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  • talos7 wrote: » Benjamin_Weekly69 wrote: » We need a Mendes cut of Spectre. It’s time. I would like to see a Forster cut of Quantum. You've seen it. Eon are very good at supporting their directors and rarely make firm or huge dem…
  • mtm wrote: » Oh there's loads of foreground miniatures in Bond: probably the best and most famous ones are in the PTSs of FYEO and OP, and the bridge in TLD is an amazing one. This LTK one I always thought is a bit obvious, because if there rea…
  • Dragonpol wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » So they made it on the cheap with a reduced budget. They did a very good job of making it look both striking and real in my book. Well the budget was over $30 million, so in 1989, that was …
  • [/quote] So they made it on the cheap with a reduced budget. They did a very good job of making it look both striking and real in my book. [/quote] Well the budget was over $30 million, so in 1989, that was hardly cheap. Foreground miniature's…
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » Herr_Stockmann wrote: » BT3366 wrote: » Great take as usual, Revelator. It's funny that where others see LTK as a Miami Vice takeoff or made-for-TV type of film, I see it as a revenge pi…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » JoshBaker007 wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » JoshBaker007 wrote: » THE BIG QUESTION to @ColonelSun: do you know if the shots of Lacey an…
  • U know what, I'm going to rewatch Superman IV this wend, and it will surely remind me of what happened in better detail.
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » JoshBaker007 wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » JoshBaker007 wrote: » THE BIG QUESTION to @ColonelSun: do you know if the shots of Lacey and Nuclear Man were always meant to be in outer space,…
  • JoshBaker007 wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » JoshBaker007 wrote: » THE BIG QUESTION to @ColonelSun: do you know if the shots of Lacey and Nuclear Man were always meant to be in outer space, or was this a last minute change to accommodate for …
  • JoshBaker007 wrote: » THE BIG QUESTION to @ColonelSun: do you know if the shots of Lacey and Nuclear Man were always meant to be in outer space, or was this a last minute change to accommodate for new edits? In the script, if I recall corre…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Christopher Reeve's brutal honesty to John Cryer prior to the movies release is admirable. That i…
  • mtm wrote: » I still find it quite a straightforwardly enjoyable adventure film though. A friend of mine's son really enjoys it: he made him a Nuclear Man doll for Christmas :) It looked great too! There were two Nuclear Men originally. The…
  • It all started off so well. Everyone seemed to like the script - which made sense before all the brutal cuts after the LA preview screening - and the initial rushes (dailies) looked good. Ernest Day was DOP, a great photographer and lovely man, and …
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Christopher Reeve's brutal honesty to John Cryer prior to the movies release is admirable. That is excellent. Brings back memories of my editing room …
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Christopher Reeve's brutal honesty to John Cryer prior to the movies release is admirable. That is excellent. Brings back memories of my editing room time on Superman IV. Re: The China Wall rebuild scene; in …
  • MaxCasino wrote: » https://twitter.com/mightyfineline/status/1361787931002830850 Some early art for Superman ‘78. Very cool.
  • Escalus5 wrote: » Spottiswoode is a total hack and the least interesting of the four Brosnan-era directors. No, that's not fair. Take a look at his body of work. Under Fire, for example, is excellent and very interesting. The problem he had…
  • MaxCasino wrote: » Excuse me @ColonelSun, are you actually credited on Superman 4? I’m just curious. Yep, in the end credit roller, for some reason the full crew is not on Imdb, but I think Cannon failed to keep good records of cast and (pa…
  • JoshBaker007 wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » JoshBaker007 wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » mtm wrote: » I'd watch a new version of Supes 4 happily! :) And those photos always make me think of the problem with being Superman- he might b…
  • JoshBaker007 wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » mtm wrote: » I'd watch a new version of Supes 4 happily! :) And those photos always make me think of the problem with being Superman- he might be strong enough to lift a car up with a finger, bu…
  • mtm wrote: » I'd watch a new version of Supes 4 happily! :) And those photos always make me think of the problem with being Superman- he might be strong enough to lift a car up with a finger, but the car isn't! If you put all of its weight on o…
  • Thunderpussy wrote: » I think a few have already suggested it will be the 60th anniversary Movie. ;) The financial pressure to release in 2021 will be (is) enormous. If the Fall looks like it will work with the Covid vaccines helping soci…
  • DaltonFan wrote: » Possibly the best one-liner in the entire Bond Franchise! Yes, and I also love Bond's reply to Largo, who asks him, "Are you as good a loser as you are a winner?" Bond; "I wouldn't know, I've never lost."
  • TripAces wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » Nolan's a bit of a whingebag. Nobody is particular happy about this situation - save for the odd few who don't enjoy going to the cinema anymore anyway. Some forward-thinking directors are embr…
  • I think casting Craig was the first time Eon consciously went out of their way to break the established Bond mould. Craig's success may mean they will be bold again.
  • Benjamin_Weekly69 wrote: » This film will come kicking and screaming unto theatres. But don’t be surprised if this is the very last one. The next Bond film will be available on a streaming device. We are living in an extraordinary period. T…
  • AgentM72 wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » moneyofpropre2 wrote: » DonnyDB5 wrote: » antovolk wrote: » https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1333890581848875012 "the movie’s financial backers are wary of being the first blockbuster out …
  • moneyofpropre2 wrote: » DonnyDB5 wrote: » antovolk wrote: » https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1333890581848875012 "the movie’s financial backers are wary of being the first blockbuster out of the gate because its core audience skews ol…
  • DonnyDB5 wrote: » antovolk wrote: » https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1333890581848875012 "the movie’s financial backers are wary of being the first blockbuster out of the gate because its core audience skews older, a demographic that’s be…
  • BonSimonLeBon_1 wrote: » ColonelSun wrote: » mtm wrote: » Also BBC2 are showing The Untouchables and The Hill (for the first time on terrestrial in 22 years) on Dec 12th. Sky 1 have Red October on the 29th November, and Talking Pictures T…