Classic Bond Forum

007 Roger Moore · Post by **007 Roger Moore** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:58 pm

I´m sad that John Cleese´s Q-career enden so quickly. I think he was great, actually.

Moore · Post by **Moore** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:40 pm

He was good. Of course nobody can equal great Desmond, but Cleese wasn't much worse.

James1090 · Post by **James1090** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:21 pm

You know I have always wondered how John Cleese would have been as the new Q. to bad we will never know. If you think about it it could have worked a reboot=a new Q.

james stock · Post by **james stock** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:36 pm

James1090 wrote:You know I have always wondered how John Cleese would have been as the new Q. to bad we will never know. If you think about it it could have worked a reboot=a new Q.

its too bad that Q has been binned, his apperence was always one of the highlights in a Bond film and i find it unpardonable that they tossed the character away.

Just seen Danny boys delivery of Bond James Bond on a T.V advert. The casting director should be shot!!

a famous line delivered in the most wooden way possible

sorry guys in a bit of bad mood long day at work

Gary Seven · Post by **Gary Seven** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:19 pm

Q will return along with other elements as people tire of the current direction.

Eon always have the classic Bond to fall back on.

james stock · Post by **james stock** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:23 pm

Gary Seven wrote:Q will return along with other elements as people tire of the current direction.

Eon always have the classic Bond to fall back on.

I hope you are right Gary, what did you dislike about Royale?

Jedi007 · Post by **Jedi007** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:49 am

Who do you think would make the next good Q?

Post by **Dr. No** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:33 am

Gary Seven wrote:Q will return along with other elements as people tire of the current direction.

Eon always have the classic Bond to fall back on.

Will it matter if the magic is gone?
it's been scrapped. How hard will it be to get that magic going again? It all sort fell in place in the 60's and continued to work through 2002.

I can't think of one actor who could play Q young or pld

James1090 · Post by **James1090** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:38 am

The only logical choice in my opinion is John Cleese. He might have been from the Brosnan era but so was Judi Dench. He could have played a new Q since it was a reboot, giving Q a new start. Also I think Cleese is still under contract.

Post by **Dr. No** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:40 am

James1090 wrote:The only logical choice in my opinion is John Cleese. He might have been from the Brosnan era but so was Judi Dench. He could have played a new Q since it was a reboot, giving Q a new start. Also I think Cleese is still under contract.

under contract???

I agree Cleese would be the logical choice to go back to. Maybe capturing the magic again.

Jedi007 · Post by **Jedi007** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:27 am

Dr. No wrote:
James1090 wrote:The only logical choice in my opinion is John Cleese. He might have been from the Brosnan era but so was Judi Dench. He could have played a new Q since it was a reboot, giving Q a new start. Also I think Cleese is still under contract.
under contract???

I agree Cleese would be the logical choice to go back to. Maybe capturing the magic again.

It would be able to bring the magic back IF Craig would be able to do the Q scene with JC wonderfully, meaning the scene required Bond to do something funny to Q, which IMO Craig lacks.

James1090 · Post by **James1090** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:02 pm

Dr. No wrote:
James1090 wrote:The only logical choice in my opinion is John Cleese. He might have been from the Brosnan era but so was Judi Dench. He could have played a new Q since it was a reboot, giving Q a new start. Also I think Cleese is still under contract.
under contract???

I agree Cleese would be the logical choice to go back to. Maybe capturing the magic again.

Yeah John Cleese's contract hasn't run out. He still had a contract with EON even though he wasn't in the movie. Basically he gets paid to do nothing.

Post by **Dr. No** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:13 am

Ok. Is it like picture deal where he's it for 3 pictures or is it for a numbers of years?

James1090 · Post by **James1090** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:43 am

Dr. No wrote:Ok. Is it like picture deal where he's it for 3 pictures or is it for a numbers of years?

It was a film deal.

Robert Stirling · Post by **Robert Stirling** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:30 pm

You are absolutely right. Cleese was great successor of unforgettable Desmond Llewelyn. And the way he was introduced to the series... That was the proper way to make changes in something as classic as Bond franchise - evolution, not this ridiculous reboot.

James1090 · Post by **James1090** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:17 am

Robert Stirling wrote:You are absolutely right. Cleese was great successor of unforgettable Desmond Llewelyn. And the way he was introduced to the series... That was the proper way to make changes in something as classic as Bond franchise - evolution, not this ridiculous reboot.

I agree I didn't like the idea of a reboot either. I always think that now they can either remake old bond movies since they technically happened and can use old stories.