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Daltonforyou wrote: » No thanks. Part of what makes Fleming so enjoyable is him using vibrant, descriptive and sometimes outdated language to describe people, places and things. Again, I don't want an apology-filled annotation or forward of his bo…
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It’d be a wonderful project. Probably very time consuming, with authors for the forwards and researchers needing hired. And of course new covers for this series. Would have been a lovely 70th Anniversary idea, but IFP clearly aren’t there with this.…
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The sense I get from IFP is they want to downplay the idea of racism in Fleming, not embrace it with warnings or particular types of annotation (although as I’ve said I’ve never seen annotations used in the way described… maybe if a particular perso…
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QBranch wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » As for the Chibnall Who episodes, they're not something I consistently watched either. But from what I've seen I got the sense it was all very surface level in terms of these things. Diverse cast, female Dr. …
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mtm wrote: » Yeah, the morality of that episode was completely messed up, it's like they didn't think it through when they were making it. I only saw that one once so I can't remember it too well, but it did basically end with the Doctor championi…
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Spin offs aren't my thing personally and I think can be a bit too niche, but obviously it comes down to the individual example. A collection of Bond short stories, maybe even involving Bonds from different time eras, might be fun though.
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To be fair, from what little I've seen of older Dr. Who and Star Trek, I don't get the sense they're exactly subtle with their ideas! They both have that kind of hokey morality tale vibe to them. Even the David Tennent era ones I watched consistentl…
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I’m generally not in favour of those kinds of warnings on books, at least in most circumstances. With Bond I think the message would inadvertently be, ‘sorry, this book isn’t for you’ to some readers who might otherwise get something out of them. At…
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That would be unusual for an annotation in these instances. There might be the odd footnote briefly talking about the history of Chinese migration into Jamaica (again, just for context/if needed). A forward/essay at the beginning would most likel…
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Daltonforyou wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » mtm wrote: » I kind of feel like annotated versions are a bit of an easy win in a way: it's a way of bringing out another edition of the books they already have and legitimately charging a bit more f…
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What? :))
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SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » If Villeneuve opens Bond 26 with a big and inventive ski chase, then scuba diving action, he would immediately win Bond fans over. I think from his conversation with Nolan about Bond...few years back, Villeneuve knows wh…
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mtm wrote: » Yeah, I guess it depends what their budget is. Like any business they want maximum return for minimum investment, I don't know how rude their health is. I mean I guess the most bankable thing is just to do a new Bond novel; unless th…
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mtm wrote: » I kind of feel like annotated versions are a bit of an easy win in a way: it's a way of bringing out another edition of the books they already have and legitimately charging a bit more for them. Although perhaps new novels might be e…
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I think it plays into a bigger issue of how we treat these books. They're so culturally significant (as much, if not more so than Hemingway and Faulkner I'd argue). There's so much imagination, wonderful writing, and even pieces of history in them t…
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Revelator wrote: » There are annotated editions of authors like Hemingway, Faulkner, and Fitzgerald, and those authors are generally considered classics rather than museum pieces. I also think that someone reading Fleming for the first time will v…
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Berger's a talented director, yes. He's got an interesting perspective on American/British action films too as a German/going from interviews he's given about AQOTWF. Concave was a very stylish and tense film, and I've really enjoyed the dark humour…
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mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » CommanderRoss wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » mtm wrote: » I know Tintin is still popular, but I'd suggest that particular one is probably not high on the list (since the controversies of twenty years ago …
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ColonelAdamski wrote: » The last thing I'd want would be (what amounts to) an apology at the bottom of a page that contains an old-fashioned word or attitude. Where would it all end? A disclaimer at the start of the book - if they must - should s…
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CommanderRoss wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » mtm wrote: » I know Tintin is still popular, but I'd suggest that particular one is probably not high on the list (since the controversies of twenty years ago or so temporarily drove the sales up th…
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Craig's got those striking grey blue eyes and the cruel mouth which reminds me a lot of Fleming's description. You can also say he has a very steely/cold demeanour to him as Bond, so I can see it. Out of all the actors he's probably easiest for me t…
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It varies for me when reading Fleming. The Daily Express illustration comes to mind sometimes, but dependent on the passage or Bond's mood I tend to picture a young Oliver Reed or a young Christopher Plummer. I think it's because both were quite …
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Doesn't Bond reject the idea he looks like Carmichael in CR? Might be misremembering it. I'm pretty sure even Gala Brand's comparison in MR is a bit half hearted (I think it's something along the lines of briefly mentioning he looks like Carmichael …
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It's worth saying Fleming later stated he actually didn't really know what James Bond looked like. At least beyond the faint idea of cold blue grey eyes, the hair, scar etc. The young Carmichael comparison is only made twice if I recall correctly. T…
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I just feel bad for anyone who's not enjoyed a Bond film in that long. I mean, I was never a huge fan of SP, and I've always acknowledged QOS has its faults, but I remember first seeing those films and enjoying them. They've got some wonderful scene…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » For what it’s worth you seem quite invested in it. It’s just that your worries and expectations of this film have made their way through a spectrum of emotio…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » For what it’s worth you seem quite invested in it. It’s just that your worries and expectations of this film have made their way through a spectrum of emotions ;) And for it to be comparable to how some f…
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For what it’s worth you seem quite invested in it. It’s just that your worries and expectations of this film have made their way through a spectrum of emotions ;) And for it to be comparable to how some fans see that Ghostbusters film you’d actually…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Ok... I suppose to that I'd ask what do you believe are Villeneuve's ideas on humanity that he mediates on in his work? Because I have no idea what it has to do with everything else you've just written…
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Ok... I suppose to that I'd ask what do you believe are Villeneuve's ideas on humanity that he mediates on in his work? Because I have no idea what it has to do with everything else you've just written if I'm completely honest... and surely the b…
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