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I agree. And a couple of his films outside of Bond are pure dreck. Green Lantern Vertical Limit. And a few others not that great either. He got lucky with Goldeneye and Casino Royale in that he had great material to work with. I would much prefer Mendes to return. He is a far superior director to Campbell.
I don't want Mendes either. Need new.
But that's because Dan's Bond is in the modern world, MI6 no longer exists as the secret service is no longer aligned to the Navy. Hence why they dropped the commander. MI5 and MI6 were merged to form SIS the joint intelligent services its own body and why Dan wheres the SIS crest on his training gear in Skyfall when he is trying to get back in shape.
I would love this, but being the 'Fury Road' fan that I am, I'm feeling selfish and want him to do nothing but focus on the next 'Mad Max.' Can't say I'd be terribly upset if he held off on it to direct the next Bond film; that'd be something.
Ey? That doesn't make sense. Whatever changes have happened, MI5 and MI6 do still exist as distinct entities, even if they're under some all encompassing SIS umbrella.
And SIS continue to recruit from within the military. Retiring military officers often find themselves moving over to the security services.
On top of that, SIS obviously continue to work very closely with the UK military on both domestic security and in combat environments overseas. Do you really think MI6 wasn't in Iraq during the war there and that they weren't working with the UK and US military?
So the idea Bond can't carry out a joint operation with the Royal Navy is total nonsense. And even if it weren't, Bond lives in a fictional world where almost anything is possible, so why not anyway?
If I could travel forward in time 50 years for a week to watch the next 20 Bond movies, I would by very happy too.
That being said, I am a Nolanite, but Mendes has been compared to him so much, but that doesn't mean Nolan wouldn't have a great idea. Maybe just a one time thing?
No mate. Bond can no longer work for SIS and be a commander in the way Fleming wrote of Bond working for the Secret Service, which started as Naval intelligence. Which Fleming in real life was key to creating. SIS are not aligned to the military they are basically the UK equivalent to the FBI and CIA under one umbrella.
As for the fictional since Dalton they have continued to modernise to make it more real and believable it's unlikely they would go back to Bond working for an outdated Intelligence service you for him to be called a Commander.
If only...
I'm not convinced. A serving Royal Naval officer could be seconded to SIS. It's still totally possible for a member of the UK military to work for SIS. Sure it happens all the time.
Your off your head mate. SIS employees are civil servants, Naval employees are employed by Her Majesty's Armed Forces. You can convince yourself that could happen but it's still tripe. It's like saying a burger king employee could be seconded to McDonald's because they both sell burgers.
I honestly don't think the vast majority of cinema goers would give a shit. They could easily make him Commander.
Agreed, there's no need for realism in that sense.
Very confident. But I hope there's no truth to the rumour that Rachel Weisz is threatening to divorce Dan if he does another Bond film.
What? I didn't hear that one.
That sounds like the definition of a fabricated tabloid story.
There is no truth in that. Seems, they both allow each other to do professionally, what they want to. Rachel is busy as hell at the moment and for some time now.
So, you heard her saying it and it was with a twinkle in her eye or what? And the papers build a story on it. Entirely possible, even though I still doubt, she would, even in jest, say that.
It certainly ain't true as a serious meaning.
;-)