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A Young Bond Movie
How would everyone feel about a "Young Bond" movie? I'm currently reading "By Royal Command," and feel it would make a great film. This would be totally independent of the current EON productions. James Bond as a teenager in the 1930's. Kind of an "Indiana Jones" Bond, with James in 1938 Austria with the Nazis. Any thoughts?
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I believe Bond was meant to always be portrayed as an adult, and his backstory shouldn't be explored. Plus, if this would become successful, the old Bond we know and love will slowly begin to disappear (assuming EON does this series too, it's all about the money for them).
If this guy for real? What film were you watching fella?
His post tells you if he is for real. "Hell no" - then having insulted Skyfall, suddenly he wouldn't blink an eye?!
*SIGH*
Again with the Young Bond. Like we haven't had that debate before about a gazillion times... (yawn!).
The answer is no! We reject it. No doubt some money hungry folks out there are at this point dreaming up a young Bond series of cartoons or films or whatever but like the Jinx spin-off that luckily never came to fruition, I desperately hope neither will this. As our recent SF debates have taught us, making a 'normal' Bond film is hard enough and getting it sold to all Bond fans is nearly impossible a task. Any EU they might squeeze out will only confuse and further polarize the fan base. It brings the risk of making the official film series less authentic, of cheapening out the franchise, of establishing a fan base for the wrong type of 007 product and so forth. The YB books are troublesome enough for me. (Why can't people simply accept the fact that Ian Fleming wrote James Bond as James Bond the agent, not as James Bond the youngster, James Bond the teen, James Bond the WWII soldier, James Bond the retired, James Bond the zombie, ...? Why does everyone want to play a part in the world of Bond? You want to explore the life of a young man before he becomes a renowned spy? Go write your own damn books and fiction, invent your own damn character instead of messing up one we all love and cherish!)
I am confident though that since EON seems to holding most of the rights that count, a young Bond travesty of a project won't see the cinematic light of day. (But never say never...). Besides, who would play a young Bond? That Bieber chick? Not in my lifetime.
Well put. A passionate viewpoint which I'm in agreement with. Even more so at the mere mention of a potential prospect like Bieber. One shudders at the thought!!
Isn't that the film that had Mickey Rourke as the baddy? I remember hearing about it when it was coming out.
Yes it was, but I was talking the books. The Alex Rider books work better than the Young Bond books. And, the Alex Rider books would work better on film (though Stormbreaker flopped badly, sadly).
Great cast, too. Ewan McGregor, Mickey Rourke, Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy, Alica Silverstone, Stephen Fry and Damian Lewis, plus Robbie Coltrane in a bit role as the Prime Minister.
Anyway, I haven't read them but the young Bond books don't sound like I'd enjoy them as films. I like watching badass secret agent James Bond, not posh schoolboy James Bond.
LOL! I can just see the poster. "By Royal Command. Justin Bieber IS James Bond, of Eton. His chocolate malts are shaken, not stirred!"
No, no, please no!!!
An animated movie? possibly...most likely no. An interesting idea though. Maybe like Batman Year One or something like that.
I think all said, maybe it's for the best it doesn't see the light of day at all. Just leave it as it is now and most people will be content enough. James Bond should be an adult character, they changed it for Indiana Jones, but they're two seperate film franchises
But as for a film it's self. I'm going to say done if care and understanding of the text it would work. I mean looking at them they do lend themselves to film. Again you need the right actors to play James and his mates and a director that has the vision to make the film and not to put his foot in it. So maybe, it's about quality. I honestly think some of you are being a bit judgmental, considering some of you haven't read the books judging by your comments.
Even if they don't adapt the books directly. The plots of the books can so easily lifted into a regular bond film. Also I don't think anyone here would of cared if there was a reference to Max Bond in Skyfall.
I thought the Skyfall ancestral home was a reference to the Silverfin castle belonging to Lord Hellebore.
Outside of MI6's Bond, I'm really only interested in seeing him during his years with the Navy- and leading up to his meeting with MI6.
Also, I would love to see a film with Bond as a regular agent (not 00) getting his mission from M- the mission which eventually earns him his 00 status:
The film is straight-up spy/thriller. The first half of the film involves MI6 learning that someone is selling government secrets, and Bond doing some solid investigating. Bond has not killed anyone yet. The second half of the film involves Bond locating and killing Dryden's contact Fisher, and a more in-depth reaction from Bond as he comes to terms with having just killed a man. M guides Bond through this transition. Let's see Bond washing the blood off himself. That could be a powerful scene. Bond, having discovered MI6's informer, Dryden- follows him to Prague, killing him thus earning his 00 status. Remember, Dryden is MI6, so he knows every step Bond is making. Bond knows this too, now- so we can flesh out the rest of the second half with Bond's strategy to bring down the ever-watching Dryden. ;)
If it ever happen in theatres, I just hope the character would never be a Harry Potter and Daniel Radcliffe alike, never inspired. HELL NO ! Neither Robert Pattinson, who I quite prefer to,as an actor.