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  • DaltonCraig007 wrote: » The NY Times has just posted an article that states the following: “The industry needs New York to open as soon as possible,” said Ken Thewes, Regal Cinemas’ chief marketing officer. “Governor Cuomo has done a great job …
  • Dwayne wrote: » Also, note that although movie theaters in New Jersey are now open (at the lesser of either 25% capacity or 150 people), they are still closed in New York. Today’s announcement, however, may result in their re-opening (sooner rath…
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  • I don't think it's possible to remove Fukunaga's name from the credits for Guild reasons even if EON wanted to (and it's far too late to fire him, since the production is apparently finished and the film edited), but I'm pretty certain Fukunaga will…
  • MajorDSmythe wrote: » and have watched episodes 1 to 4 of 'Inferno'. Inferno is one of my favorite Classic Who stories -- feverishly intense, nightmarish stuff.
  • chrisisall wrote: » Those morons were egged on by agitator white dorks (and in some cases actual police officers) who began the window smashing & fires. Just sayin'. Fine. They're all morons.
  • chrisisall wrote: » That's a GOOD thing. I mean, isn't it? The George Floyd murder was appalling, and the protestors had every right to peacefully assemble and petition for grievances. (The morons who showed up to smash and grab and destroy…
  • NickTwentyTwo wrote: » It's all fun and games until his policies have a direct effect on your health and well being. Agreed. This isn't a joke.
  • AKillToAView wrote: » The most likely reason for the drop in LTK's US box office is also the most simple; it just looked cheap and lacklustre compared to the other blockbusters on offer that summer. And yet I think it's aged better than som…
  • RogerJonMoorePertwee wrote: » Ah, thank you, that makes sense. 🙂 I think this situation goes to show that the film industry needs to somehow decentralise the apparent financial success or failure of any big budget film away from the US (and to …
  • NickTwentyTwo wrote: » My worry would be that, because Democrats don't like Biden, they'll just stay home and not vote, securing another win for Trump. Seems like many only want to vote for fun and exciting candidates (Obama, Sanders). Bide…
  • NickTwentyTwo wrote: » I realize now my comment May make it seem like I hope Biden dies, which is not the case; lol, just that he could be declared unfit for service, which is obviously also extremely unlikely. In just about any other elect…
  • chrisisall wrote: » Escalus5 wrote: » What I don't understand is why you're so intent on starting another argument with him. But go right ahead, the mods can step in when it gets out of hand. I would say it's to see if he's learned anythi…
  • DaltonCraig007 wrote: » What isn't a good look is putting words in other people's mouth (like you just did) and trying to defend someone who claimed all of this pandemic was fake news. So he was not badly mistaken, he was an outright liar. But fee…
  • DaltonCraig007 wrote: » fanbond123 wrote: » Based on what I've read online - and you got be open minded about what how accurate things are online - season flu kills around 50 - 60,000 people per year. Coronavirus has killed just over 6,000 pe…
  • Dwayne wrote: » @4EverBonded. Be well. As I stated earlier, hopefully we will get through this. For example, today (Monday, June 8th), her in New York City, we move into phase 1 of our re-opening. And while I have little faith in political lead…
  • When Michael Wilson became one of the series' primary writers, I believe the creative process became a lot less chaotic than it had previously with, say, the revolving door of writers on TSWLM. Wilson's link to EON and his important role in the prod…
  • talos7 wrote: » Also, I've always seen Connery, Lazenby and Moore as the same Bond, Dalton and Brosnan as the same and Craig as the next. Yes there are inconsistencies but I base this on two things; the ages of the actors and the fact that every …
  • chrisisall wrote: » The Orange Knotheadzee is pushing it. Covid-19 will keep sweeping through the U.S. like wild fire now. Police & protesters will both suffer losses. Families of both will suffer. The smaller # of provocateurs & bad cops …
  • mtm wrote: » Dalton had long been on their radar and obviously one of several they'd approached about being the fourth Bond but I do tend to think Brosnan was the first guy they actually hired. There's a photo of Brosnan signing the contrac…
  • Murdock wrote: » On his live viewing of GE, Brosnan mention he was signed up and ready to go for TLD when NBC came a knocking with that Remington Steele renewal. But what he neglected to mention -- or maybe doesn't know -- is that Dalton wa…
  • mtm wrote: » I'm amazed that didn't persuade them! :D It does give one a sense of Brosnan's level of arrogance, doesn't it?
  • thedove wrote: » We have to remember that Brosnan was Cubby's selection. From what I've read, Cubby wanted Dalton to return. The decision to re-cast was made by Cubby under pressure from the executives at MGM/UA, who wanted Brosnan. I kn…
  • thedove wrote: » We have to remember that Brosnan was Cubby's selection. Not Barbara's and as such when things came to an end he was unceremoniously dumped. I applaud him for staying classy after being dumped via phone call. That's not th…
  • An alternate reality with three different remakes of THUNDERBALL starring Connery, Brosnan and Dalton, would be pretty funny.
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » And Connery went onto dismiss NSNA. I remember reading a magazine from 1990 during the height of his career renaissance where he reflected pretty negatively over it. Pretty sure it was an interview on Time magazine, but I’…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » You can tell he's feeling very awkward when that question comes up, like this is going through his head "oh yeah... that happened". I wonder. He makes it a point to say "we went to Kevin" and seems proud to admit th…
  • According to this, McClory wanted to go back to the WARHEAD script (by himself, Len Deighton & Sean Connery), and re-title it ATOMIC WARFARE: https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/opinion_kevin_mcclory_damaged_the_james_bond_series.php3?t&…
  • Dwayne wrote: » What will be very interesting, is whether people will feel safe going back to work since so much of New York City is dependent on public transportation. If we could teleport from home to work (like Star Trek 😊) this wouldn’t be an …
  • Agent_One wrote: » Another interesting thing to note here is that M's Chief of Staff/Blofeld's mole is called Villiers, which is the actor who played Tanner in FYEO's second name. And in the early drafts of Spectre, Tanner there was also supposed …