Bond Returns to The Alps
Loeffelholz
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Just breaking:
http://commanderbond.net/article/4360
Although "definite decisions are yet to be made," Forster says that he'd like to bring Bond back to the Swiss Alps for #22...previously visited in OHMSS...
Perhaps a bit of serious mountain-climbing this time round, instead of (or in addition to) skiing? For my own part, I won't mind terribly if the snow-skiing is kept to a minimum this time out---and thank God the parafoils are probably off the table |)
I think Craigger would be the perfect Bond to bring a bit of 'Eiger Sanction' to the party -{
"Hannes Oberhauser...paging Mr. Hannes Oberhauser..." B-)
http://commanderbond.net/article/4360
Although "definite decisions are yet to be made," Forster says that he'd like to bring Bond back to the Swiss Alps for #22...previously visited in OHMSS...
Perhaps a bit of serious mountain-climbing this time round, instead of (or in addition to) skiing? For my own part, I won't mind terribly if the snow-skiing is kept to a minimum this time out---and thank God the parafoils are probably off the table |)
I think Craigger would be the perfect Bond to bring a bit of 'Eiger Sanction' to the party -{
"Hannes Oberhauser...paging Mr. Hannes Oberhauser..." B-)
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
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Not as far as I know...but, having just used them in TWINE, hopefully they'll do something else...
I wouldn't mind a straight-out, massive snowmobile chase/extravaganza... :007)
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
And thankfully, Eon seems to be trending away from OTT CGI...
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
BTW, Loeff, I just noticed your changed sig. I really like the Fleming quote, and as for the addition to the other quote, well, at least you acknowledge Connery to be the best Bond. )
Any fans of Clint Eastwood's 'The Eiger Sanction' out there?
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Me too; it's one of my favourites {[] He had the good sense not to take himself too seriously
At least, so far :v ...pending the results of more outings from (Formerly) Poor DannyTM... {:)
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
I think there's plenty of room in the current Bond film template for an extended climbing sequence along the lines of what we saw in Eiger...perhaps Bond pursuing the villain up the side of a mountain to prevent something happening---or to beat him to the McGuffin of the moment...
Here again, Bond's erstwhile (and missing for years!) mentor, Hannes Oberhauser---who instructed Bond in both skiing and climbing, according to Eon's most current Bond dossier---might very well come into play.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Good news if true, we need an Alps-ridden Bond for the new generation. Skiing, snow-mobiles, climbing, luge...bring it all on I say!
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It's certainly possible, but we won't know that for quite a while, I think. Personally, I'd tie Oberhauser in somehow with Bond's parents if the gig were mine...but it isn't
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Knowing that Bond's future is in the hands of Babs and Mikey is frightening enough. But God help us if Loeff's behind the wheel! )
Craig doesn't have to be thrown into a winter landscape to leave me cold. As far as I'm concerned, he brought a blizzard to the Bahamas. In fact, from now on I am going to refer to the Craig Era as the "Ice Age"
However, I am concerned about Craig's wardrobe if Bond 22 takes us to the Alps. The weather will most certainly be too cold for camp shirts, leather jackets, or a short pair of swimming trunks. Will the film suffer if Craig doesn't show some skin? ?:)
What could Bond do in the Alps? Well, you can cross off shirtless Internet surfing. 8-) Personally, I'd like to see something new. A snowmobile chase could be fun. I just hope Q branch (Oh that's right, it doesn't exist. Sorry!) remembers to equip Bond's with a defibrillator.
-Roger Moore
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
If they were going to go to Switerland and not ski - that would be something else, but we've seen ice in a Bond movie not too long ago.
That's certainly fair. But I think a bit of serious mountain climbing---and high-altitude peril, unenhanced by gratuitous CGI---might just take the curse off DAD's Ice Palace
Despite having a bit of ice in common, the two films could actually prove quite dissimilar B-)
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
If they want a big action scene in a snowy place, plain old skis sound good to me...although I don't think "the" snow mobile chase has yet been filmed (DH2 just wasn't all that, IMO), so I could be down for that, lol.
Or, if they want a non-snow something in the Alps, how about a high speed car chase through all those twisty roads, with Bond driving--a beat-up old pickup? He could take short cuts...;)
http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=5207
...and a stop in Bregenz, which features a floating opera stage. Pretty cool.
And it looks as if Bond will, indeed, be back on skis...
http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=5208
I do hope they can find a mountain to climb while they're scouting locations in the neighborhood
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Snowmobiles- that'd be good.
Of course the problem with a ski chase is that it's pretty much got to be in one direction: downhill, which means you've got to give Bond a reason to be at the top of a mountain in the first place; and you don't get much on the top of mountains. Plus you've got to work out why the baddies don't call up some mates to get him at the bottom. All in all, they're pretty contrived things, so the plotting'll be interesting.
I've enjoyed all of Bond's forays into snow-skiing (to appropriately varying degrees)...but I'm rather hoping for something 'extra,' as the snow-ski motif is hardly untrodden-upon ground
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
I am a big fan of skiing chases so I will be very excited to see a skiing chase in Bond 22. What I love about skiing chases is that it's difficult to mess them up, and considering that I did love the action scenes in CR, hopefully the skiing chase in Bond 22 will be fantastic.
Bond’s Beretta
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Cross-country skiers look pretty silly though; and why would Bond be travelling a long distance (which is what cross country skiing is about) on skis instead of on a snowmobile or a car? As I say, pretty contrived things.
Yeah- me too, but that doesn't logically follow that the baddies will chase him on them; that's all I'm saying. Do you really see a cross country ski chase happening?
Oh didn't you really? You've never mentioned that before.
I haven't? )
It somehow seems too neat, but I suppose a good writer could pull it off elegantly. I also didn't mind the whole "origins of Bond" theme in CR but I wouldn't want them to continue the trend in the next one with the whole Oberhauser backstory: IMO it would be too much of a good thing...