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I get why, I just don’t think it’s that big of a deal to see the gun barrel tweaked in every film. Bond fans can be very conservative about formula. Bringing back the gun barrel to the beginning of the movie wasn’t enough, it needs to be done EXACTLY the way they grew up watching them as kids.
I remember fans taking that gun barrel of SP as a perceived slight against the fans. That Sam Mendes was essentially extending the middle finger at fans for complaining about the lack of gun barrel in the beginning of SF.
Like, okay.
Like I said, perceived slights! So many fans take it that personally. After all, look at the reaction to NTTD’s ending!
“Insulting!”
“I feel like I got punched in gut!”
“Why is Barbara Broccoli intentionally destroying her father’s legacy?!”
They should repeat that text in the next one.
I tell ya if the next guy's gunbarrel doesn't feature the stunt coordinator walking across in a bowler hat...
I feel like that doesn't get talked about enough, that the first three gunbarrel sequences are essentially, in the context of the film, us watching... some guy?... shoot at the camera. I mean, it's easy enough to say it in hindsight now that we've had 22 more gunbarrels with Bond as the person in "our" crosshairs, but at the time they made DN-GF, was Simmons actually portraying Bond, or was it just included as a cool image of sorts?
I like that it even has the old school 1965-1989 animated blood by Binder.
I would rank it close to the top ten. I especially like the bright colours. How could this be the weakest of the series. Some of Binder's later works are missing the innovation and they were interchangeable, imo. NTTD has many references but still remains fresh, imo. Not the GE quality but still a lot to like for me.
I also like the gunbarrel with the moving dots. I didn't even realize that the blood was missing the first time.
I also enjoy the fact Bond is absent from the opening scene. It creates a growing expectation for his appearance. This is only emphasized by placing the gunbarrel at the beginning, where it should be, as it signals we're watching a Bond film, but Bond is nowhere to be seen yet.
Also, has it been mentioned that Kleinman worked without a script? So of course he would fall back on symbols he knew for sure would work. Also, the DB5 being submerged in water in the title sequence WAS because he was told that would possibly/probably be in the film. But I am glad it was not.
As others stated, the lack of blood is telling us either Bond missed, or Bond himself was shot and that fall back into white is just really good, subtle storytelling.
Dr No dots were GREAT, in my opinion. Not only a nod to Dr No/Safin (who was not fully Dr No in the film, thankfully!) and the Noh mask ... but just as a nod to the very first Bond film. I liked all the references to earlier Bond films; the swimming diver, etc. (esp with the spear gun).
I agree the guns becoming DNA strands was brilliant. Overall, I like the titles just fine. The Trident another good point. AND if many of us find it too much like other titles ... I cannot really blame Kleinman because again, he working WITHOUT a full script. !! Give the man a break. ;)
Someone new for next one? Okay with me. Keep Kleinman and give him a better fleshed out actual script? Okay with me.
For now enjoy this.
https://www.007.com/roll-the-titles/
On the surface, just another YouTube video about driving a DB5 around, but what interested me was the first 5 seconds:
The dots across the screen stopping for the classic producer credit of old, with that music... got me inappropriately pumped up. Would be cool if they followed a similar template in a future Bond film.
It has nothing to do with molecular biology, just the beauty of kaleidoscope imagery.
You have that on good authority do you?
Same here. I far prefer the Binder blood anyhow. The blood from the Craig era looks more like strawberry jam to me.
Rather pleased I must say!
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