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I feel that "Bond, James Bond" and the martini are the bare minimum tropes they need to keep--in any iteration. (Yes, I'm aware of QoS and the drink experiments in the Moore era.)
Does he not BondJamesBond in QoS then?
I think sometimes it's not so much a question of what as much as how. Taken individually, none of these elements are truly what gives Bond his uniqueness. Moore us very much Bond in LALD even though there's lot of things "missing" in it. Same with DN, CR, OHMSS (no gadgets to speak of).
For Monepenny maybe Phoebe Waller-Bridge? A comedy actress would be a great relief to what I otherwise suspect will be a tense as f*ck movie.
Agree. Spare us the DB5 as well.
Oh yeah, I think that’s certainly gone now.
I think it’s very likely that the handling of the DB5 and many of the other hallmarks will go very similar to the way it went with Craig. Start out stripped down - we want to tell a Bond story not show Bond memorabilia etc. - or updated or only with a couple of the classic signifiers and by the time the third film is in production the actor, the director, production designer and writers as well as fans and journalists will be like „That’s cool and all, but can he maybe drink a Martini and smoking a cigarette, while wearing a dinner jacket, driving a gadget-laden DB5 with a girl by his side and saying „Bond, James Bond“? I’ve always wanted to do that.“ They (we) just can’t help it.
Yeah she's wonderful as Moneypenny.
Its placement in the car chase was an odd choice but I loved the Moneypenny/James interaction in Spectre, how Craig delivers "At this time of night?" really delights me.
I think the MI6 gang are a really great part of the Craig era that could and should've been utilised more, Tanner is a little neglected but I think that was probably a wise move and Rory Kinnear is always solid. And Whishaw as Q is fantastic, the chemistry he has with Craig is a big reason why. It's also why I think they should clear the decks for the new actor and build something new without stepping on Craig's shoes.
I agree they should keep some of Bond's own tropes. After all, he's the same character in a different timeline, and he should be recognisable as such. But to make clear that this is back to day 1, there shouldn't be remnants which have now been around for 60 years. This new Bond should have a new M, a new Q, and a new Moneypenny. Not to forget a new car. The DB5 business has been overdone recently anyway.
Good point.
The Vanish is still around. It's just that no one knows quite where.
The Z3 was a BMW promotion to an extreme degree. Good grief - it served no purpose other than transportation !
And why say the Vantage was "needlessly resurrected" ? Bond needed a car. His older DB was damaged, and unavailable, at any rate.
I guess both of us agree on the Z 3.
Regarding the "Vanish": I know what happened afterwards with the car that was used, including the fire at Brosnan's home which destroyed his substitute. I'm referring to what happened to the one in the movie, and I just don't remember while writing this or my last post, but just don't feel like re-viewing my eternally least favorite Bond movie to answer that question.
As for the Vantage V8 in NTTD: Yes, but it was quite a stretch to accept that Bond had two previous "personal cars" in store somewhere, the first recovered in SF (to much applause) and then destroyed, but apparently restored in SP times, but unfortunately destroyed again in NTTD, and then the Vantage as a substitute in NTTD. The first one still in Q-Branch "refinements" condition, the other, well, apparently normal, without the stuff installed in TLD. He could have simply rented a VW Golf (or maybe Fiat, in Italy) instead. Using the VV8 was just another attempt to trigger Bond nostalgia by the producers. Legitimate, I'd say, especially with WHATTITW playing in the background. I was kind of elated by that as well, so I don't complain personally. One just doesn't have to fall for it, and I think they overdid it. And I'd especially not recommend it for a new start of the franchise. Let's keep the strictly personal traits of James Bond for a new start, but none of the old items that are basically just McGuffins trying to establish a connection to the past.
As for the Vanish being around but no one knowing where...I am afraid I was too subtle (really ? me ?) in referencing its Invisibility....therefore, no one know where it is now...See ? I mean, not see.
'M is a codename held by a number of fictional characters in Ian Fleming's James Bond book and film series; the characters are the current or past heads of the Secret Intelligence Service—also known as MI6. Fleming based the character on a number of people he knew who commanded sections of British intelligence. Like Q for Quartermaster, M stands for "Mission".
Your comments indicate that you are quite fixated on having white actors in the next film ! Are you sincere, or are you a troll ?
Pretty obvious something is wrong. You are specifically rooting for a white Moneypenny and Leiter and insist the last ones were cast just for their skin color. You’re doing the very same with another skin color.