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Never thought it was a good idea to try and copy what worked in another franchise.
You're right. The series has been copying that scumbag Jason Bourne style for three films already.
No, it hasn't. Jason Bourne did copy a lot of what happened in the Bond series, though.
Dude, seriously...
Neither copied the other. Apart from the editing in QOS.
An older wiser villain would be nice
say Hugh Laurie for example!!
Hugh Laurie would play an excellent villain. Now, I wouldn't mind someone buff that could put up a serious fight with Craig: Le Chiffre caught him off guard, Greene only had a slight upper hand because he surprised Bond with the axe, and Silva and Bond didn't really fight. I want to see Bond duke it out with the next villain, like Trevelyan or Grant.
@Samuel001, I love that idea. I went into SF without a clue as to how Severine would be, excluding the shower scene that her and Bond share. I didn't know if she would play a femme fatale, but a Xenia Onatopp type - not necessarily her characteristics - would be nice to see in Craig's era.
Do we have to have twists on everything though? I'd like a straight forward henchman who could beat the crap out of anybody, and Bond has to come up with some clever way of killing him (like shocking Oddjob in GF, using a magnet in TSWLM, cutting his lace in TLD).
Yes, he would. I loved his role in 'Lockout' and '8MM.'
@0BradyM0Bondfanatic7, I was thinking an Onatopp type femme fatale.
There have been many books written in the past decades both prior and post World War II, James Bond being notably being a product from this era, but if you look back you will see that whilst Ian Fleming was writing his early novels following the birth of his legendary creation, other authors, like Robert Ludlum, who although a younger man at the time, still served during WWII as a United States Marine and had first hand knowledge of the darker side of life, and from this he created many very interesting espionage stories and characters of equal intrigue to James Bond.
Please try reading some of his original novels for example The Rhinemann Exchange (1974)The Ambler Warning (2005) or The Janson Directive (2002), just to mention a few; it may change the way you feel about his Jason Bourne creation….
For an upcoming Bond villain (back on topic): I do want a really evil, menacing villain and one with a strong physical presence or strength would be welcome. We have had some weak looking villains for quite a while now. But again it could just be a memorable henchman like thelivingroyale said. And I don't need any particular "twist" to it - just get the right character and actor and let him really threaten Bond and Bond have a creative way to beat him/her anyway.
I used to have a Russian colleague, years ago, in the company I used to work, he was a technicial or something, and he was short(ish) and stocky, with a goatee. Maybe it was because he didn't like me, but I always thought he looked so darn nasty. I always thought his overall appearance would work beautifully for a Bond henchman. Not a tall, but nevertheless large man, always talking slowly, hesitantly, barely polite, as he could barely contain his irritation. Servile to his bosses, but always with that almost rude tone when he talked to anyone else. Watching Tom Hardy in interviews, I always thought about that guy.