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It was used more recently than We Have All the Time in the World (prior to NTTD).
I'd say there's still a good chance it could come back. I'd have sooner expected the 007 theme to make a reappearance over WHATTITW or the OHMSS theme. Plus, the Craig era was pretty liberal with callbacks to past movies, so I don't think it's off the table.
Don’t expect anything as long as the two strikes are in play. Until that’s resolved, there’s really not much Eon can do beyond shopping for a director and waiting out to do work on a script.
Would you liked to start the Bond film where we see the reason why Bond is called to a mission?
The examples of this are YOLT, TSWLM and MR with the film showing the hijackings that would've been Bond's mission.
Or the one in FYEO with the hijacking of the ATAC being showed first, or the one in TND or the one in TB showing the nuclear stealing.
But for me, I would've preferred to start the film with M's debriefing of Bond first, then the plot or Bond's mission would've start unfolding as the film progresses, it's like a puzzle theory, with each clues to the cause of Bond's missions starts revealing one by one.
Like, show Bond at the debriefing first, then as he goes to the mission, as the investigation progress, each clues or hint that would've trail him to the final resolution would be answered one by one, until it would've lead him to what really happened in the case that Bond was investigating, it would've give him answers to his mission where Bond has no clue of.
Because, for me, my personal opinion, if they've shown the plot first, it would be a bit boring for a Bond film, because it would be a bit predictable, because we already know where's that leading, we already know what's happening, what's the point of the movie.
Unlike when the plot was not shown first, the audiences would've likely to get puzzled and starts figuring out what's happening in the film.
And it adds thrill, mystery and tension.
I mean, sometimes, we need logic right?
You, guys, what how would you prefer Bond's mission or the plot to be handled in Bond 26?
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Interesting question. Personally, I prefer to see the reason for Bond being called in. I think these things have more impact when the audience are actually shown something rather than purely having it relayed through dialogue.
That doesn't necessarily mean that the audience has to know everything that's going on/what the villain's plan is beforehand, even if we're shown the reason for Bond's mission. DN is a good example in which we see Strangways being killed but are ultimately kept in the dark about the reason why, and discover this alongside Bond. You can apply that to LALD too in which we see the various people being killed in the PTS, and we uncover Kananga's plan alongside Bond.
In that sense it's less a question of us being shown the reason for Bond's mission, but how much the audience should know at an early stage. Again, DN and LALD are examples where the audience receive information more or less at the same time as Bond, while TND, TWSLM, MR, YOLT etc. involve a level of dramatic irony in the sense that it's established relatively early what the villain's plan is. The latter can work very well and actually provide a level of tension that keeping us in the dark wouldn't otherwise have (ie. FRWL establishes early on that Bond is being set up for a trap, and the fact that we know this keeps us engaged). It really depends.
Very cool! Thanks!
Early Connery?
Post-Goldfinger Connery?
Goofy Moore?
Gritty Dalton?
Formulaic Brosnan?
Early Craig?
Post Spectre-Craig?
Early Connery, with a touch of Brosnan.
I'd like one normal Bond movie just to show that they're still capable of making them. Maybe a mixture of Early Connery, 90s Brosnan, and early Craig.
Early Connery and gritty Dalton.
I prefer it to be balanced, a combination of grittiness, groundedness, drama/romance, some touch of humor, adventure, but still staying to the formula.
I love TSWLM, but I can't see how that would work nowadays. Even when folks say that some of the Mission Impossible films channel the Roger tone, Rogue Nation or Ghost Protocol feel closer to Skyfall than Spy to me.
Yes, and all of the action films these days seemed be a bit gritty, they're more like Skyfall to me, because look at Ethan Hunt, he's given a personal aspect beyond just being an action hero, he has a daughter, he's given a wife, and those gave meat to the story more than just being an action adrenaline rush, the Moore Era Bond films didn't have that, it's just a mindless fun of pure escapism and action, but beyond that, it's empty, so no, I don't believe Mission Impossible have that Moore tone in them, possibly more akin to Brosnan Era (action with some personal stories sprinkled over it).
If there's a modern Franchise that adhere more to the Moore Era, it might be the Kingsman series, there's nothing in it other than a pure, mindless escapism action adventure, but beyond that, there's nothing in it, it's those films that one couldn't take seriously.
You're almost describing Octopussy @mtm.
1. Action and tension
2. Humor
3. Fantastical elements
4. Bondian Elements
5. Drama/romance
6. Groundedness/grittiness
7. Mystery/thrill
8. Charm
I often wonder what a modern day Octopussy would be like! I stand by my position that if Octopussy was Moore’s first film (or even right after TSWLM), it would be an irrefutable classic of the series.
I think that the closest we had to the Moore era in the contemporary Bond era were DAD and SP.
But yeah, Octopussy is very underrated, even today almost
SP? I don't think it's as campy as the Moore Bond films, Idk, for me, it's still a bit gritty, it's more akin to TLD, it's bleak and full of dread, and that's not what I associate with the Moore Bond films.
DAD, yes, that's the last Moore like Bond film.
I think the Cuba sequence in NTTD was somewhat a lighthearted feel, probably the closest we could ever get to a modern Moore Bond film.
I think NTTD may be semi-Moore Bond film (the cuba sequence, over the top stunts, a henchmen with distinctive quality in bionic eyes, fantastical gadgets like that of Boeing C-17, an EMP watch, Bond is more talkative and sarcastic, a megalomaniac villain in a lair, world domination plot).