meta comment on the whole history of the franchise even more than on the particular Bond character played by Craig. But there was also a need to justify that a guy with such past achievements wouldn't get too much help provided by the MI6 or the CIA to crush an opponent, so he would have to stand on his own.
Not a new concept for the franchise. With Craig Bond, it makes sense that wouldn't be a one-off type element. It makes even more sense that our modern world would damn the person saving them. And that he'd do it anyway.
Thanks Contra, surprised no-one seems interested in this..?
This is the one that interests me: they don't usually put those stunt driver rigs on top of cars for just standard driving scenes, do they? They're there for stunt driving, which suggests the V8 sees a bit of action. I'm not sure there was any hint of that before, was there?
(Not much clearance on those wheelarches either! :) Have they lowered them?)
Interesting. I always appreciate alternative points of view on Bond.
I think the problem is that, despite it being reboot, the franchise now relies upon the idea of Bond being a brilliant agent. But if you discount everything prior to Craig, which we should if it is a new timeline, then Craig's Bond has done nothing to justify having such a good reputation.
*offtopicbegins* But you do know, who first and foremost fuck up DAD? Not P&W, there was madman by the name of Lee Tamahori helming it and having the most ridiculous ideas of his worked into the shooting script. Only saying, because many people prefer to blame them for this mess. Tamahori wanted all that crap, and BB and MGW supported him on that. They use to do that with every director they hire. At least after shooting has started and the director did not walk out by himself.*offtopicends*
Actually wouldn't that ethos apply to Connery Bond if you're looking for the character to be justified.
Rather than just understood up front as the best, as he's always been past and present. And based on performance in the field, it's justified as well.
His tenure is split right down the middle for me. I love Casino Royale and Skyfall...Quantum of Solace and Spectre, not so much (and even then there's quite a big drop between those two).
There was the high-speed driving on the Atlantic Road. I imagine whatever action the V8 sees happens somewhere in that sequence, either before or after the shots they filmed on the AR.