Bond doesn't get the mission in the mail, he gets an important message. Giving him the mission would be MI-style and not Bondian, as you correctly point out.
On the other hand Bond has a tradition of using new tech. Toyota has invested a lot of money in their air taxi and it's planned to be operational next year, maybe in Japan. I'd like to see this in Bond movie! It doesn't have to be a big part of the plot. Maybe Bond uses the air taxi to move from A to B without much comment. The taxi can be hailed by smartphone like an Uber taxi and a pilot flies you.
Another possibility is to paint the taxi black or green and use it as an inflltration vehicle. the air taxi is electric and it generates only a small fraction of the noise a helicopter makes.
I liked Craig, they wrote it well but, what they wrote well was not something I liked. He was a burned out, betrayed tired agent who lost the love of his life.
So, here's what I want next time. I want Bond to be in full 100% top fighting shape - ready for anything. This 50ish guy, a zillionaire who's in the computer business, secretly has a satellite that will send a signal that can burn all computer chips of everyone on Earth. He wrote the code with another programmer - a cute lady in the 30s. James Bond is made aware of this and needs to get the girl to enter the code but, has to be done from one specific place. So he picks her up a US state - where he can use his car and this time - all hell breaks loose - gadgets galore on this car - make the chase scene longer and use new gadgets!
After the rescue they must leave for that specific place to enter the code - make it South Africa station. But, an evil henchman is after them. WE MUST HAVE a totally new classic villain in the style of Oddjob multiplied by Jaws. Bald guy with cross eyes, dresses all in white, very tall - not too big but extremely well trained in kung fu. His gimmick will a cane that he'll do all kinds of stuff with it and - it will also have a retractable knife at its end.
After finishing THE DAY OF THE JACKAL miniseries, I'm rather keen on seeing Eddie Redmayne playing a Bond villain. He'd make an amazing Scaramanga type character.
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I don't think it would be the mission in that letter. As you point out, thos wou be more MI than 007. An important message, that's all.
Bond doesn't get the mission in the mail, he gets an important message. Giving him the mission would be MI-style and not Bondian, as you correctly point out.
On the other hand Bond has a tradition of using new tech. Toyota has invested a lot of money in their air taxi and it's planned to be operational next year, maybe in Japan. I'd like to see this in Bond movie! It doesn't have to be a big part of the plot. Maybe Bond uses the air taxi to move from A to B without much comment. The taxi can be hailed by smartphone like an Uber taxi and a pilot flies you.
Another possibility is to paint the taxi black or green and use it as an inflltration vehicle. the air taxi is electric and it generates only a small fraction of the noise a helicopter makes.
I liked Craig, they wrote it well but, what they wrote well was not something I liked. He was a burned out, betrayed tired agent who lost the love of his life.
So, here's what I want next time. I want Bond to be in full 100% top fighting shape - ready for anything. This 50ish guy, a zillionaire who's in the computer business, secretly has a satellite that will send a signal that can burn all computer chips of everyone on Earth. He wrote the code with another programmer - a cute lady in the 30s. James Bond is made aware of this and needs to get the girl to enter the code but, has to be done from one specific place. So he picks her up a US state - where he can use his car and this time - all hell breaks loose - gadgets galore on this car - make the chase scene longer and use new gadgets!
After the rescue they must leave for that specific place to enter the code - make it South Africa station. But, an evil henchman is after them. WE MUST HAVE a totally new classic villain in the style of Oddjob multiplied by Jaws. Bald guy with cross eyes, dresses all in white, very tall - not too big but extremely well trained in kung fu. His gimmick will a cane that he'll do all kinds of stuff with it and - it will also have a retractable knife at its end.
After finishing THE DAY OF THE JACKAL miniseries, I'm rather keen on seeing Eddie Redmayne playing a Bond villain. He'd make an amazing Scaramanga type character.