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Bond driving a Tesla would be like him driving Goldfinger's Rolls Royce or Zao's Jaguar (if you get my meaning).
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » George_Kaplan wrote: » I suppose some films age better than others. I'd say SF still looks pretty contemporary despite being 12-years old (probably helps that it was shot digitally). I doubt I'd have said the same thing ab…
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I suppose some films age better than others. I'd say SF still looks pretty contemporary despite being 12-years old (probably helps that it was shot digitally). I doubt I'd have said the same thing about DAD back in 2014.
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » So, a faithful adaptation can't be done. Bond novels are too out of date for today's audiences. Those stories can't even be updated because they are so old fashioned. But taking bits and pieces from MR and…
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DewiWynBond wrote: » Someone said a black Harry Potter, haha, that tickled me. There's just no need to change his race. Focus on the core of the character and not surface level things. And make Bond powerful, he's got a new era to define. E…
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CrabKey wrote: » @George_Kaplan - If the next Bond is black or asian, you are suggesting that because Bond will no longer be from a privileged group, his race will have to become a necessary part of his story. What will that look like? I agree, ra…
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delfloria wrote: » Also, not sure that you are taking into account the racism and snobbery that is a part of Fleming's Bond character in the films and novels. It's fair to say that the cinematic Bond in the 21st century is quite far away fr…
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CrabKey wrote: » Why does Bond need to be black? I'm not calling for a black actor to be Bond. And it's not because I believe there are no great black actors capable of the playing the role. There are plenty. But why? Once Bond is back and black, …
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007HallY wrote: » I guess the only Bond film that takes place in a single country (at least if you don't count space/wherever the nations meeting is meant to be) is YOLT... although even then I'm pretty sure Bond's 'death' is meant to be in Hong K…
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Zekidk wrote: » George_Kaplan wrote: » I wouldn't mind if we cut down a little on the globetrotting and went back to keeping the majority of the film confined to one country (or even one city) That would go against audience expectation. L…
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I wouldn't mind if we cut down a little on the globetrotting and went back to keeping the majority of the film confined to one country (or even one city), much like the novels and the early films, as opposed to just powering across the world. I h…
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The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised. I didn't dare get my hopes up but it's official. oasis have returned! I could care less about them doing a Bond theme. I'm jus…
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Just over 3 hours to go (if I've got my time zone conversions right). I'm bracing myself to be disappointed.
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Ludovico wrote: » Imagine the TSWLM PTS remade in a completely different action movie. Same sequence, different character, same ending with the Union Jack, but the whole thing is utterly devoid of irony. Say the music accompanying the Union Jack r…
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I don't dare believe this until it's properly confirmed.
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echo wrote: » conradhankers wrote: » M_Blaise wrote: » Pettyfer is known for being awful to work with. They're all drama queens at the end of the day, Craig, Our Henry and even Connery were not the best to suffer fools on set. Chris…
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CrabKey wrote: » So Bond needs to appeal to a younger generation, but no one is able to articulate any specifics. Well @Mendes4Lyfe reckons he knows. Apparently it's a goofy sense of humour and something to do with football. CrabKey wrot…
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Last_Rat_Standing wrote: » In all seriousness. Could another studio make a rival Bond film such as NSNA? To my knowledge, they can only use Thunderball or is that all gone and only EON has the rights to use anything with Bond. Brosnan in a riva…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Designing films to bring in a new audience every few years is literally how EON has been able to be so successful for the past six decades. You can call it "moving with the times" if you want, but it's just a different way of …
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » I don't exactly know what gen z finds engaging today, because as a millenial I'm on the outside looking in, but I know for a fact that gen z are far less cynical than millennials. They seem to have an innocent goofiness, which…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » George_Kaplan wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » George_Kaplan wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Are we seriously saying we don't know what appealing to people under 30 means anymore? Well what does it mean to yo…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » George_Kaplan wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Are we seriously saying we don't know what appealing to people under 30 means anymore? Well what does it mean to you @Mendes4Lyfe? Because I don't think making films s…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Are we seriously saying we don't know what appealing to people under 30 means anymore? Well what does it mean to you @Mendes4Lyfe? Because I don't think making films specifically to try and appeal to the under 30 crowd …
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CrabKey wrote: » @007HallY - I meant Gen Z as a whole (I only said us because I'm in that age bracket). I suppose the youngest are still in their teens, but most are in their 20s. Think the oldest is something like 27/28. It's a wide demographic. …
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I suppose you could argue if a contemporary Bond needs to have served in the armed forces at all. Being a commander in the Royal Navy does feel like a bit of a relic of the post-war era the novels were written in. I think having a long career in int…
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zebrafish wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » Yes. I agree. Moore was seamless. I think he knew early, that trying to follow Connery's style would be a problem. I don't know how true it is that Moore was up for Bond be…
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007HallY wrote: » George_Kaplan wrote: » Denbigh wrote: » The cons I have with James is not his capabilities but more that he's rather uninspired and a kinda boring as a choice. He'd be good, for sure, but I've seen him a play a leading ma…
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Denbigh wrote: » The cons I have with James is not his capabilities but more that he's rather uninspired and a kinda boring as a choice. He'd be good, for sure, but I've seen him a play a leading man a thousand times in a thousand different genres…
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