What do you want to see?

JBFan626 · June 2011

There comes a point DC007 though, when we have to accept that we can't have it all. Judi Dench will return, probably in her sleek, neo-business office setting (no red-doors/wood-panelled office), and because of who she is as an actree is likely to have a big role in the next film again.

As hope though, I'm pretty confident Bond's role will be a lot more mature in B23. QOS brought closure to the solace/interpersonal struggle dealing with the death of Vesper. So I think that chapter is over and we're going to see a return to the swaggering Bond from yesteryear.

There needs to be a balance between old and new, nostalgia and progressivism...we have to take as much as we can get (as much as I'd love to see a return to the old style office/maniacal villain, etc..let's face it, it ain't gonna happen). But getting back to the 'spirit' of original Bond I think would be a step in the right direction.

DaltonCraig007 · June 2011

Yes, JBFan626. Let's hope the spirit of the original Bond will return !!

Cat · July 2011

For Bond 23, I would like to see more dramatic scenes for Daniel Craig since he also excels in dramatic roles. Definitely, I would like to see more ACTION and exceptionally BEAUTIFUL Bond Girls. Lastly, in my opinion, Bond 23's Soundtrack should be done by ADAM LAMBERT who has the most beautiful voice and can sing ANYTHING:

Risico007 · July 2011

Bond being the detective again (Dr. No, From Russia With Love and Casino Royale) but darker give a real tense feeling that at any moment Quantum can kill him. add a dark mysterious title that is thoroughly integrated into the plot (Risico or The Hildebrand rarity) and I'm happy.

Char35t · July 2011

Moonraker (book version) set mainly in India where Q is build a missile to either take out the Chinese Moon mission or the International space station framing either india or china depending on the target to start a very profitable war....

Judi's M retires rather than being forced to step down while Bond is cut off investigating in South Africa...Q branch gives DC is first real gadget when Bond comes back to the office there is Moneypenny and a new M.....

for Quantum i want a counsel each running there own sphere or sector of the world or industry that way we could have several "blofelds" popping up when we (bond/mi6) thought they had cut off the head of the snake.

Lots more spying and toilet/stairway locked non shaky cam up close and personal fights and maybe a sniper duel! Would love to see DC pull out a huge caliber revolver and take out a Q agent wearing body armour that was stopping his 9mm. If its India maybe a Welby .455 for an imperial british feel! :)

00Beast · July 2011

Thanks for the back-up, @DaltonCraig007! Hahaha. :-bd

Virage · July 2011

Bring back SPECTRE, make Quantum a cell and Greene didn't know the full picture as white was the head of the cell and only the head of the cell knows the next up.

Agent005 · July 2011

@Virage: That idea kind of sounds like an idea that Preacher_711 and I were throwing around earlier in the thread. I'm all for it!

In the PTS:

A montage of Quantum's 5 top operatives being bumped off around the globe. Each kill will be brutal (fibrewire, thrown off building, crushed by something) and be carried out by a shadowy figure, who we are mean to believe is Bond....

Then cuts to a sinister looking boardroom (think Thunderball). All the chairs except the head of the table are taken, and suited Quantum chiefs are arguing about the 'situation'.

The previous unseen Head of Quantum enters the room, takes his place at the head of the table (but remains standing) calls the meeting to order and then proceeds to summarise Quantums losses. In the background, a very large plasma screen shows images of the dead agents, before returning to a static Quantum logo....

Banging his fist on the table, the chief promises results, before finally sitting down..... the second he does, he's violently electrocuted in his chair (again TB stylee). The lights in the room dim, the plasma goes to static for a few seconds, only to be replaced with an animated steal logo of a familiar Octopus.....

The doors to the room fling open, and machinegun totting goons in blue boiler suites fill the room, their weapons trained on the Quantum boys.....

A very tall and very large man enters the room.... dressed all in black.... his face hidden by shadow... he walks slowly and gracefully over to the dead chief, pushes the body from the chair and sits down....

POV shoot from the table at the man, who's still in shadow, except for his right arm which is outstretched slightly more- revealing a ring on his hand which has an Octopus logo too....

The man speaks in a loud, commanding, powerful voice (an eastern european accent perhaps?).....

"Consider this a hostile takeover....." the man says.

A Quantum fella says "Who the hell are you?"

"My name is Blofeld..... but you may call me... No.1"

Cue the titles.

For the movie:

I want everything everyone has said above.

But most importantly, an old skool 'villian holds the world to ransom' plot, involving some kind of countdown/deadline; Bond has to actually investigate; other 00's to be shown; a big lair assault at the end; and a really impressive fist fight between Bond and the villan, who totally out classes Bond who has to use his cunning to eventual win.

I know the above will never, ever, ever happen..... unless I make a fan movie of some kind.... but I can at least dream.....

Done right and steered well clear of the cliche, I think Blofeld and SPECTRE could be brought back effectively. Preacher_711's SPECTRE intro is a fun idea. The only change I would make is to place such a scene at the very end of the film. Let Blofeld play the puppet master by pitting the members of Quantum against each other and Bond all at the same time. This would serve to destabilize Quantum from within while using them as pawns in SPECTRE's 'old school' schemes.

shadowonthesun · July 2011

Just because there was a point to it doesn't make it good... It was plain horrible and wrong. I am tired of the trust issues between Bond and M... It makes the last 2 films execrable, pathetic and boring. It makes Bond look like a total teenage fool, and M Bond's mom. Drop the whole thing, give Craig the mature role he needs, and make M a male admiral again.

I see you're completely ignoring certain points. Everyone points to "the trust issue" as being major flaw with the films because it's been done in the past four or so, but people are blind to the fact that CASINO ROYALE and QUANTUM OF SOLACE are in a completely different timeline to the previous films. As far as they're concerned, everything from DR. NO to DIE ANOTHER DAY never happened. How else could EON have addressed the relationship between Bond and M when Bond is a newcomer to the Double-Oh Section and there is plenty of evidence to suggest he's not going about his job the right way? M is trying to mould Bond into a proper agent, and she can't do that by letting him go his own way. In your haste to criticise the films, you've missed crucial plot points: namely, that during the course of QUANTUM OF SOLACE, M begins to fully trust Bond. When he demonstrates that Strawberry Fields died in the line of duty, M decides to take a chance on him and let him go his own way because she believes he is onto something. In doing so, she is endorsing Bond, trusting him. It won't come up in BOND 23 because it won't be an issue, unless Bond goes and does something stupid. But I see you compeltely missed all that - and it's not like that scene was subtle.

DaltonCraig007 · July 2011

I see you're completely ignoring certain points. Everyone points to "the trust issue" as being major flaw with the films because it's been done in the past four or so, but people are blind to the fact that CASINO ROYALE and QUANTUM OF SOLACE are in a completely different timeline to the previous films. As far as they're concerned, everything from DR. NO to DIE ANOTHER DAY never happened. How else could EON have addressed the relationship between Bond and M when Bond is a newcomer to the Double-Oh Section and there is plenty of evidence to suggest he's not going about his job the right way? M is trying to mould Bond into a proper agent, and she can't do that by letting him go his own way. In your haste to criticise the films, you've missed crucial plot points: namely, that during the course of QUANTUM OF SOLACE, M begins to fully trust Bond. When he demonstrates that Strawberry Fields died in the line of duty, M decides to take a chance on him and let him go his own way because she believes he is onto something. In doing so, she is endorsing Bond, trusting him. It won't come up in BOND 23 because it won't be an issue, unless Bond goes and does something stupid. But I see you compeltely missed all that - and it's not like that scene was subtle.

Going on over and over again explaining WHY it happened won't make me accept this scene more than before, or make me like it better. I DO understand why certain scenes of CR and QOS took place.. doesn't mean I will appreciate these scenes. Honestly, I am tired of you explaining certain scenes over and over again. I didn't need you to understand them... and you won't make me like them better by explaining them to me over and over again. Explanations are useless, as 1) I understood them already and 2) I still don't like these scenes. Stop going on like a broken record explaining the film over and over again... we're not dummies, we understood the film... some of us just just don't like the film... and explaining the scenes won't change that. I could explain to you every scene of TMWTGG... Doesn't mean you would suddenly understand the film and love it... same here. Sorry, but I am tired of you explaining the film like you're the only one who understood it... I mean, what kind of argument is that ? "You didn't get the film, let me explain it to you..." Sounds like I'm on IMDB boards where people's only answer when someone doesn't like a film is "You didn't get it"... Not a very interesting argument, sorry... I perfectly understood the film, I just didn't like it...

UsualMan · July 2011

2) Osama bin Laden related theme - aren't there some rumours that Mi6 had part in it? Or just a opening/little - like Bond tried to catch but some guys (e.g. CIA, Pakistan) broken it.
That's just in poor taste. There's a reason why Bond has avoided dealing with Islamic fundamentalists in the past: it can get very ugly, very quickly. It's also very difficult to do in a two-hour film because it will inevitably generalise Islam.

Besides, the best thing we can do about bin Laden is forget he ever existed. Erase him from history entirely. There are fates much worse than death - and to be forgotten is one of them.

Hmm I am not the anti-Islam fanatic and seeing these anti guys really annoys me.

But - I think it is more than worth including, for e.g. even for the mistreating and broking the international law by Americans (killing unarmed person, without court, when was more than opportunity to catch him surrendered alive). It may look like science-fiction, but USA is one of rare(if not the only) civilised countries that even not respect International Tribunal of Justice(for e.g. this means they may not give out war murders from they army), or many treats (like using land mines)

Funny or not - but the only thing what was he searched for was Kenya, and murdering of civilians there (ok, embassy fighting are just usual anti-government forces war), no evidence that he even planned 11th attacks.

And now for making unusual neutral wage we could include Breivik case - why for the heck the special forces of so great country needed 90 minutes?! Including that may kill the islam only attacks myth into the black hole from pop culture. You can make two things of these even in opening sequence or short mentioned.

The Bond was always something like a sign of the times - we had CCCP agents, terrorist villains changing in the time - maybe without names, but everyone known what was KGB. Even the films started with possible Japan fanatic related terrorist in nuclear threat times - Dr. No.

And the space was no limit in the so called space enthusiast era. There North Korea problem even in last decade, with "phone hacking" and media influence scandals in 90s. Not saying about start of drugs wars , Afghanistan(by Russian invasion), or even fall of the CCCP in Goldeneye.

Bond was dealing with fundamentalists of Arabic origin - not only to mention the Living Daylights, but also there was a scene with end of some girl rescued by him.

DoubleO7 · August 2011

What I'd really like to see is what we supposedly are going to get: a classice Bond film.

Slower paced scenes that intertwine with the location. Sneaking around and spying. Checking the hotel room for "bugs." Moneypenny and Q (but downplayed).

I can only hope.

j7wild · August 2011

more Love Scenes... so far Danny Boy has been a wimp compared to his predecessors

zebrafish · August 2011

You missed a talking parrot, Q, Roger Moore flares, man looking at wine bottle when he sees Bond doing something amazing, church shoes, dunhill suits and an exploding chicken.

Where did a chicken explode?

Virage · August 2011

Allo' Allo'

shutch7 · August 2011

more Love Scenes... so far Danny Boy has been a wimp compared to his predecessors

Yeah, but with the CR storyline, he couldn't go around sleeping with every woman like traditional bond because he really had feelings for Vesper. I think the point of the connecting story lines in CR and QoS were to tell how Bond became the traditional Bond that all the other movies have portrayed, so I think one thing you will see is a return to the more suave, womanizing Bond with more love scenes.

I think this movie is going to be the key in re-establishing the traditional format of a Bond film while redefining Bond's image into the Bond we will see for the rest of the Daniel Craig's tenure and beyond. I think they will bring back many of the iconic Bond mannerisms and actions, but also try to establish this newer, more realistic, more believable Bond. Some of the things Craig has said in the past few months have hinted that they will bring back a lot of the traditional Bond, but he has also talked many times about how he likes the new direction the series is going by bringing in directors like Sam Mendes and having the courage to not follow the status quo all the time.

With all that being said, the main things I want to see brought back have more to do with the scenes and the format of the movie rather than Craig's Bond character (because I think his portrayal has the most depth by being both physically and emotionally vulnerable at times. Which I like). I would like to see the return of the gun barrel scene at the opening and the return of Moneypenny (I can actually do without Q because I think movies like DAD suffered from trying to make Q and the gadgets more important than they really are, and I think the Craig films have done a good job so far of telling believable yet still interesting stories and I think that would be jeopardized by bringing a bunch of gadgets back in). I would also like to see some of the minor things that others have already mentioned like an extended hotel room scene, military involvement, Bond actually killing the main villain, better henchman, and more showcasing of the exotic locations.

SharkBait · August 2011

I want to see Daniel Craig remain a tosser he is.
Nah. Not like that :p

Like tossing things like keys, cellphones and hardhats aside like he just don't care. It should remain his trademark in the movies.

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 · August 2011

I want to see Daniel Craig remain a tosser he is.
Nah. Not like that :p

Like tossing things like keys, cellphones and hardhats aside like he just don't care. It should remain his trademark in the movies.

Never quite noticed it @SharkBait. The keys of the car he smashed up in CR, Mathis's wallet in QoS, Vesper to the floor in CR, the phone at Slate in QoS, the gun at Mollaka in CR, the room keys in QoS, and who knows what else.

DarthDimi · August 2011

Allo' Allo'

Please refrain from making irrelevant posts.

Virage · August 2011

No a chicken exploded in allo' allo' I was just answering @zeberafish's question!

Baltimore_007 · August 2011

maybe it's a bit late for a third time but fans would want to see Q and Moneypenny in the next feature, there was a lot of fuss made when CR came out and neither were included

I like the action bits, a bit of fists and blood and things, we've moved on now from the Moore campness of the 70/80s, and Bond has to fit in with the modern times

a bit more of a pre credits teaser, and it is imperative they find someone for the said credit sequence who can actually sing or has an ounce of talent within them

I really liked Chris Cornells 'you know my name', it was simple, catchy and one of my favorite intros, QOS was a disaster in comparison ~X(

as long as the next movie is plausible enough, nothing too outrageous and keeps the audience interested I'll be happy to go to theaters on it's release and to see what they have put together

thelordflasheart · August 2011

I want to see Daniel Craig remain a tosser he is.
Nah. Not like that :p

Like tossing things like keys, cellphones and hardhats aside like he just don't care. It should remain his trademark in the movies.

I just watched TWINE (part of rewatching the Brosnan films) and laughed when Brosnan threw away the x-ray showing his shoulder injury. It was meant to be dismissive and badass but was just...not. If Craig and Connery are tens out of ten on the manliness scale then Brosnan is...well, not (but higher than Moore at least!).

j7wild · August 2011

Bond has never been to Milan

imagine a fight scene on top of the Gothic Duomo (Cathedral/Church) di Milano, the Second largest Roman Catholic Cathedral in the World:

http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/1aff2253a18cb68dad0b0ee75525aae6/

these are photos I took a few years ago on a trip, don't pay attention to the 2 ladies - keep your eyes on the grandure and immersity of the Cathedral and its architecture

SJK91 · August 2011

It's almost pathetic but I, above all else, want to see the gun barrel at the beginning of the film with a fantastic "Bah Bah Duuuhhh"...I may just tear up in the theater if that comes to fruition :-((

shutch7 · August 2011

These two suggestions might be a little too old school and cheesy, but 1) I would love for the bad guy to have a lair. Literally almost every villain in the Connery and Moore era had a lair or a building rigged with booby traps, and we haven't gotten any of that with the Daniel Craig films or really any film since GE i guess if you can call the Satellite a lair. 2) The bad guy should have an animal of some sort. I think austin powers "sharks with lasers" ruined this idea for modern Bond movies, but if you think about it, from Blofeld's infamous cat, to his piranhas in YOLT, to the spider scene in DN, to Largo's famous shark scene in TB, to the snake fight in MR, even the shark vs. Felix scene in LTK. Animals have always had a part in Bond, and the closest thing we've had recently is the mongoose vs. snake fight for like a split second at the beginning of CR, and that wasn't even associated with the bad guy. Bring the lairs and the animals back!

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