The Saint and Casino Royale

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• JennyFlexFan Posts: 1,497MI6 Agent

  October 2007

  Wow, that's uncanny! It worked there... didn't work in CR.
• Hardyboy Posts: 5,906Chief of Staff

  October 2007

  . . .But The Saint's graphics were clearly patterned after Maurice Binder's work for Bond, as were Daniel Kleinman's. They share the same source, but that's about it.

  Vox clamantis in deserto
• PoorMansJB USAPosts: 1,203MI6 Agent

  October 2007

  JennyFlexFan wrote:

  Wow, that's uncanny! It worked there... didn't work in CR.

  
  I disagree; I think both succeed in their own right. Moreover, I think CR are some of the most intriguing credits I've seen on screen in years. There are specific elements I don't care for, but overall I think the sequence is stunning/mesmerizing. Saul Bass would be proud.
  

  Hardyboy wrote:

  . . .But The Saint's graphics were clearly patterned after Maurice Binder's work for Bond, as were Daniel Kleinman's. They share the same source, but that's about it.

  
  I see similarities but I can't draw a direct correlation between the two. The Saint is fairly representative of alot graphics done in the '60s, both TV and film; indeed, I'd go so far to say that it rips-off ... er, "borrows heavily" from DN more so than CR stole from The Saint. Too, The Saint is conventional, high-contrast live action footage while CR is choreographed, complex CGI. Though there's a clear technological advantage, I think there's nonetheless enormously more thought behind CR.