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BOND 26. PTS ideas to introduce the new Bond.

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  • ZekidkZekidk
    edited April 13 Posts: 3,169
    PTS:
    First stuff happening on various locations setting up a conflict, like LALD, TSWLM or MR
    followed by M's usual "Where's Bond?" to Moneypenny. Maybe a variation of "tell him to pull out."
    This is followed by a covert mission including several agents where they all wear masks so we don't see Bond's face at first. An action setpiece follows which ends with the lead - who turns out to be Bond - removing his mask. Face reveal. Then main titles.

  • Since62Since62
    Posts: 1,571
    TheSkyfallen06 wrote: »
    CrabKey wrote: »
    TheSkyfallen06 wrote: »
    If i introduced the next Bond, i'd show him in his office, having a drink, then he gets told to report, and leaves his office.

    I think that can work for a second or third film, but I'd like to see a riotous opener that is almost a mini adventure in itself. Doesn't even need to tie in with the rest of the film.
    It simply announces this is the new Bond and he's all business.

    I actually thought of having the PTS introduce Bond ala Golfinger in the shadows, not showing his face.
    Later on, we have a proper introduction to Bond in a casino scene ala Dr. No.

    Your note prompted my recollection that DN had no PTS, FRWL did and seemed to show Bond but did not, so GF was the FIRST PTS with Bond in it ! Not until the 3rd movie ! Might that have been on the minds of the producers when they go to R Moore ? He did not appear in the PTS for LALD, he seemed to apear in the PTS for TMWTGG but did not (a la FRWL), and Moore's first Bond PTS was in his 3rd Bond film !
  • Since62Since62
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    Bring Bond back to humor, but not too much. There's no point in revisiting the emotional themes of Craig's Bond films. It's time for a tonal shift. Not all the way back the DAF/LALD and thereafter films. (Note I purposely go to Connery's last EON Bond rather than Moore's first, because the tonal shift in the Moore films actually started in DAF) So, for the PTS - though perhaps not for the first film, and perhaps even not for a PTS: Two men get matched at the golf course to play each other, one of whom is Bond. He starts to notice the other guy not only cheats, but wants to do something to Bond. Bond sees that the other guy plants something in Bond's bag, say a golf ball. Bond surreptitiously transfers it back to the other man's golf bag. Later on - perhaps on drive away, the other guy presses a button on a remote control and - I know, a la CR - the bomb meant for Bond explodes, in the other guy's vehicle. Hmmm, too much like early in the TB script ?
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 14,882
    Zekidk wrote: »
    PTS:
    First stuff happening on various locations setting up a conflict, like LALD, TSWLM or MR
    followed by M's usual "Where's Bond?" to Moneypenny. Maybe a variation of "tell him to pull out."
    This is followed by a covert mission including several agents where they all wear masks so we don't see Bond's face at first. An action setpiece follows which ends with the lead - who turns out to be Bond - removing his mask. Face reveal. Then main titles.

    I like this idea @Zekidk , has echoes of the TLD pts, where we're not sure who the new Bond is for a while.
    I also like the concept of Bond working with a team of agents, but in time of need, he stands out and risks it all to stop the danger. A truly Bondian thing too do, obviously with the Bond theme blaring triumphantly as he does so. ;)
  • CrabKeyCrabKey
    Posts: 1,518
    How about a PTS that doesn't recall something we've seen previously. New should mean new, not recycled.
  • Since62Since62
    Posts: 1,571
    New idea. The PTS this time longer than the movie. Come back from credits just for the last-minute-threat bit. 7 minutes for that tops.
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