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I am against an expanded"universe" around 007 because I think it will take away some of the charisma/event character that is part of what makes "the Bond brand" what it is. Filling me up with more and more of it through different channels will definitly hurt my anticipation of a new 007 installment. Look at this forum, read the news: Part of what makes it so exclusive (and attractive) is that it's a little rare. I do not think comparisons to Marvel or Star Wars make any sense. I am not saying good writers can't add interesting characters to the "007 world" - I just think it will hurt a big part of what makes 007 exactly what it is.
I am pro Apple/Netflix/Amazon ... to buy the rights from MGM so there will be enough money and pressure to deliver a new movie every two years again. That I would definitely appreciate. I don't mind Bond becoming exclusive to Netflix/Amazon/Apple at all (plus there will always be BluRay/Other physical media packages sold) if that's the price and no more TV airings. The back catalog may still be licensed and just movies B25 and beyond may be exclusive etc. For that I personally don't care ... as long as Bond will remain in the cinema and does not become a TV series.
In conclusion I appreciate everything that avoids 4-year gaps between movies - but am against anything that reduces the 007 "exclusivity" by delivering "too much" ... even it might be "today's fashion" in form of expanded universes. TV would definitely no longer mean "low quality adaptions" anymore - still I don't want a 007 TV series even in Mad Men quality and true Fleming adaptions playing in the 50s.
Yes! Bond has a strong influence and the Bond lifestyle (to some extend) is something I adopted in very small doses myself: Connery's Bond always was and remains unreachable for me - I could do nothing he did and add it to my personal lifestyle. But Craig's Bond in very small doses influenced my lifestyle in the form I started working out and took Craig as a role model (since he is about my age and height), I do wear a QoS Harrington Jacked and on occasions the very stylish SF Shanghai outfit.
But I doubt there's a market for the 007 items (gadgets, wardrobe) for a mass market like the mentioned light sabers oder whatsoever. I could go in full QoS / DN / SF outfit to ComicCon and nobody would realize whom I want to portrait - while anybody immediatly recognizes Indiana Jones / Darth Vader / Captain America and so on and so on.
For anyone who hasn't buried their head in the sand this is an obvious and huge understatement.
From all types of merchandising, to general access, it's quite shocking that nothing significant has happened to rectify this and for Bond's brand to have a larger presence amongst other fandom. There's being niche and then There's being pathetically small to the point of being almost a non entity. Bond in no way should be in this situation.
Doesn't directly affect Bond but shows MGM is developing something of a distribution operation for the movies it will brand with the Orion name.
Irony: Orion was the company Arthur Krim and other executives started after they exited United Artists. Woody Allen, whose movies had been released by UA, went with them.
Please, no.
No fans of Cole or Higson? How about using graphic novels?
I have not read those books. It is the concept itself that I don t care for. Adapting comic strips/graphic novels? Sure, why not.
As for normal James Bond comic book/graphic novels with original stories? There are many of them the Bond films could use as a good source. Excluding the spinoffs.
The Bond fanbase does not exist outside of forums like this one. I'm not saying there isn't material to exploit, but there is no fan base to exploit. The Bond fan base represents 0.000001% (and the actual percentage is probably even smaller) of the total audience that go see James Bond movies. So, if we look at it from a business perspective, it won't happen as there aren't millions/billions to be made but only a few hundred grands at most.
On a larger point, James Bond is a brand with massive global reach and great brand values. Again, I don't beleive the brand has been fully exploited.
Sometimes the options are staring you in the face. Airfix never did a Skyfall version of this. The connection between Bond and Airfix is perfect - grown up boys :-)
https://www.airfix.com/uk-en/agustawestland-merlin-hc3-1-48.html
PS I wont this :-)
http://www.moc-pages.com/moc.php/266%20%C3%82%C2%A0[02/371964
Maybe James Bond Jr will make a return!
Don't even jest about that !
Thats a bold statement. No fan base? at all? not even a small one? I respectfully beg to differ.
It isn't a statement, it's pretty much a fact about the James Bond franchise that you and a few others refuse to admit. We're not talking people who appreciate Bond and will go see every new Bond film because these films are world wide events. And we're not talking casual Bond fans either, because there are hundred of millions of them across the globe. We are talking hardcore Bond fans, and the simple factual truth is the hardcore Bond fanbase does not exist outside of forums like the one we are on right now.
The Bond franchise is one of the most popular franchise in history, but it has zero hardcore fan base. Compared to the hardcore fanbase of other franchises like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Marvel or Harry Potter, the hardcore Bond fans just don't exist as they are outnumbered a million to one. Bond has an immense and and un-rivaled dedicated audience as every Bond film are amongst the top 10 films world wide in any given year a new outing is released, but the hardcore fanbase for Bond is non-existent.
WB for me too.
Pretty much a fact? It's either a fact or it's not. There are no "pretty much facts"
You keep saying the same thing over and over again, maybe you should clearly define what exactly you make out to be a "hardcore fan base" and how it differs between "those who appreciate Bond" and "casual Bond fans" (especially after you say things like "the Bond franchise is one of the most popular franchises in history, which seems to run counter to your thesis) so people can more easily decide if they agree with you that there are all but zero of these people.
It's on that basis that I struggle with the "fact" (or pretty much a fact) that there is no fanbase to exploit. It seems like a very fair defintion to me.it than fan base.
Potential investors from Apple, Amazon etc are not mugs. They will have very detailed statistical, global breakdowns of the Bond "fanbase" and what it means to them in terms of their ability to exploit the market.
Don't care if it's WB, Apple or McDonald's, as long as they understand the franchise.
You don't seem to understand. We are specifically talking about hardcore Bond fans. There are so few of us that we may as well not exist compared to the hardcore fans for Star Wars, Harry Potter, superheroes, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc.
So if you want facts:
1) There are hundreds of millions of people across the globe who appreciate Bond, might call themselves casual Bond fans, and will most certainly go watch every new Bond film that will be released.
2) The hardcore fanbase for Bond is extremely small. Outside of forums like this one, there simply aren't any. Which is why I said 'it does not exist' as an exaggeration.
It's not hard to understand. There are hundreds of millions of casual Bond fans, or even simply people who will go see the latest Bond films as a tradition. Hardcore Bond fans are infinitely smaller in numbers.