Modern Technology vs. Old Bond

CrabKey

Technology in some form or another has always been a part of Bond films with Bond always having access to the latest gadgets. But what if Bond had mobile phones in those early films? How would they have impacted those stories? Given our current technologies, could those films be remade today? How would they be different?

thedove

Well off the top of my head GF would be different. No need for the CIA to monitor Bond they would text or call him! LOL!

TB would be easier to spot the airplane with a satellite than a helicopter. Unlikely to lose the plane as they do in that movie.

Doubtful that SPECTRE would have a hidden volcano base, likely to be spotted in satellite images.

I don't wish to see re-makes as I find they always lack the charm of the originals. Plus I haven't seen any current production designers who can match Ken Adams and his fingerprints are all over the series early films.

RichardTheBruce

No remakes.


Different from that, filming the Fleming Bond novels updated to the 21st Century as CR did so well in 2006 has its benefits. And for GF, 60 years' distance from the Connery film.

CrabKey

Given today's technology, how likely is a villain's lair and outsized plot kept secret? Bond in situations where technology can't track his every move and location would be a refreshing change. Almost like the old days when Bond had to use pay phones.

talos7

Die Another Day may have the last laugh ; an invisible car may be right around the corner.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13263069/Harry-Potter-invisibility-megashield-hide-objects.html

thedove

talos7 wrote: »

Die Another Day may have the last laugh ; an invisible car may be right around the corner.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13263069/Harry-Potter-invisibility-megashield-hide-objects.html

To quote Cubby, "we deal in science fact." :)

I don't envy the writers having to deal with the technology and how pervasive it is. Hell it makes the gadgets of Bond somewhat tougher to wow the audience. The fact of satellites and surveillance being commonplace is also a challenge on a bullet proof story.

Please lets not put Bond back in the 60's in period pieces and not remake films. Lets have some new adventures that reflect the world we live in.

talos7

I completely agree with having Bond exist within the world we now live in; the problem is that technology is advancing at such an incredible rate that even something five minutes into the future often seems like science fiction. For that matter, much of the technology now available seems like a leap.

MakeshiftPython

I remember fans complaining that the touch screen computers featured in QOS were “too sci-fi”, even though such tech had already been around for awhile, most notably with the iPhone’s debut just a year earlier.

RichardTheBruce

talos7 wrote: »

Die Another Day may have the last laugh ; an invisible car may be right around the corner.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13263069/Harry-Potter-invisibility-megashield-hide-objects.html

I note Corgi had no problems leveraging the technology.

https://twitter.com/corgi/status/1509802853417820160

Dragonpol

RichardTheBruce wrote: »

talos7 wrote: »

Die Another Day may have the last laugh ; an invisible car may be right around the corner.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13263069/Harry-Potter-invisibility-megashield-hide-objects.html

I note Corgi had no problems leveraging the technology.

https://twitter.com/corgi/status/1509802853417820160

I assume that it's just an empty box?

RichardTheBruce

Hard to say of course. But posted on 1 April. So a day late on this discussion at least.