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God knows where the gunbarrel will be this time.
But back to Swann, the most interesting would be if she left Bond of her own free will in the PTS. It would be very Tiffany Case of her.
There was something intriguing in bringing up Bond's past with Oberhauser. I think the biggest mistake was in making Oberhauser and Blofeld the same character. Re-imagine Oberhauser as a Largo-type character. They could still have had the personal connection.
It's also really unclear to me as I type it how Blofeld was "the author of Bond's pain" when the events of CR and QoS are from Quantum, not Spectre. Don't even get me started on the retrofitting of SF.
1. Eon had just gotten the rights to Spectre and wanted to use the organization after several decades.
2. It was unclear how many more Bond films Craig would do.
3. Therefore, they decided to accelerate making Blofeld Craig's main foe (unlike DN, FRWL, TB).
Given that sequence, I wish they had figured out the transition from Quantum to Spectre a lot better.
What is so frustrating is that they had the DN and FRWL pieces in place with CR and QoS with Mr. White. As far as what we had seen onscreen so far, *White* is the link to Vesper, not Blofeld. So give us more scenes with Bond and White, as opposed to VHS tapes and Kinko printouts of Vesper. And perhaps have Blofeld execute White for failure, or at least Hinx on Blofeld's orders (which appears to be kind of, sort of, the idea--or is it the poisoning? The screenplay can't decide, and in not making a choice, confuses everything).
That scene in Austria, while well-acted, really botched the screenplay's structure.
1. The step-brother angle for Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
2. The inclusion of Raoul Silva in the organisation.
3. The waste of Léa Seydoux.
I've actually personally completely ignored Silva's involvement. I refuse to believe the events of Skyfall were done for anything other than his own motivations. In my mind, Silva isn't a member of Spectre.
Same here.
It was a stupid and lazy thing to do.
SF is stand-alone to me and always will be,and it makes the enjoyment of it all the more .
The most glaring problem with Spectre its 3rd act, but even rewriting it wouldn't help much because you would need to basically rewrite the whole script besides the pre-titles.
Another thing I would change: Sam Mendes & Thomas Newman. I've got no issues with either of them for Skyfall. But their hearts were not in it for the next installment, unfortunately.
It didn’t help that he was connected via the ring either.
This is the same EON that green-lit the CGI kite surfing and invisible car. They have form.
Just hoping the rumours they wanted to kill Bond in B25 are not true
I doubt this is the case. I think EON wanted to buy up the whole TB rights for decades, SPECTRE included.
MGW is a lawyer and they have chasing down all the alternate rights (the novels that Fleming sold to others) over the decades, to avoid another OP/NSNA showdown.
"All to the best bidder". Silva is not really a SPECTRE agent, but a freelance terrorist hired by SPECTRE. SP doesn't contradict that, since Silva was mentioned to be linked with SP.
The point is Silva was hired by Blofeld just because of his anger towards Mommy, so SPECTRE gave him the resources to pull off his vengeance in order to destabilize MI6 while at the same time damaging (hopefully, killing) Bond. So, no reason to believe SP ruined Silva's genuine motivations. Blofeld wanted a double victory - one for business, one for damaging Bond - and hired someone able to fulfill his expectations, pulling the strings in the shadows.
And in one post, you've put more thought into SP than either Logan or Mendes.
Quantum could've just been the SMERSH of the modern-era, with no connection. It would've saved a lot of trouble and especially would've made for a more interesting introduction. Also, if they wanted White, he could've just defected to SPECTRE (like Rosa Klebb did) after Greene revealed all.
+1.
Of course they could have avoided the connection completely, as well.
Precisely :) I'm actually working on my own script for Bond 24, basically rebooting the entire film we did get, so keep on eye out for when I release that. I'm in the early stages so all these discussions are very helpful.
Looking forward to read it! SP left so much to be desired, and even small changes could have made the film better, IMO.
very correct, sir @echo...
Are we arguing about this again? I already posted the proof that EON bought the rights because Mendes wanted to use them. Heck, whenever I say it I get the "I doubt this is the case" answer and every time I'm proven right.
It's not a rumor, it was Michael Wilson himself who said it, just read The James Bond Archives