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Not sure how this relates to my post, though :P I asked Simon why he believes that the Matera scenes are set five years after Spectre, as that would imply that Madeleine waited that long before she took Bond to her house... even though she says she wanted to show him her father's secret room.
Also, that would mean everything after the title sequence is set 10 years after SP... So Bond hasn't seen any of his collegues for a decade? And Blofeld waited five years before doing something to separate Bond and Madeleine?
Yeah, it's never outright stated. Though Fukunaga did say that NTTD is set five years after SP, and I assume he meant the post-title sequence part (so the majority of the movie), which means the PTS is set shortly after SP (a few months at most).
Even that link says the opening happens 'right after Spectre'.
What year is QoS in, again?
Easy:
Using quantum physics, alternative universes and combing formulas, Quantum Of Solace starts a few hours and a few days, simultaneously, after the events of CR!
Would it be a good tie-in if Mathilde had been conceived as a result of the bout on the train in SP or would that be a bit too pat? Can't decide, but I sort of quite like the idea, tbh.
The way I looked at it, was they left London in the DB5, travelled to a few places, ended up in Matera and they were planning going "home" to Madeleine's childhood home in Norway
Unless Mallory was heavily involved in weapons development while in his role in Whitehall. Bond also has significant knowledge of the whole thing despite not knowing Mallory prior to SF and clearly being too busy during and after he does get to know him.
It struck me as odd at the time and it still throws me on rewatch.
Lol. Yeah. (Shake my head/Roll my eyes) Phew! Well, that's what happens when Bond films want to be forcefully and unnecessarily linked. That's still one of my issues with Craig's Bond era....even if I'm a fan of his Bond.
Standalone Bond films makes it easier for the filmmakers to work freely. Plus, there's also lots of room for variety of characters. If Madeleine didn't return for NTTD, Paloma could have easily been the new Bond girl and they would have probably made Nomi a villain...maybe a mole or something.
Yes that's a point, plus it perhaps doesn't feel like Nomi has only been in the job for a few weeks.
I actually prefer Nomi not being a mole (women betraying Bond in some way seems to have cropped up a lot since the late Brosnan era, and between Miranda Frost, Mitchell, C, Ash we seem to have a lot of fellow agents being moles/secretly villains). Same for Paloma being a secondary Bond girl - she’s a fun character but I think if she’d outstayed her welcome she’d have become weaker.
For what it’s worth I’m glad NTTD wrapped up Craig’s era. Every Bond film has its own identity anyway, even if it carries on from other films (ie. DN and FRWL are very different films even though they’re effectively sequels. Same for the other 60s Bond films that involve SPECTRE). It would have felt weird seeing an adventure completely unrelated to the other films for his last one. Anyway, the whole 10 years thing for Heracles is inconsequential (not seen the film in a while but I always understood it as the project being researched or whatever prior to Mallory/in early stages and he approved it going further/into the official stages or whatever as head of MI6. No idea if any dialogue backs that up or even how correct that is but it really doesn’t matter as it’s not something most people are going to think or care about, and there have been far sillier plot holes in Bond. Hell, just look at SP - a whole government merger and surveillance building seem to develop/get built in a matter of weeks. Ironically it also points to a looser approach to continuity and more individualistic films than we’re discussing).
Oh, Yeah. Craig's era was solid for sure. I just wanted a better connection of the films and some ideas done better. But still, a solid Bond era.
Maybe "Was I mad to fall in love with you?"
BTW - Your experiment with SUNO led me to subscribing. Quite a clever program. Not perfect, but opens the door to lots of possibilities. I've been in contact with a couple of ideas that could help immensely. They are quite open to feedback and working on some enhancements. Good on you for bringing attention to the site.
Also told in the visuals under the opening credits. Especially Vesper as the Queen of Spades.
I second that. YKMN is a fantastic rock tune. I'm hoping the next Bond film gives us something like this again, or at least along the lines of LALD, AVTAK, or TLD.
I like the tune, but it never quite goes anywhere. Skyfall has the best Craig song and score.
My favourite song of the series, it perfectly fit Casino and Daniel's new harder edge interpretation of Bond.
I don't know what it is but I still find the word "stupid" jarring in the NTTD song. I have no idea why it just doesn't feel right in a Bond song