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Could be good, two great elements of the novels.
@JamesStock do you work for the London Financial Times?
That has never been stated by EON or anyone involved.
Someone wrote that EON would never kill of Bond, because it would lead to worse box office performance. How exactly? As for people saying they would boycott Bond 25 if Bond died in it, COME ON! We all know you would still be first in line to watch it.
“A man lives inside his head. That’s where the seed of his soul is”. ESB
Nope. Wouldn't watch it.
How can Bond die? It's impossible. Bond dies in Bond 25. He's alive in Bond 26!
Er... right. How does that make any sense?
Bond is an experienced middle aged agent in Bond 20. He is a young rookie agent in Bond 21. How? It's impossible!
Because I've never bought into the idea. I also don't enjoy watching films where the hero dies no matter the film – even less so in a franchise where you know there will be more films coming after it. There's enough reboots around as it is.
The only way to kill off Bond is not to show his actual death. I dunno, Bond falls off a mountain and we think he's dead but da da daaaaaaaaaaaa!..... he survives.
That could work. Ish. Maybe. If we close our eyes and pretend it's not silly.
:P
As I already said before, it all depends how they’d handle this idea. There are more subtle and intelligent and Flemingesque ways for killing off the character without doing it quite physically.
It's a soft reboot (of sorts). No Bond film or era have ever ended the film with the guy presumed dead - or dead.
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/09/daniel-craig-bond-25-finale-cary-fukunaga-1202005592/
"But then Boyle and his “Trainspotting” franchise collaborator John Hodge pitched a more tantalizing idea about reviving the Cold War with a wild twist."
This twist again! We have still no idea what this movie gold idea by Boyle and Hodge was and we still don't know whether EON has ditsched it or not. I certainly hope it's still very much part of the screenplay.
No Bond film or era ever showed the origins of the character or how 007 got his licence to kill. Until Craig.
True, but that doesn't have to mean Bond have to be killed at the end.
I have enough troubles with the Craig era as it is. Having Bond killed at the end will just be the last straw.
Reboot was the first CGI tv show!
I bet you never knew that. Na na na na na.
If Bond dies in Bond 25 and we know he will live again in a rebooted Bond 26 - doesn't that undermine the impact of his death? We'll see Daniel Craig's Bond die but we'll know "Bond lives in Bond 26!" Won't that lessen the impact of the death?
If Eon are going to sell up and stop making films then I suppose you can argue killing off their Bond makes sense. Perhaps.
You’re right.
But as I said before they could still handle this idea following Fleming’s material regarding Bond “presumed” dead. For example, having Bond losing his memory not knowing anymore who he really is/was would be like “killing” the character.
If Eon sell up, if Bond 26 is delayed for several years - then yeah, okay, your idea could work. But if we go from Bond 25 - Craig's Bond dies - to two/three years later with new rebooted 'younger actor' Bond, it might feel a bit strange. It will feel like the new Bond is an imposter? Bond dies but this new guy is Bond? I dunno....
It's about Craig's Bond. If they kill his Bond, the following re-boot, 3 or 4 or more years later, will, like CR, introduce a distinct new time-line and a new Bond and, likely, new M, Moneypenny etc.
Death is meant to be permanent. Bond dying but returning in the next film does undermine the basic meaning of death! Superman died in the comics but returned. He's an alien so he's got a good excuse. ;)
I suppose Craig's Bond dying would provide a shock ending and make the film more memorable? Hmm... I think it's a risky thing to do.
Have you heard of the term Floating Timeline?
Craig is the only reboot.
If Bond dies in Bond 25 - fair enough. It will divide some fans but I'm sure they'll get over it.
We all know that, I'm sure. The issue for me, @ColonelSun, is that if Craig's Bond were to bite the dust then all bets are off regarding what can be done with the character. The internet is already up in arms about Elba being Bond, a woman being Bond, Bond being gay, etc. If Bond were to be killed and then simply brought back to life with the next film no questions asked, there'd be no reason for any of those things to be an issue anymore. And that's a problem for me because it means Bond wouldn't be Bond anymore - that slippery slope would be truly crazy. The character most definitely will have died, in more ways than one.