Bond, in his end of days....

chrisisall · November 2012

Do you see Bond dying alone, from cancer or liver failure?
Or in old age, with a lady his equal like Pam Bouvier or Wai Lin at his side to be with?

Mr Beech · November 2012

I love imagining the deaths of favorite male characters in their last days. Are they alone? If they are with someone, are they seemingly detached and still the lone wolf inside? Are they regretful? Conflicted? Sad? Pleased?

I sort of have one in mind for Craig's Bond as an epilogue to his last film or something.

I imagine Bond will be ancient, with a home isolated in the countryside. He goes in to London for a day alone, sits on a bench across the water from MI6 and watches for a while, seemingly peaceful on the slightly overcast, cool day. We don't see the rest of his activities that day, but we assume he goes about to a few more places for some walking. He returns home in the afternoon, takes a look at his old tools of his trade (perhaps a beautiful lady is walking around the house, but it seemingly isn't a wife or someone who's been around more than several years). He's clearly tired as he moves, but not grumpy.

As the day hints at ending, we see a quick few shots showing him driving out on roads of the countryside and finally making his way along the coast alone. A bird's-eye shot of the drive from directly overhead follows him as he clearly is going for a ride over the speed limit on the empty cliffside roads.

We are too far away to hear much more than a perfect breeze by the ocean. The camera stays perfectly fixed over the car as it makes turns along the curves of the cliffside road. As another turn approaches ahead of the car from the top of the camera frame, it doesn't turn and moves straight through the railing and into the ocean with a hard, silent splash. The camera doesn't skip a beat and follows the implied line of the car's turn-less last direction and we simply see endless ocean as the credits roll in white text over the ocean background and we smoothly lose sight of land and road for a simple bird's-eye view of water passing underneath. Not a suicide or an accident, but all a matter of time.

Without the familiar "James Bond will return," at the end, we are perhaps left with no message at all.

Or maybe he'll die in some more eventful way on business. I'd love to hear from others.

Mr Martini · November 2012

While on vacation in the United States Bond will step off the curb in a busy city and get run over by a bus. SPLAT

Thunderpussy · November 2012

I can only think Of Bond dieing "On the Job". Perhaps saving
a member of the Office staff. After all "OO's" don't have a
long life expectancy. :007)

Jarvio · November 2012

I always thought that IF they were to ever end the EON film series for good, then bond dying would be the ideal way to wrap it up. Of course, he'd need to die on a mission, or from wounds after a mission, from doing something heroic.

don p · November 2012

he,ll end up as M !!!

chrisisall · November 2012

don p wrote:

he,ll end up as M !!!

Never!

Thunderpussy · November 2012

If it's the end of days, would he not team up with Arnold
to fight the Devil.

)

zaphod · November 2012

In some ways is this not what we have just got in Skyfall ? Burnt out, end of career Bond ?

James Suzuki · November 2012

If they wanted to end the Bond franchise (which they never will because they'll probably just sell it to disney...) i reckon that they should kill him off. But if they do they need to make the most BRILLIANT, ECIPEST,NAIL-BITING, movie ever. Nolan would direct, and it should be atleast 3 hours long with a gunbarrel at the start. The film would start of like a normal Bond film, with Bond saving the day in the pre-title, getting his assignment, etc. But halfway through the audience realises that this isnt a normal Bond. Quantum would be in the film, and after killing Blofeld he would die to save Moneypenny, Q and M

ausbondfan · November 2012

Obviously EON would never do it but I think the story line has potential. I'd pay to see a down on his luck Bond brought back for one final mission which he almost completes but ultimately fails due to age, bad luck or mis communication.

Probably could of been a great role for George Lazenby back in the 80's when he was trying to cash in on the Bond fame.

Bond, in his end of days....

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