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That would be incredible, definitely. I hope that's the case. SP would have to tie it all together then :)
good to see Q, Tanner, Moneypenny and Mallory all return with the same actors who played in SF.
Looks like no Blofeld, eh? Perhaps he will just be behind the scenes like he was in the early Connery films...
I very much like this idea. You could be on to something, ie Bond going after Blofeld as Shatterhand.
Today's announcement, is the best Bond news I've had since, well, since this whole era started in 2005.
The title is double-plus perfect. When @slyfox first floated this idea, I thought, by jove he's got it.
It fit perfectly with what we were hearing. And fit perfectly in a re-boot scenario. Such a title would have made no sense in the original timeline.
I only got-on Slyfox, when he started doubting himself and downplaying his source, but as it turns out his info was gold.
So big thank you to @slyfox for getting this item out there early for us fans. Great work!
Mendes, btw,seemed quite pleased that they had kept a lid on the title this time, but that was only via mainstream media. The message boards still managed to dig it out a few days in advance.
So we have awesome title, and very pleased to see that the Bellucci and Scott leaks turned out to be sound.
One of the principles( I've watched so many interviews, I can't quite remember who said what) did say that the title does reference the legendary Fleming-originated organization, and then mentioned something along the lines of, "and everything that might suggest" - meaning the return of Blofeld.
No one in the cast can mention the name Blofeld, which means there will be a reveal along the way
Thus, I am still very much convinced that Waltz will turn out to be Blofeld. Not only does it fit, but also because he's behaving exactly the way you'd expect him to behave if he was Blofeld, but couldn't say. His Oberhauser will morph into Blofeld. Not saying I know, but I believe this to be be true.
Seydoux could not have looked better. Bellucci was stunning as usual. She'll look great when she's 70 too.
This is a smashing one-two Bond girl punch. Both, I think will play sympathetic characters. I don't think either is villain, especially not Seydoux. She is some sort of spy ally; English it seems.
And don't forget in most Bond films, the two main girls usually both turn out good or at least on Bond's side eg, Pussy, Anders, Severine.
There really haven't been that many femme fatales in the series. We haven't had any in the Craig-era, other than Le Chiffre's murderous gf, Ivanka in CR.
The plot does seem intriguing. Very interesting even. The SF plot bored the hell out of me, because it was all about Bond and M character development drama.
Here, at worst, Bond will discover something about his past, but that's OK, the key is that Bond be the Bond we knew, pre Craig-era drama, and to that point, Craig I think has reassured us.
He did say today that he wanted to build on what was teased at end of SF, or words to that effect. I think he likes the little Mi6 team that came together in SF, and that he wants to go forward as 007 with this group.
So off they go, to unravel the mystery and the threat that is Spectre.
Spectre of course will have some connection with Quantum. Bringing back White- great stuff- ties up that loose end, so we do have continuity with QoS, and possible some connection with the SF storyline, although I can't imagine what.
This is an exceptionally strong supporting cast behind Craig, of Waltz, Seydoux, Bellucci, Bautista and Scott.
We have a great villain, classic henchmen, and two supremely exotic beauties as Bond girl-women. Superb! Plus a great actor like Scott as bonus.
I think, all of Waltz, Seydoux and Bellucci are going to hit this one out of the park, especially with a steady hand such as Mendes guiding them.
Craig hopefully, can relax and enjoy being Bond. He's got a great potential story and as strong a surrounding cast of characters, as Connery ever did.
This should be Craig's best performance as Bond. It seems to be setting up that way. There's no doubt he can play a very convincing Bond - but IMO his first three films have required he deal with a lot of exhausting, bromidic drama, that I personally could have done without.
I boldly predict this will easily be the "best" of the Craig films. I have issues with all three of the preceding films, namely way too much of the aforementioned character drama, involving Bond himself, but I don't see any obvious danger signs here, looking ahead.
And as bonus, Craig has never looked better as Bond. He looks fit, strong relaxed and ready to go. Best hair he's ever had. His hair has always bee an issue,but not this time.
I'd recommend a little black dye touchup and then it might be perfect.
I do think Scott's Whitehall character, will be the one giving M and company grief, while Bond deals with the Oberhauser, Spectre, White, Quantum threat.
Great launch by Eon. They wisely dispensed with the tedious formal press conference, but salvaged everything else.
Only problem is, where the heck was MGW? Has Babs taken over completely? What's going on?!
Considering that SPECTRE won't be defeated in Bond 24 *, Bond 25 will also tie-in.
*Naming the movie like the organization is very confusing
No, but perhaps he was for business in Russia :-)? And perhaps SPECTRE still masters the art of "toppling". Not bringing rockets....but instead bringing airplanes off course :-).
Sure. Why shouldn't they?
No quadrilogy of which SF is a part of can be considered skilfully written.
Yes, QOS deserved the Oscar for "Best Original Screenplay" :-). In any case, for "Spectre" it seems they want to interconnect all events from Craig's previous three films. Somethingn that was quite impossible to do back in the 1960's.
Anyone know at what part of the production they will be in Mexico?
I think she is just trying to make her character sound intriguing. There is no denying her feminity and Craig's masculinity.
However I do empathize with your concern, but I don't think we need worry.
Craig seems to have it going on this time. I think he's ready to bust out as Bond!
And Seydoux seems like perfect Bond-girl foil.
Nice catch btw, re the ships in the M office photo, at end of SF, and yes I do think the title of the film, to some extent, is a not-pleasant salute to the McClory legal battles over the name.
Now Eon is flaunting its ownership. :)
The choice of We Have All The Time In The World and DAF as launch music is very intriguing too. Hmmm , and the obvious, shattered glass OHMSS Tracy bullet hole too....double hmmmm.
Lots to suss out here storywise over the next 10 months - in the proper spoiler threads of course.
That will in case ruin the whole reboot thing.
Let's speculate further. Here's the synopsis:
- A cryptic message from Bond’s past: ??? This could be M leaving a postmortem note to Bond about Vesper/Quantum/Mr. White, that...
- sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation. (Quantum, Spectre or Quantum/Spectre)
- Bond peels back the layers of deceit - ??? Who's deceiving who? Someones trust is being broken.
- to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE - ??? Why the "terrible truth"? It implies a change in perception of SPECTRE during the movie. Maybe the terrible truth is Bond finding out that Quantum=SPECTRE.
Since the first half of Skyfall was a remake of The Man With the Golden Gun, it's possible Mendes and Logan might recycle some of the plot elements of On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
As for the message being extracted, we've heard the rumours that the Oberhauser character is actually Blofeld, and the man who trained and raised Bond (Hans) possibly ran SPECTRE and wanted him to be part of the team, so M knew and had Bond slipped away from Hans' hands. Now his son Franz runs SPECTRE under the pseudonym, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. That's my thought.
By the way, did I hear somewhere that filming begins at Moneypenny's desk on Monday?
The fact they are bringing them back in does 2 things I think, ties SF and Spectre to CR and QOS giving us that continuity and also likely that Quantum reappearance will trigger the emergence of Spectre, be it Quantum becoming them or Spectre overthrowing them.
Those who mentioned White in the PTS I think is a good call. I can see Bond maybe working on a lead finally tracks White down but before he can question him he's shot and he leaves Bond with a cryptic clue setting him off looking for this new mysterious organisation, just a theory though.
Also having M dealing with having to justify the 00 section as started in SF is a great way to use Fiennes more but not bring him into the action and leave him behind the desk but give him some great dialogue moments with his opponents, likely that Andrew Scott being one of those.
Can't wait, this all sound incredibly delicious and the cast is probably the strongest cast to date, this the new Aston and the great locales, everything is shaping up nicely.
What if Spectre is a Branch of Quantum?
You'd think Quantum would be as branch of Spectre.
The plot synopsis sounds pretty good. This film is going to get personal again.
The Aston look great, DC looks to be in top form.
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Why?
MB: It is a great honor to work with such a great director, such great cast, etc. Bond is the ideal man, strong, sexy, dangerous, a man who does not exist (laugh).
LS:I was hyper stressed at first, but not it is very nice, everybody is very nice, the people here are super nice.