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It's irrelevant anyway as it's not going to happen.
Is literary Bond supposed to have had a WW2 war record or is he too young for that?
Recreating the '60s is easy. Uncle did it very well yes, and so did X-Men First Class, but I don't see the point we already have 6 extremely well crafted '60's Bond films.
I am serious. A '70s revisit would be more interesting. ie a more hardened Bond navigating the '70s in place of Rog's eyebrow raising efforts.
He was in the navy, and joined the Secret Service before the war.
Now there's an origin story...
CR royally screwed any vestigial timeline (not that I care) so going back and exploring literary Bond's true origins in pre-war Europe would be fantastic.
The nearest to go to an earpiece is a silly whistle jeyring and stay pre internet!
The earpiece isn't a result of the period, it's a narrative device. A spy would not go about his business with an earpiece, so it's an easy fix. In fact, I've seen nothing to suggest they are in operation in SP. The trick is striking a balance between tech and tradition. Making a period film is not the answer.
You can swerve tech, or at least suppress it. I think modern tech can lend itself to Bond as long as it's not Bond using it.
Technology is used in such a lame way in SF - it's a substitute for interesting writing. The use of the hacker cliche is so done to death , unimaginative and plain embarrassing. It is just the kind of plodding, 90s TV show plot device I would expect from Purvis and Wade.
I don't know anything about IT but it still strikes me as monumentally lazy plotting. Whenever I see a hacking storyline I take it as a given that the plot is pile of steaming horse manure and the screenwriters are devoid of talent and/or ideas. In purvis and wades case, it's usually both.
Hacking plots should be banned. I was very disappointed that EON and Mendes allowed this tedious, hackneyed plot line into the movie.
Don't tell me you're talking about the Q incident.
Because that was so obviously wrong that you really don't have to know a lot about IT.
That scene and the one with the flashlight (just to mention it) got quite a bit of laughter at the cinema. It was insulting.
P+W should get punished for this. I say, one month without any smartphones, pc's, tablet etc. and furthermore one month no lights allowed in their homes, just flashlights.
;)
Flashlights are too good for P+W.
Seriously though, how did they ever get that gig? They've consistently produced some of the worst plots and dialogue ever committed to the screen.
And they are so full of themselves they even shamelessly recycled their own TWINE plot for Skyfall and didn't stop from stealing the Alec Trevelyan story as well to create the Silva story.
I really wonder why this went unpunished by the critics, but then, I think anyway, they were all dazed by the hype of the Anniversary and EON's goodies.
I was so happy after SF when it was announced EON would not be working with them any more. And now they're back again, as if there's literally no one else in the world capable of writing a Bind screenplay.
The plots and dialogue have been the Achilles heal of Bond movies for far too long. How we miss Maibaum.
They really need to find someone with more edge, humour and just basic writing talent.
I think it's really easy to point the finger at P+W, and screenwriters inparticular. If a film is good it's because of the director. Bad and it's the writer/s fault. It's a complex process and for the bulk of their tenure I believe P+W have brought Fleming to the fore, with other 'meddlers' f****** it up on their behalf.
And here I thought it all made half arsed sense.
I just lapped it up.
Actually,I'm just having fun with this thread.
I want movie Bond to stay in the present, even if they take big liberties with the tech.
But period Bond on HBO could be real interesting.
Eon needs to branch out and sidetrack into the TV world, as well as the big screen blockbusters.
That will depend on how much I rate Spectre.
Good point, but consider this: If you were an investor, which would you rather invest your money in -- the main Bond "here and now" franchise or a '60s period piece? Which is most likely to give you a good return on your money, bearing in mind a '60s period piece is likely to appeal to few but a handful of hard core die-hard Fleming nuts?
True, sci-fi and fantasy movies like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings operate on large budgets without the need for many of the commercial trappings of contemporaneously-set movies, but they are funded in an entirely different way. In the case of Star Wars, much of the backing was provided by religious organisations, ditto Indiana Jones. Lord of the Rings had an already massive fan-base to convince backers that it would be a good idea to part with their cash.
Well, with the leaks, we can be quite confident about what P&W were asked to deal with. In two months we can discuss it (if this forum has not exploded :) )