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What country would you like to be the MAIN location for BOND 26?

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  • 007ClassicBondFan007ClassicBondFan
    Posts: 2,041
    It’s not a country, but let’s bring Bond 26 back to Outer Space, this time we can actually have him fighting aliens... ;)
  • Benjamin_Weekly69Benjamin_Weekly69 London
    Posts: 727
    octofinger wrote: »
    A few thoughts on this:

    -America has never looked good in a Bond film. Don't go back.
    -Italy is played out - give it a break.
    -Canada could be interesting but the scale of the country is a problem. It takes days to drive between landmarks there, even in an Aston.

    -My vote is somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa. I think South Africa or Kenya could both work: big variety of landscapes, big cities, some amount of wealth if you want a credible casino/restaurant/hotel scene. Or you could go full-pelt adventure and have it somewhere while like the DRC.

    -Finally, whichever places they use, I hope that we can really get a feel for the locations again. Good establishing shots, a bit of local colour, and a bit of lingering (even just briefly) on local faces, flora, fauna, architecture, food, whatever. Especially in a COVID world where we can't travel like we used to, I'd love to see Bond include those exciting travelogue elements.

    America has never looked good. Probably the most bland and boring country ever from a geographic standpoint. I can’t name a more dull looking country.
  • BMB007BMB007
    Posts: 511
    Benjamin_Weekly69 wrote: »
    octofinger wrote: »
    A few thoughts on this:

    -America has never looked good in a Bond film. Don't go back.
    -Italy is played out - give it a break.
    -Canada could be interesting but the scale of the country is a problem. It takes days to drive between landmarks there, even in an Aston.

    -My vote is somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa. I think South Africa or Kenya could both work: big variety of landscapes, big cities, some amount of wealth if you want a credible casino/restaurant/hotel scene. Or you could go full-pelt adventure and have it somewhere while like the DRC.

    -Finally, whichever places they use, I hope that we can really get a feel for the locations again. Good establishing shots, a bit of local colour, and a bit of lingering (even just briefly) on local faces, flora, fauna, architecture, food, whatever. Especially in a COVID world where we can't travel like we used to, I'd love to see Bond include those exciting travelogue elements.

    America has never looked good. Probably the most bland and boring country ever from a geographic standpoint. I can’t name a more dull looking country.

    Yeah, America is such an ugly place. Those rock formations in Utah, or the Grand Canyon. The badlands of South Dakota are so ugly too. Those redwood forests of the Pacific Northwest, or the entirety of Alaska. The volcanos and beaches of Hawaii. Just completely dull looking. Same as the Appalachian mountains. Totally boring!

  • 007ClassicBondFan007ClassicBondFan
    Posts: 2,041
    BMB007 wrote: »
    Benjamin_Weekly69 wrote: »
    octofinger wrote: »
    A few thoughts on this:

    -America has never looked good in a Bond film. Don't go back.
    -Italy is played out - give it a break.
    -Canada could be interesting but the scale of the country is a problem. It takes days to drive between landmarks there, even in an Aston.

    -My vote is somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa. I think South Africa or Kenya could both work: big variety of landscapes, big cities, some amount of wealth if you want a credible casino/restaurant/hotel scene. Or you could go full-pelt adventure and have it somewhere while like the DRC.

    -Finally, whichever places they use, I hope that we can really get a feel for the locations again. Good establishing shots, a bit of local colour, and a bit of lingering (even just briefly) on local faces, flora, fauna, architecture, food, whatever. Especially in a COVID world where we can't travel like we used to, I'd love to see Bond include those exciting travelogue elements.

    America has never looked good. Probably the most bland and boring country ever from a geographic standpoint. I can’t name a more dull looking country.

    Yeah, America is such an ugly place. Those rock formations in Utah, or the Grand Canyon. The badlands of South Dakota are so ugly too. Those redwood forests of the Pacific Northwest, or the entirety of Alaska. The volcanos and beaches of Hawaii. Just completely dull looking. Same as the Appalachian mountains. Totally boring!

    The Adirondack Mountains, completely ugly to look at. Mount Rushmore? Incredibly hideousness. So dull!
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    edited January 2022 Posts: 1,427
    Puerto Rico (GoldenEye) is in America.... plenty more of America to show off.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    Posts: 5,949
    As an American, I get that the US is not exotic enough for Bond (aside from maybe some of the outlying islands).

    After New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, and (begrudgingly) Florida, I think there are not very enticing places left for Bond to visit here. Maybe D.C.
  • GeneralGogolGeneralGogol
    Posts: 928
    There's no reason why 007 can't shoot in and out of the States every once in a while. There's plenty of striking architecture and both urban and wild settings for potential chases. When I was at the Getty Center in LA, I couldn't help but think how Bondian the location is.
  • Since62Since62
    Posts: 1,550
    Or the Petersen ! Perhaps Q might arrange for Bond to pick up a set of wheels there ? Of course, there'll be no auto-chases in LA. Too much traffic ! Ignoring, of course, the auto-scenes they've already done in other unlikely settings with crowded streets. Off-hand, I recall Tokyo-or-nearby in YOLT, NYC in LALD, Paris in AVTAK...I'm sure there's more.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    Posts: 1,427
    Since62 wrote: »
    Or the Petersen ! Perhaps Q might arrange for Bond to pick up a set of wheels there ? Of course, there'll be no auto-chases in LA. Too much traffic ! Ignoring, of course, the auto-scenes they've already done in other unlikely settings with crowded streets. Off-hand, I recall Tokyo-or-nearby in YOLT, NYC in LALD, Paris in AVTAK...I'm sure there's more.

    If you ask the office nicely well in advance, sometimes the Peterson will let you walk around the collection before opening hours.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited February 2022 Posts: 5,869
    Do you think if Bond 26 went back to jamaica it would be too soon?

    I'd be interested to hear about repeated locations.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,526
    Denbigh wrote: »
    Do you think if Bond 26 went back to jamaica it would be too soon?

    I'd be interested to hear about repeated locations.

    I don't think so. They use Italy all the time, and granted, it's got more variety within it, but even the parts (read: lakes) they use, they use constantly.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    Posts: 1,427
    Just look wherever Mission: Impossible is currently filming. It seems the Bond producers just go where the last M:I movie went, likely to piggyback tax deals.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited February 2022 Posts: 5,949
    The UK, and Kent specifically. Obviously.
  • GeneralGogolGeneralGogol
    Posts: 928
    LucknFate wrote: »
    Just look wherever Mission: Impossible is currently filming. It seems the Bond producers just go where the last M:I movie went, likely to piggyback tax deals.

    So, more Norway and Italy!
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited February 2022 Posts: 13,889
    jobo wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
    Bond should come Down Under, where there's just a big rock and a pub with a jalopy on its roof.
    Don't forget the crocs and spiders!
    Nowadays, if I spot one in the house, rather than kill it, I'll try to catch it and release it outside.

    Same with the spiders.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    QBranch wrote: »
    jobo wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
    Bond should come Down Under, where there's just a big rock and a pub with a jalopy on its roof.
    Don't forget the crocs and spiders!
    Nowadays, if I spot one in the house, rather than kill it, I'll try to catch it and release it outside.

    Same with the spiders.

    You aussies.
  • Since62Since62
    Posts: 1,550
    A croc in your house ? Hmmm, that sounds like a crock, all right...
  • jobojobo
    Posts: 7,500
    QBranch wrote: »
    jobo wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
    Bond should come Down Under, where there's just a big rock and a pub with a jalopy on its roof.
    Don't forget the crocs and spiders!
    Nowadays, if I spot one in the house, rather than kill it, I'll try to catch it and release it outside.

    Same with the spiders.

    :))
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 13,889
    Since62 wrote: »
    A croc in your house ? Hmmm, that sounds like a crock, all right...
    Maybe, but I'm sure many an Aussie have. Although I've certainly been in croc-infested waters.
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan Not a red herring
    Posts: 559
    LucknFate wrote: »
    Just look wherever Mission: Impossible is currently filming. It seems the Bond producers just go where the last M:I movie went, likely to piggyback tax deals.

    So Bond 26 will shoot in Switzerland and Poland.
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    edited March 2022 Posts: 776
    Ignoring the comments sh***ing on my country , I'd like to see Bond go to Morocco, Spain, Brazil and a return to my favorite country that I've never been to (but longing to go to), Japan.
  • Since62Since62
    Posts: 1,550
    Who's pooping on your country ? Which country is your country ? By the way - isn't Morocco where they have that all blue very blue part of town ? Cool place for a segment, yes ? and, no, I would not even suggest that the background music need by a blues song, nor Rhapsody in Blue. Just that, visually, it's so cool.
  • ImpertinentGoonImpertinentGoon Everybody needs a hobby.
    edited March 2022 Posts: 1,351
    As the Formula 1 season has started again, my idea to have a race weekend feature heavily in a Bond film has been renewed. From among the current F1 tracks, I'd probably take Singapore or (clichéd, I know) Monaco as the most Bondian backdrop tracks that would also make sense as main locations in general.
    However, the last time I brought this up, I was assured that there is no way for a production of Bond's size to work in tandem with a production the size of F1.
    So instead, I thought maybe other motorracing would be a better fit. Other types of racing would also have the benefit that it might be halfway comprehensible for Bond to get into a car, which would be 100% unbelievable in F1. At first I thought the Rallye Dakar would be a cool fit and could lead to some fun scenarios, but I hadn't realized that no longer takes place in Argentina/South America (let alone the classic Africa route), but instead - like so much racing and other high society events - is now run in Saudi Arabia, which I just find wholly uninteresting for a Bond location. Maybe it would be more practical for them to just make up a racing event. In that case, the threat of terrorist attacks on the race that stopped the Dakar being run through Africa might be a good jumping of point for plot. The problem then is that you lose the marketing tie-in that would be massive with something like F1.
    I don't really know enough about LeMans to make a call there.

    On a completely different note: Given the geopolitical landscape, the Baltic states might provide some intersting plot hooks and are also very beautiful.
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
    Posts: 662
    Well the Russians have to be next villains of is that too obvious?
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
    Posts: 2,507
    It'd be nice to go to place where the series hasn't been before or not in a long while. Seeing Matera and Jamaica in NTTD was a treat
  • Since62Since62
    Posts: 1,550
    How about the Seychelles ? Not for the entire film, but a portion. It was used by Fleming. It was notorious as a place, during the Cold War, where agents for both sides hung out. It is uniquely beautiful.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited April 2022 Posts: 5,949
    For Bond 26, I just want a sense of wonder from the places Bond visits. Think TSWLM and the pyramids--you felt like you were there. Aside from the PTSes in SP and NTTD (and arguably SF), the locations of the last three films felt oddly generic/disconnected from any physical place. This is something I think CR and QoS did better.
  • Jordo007Jordo007 Merseyside
    Posts: 2,507
    echo wrote: »
    For Bond 26, I just want a sense of wonder from the places Bond visits. Think TSWLM and the pyramids--you felt like you were there. Aside from the PTSes in SP and NTTD (and arguably SF), the locations of the last three films felt oddly generic/disconnected from any physical place. This is something I think CR and QoS did better.

    Yep completely agree on this. Jamaica was well used in NTTD but I just wanted more of it
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,459
    Switzerland, Bali, and Greece
  • Risico007Risico007
    Posts: 9,767
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Norway is just a frozen lake and the Atlantic Road. And a forest.
    Connecticut is just Yale... I am only half kidding ;)
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