HM Murdock
03-15-2005, 06:20 AM
Earlier Joblo.com posted this:
I may not be a James Bond connoisseur but I do know that the character of "Q" is as much a part of the franchise as Bond having wild sex with hot foreign women who may or may not be evil. Sure, his collective screen time has only been about forty minutes (at least according to imdb) but he's Q, for crying out loud! Since the passing of the cool Desmond Llewelyn, the always funny John Cleese had taken over the reigns as Bond's gadget expert. However, it seems he may not be back to reprise his role in CASINO ROYALE. Director Martin Campbell has already gone on record as saying that ROYALE will be a "grittier, tougher Bond" and that "we'll be getting away from the huge visual effects and comic relief." However, I didn't think that meant booting Q's ass out the door. It seems so, though, as Digital Spy is reporting that according to Cleese, "If I'm told that there is a Q, I will be Q…but unfortunately, I don't believe there's a Q in the current version of the script." Sure, they'll bring back M, as Judi Dench herself has mentioned but no love for my man Q or Cleese? For shame. For shame!! ROYALE is expected to begin shooting January of next year. The shooting script better have some Q in it or I'll just about get bubonic on someone's ass! Are you with me?
Have MGM gone mad? They ditch Brosnan and now Cleese, there won't be any Bond left at this rate. I thought it was a little dumb the way they introduced Cleese as Q, they should have called him something else at least, but now they've gone that way they should stick with it. As for a grittier Bond with no comic relief...argh! Bond is slick, over the top action with loads of witty remarks all the way. Bond is not gritty at all! Why don't MGM just have done with it and bring in a new franchise rather than slowly convert Bond, wrecking a brillant reputation. Bond 21 is sounding crapper by the day!
I may not be a James Bond connoisseur but I do know that the character of "Q" is as much a part of the franchise as Bond having wild sex with hot foreign women who may or may not be evil. Sure, his collective screen time has only been about forty minutes (at least according to imdb) but he's Q, for crying out loud! Since the passing of the cool Desmond Llewelyn, the always funny John Cleese had taken over the reigns as Bond's gadget expert. However, it seems he may not be back to reprise his role in CASINO ROYALE. Director Martin Campbell has already gone on record as saying that ROYALE will be a "grittier, tougher Bond" and that "we'll be getting away from the huge visual effects and comic relief." However, I didn't think that meant booting Q's ass out the door. It seems so, though, as Digital Spy is reporting that according to Cleese, "If I'm told that there is a Q, I will be Q…but unfortunately, I don't believe there's a Q in the current version of the script." Sure, they'll bring back M, as Judi Dench herself has mentioned but no love for my man Q or Cleese? For shame. For shame!! ROYALE is expected to begin shooting January of next year. The shooting script better have some Q in it or I'll just about get bubonic on someone's ass! Are you with me?
Have MGM gone mad? They ditch Brosnan and now Cleese, there won't be any Bond left at this rate. I thought it was a little dumb the way they introduced Cleese as Q, they should have called him something else at least, but now they've gone that way they should stick with it. As for a grittier Bond with no comic relief...argh! Bond is slick, over the top action with loads of witty remarks all the way. Bond is not gritty at all! Why don't MGM just have done with it and bring in a new franchise rather than slowly convert Bond, wrecking a brillant reputation. Bond 21 is sounding crapper by the day!