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I'm not really happy about a young Q either. I especially hope they don't give him the lame nickname "B".
"...the whole Bond/Q interaction in the last 20 years has been in large part forced, campy and to be perfectly honest, boring! He became this staple that had to placed in every movie no matter how unnecessary or inappropriate it was. They (Q and Moneypenny) should be characters like Felix Leiter, if it fits the story then include them, otherwise leave them out! We are 23 movies in and likely not ending any time soon so for me the "need" to include them is not there. I cringe at some of the Brosnan/Llewelyn interactions to be honest."
I agree.
Part of the reason I disliked the Brosnan era is that they insisted on having every single Bond ingredient in each film. It's too much. It doesn't work. I hope SF doesn't suffer the same hindrance.
I love Q in LTK.
Me too, even if he acts way out of character in one scene.
What those apps may be? here's some of my ideas, possibly an app called SprayNow, bond uses it to set off the sprinklers of whatever building or place he is infiltrating for a distraction.
EyeCatcher- an app that causes brief interference too all nearby surveillance camera's , enemy spy drones and body heat sensors.
LastResort- an app where bond can use his phone as a bomb if absolutley necessary in a last attempt escape.
Brainstorm- bond can use this app to disable all communications between enemy radio and listen in on enemy radio.
there are plenty more ideas, those are just a few . im sure eon has many better ideas than the ones I mentioned though.
Second, no one has yet to suitably replace Lois Maxwell either. Of the two who tried, Caroline Bliss was much better.
Third, I prefer a male "M" and thought Robert Brown did a good job replacing Bernard Lee. Of course he had four movies to show he could do it. I don't hate Dench or a female "M" as much as others, I thought she was excellent in GE and had some good moments in the other films. But being old school, her being out of the office should be not be the "norm" in every film. In the new one, according to the storyline she is basically going to be forced out of HQ so I'll wait to see the film before thinking about anything else.
I actually like the idea of a younger "Q", who I hope they refer to as Major Boothroyd. "B" is OK with me, because I feel any replacement should earn that title.
I'm even struggling to think of the last standout Bond gadget we saw of all things, we can't include the Invisible Car in this, even if that was standout stupid, things have been a bit lame in recent years, the X-RAY specs, the trick ring that shatters glass, a defibrillator ?!, etc, I can't quite remember, maybe I'm tired etc
and what was that needed for, for Bond to crash through a glass floor when held at gunpoint by Miranda Frost and make an escape. I don't remember it used at all other than that (I don't watch Die another day much)
Just seemed like a bit of a wasted bit of equipment that's all
Didn't Craig say something in an interview mid way last year where there is only so far you can go with all these gadgets and that SF wouldn't be following down the path of out of this world gadgets or something like that?
Goodnight I-)
I fear I will grimace through these junior Q/Bond scenes.
Well, that might be because the humor in FRWL, GF, and TB wasn't in the cringeworthy category, where as MR and DAD inspire involuntary cringing :D
What I meant is that humour' in Bond films doesn't always mean 'MR' or 'DAD'. There was plenty of humour in FRWL and TB, and I don't think you can say they were as campy as MR or DAD. It's as if whenever people talk 'humour' in Bond films, some go 'OMG MR was so campy so cringeworthy !!!'. Humour in Bond films =/= MR style humour. It seems some people think the only humour the films can have is MR-esque humour... sorry but that is quite untrue. Some people just don't have any sense of humour when it comes to Bond films. There are lots of different styles of humour that are different to the humour in MR.
Hahahaha, yes indeed, James Bond is that good of a shot! No confidence in our hero, Baltimore? Hahaha.
Ehh...not the entire movie. Die Another Day isn't the worst of the worst. It has some terrific shining moments like Bond's mission being compromised, anything with Miranda Frost, the car chase with Zao, Bond finding out Graves is Colonel Moon, the sword fight, the hovercraft chase, the fight with Mr. Kil, M interrogating 007 in the ship hospital, quite a lot actually!
I agree with all of these, excluding the fight with Mr. Kil, and including the scenes in Cuba - here, excluding Jinx's jump into the ocean - and Bond's diamond-detonation escape in the PTS.
I have a sense of humour and I like humour in Bond films. I just don't like cheesy one liners which have always been a downside of the films for me except in the later Connery and Moore flicks as these movies are pretty lighthearted and largely revolve around comedy. I'm not suggesting the humour in SF will be in the same vein as MR and DAD but who knows. Whatever the style of humour, I hope there isn't too much of it.
If the new Q/Bond scene is a complete rehash of the scenes in every other film I might cringe as I will if Q puts missiles into Bond's old DB5.
Said it before, expect nothing this time round in way of wonderful gadgets, I think it'll just be as before i.e dependant on cell phone modifications and latest technologies, the days of explosive alarm clocks (never used btw) and wolf whistle keyrings are definitely a thing of the past. They'll most likely keep things to a minimum as it has been for the last two releases
Goodnight I-)
I agree with all of this.
In terms of the new Q, I guess it makes sense, a young techno wizz providing Bond with gadgets in this modern world and atleast it is fresh. What I won't really like however, is if this lad is an expert in guns aswell. I think we need a veteran army man working down in the firing range. I don't think the new Q should be called B either as this is taking abbreviations too far.
In terms of Dench, she is a great actor, but I still prefer Robert Brown as M. Bernard Lee is the best.
Bernard Lee was best though, we cannot argue over that
As for Q, I'd rather have no Q at all if they won't bring Cleese back or find someone more appropriate than a kid for the part, it just seems all a bit inappropriate, but I realize we have to move with the times. Llewelyn was an ever present for as long as anyone can remember, they found a replacement to take over, unfortunately needed sooner rather than later, but after the character omission in 2006 and 2008, they bring it back for 2012 and find some youngster for the part. All I'm saying is they could of found someone more suitable. Too young would seem to be the bottom line on this issue