Why has there never been a weather-controlling plot in a Bond Film?
Silhouette Man
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I see that this topic has never come up before and I've been wondering about it for a good while now so I thought that I would start a new thread to get other members' opinions on it.
I was wondering why there was never a weather-controlling plot in a James Bond film (especially during the rather silly 1970s era Bond films with Roger Moore) as the first of the Derek Flint films had one (Our Man Flint, 1966), as did The Avengers (1998) with Sean Connery as the villain August de Wynter.
I know that DAF and (especially) DAD with the Icarus satellite were kind of in this territory though.
So what do we think?
I was wondering why there was never a weather-controlling plot in a James Bond film (especially during the rather silly 1970s era Bond films with Roger Moore) as the first of the Derek Flint films had one (Our Man Flint, 1966), as did The Avengers (1998) with Sean Connery as the villain August de Wynter.
I know that DAF and (especially) DAD with the Icarus satellite were kind of in this territory though.
So what do we think?
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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That tips the scale into DAD territory..
Our man flint was a huge hit, so the story idea would have been well known, so parallels would have
been drawn ?
Although in one of the many early scripts for TSWLM, I do think control of the weather was an idea,
but then, there seem to have been so many ideas for it. In the early stages.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
I have thought it would be good to have an action scene based around the recent floods, a speedboat wizzing along a river flanked by terraced houses. But that takes forethought and planning.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
A plot that is too close to real life is not a problem for me in a James Bond film though, whereas a silly plot is, but then I like my Bond fairly serious. -{
That's actually a remarkably accurate comment! I think you are bang-on that it would likely polarise viewers.
It does strike me that with the retreat of the Cold war it is very hard to get rid of an earth-in-peril scenario...
The Man With The Golden Sun?
Thunderandlightningball?
...I'll leave quietly...
Thats what I said.
I think
A view to a chill ,
the worlds weather is not enough ,
Well yes, they are the threat now but I doubt that Eon would touch such a controversial topic in any of their films.
Bond didn't often fight the Russians. When he did fight Russians they were usually renegades. It's really only in For Your Eyes Only that Bond is against the Russians. They were careful to not make the Russians the enemies. Bond's enemies are rarely part of real world countries or organisations. I don't think Bond will ever be up against any real terrorist groups.
Yes, you've said what I was about to say much more eloquently than I ever could! Thanks! -{
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5815423/10-villains-who-used-bad-weather-as-a-weapon
Smersh was never an enemy of Bond in the films. Films that have renegade Russians, like OP, AVTAK, TLD and GE, portray the Russian government more positively. Until TSWLM, FRWL was the only Bond film, I believe, that had a Russians, and it was made clear that Klebb was no longer working for Russia. When the Russians returned to Bond in TSWLM they were the good guys. The Russian government was never made out to be terrible, and they denounced any of the truly terrible Russians.
Very much agreed, again. -{
As for smersh not being an enemy of Bond, I'm afraid I will have to disagree with you Matt ( not the first and I'm sure not the last time) as smersh was part of the kgb and bond worked for the brutish secret service, at the time of the cold war they were very much on opposing sides.
they were happy to have spectre as the real bad guys.