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Because it would be like Jar Jar Binks making an appearance in Star Wars Episode VII. The whole Quantum storyline was a complete failure, it wouldn't make any sense to see them return. Quantum returning AND then turning into SPECTRE is an even more terrible idea and an idea only a James Bond fan could come up with. The large majority of the people who will watch Bond 24 in the cinemas around the world has NO IDEA what SPECTRE is. Which means that for them revealing that Quantum is actually SPECTRE would be like revealing that Quntum is ABCDEFG or HIJKLMN or any random 7 letters.
Having said all of this, I am not worried. I am convinced that a genius like Sam Mendes would never approve a terrible idea like the return of Quantum, let alone Quantum turning into SPECTRE.
Exactly.
I'm on to something.
A location scout (who used to work on Skyfall) lists a location library on his website. The library is divided into folders of different objects - and projects. One password protected folder is called LDLF. Asking him what this means, he said those locations are ideas for an upcoming film. Fortunately the folder wasn't protected until I contacted him, so I got a look at those ideas and know the scouting was done in the beginning of this year (one subfolder had a date).
Because everything could fit (and he doesn't have another folder entitled B24 or something like this) my guess is LDLF is very much the acronym of the next Bond film.
Any ideas what it could stand for?
So you didn't like QOS. Okay. Fair enough.
No you don't and the self confidence with which you claim otherwise is very telling.
Murdock already explained to you the advantages of the opera meeting. Furthermore bond stirred things up because one of quantums bodyguards was going after him (btw, ever thought about how he should have sorted out and followed all the different persons?). Also White is, judging from all the messenger and broker services he had to provide in CR, very obviously a higher but not a highest ranking member of Quantum.
That's just how it is!!!
Quantum has a lot of potential. It's important not to let one's judgement of the Quantum concept be clouded by what one may think of QoS as a whole (including oily Mr. Greene, who was a bit disappointing, or that toupe'd goof who was his bodyguard/friend).
Hopefully EON has the courage to revisit the idea, if not in B24, then in B25
But the name is the LAST thing Joe Public remembers about Blofeld.
1) after SF this would be a terrible hard feat to achieve and
2) ???????
How do you know? Do you speak for the public? Your a Bond fan like the rest of us. You can't speak for an entire demographic of people. Just because some in your area don't know anything about Blofeld doesn't mean the rest of the general audience doesn't.
It's not just me not liking QOS. That film is by far the worst Bond movie with Craig according to most critics and in the general moviegoing audience's opinion. By the way, the fact that the return of Quantum would be a terrible idea has very little to do with the quality of QOS itself.
Same over here, Mijnher Graves, same over here in good old Germany. :) B-)
The film wasn't that bad. You act like it flopped from the get go when it was rather successful. Not as successful as CR but still made good money. Bringing back Quantum wouldn't be the worst they could do. Turning Bond into slapstick and sending him to space with Blofeld would probably be that. :))
Here in Germany QoS made second most successful of the year,easily beating the crap out of TDK.
That is very intriguing. We know location scouting happened later this years (summer), we got that information from the photos which were posted on instagram and were taken out after I spotted Morocco, Italy and Austria in one of the comments and posted the news here. Of course, that could have been the final scouting and other teams could have worked on it before the DoP, stunt coordinator, 2nd unit director, etc visited the places. LDLF could mean something but it could well be some unrelated film!
I know @Murdock. Thing is, if you read back the reaction of @Matt_Helm....then perhaps he wants to initiate a nice discussion. But the way he puts it also make me sound a bit....off. And I know how these discussions go.
But to comment on you. I slightly disagree. I think both QUANTUM and SPECTRE are quite similar actually. QUANTUM was trying to execute the Ti-erra Project. Which was indeed to destabilizing governments first, then trying to get the monopoly on public water utility companies. And by doing so increasing the wealth of the organization.
Well, SPECTRE is like that too. Originally it was founded to combine the best minds of various countries. Like QUANTUM. In Thunderball for instance, the plan is to hijack nuclear bombs, which works. But like QUANTUM their end goal is also to raise tons of money. So they can invest again in future projects.
So both QUANTUM and SPECTRE initiate ingenious operations and plans to collect shit loads of money. They are not there to terrorize one nation or one particular person (unlike Silva in SF). The way they do it is indeed slightly different. SPECTRE uses complete secrecy. And QUANTUM is doing meetings during opera's.
Having said that, I slightly miss the "terror", "revenge" and "extortion" part of QUANTUM. They are just a more the criminal counterpart of Richard Branson's Virgin Group. And therefore for me they lack a bit of....pure evil. So that's why I'd love to see QUANTUM slowly turning into SPECTRE.
Lady Dench Lives Forever. ;)
It's frikkin' front news on every movie geek show :-P. And that tells you something.
I do not know, I assume with a relative amount of certainty from my partial experience talking to non-Bond fans and even casual Bond fans. They mix many characters and movies up. Moneypenny is often referred to as the secretary. Oddjob as that Chinese guy with the hat. Jaws as that guy with the teeth who "always comes back" in every old Bond movie. Blofeld and Largo are mixed together like that Simpsons spoof. Etc, etc, etc. People remember glimpses of Bond movies. Iconic elements.
I know about Blofeld because I am a Bond fan. You know about Blofeld because you are a Bond fan. And even you don't seem to be able to make the difference between the spoofed image and the source character.
Nice way of resorting to insults. I don't know much about the book version because I haven't read all the books thank you. I don't read much. I watch movies so I know about the MOVIE version. Which I've had more than enough of. They can do the book version hopefully under a different name. Creating a new character. :D
I did not resort to insult, I answered the way you wrote to me. How do I know? Because I am a Bond fan. Non Bond fans know far less about Bond and the characters in his universe. I started a thread a while ago about common misconceptions about Bond. People come up with surprising things. Bottom line: Blofeld does not have the notoriety of the Joker or Moriarty among the general public.
And my argument for bringing back Blofeld is that true justice was never done to the character, because he was so brilliant in the source material. I know you had enough of the movie version. So did I. Hence, go back to the source material. Not knowing about it is no excuse (and not my problem).
No point in responding to you since all this back and forth rambling in circles nonsense is like responding to trolls. Not worth the patience and energy. :-?
I mentioned having Blofeld return as a woman quite a while back. It is not a bad idea.
Waltz is a fine actor and in no way implies a return to the Brosnan era - by which, I think it was meant that popular current actors were hired for a role instead of an actor who would have been a much better fit (Terri instead of Monica, for example). I do not think that is correct with Waltz. I think the producers want quality acting and he can deliver that.
I am asking myself, "Would Mendes want to be known as the director who brought Blofeld back?" and I am slightly swayed to answer "Yes." to that - because if it is done extremely well, it would be great. As has been mentioned, the different kind of Joker that appeared in TDK is an excellent example of an iconic character being reintroduced in a fresh, exciting, modern and relevant way. Ledger blew everybody away with his portrayal. Over the top, yes, but that character deserved that extreme treatment; and that Joker was frightening and startlingly different. I do not want Blofeld to be like the previous movie versions at all, pretty much. I do want him (her) to be very memorable, a great villain, whether in all of Bond 24 or introduced at the end or not at all until Bond 25.
I don't think Mendes wants to repeat himself. Skyfall was one kind of film, with that particular tone and theme and a good completed story arc (for Judi's M and for Bond). I think Mendes would be interested in taking Bond somewhere else - not only in locations, but in focus, attitude, and in having a more adventurous yet fun tone to at least some of it (a lighter Bond film). Without, dear heavens help all involved, resorting to over the top or camp humor. Fortunately, I believe Craig does have a clause or something in his contract that enables him to have more say, more weight in his opinion than the previous Bond actors had.
I could see Bond 24 having some glorious fun adventurous moments, more lighthearted tone for some of it; then comes some dark, twisting, hidden evil. I am hoping it is complex enough, yet smoothly delivered.
As for LDLF, it could mean something else entirely, not a film name.
The only thing that springs to mind for a film title is: "Love Does Last Forever" which I truly think is NOT a Bond film title! ;)
Okay, kidding, just a joke. Even Bond would not be able to fight off these people.