The new James Bond movie title is...

[Elpenor]

I remember really liking Casino Royale. That’s going to be rewatched tomorrow.

 

[8ball]

I remember really liking Casino Royale. That’s going to be rewatched tomorrow.

Was a great introduction to a new and different Bond. Through a lot of the film you’re not given much reason to even like him.

 

[Elpenor]

Was a great introduction to a new and different Bond. Through a lot of the film you’re not given much reason to even like him.

I think fundamentally my issue is I don’t like the new and different Bond as much as the Moore era. I’ve probably posted as much earlier on the thread

 

[8ball]

I think fundamentally my issue is I don’t like the new and different Bond as much as the Moore era. I’ve probably posted as much earlier on the thread

I think he had a thuggishness that hadn’t been evident since Connery that really works for the character.

I enjoyed Moore’s archness more when I was a young’un but I think a Government killer needs a little darkness.

 

[T & P]

I enjoyed Moore’s archness more when I was a young’un but I think a Government killer needs a little darkness.

He also needs to be at the peak of his physical health if he’s to survive more than a weekend on the field in a job that involves regular close combat fights to the death against well trained assassins and enemy agents. Let’s face it, most of the numerous henchmen Craig has had to fight over his tenure would have defeated Moore inside of twenty seconds in a proper physical fight.

 

[kabbes]

I think you underestimate the deadly effectiveness of the Roger Moore karate chop.

 

[Idris2002]

I think you underestimate the deadly effectiveness of the Roger Moore karate chop.

Nor the horrors of the Moore raised eyebrow.

 

[kabbes]

Anyway, Roger Moore had to fight Jaws, surely the most deadly of all combatants.

 

[Reno]

Anyway, Roger Moore had to fight Jaws, surely the most deadly of all combatants.

...he swapped sides in Moonraker. He got himself a girlfriend and became a good guy.

 

[Idris2002]

I hear a podcast recently that said the plan was to bring him and Barbara Bach back as recurring characters in the Bond series - but the beancounters couldn't make it work. Damn shame if true.

 

[Reno]

Before Daniel Craig was cast, Quentin Tarantino pitched a Casino Royale which would have taken place in the 50s, when the novel was written. I think that would be cool and after the last film they'll have to completely reboot the series's anway.

 

[kabbes]

Isn’t it overdue a death anyway? It’s like trying to still be making Carry On films.

 

[Reno]

Isn’t it overdue a death anyway? It’s like trying to still be making Carry On films.

Despite death happening in the last one, Bond movies will go on as long as they make money.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Isn’t it overdue a death anyway? It’s like trying to still be making Carry On films.

A Bond/Carry On crossover would be perfect

Carrion Up The Khyber
MI6 sends a hotshot new officer into the Afghan badlands to intercept a doomsday weapon rumoured to be on its way to be detonated somewhere in the world - only for him to be captured, tortured and then abandoned in the desert for the vultures to feed on...

But this agent, whilst initially shaken is now stirred into vengeful action, and vows to track down and eliminate his tormentors wherever he finds them.

He travels the globe in pursuit: a hospital, a toilet factory, a campsite, a cruise ship, a jungle, and finally a secret government scientific facility where an experimental time portal allows him to chase the mastermind across different time zones - French Revolution, Columbus's transatlantic expedition, Tudor England - before finally catching up with him....

 

[8ball]

Isn’t it overdue a death anyway? It’s like trying to still be making Carry On films.

Despite death happening in the last one, Bond movies will go on as long as they make money.

Reno is obviously correct but I think kabbes is right that it would be a good time to let it go now.

 

[A380]

A Bond/Carry On crossover would be perfect

Carrion Up The Khyber
MI6 sends a hotshot new officer into the Afghan badlands to intercept a doomsday weapon rumoured to be on its way to be detonated somewhere in the world - only for him to be captured, tortured and then abandoned in the desert for the vultures to feed on...

But this agent, whilst initially shaken is now stirred into vengeful action, and vows to track down and eliminate his tormentors wherever he finds them.

He travels the globe in pursuit: a hospital, a toilet factory, a campsite, a cruise ship, a jungle, and finally a secret government scientific facility where an experimental time portal allows him to chase the mastermind across different time zones - French Revolution, Columbus's transatlantic expedition, Tudor England - before finally catching up with him....

oo7 matron.

 

[T & P]

Despite death happening in the last one, Bond movies will go on as long as they make money.

Let’s face it, anyone who is a fan of the franchise has been happily ignoring the not so small issue of a character who has remained roughly the same age over the last six decades. I guess we should be prepared to accept a further suspension of disbelief if he’s somehow resurrected.

 

[Reno]

Reno is obviously correct but I think kabbes is right that it would be a good time to let it go now.

People say that about any franchise that has hit a few bumps and in the Daniel Craig era I still thought there were two great movies, one which was ok and two that sucked. There is no reason why there still can’t be good Bond movies, I don’t expect for all of them to be great. The thing which to me is most interesting about the movies is how they reflect their times, their aspirations, their changing values and their fashion. As such I’m happy for them to go on.

 

[8ball]

People say that about any franchise that has hit a few bumps and in the Daniel Craig era I still thought there were two great movies, one which was ok and two that sucked. There is no reason why there still can’t be good Bond movies, I don’t expect for all of them to be great. The thing which to me is most interesting about the movies is how they reflect their times, their aspirations, their changing values and their fashion. As such I’m happy for them to go on.

I think you can dilute and overstretch a concept and eventually it’s time for new stories. Bond has his place in the fading remnants of the British Empire, a particular time of shifting norms, a particular view of technology etc. and the films are always set in the “present day” of the time, so there’s an elastic limit that kicks in eventually. There is that sense of being in a changing world, but the world has now changed. Too much tension and things snap.

Also, I really didn’t consider it as having hit a bump - I figured it would be going out on a high.

And I only thought one of the Craig films was bad.

 

[Elpenor]

A Bond/Carry On crossover would be perfect

Carrion Up The Khyber
MI6 sends a hotshot new officer into the Afghan badlands to intercept a doomsday weapon rumoured to be on its way to be detonated somewhere in the world - only for him to be captured, tortured and then abandoned in the desert for the vultures to feed on...

But this agent, whilst initially shaken is now stirred into vengeful action, and vows to track down and eliminate his tormentors wherever he finds them.

He travels the globe in pursuit: a hospital, a toilet factory, a campsite, a cruise ship, a jungle, and finally a secret government scientific facility where an experimental time portal allows him to chase the mastermind across different time zones - French Revolution, Columbus's transatlantic expedition, Tudor England - before finally catching up with him....

Immediately commissions spin-off sequel:

“On Her Babjestys Secret Service”

 

[Winot]

Immediately commissions spin-off sequel:

“On Her Babjestys Secret Service”

“Babchestys” shurely?

 

[Elpenor]

“Babchestys” shurely?

Your interview for screenwriter of this series has been successful

 

[Idris2002]

The Bond character must be coming out of copyright in the not too distant future, surely.

 

[Idris2002]

Immediately commissions spin-off sequel:

“On Her Babjestys Secret Service”

Wasn't that just the Austin Powers movies?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Immediately commissions spin-off sequel:

“On Her Babjestys Secret Service”

HYUK Eyes Alpha

 

[T & P]

Bond vs Ethan Hunt. They can become pals at the end since ultimately we’re meant to be on the same side, like Batman vs Superman.

 

[Idris2002]

What they should really do is remake the Callan movie with Jason Statham as Callan and Danny Dyer as Lonely.

 

[Elpenor]

This is my problem. I don’t like the Bourne / Mission impossible films, in fact I don’t ever watch them. A Bond which is occupying the same space as them isn’t appealing to me.

DaveCinzano is right (stopped clocks etc ) - The era of Bond films I like the most have a lot more in common with Carry On than I realised as they’re fundamentally a bit silly and provide cheesy fun.

The recent films have been so gritty I was expecting Ken Loach to direct the next one

 

[T & P]

This is my problem. I don’t like the Bourne / Mission impossible films, in fact I don’t ever watch them. A Bond which is occupying the same space as them isn’t appealing to me.

DaveCinzano is right (stopped clocks etc ) - The era of Bond films I like the most have a lot more in common with Carry On than I realised as they’re fundamentally a bit silly and provide cheesy fun.

The recent films have been so gritty I was expecting Ken Loach to direct the next one

However, there’s a popular school of thought that the arrival of the M.I. franchise and to a lesser degree the Bourne films some time later was the kick up the arse Broccoli needed to up its own game if the Bond franchise was going to survive past the Brosman era.

 

[petee]

bond movies were on the Index when i were a lad so i never saw one and never got into the habit of it later on. the only one i've seen start to finish was the Casino Royale with peter lorre as Le Chiffre and bond as an american.