Bring back John Cleese as Q!

[Agentsands77]

The most far fetched gadget should be a laser watch.

That's too far-fetched for Craig, if you ask me. It's a cool enough gadget, mind you, but it is still pretty darn outlandish.

 

[Sebastos]

John Cleese is a less of a serious actor. "R" was kinda stupid and had no idea what he was doing half the time. "Q" is smarter. If John Cleese comes back as "Q" then people will get confused and say "so, wait.... is he "Q" or "R"? They should get a new actor to play Q. And I want the gadgets to be realistic. NO invisible cars, no rappel guns, etc. The most far fetched gadget should be a laser watch.

Nighly for the win.

 

[xwolverine2]

nighy or ian mckellen...

 

[Sebastos]

nighy or ian mckellen...

Never thought of Ian, that's another good choice for the role.

 

[Everyman]

Never thought of Ian, that's another good choice for the role.

Too famous and expensive now to play such a role. Maybe, maybe he could play M. But then again, he is too famous. I think if they reuse Q again, it will be played by the moustache guy in CR, and very differently than Llewellyn and John Cleese played him. Good, because you cannot replace Llewellyn and Cleese played the character as a joke.

 

[SpyderDan]

No one will ever replace Desmond. What's the point of bringing Q back?

 

[Mr Jide]

The point is, "Q" who is actually major boothroyd (sp?) was the head of Q branch. This branch should still exist and somebody obviously would have to be in charge of it. I dont need to see juvenile jokes/gags with Bond/Q. Something funny but not ott is fine, hell, it doesn't even have to be funny but hey, its Bond, the guy has a playful side.

 

[Bruce_Wayne29]

I definitly want him back !

 

[Clouseau]

i think Cleese did a decent enough job as the new Q, but the latest rumors i've seen are that now he's replacing Kevin Kline as Chief Inspector Dreyfus in the new Pink Panther movie that starts filming later this month... if this is true, then i'd say his chances of returning as Q are a little slimmer, since i can't see MGM wanting him to have important roles in two of their "tent pole" franchises at the same time...

 

[Spike_x1]

Bond being gritty has nothing to do with why I do or do not want Q as a character.

My key issue with the character returning is that Desmond Llewellyn is dead, and hence the point of featuring the character is now gone. Llewellyn was Q, and it was nice to see him show up in each film... a reminder that this series has a history. But now he's passed away, and the character doesn't serve that function as a nostalgic connector anymore.


But Q Branch isn't important. It doesn't add that much fun (beyond a few groan-worthy lines of dialogue and some sight gags). And now, with gadgets taking a back seat, it's even more natural that we don't get Q Branch appearances.

Now, this isn't to say that I'd be entirely opposed to Q returning in one form or another. But I'd go back to Fleming. Call him Major Boothroyd of Q Branch, not "Q." And make him the armourer, not gadget-meister. Also, a change of personality is in order. Llewellyn did the grumpy guy, and nobody can do that better... so how about a man who lives vicariously through Bond? And make him in his 40s or 50s, as HR-PUFF&STUFF suggests.


Really? I don't think so. Most people still admit that the early Connery days were classic films of great ingenuity. But it's hardly wrong to start criticizing where the franchise went after 1969.

The franchise moved into autopilot mode, where the films became more of a set of ingredients than actual stories, and while there are exceptions, but for various reasons they weren't quite up to the high standard of years past, and even they were tied back by formula (Q's appearance in LICENCE TO KILL feels wholly inappropriate, given what the film is going for).

This is not to say the films aren't fun. I enjoy MOONRAKER and OCTOPUSSY a lot. But that doesn't mean they were great, or that what we got in CASINO ROYALE wasn't an improvement. It's possible to say, "I enjoyed what came before, but CASINO ROYALE was a step forward."

:heart:

 

[Speedball]

Bring on Bill Nighy as Q!

He would be perfect as Q.
As much as I like Cleese, he just wasn't right for the role. His role in Harry Potter was pretty stupid too. Everytime you see him in the first to movies, so kid HAS to scream "Look, there's Nearly Headless Nick".

 

[Sebastos]

Do you guys think Q will even be in Bond 22?

 

[Tempest19]

No. I want a Q more along the lines of the classic Bond films and Lucius Fox in Batman Begins but with more of a subtle comic timing.

"Don't touch that, that's my lunch."