It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
I don't see it. People would still be going to non-essential stores if local and national governments didn't force them into self-distancing/quarantine. Pound for pound, a night at the movies is still a relatively inexpensive form of mass entertainment. Warner Brothers could be optimistic in slotting WW84 for August but they're in contact with the same experts that governments/other industries are consulting. We'll have a good idea of where we're all at with this thing come mid-May.
So we're not talking a subscription price when it comes to streaming, we're talking about a one-off payment for each film when it's released, ala NowTV? I don't know. It'd have to be a pretty hefty price hike and people were already complaining about the price of tickets for theaters as it was, in my experience. I just don't see it as a viable model, and if they increase the price to compensate for it then they're just delaying the inevitable.
It's apples and oranges in terms of production costs, but I am curious to see what sort of money THE INVISIBLE MAN did on its first day of release.
I hope Netflix and others finally kill theaters off. They've been dying out for years.
The idea of watching a new Bond film on a phone is the last of last resorts. In a hospital bed with COVID-19 and hours to live, sign me up. Otherwise, screw that. However, I do accept that most people are Philistines and have no genuine interest in the artistic/cultural merit of cinema.
Good point right back.
I adore cinema and the artistic and cultural merit of cinema. That being said, these are war times, and as such, we have to adapt and think outside our preference boxes.
How many Bond fans will die and have been dying without watching the film because the industry insists on a venue that may be dead by next year? And if they do open theatres by then, how many people will feel comfortable enough to go to these crowded places? There will be post traumatic syndrome, diverse fobias, social anxiety,...
People have to make peace with the fact that this whole situation is forcing the world to change rapidly, and if we want to survive, literal and psychologically, we'll have to revise, reform, renew, rethink.
If one day all of this goes away, then there will be a time to come back to what we love, the way we love it. Now, we are at war.
I won't be distraught if the film gets released on the telly, on the web,... There are bigger problems to worry about. Bond would be a welcomed and cool balm. That's all.
It's not as if it getting released online would be the end of the world as we know it. Because the end of the world as we know it has been happening for the last week or so.
Let's all adapt and try our best to be our best, shall we?
I think folks' perceptions will shift pretty quickly. In a month or two those kids will most probably have a different point of view.
I basically agree with you. If it's November 2020 and there's no vaccine and I'm sitting in a theater and someone coughs or sneezes, I know it's going to take me right out of the film.
So at that point, if we're looking at 12-18 months from now for a vaccine, I'd rather the movie be (1) released on streaming or (2) released in summer or fall 2021.
I trust that BB and MGW will think this through. They did, after all, see that early April 2020 was untenable.
Get a projector. I have only ever seen Spectre projected, never seen it on a TV or a laptop.
New promo photo for the 25th James Bond movie “No time to die” in @esquirees by @gregwilliamsphotography
Hold your horses. That isn’t what’s I said, is it? Don’t put words in my mouth.
I said in specific circumstances, i.e. on my death bed, I’d lap up the chance to see it via a phone.
However, and this was in response to a specific post about Netflix hopefully killing off theatres, I recognise there are many Philistines out there. Particularly here in the UK where we are playing catch-up with places like Germany who’ve ring-fenced 50bn to help workers in the freelance sectors of the arts/culture.
As someone who is in that sector I’m exceptionally lucky to still be in work unlike manly of my colleagues who are up shit creek without a paddle.
I’m fully aware of the horrific nature of this virus, and it’s impact is far reaching, but it doesn’t nullify all lines of conversation. I’m happy to wait and see this movie in theatres, even if it takes 18 months.
EDIT: Just to confirm - this is a point of view that I hold regardless of the current situation as the conversation of streaming v cinema is not a new one. I’m in no way being flippant about the impact this may have on people physically and mentally (myself included) going forward. Just to clarify.
Everything may be back to normal - means: All movie theaters are open to 100% of their capacity again - then NTTD has a huge chance to make more money than Skyfall did. But if it‘s open to maybe 50% EoN may think about another move or really a digital release.
I guess a lot comes down to these experimental digital releases and how much they can make utilizing this model. It will be very interesting to see.
Anyway - I don‘t mind to wait until November for NTTD ... but waiting another year then would really annoy me.
They will not postpone if for another year.
What happened to this thread? :-?
Christ! He looks pretty terrifying in this photo.
Yes, I didn't read what you said as being flippant or dismissive either and I am in full agreement with you regarding streaming. I can only speak for myself, but I am also happy to wait.
We're aware.
You can't release on streaming. These films costs a lot of money and they need theatrical distribution. Otherwise the current business model of $200m+ blockbusters cannot survive in the marketplace without global cinema releases. This is the ecosystem that model operates in.
The absolute worst case scenario is that all 2020 blockbusters become 2021 blockbusters.
This is more likely than people think as all the big 2021 film currently being filmed have stopped filming and may well not be ready for 2021.......
Adore this picture. Great find @Contraband
Clearly from the latest 'Bond on Set' or whatever it is that Greg William is working on....can we assume that the photo is Malek in costume?
We have only seen Safin in two costumes.....
This is a good, original point. I could have sworn I read it somewhere before, though! ;)
I know that all of us are aware. This streaming panic is not necessary at all.
Suaimhneas.
It's an interesting conversation though, mo chara!
Sláinte.
:)>-
@Pierce2Daniel I can't find the damn source, spanish magazine. Frustating. I would assume there's more pics of him from the set.
And I don't think it's Safin's clothes at all. Rami is dressed as himself in designers suit (Tom Ford maybe) for the photoshoot and Greg W / the magazine have just placed him in that cool environment.
Side note - I'm not sure why some people think that streaming = watching it on your phone. I wouldn't want to experience a new Bond for the first time on my phone, but streamed to my 4K television? Why not.
How much glass and highed there wil be this time..
;)
Deisgn/look already look like inprovement (very Dr No/GE), with i hope longer use of it too. If wil be big los if not.
I think it’s extremely good looking.
For a hearse, I mean.