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[DaveBond21]

Sounds good to me. They can't all be dark, brooding movies. Bond 22 has to be different to CR - I don't want them to start making the same movie again and again.

[DamnCoffee]

I don't want them to start making the same movie again and again.

I'd rather they'd do that than make Bond 22 another DAF, MR, AVTAK or DAD

[dodge]

The quote revealed. July Interview, p.89. Purchased at Rich's Cigar Store, 6 p.m., from a girl who screamed "Bod-deeeeee!" while ogling the cover.)

The humor quote is isolated--nothing before or it after--but to put it in its context, I'll give the preceding and following remarks.

Q: You managed to make it(the role) your own.
A: We will see.

Q: You've already done it--we don't have to see. And the only contentious issue when you were offered the part was the fact that you're blond.
A: They just want more gags. The next one's going to be a lot funnier.

Q: Octopussy kind of gags?
A: Yeah. Octopussy. Pussy Galore. They're all great names. But that's the thing; all the Bond jokes have been flipped on their heads. They've all gone beyond...Should we order a bit more wine, so I can think straight? (Food is delivered to the table.)

Well, there you have it. Certainly not grounds for panic, just enough to make them wonder: what exactly does 'a lot funnier mean'? And, aside from more cute names, in what direction will the humor go? With Haggis on board, I'm not worried yet. But orders do come from down from on high...

'And I for o-one can't w-wait to see what h-happens next!'

[Judo chop]

Dodge, this interview doesn't make any sense to me!

Q: You managed to make it(the role) your own.
A: We will see.

Fair enough question and answer.

Q: You've already done it--we don't have to see. And the only contentious issue when you were offered the part was the fact that you're blond.
A: They just want more gags. The next one's going to be a lot funnier.

We're asking Craig about his take on the character, and about all the he took for being blond, and he responds with "They want more gags"? Thanks for the info, but what does that have to do with the question? Nonetheless, our interviewer follows Craig's lead...

Q: Octopussy kind of gags?
A: Yeah. Octopussy. Pussy Galore. They're all great names. But that's the thing; all the Bond jokes have been flipped on their heads. They've all gone beyond...

Mr. Craig, I think she meant "gags like you'd find in the film Octopussy". Not, "a gag in the way that the name Octopussy is a gag". So anyway. "They've all gone beyond", you say? So... where are they now? Help out a fan here. What's to be expected?

Should we order a bit more wine, so I can think straight? (Food is delivered to the table.)

I think you've had enough.

[dodge]

Dodge, this interview doesn't make any sense to me!

Q: You managed to make it(the role) your own.
A: We will see.

Fair enough question and answer.

Q: You've already done it--we don't have to see. And the only contentious issue when you were offered the part was the fact that you're blond.
A: They just want more gags. The next one's going to be a lot funnier.

We're asking Craig about his take on the character, and about all the he took for being blond, and he responds with "They want more gags"? Thanks for the info, but what does that have to do with the question? Nonetheless, our interviewer follows Craig's lead...

Q: Octopussy kind of gags?
A: Yeah. Octopussy. Pussy Galore. They're all great names. But that's the thing; all the Bond jokes have been flipped on their heads. They've all gone beyond...

Mr. Craig, I think she meant "gags like you'd find in the film Octopussy". Not, "a gag in the way that the name Octopussy is a gag". So anyway. "They've all gone beyond", you say? So... where are they now? Help out a fan here. What's to be expected?

Should we order a bit more wine, so I can think straight? (Food is delivered to the table.)

I think you've had enough.

Ah, the lengths I go to, to share information...in order to be diddled.

Dear Judo, if I'd been conducting the interview--and I wouldn't have been drinking--I'd have asked some followup questions. E.g.: Could you be more specific about that?

As it is, we're offered a transcript of a talk between two guys talking. They don't sound drunk to me, but like you I'm left wanting more clarification.

Seems to me, we still have some grounds for discussion: "The next film will be a lot funnier" seems pretty clear to me.

[Judo chop]

Seems to me, we still have some grounds for discussion: "The next film will be a lot funnier" seems pretty clear to me.

You're quite right there. He does plainly state that there will be more humor (even if that wasn't the question. ) It's encrypted, but Craig does seem to suggest that the recent humor found in Bond films is not what we can expect in B22.

Overall, I feel it's a positive message.

[00Twelve]

The power of positive thinking.

[K1Bond007]

I wouldn't make any of this. First off it seems like they were on two different pages. Saying "Octopussy type gags" means the movie Octopussy to me (and lets face it Craig is not even close to Roger Moore.. there's no way he could pull that off and he shouldn't even try), but Craig seems to be talking about the character name. If anything can be taken serious from this you may be able to jump to the conclusion that the Bond girl's name will be something along the lines of Miss Perkitits or something.

[Stephenson]

I really can't make too much of this. Remember, if everything said at the press conference introducing Craig had come true, then Bond wouldn't have worn a tux and the last line of the film would have been, "The bitch is dead."

With this lot, I get the feeling I shouldn't believe anything until I see it on the screen.

[Harmsway]

I don't know what to make of those quotes. Sounds really confused to me. Sounds like he could mean the next one will be funnier... but I don't know. Doesn't seem like he's thinking straight.

[DaveBond21]

If anything can be taken serious from this you may be able to jump to the conclusion that the Bond girl's name will be something along the lines of Miss Perkitits or something.

LOL, I hope she is and I hope she has!


Yes, it does make sense that the next one will be funnier. I wouldn't want all of Craig's to be as dark as CR, but I don't want the next 2 to be DAF or Moonraker either!

[00Twelve]

CR made me laugh far more than any of the other films in, well, my entire lifetime, at least, and that stretches back to the middle of the Moore era. I'd be up for the humor if it continued the dry, smart humor of CR. Craig was great at delivering the humorous material (What material wasn't he great at delivering? ).

Smart humor, not gags.

[DaveBond21]

I have enjoyed all the humour of the Bond movies, including the odd cheesy line.

I loved "Saved by the Bell" in DAD!!

[DamnCoffee]

Ugh "Saved by the Bell" always made me cringe, its probably the lamest line I've ever heard.

[tdalton]

Ugh "Saved by the Bell" always made me cringe, its probably the lamest line I've ever heard.

Agreed. Hopefully lines like that won't make an appearance in Bond 22. They worked well for the type of Bond film that DAD was, but I just can't see Daniel Craig delivering a line like that.

[Harmsway]

Ugh "Saved by the Bell" always made me cringe, its probably the lamest line I've ever heard.

Yeah. I hate that line.

[Judo chop]

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[DaveBond21]

Ugh "Saved by the Bell" always made me cringe, its probably the lamest line I've ever heard

LOL, I think it's harmless fun. Anyone who doesn't at least smile needs to lighten up!

And why should James Bond be the only Brit to not use double entendre and silly jokes. The British are the Kings of saucy and silly gags!!

Plus, I think it's an age thing, you have to be over 30 to appreciate those saucy seaside postcard style jokes like Bond asking Q if he is having trouble keeping it up. Ah, the fun...

[Santa]

Ugh "Saved by the Bell" always made me cringe, its probably the lamest line I've ever heard

LOL, I think it's harmless fun. Anyone who doesn't at least smile needs to lighten up!

No, it's just not funny. Roger's one-liners I often did find amusing, with Pierce they were too laboured. You could almost hear the scriptwriters saying to themselves "Hmmm, can we shoehorn in another humour-free pun?".

[Major Tallon]

The puns had become increasingly dreadful in Brosnan's films, and I hope they'll scale them way back in the Craig era, but, much as I dislike DAD, I thought "Saved by the bell" was one of the better ones.

[sharpshooter]

I didnt have any problem with the saved by the bell line, but I agree some of the puns were groaners.

[Scottlee]

The worst humour in that film for me was the "Big bang theory/I think I got the thrust of it" onslaught. Toilet humour, and poorly delivered at that.

I didn't mind "Saved by the bell". At that point I was still in my "oH mY gOd I'M wAtChiNg a BrAnD nEw BoNd FiLM!" zone (which would be punctured eventually by the introductions of Jinx and CGI).

[DaveBond21]

I didnt have any problem with the saved by the bell line, but I agree some of the puns were groaners.

Thanks. I saw DAD twice in the cinema and the entire audience laughed and groaned at the same time, both times!!!

It is funny to many people. I can't stand people who come here and state something as being fact, when it's actually all about opinions.

[Santa]

Anyone who doesn't at least smile needs to lighten up!

I can't stand people who come here and state something as being fact, when it's actually all about opinions.

Easily done though, isn't it, Dave...

[mrsbonds_ppk]

I have enjoyed all the humour of the Bond movies, including the odd cheesy line.
I loved "Saved by the Bell" in DAD!!

And why should James Bond be the only Brit to not use double entendre and silly jokes. The British are the Kings of saucy and silly gags!!

Plus, I think it's an age thing, you have to be over 30 to appreciate those saucy seaside postcard style jokes like Bond asking Q if he is having trouble keeping it up. Ah, the fun...

It is funny to many people. I can't stand people who come here and state something as being fact, when it's actually all about opinions.

Agreed funny line and clever even though a bit cheesy.

I need to find a Got Sense of humor? T-shirt

Edited by mrsbonds_ppk, 05 July 2007 - 09:03 AM.

[RazorBlade]

More humor, yes. But everything in balance.

[tdalton]

More humor, yes. But everything in balance.

While I can't say that I'm all that interested to see more humor in Bond 22, if they do add it, I agree that it has to be balanced. Hopefully they don't go the DAF direction and have Bond joke around with whoever he ultimately deems responsible for what happened to him and Vesper in CR. I didn't think that kind of humor worked in DAF, and I still don't think that it would work for Bond 22 either.

[Brock Samson]

'Saved by the bell' is dreadful, but at least it works. 'There's a name to die for' is just clunky beyond measure, nary a titter raised in the cinema I was at.

[Bondfiend]

I'm fine with a little humor as long as it's in keeping with that of CR and doesn't go slapstick at the drop of a hat.

[dodge]

Didn't want the other thread that just started on this same subject to feel lonely!