If the franchise were to ever end...

Double09 · May 2013

How would you like James Bond to end for good? I personally would like to see James Bond retire for good and for them to perhaps destroy M.I.6. maybe bring in a famous bond girl (played by someone new) as like his final love interest and kill off M(but give her a good exist). And put Bond up against old favorites like Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Thunderpussy · May 2013

I never want to see the end of the Bond series.

Blackleiter · May 2013

Thunderpussy wrote:

I never want to see the end of the Bond series.

Ditto!

Barbel · May 2013

Double09 wrote:

kill off M(but give her a good exist)

Did you see Skyfall?

Thunderpussy · May 2013

Skyfall did end with all the old players in place. So mabey
your wish for a more traditional Bond film may shortly
be fulfilled. :-)

always shaken · May 2013

I suppose and trekkies will probably agree,the only way i can see Bond ending
is if we end up as a one world society as in star trek with no need for
spies ,different countries ,money ect ect but thats a very long way off 8-)

ixtore · May 2013

John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee series was always written with colors (colours for you Brits!) in the title, such as 'The Deep Blue Good-by'. MacDonald said he had always planned the last Travis McGee novel and had the title ready (though that never happened) - and the title was 'A Black Border for McGee'.

Wouldn't that be a sad thing for Bond?
He should be perpetually mid 30's, always keen on his next assignment, hopefully not so distraught at his personal affairs and more focused on the demands of the day. He should always drink and smoke, love women, live on the edge and survive to die another day.

Barbel · May 2013

+1

LastRatStanding · May 2013

As sad as it sounds, if the franchise were to end I hope it would be unintentional. Grind to a halt for whatever reason..

The thought of a Bond film being advertised as "The Last Bond film ever!" is too heartbreaking. Also, imagine if the movie was rubbish!

I hope Bond outlives me to be honest!

chrisisall · May 2013

LastRatStanding wrote:

I hope Bond outlives me to be honest!

He will, and me too.
And that is the way of icons. -{

Firemass · May 2013

Double09 wrote:

How would you like James Bond to end for good? I personally would like to see James Bond retire for good and for them to perhaps destroy M.I.6. maybe bring in a famous bond girl (played by someone new) as like his final love interest and kill off M(but give her a good exist). And put Bond up against old favorites like Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

Allow me to disagree with just about everything in your post:

1. "I personally would like to see James Bond retire for good." No, never!

2. "famous bond girl (played by someone new) " And this would somehow make sense?

3. "kill off M(but give her a good exist)" Already been done in Skyfall!

4. "And put Bond up against old favorites like Ernst Stavro Blofeld." Already been killed in FYEO thankfully.

bigzilcho · June 2013

I've said it before...I'll say it again.

Cubby was asked how long Bond will last. His answer:"Until doomsday."

Like diamonds, that means forever.

Bond will last as long as movies are still being made. So any speculation as to the extent of Bond's tenure always seems to be a conversation which goes nowhere fast.

"Q, have I ever let you down?"
"Frequently."

RJJB · June 2013

I will always support the series, but if it ended, I would not be upset. I can always watch the existing movies. That would be enough to keep me happy.

chrisisall · June 2013

RJJB wrote:

I will always support the series, but if it ended, I would not be upset. I can always watch the existing movies. That would be enough to keep me happy.

I agree. Besides, they'll never top my favourite one now anyway.

Thunderbird 2 · June 2013

always shaken wrote:

I suppose and trekkies will probably agree,the only way i can see Bond ending
is if we end up as a one world society as in star trek with no need for
spies ,different countries ,money ect ect but thats a very long way off 8-)

Always S you clearly are not a Trekkie!

Starfleet Intelligence, Section 31, The Tal Shiar, Klingon Inteligence, The Obsidian Order - espionage Bond style still exist the 24th century, just on a galactic scale!

To the topic question - stupid question in my opinion. Bond is a modern legend. As long as the writing and production remains good, long may the films continue!

Some of the suggestions above were used in Batman. Killed that legend for me. Damned shame.

Peppermill · June 2013

I think/hope that movies come to an end before Bond does...

Mr Martini · June 2013

I'd want Bond to die. And you'd never see it coming. Kind of like that one scene in the elevator in The Departed or that other scene with the chick in Final Destination.

Barbel · June 2013

While the franchise itself may (repeat MAY) come to an eventual end for copyright reasons, and even that isn't certain, the character will (repeat WILL) continue. This is what happened with Sherlock Holmes.

chrisisall · June 2013

Barbel wrote:

While the franchise itself may (repeat MAY) come to an eventual end for copyright reasons, and even that isn't certain, the character will (repeat WILL) continue. This is what happened with Sherlock Holmes.

Yeah, Bond will never end as long as movies are made.

CmdrAtticus · June 2013

As long as they continue to make spy and detective films, James Bond will continue
to live on.

Richard--W · June 2013

I don't ever want to see the franchise end.

But I think it will, because Barbara Broccoli has an agenda. She will continue to take the heroism and the grace out of the character of James Bond. She will continue the deconstruction until nothing is left of him. She will use the next two Craig installments to gradually segue the franchise into a female heroine lead. If not the "Jane Bond" thing she pitched in the 1990s, then something like that. What form it takes remains to be seen. She is certainly not sentimental about James Bond and sees her ownership as a means to achieving her purely feminist agenda and financial ends.

chrisisall · June 2013

Richard--W wrote:

I don't ever want to see the franchise end.

But I think it will, because Barbara Broccoli has an agenda. She will continue to take the heroism and the grace out of the character of James Bond. She will continue the deconstruction until nothing is left of him. She will use the next two Craig installments to gradually segue the franchise into a female heroine lead. If not the "Jane Bond" thing she pitched in the 1990s, then something like that. What form it takes remains to be seen. She is certainly not sentimental about James Bond and sees her ownership as a means to achieving her purely feminist agenda and financial ends.

Dude, troll-esque not. All franchises change. It's the way of things.

Blackleiter · June 2013

Richard--W wrote:

I don't ever want to see the franchise end.

But I think it will, because Barbara Broccoli has an agenda. She will continue to take the heroism and the grace out of the character of James Bond. She will continue the deconstruction until nothing is left of him. She will use the next two Craig installments to gradually segue the franchise into a female heroine lead. If not the "Jane Bond" thing she pitched in the 1990s, then something like that. What form it takes remains to be seen. She is certainly not sentimental about James Bond and sees her ownership as a means to achieving her purely feminist agenda and financial ends.

Where in the world is that coming from? These comments provide a further example of why it is difficult to take you seriously. I mean no disrespect, but your comments here come across as the comments of a man who is insecure and who feels threatened by women. Surely you don't want to be perceived that way, do you?

Peppermill · June 2013

I'd google Jane Bond.... Those movies have already been made.

DelicatessenInSteel · June 2013

No I wouldn't want them to end either but I wish they had or would address age at the time, I love AVTAK but I wish the plot would have revolved around Bond's age and everything else would work, especially if they said this is your last mission...it would have all been good. Still Love it though and great soundtrack.

Stawaz · June 2013

If, and I mean if they ended it, I'd want Bond to go in some really awesome way. Flying a helicopter into Quantum's base on a suicide mission, or running at the villain whilst being shot and shot and shot, or perhaps there's a Bomb on a plane, and he has to destroy it by bringing down the plane or something. It would be cool, though, if at the very end of the movie, the wreckage is shown, and then something tells us that Bond is alive. A hand move, or perhaps there's an evidence room and his Walther is in there, and suddenly it disappears. Something to let us know that Bond's adventures are continuing. I suppose like the Best Ending of Mass Effect 3. I don't know, that's how I would want it to end.

RJJB · June 2013

I will probably end before Bond movies do. The series can always be rebooted for current audiences. Unless cloning becomes commonplace, I am only here for a single run.

James Suzuki · July 2013

If, If they decide to finish it would be out of two ways...
I want him to be snipered at the end of a film (homage to OHMSS) while he's banging a lady like he usaully does. It should be a normal Bond adventure until the end when a red dot appears on Bond's naked chest and then WHAM!
Bullet noise, a girl screaming 'James!" and then the credits rolling with the Bond theme. Over 60's years of Bondmania destroyed in less than 30 seconds.
or...
Bond has a huge, epic adventure where he gets stabbed, faces an evil villian and comes so close to death that it's the best Bond film ever...The story should be contuined through about 3 films. Bond meets a girl in the first film and he also meets the villian, the second film is when the story is set in place and Bond must find the villain after he slipped through his fingers in the first film. In the third and final film is when he has his final fight with the villain and kills him. Also the Bond girl dies in the last movie. The audience has got to know this Bond girl through 3 films so its sad when she dies.
Bond then decides to retire after all he's gone through.
He buys a Bentley (his other car gets destroyed) and he slowly drives off down a countryside road while a slow rendition of the Bond theme (Sometimes a slow one appears in one or two Moore films) plays while he's driving to signal the end of a hero. The music fades and the simple words "Bond will not return" is all that is needed before the credits to make the most thoughtful, epic and best Bond film ever.
So which one do you prefer?

Jedi Master · July 2013

If it had to end, I'd want it to be similar to the last episode of Spooks: It looks like Bond is for it, until the last minute when something else happens (can't really be too specific there) that shakes Bond to the core, but in the end he returns to his desk to continue protecting the world from the evil doers!

JediM

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