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I prefer Bond as secret agent rather than world saving super spy. With all the sophisticated technology capable of keeping tabs on folks, perhaps Bond's job becomes seemingly less glamorous. Perhaps he's called upon to help find a missing piece of art, or trains to infiltrate the world of auto racing, or he's assigned to protect a famous rock star. Or maybe he stumbles into something nefarious. Of course all of this blossoms into something larger, but not on the scale of missiles zooming in or hundreds of paratroopers dropping in. For once, maybe he can chase a bad guy on a bicycle.
People keep asking "is that where all of the Government taxes go? To Bond's high, sophisticated life? "
I’m sure he will. There really hasn’t been a better time for Bond since the 60s
It's not far off from actual military expenditures in most countries. Boys with toys etc. I hope the producers ignore the noise and keep the fun.
Too costly. But a story that begins in the 50s and has ramifications in 2024 might fly.
(Creatively) Lazy. I want my own Bond. Don't steal a Bond away from an entire generation because you don't want to offend anyone. That's lame. You have a dozen Cold War Bond movies to enjoy, the series should continue on in modern day, as it always has.
That’d be an interesting premise. I suppose we’ve already had NTTD’s beginning (I guess set in the 90s) having ramifications in the present. There’s a lot that could be done with that basic idea though.
Anyway, I’m not counting on any future Bond films being set in the 50s. Practically speaking these films rely on sponsorships and need modern clothes, cars, accessories etc. I also think the spirit of the films is to bring the character into the modern world (remember, the Connery films came out in a completely different decade to when the majority of the novels were written, and the films/depiction of Bond felt distinctly 1960s or more ‘modern’ for the time one could argue).
Actually, no. It's creatively inspiring.
This!
Let Bond be contemporary, the good thing about Bond was each era was in a time capsules, Connery/Lazenby Era was 60's, Moore era in 70's, Dalton in 80's, Brosnan in 90's, and Craig in the modern era.
Each era represents each decade or year, and in a more genuine way that the period piece couldn't make, it's just making a new movie with a retro skin.
"Grandpa told me once about this evil man called Dr. No..."
I did hear a fun idea though that it might be fun to do, like a three in one type film to celebrate the 80th anniversary. So the first one is set right after world war 2, then a 60s one, then now
James I’m going to tell you a story… about a man.
His name was No. Dr No.
^This. They rely on product placement to finance the films.
I'm not keen on that idea if I'm honest
Even the Bond books evolved too: after Fleming, Gardner's Bond was in the 70's/80's, Benson's Bond was in the 90's, same for the one off authors like Deaver, and now there's Kim Sherwood.
The only one that broke the mold was Anthony Horowitz, but his novels were a continuation of what Fleming had started, not in it's own era like Gardner's and Benson's.
There's still an evolution, that's part of the Franchise, seeing the character and world of Bond evolve.
Like Fashion, Product Placements, trends (look at how they've turned baccarat into Poker in CR), politics, plot, agenda.
James Bond survived many eras, to make a period piece would make it worse, because it just shows that Bond couldn't be evolved, he couldn't survived in the modern era, and just accept him as a product of his time, until it would slowly die out.
And no one wanted that to happen.
Bond should reflect the times that he's in, there's no problem with adapting MR for example, but they could modernize it like how they've did it in Casino Royale.
It could still be done, but in a modernize and updated way, like Casino Royale.
The plot wasn't that outdated enough, the book in general wasn't that too outdated, so there's nothing much to change.
This is the most likely scenario for Bond 26. Although maybe they should reboot what's unused from LALD first (the barracuda swim as a PTS?). They might want to give Bond #7 a happy ending in his first film, to distinguish him from Craig, so maybe not MR at the start.
Frankly, Craig had so many downer (albeit well-done) endings that I think Eon is going to feel pressure to go the other way and be a bit happier at the end.
It wouldn't be too hard to adapt Anthony Horowitz's novels for modern use, though. Particularly FAAD. IFP were a bit too much in the past with the mixed bags of DMC and SOLO, honestly. They need to move forward from Fleming's timeline, like EON with Purvis and Wade. Quite a few of Gardener and Benson's novels could work in modern day, as well.
I see where you’re coming from. But I think one of them deserves a chance before Purvis and Wade get another chance at Bond resigning.