The future of James Bond

Did you question at all if this is something you or literally anyone in the world wants?

I can't see where the franchise goes from here.

Bond really belongs in the 20th Century/Cold War.

Even as far back as Die Another Day the franchise was already over the hill and they had run out of new ideas.

In the digital age Bond is sort of irrelevant.

Someone posted this almost two years ago, then deleted their account!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120310765#Comment_120310765

Here it is - won't quote for me for some reason

Well i will suggest to you that if those topics were as popular as you think they are then producers should have no issue creating a dedicated franchise for this that stands on its own merits rather than piggybacking them on top of existing and established ones.

I agree with you. The World is Not Enough was about control of a gas line which is somewhat topical also.

Tomorrow Never Dies is a terrific film and does stand up to the test of time.

Seeing as people are bemoaning the fact that we'll be subjected to a James Bond Cinematic universe which bucket loads of spin-offs , Wasn't there a James Bond Junior Cartoon series in the 1990's?

That wouldn't be good alright as it will cheapen everything about it but I guess that's probably the way they'll go.At least they exist as the Ian Fleming novels so those can never be ruined like Star Wars can by it not having a firm original non franchise basis.

Buying the rights for $1 billion seems like the deal of the century though, they'd recoup that money by just making 2 films and releasing them to the cinema's.

The first choice was a plant of a foreign power, 'outed' by Moneypenny… it writes itself :)

When people say they don't like the grittier bond of the Daniel Craig films, they obviously never read the books where he's a lot less refined.

For example, You Only Live Twice (film)

Tiger: I hope you like sake, or would you prefer a martini?

Bond: no no, I like sake. Especially when it's served at the correct temperature, 64.9 degrees fahrenheit.

In the book, bond says:

Tiger, enough of this bloody sake, bring on the Russian Vodka.

So, to your point, even the original material has changed. That said, bond as a character has a back story. He is Scottish. His mother was French Swiss. His parents died in a skiing accident. I'm really hoping they respect that history.

The absolute last thing something like James Bond needs are backstories. Nobody gives a **** why Blofieldt is the way he is (they didn't care for it in 'Spectre'). Nobody wants to know why Dr.No became a nutter. I doubt anyone gives a toss about Bond's early years.

These are fantasy characters. Almost high fantasy characters. They're utterly ridiculous and the world they inhabit is patently absurd. They're supposed to be that way. But expanding on them will only ruin them.

It'll be just like the disaster that Star Wars became.

Amazon should learn from the rejection of their Lord of the Rings fiasco. Nobody cared to know why Galadriel became what she became and they certainly did not want to she her morphed into some absurd warrior. They went a long way to ruining Tolkein's rich world.

Bond is simple and it should be kept simple. There's no need to complicate matters.

That’s the one cheers

The rest is entertainment did an interesting section this week on Barbara Broccoli giving over control of Bond to Amazon. The rumoured figures are eye watering. They made it sound like she was finding it hard to decide how to proceed without Craig.