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[FutureJamesBond]

I would be okay with it if the producers were VERY VERY CAREFUL about it. A film would be bad if you could tell "oh, this must be based on ____." If they made it look unfamiliar, then I believe a remake of, say, YOLT would be good.

[Shaun Forever]

The majority of the films are fine as they are, wouldn't want to see any remade, not even the weaker ones.

[L4YRCAKE]

Define faithful adaption. Is it a period piece, narrated so we can understand what characters or thinking etc. I guess I would be against it, what would be the point of it now. I wouldn't mind if the next time we have to wait 4 years for another Bond film if they did a tv mini series of all the novels. But who would play Bond? I can't imagine the producers doing anything unless it makes millions a billion of dollars.

 

My definition of a faithful adaptation of the Fleming books are the films From Russia With Love, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and Craig's Casino Royale.  True to the basic plot points, true emotionally to the books and to the character(s), embellished without the core gone.  Goldfinger, Live And Let Die, and The Man With The Golden Gun, while some of my favorite Bonds ever, deviate significantly from the books and I think in those instances work, but the same formula applied to Diamonds Are Forever, You Only Live Twice, or Moonraker and it sets a trend that eventually requires the Bond franchise to be taken back to the shop for an overhaul in a way that puts the series at risk.  

[Safari Suit]

I think if it were going to happen it would have two films back

[Walecs]

Define faithful adaption. Is it a period piece, narrated so we can understand what characters or thinking etc. I guess I would be against it, what would be the point of it now. I wouldn't mind if the next time we have to wait 4 years for another Bond film if they did a tv mini series of all the novels. But who would play Bond? I can't imagine the producers doing anything unless it makes millions a billion of dollars.

 

My definition of a faithful adaptation of the Fleming books are the films From Russia With Love, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and Craig's Casino Royale.  True to the basic plot points, true emotionally to the books and to the character(s), embellished without the core gone.  Goldfinger, Live And Let Die, and The Man With The Golden Gun, while some of my favorite Bonds ever, deviate significantly from the books and I think in those instances work, but the same formula applied to Diamonds Are Forever, You Only Live Twice, or Moonraker and it sets a trend that eventually requires the Bond franchise to be taken back to the shop for an overhaul in a way that puts the series at risk.  

 

I 100% agree to this.

 

 

Also, I'm still waiting for the octopus fight in Dr. No to be movie adapted.

[Professor Pi]

Never Say Thunderball Again!

[007jamesbond]

Moonraker can't have a faithful adaption as it already used certain elements in three different movies.......only thing not use is the Bond girl and Blade card game with the villain. YOLT novel and start of TMWTGG can still be used since they are completely different from the movie.......Garden of death, brainwash of Bond to kill M. I don't see it happen but maybe something similar that have Bond go to the castle to stop the villain