It almost seems as if there was a plan for the villains to have colour names, as in Reservoir Dogs- Mr White, Mr Greene, Mr Slate- but the plan was abandoned or played down.
I much prefer Michael Kitchen to Rory Kinnear, but nonetheless I'm glad that Tanner was brought back. He is a character that was neglected by the Bond films for too long.
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The actor playing slate is damned good. He is completely wasted here.
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I much prefer Michael Kitchen to Rory Kinnear, but nonetheless I'm glad that Tanner was brought back. He is a character that was neglected by the Bond films for too long.
Agreed, though Kinnear gets better as the series continues.
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I much prefer Michael Kitchen to Rory Kinnear, but nonetheless I'm glad that Tanner was brought back. He is a character that was neglected by the Bond films for too long.
Kinnear is another damned solid actor... the problem is they don’t know where to place Tanner in the narrative.
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In a conventional Bond film Bond would be going abroad to have verbal meetings with interesting 'contacts' characters. Here he just slugs it out with a guy and kills him. (What? No chit chat?)
Forster is going for a casting of hotel receptionists and airline check-in women who look like real women.
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"You were supposed to shoot her!" / "Well I missed!" Wham! (Calls back to "Exceptionally fine shot!"/ "I didn't know there was a pool down there!" Wham!) Quite funny.
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Everybody sees something else in it
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
The MI6 guy standing outside the room looks not unlike Mitchell... slyly implying any other guy could turn out to be a traitor too.
Tanner starts out as a bit of a CR Villiers clone... eventually we see there's a bit more to him.
Are we really supposed to think this is the SIS building?
Agreed, though Kinnear gets better as the series continues.
Kinnear is another damned solid actor... the problem is they don’t know where to place Tanner in the narrative.
Also, the fight in hte hotel room is the one time the Bourne editing really works well.
Forster is going for a casting of hotel receptionists and airline check-in women who look like real women.
Villiers was a one-shot, replaced by Tanner as a series character.
True, so we're supposed to notice it... and then it's never explained.
I think he's brilliantly sleazy. I like the down-scaling of the villain's plan... helps make it seem 'down and dirty'