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It's not the only time acting talent is wasted in a Craig era Bond film. Ola Rapace is too good an actor to only feature in a non-speaking role.
It's so, so bad but so good.
Dalton should have done at least 4.
Brosnan should have refused to play in DAD after reading the script.
Marc Forster never should have been allowed under 2000km from a Bond filming location, even farther from an editing room.
I agree, especially on Marc Forster. He openly said that he wasn't a Bond fan. And it shows.
Front forward to SPECTRE (2015) and it's revealed Blofeld didn't die. He escaped the oil rig explosion but was badly scarred. You'd need to change the backstory between Craig's Bond and Blofeld. SPECTRE would be set after Diamonds Are Forever so we have to assume Craig's Bond had already fought Blofeld. It's a bit of a continuity mess but it would have been cool to imagine Bond did 'kill' Blofeld in DAF but Blofeld didn't really die (!), we didn't see the death on screen, and decades later he's back in SPECTRE.
It is positively shocking, the change from style and panache in OHMSS to tackiness in DAF. I know the world changed from 1968-70 but wow what could have been in a true follow-up.
If they were name-checked a la THR in SP, that would be cool, but that's about all I expect from those characters.
Unless you know Fleming, why would anyone think The Hildebrand Rarity would be an appealing title for a Bond movie? Risico at least sounds kinda' intriguing as it sounds like risk. I've never thought Property of a Lady sounded appealing either. It sounds like some Merchant Ivory production or something begging for attention at awards season.
I'd be willing to bet there are some people who have ignored Quantum of Solace because they had no idea what it meant.
That doesn't mean the characters weren't conceptually interesting. Fleming just underused them. And it's not like the Blofeld of DAF was much better.
Couldn't agree more.
Plus the chaps who have talked about Casino Royale in the 60's. One could only imagine how good that would have been with Connery.
Turning Jaws into a comedy character at the end of Spy and the whole of MR. This guy should have been kept as mysterious and intimidating. The scene at Giza when he stalks Fekkesh is almost horror film worthy. Then he just descends to camp.
Another obvious one is a third Dalton film, between LTK and GE.
On a slight side note, would any of you liked to have seen a villain other than Blofeld or Jaws survive, and return again?
I do think just because a title came from Fleming's pen it automatically sounds appealing.......it means it is is pure Bondian.
Quantum of Solace was a great title.
There must be some decent fan fiction where fans have written a decent follow up?
Kronsteen perhaps? Always liked that character.
Baron Samedi. I would have found a way to work him in to TMWTGG.
Interesting choice. At least Goldeneye N64 got him in a celver way.
And for some reason I thought he was in Golden Gun prior to ever seeing it due to the game. I was half expecting him to trap Bond in a duel in Egypt. Granted I was 11 and had only seen GE
Or a close DAF adaptation more in the spirit of LALD, with Roger Moore. Easy to see Moore and Hedison in that story.
A proper adaptation of the FYEO short story, with Bernard Lee.
Generally, more Fleming from 1971-1985.