007HallY
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I'd love to see a PTS set during something like the Monaco Grand Prix, but as was said I think having the actual event included is a bit much of an ask even to replicate. I'd also argue that it's better to have more creative control over the set …
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Even that scene from The Ipcress File feels a bit hokey nowadays with the light and sound effects, haha. There are ways of making such a concept either more realistic or modern though. Either just make it more of a torture scene designed to turn Bon…
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mtm wrote: » echo wrote: » mtm wrote: » ColonelAdamski wrote: » Like a lot of situations in novels that migrate to movies, the SP torture scene wasn't nearly as effective as Amis' version. But I didn't find myself cringing at the quick…
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Venutius wrote: » Mallory wrote: » And thats just from Babs :)) Excellent! But you know what? Whoever it is actually won't be as good as Dan, so it'll be fair comment! Funny old world... DarthDimi wrote: » I wouldn't mind the Bonds …
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MaxCasino wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I once knew someone who used to say "there's no such thing as good or bad when it comes to films. There are only opinions..." (Worth noting I hated this person's movie choices, but it's interesting to th…
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I once knew someone who used to say "there's no such thing as good or bad when it comes to films. There are only opinions..." (Worth noting I hated this person's movie choices, but it's interesting to think about).
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Univex wrote: » Daniel Craig set an unrepeatable standart, an interesting paradox, I’d say. There is simply no actor n hos 20s or 30s, nowdays, with that level of charisma and experience. He steals the room, as someone else put it. Who else has th…
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echo wrote: » mtm wrote: » ColonelAdamski wrote: » Like a lot of situations in novels that migrate to movies, the SP torture scene wasn't nearly as effective as Amis' version. But I didn't find myself cringing at the quick recovery like I …
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I think the truth is if someone with Lazenby's looks/lack of experience/offscreen demeanour were to audition for Bond today he almost certainly wouldn't get the part. Whether that's a good or bad thing is up for debate. Personally, I'd say it's a go…
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jetsetwilly wrote: » Benny wrote: » I’m going to throw Tom Hughes name back into the ring. 37 years old, very gifted and intense actor. Not bad. Decent hair. A little bit on the effeminate side, particularly with his facial feature…
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The later MI films and Bond are relatively similar in terms of genre. Not sure if I’d call them spy fiction in the strictest sense. For me that’s more along the lines of Le Carre and the first MI film. Bond especially has much more of the fantastica…
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peter wrote: » Amazon isn’t in control of the Bond brand. They will have a say, sure. But if Broccoli wants to hire an actor, they will do as she wants. They can’t fire her. And, theoretically, she could dig in her heels and refuse to make another…
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jetsetwilly wrote: » mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » mtm wrote: » She is literally quoted above as saying it could be someone of any race as long as he’s British. What she says in public, and what she thinks in private are two v…
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BT3366 wrote: » On a Bond Facebook group I'm in, lately people have been discussing Christmas Jones and a couple dared to say she's "great" and I've countered by how unnecessary she was. Elecktra should've been not just the villain, but main Bond …
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Dirisu's a good potential choice. He's on my list of choices for sure. He has a similar rugged 'rough around the edges' charm to him that Craig did. But as I always say, it depends on what direction they want to go with the next Bond. I can imagi…
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echo wrote: » I think the "becoming Bond" concept worked for CR and to a lesser extent QoS. With SF, the final twist was "becoming Moneypenny and M" and to an extent "becoming Bond" again. By SP, we had "becoming Blofeld." I think "becomi…
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echo wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I guess both the CR and SF ending work because while they involve loss, it also feels like Bond gains something as a character that makes him.... well, James Bond. Both do this by slowly introducing bits of the …
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sandbagger1 wrote: » I’m not sure how much character growth you can have, bearing in mind classic Bond is not something the audience wants to change too much. I think in SF he doesn’t so much have character growth as overcomes a hurdle that was…
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I guess both the CR and SF ending work because while they involve loss, it also feels like Bond gains something as a character that makes him.... well, James Bond. Both do this by slowly introducing bits of the Bond iconography (the famous line, the…
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I suppose for Silva it wasn’t just about killing M. Hence blowing up the Vauxhall HQ, leaking the list etc. Killing M was in a sense his final goal. A big part of his plan was to destabilise MI6 and M’s reputation within it. Nonetheless SF is a f…
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The issue with any 'alternative' endings to NTTD is that the final third of that film is pretty much dedicated to setting up that finale (so Bond having a daughter, reuniting with Madeline, him getting 'nanobotted' by Safin etc.) Change the ending a…
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I feel at this rate we should get a ‘Into the Spiderverse’ type spin off movie for Bond that will adequately explain all this.... or not.
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I don't think I've ever thought that deeply about it, but I suppose the inkling at the back of my mind is that each actor is a slightly different version of Bond. In the older series they may have had similar experiences that have occurred offscreen…
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CrabKey wrote: » @MakeshiftPython I count myself among those who did not like the idea of Bond dying. Not as a matter of principle, but preference. Craig was insistent Bond dying would end his tenure irrevocably. Yet his predecessors ended their …
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MaxCasino wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » Craig's supporting cast was great, but to recast any of them in the next film undercuts the idea of Bond's death makes a clean break with the past. Talk about a confusing timeline. True, but tradition…
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Not sure if I'd use QOS as an example of what Bond 26 could turn out like due to these circumstances.... mainly because it's not a particularly well regarded Bond film outside these forums (and indeed is very flawed in terms of filmmaking and script…
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sandbagger1 wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » I remember when NTTD first came out there were fans were claiming the script didn’t work because it was developed with the ending already set in mind, therefore that’s somehow…
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MakeshiftPython wrote: » I remember when NTTD first came out there were fans were claiming the script didn’t work because it was developed with the ending already set in mind, therefore that’s somehow bad writing. It really highlighted to me how s…
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sandbagger1 wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » . I do wonder what some on here think of Toby Stephen’s take on Fleming’s Bond in the various BBC Radio 4 adaptations (if anyone here has listened to then)? Not saying that performance is right for a p…
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Madden seems just a bit too obvious and, for whatever reason for me, just doesn’t seem quite right for the part. Don’t know what it is (nothing against him - seems a good actor but just doesn’t strike me as Janes Bond despite some if his previous ro…
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