007HallY
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@MI6HQ It depends. The thing about Bond in that novel is he's rather arrogant even compared to later Fleming novels, and by the end becomes much more cynical about the nature of the 'spy game' (he talks a lot about 'chasing the red Indian' with Math…
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The problem I've always had with OHMSS is that it depicts a younger, fresh Bond in a story that was designed for an older, more jaded Bond. Stuff like the resignation scene in that movie just doesn't quite have the same bite with Lazenby and feels l…
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I think we'll almost certainly have a character arc for the new Bond, but not necessarily backstory. I'm actually fine with this. There's potential for some interesting ideas that don't involve foster brothers or going back to Bond's childhood home …
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mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » To be fair, there's a valid criticism in the idea that BB and MGW have perhaps prioritised what they think will be 'popular' rather th…
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mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » To be fair, there's a valid criticism in the idea that BB and MGW have perhaps prioritised what they think will be 'popular' rather than fresh and interesting for a Bond fil…
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@patb There's a cool idea in there. I think there's chance we'll see a Bond 26 that a) has a more grounded plot in general, possibly not unlike that b) we'll see Bond going rogue less than in the Craig era. It's interesting that as early as DAD (…
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mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » To be fair, there's a valid criticism in the idea that BB and MGW have perhaps prioritised what they think will be 'popular' rather than fresh and interesting for a Bond film specifically. I think that wou…
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To be fair, there's a valid criticism in the idea that BB and MGW have perhaps prioritised what they think will be 'popular' rather than fresh and interesting for a Bond film specifically. Things like the invisible car played into the emerging preva…
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@MI6HQ Yes, forgot about the Craig examples. It's been done, but mostly for throwaway action sequences. Kinda a "oh, there's a motorcycle, I'll use that" type thing. FAVTAK is slightly different, and I feel there's a bit more tension to the premise…
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ImpertinentGoon wrote: » It would have to be handled with care, for sure. It couldn't just be "everyone who likes England and wanted Brexit is actually a racist and a terrorist." That obviously wouldn't fly. It would have to be exceedingly clear t…
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mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Interesting. Would it be a cool subversion if a MR type plot wasn't about destroying London but a wealthy industrialist wanting to 'make Britain great again' by creating some sort of Trident alternative? This cou…
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Interesting. Would it be a cool subversion if a MR type plot wasn't about destroying London but a wealthy industrialist wanting to 'make Britain great again' by creating some sort of Trident alternative? This could be much to the scepticism of MI6 a…
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No worries. Again, every Director is different, and it's worth noting I have never worked on anything like a Bond film. Generally speaking, however, a Director has a hand throughout all areas of production - pre, shooting and post. As do Producers.
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@MI6HQ I highly doubt it would be usable. No M or Moneypenny aside it's a script from the 1950s. The novel's story needs significant adaptation and recontextualising for a modern film already. This script would need that all the same - dialogue, pac…
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Birdleson wrote: » Very interesting that the most successful Bond film to date is the only Craig entry yet to receive a vote. Yes, SF is, for whatever reason, not as much a fan favourite. In my experience though it's the sort of movie youn…
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Venutius wrote: » Yes, some good points there, 007HallY, and I'm sure you're right about Forster having input into and oversight of the editing decisions even if he wasn't doing the job himself. I do wonder if it was Forster's decision to go with …
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Venutius wrote: » Y'know, Marc Forster 's taken a lot of stick for things he either didn't do or wasn't responsible for - and he's still getting it, by the look of it. After all, Forster didn't shoot the action scenes in QOS, he didn't edit QOS an…
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Again, to each their own. Maybe I'm just a bit more conservative myself in my filmmaking preferences! I will say that I love a lot of elements of QOS's story. For me this is where it succeeds rather than the much of the stylistic choices. Bond go…
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Creasy47 wrote: » Oh man, I love those random shots we get edited throughout. It can be jarring, sure, but it's the right type of experimental to me. There's a lot of artsy flair to the cinematography without feeling too pretentious to me. …
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Attempting to bring this conversation back onto QOS, I do think when it comes to Bond directors a more conservative approach to filmmaking is preferable. Forster is an example of a director who clearly had goals of stylistic experimentation - you ca…
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dramaticscenesofQOS wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » dramaticscenesofQOS wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » JustJames wrote: » With Safin you wonder if it was just to link ‘young’ Safin to ‘present day’ Safin, and give him a backstory (that echo…
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patb wrote: » It's a little scary to me when you consider how huge the brand and legacy is with Bond, we are all just looking for one person to produce a really great script. When was the last time a Bond script was universally (or almost) praised…
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Venutius wrote: » Boyle said 'I work in partnership with writers and I am not prepared to break it up...We were working very, very well, but they didn’t want to go down that route with us. So we decided to part company.' The implication being that…
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dramaticscenesofQOS wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » JustJames wrote: » With Safin you wonder if it was just to link ‘young’ Safin to ‘present day’ Safin, and give him a backstory (that echoes QoS a little) and easy to recognise outside of the m…
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Creasy47 wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » ByRoyalDecree wrote: » The saddest part is that this thread is so thorough, none of us will really be surprised when the announcement finally arrives. Rubbish. When Steve Buschemi is announced as …
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God, I wouldn't want to be one of the Producers visiting these boards and trying to gauge what fans want for the next film... it's all over the place in that regard. Hard not to feel sorry for them to some degree... Anyway, I really don't care on…
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ByRoyalDecree wrote: » The saddest part is that this thread is so thorough, none of us will really be surprised when the announcement finally arrives. Rubbish. When Steve Buschemi is announced as the next Bond we'll all have to pick ourselv…
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ByRoyalDecree wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » ByRoyalDecree wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » ByRoyalDecree wrote: » Might I say Elrod is too tall and not rugged enough. It's hard to find a convincing henchman who's short…
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@LucknFate My only problem with that is that it reminds me somewhat of For Special Services. Would love to see a female Bond villain though. Not as in someone who seduces Bond and is revealed to be a villain, but just a villain who's a woman.
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ByRoyalDecree wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » ByRoyalDecree wrote: » Might I say Elrod is too tall and not rugged enough. It's hard to find a convincing henchman who's shorter than him. He could def play superman in a n…
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