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Kind of looks like Dan’s head but then we know bond is wearing a white Henley under the Npeal so I don’t think it his him?
Looks like a camera person. Interesting why it's just her and Madeleine. Maybe she kidnaps Madeline?
In the new trailer Safing tells Bond "I have made you redundant".
Given that Craig's Bond has been on various occasions been described as someone who is needed to pull the trigger, I still go with my guess for the villain's plot from above.
Seems Safin has created something that allows him to kill certain people - thus making someone like Bond redundant
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8009669/Did-coronavirus-originate-Chinese-government-laboratory.html
I've always wanted and expected biological warfare to show up again in the films. It would be very topical if it did for NTTD.
Seemingly this is the idea the film is going in….some kind of genetically created virus that will affect a certain type of person.
Which I think will make more sense in light of Safin’s “I have made you redundant” line. Maybe Safin has found a way to create the perfect solider genetically? All a bit too ‘science fiction’ for me.
However, I think the actual mechanics of Safin’s plot will be secondary to Bond’s emotional story and his dynamic with Safin. Basically the film is ‘about’ Bond, and Safin’s plot is just background noise, ‘destroy the world’ nonsense to give the drama stakes.
I’m curious how Blofeld factors into this….he clearly has some kind of relationship with Safin. Especially after the Russian trailer revealed the ‘my enemy is now your enemy’ line.
I think there is a chance that Blofeld factors into this film more than we think….maybe Safin kills him? We know that Safin is in the UK at some point to give Madeleine the Noh mask.
Could he go to the prison to kill Blofeld? I personally would love to see Safin kill him. It cement Safin as the ‘ultimate evil’ if he killed Blofeld. Plus CJ said in the Empire interview that Safin wants to be King of the Underworld. The only way to become the King is the kill the King.
I'm just spitballing here, but instead of her being some secret SPECTRE agent, what if she had a relationship with Safin? What if the wee girl he stalked across the snow in Norway wasn't Madeline, but instead their daughter? Or, if not by Safin but in a similar scenario, what if Madeline had a daughter he murdered out of punishment due to some other ties? Of course, it's silly to think a mother would keep a dead child from her lover, unless she feels guilty or responsible and could have prevented it. Either way, if Safin is as ruthless as they claim, and given Cary's tendency to show no mercy for children, I wouldn't be surprised.
Of course, I'm not endorsing that theory (so I won't argue or debate it), just throwing out something different because I have a hard time believing that young girl was Madeline. I think - as with most films - our theories are usually incorrect and we're delivered something we never came close to anticipating. I'm trying to think outside the box.
I too am at a loss as to what Madeleine's secret is and why it will be the "death of Bond" to discover....
Here are some ideas:
Remember these set photos? I can't find the actual photo, but wasn't a small blonde child photographed on set? Can anyone find the photo???? I think Safin and Madeleine had a baby. Maybe he raped Madeleine and she kept the child........that would be a very villainous thing to do.
Cool theory, but it would be more of a shock to Madeleine to discover.....remember if and when Bond finds out Madeline's secret it'll be earth-shattering for him.
If she was hiding what you suggest from Bond, it's not that major.
Madeleine having secret child would he huge, especially if the father of that kid is on the scene.
Per Purvis & Wade, the whole idea behind Madeleine being White's daughter is that being the daughter of an assassin, she can understand and connect with Bond in a way others can't, and that's (though I guess we'll know more whether they'll actually take that route in the PTS/Matera scenes) presumably a huge part of why Bond falls for her. So realising that oh, she's just like everyone else, would be a bit of a shock.
Secret child - I don't really buy...I think it's pretty clear as day whom we see in the Norway opening scenes is a young Madeleine (and that's something that was seemingly confirmed by the stuntwoman in that sequence too).
Also, who's to say the whole 'Madeleine's secret will be the death of you' from Blofeld is a touch of Marvel-esque trailer misdirection and Blofeld doesn't actually say that in the film?
Hmmmm......what you're saying still doesn't hold up.
Remember, Safin is hunting the young Madeleine. Therefore, we can assume that Safin is Madeleine's secret.
He obviously wants her alive.
Maybe Vesper was adopted by White and Safin is his real brother who wants her sister back. Or/and the french algerian boyfriend stuff in CR and QoS was a lure and it was Safin who was held by Spectre.
The world will end soon after the release of NTTD because of this.
But... I hope he's an original villain too. Just because they screwed up Blofeld.
Yeah that might happen... :-?
It’s this.
After all, we know Madeleine is very qualified and, despite this, she is hiding out in Austria. The answer Spectre gives is that she is laying low because of her father. But it doesn’t make sense, after all she has lived her whole life knowing her father was a Spectre operative. Why hide now?
She has probably been in Austria for a few months prior to meeting Bond. Perhaps something happened….
I think the simplest explanation is sometimes the best: Madeleine and Safin worked together. She’s a Doctor, so perhaps had a role in helping create the virus he is trying to spread. She later escaped from him. The reason why the ‘secret’ is so explosive for Bond is that the real ‘villain’ who engineered the virus was Madeleine. Even though she was under duress.
In many ways, this is preferable to some kind of ‘brother’ or ‘baby’ twist, which feels more appropriate for Eastenders.
I hope they are not related at all...
Love it!
What, Eastenders?
:)>-
I know Eon did just reboot an iconic villain with mixed results. But I'm kinda into the Dr No twist. Mainly as it isn't as obviously sign-posted as the Blofeld reveal.
Who else wants Rami to be Dr No? There is a resemblance...even the lighting and set all look to be designed deliberately to evoke the Crab Key lair.
I honestly believe Safin has just been bred out of the villains from the novels. They seems to be taking bits from the literary Dr. No and Shatterhand...
...like how Silva was inspired by the Scaramanga from the novel