No solace for Ian Fleming
December 4th 2008 21:55
The end of the world is nigh. What other conclusion can one come to given the shocking knowledge, which I have just discovered in a far flung corner of the world wide web, that the new James Bond film ignores - utterly ignores - gadgets.
It's enough to make Ian Fleming spin in his grave. What is James Bond without high-tech? What is the government doing about this?
The first thing they should do is introduce capital punishment for the crime of messing with tradition. 007 always has quirky gadgets. It should be mandatory for every Bond film to have an early scene where James visits the latest incarnation of Q, the gadget man, in the basement and gets given a toothbrush that doubles as a karaoke microphone or a handkerchief with embedded scrolling GPS maps or a pair of nasal hair scissors which expand into an Aston Martin.
Or something.
It is the second time in the new order of things Bond that Q has been omitted. They did it in the 2006 reincarnation of Casino Royale. That was based on the first James Bond book, released in 1953, and it is true that there was no Q in the book either. But that's no excuse. The 2006 film also excluded Miss Moneypenny who definitely was in the book.
Sacrilege.
It wouldn't have happened in the original Casino Royale. It wouldn't have happened when Ian Fleming was alive. Now Fleming is spinning in his grave. No gadgets? Spin. And what sort of a name for a Bond film is Quantum of Solace anyway? Spin, spin.
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I thought a female M was a great innovation. But dropping Q really gave me the P! There's only so much you can do with a tiny little pistol. And that's not much at all.
Some critic said this film was '....more Bourne than Bond'. I heartily agree with this assessment & will return to my thinning Thunderball videotape forthwith! P.
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For me, it's back to my trusty copy of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. George was average but Dianna, ohhhh Dianna ...
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James, I keep thinking about Paul's "more Bourne than Bond". Sums it up, I think.
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