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Reflsin2bourbons wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Well... no, not all literature is necessarily escapist (maybe a case can be made that most fiction literature is, but literature's a very wide category anyway, and this is a completely different disc…
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Reflsin2bourbons wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Oh, escapist certainly (at least past Fleming's CR, although even that's got that 'airport novel' element to it, and they began to get more fantastical by LALD). That's not to say there isn't some …
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Reflsin2bourbons wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » There’s lots of ridiculousness in Fleming, certainly. My point wasn’t that Fleming’s novels ever jumped the shark in the way we’re thinking, but are instead similar to how the films evolved. They bec…
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mtm wrote: » I dunno, you could chop out a lot of that (pretty much the whole part of the sequence where it returns to the battle) and it would flow better, I think. Needless to say, when I watched it on 4K I skipped the Vulcan landing :) …
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mtm wrote: » I was watching it again on the 4K and the end underwater battle is all going fine: we see lots of divers fighting in various ways, then it steps up a gear and Bond turns up and gets involved and does various stuff like the bit around …
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mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I’m sure more could have been done in adaptation to make it stronger. Honestly, a strange quirk I’ve always found with this story is that the bombs are never actually armed to destroy anything during the climax…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Yeah, I can understand why some people say TB is a bit boring. To be fair it’s a problem I have with a lot of the second part of the novel too - despite this…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Yeah, I can understand why some people say TB is a bit boring. To be fair it’s a problem I have with a lot of the second part of the novel too - despite this ticking clock of a plot there’s this sense Bon…
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I remember reading an interview with Peter Hunt where he talked about his time on those early Bond films. The interviewer says outright that TB wasn’t one of the best Bond films despite its success, and Hunt just flatly agrees and says ‘no, it wasn’…
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Yeah, I can understand why some people say TB is a bit boring. To be fair it’s a problem I have with a lot of the second part of the novel too - despite this ticking clock of a plot there’s this sense Bond is just sort of on holiday following up on …
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SIS_HQ wrote: » Reflsin2bourbons wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » What's jumping the shark in that? That's just Bond being his typical self. If we're talking of OHMSS, the book have many 'jumped the shark' scenes than the film, then Fleming sur…
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He'll probably have shot the gun barrel by the end of the week. That's before he's even been signed. Anyway, I think he could be good. And he's not an unrealistic option. The rumour mill churns out so many different people as Bond I don't think t…
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Yes, I suppose. I mean, I think this film will be a modest success overall, but a success nonetheless (if it isn’t already). I do get the sense expectations for this films were a bit raised and may not have panned out as well as some viewers thought…
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Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Just got out of the cinema after watching Superman, it was ok. Saw it yesterday, agree, just ok! I'm more of a Batman fan anyway! 😁 After some more…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Well, if he’s not getting final cut why would he have final say over Bond? That’s not to say he won’t be important in the process, but it’s a decision that’ll probably outlive his involvement with the fra…
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mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Archangel007 wrote: » Thank you all for giving possible reasons. thedove wrote: » That being said I just saw a whole lot of Luke screen tests for Star Wars. The Off…
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Well, if he’s not getting final cut why would he have final say over Bond? That’s not to say he won’t be important in the process, but it’s a decision that’ll probably outlive his involvement with the franchise. The final choice will likely come dow…
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MakeshiftPython wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » :)) To be fair for all my reservations about this film I think it's better than MoS/Snyder's films. In fact there's a distinct anti-Snyder dynamic with the plot…
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mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Archangel007 wrote: » Thank you all for giving possible reasons. thedove wrote: » That being said I just saw a whole lot of Luke screen tests for Star Wars. The Office released screen tests for Dwight an…
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MakeshiftPython wrote: » :)) To be fair for all my reservations about this film I think it's better than MoS/Snyder's films. In fact there's a distinct anti-Snyder dynamic with the plot twist about - (Spoiler)
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Archangel007 wrote: » Thank you all for giving possible reasons. thedove wrote: » That being said I just saw a whole lot of Luke screen tests for Star Wars. The Office released screen tests for Dwight and Jim (US version). I think mtm …
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If someone’s not a fan of the odd self referential joke, Bond might not be the best series for them I’d argue!
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I do find him a bit parodic in that clip if that makes sense (although I guess that's kind of the point, and he's definitely very charming but less in a Bond way and more in a Top Gear presenter way). I don't immediately get 'Bond' from it personall…
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mtm wrote: » I guess it's possible, but Eon always seemed to be pretty efficient with their archiving of that stuff (not least it's handy to check if you need to hire the same actor for the next film), I feel like it's more likely a choice that Sa…
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mtm wrote: » Yeah I think it might be seen as bad form in a way; folks don't necessarily want their failures out there. I think it's interesting that we've never seen any of the winning actors' tests apart from photos, I guess the closest is th…
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I suppose if you can criticise the films for jumping the shark is there any reason the same can’t be said for Fleming? As zany and fantastical as the films can get you also have plenty of oddities in those novels that are pretty egregious. Like the …
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I think when you have long running stories that are told long enough, they’ll often become more fantastical or even self referential. It’s the same for Bond. I guess DAF was the biggest leap in tone from its predecessor at that point in the series. …
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mtm wrote: » Yeah you do get a fair few Scottish people who have more English accents I find. I'm reminded of Rory Stewart, ex-MP, who is Scottish but speaks with a very plummy English accent (although perhaps a hint of a Scots rhythm to it), and…
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I’ve known plenty of people who’ve been educated abroad and their accent can depend on a number of factors (I spent a bit of my childhood outside the UK and both my parents are Scottish with noticeable accents. My own accent is relatively neutral an…
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Oh I'm generally the same when it comes to fantasy fiction. I actually stopped watching Game of Thrones after a season (didn't hate it, justas never bothered to continue watching). I've only ever watched LoTR and The Hobbit films all the way through…
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