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  • BruceMurdockBruceMurdock OhioPosts: 133MI6 Agent
    I'd prefer a follow up to Spectre ending with Bond killing Blofeld, dismantling Spectre and returning to MI6 ready for his next mission.
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  • superdaddysuperdaddy englandPosts: 917MI6 Agent
    Would love old Blofeld to return , infact I'd love Hinx to return too :)) for a big finish and
    send off for DC -{
    Hinx return would be great, kinda like a modern Jaws -{ getting exciting now isn't it :)) -{
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Only I'd love to see Hinx back with a really bad attitude and a personal reason for giving Bond a
    painful death. -{ I still think his introduction and train fight were two of the highlights in SP.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    I too would like to see Hinx back.
  • superdaddysuperdaddy englandPosts: 917MI6 Agent
    Maybe have Hinx running Spectre (with terror as opposed to brains) while Blofelds languishing in jail!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Blofeld would have to escape of course, a Spectre Special ops unit could do that. Could make
    an exciting PTS.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    I don't think Hinx is the leader type, he should be more like a non-comical Jaws.
  • Bentley007Bentley007 Posts: 2MI6 Agent
    superdaddy wrote:
    Maybe have Hinx running Spectre (with terror as opposed to brains) while Blofelds languishing in jail!
    It would be interesting to see HINX being chewed out by SPECTRE leaders. This would give him a personal reason to eliminate Bond.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    superdaddy wrote:
    Maybe have Hinx running Spectre (with terror as opposed to brains) while Blofelds languishing in jail!

    With Blofeld in prison, what is SPECTRE doing? Do the rest of the SPECTRE agents care about SPECTRE's mission to terrorise Bond?
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  • superdaddysuperdaddy englandPosts: 917MI6 Agent
    That spectre special ops team could be led by Kathryn Winnick ! Love the idea of main Bond girl is a real bad bitch to start with :) film has to end with showdown in garden of death!
  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    edited August 2017
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Yes Brosnan has been bitter at times and rightfully so. EON stepped up their game considerably with CR concerning production quality. Considerably.

    That is something that Brosnan would have got if he had had his fifth Bond film. So I understand his regrets. It's something that bothers me always getting to hear that Craig is so much better than Brosnan when it's due to much bigger budgets, production quality and even better casting, although that was great enough during the Brosnan era.

    Craig got lucky to come at the right time. He is not better than any of his predecessors he just got better produced films. Not counting scripts of course, all of them have been quite mediocre to downright stupid in parts except CR. IMHO

    Anyhow, it's about Bond 25: With P+W writing again I don't have high hopes, it will be the same old stuff like in TWINE to SP except CR.

    Bond 25 even with a four year gap could, - could -, be the first bookend film that doesn't stand for the low point in an era. The age thing does not favour it though imho.

    I wanted Craig back badly after SPECTRE, in 2017. 2018 the most. I have to accept it's 2019 but I don't have to like it. In fact it's the single most offensive thing EON has ever cast upon us imho.

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    They did a very good job in CR (even if some people think that the casino set wasn't good enough, though I really like it).
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  • superdaddysuperdaddy englandPosts: 917MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    superdaddy wrote:
    Maybe have Hinx running Spectre (with terror as opposed to brains) while Blofelds languishing in jail!

    With Blofeld in prison, what is SPECTRE doing? Do the rest of the SPECTRE agents care about SPECTRE's mission to terrorise Bond?
    running their other various rackets, could have scene similar to TB where Spectre are discussing there money making schemes( love that scene)
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I'd love to see another Rosa Klebb or Irma Bunt type female.
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  • canoe2canoe2 Posts: 2,007MI6 Agent
    If they insist on keeping Waltz and feel a need to wrap up that storyline, then do it in the PTS like DAF (except leave him dead). Then get on with a atand alone, classic, M sanctioned mission.


    Please ...
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    Irma Bunt was in the early drafts of SPECTRE.
    I think at least some of the leaders of SPECTRE would try to get Blofeld out of prison, but their atitude to Bond is less personal than Blofeld.
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,988Quartermasters
    canoe2 wrote:
    If they insist on keeping Waltz and feel a need to wrap up that storyline, then do it in the PTS like DAF (except leave him dead). Then get on with a atand alone, classic, M sanctioned mission.


    Please ...

    Too logical and efficient :))
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    I think the movie should be about Bond vs Blofeld, but not a word about their childhood!
    Bond should kill Blofeld in the Garden of Death.
  • superdaddysuperdaddy englandPosts: 917MI6 Agent
    I'd love to see another Rosa Klebb or Irma Bunt type female.
    you date who you want TP :))
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    I'd love to see another Rosa Klebb or Irma Bunt type female.
    I'd rather see a Fiona Volpe type character.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :))
    I know it's probably not politically correct but an ugly , psycho out to torture and kill men. ...... I think
    I've dated a few ;)
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  • superdaddysuperdaddy englandPosts: 917MI6 Agent
    :))
  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    I'd love to see another Rosa Klebb or Irma Bunt type female.
    I'd rather see a Fiona Volpe type character.
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    :))
    I know it's probably not politically correct but an ugly , psycho out to torture and kill men. ...... I think
    I've dated a few ;)
    :)). Was that more of hobby of theirs?
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  • superdaddysuperdaddy englandPosts: 917MI6 Agent
    canoe2 wrote:
    If they insist on keeping Waltz and feel a need to wrap up that storyline, then do it in the PTS like DAF (except leave him dead). Then get on with a atand alone, classic, M sanctioned mission.


    Please ...
    personally I feel that would be a little rushed!
  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 3,907MI6 Agent
    when they regained control of McClory's intellectual properties, did that include either Fiona Volpe or Fatima Blush?
  • canoe2canoe2 Posts: 2,007MI6 Agent
    canoe2 wrote:
    If they insist on keeping Waltz and feel a need to wrap up that storyline, then do it in the PTS like DAF (except leave him dead). Then get on with a atand alone, classic, M sanctioned mission.


    Please ...

    Too logical and efficient :))

    Sorry, forgot who was writing the script. :p
  • canoe2canoe2 Posts: 2,007MI6 Agent
    superdaddy wrote:
    canoe2 wrote:
    If they insist on keeping Waltz and feel a need to wrap up that storyline, then do it in the PTS like DAF (except leave him dead). Then get on with a atand alone, classic, M sanctioned mission.


    Please ...
    personally I feel that would be a little rushed!

    The way they introduced half-bro Blofeld as the author of all of Bond's pain was rushed. So I think it would be a fitting end. Craig ending his tenure in with a clasic, straight up spy-on-a -mission film is what I would like to see, without them trying to shoehorn in more emotional baggage. Just my personal preference.
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,988Quartermasters
    canoe2 wrote:
    superdaddy wrote:
    canoe2 wrote:
    If they insist on keeping Waltz and feel a need to wrap up that storyline, then do it in the PTS like DAF (except leave him dead). Then get on with a atand alone, classic, M sanctioned mission.


    Please ...
    personally I feel that would be a little rushed!

    The way they introduced half-bro Blofeld as the author of all of Bond's pain was rushed. So I think it would be a fitting end. Craig ending his tenure in with a classic, straight up spy-on-a -mission film is what I would like to see, without them trying to shoehorn in more emotional baggage. Just my personal preference.

    I'd love to see Craig do a standalone, straight spy adventure like in the old days...but I'm afraid he's simply not destined to be that Bond. He is the 'Backstory Bond' - from the reboot through the revenge on Vesper, an act 3 happening in his childhood home, and Blofeld having been pretzelled into being his step-brother :s ...and so I'm inclined to think that the Blofeld arc will be resolved, one way or another - hopefully with the literary YOLT as a structure (but I'm likely dreaming there :# )...but that also means, probably, another loved one being murdered and avenged, etc...
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  • bluemanblueman PDXPosts: 1,667MI6 Agent
    I'm still hoping/dreaming of the squid. :#
  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,234MI6 Agent
    If they do the YOLT story, I'm wondering, will Waltz actually even return? They could have someone else play Blofeld and make out he had plastic surgery, which would make sense as he's hiding under the Shatterhand alias.
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  • Revolver66Revolver66 Melbourne, AustraliaPosts: 470MI6 Agent
    Ideally for me Bond 25 will be a film devoid of family backstory and a personal angle. I think there is plenty of drama to be conjured for Bond by the situations and characters he will already face throughout his mission. There's no need to attempt greater poignancy by mining his family past any longer. Skyfall did it and it worked brilliantly. Spectre also did it and it failed in my opinion. Time to move on. I'd also like a From Russia or Thunderball type angle in regards to Blofeld.. I'd like Blofeld in the mix but as a background character, leaving a new villain at the front and centre, with their own villainous plan. And the plan needs to be a good one. Also, make this one sharp and urgent, a quicker run time with tougher, grittier, fastpaced action. No bloated chases. Also give me a good old fashioned Bond girl. One that has a meaningful relationship with Bond, without a true love angle. Basically, I want a Bond film that adheres to the traditional Bond structure, but is more in line with a realistic entry like From Russia or Casino, without the personal element. Let's hope it's a cracker -{
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