Does James Bond belong in the 20th Century?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, July 1, 2012 18:29
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James Bond is not necessarily limited to a particular period but it is easier to believe when they are set in a period more consistent with the time in which the books were written. It is a lot easier to suspend disbelief and just enjoy the story that way.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
There were a couple of Marlowe movies that were set in contemporary times & they were okay... just seemed a little 'off' because of it IMO.
And- there were archaeologists in the 30's and NOW- so Indy would work today, right?
Chrisisall, wearing a frilly Mal thing on his head, and ready to shoot unarmed, full-body armoured Operatives
Who would the big enemy be? In the 1930's it is the Nazis and after all these years we can make them as big and bad as we want them to be. Someone like Indy couldn't come and go as he pleased from his day job as easily. He would also need a LOT more money. To do an Indy character today would be a lot different. It wouldn't be Indianna Jones, just someone like him. You could have a descendent or a distant cousin doing the same work...
But Chris, Mal didn't have any frilly things for you to be wearing. You must have an Inara thing on your head...whatever it is, I hope its clean.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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I was having this discussion with a co-worker: Does Bond work best in the era in which he was created?
Personally for me yes. There are many factors to this but the main one is that both the books and the films celebrated the fact that Bond conducted his business all over the world and he took 'us' to these exotic locations. At the time few people would know what Jamaica or Russia or Japan were like, so it would have been an instant appeal. These days we're very familiar with these exotic locations so it no longer has quite the draw it once used to.
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Would Sherlock Holmes or Indiana Jones work well rebooted to be contemporary characters?
With clever enough writing any notion can be updated, but you need intuitive writers to realise this. Let's say it's easier to fail than to succeed.
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A new Bond novel is currently being written set in 1969
I think this would work better now, sort of 'retrospectively' because in reading it you're essentially having a lesson in history. To maybe learn a little about the era. So yeah I think this would be awesome as a Bond device.
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Thoughts?
For me Bond was never something I really connected with. I have enjoyed them on occasion sure - but when I hear friends talk about who was the best bond and get themselves worked up in all a tizzy about where the characters gone, frankly you lose me. He's a preposterous character (amusing but preposterous) , and when you start analysing it/him you destroy the mystique - just as you would with Indy or Holmes - and you realise the guy was just a sexist show-off. Most of the time I just wanted him to get a real beating! The kind that would have him whimpering for his mummy in some dark corner somewhere sobbing uncontrollably.
Beyond that I honestly think: Austin Powers rendered James Bond a comical afterthought and Jason Bourne blatantly showed us what Bond should have become had the character ever developed.
The only thing that Bond still has above his rivals are the Stunts. Bond still has the most impressive stunts and thrills.
Oh by the way. Good to see you Chris :D
°...Well here I am.°
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Quote:That's a pretty compelling argument, Cat.
Originally posted by CATPIRATE:
The latest flicks 007 has uncovered the Illuminati. Food for oil, cover ups, conspiracies, guns for money, political, religious, and economic terrorism is all around us in the 21st. The US alone spends 1 trillion dollars for the spy industrial complex. That is not the stealth ships, aircraft, and satellites with the military industrial complex. We need him in the 21st century.
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Quote:As I've always said, my friend!
Originally posted by THESOMNAMBULIST:
He's a preposterous character (amusing but preposterous)
I just watched Spy Who Loved Me for the first time in 20 years, I forgot how much fun that one is!
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