Frankly I’ll take Solo and Rogue One over the tedious The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi any day.
And I agree about the female-cast Ghostbusters: the cast were fine, but the script was awful. By the time they shoehorned in cameos from the original cast, the name, the logo, the car, the catchphrase, the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man and Slimer, they’d used up about half the runtime of the film. I wouldn’t mind a sequel as long as it’s a new story and not a Zuul rehash.
Yeah, frankly I’m at the point where the franchise is just so fundamentally tapped out that something fresh and new - particularly when a talented writer is involved - is worth trying. PW-B can’t “ruin” the Bond franchise; it’s already about as interesting as a pile of day-old dogshit.
What do you disagree about in the “assessment” of M? That the female M died in Skyfall and was succeeded by a male character in the role of M? Those are definite in-universe facts, AFAICT.
Or that there was arguably a tone of retro triumphalism in the eventual return to a more familiar male-dominated Bond-film structure, with former field agent Eve becoming M’s executive secretary Moneypenny, and the movie ending on Bond’s line where he calls the new M “Sir”? Yeah, I still think that interpretation holds up.
As for betting, I think you may have misread my “wouldn’t be at all surprised if” as “willing to bet that” GuanoLad’s confident prediction about James Bond becoming 007 again turns out to be true. But I’m curious: how do you think the new movie’s going to end? Will the new 007 survive and retain 007 status? And will that lead to future “Bond movies” (really “007 movies” now, I guess) with her as the protagonist?
I have to say, That’s the only thing that bothers me about this whole thing - I really thought she was the weakest link in that film’s generally strong cast. She had no real personality as a character, and even worse, she didn’t have any chemistry with Brie Larson. I hope she does a better job as 007.
I always thought it would be interesting to do a Bond origin story movie, showing him as a teenager at Eton and then university, and eventually being recruited by British intelligence. Sort of like the Young Sherlock Holmes film from 1985.
Honestly, I’ve always wanted a post WWII period Bond movie. More in sync with the Ian Fleming books (or even more realistic, since Fleming wasn’t above Pulp-ish moments like villains leaving Bond in deadly traps for no reason)
I even have the perfect actor: Benedict Cumberbatch, fairly similar in age and looks with OG Bond. Maybe Tom Hiddleston.
You know, the intent of casting Halle Berry as “Jinx” in Die Another Day was to set up a platform for a spinoff with a black female James Bondian character. I still think she’d be good at it.:
Come to think of it, when I think of her scenes in Captain Marvel, what mostly comes to mind is Carol Danvers interacting with Monica Rambeaux (the kid), with Maria somewhere in the background. I can’t say she did a bad job, but she certainly wasn’t headlining.
By the time the movie hits the rental market, home users will likely be able to DeepFake her out with a young Sean Connery. Hopefully someone will make a version leaving all of Craig’s flirting intact.
What do you disagree about in the “assessment” of M? That the female M died in Skyfall and was succeeded by a male character in the role of M? Those are definite in-universe facts, AFAICT.