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  • peterpeter Toronto
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    peter wrote: »
    If the new Bond is in his early 30s for the next film, and he’s only a couple years into the double-O program, I’d like to see a little more playful mischievousness; after an exciting PTS that shows us the new man of action, I wouldn’t mind seeing a night in the life of the young James Bond. I wouldn’t mind seeing a short casino sequence where he’s battling an older gent at the table, keeping one eye on his cards, the other on his opponent’s younger wife (but she’s still older than Bond).

    After cleaning out this man at the tables, Bond finds his wife up at the bar, buys her a drink and suggests they go back to her place.

    The woman is being seduced by this charismatic and, obviously, adrenaline-chewing young man, and playfully asks whether her husband would accept his behaviour…

    Bond says not to worry about him, he’ll be busy for the rest of the night trying to win back his money.

    The next scene is Bond making love to the wife, and in the middle of it, her husband does return home early.

    Bond has to make a quick escape out of a top window and across rooftops, and it’s maybe during this escape that, although it’s the middle of the night, M has Bond called in for an emergency meeting…

    Or something like that. The main point being, I’d like to see a mischievous man of action having some fun, pushing the boundaries…

    What a lovely scene to fully cement Bond 7. I've imagined a similar scenario, except the husband is a gangster and very jealous, and Bond must fight and kill him, and then goes back to bed with now a widow.

    I like that @Reflsin2bourbons !… I wonder if this scenario would be an opportunity to slip an Easter egg for book-Bond aficionados, and this gangster’s name is Jack Sprang(?)…

    (There are a few members here, like @Risico007 who have a passion for DAF the book).

  • DaltonforyouDaltonforyou The Daltonator
    edited July 26 Posts: 556
    mtm wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    How does everybody feel about bringing in May, Bond's delightful Scottish housekeeper to the movies?

    Maybe Judi Dench could come back?

    I think it’d be a nice nod to the books, but potentially pointless. Unless May contributes something tangible to the plot (even if it’s only revealing minor information to Bond) there’s no need for her. I think 9.5 times out of 10 the character isn’t needed in that sense.

    I think there’s only so much a film can show of Bond’s daily life as well. And there’s only so much we need to see of it.

    Bond's private life is a topic to be explored. In fact, in recent years we have seen it more than in the first movies. We have already seen him living in Jamaica, for example.

    In an origin story you can tell many things about his life.




    Yeah, but it’s very fleeting. In NTTD we get a handful of shots of him having a shower, brushing his teeth, walking about his house (even the latter two things aren’t there to simply show us Bond’s daily life but are there for plot purposes. Primo steals Bond’s toothbrush which is how Spectre get his DNA, and the audience are shown things like Felix’s cigar and the Blofeld being imprisoned article in Bond’s drawer at the house).

    Yes it's nice storytelling, that bit. It's there for plot as you say but also story: we're being shown how Bond's life has changed and what his circumstances are now.
    If a more conventional Bond film showed us his home life in London in a similar way I'm not sure what story it would be telling really. Maybe there could be a reason, but there would need to be one: a change in those circumstances on the way or something like that.
    When we see his flat in Spectre it's entirely for plot reasons: he's working on a mission off the books away from MI6. That gives us a chance for a bit of an insight into him and his life, but not just for the sake of it. A Bond film needs to drive forward all the time.

    I think May could be some nice comedic relief, Imagine a scene like TND where Bond is brushing up on his Danish, buts its in Bond's flat and hes shagging a girl named Lola Broadchest and May is picking up underwear and lingerie left and right, while chastising Bond and giving pithy remarks. Bond gets a call in from his Omega "It's the office" and out he goes...
  • edited July 26 Posts: 17,785
    peter wrote: »
    I only had one Bond in mind reading that, @peter! :D

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    Ahaha, he has the charm, @Torgeirtrap . That man definitely had the charm. And the playfulness.

    (As I’ve repeatedly confessed, we can thank @mtm for my serious reappraisal of Roger!)…

    Probably the most charming actor that ever was!
    mtm wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    How does everybody feel about bringing in May, Bond's delightful Scottish housekeeper to the movies?

    Maybe Judi Dench could come back?

    I think it’d be a nice nod to the books, but potentially pointless. Unless May contributes something tangible to the plot (even if it’s only revealing minor information to Bond) there’s no need for her. I think 9.5 times out of 10 the character isn’t needed in that sense.

    I think there’s only so much a film can show of Bond’s daily life as well. And there’s only so much we need to see of it.

    Bond's private life is a topic to be explored. In fact, in recent years we have seen it more than in the first movies. We have already seen him living in Jamaica, for example.

    In an origin story you can tell many things about his life.




    Yeah, but it’s very fleeting. In NTTD we get a handful of shots of him having a shower, brushing his teeth, walking about his house (even the latter two things aren’t there to simply show us Bond’s daily life but are there for plot purposes. Primo steals Bond’s toothbrush which is how Spectre get his DNA, and the audience are shown things like Felix’s cigar and the Blofeld being imprisoned article in Bond’s drawer at the house).

    Yes it's nice storytelling, that bit. It's there for plot as you say but also story: we're being shown how Bond's life has changed and what his circumstances are now.
    If a more conventional Bond film showed us his home life in London in a similar way I'm not sure what story it would be telling really. Maybe there could be a reason, but there would need to be one: a change in those circumstances on the way or something like that.
    When we see his flat in Spectre it's entirely for plot reasons: he's working on a mission off the books away from MI6. That gives us a chance for a bit of an insight into him and his life, but not just for the sake of it. A Bond film needs to drive forward all the time.

    I think May could be some nice comedic relief, Imagine a scene like TND where Bond is brushing up on his Danish, buts its in Bond's flat and hes shagging a girl named Lola Broadchest and May is picking up underwear and lingerie left and right, while chastising Bond and giving pithy remarks. Bond gets a call in from his Omega "It's the office" and out he goes...

    Hah! Imagine the reactions if they pulled up a character name like Lola Broadchest up from the hat! :))
    Adding May to the cast as comedic relief could work though; it worked well with Mrs. Hudson in Sherlock, for example.
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    edited September 6 Posts: 3,799
    Bond is out to confront an AWOL MI6 agent (005) who have been missing for months and following the mystery of the missing funds of the agency, Bond must investigate the missing MI6 agent and whether it's him who has the connections to the missing MI6 funds, as the British Treasury have been investigating the corruption happening inside the MI6 and lead to the suspension of M from the Office, M, while suspended and confined in his house, hired Bond to investigate the matter, why Bond? Because at the time the incident was happened, Bond was at the mission overseas, hence, making it clear that he's out of the suspicions, while Five of the 00 agents were off duty and in London, putting them under investigation, while the other 00 agent is still yet to comeback from another abroad mission, and of course, the main suspect in the case: 005.

    Is the missing 00 agent stolen the money for himself? Or he has a boss where he have given the money? James must find out the truth.

    Anyway, the missing Intel funds is happened to be around £50 Million Pounds, stolen using a hacking system that when identified, the suspect was revealed to be 005, using his real name, thanks to Q.
  • edited September 6 Posts: 4,230
    SIS_HQ wrote: »
    Bond is out to confront an AWOL MI6 agent (005) who have been missing for months and following the mystery of the missing funds of the agency, Bond must investigate the missing MI6 agent and whether it's him who has the connections to the missing MI6 funds, as the British Treasury have been investigating the corruption happening inside the MI6 and lead to the suspension of M from the Office, M, while suspended and confined in his house, hired Bond to investigate the matter, why Bond? Because at the time the incident was happened, Bond was at the mission overseas, hence, making it clear that he's out of the suspicions, while Five of the 00 agents were off duty and in London, putting them under investigation, while the other 00 agent is still yet to comeback from another abroad mission, and of course, the main suspect in the case: 005.

    Is the missing 00 agent stolen the money for himself? Or he has a boss where he have given the money? James must find out the truth.

    Anyway, the missing Intel funds is happened to be around £50 Million Pounds, stolen using a hacking system that when identified, the suspect was revealed to be 005, using his real name, thanks to Q.

    I like the idea of Bond having to investigate a fellow 00 agent who might have stolen funds/done something nefarious. Not too sure about M being put under house arrest (if anything I think there's more drama if M's being put under pressure by ministers/is at risk of losing his job if Bond doesn't solve this).

    It kinda reminds me of the set up to DN (albeit more the book) where the rest of the Service believes that Strangways and his secretary have run off. We of course see Strangways being murdered beforehand, and Bond himself doesn't believe he's run off. Due to his personal connection to the character he's more involved in solving the mystery.

    It kinda feels this story needs something like that. Perhaps we see what's happened to 005 beforehand (is he being framed by a third party? Was he perhaps blackmailed into giving over the funds to some shadowy figure? Or was he in cahoots with the villain behind this? Was he killed after giving one the money?) There's a lot of potential for drama though, and I'd want to learn more if it were the broad concept. But it'd needs a grander villain's scheme. How is that money going to be used for something bigger for instance? Or is it a way of getting us to something a bit bigger?
  • HasanDaferHasanDafer Baghdad, Iraq
    Posts: 65
    I've had so many stories in my mind for the next bond film!


    In the cold shadow of a crumbling global alliance, James Bond is dispatched on a mission like none before—he must eliminate a former MI6 agent turned traitor. This agent was Bond's closest ally during a covert mission in Russia years ago. Bond’s orders are clear: The agent has stolen classified intelligence that could dismantle global stability if sold to the highest bidder. However, as Bond hunts this agent, he discovers that MI6 has concealed the true nature of the agent’s defection. He didn’t betray MI6 out of greed—he uncovered a high-level conspiracy within MI6 itself, orchestrated by an elite group aiming to provoke a catastrophic world war for their own gain.

    Bond’s mission spirals into a psychological battle as he grapples with loyalty, questioning whether his agency is the enemy. Alongside an emotionally scarred whistleblower, former CIA operative (Bond girl), Bond races across a war-torn Eastern Europe. The pair faces nightmarish ordeals as they attempt to expose the real traitors, all while being hunted by the full force of MI6.

    Bond must decide whether to complete his mission or embrace the devastating truth.

    This could be a brutal exploration of betrayal, trust, and the darker realities of espionage, with Bond forced to question not only his loyalty but his very identity as an agent.


    OR

    After a botched assassination attempt on a British diplomat in Vienna, Bond is assigned to track down a shadowy, underground group known as Nocturne. This clandestine organization isn’t just a typical terrorist cell—it specializes in psychological warfare, using advanced brainwashing techniques to turn loyal agents into sleeper assassins.

    As Bond follows a trail of manipulation, mind-control, and betrayal, he uncovers that Nocturne has infiltrated MI6 at its highest levels. Some of the agents Bond once trusted have already been compromised, and he finds himself questioning who is under control and who isn’t.

    Bond's investigation leads him to a secret experimental facility in Iceland, where prisoners of war and political dissidents have been subjected to horrific experiments on mind control and memory erasure. As Bond tries to shut down the facility, he learns that the lead scientist was a former MI6 operative, experimenting on his own team during covert operations.

    In a chilling finale, Bond himself falls victim to Nocturne's brainwashing, leading to a final showdown where he must fight to reclaim his own mind and stop the ultimate sleeper assassin—himself.


    OR

    James Bond is sent to Iraq to stop a rogue arms dealer who has discovered a legendary ancient weapon beneath the ruins of Babylon. This weapon could destabilize the entire Middle East if sold to terrorist organizations. As Bond navigates a web of rival intelligence agencies, warlords, and corrupt officials, he teams up with (Bond girl), an Iraqi archaeologist determined to destroy the weapon.

    In the ruins of Babylon, Bond faces al-Zaman in a deadly confrontation, balancing ancient history and modern warfare. Bond must decide whether to let Western powers seize control of the weapon or destroy it entirely, risking further chaos in the region.

    This could be an opportunity for a tense exploration of power, intervention, and the blurred lines between heroism and destruction.
  • Bond uncovers a corrupt US president looking to do a deal with the Kremlin or is that too close to reality?
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    Posts: 3,799
    007HallY wrote: »
    SIS_HQ wrote: »
    Bond is out to confront an AWOL MI6 agent (005) who have been missing for months and following the mystery of the missing funds of the agency, Bond must investigate the missing MI6 agent and whether it's him who has the connections to the missing MI6 funds, as the British Treasury have been investigating the corruption happening inside the MI6 and lead to the suspension of M from the Office, M, while suspended and confined in his house, hired Bond to investigate the matter, why Bond? Because at the time the incident was happened, Bond was at the mission overseas, hence, making it clear that he's out of the suspicions, while Five of the 00 agents were off duty and in London, putting them under investigation, while the other 00 agent is still yet to comeback from another abroad mission, and of course, the main suspect in the case: 005.

    Is the missing 00 agent stolen the money for himself? Or he has a boss where he have given the money? James must find out the truth.

    Anyway, the missing Intel funds is happened to be around £50 Million Pounds, stolen using a hacking system that when identified, the suspect was revealed to be 005, using his real name, thanks to Q.

    I like the idea of Bond having to investigate a fellow 00 agent who might have stolen funds/done something nefarious. Not too sure about M being put under house arrest (if anything I think there's more drama if M's being put under pressure by ministers/is at risk of losing his job if Bond doesn't solve this).

    It kinda reminds me of the set up to DN (albeit more the book) where the rest of the Service believes that Strangways and his secretary have run off. We of course see Strangways being murdered beforehand, and Bond himself doesn't believe he's run off. Due to his personal connection to the character he's more involved in solving the mystery.

    It kinda feels this story needs something like that. Perhaps we see what's happened to 005 beforehand (is he being framed by a third party? Was he perhaps blackmailed into giving over the funds to some shadowy figure? Or was he in cahoots with the villain behind this? Was he killed after giving one the money?) There's a lot of potential for drama though, and I'd want to learn more if it were the broad concept. But it'd needs a grander villain's scheme. How is that money going to be used for something bigger for instance? Or is it a way of getting us to something a bit bigger?

    Sorry, it's just a plot summary, just an idea of mine, so not well fleshed out 😅, it depends on the filmmakers on how they would expand on it (if they ever thought of this idea), I liked the suggestions you've given, perhaps we could help this out, together to make it work.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,152
    After watching The Social Network recently, it got me thinking about a possible Bond film where the threat is something to do with social media, or a social media mogul ala Mark Zuckerberg. Similar in vein to how TND showed how the media could manipulate stories for evil.
    Perhaps it's not an avenue EON would want to go down again with Bond though.
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    Posts: 3,799
    Benny wrote: »
    After watching The Social Network recently, it got me thinking about a possible Bond film where the threat is something to do with social media, or a social media mogul ala Mark Zuckerberg. Similar in vein to how TND showed how the media could manipulate stories for evil.
    Perhaps it's not an avenue EON would want to go down again with Bond though.

    Yes, maybe with some twist like social engineering, like using a famous celebrity to lure people into psychological war (being a bad influence towards people and doing deeds that the powerful elites demanded the society to do) or something like that, instead of weapons, it would be like more in mind, a psy op.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,621
    Benny wrote: »
    After watching The Social Network recently, it got me thinking about a possible Bond film where the threat is something to do with social media, or a social media mogul ala Mark Zuckerberg. Similar in vein to how TND showed how the media could manipulate stories for evil.
    Perhaps it's not an avenue EON would want to go down again with Bond though.
    There was the recent news that China was using fake AI-generated social media accounts to spread misinformation amongst governments or something to that effect. A whopping 5,000 AI accounts, called the 'Green Cicada' network. Sounds intriguing.
  • Cruel Britannia

    The film begins with Bill Tanner (David Oyelowo) briefing M (Jared Harris) the Thorne Group’s (think Raytheon meets BASF) hostile takeover of Athena, a small but powerful Silicon Valley company, that has developed the world's most advanced supercomputer, after which the company is named. Tanner, along with other high ranking Ministry of Defence officials, believes this technology could provide a breakthrough in modern intelligence tactics, but begins to suspect foul play once Athena's young CEO, Daniel Miller, (Cameron Monaghan) along with Britain's Minister of Defence, Layla Khan, (Sarita Choudhury) die in a suspicious plane crash off the coast of Croatia shortly before the takeover.

    M assigns Bond to investigate Thorne's motives, as he questions Thorne's character and suspects Thorne Group may be pursing interests that may compromise the British intelligence services, despite having been a trusted contractor/partner. He sends Bond to Seoul to enlist the help of Syren Song (Jessica Henwick), a former MI6 analyst, who was a founding member of Athena before joining MI6 after her disillusionment with the direction of the company. Syren took an early retirement to focus on her family after becoming cynical towards the ethically dubious projects MI6 assigned her. Reluctantly, she agrees to join Bond only on the condition that she returns home to her family once the job is done.

    The action heads to Dubrovnik, Croatia, where Bond and Syren join forces with with CIA operative Felix Leiter (Sam Rockwell), who is sent on the behalf of the US to investigate the crash killing Athena's CEO. After they conduct an elaborate heist in one of Thorne's satellite offices they learn that Athena is being used by Thorne's aerospace and chemical science groups to simulate complex weather patterns.

    After reporting this back to MI6, M orchestrates the seizure of a shipment of Thorne Group's drones that was on its way to Reykjavik, and sends Bond to a global tech conference in Tokyo under the guise of Robert Sterling, an international trade attorney employed by Universal Exports, customs broker to some of the world's largest and influential organizations. Bond meets Thorne at the conference and offers his help in ensuring the shipment is released and makes its way to Iceland, as well as establishing a long term service agreement between Universal Exports and the Thorne Group.

    Back in London, Q (Himesh Patel) and his team assess a seized drone and, in conjunction with the intel gathered in Croatia, determine that by harnessing quantum computing's ability to model and manipulate the atmosphere with unprecedented precision, Thorne plans to trigger catastrophic weather events, such as hurricanes, droughts, and extreme storms, to destabilize governments and control global markets. Using covert quantum-encrypted communications combined with advanced aerospace engineering technology, Thorne can simulate and exploit atmospheric instabilities to target regions with surgical precision, creating chaos while remaining undetected.

    The action shifts to Iceland, the home of the Athena quantum computer, where Bond and Syren (posing as Bond's assistant) get a tour of the remote facility housing Athena. They discover that the facility is highly secure, with the computer being stored in a sub-zero temperature underground bunker, which is heavily guarded by Thorne's paramilitary soldiers. Later, Thorne receives a surprise visit from a mysterious, eerie gentleman who he refers to as "Number One" (Bill Skaarsgard). Bond and Syren, using a surveillance bug from Q, eavesdrops on their conversation, during which it is revealed that Thorne plans to weaponize Athena and his fleet of chemically weaponized drones to create a number of catastrophic global weather events simultaneously, to cause worldwide socioeconomic chaos. In order to cover his tracks, Thorne targets the Athena facility for one of these weather disasters. Number One informs Thorne that his operation has been compromised and that he is housing two MI6 agents in the facility. Before he leaves, he orders Thorne to have them both killed, or risk facing his own demise. Syren sends a distress signal message to M, who has an army of special forces operatives sent to the facility to retrieve Bond and Syren, as well as to destroy Athena.

    Thorne confronts Bond and Syren, holding them captive in the facility. Thorne (Jeremy Irons) is an embodiment of corporate greed and ruthlessness, (akin to Succession's Logan Roy), but with even darker ambitions. His belief in using weather engineering for “human advancement” aligns with Spectre’s centuries-old ideology of controlling humanity for its own good, manipulating global forces to ensure "stability" through chaos. Thorne taunts Bond, insisting that humanity needs to be reined in, that power must be centralized to prevent self-destruction. As this occurs, we see thousands of Thorne's drones release chemicals and nano-devices into the atmosphere across the globe. Threatening clouds begin to form over major cities, and the inclement weather begins. Bond, ever resourceful, manages to escape his restraints using a concealed lockpick he retrieved earlier, hidden within the heel of his shoe. With deft precision, he frees himself and quickly disarms one of the guards. Syren, equally sharp, seizes the opportunity to knock another guard unconscious, retrieving a weapon from his holster. Together, they scramble through the Athena facility, dodging Thorne’s paramilitary forces, as alarms blare and the building begins to show signs of the looming storm's effect on its structure.

    At MI6 headquarters, Q monitors the situation, growing increasingly concerned. He informs Bond and Syren that the Athena system is impossible to breach remotely due to its quantum encryption. The only way to shut it down is by sabotaging the cooling system, but the chambers are located on the far side of the facility. To get there, they’ll have to venture outside into the violent, unforgiving winter storm that’s already tearing at the building’s foundations.

    As the global weather catastrophes—hurricanes, droughts, and storms—continue to intensify, Bond and Syren prepare for the dangerous trek. They exit through a side door, immediately hit by the full force of the storm. The cold, biting wind nearly knocks them off their feet as snow swirls so thickly it’s hard to see more than a few feet ahead. With heads low and bodies pressed against the gale, they push forward, trudging through the deep snowdrifts, the facility looming in the storm's haze.

    Halfway through their journey across the facility’s exterior, Thorne’s paramilitary soldiers ambush them. The storm makes visibility difficult, but gunfire cracks through the air. Bond and Syren duck behind snow-covered debris and shattered pieces of the facility, returning fire. The blizzard works in their favor, disorienting the soldiers as Bond picks them off one by one. Syren provides cover, the snow and wind adding a visceral intensity to the battle.

    Eventually, Bond and Syren manage to clear the area, but just as they move toward the cooling chambers, Thorne himself appears, stepping out from the swirling snow. His face is twisted with determination, convinced that he can still succeed despite the chaos around him. He engages Bond in a brutal hand-to-hand fight, the storm now at its most violent, whipping around them with howling winds and ice.

    Thorne’s strength is surprising, driven by his belief in his grand vision of controlling nature for humanity’s so-called “greater good.” Bond, however, is relentless, each blow calculated and precise. After a grueling struggle, Bond manages to hurl Thorne into a massive snowbank near a deep ravine that cuts through the facility grounds. Thorne, stumbling and disoriented, pulls a knife, making one last desperate lunge at Bond. Bond sidesteps and delivers a powerful kick, sending Thorne over the edge of the ravine.

    Thorne’s scream is quickly swallowed by the storm as he plummets into the abyss below, disappearing into the blinding snow, consumed by the very force of nature he arrogantly sought to control.

    With Thorne gone, Bond and Syren press on, finally reaching the cooling chambers. Syren works swiftly to sabotage the system, and the facility begins to shake as explosions rip through the complex. The quantum core overheats, triggering a meltdown that spells the destruction of Athena.

    Bond and Syren race outside once more, the storm still raging as they flee across the collapsing facility grounds. Just as it seems the building might crush them beneath the snow and ice, MI6’s extraction team arrives, lifting them to safety. From the helicopter, Bond watches as the entire Athena facility is buried under an avalanche, along with the legacy of Lachlan Thorne.

    Back in London, Bond reports to M that the immediate threat has been neutralized, and Thorne is dead. M acknowledges the victory but reminds Bond that “Number One” remains out there, pulling strings from the shadows. They both understand that this is just one battle in a much larger war. In the final scene, Bond and Syren meet at the airport. Bond asks Syren to join him in his pursuit of "Number One". Syren turns own the offer and chooses to return to her family, keeping her promise, while Bond silently watches her leave, reflecting on his own path.

    Directed by Gareth Evans

    Score by Ludwig Goransson

    Main Title Theme
    performed by Royal Blood, written and produced by Royal Blood and Ludwig Goransson

    Cast

    Theo James as James Bond
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    Jessica Henwick as Syren Song
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    Jeremy Irons as Lachlan Thorne
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    Jared Harris as M
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    David Oyelowo as Bill Tanner
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    Himesh Patel as Q
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    Sam Rockwell as Felix Leiter

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    Cameron Monaghan as Daniel Miller
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    Sarita Choudhury as Layla Khan

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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    Posts: 13,854
    Film it!
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,152
    @battleshipgreygt I'm sold!

    Love the story and the cast, just get EON onboard and we're good.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    Posts: 4,662
    Count me in! This is a Bond story we need!
  • CigaretteLeiterCigaretteLeiter United States
    edited October 7 Posts: 108
    Cruel Britannia sounds fantastic! (time to scrap my own Bond plot about a villain using cloud seeding to create a new Ice Age and extort the Global South!)

    I've had a couple ideas that I've been kicking around for a few years (and hand to god, I came up with the bones for the first two years before we knew about the Diddy parties and Elon Musk's political views):

    1) A cosmetics, perfume, and fashion magnate is secretly the kingpin of a massive drug-trafficking ring. He hosts exclusive parties after his fashion shows, where he doles out designer drugs like candy to highly influential politicians and businessmen. These drugs are laced with scopolamine, which renders those who consume it very susceptible to suggestion. The billionaire uses this to force the members of high society into compromising situations, and creates troves of blackmail material to prevent them from breaking up his drug ring.

    When a member of the Cabinet is found dead from a suicide overseas, Bond is assigned to investigate their links to the billionaire. 007 discovers the compromat operation and alongside one of the billionaire's supermodel mistresses, works to destroy it and the drug trafficking operation.

    The drug ring itself has three components: 1) giving out designer drugs to the high-value targets at parties, smuggled in through the supermodels' costumes, 2) pushing super-addictive lab-grown varieties of existing drugs throughout cartels and triads, and 3) distributing trace yet addictive quantities of drugs in the billionaire's cosmetics line for unwitting consumption by normal people.

    As a leader in the fashion industry, the billionaire has always wanted to give the "unwashed masses" a chance to feel above their current station. His clothes and perfumes can do that, but so can secretly giving them a hit of drug-induced euphoria. Millions will become addicted to his product, making him the richest man in the world. With the worlds' heads of government unable to intervene without being blackmailed into oblivion, nobody can stop him... except for Bond.


    2) 004 discovers a notorious mercenary buying an old telecommunication satellite's guidance system in a black market arms bazaar in Tirana, Albania, but is caught and killed before he can intercept the sale. Bond is assigned to pick up where his colleague left off. With the help of a sexy MI6 forensic accountant (title track singer and ethnic Albanian Dua Lipa in a Madonna-style cameo), Bond untangles the web of shell corporations and traces the payment back to a prolific tech CEO.

    Under cover as a finance journalist, Bond travels to a large Davos-style conference in Doha, Qatar where the CEO is scheduled to speak. At the after party, Bond is able to ingratiate himself into the CEO's circle under the pretenses of interviewing him for "Univex Magazine". The CEO, an eccentric, says he'll agree to an interview only if Bond beats him in a private F1 race at the Lusail course north of the city. The CEO's aggressive driving nearly kills both him and Bond, and Bond's assigned too-gigantic-for-this-to-be-his-real-job pit crew chief does something to his car that looks like sabotage. Though 007 prevails, he's left wondering if the near-death experiences were intended.

    The CEO takes Bond to his company's headquarters in Stockholm, where Bond surveils his activities (and catches the eye of the mogul's neglected wife, herself once a promising developer unwillingly reduced to the role of arm candy). The CEO is naturally suspicious of Bond's actions, and using his hall of tech flunkies, is able to uncover 007's true identity. He sics his henchman (just insert whatever gimmick here) on Bond, and after a chase through the city, Bond is beaten and left for dead in the Baltic.

    An unconscious Bond washes ashore in a fishing hamlet, where a kindly old couple nurse him back to health. Bond tries to politely stomach a foul-looking soup placed in front of him. The old fisherman figures out where he's from by his accent and makes a crack about beans on toast.

    Acting on the CEO's wife's earlier downcast statement that she'll be visiting their vacation home outside of Split, Croatia without her husband (something about him always working), an injured Bond travels to the Dalmatian coast in an attempt to get the CEO's wife to fill in the details of the scheme- by seducing her, naturally! After a romantic evening dancing in the city square, the lady takes Bond back to the villa where they sleep together.

    Of course, the villain knew Bond survived and anticipated this, so he has a drone fleet outfitted with weaponry destroy the mansion. Bond and the wife are incapacitated and taken to the villain's HQ- an underground server farm in a Central/Eastern European country (very clearly modeled off the Wieliczka Salt Mine near Krakow, Poland)

    While in his custody, the villain divulges his plan to Bond: he's going to steer the decommissioned satellite into a cluster of other satellites, creating an ablation cascade: a wave of space debris that impacts other satellites and turns them into space debris which hurtle throughout low earth orbit and create a communications blackout.

    The satellites are lined up in such a way that NATO spy satellites will be obliterated in the wave of destruction, allowing his patrons (heavily implied to be the Russians a la the Chinese in YOLT) to launch a surprise invasion of their neighbors (ie Ukraine, Belarus, etc). By the time NATO is able to regain sight over the area, the takeover will be complete. For his cooperation, his patrons will grant his company a monopoly in their country.

    While Bond dukes it out with the henchman, the wife reprograms the satellite's course. The villain catches her in the act, but is unable to stop it. Elsewhere, a vaguely-Eastern European general stands in front of an armored division (implied to be only one of many), waiting for a signal that never comes. Disgusted, he grimaces and tells his men to head back.

    In desperation, the villain abducts his traitorous wife while the SAS raid the facility. Bond pursues them. Faced with the choice between capturing the villain and saving the woman, he chooses the girl.

    With the villain disappeared and assumed to be dead, the woman takes his spot on his company's board of directors, finally getting to use her talents after being trapped in a gilded cage. Bond calls her to congratulate her, and she teasingly informs him that with the henchman gone, she's looking for a new head of security. Bond flashes a cheeky grin and rejects the offer, saying that he's already the property of another lady- England. As she hangs up, Bond turns around, Bollinger in hand. Draped across a hotel bed is Dua Lipa-as-the-forensic accountant. As she pulls him into the bed, he smirks and says "I've got to examine your... bottom line."

    Condensation dripping down the champagne bottle turns into a heavy rain in the dark corners of an unidentified third world city. The villain is in disguise, haggard and clearly terrified of something finding him. Whoever's chasing him finally catches up. He pleads to a man cloaked in shadow- "Please! I didn't mean to fail you. I've been a dutiful asset!" The figure ignores his cries. A single shot rings out in the alley. As the body crumples to the ground, the shadowed man utters two words: "Smiert Spionam."


    3) This one's the least developed. Under the pretenses of his biofuel business, a wealthy biologist who moonlights as an ecoterrorist is cultivating genetically altered blue-green algae, formally known as cyanobacteria. These cyanobacteria produce cyanotoxins, deadly chemicals he uses to produce neurotoxins as part of a scheme to depopulate the planet.


  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    That is awesome @CigaretteLeiter EON or IFP should look into it!
  • Posts: 2,010
    I would much rather see films along the lines of FRWL and CR. Give villains planning world ending plots a rest.
  • Posts: 15,161
    CrabKey wrote: »
    I would much rather see films along the lines of FRWL and CR. Give villains planning world ending plots a rest.

    Me too. And not too heavy on sci-fi or techno thriller stuff.
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    I'd like to see a DN or GF type outline where Bond is sent on a seemingly routine mission (or perhaps does a favour for M or someone like that which is expected to be a bit more low key). He soon realises something isn't quite right, and by the end uncovers a much greater villain's scheme. It's a very broad but classic way of doing a Bond story.
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    007HallY wrote: »
    I'd like to see a DN or GF type outline where Bond is sent on a seemingly routine mission (or perhaps does a favour for M or someone like that which is expected to be a bit more low key). He soon realises something isn't quite right, and by the end uncovers a much greater villain's scheme. It's a very broad but classic way of doing a Bond story.

    Yes, I'd like something like that too.

    Let's say, in the PTS, Bond prevents a terrorist attack. The brains behind this attack is quickly identified, so after the opening credit Bond is sent by M to terminate him. They know where he's hiding, it's should be a quick and easy job, but once Bond gets there he finds the terrorist murdered. MI6 isn't too worried: it's not like criminals don't have many enemies, but M asks Bond to dig deeper. Turns out there's a bigger villain and the terrorist plot of the PTS was a rehearsal for some bigger attack.
  • edited October 7 Posts: 4,230
    Ludovico wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    I'd like to see a DN or GF type outline where Bond is sent on a seemingly routine mission (or perhaps does a favour for M or someone like that which is expected to be a bit more low key). He soon realises something isn't quite right, and by the end uncovers a much greater villain's scheme. It's a very broad but classic way of doing a Bond story.

    Yes, I'd like something like that too.

    Let's say, in the PTS, Bond prevents a terrorist attack. The brains behind this attack is quickly identified, so after the opening credit Bond is sent by M to terminate him. They know where he's hiding, it's should be a quick and easy job, but once Bond gets there he finds the terrorist murdered. MI6 isn't too worried: it's not like criminals don't have many enemies, but M asks Bond to dig deeper. Turns out there's a bigger villain and the terrorist plot of the PTS was a rehearsal for some bigger attack.

    I like that idea! Bond having to assassinate someone is one of those great ideas that I think only TLD has really explored in the films.

    Maybe it's a case where Bond discovers that the terrorist he's sent to kill in that scenario is being manipulated by the main villain in some way. Not to say they're a completely innocent party in all this (this character is a terrorist after all). But perhaps they're so misguided/being played by the main villain that Bond almost feels hesitant to kill them, even if just because he senses something bigger afoot, and letting the terrorist live/getting key information from them will uncover this. Which of course is the point in the story where they're killed.

    Perhaps the initial terrorist in this scenario is a woman? Something about that feels like it'd hammer that idea home. It's a bit of a twist on TLD, but without a completely innocent sacrificial lamb. Anyway, just riffing.
  • edited October 8 Posts: 15,161
    007HallY wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    I'd like to see a DN or GF type outline where Bond is sent on a seemingly routine mission (or perhaps does a favour for M or someone like that which is expected to be a bit more low key). He soon realises something isn't quite right, and by the end uncovers a much greater villain's scheme. It's a very broad but classic way of doing a Bond story.

    Yes, I'd like something like that too.

    Let's say, in the PTS, Bond prevents a terrorist attack. The brains behind this attack is quickly identified, so after the opening credit Bond is sent by M to terminate him. They know where he's hiding, it's should be a quick and easy job, but once Bond gets there he finds the terrorist murdered. MI6 isn't too worried: it's not like criminals don't have many enemies, but M asks Bond to dig deeper. Turns out there's a bigger villain and the terrorist plot of the PTS was a rehearsal for some bigger attack.

    I like that idea! Bond having to assassinate someone is one of those great ideas that I think only TLD has really explored in the films.

    Maybe it's a case where Bond discovers that the terrorist he's sent to kill in that scenario is being manipulated by the main villain in some way. Not to say they're a completely innocent party in all this (this character is a terrorist after all). But perhaps they're so misguided/being played by the main villain that Bond almost feels hesitant to kill them, even if just because he senses something bigger afoot, and letting the terrorist live/getting key information from them will uncover this. Which of course is the point in the story where they're killed.

    Perhaps the initial terrorist in this scenario is a woman? Something about that feels like it'd hammer that idea home. It's a bit of a twist on TLD, but without a completely innocent sacrificial lamb. Anyway, just riffing.

    Or maybe give the terrorist a daughter. Too much like Mr White/Madeleine perhaps... but that would still make for a nice conflict.

    I could see some nice bit of dialogue with this plot:
    Bond: "It appears that someone had the courtesy to do the job for us, Sir."
    M: "Yes, but who and why?"
    Bond: "Does it really matter? Whoever pulled the trigger will not send a bill for his services."
    M: "007, our primary duty in his Majesty's service is not murder, but information. I want to know why Mr InsertNameHere was killed. Did he know something we should be aware of?"
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Bond, a mime, and a white Angora cat walk into a bar.

  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
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    I'm back! Anyway, got an idea for a Bond plot, I know this may remind of a film, but anyway.....

    Just thought of it, a high profile, beloved celebrity (name anyone you liked who could fit that image, could be an actor, a musician or any personality), with a hidden agendas to establish his political agendas for world domination.

    Now, he has a great image, great public following and flawless reputation and influential, any people who have done it wrong tend to be hated by the public and got persecuted, so Bond would be walking on thin ice here, he can't defeat this man easily or else, his name would be cursed by the whole world, because that villain is a well beloved celebrity that he had got them brainwashed that no accusations against him have the public sided with, and he could even turn tables against his enemies.

    Think of the Jake Gyllenhaal's character as Mysterio in 'SpiderMan: No Way Home', that could've happened to Bond if he had done the wrong move or fail, think of how Mysterio got the public sympathy and turned their hatred towards Peter Parker that it almost ruined his life, it could've happened to Bond.

    I will leave to all of you the possible plots the villain could do, but it should be something that's realistic, yet menacing, maybe Smuggling, Internal Organs Blackmarket or such.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    It would be quite interesting to see a Bond vs. the public, or at least public opinion story, yeah.

    Maybe we could have a new version of Elliot Carver, except this one is in charge of a large social media company which steers the public discourse through a bent algorithm and promoting posts to further his own agenda. Maybe he could even out Bond on there and make him infamous as an enemy of the people. What then?
  • TheSkyfallen06TheSkyfallen06 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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    mtm wrote: »
    It would be quite interesting to see a Bond vs. the public, or at least public opinion story, yeah.

    Maybe we could have a new version of Elliot Carver, except this one is in charge of a large social media company which steers the public discourse through a bent algorithm and promoting posts to further his own agenda. Maybe he could even out Bond on there and make him infamous as an enemy of the people. What then?

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    Jokes aside, agreed. That'd be interesting to see, though i can't help but feel like some fans would complain that it's just a rehash of TND.
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
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    It doesn't need to be another version of Elliot Carver, more like a beloved public figure with a hidden agenda with possibly, a tendency of making himself out to be a victim to turn the tables against Bond (no villains in the series have done this kind of tactic/strategy, as far as I know), to ask sympathy from the people, like Mysterio from Spider Man, just in the same vein as that, trying to make Bond the villain in the eyes of the people, as he continue to accomplish his evil plans that the public doesn't realize, it would serve as a distraction so Bond couldn't be able to defeat him and he would still earn such publicity from people, while still doing his plans.
    More like a villain with a strong PR and very influential (a mix up between Gustav Graves/Max Zorin/Elektra King/Elliot Carver type).

    Just imagine him trying to ruin Bond in media, speak of him very badly in interviews or something like that to brainwash people and gain sympathy to attack Bond, and Bond, watching the interview on TV while he's in a hotel room, drinking his Martini or something, and he would be left shock due to the accusations and claims the villain are making out against him in public.

    A celebrity with secret Political ties for example, Bond trying to thwart it, but this villain would use the public (that he brainwashed) against Bond, it could be a very famous actor, or a musician (a critically acclaimed composer, for example), an award winning famous director, an F1 Sports Racer champion with great appeal and good looks, and adored by many (many stars of today were billionaires for example, so it's a bit plausible if applying real life scenario).

    But behind that well beloved persona is a maniacal villain, something like that.

    I would also propose that Bond would have an ally in this, those one of the people who tried to attack that villain by releasing the truth (against his plot as well) but he or she failed and that villain used his influence to put him or her in jail, that Bond ally is well disliked by the public because he/she tried to ruin the reputation of their beloved celebrity, and now this celebrity villain has been making fake accusations against that would be ally of Bond's more to further worsen his/her cases, Bond would help that person and would team up against that Celebrity villain.
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    I asked ChatGPT for a reboot and it came up with this. Personally, I like it.....

    Pitch: James Bond: Bloodline

    This origin story reimagines the young James Bond as a skilled but impulsive officer in the Royal Navy. On a covert mission to stop the hijacking of a British naval vessel, Bond uncovers evidence linking the operation to a shadowy figure with ties to his parents' deaths. MI6 takes notice of his bold performance and recruits him to investigate further, setting him on a path that will forever change his life. As Bond delves deeper, he uncovers a shocking truth: his father, Andrew Bond, long presumed dead after a climbing accident, is alive—and is the mastermind behind a global criminal syndicate.

    Andrew Bond is a brilliant but disillusioned former intelligence operative who faked his death after losing faith in the British government. Embittered by betrayal and driven by a warped sense of justice, he has spent years orchestrating a series of attacks aimed at destabilising the geopolitical order. To Andrew, his actions are righteous rebellion; to James, they are unforgivable. Their eventual confrontation forces James to grapple with the legacy of his family, his father’s twisted ideals, and his own morality.

    The story introduces Sofia Marchetti, an undercover operative posing as a journalist, who becomes Bond’s ally—and moral compass—throughout the mission. A seasoned investigator, Sofia has her own reasons for pursuing Andrew Bond, as his actions indirectly led to the death of her brother. Her sharp instincts and calm pragmatism contrast with Bond’s youthful recklessness, creating tension and mutual respect that evolves into a deep connection.

    In the climactic showdown, James faces his father in an emotional confrontation at an isolated, snow-covered mountain base. Andrew, seeking to manipulate James into joining his cause, reveals that the "accident" that killed James’s mother was no accident—it was Andrew’s desperate attempt to silence her after she threatened to expose his plans. In the heat of battle, James is forced to kill his father.

    The mission complete, Bond returns to MI6, scarred but resolute. Recognising his potential and his resilience in the face of impossible choices, M offers him the coveted 00 status. The film ends with Bond standing in a tailor’s shop, gazing at his reflection as he dons his first tuxedo, ready to take on his first mission as 007.

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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited November 16 Posts: 16,502
    mtm wrote: »
    It would be quite interesting to see a Bond vs. the public, or at least public opinion story, yeah.

    Maybe we could have a new version of Elliot Carver, except this one is in charge of a large social media company which steers the public discourse through a bent algorithm and promoting posts to further his own agenda. Maybe he could even out Bond on there and make him infamous as an enemy of the people. What then?

    v8jnwu470ww0.png

    Jokes aside, agreed. That'd be interesting to see, though i can't help but feel like some fans would complain that it's just a rehash of TND.

    Yeah, I don't necessarily disagree; although now I think about it it seems like a bit of a missed opportunity that Carver didn't use his empire against Bond - making a secret agent famous is kind of the worst thing you can do.
    I don't know what the route out of that would be(!) but it would be quite an exciting position for Bond to be flung into.

    Love that pic! :D

    I asked ChatGPT for a reboot and it came up with this. Personally, I like it.....

    Pitch: James Bond: Bloodline

    This origin story reimagines the young James Bond as a skilled but impulsive officer in the Royal Navy. On a covert mission to stop the hijacking of a British naval vessel, Bond uncovers evidence linking the operation to a shadowy figure with ties to his parents' deaths. MI6 takes notice of his bold performance and recruits him to investigate further, setting him on a path that will forever change his life. As Bond delves deeper, he uncovers a shocking truth: his father, Andrew Bond, long presumed dead after a climbing accident, is alive—and is the mastermind behind a global criminal syndicate.

    Andrew Bond is a brilliant but disillusioned former intelligence operative who faked his death after losing faith in the British government. Embittered by betrayal and driven by a warped sense of justice, he has spent years orchestrating a series of attacks aimed at destabilising the geopolitical order. To Andrew, his actions are righteous rebellion; to James, they are unforgivable. Their eventual confrontation forces James to grapple with the legacy of his family, his father’s twisted ideals, and his own morality.

    Yeah, I don't hate that. I guess the dad thing is slightly old hat in that a few heroes have faced similar situations, but there might be something in it. I don't mind using his parents in some way.
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