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Because that's where he, as the producer, wanted it. I don't think he did it just because that's what the fans wanted. However, Barbara is not her father so she should be entititled to another opinion.
Everyone liked it so much it returned for the next film and so on.
Wll, that's a relief, or sort off... :D =))
Well the GB was originally added, as many here know, by editor Peter Hunt at the start of FRWL because he felt the opening needed a stronger punch to it. He used the GB from DN and spliced it in, as they did with GF. (Hence the direct CUT from the white DOT to the opening shots in those 2 films.)
But the GB wasn't always an easy fit. I remember on LTK; the end of the GB, when the white dot opens to reveal the scene, wasn't working well at all, and we had to keep re-jigging where the dot opened and the speed of it so that, eventually, it opened to catch the radar plane flying over the Florida Keys. But, as I say, it wasn't a perfect transition at all, and I still don't think it's that great. I suspect today, they may have in fact dropped the GB from the start to make the opening shot better, but back then things were more conservative in terms of the titles (remember they also toyed with replacing Binder and going in a new direction, but in the end they returned to trusted formula for the titles).
So to answer your question, I think up until CR the producers have been rather "nervous" of changing or re-working "iconic" images like the GB --- but we now live in a post CR Bond world.
after all that fuss?
You are now a believer!
Now we'rein the time of reboots, and of "serious" action movies. I think Barbara's actually continuing her father's method far more than distancing her from it ! And if Avengers Assemble means we're back to fun blockbusters in the next years, then I expect a funnier 007 next time :)
Ugh, 2 weeks to go!
http://media.photobucket.com/image/skyfall gunbarrel/T2006/tumblr_mb2zh0Yclg1qc2maxo1_1280.jpg
Don't believe it for a second. You telling me they didn't put the gun barrel at the start of Skyfall because there was one nice shot they preferred to start the film? What nonsense. And why does a shot take precedence over the classic gun barrel opening? They've got their priorities all wrong.
No, but pictures have. Not a fan of the new design actually but it's not a big deal.
LOL! I did think it was quite "leathery" looking when I saw it at the cinema!!
Looking at it now, I think it's a very relaxed pose, very cool. The nonchalant hand, the legs a bit apart... I approve.