Chapter 961: Easter Eggs

Regarding the plot of the funeral, Simon refers to the original version of "007: The Ghost Party", but it is only a formal reference, and the specific details are very different.

However, out of a certain bad taste, one of the original characters of this episode was retained.

Monica Bellucci.

Frankly speaking, in the original version of "007: The Ghost Party", Monica Bellucci, who is already a beauty, is not so likable, and her brief intersection with Bond is therefore awkward. Now Monica Bellucci is in her early thirties, at the height of her maturity and beauty.

Playing a pretty widow who has just lost her husband in this way is really touching people's hearts.

James Bond pretends to be the character of Lucica Scala's husband's friend played by Bellucci to attend the wedding, and later approaches Lucica and finds that the other party is in an unusual state.

As usual, the two quickly went to bed.

On the big bed, after the pleasure, Lucica directly poked it, pointing out that 007 could not be her husband's friend, and persuaded the other party to get rid of this troubled water as soon as possible and go as far as possible. From being directly identified on the big ship at the beginning of the wedge, to the concern about MI6 infiltration when talking to Mrs. M, to being easily exposed by a woman who has just lost her husband at this time, Bond feels more and more the horror of a certain large net.

Seeing that her persuasion was ineffective, Bond seemed to insist on pursuing it, and Lucica handed her husband a notebook that she had kept secretly, and urged Bond to leave as soon as possible.

Leaving Lucica's estate in his own Aston Martin, Bond on the way felt more and more inappropriate the more he thought about it.

Suddenly understood.

From the beginning of the meeting, the state that the woman showed was a kind of despair, the despair of knowing that she had little time in her life.

Frantically spun the steering wheel back to Lucica's manor, and rushed into the bedroom again, Lucica was already dead on the big bed, dressed in red, with red lips, like a delicate rose sleeping peacefully, and it seemed that she had not experienced pain before she died.

This is also a difference between the film and the original in terms of details.

In the former "007: Ghost Party", after 007 got information from Lucica played by Monica Bellucci, he was very determined to help the other party arrange a way out.

This plot is even very different from the previous 007 series.

In fact, with the different public opinion environment in the West, many details of the 007 series are changing.

In the early days, 007 was completely a playboy, who was in the midst of flowers and did not stick to the leaves. After the new century, because of the prevalence of ideas such as political correctness and feminism, the Bond girls of the 007 series are no longer the complete props they once had, and even have an unforgettable love story with James Bond.

Simon doesn't actually resent this change, but Simon can't stand the fact that the series is becoming more and more docile and procrastinating in order to accommodate political correctness.

It's like the details of Bond arranging the back road for Lucica.

According to the rendering of the film, the Ghost Party is so powerful, how could it be possible for a damn person to escape.

In fact, the entire original version of "007: The Ghost Party", in Simon's opinion, is a very poor quality, in addition to accommodating political correctness, there are also long-lasting and annoying action scenes, the opening helicopter battle and the later car chase scenes, etc., at first glance it looks very exciting, but a scene that lasts for four or five minutes repeatedly, it is not exciting at all.

In addition, the details of such a powerful villain, who was defeated by Bond in the end, are also child's play.

The superlord who controls a large global criminal network is so lonely and blocked on the streets, it is better than a gangster, even if it is a street ruffian, it is still a big gang and a big piece.

In the new story, James Bond has not had time to grieve too much about Lucica's death when a siren rings in his ears.

Bond, who had no time to escape, was arrested by the Italian police on murder charges.

This also proves Mrs. M's guess on another level.

A certain secret net involves almost everyone, whether it is black or white.

Fortunately, because of Bond's special status, after negotiations between the two parties, Bond was finally released, and at the same time he was suspended and grounded in London.

James Bond accepted punishment on the surface, lived a short ordinary life in London, but always felt that there seemed to be a lot of eyes staring at him around him, at a social party, Bond also met a strange middle-aged man, persuaded him to keep to himself, Bond sneered, the other party seemed to care, quietly disappeared.

Privately, after researching the notebook Lucica left for him, 007 cracked a new clue, and with the help of Qian Penny and Q, Bond escaped MI6's surveillance violations and left the United Kingdom, and went to Switzerland to find a psychiatrist named Madeleine Swan.

This episode is still from the original.

However, in addition to the setting, the specific details are also very different from the original.

As in the original, Madeleine Swan is also a decent Bond girl in this 007, and Simon finally chose Uma Thurman for the role.

Uma Thurman actually doesn't fit Simon's aesthetics, but in the casting process of the movie, Simon's first consideration is usually whether the role is suitable, and he has never thought of turning Hollywood into a Korean entertainment industry, all of which are the kind of face. Compared with the original Léa Seydoux, Uma Thurman, who is tall and has a mysterious and glamorous temperament, is completely in line with Simon's new setting for Madeleine Swan.

Because there will be an important easter egg in this part of the plot.

About Madeleine Swan's identity.

To put it simply, this is a former Charlie's angel, a Thunderbolt who used to work at Charlie's detective agency.

The two meet at a luxury psychiatric clinic at the top of the Alps and test each other, but neither of them can be convinced, while the villain, who has always been with Bond, soon arrives and hunts down 007 and Swan.

is different from the original drag, from escaping from the mountaintop clinic to skiing all the way down the mountain, a very crisp and neat action scene.

The mysterious female killer played by Victoria's Secret Angel Robert Chilcao, who was knocked into the sea by Bond in the opening wedge, also reappeared, and Bond, who was the captain of the female killer with his bare hands, failed to win, and Madeleine Swan stepped forward to help, showing a strong skill that surprised Bond, but the two of them joined forces and were still at a disadvantage in front of the female killer.

The female killer with a pair of innocent green eyes and temperament but a cold and bloodthirsty temperament also smoked air conditioning to play two people, claiming that to deal with themselves, they need to add another helper.

Three to one.

God said, Let there be light......

All in all, a helicopter soon appeared, jumping directly from the rope three tall, heavily armed women, all masked and carrying weapons.

There was no time to explain, handing over the female killer to the three helpers who suddenly arrived, Madeleine Swan said that she was in a hurry, and left early with Bond climbing the rope hanging from the helicopter, looking down at the camera, the three masked girls were already standing with the female killer.

For people who don't pay much attention to Hollywood, this plot seems a little abrupt.

However, viewers who pay a little attention to MGM and see the three heavily armed girls immediately think of the "Breaking Bad" series. Although there is no official teaser yet, the popularity of this series has been going on for a long time.

Unexpectedly, MGM would put such an easter egg in 007 here.

MGM has been keeping secret about plans for the Agent Cinematic Universe.

At this time, audiences with more acute intuition, when they saw this easter egg, immediately thought of one of the most frequent phrases in Hollywood over the years: the cinematic universe.

The DC Cinematic Universe and the Conjuring Cinematic Universe have both succeeded, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, even if a movie has not yet appeared, in the eyes of many people, sooner or later is a certainty, and other studios, although they have not yet created a long-term series that even competes with the Conjuring Cinematic Universe, they often deliberately rub the popularity of this term on some projects.

After all, being associated with the cinematic universe means, first of all, a high level of attention.

As for whether it will succeed in the future, we will talk about it in the future.

Now, the 007 series has been implanted with the easter egg of "Breaking Bad", and then thinking about Simon Westeros's strong retraction of the 007 series from the British Brookley family, and "Breaking Bad", which will be released at the end of the year, similar themes, different interspersed, isn't this a movie universe?

The name will not deviate too much.

Agent Cinematic Universe.

Obvious.

For this kind of discovery, many on-site reporters who attended this premiere were even more excited, but this topic, once confirmed, will be at least a hot topic for a week.

As for some other studio executives or Hollywood filmmakers, it's a mixed bag of things.

The two cinematic universes that have been formed in Hollywood have already made everyone look away, and now, if there is a third cinematic universe, and it is also a cinematic universe based on a super IP like 007, it will inevitably occupy a lot of Hollywood's various resources again.

And then. One trades off the other.

In the midst of all kinds of thoughts, the plot on the big screen continues.

Leaving the Alps and arriving in a safe house in Geneva, Madeleine Swan, who had fought side by side, reconfirmed Bond's identity and began to reveal more things to the other party.

Madeleine Swan was once a very ordinary girl, from a well-off family, and if it hadn't been for some accident, she might have lived in London, married a famous lawyer or financier, and lived the life of a stay-at-home wife.

Unfortunately, her peaceful life was shattered when she was 16 years old.

As a businessman, her father was somehow involved in a smuggling case, which led to the murder of both of Madeleine's parents, she accidentally escaped, and after the police failed to investigate the cause of her parents' death, she began a long road of solo investigation, during which Madeleine received a lot of professional agent investigation training, and also said that she had joined a secret top detective agency.

And, the three girls who just showed up to help were Madeleine's colleagues before she left.

Even if Madeleine Swan didn't mention the specific name of a detective agency, the topic was all on it, and even the most obtuse viewers had already reacted.

Charlie's Detective Agency.

Obvious.

Real hammer!

After this brief background introduction, Madeleine Swan led Bond to a secret room to show 007 the results of her investigation over the years.

The truth is despairing.

During the investigation that lasted for many years, Madeleine Swan discovered an international super criminal group that integrated a series of high-profit crimes such as drug trafficking, arms smuggling, and human trafficking, because this criminal group was too deeply hidden, and it was decisive and ruthless, and it had deep infiltration into government departments, and it ruthlessly cut down the roots of members who made mistakes or attempted to betray, so it has not been known to the outside world.

The recent drug smuggling case on a cruise ship in the English Channel, which shocked the world, is just one operation of this criminal network. Lucica Scala's husband, the nominal owner of the cruise ship, was liquidated for the failure of the operation, and Lucica herself did not survive, which is the usual style of the organization.

Moreover, according to the evidence gathered by Madeleine Swan, many well-known warlord organizations, mafias, smugglers, etc. around the world are actually only the periphery of this criminal group.

One can therefore imagine the size of this criminal group.

Starting as a little girl, after years of tracking, Madeleine Swan finally only vaguely got a name for this organization.

Ghost Party.

The totem of this organization is an octopus.

It symbolizes that the Ghost Party is like an octopus, reaching out to all aspects of this world.

Madeleine Swan also complains that she could have continued this secret investigation and finally uncovered the truth, but as a result, Bond attracted the Phantom Party to her side, and she could no longer hide it, so she could only give it a go.

In addition, in Madeleine Swan's secret room, Bond also accidentally found an old photograph of Madeleine's father, and the other was the strange middle-aged man he met at a party in London.

After reminiscing, Madeleine finally remembered.

She didn't know exactly who the man was, but she remembered that her father seemed to call him, Mr. White.

At this point in the story, two-thirds of the way through the film.

The film's ninety-minute plot is also beginning to wrap up, pointing to the final ending.

Through the analysis of a series of clues, and the pursuit all the way, the two came to Venice, the water city of Italy, again.

In the manor on a small island off the coast of Venice, after several twists and turns, the two finally met the mysterious, and through dialogue, it was confirmed that this middle-aged man was the murderer of Madeleine's parents back then, because Madeleine's parents wanted to quit or even betray the ghost party organization, and the portal was cleared.

The last side of the manor castle fought fiercely, and the madness of knowing that the situation was gone chose to die with 007 and Swan, and the two fled at the last minute.

In the loud explosion, the castle was shattered.

However, the last words remained in the hearts of the two.

This is not the end.

All of this is just the beginning.

In the sunset over the ruins of the castle, with police cars gathering from all directions, James Bond and Madeleine Swan hug each other, and the picture zooms in closer, and finally freezes on Bond's right hand around Swan's waist, which plays with a silver ring carved with a ghost totem.

The music starts and the movie ends.