Why they dont use ex-colonial countries in 007 movies ?
#1
Posted 14 November 2012 - 01:10 PM
#2
Posted 14 November 2012 - 03:01 PM
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Posted 14 November 2012 - 03:22 PM
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Posted 14 November 2012 - 07:57 PM
#5
Posted 15 November 2012 - 02:15 AM
It's odd Australia hasn't been used especially since one Bond actor is Australian. Bond was supposed to be sent to Canada in TB, before he convinced M to send him to the Bahamas. However in the books, Australia was used by Benson in Zero Minus Ten and South Africa was used in Carte Blanche. I think it was also supposed to be used in Per Fine Ounce, but we may never know on that one. I never read much of Gardner's books, did he send Bond to Canada ever?
Gardner had Bond briefly visit Vancouver at the start of Brokenclaw. Fleming certainly had Bond in Canada on a couple of occasions.
#6
Posted 15 November 2012 - 05:39 AM
In Weinberg's The Moneypenny Diaries, Moneypenny was born and raised in colonial Africa, and Uganda appears briefly in CR.
#7
Posted 15 November 2012 - 08:03 AM
YOLT, TMWTGG & DAD were both set for a short while in Hong Kong, a Crown Territory at the time. Octopussy, 1983, filmed in what was at one time "the jewel in the crown" of the British Empire, India. 1987 - Gibraltar for the TLD pre title credits - still a Crown colony in spite of Spain's protestations. Then back to The Bahamas in 2006 for CR.
I wouldn't mind seeing Bond in any of the countries/territories mentioned in the first post here, particularly Canada. But it's not true to say that Bond hasn't been filmed in or been set in ex-British colonies, or even existing ones.
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Posted 15 November 2012 - 08:12 AM
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Posted 15 November 2012 - 01:48 PM
#10
Posted 15 November 2012 - 01:48 PM
Too safe basically.Not much in the way of international intrigue and danger in Australia or Canada.
It's all in what the villains bring to those places. Quantum was interested in Canada, so there may be a thread to exploit there.
#11
Posted 18 November 2012 - 04:53 AM
Fleming used places he had been: Istanbul, Jamaica and the Bahamas, Japan, and numerous locations in the US and Europe.
The films have expanded beyond this, but Fleming's choices certainly affected the direction of the movies in this way.
#12
Posted 19 November 2012 - 08:46 PM
Agreed. It's hard to see how they'd work them into the story, but you never know. Being Canadian, I certainly wouldn't object to Mr. Bond having a visit here.Too safe basically.Not much in the way of international intrigue and danger in Australia or Canada.
#13
Posted 19 November 2012 - 10:29 PM