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007HallY

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  • Ludovico wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » QsCat wrote: » mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » @Venutius Can't say for sure, but he definitely gives off a very specific 'toff a*sehole' vibe that I think got him cast as that particular characte…
  • Ludovico wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » LucknFate wrote: » They should honestly combine the Q and Moneypenny characters, male or female. Shocked it hasn't been done sooner. They did it a bit ironically enough in Skyfall, when Moneypenny shows …
  • LucknFate wrote: » They should honestly combine the Q and Moneypenny characters, male or female. Shocked it hasn't been done sooner. They did it a bit ironically enough in Skyfall, when Moneypenny shows up in Macao to work with Bond on his mission…
  • QsCat wrote: » mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » @Venutius Can't say for sure, but he definitely gives off a very specific 'toff a*sehole' vibe that I think got him cast as that particular character. That kind of is Bond though! :) …
  • MaxCasino wrote: » slide_99 wrote: » I like HaphazardStuff even though I disagree with a lot of what he says. He goes into a bit more depth than the other guys. I like Calvin too but he's running out of material for his videos. Pretty soo…
  • M16_Cart wrote: » Bond 26 probably won't be grounded. The series has become what I call "too big to fail". Executives at the company realize the potential of the series to sell very well, so they push for it to be as mainstream and accessible to…
  • ByRoyalDecree wrote: » I think more variation in all aspects makes the film feel fuller. If you compare Casino Royale to Skyfall, the latter is a bit too stylish, with too many seconds on each shot. To create suspense you have to alternate between…
  • mtm wrote: » Yeah I get what you mean, it might be quite interesting if Bond leant into a bit of an alter ego though, a bit like Bruce Wayne. Agreed about Theo James; I'm not quite sold yet but I haven't seen him in a lot so maybe he could. He do…
  • mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » @Venutius Can't say for sure, but he definitely gives off a very specific 'toff a*sehole' vibe that I think got him cast as that particular character. That kind of is Bond though! :) I know what yo…
  • @Venutius Can't say for sure, but he definitely gives off a very specific 'toff a*sehole' vibe that I think got him cast as that particular character. He plays it well to be fair to him, and he does have a decent range as an actor to be even fairer…
  • patb wrote: » an idea is one thing, an ultimatum is another...we may never know the reality here. It's very much a hypothetical as we know Craig went into this film with the idea that his Bond would be killed... again though, what if it'd b…
  • Of course, it's worth hammering home that BB and MGW agreed to Craig's ideas and did so at this particular point in time. At risk of re-opening this discussion again, the idea of Bond being killed isn't necessarily that radical from a Producer's poi…
  • MaxCasino wrote: » Venutius wrote: » mtm wrote: » He always comes across as a straight up lovely guy to me. I love his enthusiasm. Same. He seems genuine and a decent bloke, to me. Still a better reviewer than anything the No…
  • Mallory wrote: » patb wrote: » so what do we think about an actor insisting on crucial plot/endings and the writers/producers fitting in with these "demands" ? To me , it's "the cart pushing the horse." All actors will want an input int…
  • I dunno, Theo James always strikes me as the sort of actor I'd expect to be the villain in a Bond film... not the main villain but more a C or Logan Ash character. Not sure what it is exactly. He looks a bit too 'Horray Henry'-ish in my eyes perh…
  • Venutius wrote: » Danny Boyle's apparently confirmed in a Radio Times interview that Bond's death was part of the deal that Craig made with EON as a condition of making NTTD. Boyle says that Bond's death was built in to the Hodge script 'but what …
  • MaxCasino wrote: » Mallory wrote: » Having just returned from OHMSS in (glorious) 4K at the cinema, it has set in stone my feeling it is the best Bond film, very deserving of my number one spot, and wont be even remotely challenged until Casin…
  • Thunderfinger wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » doubleoego wrote: » I'm currently watching the TV series Liar with Ioan Gruffudd. Previously, I never saw him as Bond but watching this show, he reminds me of both Dalton and Cavill. He's 48 now, I …
  • mtm wrote: » I don't think the BBC have ever imposed their will on DW, the showrunners have said previously they were actually surprised how much freedom they were given; and I know BBC Studios (then called Worldwide) were unsure about the choice …
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » TOBY STEPHENS WAS THE FIRST CHOICE FOR THE NEW DOCTOR WHO https://cosmicbook.news/toby-stephens-doctor-who-cut-marvel-style-universe?amp I have heard a lot of rumours recently though taking with a pinch of salt. To…
  • mtm wrote: » Yeah I must admit I don't know about Gatwa, that does sound plausible. It was quite a low key announcement (even though they cleverly managed to hijack the Baftas and get him on all the front pages from that) and as he actually doesn'…
  • mtm wrote: » Is it that leaky? They have to film on the streets and they know they'll be seen so they have to announce cast members, even though they want to keep them a surprise. Maybe I'm talking as someone impartial to Dr. Who. I do have…
  • The amount of leaks coming out of this production is mind-boggling. I haven't even watched Dr. Who consistently for years now and I feel I already know much about the next three episodes. Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » mtm wrote: » This is f…
  • I don't think simply saying 'positive' or 'negative' is a good way of accessing how divisive this film is. I'm more positive than negative about it but I'm still divided about the film in general.
  • Venutius wrote: » True and I know what you're saying, but if you know it's something like a first draft or unpublished or rejected work, etc, then you're not looking for literary merit per se, tbf. You want to read it simply for what it is, no? I'…
  • Venutius wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » Why does it have to be one or the other? Both the Fleming and Boyle/Hodge drafts are equal curiosities to me. Yes, the either/or is too stark. I'd like to know what Boyle/Hodge had done (even i…
  • Agent_Zero_One wrote: » Since62 wrote: » Agent_Zero_One wrote: » Change the ending to make whether Bond died or not just a little ambiguous and I can forgive everything else in the film. As clear as the ending of the 3rd C Nolan Bat…
  • No. In fact NTTD actively sets out to make Bond look like a hero when he should, in my mind anyway, be an anti-hero. His death is a very self-conscious sacrifice to protect those he loves and he's even mythologised at the end through Madeline tellin…
  • Yeah, the ending with the whole Redditor Incel shooting seemed to come out of nowhere. To be honest, I didn't pick up on first viewing that Gotham in this universe was meant to be an island with a water dam. Even if it'd been foreshadowed it might h…
    in Batman Comment by 007HallY May 2022
  • Since62 wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » That's a great fan made gun barrel, although the transition to the scene in the original is much smoother and I'd argue works better. The darker colour of the gun barrel is nice though, less cold. Regardless,…