Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 14:01:43 GMT -5
On that note, it's why I liked the Bond films prior to Daniel Craig (isn't Craig's Bond a prequel?).
I like that when Licence To Kill was released in 1989, and Bond went rogue, I was watching the same 007 who had battled the likes of Goldfinger, Kananga, etc.
Yes, the actors were different. But that didn't matter. They did link back to earlier films. It was George Lazenby's Bond that married Tracy, but the marriage was mentioned in Roger Moore's The Spy Who Loved Me and Timothy Dalton's Licence To Kill. In one of the Pierce Brosnan films, whilst being shown around the laboratory by R, he notices some gadgets that we saw in earlier films. Five actors had played the role at that point, but it was the same Bond.
The role of Felix Leiter wasn't always consistent, but I like how David Hedison, who first played Felix in 1973's Live and Let Die, reprised the role in 1989's Licence To Kill. It provided a reassuring "comfort zone" for me as a viewer. Although it was Dalton acting with Hedison in 1989, there was that link due to Hedison's earlier appearance.
They didn't have to spend lots of screentime linking back. Seven or so seconds is all it took for Bond's marriage to be mentioned in Licence To Kill. Seven seconds or so isn't a lot of screentime. But like with Supes' mention of Muhammad Ali in the DC Comics Presents issue, it was more than enough to provide a nice link to what had came before.
I like that when Licence To Kill was released in 1989, and Bond went rogue, I was watching the same 007 who had battled the likes of Goldfinger, Kananga, etc.
Yes, the actors were different. But that didn't matter. They did link back to earlier films. It was George Lazenby's Bond that married Tracy, but the marriage was mentioned in Roger Moore's The Spy Who Loved Me and Timothy Dalton's Licence To Kill. In one of the Pierce Brosnan films, whilst being shown around the laboratory by R, he notices some gadgets that we saw in earlier films. Five actors had played the role at that point, but it was the same Bond.
The role of Felix Leiter wasn't always consistent, but I like how David Hedison, who first played Felix in 1973's Live and Let Die, reprised the role in 1989's Licence To Kill. It provided a reassuring "comfort zone" for me as a viewer. Although it was Dalton acting with Hedison in 1989, there was that link due to Hedison's earlier appearance.
They didn't have to spend lots of screentime linking back. Seven or so seconds is all it took for Bond's marriage to be mentioned in Licence To Kill. Seven seconds or so isn't a lot of screentime. But like with Supes' mention of Muhammad Ali in the DC Comics Presents issue, it was more than enough to provide a nice link to what had came before.
