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Second this
That too.
Same here.
I'd love to see them follow the CR template, possibly with MR this time. Bond and M are indispensable of course, but only use Moneypenny and Q if strictly necessary.
James bond has to stop a raging high-tech war between four technology companies, one from Japan, owned by Asian billionaire Thomas Tarashi, one from Spain owned by Mexican land owner Maria Quera, one from India owned by Indian prince Tobi Drakka and one from South Africa owned by the ruthless General Thundergem, before it causes irreversible global damage. James would travel through each country, fighting villains of both humans and machines and travelling through exotic villain lairs such as Indian palaces or high-tech Japanese buildings. The final fight would be a chase through some kind of African jungle, with high-tech helicopters and trucks.
Good to see you get straight into things. It certainly is a very full on story idea, though maybe a little to video game like, rather than Bond film.
What's the overall threat from these tech companies? And why is Bond involved?
Too much Q tracking Bond's every move is already old. An off the grid Bond story would be a nice change.
Agreed. Although it was more of a recurring thing they simply brought back in SP and to a much lesser extent NTTD (and to be fair, the whole 'smart blood' thing kinda links into the nanobots so it makes sense in that world). But yes, it'd be nice if Bond didn't have to be tracked and MI6 trusted him.
Oh and just a thought: I'd rather they don't use the evil businessman trope. Unless his business is weapons or intelligence or something like that. Make the villain a terrorist, a rogue military officer, or a spy, yes, a scientist of some sort even (like Dr No). But not an amateur criminal. Too often they come off as poor man's Goldfingers.
PTS
We open in a foreign city. After leaving from a dining engagement, a diplomat and his beautiful female aide are accosted and shoved into a car. During the scuffle, the diplomat loses a cuff link which is in the style of a miniature golf ball.
Close up of the cuff link that dissolves into an actual golf ball on a tee.
A second later the ball is hit with a club that sends it soaring off the range into a parking lot where it bounces off a vintage yellow and black Rolls Royce.
Close up of the ball which has come to a stop behind the Rolls.
We hear the crunch of gravel as the player approaches the car.
We catch a quick glimpse of an ornamental statue with an obvious seam around the head as if it had been detached once.
Close on the ball. A hand reaches into the frame to pick up the ball.
As the camera follows the ball being picked up, we glimpse the license plate of the Rolls:
AU III.
Close up of man's profile. A quick turn of the head to the license plate. A smile. He tosses the golf ball into the air which dissolves into the title and song sequence.
This is real world and incredibly intriguing…
I thought there was a bit of that in No Time to Die to be honest. I'm thinking of the extended scene where there is a shootout as Bond traverses the stairwell near the end of the film. That scene did feel a bit like a shoot 'em up computer game to me. I suppose that parts of the latter half of Tomorrow Never Dies similarly had a computer game feel as well. I agree with you that it's a trend I'd rather not see repeated in future Bond films.
Biggest problem was that movie only have one moment at start that must been filmed around of first movie in 2017 showing a flashback of younger Diana, only moment of more background of chacter.
If following another trend earlier Kingdom of Planet of Apes. In new trailer even production design look like it have some 3D effect with i thinking partly doing sets for real. Big quistion wil be or in final movie you see it looks to fake. Possible side effects of 4K or 6K filming, or you know it but accepted effects.
Fukunaga is a noted videogame player (remember all the initial stories in the tabloids about him bunking off directing to go play Red Dead Redemption 2...).
I think the third act being very video-gamey is intentional, as it features a lot of the tropes etc that an action game would have:
- Q Dar providing a map / navigation way point for Bond/Nomi and the player
- Two agents infiltrating (Co-Op)
- Q giving bond hints and tips ("Use your watch Bond") etc like a game would.
- The already mentioned "one take" stairs sequence".
- Backtracking around the same environment (which Bond does quite a bit)
- Hidden collectables in the level (Dou Dou) (this one is a stretch though).
That's very well deduced indeed. I think that you are definitely on to something there, @Mallory! :)
Also, the overhead/top-down POV shots.
They could call it No Time to Dream.
Their trigger word? "Risico."
A new development of nuclear reactor technology is coming to the UK, but terrorist attacks come in from anti-nuclear groups. Most recently, the British Government's security representative (Tallon) was killed in one such attempt, with help of a defector within Drax industries (obviously the name would change). Bond gets sent to Drax industries, and follows the trail of the traitor in Drax Industries, also following the Tallon's notes hinting to some big attack to come.
Bond, taking the identity of the discovered terrorist, receives the payment from a shell company and then heads off to investigate it, where he meets with and sleeps with the supposed chief*, who later sets up for him to be killed. Despite this, Bond still discovers a connection between the shell company and the headquarters of Drax Industries.
Bond then goes to the work being down in Dover and befriends the secretary, Gala Brand, and does some investigation into who could be funneling Drax's cash into the terrorist group. Bond suspects Krebs, Drax's right hand man, and asks help from Gala to investigate him. Bond discovers Krebs snooping in his room, and he fights with the man and neutralises him.
Bond enjoys a day out on the beach with Gala, but he then realises that Krebs was not the only defector as the cliffs crash down on him and Gala. So he goes through Krebs' room and compares notes with what Tallon has written and realises that Drax is in on the scam, and that Drax has indirectly purchased plastic explosive. However, Drax has cottoned on before Bond can report (jamming communications), and Bond and Gala are forced to race out in Bond's car before Drax stops them he brings them back, near the heart of reactor where he tortures them (to see what they've reported) and reveals his motivations (money, and a dislike of Britain due to imperialism).
Drax plans to blow up the coolant pipe of the reactor, leading to nuclear contamination, while he scurries off to foreign backer. He plans to use Bond and Gala with the terrorist IDs as scapegoats. Drax leaves, and Bond escapes, and frees Gala, before sneaking off and fitting the plastic explosives on the boat. The boat blows up with Drax on it, and the reactor show goes smoothly.
Bond turns down honours, and speaks with Gala, asking her to come on holiday with him, before she turns him down.
*Depending on the actor and the tone of the film, this sexual encounter can be omitted.
I like this. It is a bit toned down in adventure, but could be portrayed well.
Just knew this when I'm watching old Rock and Roll videos on YouTube and came across some comments in the comments section about the Mysteries in the Laurel Canyon and such and it interests me a bit, been at home for days.
So here's my idea for Bond 26, since the Producers couldn't use SPECTRE as to how it's resolved in the Craig Era, I could think of a stronger villain that if handled well and better, could've been fantastic.
What if Bond has to face a man that will leave him clues that could lead him to something like the Tavistock Institute, the Committee of 300, or the MK Ultra? I've read a book by John Coleman, a former MI6 agent and he had talked about these things, so I think for a Bond film, it could've been interesting, granted that Bond had fought several organizations in the past, these things could've been good to see Bond facing, instead of following the current trends (like the, in my opinion, the nanobots virus in NTTD), I think this plot is a bit overlooked, since it's been well researched by many (since it's been in the 60s), why not explore these things?
I've also read that they've done some secret mind control experiments upon some CIA agents using LSD, and some psychoanalysts helped spread it among intelligence agencies and later in public (as was said by some articles I've read), these things alone could've been a Bond plot on its own, Bond had fought many drug related criminals before (Sanchez and Kananga), so why not have it be like this time around? About LSD?
They're even hiring some fake celebrities to manipulate the public and to act as a puppet by these organizations to fool the people, another interesting aspect for a Bond film, think of Elliot Carver's plot in Tomorrow Never Dies of how he had manipulated the society through his news, I think that's the same, but it's an organization, a group of people, not by a single person, like SPECTRE, think of it that way, instead of Elliot Carver, have it be a SPECTRE like organization doing the manipulations or as what been said, a social experiment to create chaos and change people's behaviors like that of psy-op (psychological operation), look at what happened in On Her Majesty's Secret Service with Blofeld brainwashing young women to spread biological warfare, this one is about psychological warfare, to create their so called 'New World Order' (like how I've read it in some articles).
It felt to me like real life SPECTRE.
This could've been unique for a Bond film, and would give the new Bond actor a great, distinct, and fresh start, and would make his era a bit more different than his predecessors, make it realistic and thrilling, and we have a great Bond debut that would continue for the new Bond actor's tenure, again, like Quantum or SPECTRE.
Maybe they'll do a Doctor Who and call Bond26 Bond1.
I quite like this.
That said, something along the plot line of Carte Blanche would be great!