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Originally Posted by pmc31@blueyonder
I think they had to restart as the films were starting turn into parodies of themselves and were looking dated compared to the competition, the afor-mentioned Bourne for example.
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The trouble with doing that the way they have done it is that they are starting to make Bond look like a pale imitation of Bourne even though it may well be the other way around. Also, the last Bourne movie, while OK, was basically one long chase, with little or no reasoning given as to why things were happening. This is certainly something Quantum of Solace aped. Badly, as well.
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Die Another Day is a case in point it started so well, with the torture scenes and 'has he been turned' premise yet invisble cars, solar heat reflected from space, that blooming robo-suit and Madonna in a pointless cameo served to turn it into a mess.
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Die another Day did seem to be just one long excuse to make references to other Bond films.
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At the moment, with the films moving away from the pointless gadgets there is little for Q to do.
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Pointless Gadgets? So what was the Aston with the built in Defibrillator then? OK, so it did get some use in the story but I got the impression that whole scene was written in just so they'd have a use for the gadget.
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As for Moneypenny, do we need someone else to trail M around, and flutter her eyelashes at Bond?
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I don't personally think Moneypenny is as important as Q, but it would be nice to see the character back at some point.
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Originally Posted by Chris
Some of them, yes. They weren't in the film of Casino Royale because they weren't in the novel. I suspect the same is true of Quantum of Solace.
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Quantum of Solace was not a book. It may have been loosely based on some of Casino Royale (the book), but I haven't read that, so can't confirm it.