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Why would he recreate that scene, would you care to explain?
I would love to have ski back, I think mountain climbing would be a great idea @Germanlady, a nice and original car chase is always welcome (and we know how much Craig loves his car chases), diving is a fab idea @thelivingroyale. Whatever it is, make it good and I'll be there to applaud.
So he said about so many other scenes while speaking about Bond films in several occasions. Does that mean he's going to pick scenes from his favourite Bond films for a best-of? No, not really. Besides, the Olympics openning scene already used the Union Jack parachute, it won't be used again.
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Yeah but Mendes isn't going to have Craig open up a parachute with the British flag on it. The Olympics thing is sill recent and served a very different purpose to what Craig's Bond would do in an actual Bond film. Try to put what he's saying into context. It's all about creating or recreating certain scenes that can provoke that special typical moment that resonates well with the audience.
It's very hard not to go into spoiler territory here, but well that TSWLM moment MAY be used in a forthcoming movie... and it's sure there will be "snowy scenes" in this Bond-like movie.
Also, don't forget that "Craig's Bond" already jumped in parachute with an Union Jack : at the olympics ! [Oops : burnt by another non English fan :) ]
So the context is a bit against it, IMO. But without it, even if it sounds "too silly" for Mendes' Bond, what would have been the reactions here if a leak before the release of Skyfall had talked about Craig using the machine guns of the DB5, frankly ?
And well, the "Bond on snow" moment was done recently in Inception, somehow... Nolan even acknowledged it was his "Bond action scene". Black berets for the bad guys, white berets for the good guys, to make everything clear :)
Are you referring to me?
If so, I was responding to @007reportingforduty
You are now discussing the possibility of Smiert Spionam returning in Bond 24. Whatever next? A plot involving faberge eggs, circuses and an atomic bomb?
But Bond and skiing are two things that go along perfectly. We don't know if they are considering skiing, but several people connected to the film seem to have taken up skiing suddenly in the last few months... I doubt they are thinking of using curling instead ;;)
And neither do they want to go back to The Living Daylights or The Spy Who Loved Me.
Exactly!
Curling, @Sandy? That's perfect. I am still laughing. ("007, I think there's a bomb in that stone!" Oh, the tension as the stone moves ever so slowly down its path ... OK; maybe not.)
Bond could be lounging on a deck, overlooking the ski slopes, sipping a hot toddy (or something) with a gorgeous woman when he notices the evil bad buy zipping down the hill, skiing ferociously obviously trying to catch up with the innocent looking "tourist" who had just gotten to the bottom of the hill (actually Bond's ally). Bond watches discreetly yet intently - and then, with perfect timing, stands up, glass in hand as if to survey the lovely scene better, and as the bad guy crosses in front of Bond, a mere 20 yards away, Bond fires the gun hidden in his jacket and takes him down. He turns calmly back to the table to finish his drink with his companion.
Point is: Bond can be skiing, or Bond can be doing plenty of other things besides skiing. The location could be beautiful, fun, and exciting. Minus the curling perhaps. ;)
That sounds great @4EverBonded! You just reminded me of something I wrote here a few months ago, that MP had to go to a cabin in the mountains to drag Bond back to work. I really should find it, it was a good one.
And you are spot on about the Scandinavian 'lore. :)
I agree it's very unlikely, but well the whole point of directing a movie is to be able to put things in it that look so weird out of context...
For instance, Mendes could have a scene with coffins covered with UK flags without making it look indecent in a Bond movie (remember the stir it caused when there were leaks about such a ceremony in a Bond movie). Mendes could bring back against all logic the DB5 and its gadgets without making it look like the 80s Bond. Etc.. So he could bring back the UK flag on a parachute with some context if he wanted to, I'm pretty sure.
What we can "guarantee" is that we won't see blatant OTT for the sake of it in a Craig Bond movie, ok. But "quotes from the past" enable a director to do a lot of things. Like making Bond jump on a CG Komodo dragon.
Well,considering the wealth of originality Mendes and Logan displayed in SF this doesn't sound too far fetched to me.