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  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
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    The only "back in time" Bond film I'd appreciate now after CR would be way back in time when Bond is a child living at Skyfall and travelling the world, and maybe an intriguing story about the death of Bond's parents a la Operation Steel Cartridge from Carte Blanche. But I wouldn't even really be excited about that; just more Bond stories for me please.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    Mum! Dad! Don't climb it! It's evil!
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    edited 4:39pm Posts: 4,031
    Personally (whatever you think of the film) they should go the Goldeneye route. New actor (obviously), a barnstorming PTS, introduce a new M and Moneypenny etc, all the familiar Bond tropes, exciting action but nothing too outlandish, a megalomaniac villain and no personal story arc for Bond. Basically play it safe. Stick to the formula.

    Whether that would work with younger audiences, i don't know...
  • 007HallY007HallY
    edited 5:24pm Posts: 4,194
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Personally (whatever you think of the film) they should go the Goldeneye route. New actor (obviously), a barnstorming PTS, introduce a new M and Moneypenny etc, all the familiar Bond tropes, exciting action but nothing too outlandish, a megalomaniac villain and no personal story arc for Bond. Basically play it safe. Stick to the formula.

    Whether that would work with younger audiences, i don't know...

    Well, GE's a film that plays with those Bond tropes a bit, and there's a personal element just by virtue of Bond knowing Alec (and of course it's the first time we get a mention of Bond's childhood in the films). I'd argue the tank chase is one of the most outlandish moments in the Bond series too (as I always love to point out with this and the SF digger moment - where did Bond get the key? No one should care incidentally. It helps that the action is depicted relatively 'straight' with no double taking pigeons or sound gags. But it's a really silly, fun, and quite frankly cool Bond scene done very confidently). I wouldn't say GE's a film that plays it safe as such, but just updates those tropes to that time period and gives us something contemporary but Bondian. If anything I think that's a great lesson going forward.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    I think you have something there @LeonardPine I can see the GE template working for a new introduction. A straight into the action Bond who is clearly who he is. We don't get a Felix Leiter and some of the tropes are played with during the film. I could see this working.

    Great points @007HallY sometimes you need to just let go of the why and just have fun. Both the tank and digger sequence have this in spades.

    I think a Bond begins can't be like Batman or even Spider-Man as Bond is Bond and we have never seen his childhood or get too bogged down into his upbringing. To me a Bond begins would be him out on his first mission or assignment as a double-o. I personally don't think this should be the tack on this new adventure.
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