Who should/could be a Bond actor?

007HallY

mtm wrote: »

007HallY wrote: »

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I have a hard time seeing Amazon go for a 50s Bond film for this one, and I'm dubious about how it's cropped up. I think it's an idea that might appeal to a minority of fans to the point it's actually a rather cliched idea at this point, and a dull one at that (very much a 'oh, you have a hot take on what the new Bond film should be? Let me guess, you want it to be set in the 50s? Never heard that one before etc').

I saw this vid entitled ‘Here are my ideas for the next James Bond’ pop up on YouTube and funnily enough exactly the same thought went through my head. I actually played it thinking ‘I wonder if his amazing fresh idea is by any chance to set it in the 50s?’ Spoiler: yes, of course it is. I stopped watching at that point!

😂 No way. I actually really like one or two of this guy’s videos (he did a great one about a low budget feature film he made). Not a regular viewer of his though and didn’t even know he was a Bond fan. Not sure why he’s so concerned about the copyright to Fleming expiring just going from the start of the video though.

George_Kaplan

007HallY wrote: »

I know it came out recently that Steven Soderbergh pitched a Bond film set in the 1960s shot in black and white when EON were still officially in charge.

I've never understood why anyone would want a black and white Bond film (a whole film that is; I like CR's PTS very much). If the purpose is to harken back to the 50s and 60s, then it completely misses part of what made the films exciting at that time. When British cinema was awash with kitchen sink dramas, and air travel was out of reach to all but a privileged few, the Bond films were lush, escapist fantasies, set in the most beautiful places on Earth, and in glorious COLOUR.

Would the rich sandy beaches and shimmering blue waters of Jamaica, or Ursula Andress's tanned golden skin, have had nearly the same impact in black and white? I don't think so.