Synopsis:

After I finally saw the theatrical cut of No Time To Die (NTTD) I wanted to create a new version so Bond lives, and also be much, much shorter overall. I thought NTTD was an over-bloated mess. It has beautiful imagery yes. Some of the shootouts and tense scenes are awesome to watch in the environments they're happening in. The callback to On Her Majesty's Secret Service (OHMSS) was actually nice to see, but the Dr. No callback not so much. I know Bond's wife dies in OHMSS so someone dying at the end of NTTD makes sense, like poetry. But I thought the poetry was kind of bad, so I rewrote it and made them all live in a wholesome Bond sort of way. Also, the original death scene where we get all the various character's reactions to Bond being obliterated by hellfire had me laughing. I was cringing. The music was swelling! Had me dying... The story is mostly very full of itself, but the cinematography and action was fantastic.

Intentions:

So, when I started this cut I wanted it to have "short film" vibes. I wanted it to be about James Bond 007, in name, through the editing, because in the theatrical cut James Bond isn't 007 throughout the entire film. I also wanted to keep him alive throughout the full runtime of the edit, and make it as short as I possibly could and have it still all flow and make sense. I wanted to keep the super DNA nanobots, aka Heracles, as vague as possible in an ironic twist of naming this edit, but also allowing it to take a backseat to Bond's love story.

Change List:

NEW ORDER OF EVENTS: - Faneditor warnings and logos (customized) - Snowy Cabin scene of young Madeleine - 007 Barrel Sequence (customized) - Bond escaping Cuba with the scientist Obruchev on a small seaplane - Bond flies Obruchev to a boat with Felix Leiter & Ash - Ash's betrayal & escape with Obruchev - Felix death scene - Bond swimming to surface and lifeboat scene - Madeleine meets Safin in her office - Safin gives Madeleine the Heracles nanobots - Transition shot - Madeleine & Bond waiting for Blofeld to arrive in prison - Madeleine flees prison - Bond talks to Blofeld in the prison - Naomi leaves prison to find Ash - Blofeld death scene in prison - Bond talks to Q in his lab - Bond travels to Madeleine's home in Norway - Bond meets Mathilde, in Norway - Madeleine reveals secret room, in Norway - Forest chase and shootout, in Norway - Bond kills ash in the forest, in Norway - Safin captures Madeleine & Mathilde, in Norway - Naomi picks up Bond and they travel to a military airbase - Bond, Q, and Naomi board their aircraft - Safin arrives at his bunker base island - Safin takes Mathilde through the garden, on the island - Safin takes Mathilde away - Bond & Naomi's flight and dive to the island - Bond Naomi infiltrate the base, on the island - Bond in Safin's chamber, on the island - Safin abandon's Mathilde, on the island - M coordinates a battleship strike of the island - Bond opens the bay doors, of the island - Safin shoots Bond in the garden, on the island - Bond kills Safin in the garden, on the island - Bond escapes the base, on the island - Bond talks to Madeleine over the radio, on the island - Madeleine cries / fades to white - fade from white to shots of an Italy coastline - Madeleine swimming with Bond in Matera - Bond & Madeleine driving on the coastline, intercut with shots of Mathilde from theatrical cut - End credits (customized) Cuts and Additions: ENTIRE SCENES REMOVED: Bond & Madeleine's travel and love scene in Matera Bond at Vesper Lynd's tomb Matera shootout and chase Bond putting Madeleine on train Opening Title Musical Sequence MI6/Obruchev laboratory raid Moneypenny meeting with M Bond in Jamaica Bond meeting Felix & Ash in Jamaica Bond meeting with Naomi in Jamaica M talking to Bond with Q and Tanner Bond traveling to Cuba Bond & Paloma infiltrate Spectre birthday meeting/party in Cuba Blofeld talking to Bond through the computerized eyeball in Cuba Nanobots kill all Spectre at the party in Cuba Bond capturing Obruchev in Cuba Bond & Paloma escape Spectre party with Obruchev in Cuba Bond's return to London Bond talking to Naomi & Moneypenny Bond's meeting in M's office Moneypenny & Bond at Q's home Bond meeting with M near the river Bond in M's office with Moneypenny, etc. Madeleine & Naomi in the prison bathroom Bond and Madeleine meeting in the prison hallway Naomi relinquishing 007 title to Bond, on the plane Obruchev giving Safin nanobot vile, on the island Safin talking to Mathilde & Madeleine before going into garden, on the island Safin poisoning Bond in the garden, on the island Bond talking to Madeleine about dying, on the island Bond talking to Madeleine about being poisoned, on the island Bond being blown up by missile fire M, Q, Moneypenny, etc. grieving Bond's death M, Q, Moneypenny, etc. toasting to Bond in M's office Madeleine & Mathilde driving on the coast alone

Other Sources:

Audio: Walking on Crunchy Packed Snow Sound Effect and Stock Video Footsteps in the Snow - by Over and Out on YouTube Eagle Cry from Assassin's Creed (2007) videogame Nature sounds Meditation forest sounds of birds singing relaxation - 4 minutes - Tim Irving on YouTube 10 Free WHOOSH Transition Sound Effects Pack-clipslowed - by Ankit Bhatia on YouTube MGM Lion Roar Ice Cracking Sound Effect - by Free Audio Zone on YouTube 2 second gunshot sound effect - by cooper allen on YouTube Prop Plane Start Idle Sound Effect - by Fame FX on YouTube Ambulance Siren Sound Effect Loud - VIDRelaxing on YouTube Computer Server Room HQ Sound Effect - by Everyday cinematic Sounds on YouTube Cold wind sound effect - Audio Sound Effect on YouTube Oceanic Oasis Nature Sounds - Sandy Shoreline Serenity on YouTube No Copyright Seagull Sound Effect Ocean Wave Sounds Nature Sounds - Art and Life on YouTube Small Crowd Chatter Sound Effect - by Sounds Recorded on YouTube Softest Beach Sounds from the Tropics - by LoungeV Films Relaxing Music and Nature Sounds on YouTube Large Mixed Party Crowd Ambience - by Epidemic Sound Effects on YouTube WOMAN SCREAMING SOUND EFFECT - by Its. Me on YouTube EXPLOSION SOUND EFFECTS - by Creative Film on YouTube Music: Time To Get Out from Quantum of Solace OST Video: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) (2012 Bluray) Fonts: Bebas Futura black Trailer Audio: Oil Fields from Quantum of Solace OST Gun Cocking Sound Effect - by SoundPhonic on YouTube Fast Car Sound Effect - by SFX on YouTube Door Open and Close Sound Effects - by GamingSoundEffects on YouTube Car Driving on Gravel Sound Effect Stock Video Off Road - by Over and Out on YouTube Car pulling up- brakes squeak sound effects - by Cars, Big Engines, Vehicles, Passing Whooshes on YouTube Stinger Sound Effect - by sunwoodior on YouTube

Special Thanks:

A very special thanks to ArtisDead for continual support and feedback. Another to Futon88 for workprint feedback and story/editing tweaks.