barsoomcore said:
FR, do all the horn-tooting you like. Anyone doesn't like it, they can just not read the thread, as far as I'm concerned.
But then, I'm not a mod, nor Eric's Grandmother, so that doesn't mean a thing.
When you say you're not a mod, I assume you aren't refering to driving around on Vespas, wearing army parkas, no?
And, if you don't get that joke . . . well it just wasn't funny!
barsoomcore said:
But while we're off-topic, here's two things.
Heard a rumour that Tarantino went to Barbara Broccoli and said, "Give me $40 million and Brosnan and Casino Royale." No response that I heard of (and it's probably not true, but man).
Pierce has been talking some trash about the Bond producers. He wants to get back to the "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball" type of movies (gadgets, actions but not overshadowing the plot or characters) while I heard the screenwriters are talking something along the lines of "From Russia With Love" (my favourite Bond movie EVAR!).
The producers want bigger explosions and more gadgets. :sigh:
barsoomcore said:
Three things: my pitch is "Bond on Holiday" -- he drives his own car, gambles with his own money, and doesn't have to save the world -- he just has to save his old friend's family. Quit it with the "conquer the world" villians. Make us care about this character again. Sigh.
What? Huh?
Actually, I swear to Pants there was a short-story by Ian Fleming basically about that. I used to have a full collection of the Fleming Bonds, but loaning them out and such . . .
In any case, what we need is something along the lines of the short-story "For your Eyes Only" in which M asks Bond, as a personal favour, to erase the people who killed a close friend. Remember the opening of the movie? That same female character is in the short-story, trying to avenge her parents. And the exotic locale? The Greek islands, like in the movie? nope, in the book, the "exotic: locale is Canada. I mean, I love my country and all that, but come on!
And, to link this all together, Bond should have joined the Increment (see B&G:IHMS if that confuses you!).