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ProfJoeButcher wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » On the theory about Safin being meant to be Dr. No the following quote from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle/Sherlock Holmes is important to keep in mind: An excellent quote, even if Sir Arthur was, …
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slide_99 wrote: » Except the whole point behind the fantasy of Bond is that he faces death while not ever actually dying. He was never meant to have an arc. He doesn't even have one in the novels apart from maybe OHMSS-YOLT. Even after losing V…
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DarthDimi wrote: » Feyador wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » ColonelAdamski wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » As much as I like the pre title sequence of NTTD Craig's era really should have ended with him driving off into the sunset…
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I think it’s for the best too. Boyle could have potentially been a good fit as a director alone, but I get the sense his script just wasn’t up to scratch. I can’t help but think he put a bit too much of his heart and soul into the whole thing as wel…
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Creasy47 wrote: » Yeah it's even more jarring for me going from a Bond that destroys everything in his path in QoS to one who's seemingly beyond his prime and is half the fighting force he was just one film prior. I think that’s an issue wi…
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Venutius wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » worth remembering that by the time he actually fights Patrice on top the train he’s already been shot in the shoulder. That's a good point, actually, and something that I have tended to overlook when wa…
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Well, I think Bond not being able to shoot straight isn’t as much to do with his shoulder more than it is him ‘losing his nerve’. The way they edit it in the film with the psychiatrist’s evaluation coming after the failed marksmanship test gives me …
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Yes, historically receding hairlines hasn’t been a dealbreaker when it comes to Bond actors.
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Dragonpol wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » Is the Boyle script available to see and compare to the current film? That's what I'd like to know too. I doubt the script's available (at least legally) as Eon like to keep scripts in the vault in ca…
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I suspect it’s quite tricky having such a plan on a long term scale, especially when it comes to story decisions. It’d take much more time than approaching each film one by one, and I think there’s much to be said about being open to new ideas which…
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I do actually believe Boyle would have had that ability to be fair. He can be quite bold and even outlandish. That said, I’m of the opinion his script was not, and was never going to be as strong as the one we got. So I don’t otherwise feel sorry…
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I always find there’s something missing with Lupe. She’s an interesting character, and there’s a hint that she makes quite conscious decisions in order to escape from Sanchez (ie. sleeping with Bond and blatantly revealing this to Pam). The issue fo…
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ProfJoeButcher wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Anyway, I’m of the opinion that Safin was never intended to be Dr. No (his backstory is far too distinct and him being revealed as the character adds so little). Well, Franz Oberhauser had a pre…
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For Fukunaga I think it’s just where his instincts/expertise lies. He started off as a cinematographer professionally, so I think he’s more inclined to shape action sequences through camera movement, not necessarily the movement of the characters if…
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I genuinely think in an ideal world Malek would have played Blofeld in SP. A different, slightly younger version of the character, certainly more disconnected from Bond/one who couldn’t have known him as a child, but it would have been interesting s…
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thelivingroyale wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » To be fair I suspect it’s more a case of Fukunaga simply not having that specific ‘Bondian’ touch that Mendes and Campbell have. It’s that sort of heightened reality but ‘tongue in cheek’ approach tha…
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I love how, while informative, none of that explains why his real name is basically Lucifer, haha. Anyway, I’m of the opinion that Safin was never intended to be Dr. No (his backstory is far too distinct and him being revealed as the character ad…
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SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » To be fair I suspect it’s more a case of Fukunaga simply not having that specific ‘Bondian’ touch that Mendes and Campbell have. It’s that sort o…
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SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » To be fair I suspect it’s more a case of Fukunaga simply not having that specific ‘Bondian’ touch that Mendes and Campbell have. It’s that sort of heightened reality but ‘tongue in cheek’ approach t…
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Wasn’t Mackenzie considered at one point for NTTD? Interesting director anyway, although yes this does mean he might be busy. That said I think until EON sit down with some of these directors/get a sense of their approach to a Bond films it’s diffic…
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To be fair I suspect it’s more a case of Fukunaga simply not having that specific ‘Bondian’ touch that Mendes and Campbell have. It’s that sort of heightened reality but ‘tongue in cheek’ approach that results in coming up with stuff like the tank c…
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To be fair I’m not really sure if I could compare TND fully to any other Bond film. I guess TSWLM is the closest just for plot similarities, but it’s more breezy and less epic in scale. I don’t think either GE or the Dalton films were quite like it …
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SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » It might not be the best Bond film, but TND is my favourite Bond film. Maybe its only crime is because it's excessively Bondian. But that's what I love about it. Nothing wrong with TND. It’s the film I’ve used to …
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The early Bond films do have a very specific and brisk style, but it’s more to do with the editing and how it accommodated the shooting (it’s worth looking up interviews with Peter Hunt/his style on the early films - it’s fascinating and explains qu…
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JustJames wrote: » Everything about the film — the joke with the soup, the way Safin was growing and harvesting Heracles (whose name applies to so many bits of the film it’s funny) basically screams ‘Programmable Virus’ rather than *just* nano mac…
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Venutius wrote: » No, nor me. My hot water ran fine, I had the boiler serviced and then straight after there was no hot water. Corgi Homeplan literally claimed it was a coincidence and refused to fix it. Hogwash. Balderdash. Nay, piffle. I'm sure …
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I think to some extent most Bond’s tenures drifts into that ‘5 minutes into the future’ territory. Brosnan’s certainly did by DAD, Connery’s last two films involved a very streamlined international space travel set up, the technology to magically cr…
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sandbagger1 wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » sandbagger1 wrote: » There was actually a huge backlash on Garfield's reboot, and it was one of the reasons that Sony agreed to let Marvel co-drive the franchise for a while (and Marvel decided to ski…
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From what I understand nothing was changed due Covid if that’s what you mean. A virus threat is a pretty typical villain’s plot in spy/action fiction anyway (it’s been done in 24, Mission Impossible 2 and I’m sure others can think of more). All they…
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Yeah, save for Lazenby (even then he’d done commercials/modelling) unknown actors don’t play Bond. They’re not a-listers (worth mentioning incidentally that because we on these forums constantly hear names like Callum Turner and Sope Dirisu etc as …
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