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[terminus]

Here's the idea - we saw twenty movies get made. But - what if we were to sit down and come up with potential movies to put in the years that ones were not made.

There are a few rules -

You cannot create a movie in the same year that an official one was made nor in the same year that somebody has already created one

You cannot use the same actresses or actors for the girls, villains of the henchmen - unless they are the same character.

And you must assume that each actor played Bond until the first official movie to feature the next actor debuted - for example, we don't want movies set prior to GoldenEye featuring Brosnan.

Also to be specific the requisite MI6 staff must belong to the Bond of that era -

Connery: Lee/Maxwell/Llewelyn
Lazenby: Lee/Maxwell/Llewelyn
Moore: (pre-FYEO) Lee/Maxwell/Llewelyn
Moore: (post-FYEO) Brown/Maxwell/Llewelyn
Dalton: Brown/Bliss/Llewelyn
Brosnan: (TWINE inc) Dench/Bond/Llewelyn
Brosnan: (TWINE - DAD) Dench/Bond/Cleese

You don't need to proceed in chronological order - one person might fill out a Brosnan movie, the next a Connery and the third a Moore movie, for example.

Add your movie to the list - and then add your movie description below the timeline. You don't need to include everyone movie descriptions in your post.

1962 DR NO
1963 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
1964 GOLDFINGER
1965 THUNDERBALL
1966
1967 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
1968
1969 ON HER MAJESTIES SECRET SERVICE
1970SHATTERHAND by dinovelvet
1971 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
1972 COLONEL SUN by Codenamel
1973 LIVE AND LET DIE
1974 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
1975 THUNDERCHILD by Terminus
1976
1977 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
1978
1979 MOONRAKER
1980 RISICO by Ace
1981 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
1982
1983 OCTOPUSSY
1984
1985 A VIEW TO A KILL
1986
1987 THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
1988
1989 LICENSE TO KILL
1990DANGER ON ICE by Terminus
1991 THE HILDEBRANDT RARITY by Ace
1992 THE PRICE OF LIBERTY by dinovelvet
1993
1994 WIN LOOSE OR DIE by marktmurphy
1995 GOLDENEYE
1996 MADE IN HELL by Terminus
1997 TOMMOROW NEVER DIES
1998
1999 THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
2000
2001 THE HAND OF DEATH by The Doctor
2002 DIE ANOTHER DAY
2003
2004 WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS by The Richmond Spy
2005
2006 CASINO ROYALE




THUNDERCHILD

Roger Moore as Bond
Catherine Deneuve as Belladonna Trousseau
Eartha Kitt as Solange Kane
Adam West as Maximillian Thunderchild

'Thunderchild' sung by Cher

Locations: Arizona, Africa, Panama

Plot: A shipping magnate, Thunderchild, plans to use his liners to covertly carry nuclear weapons into the Panama Canal - and detonate them there. Bond gets brought into the game when a test of the weapons on a cruise liner kills the Prime Ministers daughter - leading him to travel from an exciting chase in the Grand Canyon to a meeting with Thunderchild in Africa and a race to stop the villain in Panama before a final confrontation on a mammoth luxury yacht.

Along the way he encounters sultry African American singer, Solange, and a dangerous platinum blonde French secret agent, Belladonna Trousseau.

NOTES: this would be Moore's 'Thunderball' with elements of 'You Only Live Twice' and it would be relatively gadget free - we don't get a car, but we do get a boat equiped with a few gadgets.

Edited by terminus, 19 September 2005 - 05:39 PM.

[Kingdom Come]

GlobeFall (2005)

Ioan Gruffud - Bond
John Malkovich - Jon Tilling
Christine Lahti - Eve Lord


GlobeFall sung by Tony Christie

Locations; Southern Ireland, Norway and South Africa.

To the threader, I did gave a little detail. What you meant was a story synopsis? I couldn't be bothered! who the hell cares what the storyline is in a Bond film! in any case I am not that taken with this thread but I gave it some attention as few others seem to at the time! so much for being charitable! As for a Bond film in 2005 'automatically' having Brosnan as Bond, confuses me!

(I've had to add this here and not underneath as the moderators take too long to post my posts onto the forum).

[terminus]

I'm not sure you got the point, Kingdom. A movie set in 2005 would automatically have Brosnan as Bond - and a little detail might be nice.

[The Richmond Spy]

1962 DR NO
1963 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
1964 GOLDFINGER
1965 THUNDERBALL
1966
1967 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
1968
1969 ON HER MAJESTIES SECRET SERVICE
1970
1971 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
1972
1973 LIVE AND LET DIE
1974 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
1975 THUNDERCHILD
1976
1977 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
1978
1979 MOONRAKER
1980
1981 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
1982
1983 OCTOPUSSY
1984
1985 A VIEW TO A KILL
1986
1987 THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
1988
1989 LICENSE TO KILL
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995 GOLDENEYE
1996
1997 TOMMOROW NEVER DIES
1998
1999 THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
2000
2001
2002 DIE ANOTHER DAY
2003
2004 WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS
2005
2006 CASINO ROYALE

WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS (2004)

Pierce Brosnan as James Bond
Salma Hayek as Sarah Delgado (American Bond Girl)
Samuel L. Jackson as Jacque Johnson (Villain)
Goran Visnjic as Adrian (Villain/Henchman)
Shakira as Fiona Amman (Bond Girl/Henchman)

"The Best in the World" sung by Alicia Keys (Brosnan's "Nobody Does it Better")

Locations: Miami (U.S.), Iraq, Pakistan, Indonesia

Plot: Jacque Johnson, an American from Miami, is militantly opposed to the War/Occupation of Iraq (still a hot issue in '03-'04) and organizes a giant army of terrorists/disgruntled middle-easterners to sabotage the efforts of the U.S./Britain in Iraq. M and the rest of MI6 believe that Johnson's guerilla army may be enough to discredit the western powers' power and rally other countries against us so Bond is sent. While there Bond & Delgado secretly board one of Johnson's planes headed to Indonesia where he discovers that Johnson is also in charge of a plan to destroy much of the oil supply in both regions and preaches anti-Western thought while treating the natives like dirt. Bond does his usual thing to defeat Johnson and "conquers" both Bond girls; Sarah Delgado twice. Two "Bond, James Bond"'s.

Note: This is Brosnan's shining moment, his Bond in WAEF lacks extensive depth but has the Bond swagger and is somewhat like Moore's Bond in TMWTGG.

Hope I did everything right, terminus.....If not then I'll edit it.

[terminus]

That was perfect, Sir.

[dinovelvet]

1987 - The Living Daylights
1989 - Licence to Kill
1992 - THE PRICE OF LIBERTY

Starring
James Bond : Timothy Dalton
Harrison Strang : Tim Robbins
Susan Sterling : Sandra Bullock
Felix Leiter : David Hedison
The Blade : Vincent D'Onofrio

Directed by John Glen

Locations: London, Copenhagen, Washington DC, Colorado

Plot:

After the collapse of the Berlin Wall (ooh, topical!), several European politicians are assassinated by a new radical German terror group. A trace on one of the assassins leads Bond to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he chases and apprehends the supposed German assassin Walter Schmidt, only to discover via his fingerprints that he is really an American FBI Agent. Before Schmidt spills the details, he is assassinated by 'The Blade', a mysterious man with a sword where his right arm should be. Bond gives chase but The Blade escapes.
Travelling to Washington DC to check the FBI records, Bond is met by Felix Leiter who introduces him to his FBI liaison officer, Susan Sterling. After meeting with US Senator Harrison Strang who has been the target of death threats, Bond and Sterling head to the FBI headquarters to look through the files on Schmidt. However the building is attacked by masked figures led by The Blade, who plants a computer virus (exciting new concept in 1992!) to destroy all the files on Schmidt. A car chase through the streets of DC ensues, featuring a "humorous" moment where a George Bush Sr. lookalike watches the chase go by from the White House lawn. Bond catches The Blade and a couple of his goons in an alleyway, The Blade remarks that Bond should ask Strang for the information he's looking for. As Bond fights the two goons, The Blade escapes down into the sewer system.
Bond and Sterling confront Strang at his house only to be surrounded by armed goons. Strang give his Villain Lecture where he reveals he and a group of corrupt European politicians ran an illicit arms dealing pipeline to Eastern European radical factions that was very profitable, "The price of liberty was negotiable in those days", says Strang. (Hey, it's less awkward than "What a view...to a kill!.
Schmidt and The Blade were FBI agents doing the legwork for him. The fall of the Wall put a stop to the arms dealing, and fearing he would be discovered, Strang tried to have his associates killed, but his partner narrowly escaped the bomb meant for him, losing his arm, which he replaced with a sword, and became The Blade. After fleeing to Europe, The Blade and his other ex-FBI cohorts form the fake German terror group and assassinate their former partners, the Euro politicians, saving Strang for last.
Strang kidnaps Susan and heads for his isolated lodge in the Colorado Rockies. Bond is put in a deathtrap in Strang's house, but he escapes courtesy of Q's latest gadget. Bond, Leiter, and a group of FBI agents storm Strang's Colorado retreat via snowmobiles (Bond of course has a Q-designed snowmobile with rocket launchers and turbo boost, etc), OHMSS style and Strang is killed in the ensuing shootout. The Blade suddenly appears, and outraged that Strang died before he could get to him, fights with Bond on the icy helipad at the back of the lodge. They tumble over the edge, but Bond hangs on and pulls himself up. With his sword-arm, The Blade struggles to hang on; he begs Bond to help, but Bond merely utters "Get a grip" and walks away. The Blade falls to his death off the side of the mountain. Finding Susan tied up, Bond sets her free. She asks what happened to The Blade, and Bond says "Oh he hit rock bottom". They kiss. The End.

Hmm that took me half an hour. What do you think?

Edited by dinovelvet, 14 September 2005 - 04:57 AM.

[terminus]

Excellent movies, guys - keep them coming.


1962 DR NO
1963 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
1964 GOLDFINGER
1965 THUNDERBALL
1966
1967 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
1968
1969 ON HER MAJESTIES SECRET SERVICE
1970
1971 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
1972
1973 LIVE AND LET DIE
1974 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
1975 THUNDERCHILD
1976
1977 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
1978
1979 MOONRAKER
1980
1981 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
1982
1983 OCTOPUSSY
1984
1985 A VIEW TO A KILL
1986
1987 THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
1988
1989 LICENSE TO KILL
1990
1991
1992 THE PRICE OF LIBERTY
1993
1994
1995 GOLDENEYE
1996
1997 TOMMOROW NEVER DIES
1998
1999 THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
2000
2001
2002 DIE ANOTHER DAY
2003
2004 WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS
2005
2006 CASINO ROYALE

[Kingdom Come]

I gave a little detail. What you meant was a story synopsis? I couldn't be bothered! who the hell cares what the storyline is in a Bond film!

As for a Bond film in 2005 'automatically' having Brosnan as Bond, confuses me!

To the drama queen underneath, your thread still doesn't make any kind of sense.

"Kingdom, it was explained in the first post that the assumption was that each actor continued to play Bond until the first movie that featured their succesor." What the bejesus does that mean?!

[terminus]

Kingdom, it was explained in the first post that the assumption was that each actor continued to play Bond until the first movie that featured their succesor.

There is no need to be so snippy about this - and the other two guys who have posted seemed to have understood.

You may not care for the plot of a Bond movie - but am sure that the majority of people here do. It was also an excercise to see if we could create plots relevant to the specific Bond and the time the movie would be set.

And a cast list, a title and three locations does not cut it as being detail. We don't ask for an outline - but perhaps explain what the villains plot is, how Bond becomes involved and why the girls are relevant.

And there's no need to insult the thread, mate.

[ACE]

1987 - The Living Daylights
1989 - Licence to Kill
1991 - THE HILDEBRAND RARITY

Starring
James Bond : Timothy Dalton
Etienne Harvey Miller: Powers Booth
Rhondia Masters: Liz Hurley
Fidelle Barbey : Naomi Campbell
Xan Kohoni : John Lone
Connie Webb : Cindy Crawford
Prof. Denholm Crisp : Ian Holm
Felix Leiter : David Hedison
M: Robert Brown
Q: Desmond Llewelyn
Moneypenny: Caroline Bliss
Minister of Defence: Geoffrey Keen
David Yupland: Hugh Laurie


Directed by John McKenzie

Locations: Brussels - Belgium, London - UK, Beijing, the Yangste, Great Wall and various locations in China

The following is based on the two unfilmed Fleming short stories from FYEO, The Hildebrand Rarity and Quantum of Solace. It also extrapolates ideas and character names from the unused Bond 17 treatment and ideas reportedly thought of for what was then Bond 16 but ultimately junked for what became Licence To Kill as well as casting suggestions for Bond 16. I have tried to keep to the old Eon way of casting models for the females and lesser stars for the villains. It also touches on the events of the world back in 1990-1991 including the fall of Communism, Tiananmen Square, the shift to economic espionage, closer European integration, eco-terrorism and the notion of The End of History coined by Francis Fukuyama in his groundbreaking 1989 essay. Er, thank you. Don't call us, we'll call you. Next please!

Plot:

PTS - A skyscraper overlooking the Forbidden City, BEIJING, CHINA.
Ostensibly attending a champagne auction in the skyscraper hosted by Hong Kong Chinese billionaire, XAN KOHONI, we find Bond flirting with beautiful insurance expert CONNIE WEBB but is really there to protect a revolutionary piece of nano-technology called THE END OF HISTORY which to be handed to SIS under the guise of KOHONI's trade mission. However, in a daring abseil assault on the building by Chinese terrorists, the chip is stolen. Bonds ends swinging from one end of the skyscraper to the other in a dinner jacket with WEBB in his arms drinking vintage champagne before abseiling down them, catching a base jumping terrorist on the way and apprehending him and rescuing the chip.

MAIN TITLE
A Chinese themed title sequence featuring new footage of Dalton is designed by Maurice Binder (after designing titles for Bertollucci's The Last Emperor, Binder begins work but dies midway through shooting the sequence. His work was completed by pop video and advert director, Daniel Kleinman). Bondian, atmospheric, instrumental theme tune called "T.H.R." (featuring Dalton's line reading "The Hildebrand Rarity" sampled throughout and chants of T. H. R.) is performed by ambient dance act, The Shamen. (The song is later nominated for an Oscar, and during The Shamen's performance at the televised ceremony, Dalton appears live on stage, saying the line. They lose but Dalton is distinguished by being the only Bond actor to "perform" the film's title track!)

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
French Canadian gas billionaire and industrialist and rabid capitalist ETIENNE HARVEY MILLER (from QOS short story) addresses a Brussels conference of Euro movers and shakers. Suggesting that, with the demise of the Cold War, the Pacific Rim industries threaten European interests, he suggest a trade embargo. At a party in the Atonium to celebrate securing a new NATO contract, Miller and his wife, RHODIA (changed slightly from Quantum of Solace story)is introduced by the Minister of Defence, Sir Frederick Gray to Bond and Felix Leiter (on secondment to NATO HQ). Bond also meets the Seychellois business advisor to Miller, FIDELLE BARBEY (changed to a female from THR short story). The party is crashed by more Chinese terrorists who attempt to kidnap MILLER. Foiled by Leiter (he is sprayed with machine gunfire in his artifical arm and leg), they kidnap BARBEY. A gun battle ensues in the tubular structure of the Atonium. The terrorists then escape but are foiled and Barbey rescued after a high speed car chase through the streets with Bond employing the full arsenal of his gadget laden Aston Martin Volante.

LONDON, UK
In London, M with his new young advisor, David Yupland, Q and the Minister of Defence go through Bond

Edited by ACE, 19 September 2005 - 08:04 AM.

[spynovelfan]

Great stuff, there, ACE. The Atomium! I like it.

[marktmurphy]

1994-

WIN, LOSE OR DIE

Timothy Dalton as Bond
Linda Fiorentino as Nikola Ratnikov
Juliette Binoche as Beatrice Maria da Ricci
Jeremy Irons as 'Bassam Baradj'
Judi Dench as 'M'
Geoffrey Palmer as Admiral Roebuck

'Win, Lose or Die' sung by Bryan Adams

Locations: Finland, Sydney

Plot: When Bond fails to stop M sacrificing himself in a raid by terrorists at an intelligence meeting onboard a secure train, he finds the new 'M' (a woman) less than thrilled by the prospect of his continuing presence. He is thrown from the service and forced to rejoin the Royal Navy under Admiral Roebuck. Soon he discovers that a large scale Naval exercise off the coast of Australia is to be destroyed by a fake terrorist group, headed by a shipbuilder determined to win more contracts for his ailing shipyards, even if that means sinking the allied navy. With the population of Sydney under threat from nuclear disaster, not to mention the safety of the British fleet, Commander Bond must unmask the 'terrorists', defeat the rogue Naval Captain he is in league with and regain his 007 number, if indeed he ever lost it in the first place...

NOTES: Just why is Bond under evaluation at the beginning of GoldenEye?

http://img.photobuck...mark_murphy.jpg

[terminus]

Again, two excellent movies, guys - keep them coming.


1962 DR NO
1963 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
1964 GOLDFINGER
1965 THUNDERBALL
1966
1967 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
1968
1969 ON HER MAJESTIES SECRET SERVICE
1970
1971 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
1972
1973 LIVE AND LET DIE
1974 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
1975 THUNDERCHILD
1976
1977 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
1978
1979 MOONRAKER
1980
1981 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
1982
1983 OCTOPUSSY
1984
1985 A VIEW TO A KILL
1986
1987 THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
1988
1989 LICENSE TO KILL
1990
1991 THE HILDEBRAND RARITY
1992 THE PRICE OF LIBERTY
1993
1994 WIN, LOOSE OR DIE
1995 GOLDENEYE
1996
1997 TOMMOROW NEVER DIES
1998
1999 THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
2000
2001
2002 DIE ANOTHER DAY
2003
2004 WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS
2005
2006 CASINO ROYALE

[ACE]

Great WLOD poster, MTM!

[terminus]

Mark, Ace, Dino, Spy and myself - we'll take another go in the meantime, the only restriction that I am now putting on the second turn people is this - you cannot create a movie for a Bond you've already created a movie for !

But anyone else is free to pitch in - just check the rules in the first post.


1962 DR NO
1963 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
1964 GOLDFINGER
1965 THUNDERBALL
1966
1967 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
1968
1969 ON HER MAJESTIES SECRET SERVICE
1970
1971 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
1972
1973 LIVE AND LET DIE
1974 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
1975 THUNDERCHILD
1976
1977 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
1978
1979 MOONRAKER
1980
1981 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
1982
1983 OCTOPUSSY
1984
1985 A VIEW TO A KILL
1986
1987 THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
1988
1989 LICENSE TO KILL
1990
1991 THE HILDEBRAND RARITY
1992 THE PRICE OF LIBERTY
1993
1994 WIN, LOOSE OR DIE
1995 GOLDENEYE
1996 MADE IN HELL
1997 TOMMOROW NEVER DIES
1998
1999 THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
2000
2001
2002 DIE ANOTHER DAY
2003
2004 WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS
2005
2006 CASINO ROYALE


MADE IN HELL


Starring

James Bond : Pierce Brosnan

Risque : Demi Moore


Jill Russell : Helen Hunt


Damon Kane: Sam Neill


Felix Leiter: Val Kilmer




Locations: England, Miami, Acapulco, Panama, Hawaii

The following is a straight up detective thriller - it takes the Bond we saw in GoldenEye and inserts some of the fun of the Moore Era movies. There are some homages to the previous movies in there too.

Hunt got the job off the back of Twister, Moore gets the job off the back of Indecent Proposal, A Few Good Men and Disclosure

[spynovelfan]

PTS - KUALA LUMPAR, INDONESIA.
Ostensibly attending a champagne auction in the Petronas Towers hosted by Hong Kong Chinese billionaire, XAN KOHONI, Bond is really there to protect a revolutionary piece of nano-technology called THE END OF HISTORY which is nearly stolen in the PTS in a daring abseil assault on the building by Chinese terrorists.

Sorry to do this to you, ACE, but unless this is set in some sort of alternate world, this doesn't quite work. Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia, not Indonesia, and the Petronas Towers weren't built until 1997. There were other very tall buildings in the city in '91, though - I left KL in '89, and I can't for the life of me remember the names of any of them offhand, but there are plenty you could replace PT with.

Love it otherwise, though.

[ACE]

PTS - KUALA LUMPAR, INDONESIA.
Ostensibly attending a champagne auction in the Petronas Towers hosted by Hong Kong Chinese billionaire, XAN KOHONI, Bond is really there to protect a revolutionary piece of nano-technology called THE END OF HISTORY which is nearly stolen in the PTS in a daring abseil assault on the building by Chinese terrorists.

Sorry to do this to you, ACE, but unless this is set in some sort of alternate world, this doesn't quite work. Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia, not Indonesia, and the Petronas Towers weren't built until 1997. There were other very tall buildings in the city in '91, though - I left KL in '89, and I can't for the life of me remember the names of any of them offhand, but there are plenty you could replace PT with.

Love it otherwise, though.

Yeah, sorry about that. Pervert & Suede sure ain't worrying about me.
Can you suggest a replacement? The concept of this idea was stitching together as many unused Eon ideas from that time that I could think of. The names and sequence-in-a-skyscraper idea and oriental setting all came from the end of the MGW & Alfonse Ruggerio Bond 17 Treatment (as do the names WEBB, KOHONI, CRISP & YUPLAND) as well as the plot revolving around a stolen piece of technology. The ending was set in a vast automated building. I was trying to go for that and a Die Hard vibe for the PTS.

A skyscraper in Hong Kong would be better. More fitting for Kohoni.

Thanks for spotting the, er, deliberate mistake there, Spy-Noffel-Van.
Award yourself 2 house points and a James Bond reshoot, I mean, reboot.

ACE

Edited by ACE, 16 September 2005 - 08:55 AM.

[spynovelfan]

Yes, it certainly feels like an early 90s thing - a bit RISING SUN. I think much of it could be made now, though - planning to do anything with it?

I've never been to Hong Kong so can't recommend anywhere - but hasn't it sort of been done a bit much anyway? Singapore would work. But, of course, Petrona Towers is perfect for a Bond film simply because it's the world's tallest building (or was - it's probably been superceded now). I stayed in the Stamford in Singapore in the mid-80s and at that time anyway it was the world's tallest hotel. Would that not do? If you had Bond fighting someone in the hotel's pool, he could look up and see the hotel seeming to sway above him - that's what it feels like looking up from the ground.

[SecretAgentFan]

[quote name='marktmurphy' date='14 September 2005 - 21:13']1994-

WIN, LOSE OR DIE

Timothy Dalton as Bond
Linda Fiorentino as Nikola Ratnikov
Juliette Binoche as Beatrice Maria da Ricci
Jeremy Irons as 'Bassam Baradj'
Judi Dench as 'M'
Geoffrey Palmer as Admiral Roebuck

'Win, Lose or Die' sung by Bryan Adams

Locations: Finland, Sydney

Plot: When Bond fails to stop M sacrificing himself in a raid by terrorists at an intelligence meeting onboard a secure train, he finds the new 'M' (a woman) less than thrilled by the prospect of his continuing presence. He is thrown from the service and forced to rejoin the Royal Navy under Admiral Roebuck. Soon he discovers that a large scale Naval exercise off the coast of Australia is to be destroyed by a fake terrorist group, headed by a shipbuilder determined to win more contracts for his ailing shipyards, even if that means sinking the allied navy. With the population of Sydney under threat from nuclear disaster, not to mention the safety of the British fleet, Commander Bond must unmask the 'terrorists', defeat the rogue Naval Captain he is in league with and regain his 007 number, if indeed he ever lost it in the first place...

[ACE]

OK, fine, SNF.

But it looks so normal.

The PT are distinctive in look. On shot and we know we're in Indo..., sorry, Malaysia!

I want a building that gives the location with no need for captions. And it must be in the East. Perhaps something in Mainland China - Beijing, overlooking the Forbidden City? Shanghai - the Liverpool of China!

[spynovelfan]

Yeah, guess you're right. Although it would have looked less normal in '91, when it was the world's tallest hotel (I think). But yes, guess so. I only know KL and Singapore in that part of the world, though. I do think both would be perfect for Bond films, especially the latter, which is just brand-name heaven. The airport itself is extraordinary, and like a city in itself. Would be great for a chase scene. KL also has a fantastic Chinatown that would be very usable, and the fact that it has Malay, Chinese and Indian culture would make for an interesting travelogue feel. China would present serious problems for filming, surely? And why bother if it's just a stage set?

[ACE]

Wonderful - I;m sure Bond will end up in Singapore. Maybe in the novels.

Well, in 1987-88 Broccoli and co. all went to China to set up Bond 16. The story was going to revolve around the Snow Leopard Brotherhood from the previous film and feature Chinese art treasures, the terracotta army, a motorbike chase on the Great Wall and other stuff. This was around the time of The Last Emperor and all things Chinese were in. I think the infrastructure was not suitable for Eon and also those gardamm Carmmies wanted to vet the script.

But my rationale is that after Tiananmen Sq, the authorities would want a PR push and what better than a Bond film to deal with East West tensions and advertise the studio facilities of the Chinese. I imagine THR to be made in China with their facilities.

Edited by ACE, 16 September 2005 - 09:35 AM.

[terminus]

And if you put the PTS somewhere in China, the Brussels sequence could be put in Hong Kong - and we'd get a true travelogue movie !

[Qwerty]

[Mods Note: First off, Mark, that is a brilliant poster. Love the UK hardback of SeaFire style in the backround. Secondly though, it had to be taken out of the IMG tags on the forums. Sorry.]

[Bond_Bishop]

[quote name='ACE' date='14 September 2005 - 20:50']1987 - The Living Daylights
1989 - Licence to Kill
1991 - THE HILDEBRAND RARITY

Starring
James Bond : Timothy Dalton
Etienne Harvey Miller: Powers Booth
Rhondia Masters: Liz Hurley
Fidelle Barbey : Naomi Campbell
Xan Kohoni : John Lone
Connie Webb : Cindy Crawford
Prof. Denholm Crisp : Ian Holm
Felix Leiter : David Hedison
M: Robert Brown
Q: Desmond Llewelyn
Moneypenny: Caroline Bliss
Minister of Defence: Geoffrey Keen
David Yupland: Hugh Laurie


Directed by John McKenzie

Locations: Brussels - Belgium, London - UK, Beijing, the Yangste, Great Wall and various locations in China

The following is based on the two unfilmed Fleming short stories from FYEO, The Hildebrand Rarity and Quantum of Solace. It also extrapolates ideas and character names from the unused Bond 17 treatment and ideas reportedly thought of for what was then Bond 16 but ultimately junked for what became Licence To Kill as well as casting suggestions for Bond 16. I have tried to keep to the old Eon way of casting models for the females and lesser stars for the villains. It also touches on the events of the world back in 1990-1991 including the fall of Communism, Tiananmen Square, the shift to economic espionage, closer European integration, eco-terrorism and the notion of The End of History coined by Francis Fukuyama in his groundbreaking 1989 essay. Er, thank you. Don't call us, we'll call you. Next please!

Plot:

PTS - A skyscraper overlooking the Forbidden City, BEIJING, CHINA.
Ostensibly attending a champagne auction in the skyscraper hosted by Hong Kong Chinese billionaire, XAN KOHONI, we find Bond flirting with beautiful insurance expert CONNIE WEBB but is really there to protect a revolutionary piece of nano-technology called THE END OF HISTORY which to be handed to SIS under the guise of KOHONI's trade mission. However, in a daring abseil assault on the building by Chinese terrorists, the chip is stolen. Bonds ends swinging from one end of the skyscraper to the other in a dinner jacket with WEBB in his arms drinking vintage champagne before abseiling down them, catching a base jumping terrorist on the way and apprehending him and rescuing the chip.

MAIN TITLE
A Chinese themed title sequence featuring new footage of Dalton is designed by Maurice Binder (after designing titles for Bertollucci's The Last Emperor, Binder begins work but dies midway through shooting the sequence. His work was completed by pop video and advert director, Daniel Kleinman).  Bondian, atmospheric, instrumental theme tune called "T.H.R." (featuring Dalton's line reading "The Hildebrand Rarity" sampled throughout and chants of T. H. R.) is performed by ambient dance act, The Shamen. (The song is later nominated for an Oscar, and during The Shamen's performance at the televised ceremony, Dalton appears live on stage, saying the line. They lose but Dalton is distinguished by being the only Bond actor to "perform" the film's title track!)

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
French Canadian gas billionaire and industrialist and rabid capitalist ETIENNE HARVEY MILLER (from QOS short story) addresses a Brussels conference of Euro movers and shakers. Suggesting that, with the demise of the Cold War, the Pacific Rim industries threaten European interests, he suggest a trade embargo. At a party in the Atonium to celebrate securing a new NATO contract, Miller and his wife, RHODIA (changed slightly from Quantum of Solace story)is introduced by the Minister of Defence, Sir Frederick Gray to Bond and Felix Leiter (on secondment to NATO HQ).  Bond also meets the Seychellois business advisor to Miller, FIDELLE BARBEY (changed to a female from THR short story).  The party is crashed by more Chinese terrorists who attempt to kidnap MILLER. Foiled by Leiter (he is sprayed with machine gunfire in his artifical arm and leg), they kidnap BARBEY. A gun battle ensues in the tubular structure of the Atonium. The terrorists then escape but are foiled and Barbey rescued after a high speed car chase through the streets with Bond employing the full arsenal of his gadget laden Aston Martin Volante.

LONDON, UK
In London, M with his new young advisor, David Yupland, Q and the Minister of Defence go through Bond

[ACE]

[quote name='Bond_Bishop' date='16 September 2005 - 19:07'][quote name='ACE' date='14 September 2005 - 20:50']1987 - The Living Daylights
1989 - Licence to Kill
1991 - THE HILDEBRAND RARITY

Starring
James Bond : Timothy Dalton
Etienne Harvey Miller: Powers Booth
Rhondia Masters: Liz Hurley
Fidelle Barbey : Naomi Campbell
Xan Kohoni : John Lone
Connie Webb : Cindy Crawford
Prof. Denholm Crisp : Ian Holm
Felix Leiter : David Hedison
M: Robert Brown
Q: Desmond Llewelyn
Moneypenny: Caroline Bliss
Minister of Defence: Geoffrey Keen
David Yupland: Hugh Laurie


Directed by John McKenzie

Locations: Brussels - Belgium, London - UK, Beijing, the Yangste, Great Wall and various locations in China

The following is based on the two unfilmed Fleming short stories from FYEO, The Hildebrand Rarity and Quantum of Solace. It also extrapolates ideas and character names from the unused Bond 17 treatment and ideas reportedly thought of for what was then Bond 16 but ultimately junked for what became Licence To Kill as well as casting suggestions for Bond 16. I have tried to keep to the old Eon way of casting models for the females and lesser stars for the villains. It also touches on the events of the world back in 1990-1991 including the fall of Communism, Tiananmen Square, the shift to economic espionage, closer European integration, eco-terrorism and the notion of The End of History coined by Francis Fukuyama in his groundbreaking 1989 essay. Er, thank you. Don't call us, we'll call you. Next please!

Plot:

PTS - A skyscraper overlooking the Forbidden City, BEIJING, CHINA.
Ostensibly attending a champagne auction in the skyscraper hosted by Hong Kong Chinese billionaire, XAN KOHONI, we find Bond flirting with beautiful insurance expert CONNIE WEBB but is really there to protect a revolutionary piece of nano-technology called THE END OF HISTORY which to be handed to SIS under the guise of KOHONI's trade mission. However, in a daring abseil assault on the building by Chinese terrorists, the chip is stolen. Bonds ends swinging from one end of the skyscraper to the other in a dinner jacket with WEBB in his arms drinking vintage champagne before abseiling down them, catching a base jumping terrorist on the way and apprehending him and rescuing the chip.

MAIN TITLE
A Chinese themed title sequence featuring new footage of Dalton is designed by Maurice Binder (after designing titles for Bertollucci's The Last Emperor, Binder begins work but dies midway through shooting the sequence. His work was completed by pop video and advert director, Daniel Kleinman).  Bondian, atmospheric, instrumental theme tune called "T.H.R." (featuring Dalton's line reading "The Hildebrand Rarity" sampled throughout and chants of T. H. R.) is performed by ambient dance act, The Shamen. (The song is later nominated for an Oscar, and during The Shamen's performance at the televised ceremony, Dalton appears live on stage, saying the line. They lose but Dalton is distinguished by being the only Bond actor to "perform" the film's title track!)

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
French Canadian gas billionaire and industrialist and rabid capitalist ETIENNE HARVEY MILLER (from QOS short story) addresses a Brussels conference of Euro movers and shakers. Suggesting that, with the demise of the Cold War, the Pacific Rim industries threaten European interests, he suggest a trade embargo. At a party in the Atonium to celebrate securing a new NATO contract, Miller and his wife, RHODIA (changed slightly from Quantum of Solace story)is introduced by the Minister of Defence, Sir Frederick Gray to Bond and Felix Leiter (on secondment to NATO HQ).  Bond also meets the Seychellois business advisor to Miller, FIDELLE BARBEY (changed to a female from THR short story).  The party is crashed by more Chinese terrorists who attempt to kidnap MILLER. Foiled by Leiter (he is sprayed with machine gunfire in his artifical arm and leg), they kidnap BARBEY. A gun battle ensues in the tubular structure of the Atonium. The terrorists then escape but are foiled and Barbey rescued after a high speed car chase through the streets with Bond employing the full arsenal of his gadget laden Aston Martin Volante.

LONDON, UK
In London, M with his new young advisor, David Yupland, Q and the Minister of Defence go through Bond

[terminus]

No comments on my second movie ?

[ACE]

1973

Edited by ACE, 19 September 2005 - 08:03 AM.

[Bond_Bishop]

Fun that you have Stockholm in it, ACE! Great this one as well

[ACE]

Fun that you have Stockholm in it, ACE! Great this one as well

Tak!