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In a ideal world, I would have liked Lazenby to follow-up OHMSS. That said, would he have grown as an actor by the time of DAF? Or would his inexperience become more glaring given a more "traditional" film? Rigg, Savalas, Ferzetti are exceptional in OHMSS.
With Dalton, I don't have those concerns.
I'd like a third one to lighten up just a bit, and give him a fun epic. If you've seen his Lark cigarettes ad, I think from Japan, that tone would have been great.
Spielberg directing, then at the peak of his blockbuster powers, would be even better.
Laurence Olivier level of acting. Lazenby’s physicality and charm would have made for an interesting post Connery era.
I would love to have seen Lazenby in a follow up to OHMSS, seeking revenge for Tracy. A DAF that would've been darker and more interesting than the one we got.
But also a third film from Dalton. I loved both TLD and LTK, Dalton was an amazing James Bond, and a terrific actor as well. So long as it wasn't too light, then a third Dalton film could've been really something special.
But playing the numbers it could doom Bond 7 to one mission.
Just wait for AI. We'll get Connery (with Rigg and Savalas) in OHMSS before you know it.
My reading of the guy is that the flesh was just too weak. He chased after the girl of his dreams halfway across the world. You don't do that if you take everything that light-heartedly.
The guy just needed (a) Terence Young to guide him. H'd have been better in OHMSS, and a blast in a completely different DAF.
So, 2nd Lazenby for me.
Would you rather have one less Moore film adventure OR one more Brosnan?
Roger did an admirable job making Bond relevant again. Most don't rank AVTAK too highly, would you rather this film starred another actor?
Pierce did an admirable job reviving Bond after the legal battles. Most don't rank DAD very highly, would you prefer Pierce go out on a different film adventure?
And I think Pierce deserved another film to go out on.
There has been some talk about the Brosnan films (particularly post-GE) being very action-packed and video-game like. Everything or Nothing was developed alongside DAD, and I'm wondering if, in some respects EON turned out more grounded than DAD. Maybe it's unfair to compare game and film in this way. The game had roughly another year of development, releasing in early 2004. I'm trying to determine if there's anything in that game (not forgetting the concept video for unmade Brosnan game 'Phoenix Rising' - I think, from 2004/5?) that hints to what might've come next for him. Personally I think his 5th film wouldn't have strayed too far from what we'd already seen from his era but with less sci-fi elements and more intelligent dialogue than the previous film.. Again, it all hinges on the producer's reaction to the Bourne style and if that film 'exists' in parallel to our own 5th Brosnan timeline.
Coming full circle to the topic, EON is considered by some to be Brosnan's '5th film', and the villain was the protege of Max Zorin. In the same way, perhaps a character or plot thread from a previous film (not specifically Brosnan era) could have made a return in film #5.