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Should EON lose the rights to Blofeld and SPECTRE?
I read last night that EON (Bond producers) just got back the copyrights to Blofeld. I was confused, because I saw Tomorrow NEver Dies on TV (great film) and I thought Blofeld was in that one, (but Elliot Carver wasn't actually Blofeld,) I thought he was. Are the Bond movies better with the villain turning into Blofeld? Or is it just a gimmick that EON should leave alone. Should someone else have the rights to Blofeld and SPECTRE? Lets hear your thoughts.
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spectre, Blofeld etc ( part of the Sony deal) as it put an end to, yet another remake of Thunderball coming along. :)
Interesting. Is this because you think EON are doing such a spectacularly good job or just because you don't want to see any more rogue Bond films?
The former yes, the latter no. I would love to see what a rival Bond film would look like in the 2010s.
Personally I can't agree 100% on the first question.
With all the retconning farce and the botch they made of introducing Blofeld in SP my faith in EON is waning.
I worry that Babs seems more obsessed with enlisting A list talent in the hope of making a film that is Oscarbait rather just concentrating on making a good Bond film and MGW just seems to be winding down to retirement. And I have very little faith that the Wilson brothers are up to the job I'm afraid.
The one thing I never wanted to happen - Bond not being in EON's hands - doesn't scare me as much as it used to anymore.
That said EON are the buffer that save us from a studio exec imposing bullshit like black Bond, gay Bond, female Bond on us but there again it wasn't the studio that signed off on brother Blofeld was it?
On balance I'd say EON losing the rights would be a disaster but they need to up their game as some of the decisions made in SP were misguided.
As for rogue Bond films, the only I would like to see this happen is if Netflix or HBO did a Bond series of faithful, period adaptations of Fleming's books.
My take on it as well - Kevin McClory was a real thorn in the flesh of Eon Productions, his genuine grievances quite aside.
Waltz's Blofeld has layers and a depth that you can create a psychological profile from. He's ruthless and unlike most Bond villains, he actually sticks around to make sure Bond is dead before egotistically marching off with a stupid grin on his face. That's a big win for me.
Quite.
Ever since TLD we have had the same three ideas repeated time and again. It's getting dull. How about Bond just does his job for once?
LTK - Personal & Bond goes rogue.
GE - Personal & MI6 traitor.
TND - Personal (the Paris angle just about qualifies I guess).
TWINE - Personal (for M).
DAD - Personal, Bond goes rogue & MI6 traitor.
CR - Personal & MI6 traitor.
QOS - Personal & Bond goes rogue.
SF - Personal (for both Bond and M), Bond goes rogue & MI6 traitor.
SP - Personal, Bond goes rogue & MI6 traitor.
Correct me if I'm wrong but up until LTK the only time we had any one of these themes was OHMSS (personal - and it didn't really interfere with business as usual) wasn't it?
One or two films. I thought near the end of Spectre he was starting to become a bit
"Unhinged"
Glad you're not in charge of the franchise.
Whether we're talking about Connery's Bond revenging himself on his enemies for the deaths of Quarrel and Kerim, Lazenby's Bond falling in love on the job, marrying and facing off with a man who wants to rob him of that happiness, Moore's Bond uncovering the meaning behind the bullet with his name on it, Dalton's Bond tracking down the man responsible for nearly killing his friend and murdering/raping his wife, Brosnan's Bond facing off against an old flame's hubby, or, later on, a woman who threatens his life and that of his boss's, or Dan's Bond who has had the most personal stretch of films yet, things always get personal for Bond. It's almost impossible to avoid.
Since Licence to Kill, though, the mission has been built off of the foundation of a personal arc.
It's you're.
It's not optional. They are two different words with different meanings.
Spelling, grammar, syntax or how the words scan, but we're all different. My posts
are usually full of all sorts of mistakes, hopefully as we're all friends most members
Over look them.
In these educationally devalued times you should know that no 12 year old would recognize the error.
Dragonpol has already tried that childish insult btw. My response is on my 'wall'.
Actually I graduated from school years ago so I don't know what they teach kids these days, though based on what I read it's not so good.
Dragonpol is good at spotting the bad eggs early. Did they happen to teach you manners as well?
I really hope they will get JJ Abrams to give Bond the much needed overhaul.
It's damn time, really.
Get Zac Efron as Bond. Make Bond 25 a remake or reboot and for Heaven's Sake the target audience has to be the teens up to the 25 year olds.
Make Efron's Bond kind of gay-ish, not too obvious, so it will appeal to the girls and boys.
Get Pierce Brosnan to reprise his role as a side-part and mentor to the new Bond.
Of course Brosnan has to be tragically killed by the son of Blofeld.
Get a surprise ending, possibly Bond's grandfather at the end standing on a rock, gazing into the sunset, played by Connery of course.
BB + MGW never could do such a marvelous thing. So sell it, better today than tomorrow.
A teenage Bond at school, all singing and Dancing, maybe work in a young vampire vibe. With
Bond falling in love with the sister of the school bully " Blofeld". :)