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To Be. Or Not To Be.
That is The Question. ;)
Agreed. It would come off as tacky and forced. That's one of those ideas that sounds good on paper but I wouldn't recommend the execution.
It wouldn't surprise me if this is true and if this is the direction they want to take.
After what DC has done in the present day with the role, it will be difficult for anyone to top it going forward, and the options to expand the character arc in the present day are somewhat limited.
However, if they go back in time, there are far more creative options available to them.
Having said that, I'm not too keen on it myself. After the financial debacle of Man from Uncle earlier this year, I'm not sure how the public will feel about it either.
I'd much rather they cast someone in a much different mold from DC and start afresh in the present day with interesting, topical missions. It really shouldn't be all that difficult with the right creative minds involved, but somehow they seemed to make it so with SP...
Not surprising. We're in the midst of full throttle bulls*** season.
There is no incentive to even try this so why?
My favorite Dalton Bond line
;)
I didn't realize Moore's Bond said it. Which film?
Poor Dalton ...that was his only good line in two films and y'all are even taking that away from him :(.
Oh that's right
Amen to that! And Matt Weiner as screenwriter? What on earth is wrong with Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson?
I now remember Dalton's version it was slightly different but Rog's delivery was much more smooth with a hint of cruelness. I'm not his biggest fan but it's a great put down and you can tell Scaramanga feels it, nice bit on screen dueling between Moore & Lee.
Great scene in an underrated gem of a film imho.
Moore, as usual, wipes the floor with Dalton when it comes to line delivery.
I need to rewatch TMWTGG again but I do remember that scene now.
One thing we do know is that DC is contracted to do one more movie for Eon, so let's take that as read. this fact has been iterated and re-iterated throughout the media (trustworthy and otherwise) for many years now. Wilson and Broccoli have frequently said on record that DC is welcome to stay as Bond as long as he likes, and it seems to me that if Dan wants a "rest" between movies, then he's likely to get one, especially of SP turns out to be the rip-roaring success that SF was.
Whether Sam Mendes will return is more open to debate. My guess is that he won't return due to other commitments and this time, Eon will have to seek another director. It's unlikely that Christopher Nolan will accept the gig of directing a Bond movie in the near future, as he already has plans that span up to 2017 and possibly to 2018. One such movie is Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which I believe is due out in 2017. I believe that he has contracted to direct another, as yet unnamed, movie for Warner Bros., due out in 2018.
So who else should be asked to step up to the Bond 25 plate?
Personally after Bridge of Spies I am wondering if Spielberg might actually get to do one. Just a thought
as for Matthew writing Bond 25 I am fine with this idea as long as the film is good.
They did ..it was The Man from UNCLE and it bombed.
Period Bond happened and it was arguably the pinnacle. No need to make an imitation. Lazy and unnecessary.