Do you think a James Bond cartoon could work?
Do you think a James Bond cartoon could work?
Charles Jones
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Jaxson Howard
Wasn't there one on something like Bond Jnr or something?
Parker Barnes
No. But if he had a nephew...
Nolan Taylor
Lol I had no idea, that looks awful
Jack Adams
I think it had the potential to do one a while ago, around the Goldeneye hype, not sure it would go now, the Craig era has been too dark to try and sell a cartoon, I also don't think you could adapt the books though, too much drinking, smoking and sex.
how would you prefer it to be done, would you prefer villain of the week with Bond going off to different locals and taking down a different bad guy ever episode or with one long story? maybe be more like Spider-Man TAS and have several storylines that are several episodes each.
John Kelly
It was better than other adaptations
Thomas Peterson
He's too sexist for my taste desu
Ian Moore
It was just a delivery vehicle for toys
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It was spun off from an actual book trying to cash in with kids on the Bond concept. No one knows who the writer was but his pen name was great: R. D. Mascott.
John Kelly
so Archer but played straight.
Bentley Adams
It would be difficult to pull off you'd need to strike the right tone, i.e. not at all influenced by the Moore flicks at all lest it become venture bros/archer-esque. The pre-2010 Warner Animation art style works probably the best and the tone of Batman TAS - semi serious but full awareness with some pulp and hand to hand action - would strike a correct balance. If you end up going the BATB route despite me liking it you end up with the Archer problem.
Ayden Martinez
I was picturing a very cartoonish serialized villain of the week type of show with Bond almost being like a bugs bunny type trickster kind of subtly winking at the audience with innuendos about sex and drinking, leaning into the camp of Moore era Bond movies, maybe have Jaws as his full time sidekick.
Eli Rogers
Kys
Kevin Martin
An anthology series would be neat. Each episode in a different style to reflect the different types of Bond.
Grayson Hughes
Fucking millenials and zoomers...didnt know what are they talking about
Luis Martin
*ahem*
Cooper Cruz
This is a good post, deserving of its trips. Yeah, Archer has already done "campy Bond." The only way forward would be not-campy Bond. Or, rather, Bond that's self-aware about its campiness but is also still quite grim and serious. I like the comparison to BTAS. BTAS and the Burton movies did a "culture shift" for Batman. Everybody had been so used to the campy Adam West Batman that the movies and the cartoon changed public perception of Batman.
This is actually kind of what the Craig movies have done to Bond. So a cartoon, a somewhat adult cartoon, in the style of the Craig or Connery movies could work.
Andrew Moore
Xavier Moore
Maybe in the early 90’s when animation studios would takes risks on any property. It would’ve run for a season and a half on Fox Kids wedged between Batman and Powerrsngets. But now I could never see it getting on a mainstream channel.
Brayden Thompson
Doing a semi episodic Connery style Bond series with an overarching story about uncovering Spectre machinations might be the way.
Leo Myers
Just out of curiosity, who are your favorite Bond villains?
For the SPECTRE cabal of villains, Dr. No is the archetype for me, the Mao Suit, deformities and secret Island base with a post modern apartment built into it.
For non SPECTRE villains it's Scaramanga from Man with the Golden Gun, the carnie assassin
Grayson Hall
Maybe they could make a chibi style Bond show
Logan Cooper
Of course it could.
Aaron Watson
Yuck. Exactly what they have to avoid.
Alexander Lee
It's one of those so-bad-its-good cartoons.
Zachary Cooper
I have considered watching this.
Henry Anderson
I love the Moore films but that's an interesting point, it probably wouldn't have the right tone unless it went full Dalton.
Angel Ward
Scaramanga and Trevelyan for me, though a lot of that is admittedly because Christopher Lee and Sean Bean are amazing actors
Zachary Bell
Bob Morane, motherfucker
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Jack Perry
It's cliche, but Bloefeld is the most iconic villain of modern fiction
Brody Evans
Nah definitely Connery
Jackson Williams
but Blofeld is just Fritz Haber
Elijah Baker
I would've loved the idea of a James Bond: Brave and Bold cartoon where he crossovers with different superheroes from fiction (kinda like the New Scooby-Doo movies) and embracing Roger Moore era wackiness.
Episodes where James Bond would crossover with Shaft, Maxwell Smart, Batman, etc
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