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Has M's position been compromised in Skyfall?
I am looking forward to seeing the New Bond film Skyfall with returning Bond actor Daniel Craig as Agent 007. I am particularly hearing that this film may explore greater tension between Bond and M as JB tries to investigate M's past dealings? This could be an interesting angle to explore in the next film, especially if it shows M's position being compromised in the process. The welcomed presence of Albert Finney (previously famous for playing the part of Hercule Poirot in: Murder on the Orient Express, with co-star Sean Connery) in Bond 23 could encourage good discussions towards the New Bond film especially if he introduces himself as the New M as this too could be a good position to explore.
The present M, being portrayed for the seventh time since 1995 may have run out of steam and a new shake up of the characters could be a new way forward to reinvigorate the Bond Merchandise. Perhaps re-exploring a senior male M figurehead will bring added impetus and credibility to the Bond films.
I always questioned the present M's statement in Goldeneye during her first meeting with Bond (starring Pierce Brosnan as JB). It somehow felt that the new M wanted to prove a point but she forgot that by filling a position previously held by the character Sir Miles Mersevvy, she couldn't come to terms with the fact that she was the first female M and had a strikingly unprofessional inferiority complex with Bond. It seemed that the new M was out to damage Bond's reputation. Bond has now been played by many actors some more aggressive than others but for M to not have seen the humanity in Bond and instead to have treated him like an indisciplined school boy, was practically more farcical than anything else.
I refer to OHMSS where Bond showed great empathy and a caring nature towards Contessa Teresa and eventually married her only to lose her at the hands of Blofeld himself. Bond has been portrayed as a character with a male ego but he has also shown more human qualities throughout the history of the character and as such it now seems that the present M has not only got too involved with Bond's life through the years but has also revealed (or is about to reveal) some shady hidden past. Has M become a liability or will she regain Bond's trust in Bond 23 Skyfall and continue her position for another glorious decade?
The present M, being portrayed for the seventh time since 1995 may have run out of steam and a new shake up of the characters could be a new way forward to reinvigorate the Bond Merchandise. Perhaps re-exploring a senior male M figurehead will bring added impetus and credibility to the Bond films.
I always questioned the present M's statement in Goldeneye during her first meeting with Bond (starring Pierce Brosnan as JB). It somehow felt that the new M wanted to prove a point but she forgot that by filling a position previously held by the character Sir Miles Mersevvy, she couldn't come to terms with the fact that she was the first female M and had a strikingly unprofessional inferiority complex with Bond. It seemed that the new M was out to damage Bond's reputation. Bond has now been played by many actors some more aggressive than others but for M to not have seen the humanity in Bond and instead to have treated him like an indisciplined school boy, was practically more farcical than anything else.
I refer to OHMSS where Bond showed great empathy and a caring nature towards Contessa Teresa and eventually married her only to lose her at the hands of Blofeld himself. Bond has been portrayed as a character with a male ego but he has also shown more human qualities throughout the history of the character and as such it now seems that the present M has not only got too involved with Bond's life through the years but has also revealed (or is about to reveal) some shady hidden past. Has M become a liability or will she regain Bond's trust in Bond 23 Skyfall and continue her position for another glorious decade?
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You're also forgetting that, as of CASINO ROYALE, we are in a new timeline. Although it is techncially the same character played by the same actor, nothing that happened between DR NO and DIE ANOTHER DAY has any bearing on the events of CASINO ROYALE, QUANTUM OF SOLACE and SKYFALL.
I don't blame Dench for the over exposure of her M - she is a talented actress, and does fine in the role in each outing.. it's just the writers feel the need to put her in the film all over the place, to mother 007... we don't need that from M.. i could accept it in CR and QOS, because of the storyline - and a strict M, cautious and wary over her new agent seemed logical - no doubt she'd be watching him like a hawk..... i thought Skyfall would have a chance to return things back to normal a bit - but so far it's not looking that way...... but if this is a way for her M to go out, then i'm sure it'll be with a bang ;)
Then we could have M and M
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Bernerd Lee's M was a man of distinction and authority. Look at the pts of TND where M is protesting to that idiotic Admiral to not launch the missile. He simply discards her and anything she has to say and does what he wants. This would never have happened with Lee's M. In fact, if anyone challenged or said anything contrary to what Bond said, Lee's M was always inclined to believe and trust Bond first and foremost.
- let's face it, after that wonderful 1st meeting in GE Dench has been woefully underwritten.
Dear Mrs Barbara Mawdsley? You are fired!
Because Fleming's M (and also Lee's and Brown's) is not only the Director of MI6 but also Bond's Navy Superior. He was Admiral and, as far as I know, woman don't have yet positions in the Royal Navy.
So as long as they want a burocratic-type M (a bean counter), a woman is perfect and Dench is the finest prove. But if the story wants M to be a military authority to Bond, then M should be a man. Obviously sexism is not in my argument but in the rules of British Navy.