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  • The hype and expectation of brilliance feel like a recipe for disappointment. I'll be perfectly fine with a new Bond film without CN attached.
  • @Colonel_Venus I hope nothing like that comes to pass. Not a fan of giving up the role only to decide you want to come back.
  • mtm wrote: » I already knew that, so it didn't really matter to me! :) It might prove informative to viewers not as knowledgable as you.
  • Since reinvention seems to be what's in store for Bond 7, I am confident a professional actor such as OC could create a new and original M. Would love to see Nicola Walker play a Bond villain.
  • There is no Bond connection for the players. At least for the audience we get some Bond music. But the controller could make mention that such and such location was referenced in a specific film. It would be easy while discussing Venice to mention t…
  • If every other big budget franchise film flops, so what? If the fear is that could happen to Bond, then what? Bond films wait until the mood changes? Bond copies the next successful films? Bond is scaled back? Bond becomes a weekly television series…
  • I am glad the producers have said they won't use deepfake technology to bring back past Bonds. I hope that's the case with both films and commercials. I have no desire to see dead Bond actors exploited.
  • mtm wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » @SIS_HQ BB & MW perhaps know all this is to know about making Bond films, but the idea they know the literary Bond better than anyone else is questionable. The question was whether they know Bond better…
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Action movies are........for older people like westerns. Please discuss this.
  • @SIS_HQ BB & MW perhaps know all there is to know about making Bond films, but the idea they know the literary Bond better than anyone else is questionable.
  • After trying it twice, I finally stuck with it and have now made it through two episodes. If we had to have this show, I wish it could have been done better. The absence of Bond mentions within the series is puzzling. At the very least, put up a gra…
  • Perhaps too much of a wish, but I'd like to see a Bond film that doesn't remind me of something else I've seen: the rogue, the resignation, the missing file with the name of every agent on it, the ticking bomb, the infiltrator of the agency, the end…
  • For me the main character in GE could have had any name and the film would have worked as an exciting thriller. That he was called Bond made it a Bond film with hardly any connection to Fleming. It's a good film, but low on my list of favorite Bond …
  • @Venutius - Let's hope it will be worth the wait. A review of the BO dud The Marvels refers to it as a film you've seen 32 times before.
  • @MaxCasino I still look forward to Bond. But I do worry that the films are becoming a bit too big, too spectacular, maybe a little too slick, and a bit impersonal. There's a feel to the old films that has never been captured by the newer films. As m…
  • I'll preface my comment by saying it's probably an age thing with me. For some time I haven't found films to be especially entertaining. I used to be an avid film goer, seeing numerous films per year, but that hasn't been the case for a long time no…
  • @delfloria Thanks for sharing.
  • CR sits atop my list with OHMSS. But my ranking is no more relevant than Moviemeter's.
  • @delfloria - We know what you don't want, what would you like to see? Not looking to argue. I really want to know what people hope the next film could be. Not interested in a director, star, or EON's schedule. I want to read more ideas about what th…
  • It seems unlikely the next title will feature the word die or any variation thereof. Nor do I feel it will pick up on thematic elements found in previous films. For example, the title won't be Trip Aces. I would guess the title will also be the name…
  • @DEKE_RIVERS - What does that fresher approach look like? Not seeing much on this thread about where Bond 26 goes. For me, hiring Christopher Nolan is not an answer. I am interested in speculations about what a new Bond film might look like and h…
  • Has EON ever made an any old James Bond flick?If so, would producers have shared that view, that they were just cranking out a film with no firm understanding of where their series was headed? On this thread posters have speculated where Bond mig…
  • What connection did Harrison Ford with today's audiences? He has been Indy since 1981. Maybe the same actor playing the same role over 42 years doesn't appeal to viewers not even born when the first film came out. At least Bond has remained somewhat…
  • Of course, BB can do whatever she wants. If another Bond film is never made, so be it. But, fair or not, Bond fans can be as critical and demanding as they choose.
  • BB doesn't have to make heads or tails of anything. Bond fans want a new Bond film. Some will like it, others won't. If she's not up to it, let someone else do the job.
  • @007ClassicBondFan -- Almost everything on these threads is opinion, so it isn't necessary to state, 'In my opinion.' Whether you find weight in my opinions or not is immaterial. As to your opinion, I am interested in the acting specifics of what…
  • 007ClassicBondFan wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » The two television celebrities who succeeded SC always seemed to have to work at what seemed to come naturally to SC. Referring to Moore and Brosnan? I certainly don’t think they had to do any…
  • Opinions about acting often come down to who we like and what we like. As GL was a one off, it's impossible to say how his tenure would have played. Obviously he would have grown in the role. We see quite a difference in Connery moving from DN to FR…
  • 007ClassicBondFan wrote: » Myself I prefer Moore as Bond to GL. I don’t have anything again Laz, but he just isn’t the strongest actor. Moore sometimes doesn’t deserve enough credit for the more serious/somber moments in his tenure. Not the…
  • It's probably time for an acting thread. A lot here about the skills of past actors that has nothing to do with where Bond goes next. I invite you to share your thoughts about acting on The Art of Acting Bond thread.