Do you feel Bond's "widower" status could have been explored?

Brosnan_fan

Its occurred to me that EON could have made a potentially terrific (post-Lazenby, pre-Craig) Bond film, exploring Bond's status as a widower. I mean, they already made mentions/references in FYEO and LTK, so why didn't they just make such a film?

Added to which, Pierce Brosnan could have been the man to pull off such a film, as he had suffered such a real-life experience, losing his wife (Cassandra Harris, no less). IMO the people at EON truly missed a golden opportunity there.

Your thoughts?

AlphaOmegaSin

DAF never picked up on it because Guy Hamilton came back to direct, along with Connery returning as Bond. A lot of Fans were not ready for OHMSS, after the Epics of TB and YOLT which had larges Set Designs and Plots. Tracy is referenced in TSWLM where Bond has to cut off Anya and he looks clearly pained by it.

Gassy Man

It would feel like the Marvel comic book version of James Bond, so, no.

always shaken

yes ,they have made Bonds status as a widower very prominent in all the Bond films , (ie he is not married anymore )
doesn't he plough anything that has a pulse being a married man my self this is one aspect I cannot do (both finacialy and physicaly any more) ;%

AlphaOmegaSin

always shaken wrote:

yes ,they have made Bonds status as a widower very prominent in all the Bond films , (ie he is not married anymore )
doesn't he plough anything that has a pulse being a married man my self this is one aspect I cannot do (both finacialy and physicaly any more) ;%

The Strive just gone then ey? :v

always shaken

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

always shaken wrote:

yes ,they have made Bonds status as a widower very prominent in all the Bond films , (ie he is not married anymore )
doesn't he plough anything that has a pulse being a married man my self this is one aspect I cannot do (both finacialy and physicaly any more) ;%

The Strive just gone then ey? :v

no just me back )

AlphaOmegaSin

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BIG TAM

I'd say Vesper now replaces Tracy in the Craig era. Her memory now fulfils Bond's feelings of loss & regret. Only three films in, his Bond seems to have gone through the whole gamut of emotions. What next? Early redundancy, sacking for inappropriate behaviour, industrial tribunal hearings or seeking compensation for accidents in the workplace. I'm exhausted for the poor chap.