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[terminus]

See, now you're working with it But, personally, I'd prefer Krause to be complicit in the plans.

Perhaps this anti-Chinese government movement you've postulated is, instead, a third column movement within the Chinese government itself (thus fulfilling the rogue Chinese faction criteria of the plot) - who want to defraud the sitting government, humiliating them and forcing democracy on China.

Simultaneously, militant factions within the Chinese government plan to cause a tectonic shift by setting off nuclear bombs along the fault lines near Taiwan to cause an earthquake and a resulting tsunami. The plan will kill hundreds of thousands of people when parts of Taiwan fall into the ocean - the resulting devestation, as you've put it, and the subsequent push to supply aid being a cover for invasion.

Krause is working for Quantum, he's their pointman in this scenario - in the same manner that Greene was the pointman for the Tierra Project in Bolivia. He could even be pro-Comunist. And as we saw in those circumstances, Quantum aren't afraid of double crossing their clients and playing them against each other to ensure the outcome of Quantum's greater game. Quantum have made the offer of cooperation to the militant organisation and are promising to help them - supplying them with weapons, manpower and the technology to place the nuclear bombs on the fault lines. Simultaneously, they've kept documents and evidence proving that the militant faction are complicit in the plan to bomb the fault lines - and have leaked them to the third column movement for use in their plans to discredit the sitting government.

Krause is unaware of the doublecross, that Quantum have betrayed the militants to the hardliners. Ultimately, Quantum have no plans to actually bomb the fault lines. Perhaps Krause goes rogue from Quantum - and plans to carry out the plans to nuke the faultlines, cause the devestation and allow the covert invasion by the militants.

Bond is put into a position where he's actually enabling Quantum to fulfill their plans if he stops Krause - and so there are two levels to the plan. He has to stop the rogue Krause from detonating the nukes along the faultlines (though we could allow one or two to go off, for dramatic effect) and he has to stop Quantum from abetting the third column movement in embarassing the sitting government in Beijing.

[Captain Tightpants]

We'll see how it goes. I'm just not that cool with the iea that "Beijing are communists, therefore they're bad". Yes, they're a tyrannicl government, but that doesn't make them totally evil. When the Soviet Union still existed, there were parts of the country that were better off for it. Some regions got State-funded education that was better than what they have now, for example. So I'll think about it, see how it goes.

[terminus]

You don't seem to get the point of my previous statement - which is that the two groups, the pro-democracy faction and the hardline military faction are not typical of the Communist government and, in fact, both believe that the sitting government is deficient in some area. One wants to bring a more democratic form of government and the other believes that Beijing should have a more agressive foreign policy and reconquer territory that they believe is/was lost.

The plot would be far from saying 'Communist = Bad'. In fact, if anything, the elaboration of the plot I've outlined above could be seen as pro-communist. When you look at the plot, Bond is actually put into a position where he has to stop a faction that want to bring democracy to China. Perhaps Bond could end up working with his Chinese counterpart (a Wai Lin for the Daniel Craig Era, albeit possibly male as I don't see either of the primary or secondary girls filling the role of a Chinese secret agent - a Chinese equivalent to Felix Leiter) throughout the movie - further showing that, as you've eloquently stated, 'not all communists are evil'.

And, if anything, in the extrapolation I posted before, the true villain of the piece is actually Krause, a capitalist industrialist.

[dinovelvet]

Hopefully all this debating on communism and tectonic plates isn't putting off new posters from contributing to the thread. It's still a fun game, folks...honest

[terminus]

Yes. I was pondering that. Lol. We do need some new input. That said, this sort of debate is sort of what I was hoping for when I proposed the idea initially - something we could really get our teeth into, flesh out and build up.

So, far we've had, participating - myself, Mr Big, QOS007, Captain Tightpants, dinovelvet, coco1997, tdalton. I'm keeping a running tally of participants, like I did last time so I know when it's time to roll round to second turns.

I'll repost the proforma as of last standing, in case people can't find it.

CAST

1 Bond - Daniel Craig
2 Bond Girl 1 (Main ie Vesper/Camille): Yvonne Strahovski as Mary Goodnight
3 Bond Girl 2 (Minor ie Solange/Fields): Emmanuelle Chriqui as Caesura Scarlett
4 Bond Girl 3 (Background Girl): Ludivine Sagnier as Dana Krause (Wilhelm's wife/ Villainess)
5 Henchman:6 Henchman 2:
7 Villain: Michael Nyqvist as Wilhelm Krause, German construction magnate with an interest in chessboxing
8 M - Timothy Dalton
9 Miss Moneypenny - Emily Blunt
10 Ally 1:

LOCATIONS

11 Pre-Titles Location:
12 Location 1:
13 Location 2:
14 Location 3:
15 Location 4:
16 Location 5:

KEY PLOT POINTS

17 Villains Plot: After discovering that a shift in tectonic plates could cause a land bridge to form between China and Taiwan, the villain, in league with rogue Chinese factions, plans to raise this land bridge and allow an invasion of Taiwan by communist forces.

I have borrowed this plot from a precursor to this thread that you can find archived under 'Rubies Are Forever'. I believe Scaramanga was the poster to suggest the plot.

18 Pre-Title Sequence Action Sequence/Stunt:
19 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 1:
20 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 2:
21 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 3:
22 Finale Action Sequence/Stunt:

STUFF

23 Bond's Car (inc. car gadgets): Aston Martin One-77
24 Gadget 1:
25 Gadget 2:
26 Gadget 3:

PRODUCTION

27 Director:
28 Writer: Tim Minear
29 Music By:
30 Themetune Sung By:
31 Themetune Written By:
32 Title Sequence Designed By:
33 Title Sequence Description (whether it's like another sequence, or if you can describe it - or point to a video that it'd be like):

[coco1997]

Three more participants until we move onto the next round...

[terminus]

I know. I'm actually very enthused about how this is developing with the discussion that has ensued. I think more of that can only be a good thing and bring about a more cohesive and strongly plotted treatment in the end, assuming that it doesn't put people off taking part.

Btw, I have PM'd the Admiral and asked for a change in thread title to denote we've moved onto UB25.

[dinovelvet]

Come on Mr.Blofeld, I saw you reading the thread. Post something!

[Mr. Blofeld]

CAST

1 Bond - Daniel Craig
2 Bond Girl 1 (Main ie Vesper/Camille): Yvonne Strahovski as Mary Goodnight
3 Bond Girl 2 (Minor ie Solange/Fields): Emmanuelle Chriqui as Caesura Scarlett
4 Bond Girl 3 (Background Girl): Ludivine Sagnier as Dana Krause (Wilhelm's wife/ Villainess)
5 Henchman:
6 Henchman 2:
7 Villain: Michael Nyqvist as Wilhelm Krause, German construction magnate with an interest in chessboxing
8 M - Timothy Dalton
9 Miss Moneypenny - Emily Blunt
10 Ally 1:

LOCATIONS

11 Pre-Titles Location:
12 Location 1:
13 Location 2:
14 Location 3:
15 Location 4:
16 Location 5:

KEY PLOT POINTS

17 Villain's Plot: After discovering that a shift in tectonic plates could cause a land bridge to form between China and Taiwan, the villain, in league with rogue Chinese factions, plans to raise this land bridge and allow an invasion of Taiwan by communist forces.


18 Pre-Title Sequence Action Sequence/Stunt: In Taiwan, Bond and Yvonne (from the last film) have just settled into a bubbly hot tub... when, suddenly, a hard pair of hands reaches down and forces Bond's head under the water! He struggles and punches the owner of the hands -- Murik. He has escaped death, and is trying to kill Bond, but 007 leaps out of the tub and engages in a long fight with him, all while naked.
19 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 1:
20 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 2:
21 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 3:
22 Finale Action Sequence/Stunt:

STUFF

23 Bond's Car (inc. car gadgets): Aston Martin One-77
24 Gadget 1:
25 Gadget 2:
26 Gadget 3:

PRODUCTION

27 Director:
28 Writer: Tim Minear
29 Music By:
30 Theme Tune Sung By:
31 Theme Tune Written By:
32 Title Sequence Designed By:
33 Title Sequence Description (whether it's like another sequence, or if you can describe it - or point to a video that it'd be like):

[terminus]

Okaaaay. Much as I like the idea of Daniel Craig and Joey Ansah all naked and soaped up, wrestling - not sure that's really an appropriate scene for a Bond film PTS, is it? Besides which, it specifies a location - so I'm going to have to remove it from the proforma. Sorry!


CAST

1 Bond - Daniel Craig
2 Bond Girl 1 (Main ie Vesper/Camille): Yvonne Strahovski as Mary Goodnight
3 Bond Girl 2 (Minor ie Solange/Fields): Emmanuelle Chriqui as Caesura Scarlett
4 Bond Girl 3 (Background Girl): Ludivine Sagnier as Dana Krause (Wilhelm's wife/ Villainess)
5 Henchman:
6 Henchman 2:
7 Villain: Michael Nyqvist as Wilhelm Krause, German construction magnate with an interest in chessboxing
8 M - Timothy Dalton
9 Miss Moneypenny - Emily Blunt
10 Ally 1:

LOCATIONS

11 Pre-Titles Location:
12 Location 1:
13 Location 2:
14 Location 3:
15 Location 4:
16 Location 5:

KEY PLOT POINTS

17 Villain's Plot: After discovering that a shift in tectonic plates could cause a land bridge to form between China and Taiwan, the villain, in league with rogue Chinese factions, plans to raise this land bridge and allow an invasion of Taiwan by communist forces.


18 Pre-Title Sequence Action Sequence/Stunt:
19 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 1:
20 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 2:
21 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 3:
22 Finale Action Sequence/Stunt:

STUFF

23 Bond's Car (inc. car gadgets): Aston Martin One-77
24 Gadget 1:
25 Gadget 2:
26 Gadget 3:

PRODUCTION

27 Director:
28 Writer: Tim Minear
29 Music By:
30 Theme Tune Sung By:
31 Theme Tune Written By:
32 Title Sequence Designed By:
33 Title Sequence Description (whether it's like another sequence, or if you can describe it - or point to a video that it'd be like):

[dinovelvet]

Okaaaay. Much as I like the idea of Daniel Craig and Joey Ansah all naked and soaped up, wrestling

"Screenplay by Barbara Broccoli"

[ConnerysToupee1983]

Hope this will get a rise out of everyone. I decided to do the Pre-Title Sequence/Action, etc. Let me know what you all think.

Regards,
Damien

CAST

1 Bond - Daniel Craig
2 Bond Girl 1 (Main ie Vesper/Camille): Yvonne Strahovski as Mary Goodnight
3 Bond Girl 2 (Minor ie Solange/Fields): Emmanuelle Chriqui as Caesura Scarlett
4 Bond Girl 3 (Background Girl): Ludivine Sagnier as Dana Krause (Wilhelm's wife/ Villainess)
5 Henchman:
6 Henchman 2:
7 Villain: Michael Nyqvist as Wilhelm Krause, German construction magnate with an interest in chessboxing
8 M - Timothy Dalton
9 Miss Moneypenny - Emily Blunt
10 Ally 1:

LOCATIONS

11 Pre-Titles Location:
12 Location 1:
13 Location 2:
14 Location 3:
15 Location 4:
16 Location 5:

KEY PLOT POINTS

17 Villain's Plot: After discovering that a shift in tectonic plates could cause a land bridge to form between China and Taiwan, the villain, in league with rogue Chinese factions, plans to raise this land bridge and allow an invasion of Taiwan by communist forces.


18 Pre-Title Sequence Action Sequence/Stunt: Set at a Krause funded, hydrocarbon exploration site; Bond is investigating recent "terrorist" activities (minor bombings, scattered shootings, etc.) on behalf of the British government. Unknown to Bond and his superiors, Krause and his radical Chinese conspirators are behind the attacks, and have planned their most destructive attack to date to coincide with a visit from several important, worldwide, Government Officials, including M. Opposed to this visit, as his investigation so far has turned up little, other than a tenuous connection to the Chinese, Bond begrudgingly heads up security responsibilities.

Just as the Officials arrive Bond discovers a series of remote, explosive devices, powerful enough to destroy not only the hydrocarbon plant, but ten square miles of surrounding land. Bond springs into action and traces the location of the remote's source (a Krause supply train, racing away from the plant at top speed) as he orders everyone to get as far away from the plant as they can. As the officials begin to make their escape they are seized by armed rebels. Bond and several other security agents blast their way through the rebels, as they fight to clear a path for the Government Officials. Once Bond is certain his fellow officers can handle the situation and take care of the Officials he makes a dash for the nearby Supply Depot.

At the depot, Bond hijacks a single person repair transport and pushes it to it's breaking point in order to reach the remote's source before they can detonate. At speeds nearly hitting the sound barrier Bond catches up to the train in little time, but he still fears he may be too late. Bond slows the single person transport as he nears the supply train, then boards it from the rear. Locked into survival mode and feeling every second tick by Bond shoots his way through the first car. At the second car he runs out of ammo and takes out several more men with stealth, a serrated knife and adrenalin alone. At the last car before the engine there is but one man to face, and he's giant.

A thickly accented German, muscled from neck to toe, head shaved, dark eyed, menacing Tattoos on each arm and a near missing lower jaw. This mountain of a man seems to have been expecting Bond, and looking forward to his arrival. Bond and the giant go head to head in hand to hand combat. It takes all of Bond's dwindling strength to stay on his feet. Just as Bond gets a few good blows in someone signals the giant German from the engine. The massive thug smiles sadistically, he was just toying with Bond all along. Before Bond can respond a quick uppercut to the chin sends him flying to the end of the car. As Bond looks on through stunned vision he sees the enormous brute step into the engine and lock the door.

Bond shakes away his pain and struggles to his feet. Bond gets to the door just in time to see the front of the train lift off it's framework and fly forward into the air. The engine of the train is a helicopter and the villains are making their escape. The giant German thug looks back at a frantic Bond and raises the remote control for the hydrocarbon plant explosives. The monstrous brute smiles an evil grin as he presses the detonator's trigger. Thinking as fast as his anguished mind can Bond reaches into a pocket and produces a small device, from Q Branch. Bond sets the device on the door in front of him, presses a button and moves away. The train's door is blown from it's housing in a matter of seconds. Bond climbs out the freshly made exit and on to the top of the still speeding train, just in time to see several massive explosions blazing in the distance.

Enraged Bond looks back at the still hovering copter. The massive German smiles again and points menacingly at the train. Bond's eyes grow wide in expectant terror as the thug laughs silently from above. Explosions start at the back of the train and work their way toward Bond. Moving purely on instinct Bond throws himself from the train as his car erupts beneath his feet. Bond's body hits the harsh ground hard and skids. With nothing to stop himself and little strength left Bond must allow momentum to carry him closer and closer to an ever approaching cliff face nearby.

Bond goes over the edge and the enormous German orders the helicopter pilot to "Go." As the chopper flies away from the smoking devastation just wrought we see Bond's hand gripping the cliff's face. Bond, bloodied, drained and haggard uses his last ounce of strength to pull himself back from the brink of death. Bond watches the helicopter fade into the distance through blurred vision. Bond wonders, as he lays there on the cliff side, slowly dying, if the German Brute is somehow connected to Wilhelm Krause...

19 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 1:
20 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 2:
21 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 3:
22 Finale Action Sequence/Stunt:

STUFF

23 Bond's Car (inc. car gadgets): Aston Martin One-77
24 Gadget 1:
25 Gadget 2:
26 Gadget 3:

PRODUCTION

27 Director:
28 Writer: Tim Minear
29 Music By:
30 Theme Tune Sung By:
31 Theme Tune Written By:
32 Title Sequence Designed By:
33 Title Sequence Description (whether it's like another sequence, or if you can describe it - or point to a video that it'd be like):

Edited by ConnerysToupee1983, 21 July 2010 - 03:05 PM.

[coco1997]

NICE, ConnerysToupee! Love the username, by the way.

Really vivid and inventive PTS. I didn't quite expect Krause to be unveiled as the villain so early on, but it's a definite change from the last two installments. It'll be interesting to see where this takes us. The only hang-up terminus may have is that your PTS specifies a location--unless he's willing to bend the rules this time around.

I'm also really liking the fact that we're getting some fresh blood in this round of Ultimate Bond.

[dinovelvet]

Yeah I'm down with this, it's a solid, action packed PTS. Even though Mr. Toupee jumped the gun a bit and started the film off before we had all the slots filled, it works for me.

[ConnerysToupee1983]

NICE, ConnerysToupee! Love the username, by the way.

Really vivid and inventive PTS. I didn't quite expect Krause to be unveiled as the villain so early on, but it's a definite change from the last two installments. It'll be interesting to see where this takes us. The only hang-up terminus may have is that your PTS specifies a location--unless he's willing to bend the rules this time around.

I'm also really liking the fact that we're getting some fresh blood in this round of Ultimate Bond.

I'm glad you enjoyed both the PTS and my username :-D I am a filmmaker, a jack of all trades of sorts, who does everything sorta kinda, so, yeah. Haha.

And, in my mind no one but Bond would know Krause is the villain at this point. The Hydrocarbon Plant Attack is a "distraction." In my head. I could see two parallel plots running: 1. of Krause stringing everyone else along, setting up his master plan, while the Governments search for who caused the Hydrocarbon Plant disaster. Everyone assumes Bond is dead. The 2nd. Plot thread would be Bond getting himself out of the middle of nowhere and using every contact and skill he has to get back up to fighting power and stopping Krause before anything else happens.

I'm sure there would be more subterfuge and what not along the way, very tightly paced and inter cut in a staccato sort of way. It's just a rough vision, haha. Hell, I wrote what I did above in five minutes :-P So, I haven't exactly put on my "screenplay hat" all the way.

And didn't mean to break a rule, with the location or what not. I'm new :-P I was challenged into posting by Mr. Blofeld, so it was sort of a whim. The location isn't important to me per say, I just felt it best to have it in my description. Hopefully it can be passed up this time, haha.

But yeah, once again, didn't mean to make a booboo. And I'm very pleased you enjoyed :-D

Yeah I'm down with this, it's a solid, action packed PTS. Even though Mr. Toupee jumped the gun a bit and started the film off before we had all the slots filled, it works for me.

Once again, sorry about slipping up. Mr. Blofeld challenged me to post and I kinda looked before I leaped. But glad you enjoyed the PTS I came up with none the less.

[Captain Tightpants]

That one's probably going to have to be scrapped as well, I'm afraid - you specified a location. Also, it's way too long. That kind of detail is what we'd be looking at in the write-up, not the categories. Also, it's not really appropriate as a pre-title sequence: while it ertainly meets all the criteria, you need to be familiar with a certain level of the story to know what's happening in it, and the story won't be that involved in the first five minutes. I know I asked for detail in the entires, but not that much - a paragraph is probably enough, not a page. Otherwise, there's no point in writing a treatment (which, by the way, you'll be welcome to contribute to).

[coco1997]

Well, I don't think the entire thing needs to be scrapped. The location is static and can be changed, like ConnerysToupee noted. Also, Krause could always be replaced with one of his agents if we want to preserve his identity for the time being.

[Captain Tightpants]

Oh, no. Just cut it down to something basic, like "Bond goes undercover to meet a contact on a train, but his cover is blown and the contact attempts to erail the train". I'd cut the multiple Double-Ohs thing. I always got the sense Fleming kept them part in the field because they work better alone than together. Each member has his own idiosyncratic methods that tend to clash with one another.

[terminus]

I do like the scene, connerystoupee1983. But coco1997 is right - it does specify a location. And I can't break a rule that I've actively enforced in the past, sorry. It is a bit too long and doesn't leave CT, dinovelvet and others room to manuevere when fleshing out the plotline in future - but it's handy to have to refer back to and the stunt sequence itself does seem to be popular. Here's what I'm going to do - keep the sequence, remove the location and insist it must be set wherever the PTS location is deemed to be, and allow CT and others to make whatever modifications to the scene they deem necessary for it to fit in with the ongoing plot of the film.

So, we've now had, participating - myself, Mr Big, QOS007, Captain Tightpants, dinovelvet, coco1997, tdalton, connerystoupee1983. That's eight.


CAST

1 Bond - Daniel Craig
2 Bond Girl 1 (Main ie Vesper/Camille): Yvonne Strahovski as Mary Goodnight
3 Bond Girl 2 (Minor ie Solange/Fields): Emmanuelle Chriqui as Caesura Scarlett
4 Bond Girl 3 (Background Girl): Ludivine Sagnier as Dana Krause (Wilhelm's wife/ Villainess)
5 Henchman:
6 Henchman 2:
7 Villain: Michael Nyqvist as Wilhelm Krause, German construction magnate with an interest in chessboxing
8 M - Timothy Dalton
9 Miss Moneypenny - Emily Blunt
10 Ally 1:

LOCATIONS

11 Pre-Titles Location:
12 Location 1:
13 Location 2:
14 Location 3:
15 Location 4:
16 Location 5:

KEY PLOT POINTS

17 Villain's Plot: After discovering that a shift in tectonic plates could cause a land bridge to form between China and Taiwan, the villain, in league with rogue Chinese factions, plans to raise this land bridge and allow an invasion of Taiwan by communist forces.

See HERE for elaboration on the plot as stated above.


18 Pre-Title Sequence Action Sequence/Stunt: Bond is to protect M and other government delegates at a meeting at an energy plant, but henchmen plan to blow the plant up whilst escaping on a train. Bond climbs onboard the train to stop them, but fails - the delegates survive but the plan and the surrounding area are blown up and the villains, with ties to Krause and/or Quantum, escape. Bond survives the sequence by the skin of his teeth.

See HERE for the original fleshed out proposal for the PTS.

19 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 1:
20 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 2:
21 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 3:
22 Finale Action Sequence/Stunt:

STUFF

23 Bond's Car (inc. car gadgets): Aston Martin One-77
24 Gadget 1:
25 Gadget 2:
26 Gadget 3:

PRODUCTION

27 Director:
28 Writer: Tim Minear
29 Music By:
30 Theme Tune Sung By:
31 Theme Tune Written By:
32 Title Sequence Designed By:
33 Title Sequence Description (whether it's like another sequence, or if you can describe it - or point to a video that it'd be like):

[IanFleming23]

Hey everyone. Sorry I haven't been on for a while - holiday.

CAST

1 Bond - Daniel Craig
2 Bond Girl 1 (Main ie Vesper/Camille): Yvonne Strahovski as Mary Goodnight
3 Bond Girl 2 (Minor ie Solange/Fields): Emmanuelle Chriqui as Caesura Scarlett
4 Bond Girl 3 (Background Girl): Ludivine Sagnier as Dana Krause (Wilhelm's wife/ Villainess)
5 Henchman:
6 Henchman 2: Omahyra Mota as Clarisse
7 Villain: Michael Nyqvist as Wilhelm Krause, German construction magnate with an interest in chessboxing
8 M - Timothy Dalton
9 Miss Moneypenny - Emily Blunt
10 Ally 1:

LOCATIONS

11 Pre-Titles Location:
12 Location 1:
13 Location 2:
14 Location 3:
15 Location 4:
16 Location 5:

KEY PLOT POINTS

17 Villain's Plot: After discovering that a shift in tectonic plates could cause a land bridge to form between China and Taiwan, the villain, in league with rogue Chinese factions, plans to raise this land bridge and allow an invasion of Taiwan by communist forces.

See HERE for elaboration on the plot as stated above.


18 Pre-Title Sequence Action Sequence/Stunt: Bond is to protect M and other government delegates at a meeting at an energy plant, but henchmen plan to blow the plant up whilst escaping on a train. Bond climbs onboard the train to stop them, but fails - the delegates survive but the plan and the surrounding area are blown up and the villains, with ties to Krause and/or Quantum, escape. Bond survives the sequence by the skin of his teeth.

See HERE for the original fleshed out proposal for the PTS.

19 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 1:
20 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 2:
21 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 3:
22 Finale Action Sequence/Stunt:

STUFF

23 Bond's Car (inc. car gadgets): Aston Martin One-77
24 Gadget 1:
25 Gadget 2:
26 Gadget 3:

PRODUCTION

27 Director:
28 Writer: Tim Minear
29 Music By:
30 Theme Tune Sung By:
31 Theme Tune Written By:
32 Title Sequence Designed By:
33 Title Sequence Description (whether it's like another sequence, or if you can describe it - or point to a video that it'd be like):

[Mr.Big]

6 Henchman 2: Omahyra Mota as Clarisse

Hi, IanFleming23 - welcome back:) Nice choice. I can imagine her having a fight sequence with 007 (DC).

If no-one knows who she is. Here is the IMDb:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1082020/

[terminus]

And that's nine - one more participant and we're onto the second turns.

[ConnerysToupee1983]

I do like the scene, connerystoupee1983. But coco1997 is right - it does specify a location. And I can't break a rule that I've actively enforced in the past, sorry. It is a bit too long and doesn't leave CT, dinovelvet and others room to manuevere when fleshing out the plotline in future - but it's handy to have to refer back to and the stunt sequence itself does seem to be popular. Here's what I'm going to do - keep the sequence, remove the location and insist it must be set wherever the PTS location is deemed to be, and allow CT and others to make whatever modifications to the scene they deem necessary for it to fit in with the ongoing plot of the film.

So, we've now had, participating - myself, Mr Big, QOS007, Captain Tightpants, dinovelvet, coco1997, tdalton, connerystoupee1983. That's eight.

I saw you had done what you needed, or needed to fit the game, editing wise, I would have soon as I got on. Haha. I DID just go back and do a little judicious re-working of my big spiel to fit a bit better with the rules AND people's thoughts. Yes, you cant please all of the people all of the time, but I did remove the location and the revelation of the Villain's identity (and a few little bits and bobs.)

In any case, sorry about the booboo yet again. I'll try to stay in the rules next time. As far as the initial mishap goes I'm a write down what spews out kinda guy. AND just in a mild bit of defense for it's length and semi-complexity, the opener of Goldeneye was rather expansive and did introduce a large number of elements that impacted the plot later, including the villain's identity. YES, he was "killed", but still.

That aside though, it's just how I write and didn't mean to step on toes. Will try to stay in perameters next go round. If anyone feels like going back and reading the revised version, it'd be appreciated. As always, hope it's enjoyed.

Regards,
Damien

[terminus]

You're welcome, Damien. All is forgiven I think everyone has made some sort of mistake - this is a learning process for all of us, including myself. Am glad you've not been put off taking part and I, for one, look forward to seeing what you bring to the fold when it moves onto second picks.

[Mr. Blofeld]

Hey, just wanted to come back in and say that my PTS idea wasn't going to be as "risque" as you all would've thought; it's sort of an homage to a similar scene in Eastern Promises, with Viggo Mortensen naked in a fight in a steamroom. I didn't get enough time to flesh it out fully (my computer shuts itself off at random times), but it'd be almost like the Goldfinger PTS fight backwards -- instead of ending in the tub, they start from the tub, etc. I also wanted it to lead off right from the end of the last Ultimate Bond, The Property of a Lady; it would've recapped a few lines of dialogue, but right as Yvonne and Bond dip under the water, BAM.

I've talked with ConnerysToupee about this, and he said he's willing to have it moved up to be the first main action sequence of the film; as such, I'll flesh my scene out a bit more as a resubmission, and I hope terminus and the rest of the gang accepts it:

The gunbarrel opens on a long shot of the island of Taiwan, then cuts to a luxurious suite in the Grand Hotel in Taipei -- a marble bathtub overflows with bubbles that run across the floor and soak into an already sodden carpet. M is on the phone to Bond who stands in the nearby bedroom, wearing just a terrycloth bathrobe. As Bond slips the Walther into the pocket of the bathrobe, he listens to a rather well-chuffed M, who is very pleased at the uncovering of the plot to bankrupt the country. British Intelligence have brought Faust into imprisonment, and the PM sends his highest thanks to the secret agent and the corporate spy -- and wants to convey these thanks in person. Bond tells M that his datebook is full for the next couple of days, but can he possibly fit the Prime Minister in Wednesday next? M frowns as Bond hangs up -- and slips into the luxurious bubbles, now tastefully naked as he joins Yvonne.

YVONNE: "Who was that?"
BOND: "M; he wants me to bring you in."
YVONNE: "...and in the meantime?"
BOND: "Oh, just that I ought to take down your particulars..."

Bond leans in for a kiss as the pair descend beneath the horizon of bubbles --

BOND: (faintly) "...and what fine particulars they are."

A delicate feminine laugh trickles up from Yvonne, ending in a traditional "Oh, James"... but, suddenly, a hard pair of hands reaches down and forces Bond's head under the water! Yvonne's head pops up from under the bubbles, and she screams in horror, grabbing Bond's terrycloth bathrobe to wrap around herself as she backs out of the water. 007 struggles within the tub, but finally holds his breath and bites the wrist of one of the hands -- the owner of said hands screams faintly from above the water, and he lets go.

Bond erupts from the bath, ready to face his attacker -- Murik. He has survived Faust's attempts to kill him, and now wants revenge on 007 -- but is momentarily distracted by Bond's nakedness. Bond uses this to his advantage; as Murik stands in shock, muttering, "Really?", 007 lunges at Murik's side, hitting him near the vagus nerve... but not close enough to keep him down. Murik grabs Bond between his neck and shoulder, and forces him back into the luxury suite mirror; the pair knock over various toiletry supplies and beauty products from the sinktop as Murik pushes Bond against the wall. Finally, Murik has Bond's head against a cupboard, but 007 desperately boxes at Murik's ears, until he scores a direct hit on the third jab and disorients Murik, and he involuntarily lets go of Bond.

We hear the ringing in Murik's ears as he stumbles back towards the tub, groaning in pain and holding his head. Bond wings an elbow at Murik's jaw, but Murik is not finished yet; he aims a well-placed jab directly at Bond's hip socket. Another kick at the thigh, and Bond is on the floor, immobilized. Finally, it seems as though Murik has 007 at his mercy, but then a shot rings out. Murik clutches his chest in shock, looking to the shooter -- an equally shocked Yvonne, clad in Bond's terrycloth bathrobe and holding his gun. She fires another shot into Murik, who releases his last breath, wobbles, and collapses headfirst into the bubble bath with a loud splash.

Yvonne sighs in relief, sliding the gun across the floor to Bond, who picks it up. He somewhat painfully rises to his feet, and limps over to the lip of the tub. Yvonne explains:

YVONNE: "I found it in the pocket of your robe."
BOND: "Well... a very good thing it was loaded, wasn't it?"

Yvonne chuckles, and Bond ejects the spent casing from the gun; it slows to a crawl as it falls to the floor, the surroundings go black, and we start titles...

[terminus]

I'm happy to accept the resubmission - as it is a nice little scene, a bit like the opening of Moonraker. "This Bond begins where all other Bonds finish ..." or something like that, eh. I did intend Murik to be dead, but he could turn up, hideously scarred and out for revenge.

The only issue would be that, again - it specifies a location. However - there is one way I can see round this. As taking the PTS as you have described, it would put us up to ten participants - and allow everyone to have a second turn in the game. I am willing to make an exception to the specification of the location in the PTS - if you forego your second turn (as we could classify the location of Taipei as your first choice, the stunt as the second).

I think that ought to keep everyone happy and retain the PTS as you've suggested.



So, we've now had, participating - myself (x2), Mr Big, QOS007, Captain Tightpants, dinovelvet, coco1997, tdalton, connerystoupee1983, ianfleming23 and Mr Blofeld (x2). That's our ten - so our second turns can begin now and any newcomers can just throw their choices into the mix too.


CAST

1 Bond - Daniel Craig
2 Bond Girl 1 (Main ie Vesper/Camille): Yvonne Strahovski as Mary Goodnight
3 Bond Girl 2 (Minor ie Solange/Fields): Emmanuelle Chriqui as Caesura Scarlett
4 Bond Girl 3 (Background Girl): Ludivine Sagnier as Dana Krause (Wilhelm's wife/ Villainess)
5 Henchman:
6 Henchman 2: Omahyra Mota as Clarisse
7 Villain: Michael Nyqvist as Wilhelm Krause, German construction magnate with an interest in chessboxing
8 M - Timothy Dalton
9 Miss Moneypenny - Emily Blunt
10 Ally 1: Andy Lau as Jiang Yimou, Bonds opposite number in Chinese Intelligence with a skill set comparable to Double-Oh Seven. He's a loyal supporter of Beijing and he forms a firm friendship with his 'decadent capitalist' opposite, if you're looking for a comparison to an established character for Jiang Yimou, consider him a Chinese version of Felix Leiter.

LOCATIONS

11 Pre-Titles Location: Taipei, Taiwan
12 Location 1:
13 Location 2:
14 Location 3:
15 Location 4:
16 Location 5:

KEY PLOT POINTS

17 Villain's Plot: After discovering that a shift in tectonic plates could cause a land bridge to form between China and Taiwan, the villain, in league with rogue Chinese factions, plans to raise this land bridge and allow an invasion of Taiwan by communist forces.

See HERE for elaboration on the plot as stated above.


18 Pre-Title Sequence Action Sequence/Stunt: The gunbarrel opens on a long shot of the island of Taiwan, then cuts to a luxurious suite in the Grand Hotel in Taipei -- a marble bathtub overflows with bubbles that run across the floor and soak into an already sodden carpet. M is on the phone to Bond who stands in the nearby bedroom, wearing just a terrycloth bathrobe. As Bond slips the Walther into the pocket of the bathrobe, he listens to a rather well-chuffed M, who is very pleased at the uncovering of the plot to bankrupt the country. British Intelligence have brought Faust into imprisonment, and the PM sends his highest thanks to the secret agent and the corporate spy -- and wants to convey these thanks in person. Bond tells M that his datebook is full for the next couple of days, but can he possibly fit the Prime Minister in Wednesday next? M frowns as Bond hangs up -- and slips into the luxurious bubbles, now tastefully naked as he joins Yvonne.

YVONNE: "Who was that?"
BOND: "M; he wants me to bring you in."
YVONNE: "...and in the meantime?"
BOND: "Oh, just that I ought to take down your particulars..."

Bond leans in for a kiss as the pair descend beneath the horizon of bubbles --

BOND: (faintly) "...and what fine particulars they are."

A delicate feminine laugh trickles up from Yvonne, ending in a traditional "Oh, James"... but, suddenly, a hard pair of hands reaches down and forces Bond's head under the water! Yvonne's head pops up from under the bubbles, and she screams in horror, grabbing Bond's terrycloth bathrobe to wrap around herself as she backs out of the water. 007 struggles within the tub, but finally holds his breath and bites the wrist of one of the hands -- the owner of said hands screams faintly from above the water, and he lets go.

Bond erupts from the bath, ready to face his attacker -- Murik. He has survived Faust's attempts to kill him, and now wants revenge on 007 -- but is momentarily distracted by Bond's nakedness. Bond uses this to his advantage; as Murik stands in shock, muttering, "Really?", 007 lunges at Murik's side, hitting him near the vagus nerve... but not close enough to keep him down. Murik grabs Bond between his neck and shoulder, and forces him back into the luxury suite mirror; the pair knock over various toiletry supplies and beauty products from the sinktop as Murik pushes Bond against the wall. Finally, Murik has Bond's head against a cupboard, but 007 desperately boxes at Murik's ears, until he scores a direct hit on the third jab and disorients Murik, and he involuntarily lets go of Bond.

We hear the ringing in Murik's ears as he stumbles back towards the tub, groaning in pain and holding his head. Bond wings an elbow at Murik's jaw, but Murik is not finished yet; he aims a well-placed jab directly at Bond's hip socket. Another kick at the thigh, and Bond is on the floor, immobilized. Finally, it seems as though Murik has 007 at his mercy, but then a shot rings out. Murik clutches his chest in shock, looking to the shooter -- an equally shocked Yvonne, clad in Bond's terrycloth bathrobe and holding his gun. She fires another shot into Murik, who releases his last breath, wobbles, and collapses headfirst into the bubble bath with a loud splash.

Yvonne sighs in relief, sliding the gun across the floor to Bond, who picks it up. He somewhat painfully rises to his feet, and limps over to the lip of the tub. Yvonne explains:

YVONNE: "I found it in the pocket of your robe."
BOND: "Well... a very good thing it was loaded, wasn't it?"

Yvonne chuckles, and Bond ejects the spent casing from the gun; it slows to a crawl as it falls to the floor, the surroundings go black, and we start titles...


19 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 1: Bond is to protect M and other government delegates at a meeting at an energy plant, but henchmen plan to blow the plant up whilst escaping on a train. Bond climbs onboard the train to stop them, but fails - the delegates survive but the plan and the surrounding area are blown up and the villains, with ties to Krause and/or Quantum, escape. Bond survives the sequence by the skin of his teeth.

See HERE for the original fleshed out proposal for the PTS.
20 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 2:
21 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 3:
22 Finale Action Sequence/Stunt:

STUFF

23 Bond's Car (inc. car gadgets): Aston Martin One-77
24 Gadget 1:
25 Gadget 2:
26 Gadget 3:

PRODUCTION

27 Director:
28 Writer: Tim Minear
29 Music By:
30 Theme Tune Sung By:
31 Theme Tune Written By:
32 Title Sequence Designed By:
33 Title Sequence Description (whether it's like another sequence, or if you can describe it - or point to a video that it'd be like):

[dinovelvet]

My second pick:

20 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 2:
21 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 3:

(This can be used as action scene 2 or 3 as necessary)

Bond gets a tip/clue to investigate one of Krause's construction sites. He sneaks onto it at night (possibly with one of the girls in tow if necessary), but soon discovers it's a trap. An electrified fence keeps him boxed in as two henchmen operating huge wrecking ball cranes attempt to crush him. Bond dodges and evades them by using half-finished structures as cover, and the henchmen step it up by just smashing into everything to try and bury Bond under tons of rubble.

[terminus]

Me likey. Are you sure you've no preference as to it coming as the second or third action/stunt sequence?

[dinovelvet]

Me likey. Are you sure you've no preference as to it coming as the second or third action/stunt sequence?

We can put it as #3 I guess, but I'm open to having it moved earlier if the plot requires it. Depending on what we're doing with the train sequence and revealing Krause as the villain, Bond should know that Krause is the villain at this point, and obviously should have provoked Krause enough so that he wants to kill him.

[terminus]

Cool. I've slotted it in as #3, just for when people copy and paste the proforma, they don't miss it, with the elaborations as you've described them above.

So, we've now had, participating - myself (x2), Mr Big, QOS007, Captain Tightpants, dinovelvet (x2), coco1997, tdalton, connerystoupee1983, ianfleming23 and Mr Blofeld (x2). That's thirteen fields filled in - we're on our second turns and any newcomers can just throw their choices into the mix too.


CAST

1 Bond - Daniel Craig
2 Bond Girl 1 (Main ie Vesper/Camille): Yvonne Strahovski as Mary Goodnight
3 Bond Girl 2 (Minor ie Solange/Fields): Emmanuelle Chriqui as Caesura Scarlett
4 Bond Girl 3 (Background Girl): Ludivine Sagnier as Dana Krause (Wilhelm's wife/ Villainess)
5 Henchman:
6 Henchman 2: Omahyra Mota as Clarisse
7 Villain: Michael Nyqvist as Wilhelm Krause, German construction magnate with an interest in chessboxing
8 M - Timothy Dalton
9 Miss Moneypenny - Emily Blunt
10 Ally 1: Andy Lau as Jiang Yimou, Bonds opposite number in Chinese Intelligence with a skill set comparable to Double-Oh Seven. He's a loyal supporter of Beijing and he forms a firm friendship with his 'decadent capitalist' opposite, if you're looking for a comparison to an established character for Jiang Yimou, consider him a Chinese version of Felix Leiter.

LOCATIONS

11 Pre-Titles Location: Taipei, Taiwan
12 Location 1:
13 Location 2:
14 Location 3:
15 Location 4:
16 Location 5:

KEY PLOT POINTS

17 Villain's Plot: After discovering that a shift in tectonic plates could cause a land bridge to form between China and Taiwan, the villain, in league with rogue Chinese factions, plans to raise this land bridge and allow an invasion of Taiwan by communist forces.

See HERE for elaboration on the plot as stated above.


18 Pre-Title Sequence Action Sequence/Stunt: The gunbarrel opens on a long shot of the island of Taiwan, then cuts to a luxurious suite in the Grand Hotel in Taipei -- a marble bathtub overflows with bubbles that run across the floor and soak into an already sodden carpet. M is on the phone to Bond who stands in the nearby bedroom, wearing just a terrycloth bathrobe. As Bond slips the Walther into the pocket of the bathrobe, he listens to a rather well-chuffed M, who is very pleased at the uncovering of the plot to bankrupt the country. British Intelligence have brought Faust into imprisonment, and the PM sends his highest thanks to the secret agent and the corporate spy -- and wants to convey these thanks in person. Bond tells M that his datebook is full for the next couple of days, but can he possibly fit the Prime Minister in Wednesday next? M frowns as Bond hangs up -- and slips into the luxurious bubbles, now tastefully naked as he joins Yvonne.

YVONNE: "Who was that?"
BOND: "M; he wants me to bring you in."
YVONNE: "...and in the meantime?"
BOND: "Oh, just that I ought to take down your particulars..."

Bond leans in for a kiss as the pair descend beneath the horizon of bubbles --

BOND: (faintly) "...and what fine particulars they are."

A delicate feminine laugh trickles up from Yvonne, ending in a traditional "Oh, James"... but, suddenly, a hard pair of hands reaches down and forces Bond's head under the water! Yvonne's head pops up from under the bubbles, and she screams in horror, grabbing Bond's terrycloth bathrobe to wrap around herself as she backs out of the water. 007 struggles within the tub, but finally holds his breath and bites the wrist of one of the hands -- the owner of said hands screams faintly from above the water, and he lets go.

Bond erupts from the bath, ready to face his attacker -- Murik. He has survived Faust's attempts to kill him, and now wants revenge on 007 -- but is momentarily distracted by Bond's nakedness. Bond uses this to his advantage; as Murik stands in shock, muttering, "Really?", 007 lunges at Murik's side, hitting him near the vagus nerve... but not close enough to keep him down. Murik grabs Bond between his neck and shoulder, and forces him back into the luxury suite mirror; the pair knock over various toiletry supplies and beauty products from the sinktop as Murik pushes Bond against the wall. Finally, Murik has Bond's head against a cupboard, but 007 desperately boxes at Murik's ears, until he scores a direct hit on the third jab and disorients Murik, and he involuntarily lets go of Bond.

We hear the ringing in Murik's ears as he stumbles back towards the tub, groaning in pain and holding his head. Bond wings an elbow at Murik's jaw, but Murik is not finished yet; he aims a well-placed jab directly at Bond's hip socket. Another kick at the thigh, and Bond is on the floor, immobilized. Finally, it seems as though Murik has 007 at his mercy, but then a shot rings out. Murik clutches his chest in shock, looking to the shooter -- an equally shocked Yvonne, clad in Bond's terrycloth bathrobe and holding his gun. She fires another shot into Murik, who releases his last breath, wobbles, and collapses headfirst into the bubble bath with a loud splash.

Yvonne sighs in relief, sliding the gun across the floor to Bond, who picks it up. He somewhat painfully rises to his feet, and limps over to the lip of the tub. Yvonne explains:

YVONNE: "I found it in the pocket of your robe."
BOND: "Well... a very good thing it was loaded, wasn't it?"

Yvonne chuckles, and Bond ejects the spent casing from the gun; it slows to a crawl as it falls to the floor, the surroundings go black, and we start titles...


19 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 1: Bond is to protect M and other government delegates at a meeting at an energy plant, but henchmen plan to blow the plant up whilst escaping on a train. Bond climbs onboard the train to stop them, but fails - the delegates survive but the plan and the surrounding area are blown up and the villains, with ties to Krause and/or Quantum, escape. Bond survives the sequence by the skin of his teeth.

See HERE for the original fleshed out proposal for the PTS.
20 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 2:
21 Major Action Sequence/Stunt 3: (this could be swapped in position with Action Sequence/Stunt #2 if it is needed) Bond gets a tip/clue to investigate one of Krause's construction sites. He sneaks onto it at night (possibly with one of the girls in tow if necessary), but soon discovers it's a trap. An electrified fence keeps him boxed in as two henchmen operating huge wrecking ball cranes attempt to crush him. Bond dodges and evades them by using half-finished structures as cover, and the henchmen step it up by just smashing into everything to try and bury Bond under tons of rubble.

NOTE: Bond should know Krause is the villain by this point and have pissed him off enough that Krause wants him dead.

22 Finale Action Sequence/Stunt:

STUFF

23 Bond's Car (inc. car gadgets): Aston Martin One-77
24 Gadget 1:
25 Gadget 2:
26 Gadget 3:

PRODUCTION

27 Director:
28 Writer: Tim Minear
29 Music By:
30 Theme Tune Sung By:
31 Theme Tune Written By:
32 Title Sequence Designed By:
33 Title Sequence Description (whether it's like another sequence, or if you can describe it - or point to a video that it'd be like):