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<font color=blue size=7><b>Sylvia Trench should have appeared in more films than merely the first two.</b></font>
Sylvia Trench alternate timeline
Dr. No - Introduction
FRWL - Scene with Bond
GF - Passing reference
TB - Scene with Bond
YOLT - Probably not refrenced
OHMSS - She tries to commit suicide, Bond finds out she's the daughter of Marc-Ange Draco. She fills the role of Tracy.
What I just wrote was off the top of my head, so it's not exactly solid, but someone like Maibaum could have written it well.
Because Bond is world-renowned for being faithful. The man cheats on Tracy in OHMSS around 3 times, nobody cared.
She would only come back until OHMSS, if she became Bond's wife.
Excellent point!
lol! A very good point! I think the Trench charactor was played and used just about right!
Yeah but he was "keeping the British end up" and doing it for queen and country so no one cares.
That was the plan, use the disturbed date with Trench as a running gag. Thought that was common knowledge? Think I've read about it in Rubin's book.
Indeed.
Trench becoming Bond's wife? Hmmm...
Can't I see that myself, sorry. She just doesn't strike me as significant enough. But what do I know, could even have worked as a Nick&Nora couple.
Maybe a few more appearances here and there. I would like it if she popped up every once in a while just for fun; I kind of like that idea. The point of her character, was that she was Bond's girlfriend on the side, nothing serious. Marrying her seems out of the question to me, because Bond would just be settling down. Whereas with Tracy, it was more a love at first sight kind of thing.
It was 1969, after all!
As to the debate, Trench was unnecessary. Moneypenny fulfills the same long-suffering role, minus the sex, plus MP is easier to work into the plot as she is a colleague.
Don't worry! James is constantly shafting in one form or another! :))
Yes, but Trench was the perfect shag-doll for Bond when he was off leisuring around. One of my favorite scenes of the series is Bond and her in the boat at the beginning From Russia with Love, just as Mi6 is phoning in--classic Bond moment right there, and obviously wouldn't be appropriate for Moneypenny
Agreed although perhaps her appearing only twice adds something to her legacy of being the only recurring woman in 007's life(excluding Miss Moneypenny and Dame Judi Dench's M, of course). I remember reading on some fan sites that the Paris McKenna Carver character should've been Sylvia Trench. When I was a child and becoming a new Bond fan and just discovering the Bond films when they'd run on TV, I remember thinking that she and Mary Goodnight were the same character for some reason. After all, Bond had known both of them before and I hadn't seen DN yet at that point but had seen FRWL and TMWTGG.
I think Terence Young's original idea for Miss Trench was that she would be Bond's London-based girlfriend for the first 4 films, then in the 5th one should would be the lead girl and Bond would marry her at the end. She wouldn't get shot at the end and the series would officially end. They probably had no idea the series would've survived 5 decades, 6 lead Bond actors and 23 films back in 1962.
Otherwise, I think her character would have ran its course by TB.
Great idea! In TB she could have tailed Bond to the clinic lol.
She doesn't appear in any more Bond films, but she gets her own spinoff as a famous spy's casual fling. It doesn't make it to season 2.
All jokes aside, I'd have no problem with her having more screen time if just for my own visual satisfaction ;), but I think it's fine her being in just the two films.
I'd be fine with that. Eunice had what it took and actually played the part well. Unlike the Halle/Jinx counterpart. [-(