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Maybe not Campbell... he's good but needs more than a well accomplished journeyman.
And if P&W had to come back, at least Refn has a history with them creatively. It'd be great to see Refn as the next director, as above many things, the movie would look visceral and crazy (in the best way).
Agreed
Yes, but he did have Connery, Binder, Barry, Adam, Maibaum, Hunt, atc.
Campbell didn't have any of them.
Agreed there too.
Yes, the dream team that birthed Bond. Though Young was talented all on his own and had to balance all departments, so I don't think his equally skilled crew should deem him less of a master in what he brought to Bond.
Campbell is to be respected though, because he took a book that many felt would never be adapted, or couldn't, given how far past the 50s the world had gotten, but he used the film to tell an interesting story that adapted the spirit of the book and the main bits of the story while creating new sbu-plots, all while introducing a new Bond to the world for the first time in a revamped film that didn't have all the frills of the formula to rely on. That's a lot to balance and a lot of risk, so yes, he did great.
Not only that, but he made Goldeneye too. What a legend! 8->
Refn clearly has good ideas and a pre-existing relationship with EON. In fairness, Refn is saying all the right things as well (his comments about FRWL and OHMSS are on the nose). I can imagine EON getting on board with him.
I also really like the idea of Bond encountering a single mother. It would give his relastionship with the female lead something a little different. In fact, it sounds very similar to Refn’s ‘Drive’…..
Do we want to see Bond looking after or protecting a child? We’ve never seen that in the series before. It could be interesting…..the recent Logan trailer seems to have a similar slant.
The idea of Bond with a child has been tossed around before.
I seem to recall that one of the original story ideas for TWINE was to give Bond a son. Maybe this was just posturing done in the tabloids, but there were reports that Bond would team up his son, who would be played by Ewan McGregor.
Also, we know that Paul Haggis’s original draft for QOS gave Vesper further motivation to betray MI6 as Quantum would have kidnapped her daughter. According to ‘Some Kind of Hero’ we know the film would have ended with Bond rescuing the child and dropping her off at an orphanage in Moscow. In the end Barbara Broccoli vetoed the idea as she felt Bond would not have treated an orphan in that way considering his own upbringing.
Before people cry bloody murder, there is a huge bit of precedent that strengthens the idea of giving Bond a child. In Fleming’s YOLT, Bond fathers a child with Kissy Suzeki. I think the kid even turns up in one of Raymond Benson’s novels.
If done well, this could be an interesting angle…..but it all depends on execution. I don’t want a relationship-drama about a reluctant father learning to love his kid. It has to be a little more sophisticated than that. It’s also a perfect idea for an outgoing Bond like Craig, it wouldn’t work with a new actor (once again see the Logan trailer).
I have nothing against kids, but I'd strongly prefer they be left out of the spy genre in general and my favourite franchise in particular.
Strongly agree.
I don't think he can after the events of Casino, what Le Chiffre does to him with the rope not meant to have destroyed his "gonads"?, I always took the following as the meaning Le Chiffre had taken his ability to have kids away from him.
Vesper Lynd: You're not going to let me in there, are you? You've got your armor back on, that's that.
James Bond: I have no armor left. You stripped it from me. Whatever is left of me... Whatever is left of me, whatever I am... I'm yours.
He's talking about emotional armour - he doesn't let people in. Whatever is left of him - he means what's left of him after working as a spy/assassin - later dialogue has him talking about him having no soul left if he carries on with this kind of work - a theme that is picked up on again in Spectre.
It is very difficult now in the Craig era for them to write something which does not cover ground already seen in his films.
Whatever they decide his grudge needs to be professional, rather than personal this time, get away from the back story. I think the smartest move would be around what is implemented by Spectre in the event Blofeld is captured or killed. A nuclear threat may work? i.e Bond off on the hunt to disarm or shut down the threat . A bit old school Connery type storyline like Thunderball/Goldfinger.
One thing which did annoy me about Mendes is this "We have assembled this amazing cast, it be a shame not to use them and we get more Team MI6" next film needs to be more a Solo job like Casino.
Although, they'd have to tweak it, as Bond is in quite a different situation. Plus, the outcome would probably be predictable. Not really at the top of my wishlist. Do we really want to see Bond being a daddy? Is this really what's become of the Craig era?
Makes you wonder if children have ever featured in Bond movies?? Apart from the classroom scene in DAF.
Stop press ''Who's she, YOUR MOTHER?"
And the kid selling elephant figures in TMWTGG.
Probably loads if I thought about it.
@NicNac beat you to it. ;)
Except in the audience. Well not too young but old enough to get.
Gee now I just sound like a bad dad.
Damn right. They ruined Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom when 'Short Round' showed up.