Movies: Amazon says next Bond movie end of 2027. NO star, NO Director and NO script.

Seems weird to reboot after the way the last one ended. Are we just supposed to forget the ending or Madeline lol
Each Bond actor has their time. If they are having the actor sign a 3 or 4 film deal and they start at age 35 for example, that is a commitment to like age 44-46. Then he completes and they reboot with another actor. Can start off wherever they want. Fresh out of the training program or be into the 007 role for 2-3 years already.

But, I do agree, with the Madeline thing.
 
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Part of the reason I really thought that ending (and the kid) was garbage is because it was always going to be balled up and thrown in the trash. Total capitulation to Craig who only wanted to come back if they did exactly what they did.

I really hate the push to put serious continuity onto James Bond. Just let him do his thing.

Craig's Bond was really the first time they did a reboot. There was some loose continuity from Connery to Dalton in the form of Bond's late wife being mentioned in For Your Eyes Only and License to Kill. Even when Goldeneye came out it really wasn't advertised as a "reboot."
 
Craig's Bond was really the first time they did a reboot. There was some loose continuity from Connery to Dalton in the form of Bond's late wife being mentioned in For Your Eyes Only and License to Kill. Even when Goldeneye came out it really wasn't advertised as a "reboot."
I think that some continuity is important so that we can believe that the different incarnations are the same character. To me, Craig never felt like Bond because they largely dispensed with continuity and re-invented him... and for what, so they could put a decisive end to it in the last movie and then have to do another reboot. I don't like that for the franchise. I think that it should be an ongoing series with different actors in the lead, not a series of reboots, each with a new timeline. We've seen the trouble caused by that with the Star Trek reboot that created the Kelvin timeline. Each new Bond should exist in the same timeline or universe, not its own separate one, IMO.
 
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Craig's Bond was really the first time they did a reboot. There was some loose continuity from Connery to Dalton in the form of Bond's late wife being mentioned in For Your Eyes Only and License to Kill. Even when Goldeneye came out it really wasn't advertised as a "reboot."
True. And the Connery movies certainly have a clear order though it's not necessary to enjoy them.

Majesty's and Diamonds are sequential. And might be mildly confusing if you didn't see the earlier one. But after Diamonds' intro it's basically a stand-alone story.

But like you said, it's been pretty loose. They mention it when needed, ignore it when not. I'm ok with this.
 
The entire concert of "universe" is deeply uninteresting to me for Bond whether that's contained with one actor or attempts to stretch across several. Just tell me good, fun, globe trotting spy stories.

Series operated perfectly fine for 40 years and 20 movies without any major attempts at continuity.

Yes, and I also don't want any nonsense with Bond being sad because his mom didn't love him, or anything of the sort.
 
The entire concert of "universe" is deeply uninteresting to me for Bond whether that's contained with one actor or attempts to stretch across several. Just tell me good, fun, globe trotting spy stories.

Series operated perfectly fine for 40 years and 20 movies without any major attempts at continuity.
Bond doesn’t need a universe. But with Amazon taking over and broccoli out, probably was for the best the way Craig exited.
 
The entire concert of "universe" is deeply uninteresting to me for Bond whether that's contained with one actor or attempts to stretch across several. Just tell me good, fun, globe trotting spy stories.

Series operated perfectly fine for 40 years and 20 movies without any major attempts at continuity.
I think that you misunderstood me. What I meant by "universe" is how it was for 40 years. Before Craig, they didn't reboot the series with each new Bond actor. They even sprinkled in a little bit of continuity (like Bond's late wife and the same Q actor returning) to help reinforce that it was the same character from previous films. If you feel that the series operated perfectly fine when it did that and before it was rebooted, then we're in agreement.
 
I think that you misunderstood me. What I meant by "universe" is how it was for 40 years. Before Craig, they didn't reboot the series with each new Bond actor. They even sprinkled in a little bit of continuity (like Bond's late wife and the same Q actor returning) to help reinforce that it was the same character from previous films. If you feel that the series operated perfectly fine when it did that and before it was rebooted, then we're in agreement.
I don’t think each new bond actor needs to start from coming out of mi6 training as was hinted in casino royale as M said she knew it was too soon to promote bond to 00 status.
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I don’t think each new bond actor needs to start from coming out of mi6 training as was hinted in casino royale as M said she knew it was too soon to promote bond to 00 status.
I agree and even don't want that, because that's a reboot, IMO. I prefer that each Bond be a little seasoned as a 00 agent before we meet him. That way, if we want, we can imagine that the previous films took place earlier in his career.
 
I think that you misunderstood me. What I meant by "universe" is how it was for 40 years. Before Craig, they didn't reboot the series with each new Bond actor. They even sprinkled in a little bit of continuity (like Bond's late wife and the same Q actor returning) to help reinforce that it was the same character from previous films. If you feel that the series operated perfectly fine when it did that and before it was rebooted, then we're in agreement.
I dig. 👍

But I have every belief they will try to make some unweildy interconnected thing.
 
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I dig. 👍

But I have every belief they will try to make some unweildy interconnected thing.
I could see Amazon expand into other 00 agents. Like have a series around 008 for example to have a new character for an Amazon series. Most of the time whenever they did introduce another 00 in the movies, that other one died. Like in Golden Eye 006, but that had a twist.
 

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