Should Bond return to the USA ?

Ricardo C. · October 2010

I think it's about time James Bond should return to America. If not Bond 23 then some future film. Probably some cross country experience beginning in New York City.

Loeffelholz · October 2010

I tend to believe the rumours that New York locations are in the offing for the upcoming Bond film...we'll see. I hope so!

DanielCraig007 · October 2010

I want to see Bond going in to the Tom Ford store in New York B-)

Thunderpussy · October 2010

I hope Bond returns to America, But I'd like to see him In the mid-west away from the citys,He could have a car chase with Bond in a battered Ford pick-up against some modern four wheel drive trucks etc.

Mr Martini · October 2010

Thunderpussy wrote:

I hope Bond returns to America, But I'd like to see him In the mid-west away from the citys,He could have a car chase with Bond in a battered Ford pick-up against some modern four wheel drive trucks etc.

Maybe the villain (or one of the henchman) can meet their end in a combine harvester?

SilentSpy · October 2010

I'm not a big fan of Bond in the U.S. The locations just don't seem exotic or exclusive enough. The Keys and Miami Beach were ok. Vegas not so much. Although, the home with Bambi and Thumper is cool. That house still shows up in a lot of fashion catalog shoots and high end magazines.

Ricardo C. · October 2010

SilentSpy wrote:

I'm not a big fan of Bond in the U.S. The locations just don't seem exotic or exclusive enough. The Keys and Miami Beach were ok. Vegas not so much. Although, the home with Bambi and Thumper is cool. That house still shows up in a lot of fashion catalog shoots and high end magazines.

The Keys in LTK looked pretty bad I'll admit but I think they did a great job with Vegas though. The Willard Whyte Penthouse is my dream home.

I think the USA is full of beautiful locations. Vermont in Autumn for example or The Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Or what about Bond in Louisiana ? That's just the tip of the ice berg.

MANDY1 · October 2010

New York would be one great and very challenging Bond location, i would
also like to see Craig doing some skiing - down the hills of Schilthorn perhaps

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Ammo08 · October 2010

Rio, South Africa, any of these would be cool...maybe India...

CorsetGirl91 · October 2010

I would like to see Bond in the U.S. again. Its been some time, and I'm interested in how this era of Bond would feel about New York.

Something I think would be interesting is if Bond was actually in London a little more.

9jayman4 · October 2010

I wouldn't mind bond going to the USA, but i think Canada could offer some spectacular scenes :007)

Simes · October 2010

In a word, No.

Ricardo C. · October 2010

9jayman4 wrote:

I wouldn't mind bond going to the USA, but i think Canada could offer some spectacular scenes :007)

As long as he goes to the REAL Canada...

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/154352/french-canada

9jayman4 · October 2010

) has Bond ever been in south park? could be a good idea!

PPK 7.65mm · October 2010

If the rumors are true, than I am all for Bond going to New York. Lie and Let Die showed that Harlem and most parts of New York in the early 1970's were dirty and crime infested. Thankfully that has changed now. Personaly I am hoping that at Bond 23 uses Canada, Peru, Mexico or another exotic place. Other than New York, or Washington DC I can not really see Bond as having to visit to many places in the USA.

SpectreBlofeld · November 2010

Well, we got some Miami action in Casino Royale, and even if all we saw were a museum and an airport, it counts as recent Bond-in-the-US action.

Personally, I'm ready to see Bond return to Switzerland. It's been one of my favorite Bond locales, in Goldfinger and OMHSS. Wouldn't be out of the question for him to end up there, perhaps following Quantum's money trail. Plus, Switzerland has such an international feel, with four official languages spoken: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. That, and being the location of the World Economic Forum, the International Olympic Committee, the Red Cross, the World Trade Organization, FIFA, and the second largest UN office...

So yeah, I vote Switzerland.

Ricardo C. · November 2010

SpectreBlofeld wrote:

Well, we got some Miami action in Casino Royale, and even if all we saw were a museum and an airport, it counts as recent Bond-in-the-US action.

True but it was a very minor part of the film. I want to see a Bond film largely based in America.

Napoleon Plural · November 2010

SpectreBlofeld wrote:

Personally, I'm ready to see Bond return to Switzerland. It's been one of my favorite Bond locales, in Goldfinger and OMHSS. Wouldn't be out of the question for him to end up there, perhaps following Quantum's money trail. Plus, Switzerland has such an international feel, with four official languages spoken: German, French, Italian, and Romansh.

So yeah, I vote Switzerland.

Then you'll be delighted to learn that Switzerland was Craig's original finale destination for QoS, changed to a desert scenario by genius director Forster, because it was a bleaker surrounding.

Ricardo C. · November 2010

Napoleon Plural wrote:

SpectreBlofeld wrote:

Personally, I'm ready to see Bond return to Switzerland. It's been one of my favorite Bond locales, in Goldfinger and OMHSS. Wouldn't be out of the question for him to end up there, perhaps following Quantum's money trail. Plus, Switzerland has such an international feel, with four official languages spoken: German, French, Italian, and Romansh.

So yeah, I vote Switzerland.

Then you'll be delighted to learn that Switzerland was Craig's original finale destination for QoS, changed to a desert scenario by genius director Forster, because it was a bleaker surrounding.

Let's look at this way, at least that beautiful location was spared by that awful film.

SpectreBlofeld · November 2010

Napoleon Plural wrote:

SpectreBlofeld wrote:

Personally, I'm ready to see Bond return to Switzerland. It's been one of my favorite Bond locales, in Goldfinger and OMHSS. Wouldn't be out of the question for him to end up there, perhaps following Quantum's money trail. Plus, Switzerland has such an international feel, with four official languages spoken: German, French, Italian, and Romansh.

So yeah, I vote Switzerland.

Then you'll be delighted to learn that Switzerland was Craig's original finale destination for QoS, changed to a desert scenario by genius director Forster, because it was a bleaker surrounding.

I did not know that. I'm guessing the water supply plot wouldn't have worked there...

DangerMouse · November 2010

I would like to see Bond go back to the US, especially as he hasn't been there in, what, 6 films or so!? Whilst having him go to New York is a good idea, I wouldn't mind seeing him go to Las Vegas as well. Perhaps we could have the film's climax set there an'all.

SpectreBlofeld · November 2010

DangerMouse, he was in Miami in CR, even if it was only for an evening

Loeffelholz · November 2010

DangerMouse wrote:

I would like to see Bond go back to the US, especially as he hasn't been there in, what, 6 films or so!? Whilst having him go to New York is a good idea, I wouldn't mind seeing him go to Las Vegas as well. Perhaps we could have the film's climax set there an'all.

I've talked about this here on AJB, in the deep and distant past, but I'd very much like to see Shatterhand's Garden of Death replicated on the roof of some 50-story high-rise hotel/casino/villain's lair in Las Vegas B-) Does it make perfect sense? No. But it just strikes me as very...Bondian.

Ricardo C. · November 2010

Loeffelholz wrote:

DangerMouse wrote:

I would like to see Bond go back to the US, especially as he hasn't been there in, what, 6 films or so!? Whilst having him go to New York is a good idea, I wouldn't mind seeing him go to Las Vegas as well. Perhaps we could have the film's climax set there an'all.

I've talked about this here on AJB, in the deep and distant past, but I'd very much like to see Shatterhand's Garden of Death replicated on the roof of some 50-story high-rise hotel/casino/villain's lair in Las Vegas B-) Does it make perfect sense? No. But it just strikes me as very...Bondian.

Nah. Blofeld's garden needs to be surrounded by nature. For it to be replicated on top of a Las Vegas Casino seems so...artifical.

Richard--W · November 2010

Should Bond return to the USA ?

No.
Never again.
Let's keep James Bond in Great Britain, Europe and South America from now on.
Let's also emphasize his English-ness from now on, and the more noble aspects of his English-ness.

As an American, part of the appeal of James Bond and of the franchise is its foreign-ness.

Richard

thesecretagent · November 2010

I'm not a fan of Bond in the US. As a Brit who has travelled and worked throughout America, your Britishness is erased the moment you land. You are not understood by the majority, and nor are your requests or habits. It's not a problem, and America's way is very enjoyable and easy to fall into, but if you don't drop your "Britishness" you can very easily become a freak show for the untravelled majority - who are largely ignorant of any culture other than their own. Just to pronnounce something even marginally different greets you with a vacant expression and "Whaaatt..." - when all you've said is tomato... And I talk without any regional accent, simply "English". My Geordie mate just as well have been from Mars. No, Bond should pass through the States, blow something up there, have a car chase through New York, then return for some serious screen time in Monaco, St. Tropez, Rome etc. Besides, a large part of Casino Royale was set in Miami - it's time for my personal favourite of Australia. Bond's never been there and it has so much to offer in terms of scenary and landmarks.

Loeffelholz · November 2010

Ricardo C. wrote:

Loeffelholz wrote:

DangerMouse wrote:

I would like to see Bond go back to the US, especially as he hasn't been there in, what, 6 films or so!? Whilst having him go to New York is a good idea, I wouldn't mind seeing him go to Las Vegas as well. Perhaps we could have the film's climax set there an'all.

I've talked about this here on AJB, in the deep and distant past, but I'd very much like to see Shatterhand's Garden of Death replicated on the roof of some 50-story high-rise hotel/casino/villain's lair in Las Vegas B-) Does it make perfect sense? No. But it just strikes me as very...Bondian.

Nah. Blofeld's garden needs to be surrounded by nature. For it to be replicated on top of a Las Vegas Casino seems so...artifical.

Exactly. A sort of exotic, murderous Disneyland in a bottle. Just the sort of thing to put habitual contrarians off

)

Ricardo C. · November 2010

Loeffelholz wrote:

Ricardo C. wrote:

Loeffelholz wrote:

I've talked about this here on AJB, in the deep and distant past, but I'd very much like to see Shatterhand's Garden of Death replicated on the roof of some 50-story high-rise hotel/casino/villain's lair in Las Vegas B-) Does it make perfect sense? No. But it just strikes me as very...Bondian.

Nah. Blofeld's garden needs to be surrounded by nature. For it to be replicated on top of a Las Vegas Casino seems so...artifical.

Exactly. A sort of exotic, murderous Disneyland in a bottle. Just the sort of thing to put habitual contrarians off )

I am sorry but it's betraying a wonderful centerpiece in a fantastic and haunting novel. I also don't even like the idea of Bond being in some sort of amusement park or Las Vegas side show attraction; That's something that should be in Die Hard or Beverly Hills Cop, not Bond.

Loeffelholz · November 2010

Loeffelholz wrote:

Just the sort of thing to put habitual contrarians off )

As I said

Let's not start counting the betrayals of Fleming's work over the years---there's no abacus with that many beads on it

)

My first preference, naturally, would be to have it transpire in just the sort of fantastical (and nonexistent) Japanese castle Fleming conceived in the YOLT novel...but IMO that's not the only way to have it happen. Perhaps you've forgotten that Fleming once dropped Bond into a faux-wild west town, complete with old-time train?

Our raisons d'etre are obviously different---c'est la guerre! {[]

SpectreBlofeld · November 2010

I just finished reading YOLT (for the umpteenth time) earlier today. As I finished the final page, I closed the book and drifted off to sleep. The sun was shining through the window onto my face which kept me from entering a true deep sleep, and as a result, in shallow-lucid-dreamworld, I dreamed about the last chapter or so of the story. It was pretty incredible. I've never had that happen before.

Ricardo C. · November 2010

Loeffelholz wrote:

Loeffelholz wrote:

Just the sort of thing to put habitual contrarians off )

As I said

Let's not start counting the betrayals of Fleming's work over the years---there's no abacus with that many beads on it )

My first preference, naturally, would be to have it transpire in just the sort of fantastical (and nonexistent) Japanese castle Fleming conceived in the YOLT novel...but IMO that's not the only way to have it happen. Perhaps you've forgotten that Fleming once dropped Bond into a faux-wild west town, complete with old-time train?

Our raisons d'etre are obviously different---c'est la guerre! {[]

So it has to continue regardless ? You are talking about taking an idea entirely outside of it's enviroment; It's bastardizing a wonderful setpiece and turning it something out of a cheap action film. It's like if you remade Nosferatu and you dediced Count Orlok's Castle should be Detroit.

BTW, That wild west town, Spectreville,made sense because it fit into the theme of American gangsterism and it was once a real community so it's genuinely tied to that era.

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