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Maybe they should have kept Blofeld offscreen for all of YOLT too.
Blofeld is tricky to get right because he's all cliches and tics and the cat...but not much of a character.
They did try to give him more of a story with SP, to mixed results at best. I wish they hadn't saddled him with the scar too but just kept the cat, which is what the general audience remembers about Blofeld anyway.
OHMSS was probably the best Blofeld, but that's because of the story (heraldry and snobbery), not because of anything about the character.
I like that! And yes, to some extent that's there, but it can be used.
There'd still have to be a deeper antagonism develop between the two during the story, but that idea could play nicely and be reflective of Blofeld in the YOLT book slowly going mad.
Come to think of it, Silva was a bit of a Ahab towards M.
Such antagonism could be developed by Bond over the films.
Charlie Hunnam (April 1980). 47 in 2027. Positive thing be with Charlie is that also the 7th actor wil stil older then me.
If you realy whant somebody from 1977 (49-50 in 2027) then it wil possible going to be Michael Fassbender or Orlando Bloom.
Ilkka Villi (1975) born in Finland. 51/52 in 2027. He also stay model for game chacter.
Q and Bond
Above picture is from this mini series:
With Bond 26 there should return to more movies in les time, where it my opnion be more inportent that we get Bond 28 two years after Bond 27. If Bond 7 wil make 3 movies then the actor somewhere in his 40's is not problem. If Bond 7 made only 3 movies it give them more time to search for the 8th actor.
An unacceptable (to the public) Bond actor will be out in one or two films, as we've seen. The third film is usually the "golden" film--in terms of marketing--for a good Bond actor's tenure. (Brosnan is the exception in that he peaked early.)
Four films is likely the minimum because of all the expense and effort involved in establishing a new Bond actor and getting him to that third film.
The third one is the charm.
No EON Bond actor to date has done just 3. So it's a near surety I guess.
Doubtful.
I imagine whoever is cast as Bond next will probably sign for three films with the intention that his third film be made within a reasonable time. Then they'd negotiate anything after that.
I could see him leaving after the third film, especially if the longer gaps continue.
Which is a good reason why the story about Dalton stepping down from doing a third whilst Eon wanted him seems a little dubious.
I don't know. The story I've always heard is his contract expired so they had to renegotiate it. EON wanted him to do a few more, but Dalton only wanted to commit to one supposedly.
I guess it makes sense that after a six year gap they either would have wanted the incumbent Bond to continue on for a few more (a sort of 'business as usual' approach to build on as opposed to a swan song after a long gap) or just cast a new Bond and have it be more of a definitive start. Either could have conceivably worked, but the new start approach turned out to be better I think. What makes me think it's more or less the truth is how public Brosnan's issues were with his contract not getting renewed in '04. Maybe to some extent they knew Dalton had no intention of returning for more than one and pushed the idea of multiple films to move things along, but I reckon if they could have made it work with Dalton they would have done. But at the end of the day none of us know for sure.
And a good reason for the following era to be stronger than ever.
I'm guessing that there were both a number of films (three) and a time limit (7 years is not uncommon for employment contracts) that affected the Dalton decision.
After LTK underperformed in the US and after the Dalton replacing Brosnan controversy (it was big news in the US, back when US tabloids really mattered), I can see why Eon was looking to move on from Dalton, despite their PR spin that they wanted to keep him.
Yes I don't really doubt that they just wanted to make a fresh start: Dalton wasn't really viewed as a success. MGM/UA certainly did want to move on, the story about Dalton not wanting to do more was, I think, just a nice PR story which didn't make anyone look bad.
I think, of all the Bonds, Dalton is actually the one the Broccolis are closest to.
I’m not sure where I heard it from, but there was a story about someone having an opportunity to be at the Broccoli household and walking in to see Timothy Dalton making either a Millshake or some kind of smoothie.
I think it probably is true that Dalton is the closest to the Broccoli family out of all the Bond actors. There’s also the story about Dalton sending a private letter to Cubby Broccoli after the premiere of TLD thanking him for casting him in the part and for giving him the opportunity.
Again, it's what makes me suspect the narrative we've heard is pretty much true. In fact I think Dalton has even claimed he was hesitant even to want to do one more after the legal issues were beginning to resolve, and he told Broccoli as much. So my feeling is his personal preference to move on played a big part in this decision (albeit under unusual circumstances) rather than EON using said circumstances to drop him.
What if an open-world Bond video game similar to GTA or Assassin’s Creed was developed? What missions or features would it need? What aspects would you want to see in a game?
Share your ideas on this new scenario!
I know nothing about video games. Like nothing. I only play Minecraft with my son. And I'm curious about GTA since I discovered they use Mozart for music in one of their games (don't know which one).
That said, I'd play an open-world Bond game. Not sure how it could work with Bond or how Bondian it would be, but I'd play it.
I'm not sure how a freeroaming/open world game would work with Bond. He's not like Batman or Spiderman, relegated to a single city. You'd need 3 or 4 separate cities to give it the globe-trotting feel, but even then, what would be the point of freeroaming when Bond is mission-based? I'm not saying it can't work. Maybe a company could something ingenious with it. But I don't think it'd play to Bond's strengths.
"Gregg Wilson wishes to modernize the character away from a straight white male. Broccoli has (somewhat) pushed against this."
Many have wondered whether Gregg will take on a more predominate role with the next film. It is clear that his father is retiring and the popular thinking was that Gregg might be stepping up.
Apparently Gregg is looking to modernize the character and has been advocating for Bond to not be a straight white male in the next film. Lets see where this discussion leads. Please be mindful of being inclusive and respectful in this discussion.
What if Bond is modernized from a straight white male in the next film adventure?
How would the general public react to this? How would the die hard fans?