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I agree that the "history of violence....reflection" part was in reference to his own sordid past. I have no idea what the second part means. The "die with your body" line does seem to hint at something though.
I think they could pull off cloning though if done right. Skyfall & Spectre both had very modern plots about surveillance and technology but still managed to feel like old-fashioned films, at least to me. I have faith on Cary & Co to pull it off if that's the direction they go in.
That would mean the cabin scene is indeed a flashback. hmm.
I don't think they can pull cloning convincingly. It's too far off into scifi territory. There's a difference between a modern plot and a futuristic one.
I can understand some being uncomfortable with the possible plot element involving cloning; while it may seem like science fiction, the fact is it is proven science and has been utilized to replicate plants and animals for some time now.
Starting with Dr. No, the Bond films have featured science and technology which are a generation, or more, ahead of what is currently possible. It is highly probable that human cloning has already been done but is being kept in the shadows. I don’t see it as a stretch, even for Craig’s Bond.
Handled poorly, cloning as a story element could come off as silly; handled week it could be intriguing, exciting and even frightening.
The talents assembled for NTTD are too smart to let it be silly.
Seek out “The Boys from Brazil“
What like Iron Man 3?
Never saw it.
Part of safins lair looks like a meditation room with the table and tree. The way he is sitting with bond. The garb like robe he wears.
He seems different compared to the lake scene
But The Boys from Brazil is scifi. Yes, sometimes in Bond movies there are far fetched elements especially when it comes to Doomsday machines. But when they have deus ex machina it never works and stretches credibility way too far. People complain about the Brothergate and that it sent Bond in Austin Power territory. Now they think Minime is OK? Cloning Blofeld, Safin, Madeleine (why?), eventually Bond I guess cheapen the characters.
At the time o BFB it was science fiction, now it is viable, proven science . As far as the rest, anything can be presented in a way that a parody .
This is in keeping with the theme of current/zeitgeisty villain schemes during the Craig era. A plot like that is the perfect blend of a high-stakes, world threatening danger, while being rooted in current, real world issues and threats.
2006 - Post 9/11 terrorism
2008 - Corrupt political influence/lobbying
2012 - Cyberterrorism/Julian Assange
2015 - Mass Surveillance/Edward Snowden
2020 - Climate Change/Ecology/Biological Warfare
I don’t think the young Madeleine piece has much to do with cloning but is moreso about establishing her personal connection to Safin. In a sense Safin is to Madeleine what Blofeld is to Bond.
No, it's still scifi. Otherwise they'd have cloned Hitler, Napoleon, Ramses II, Washington, Einstein or what have you already.
Oh and Stepford Wives is still scifi as well and Rosemary's Baby still horror.
I know it's being used. I know cloning is a reality. But not like in freaking Boys from Brazil. Hence my comment. (Beside if human cloning could work just as well in real life as in BFB, it is very debatable that the scheme set up in this story could even work, but that is another debate).
Anyway, I can't help shake the feeling that he's a reimagined Dr. No. Honestly, I wouldn't mind it. Dr. No's one of the more - in my view, anyway, - one of the underrated Bond villains. So to modernize him would be kind of cool.
Ohhh the plot thickens... I rewatched the trailer awhile ago, and it sounds like Blofeld's saying "him" (referencing Safin, perhaps) but his lips appear to be saying "you" - to Bond. I could definitely be wrong though.
Ohhhhhh I remember that! A *kite* dancing in a hurricane...not the other thing, lol.
I think we are on to something......sounds more like a villain from a Pierce Brosnan film. I also wouldn't have thought CJF would take this route.
But..........it does seem to the angle they are going down. Safin is trying to cheat death - hence why he has 'no time to die.'
I also agree with your Safin is trying to cheat death line of thinking - hence why he has 'no time to die. My guess would be that his "resurrection cure" is still not fully developed yet and Safrin needs the missing part of the chemical formula to make it work, but he's right on the very cusp of it when Bond steps in to thwart his plans.
This was my first thought.
Lashana was filming on a rocky shore by the ocean. However, it wasn't for the Matera scenes, but actually the finale in Norway.
Lea Seydoux was there as well - Cary was wearing A Clockwork Orange t-shirt.
So............does the plot involve both genetic engineering AND climate change? It's clear that Malek is playing God, but he's also growing algae.
Anyone kinda think that Cary and Lea would make a cool couple after seeing them on set together haha :D
Oh ok ! Didn't know that ! Thx for the clarification ! Is it certified that the finale takes place in Norway ? If that is the case does anyone know if ithe Norway road sequence is part of the climax ?