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MaxCasino

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MaxCasino
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Favourite Fleming Novel
Moonraker
Favourite Bond Film
Dr No
Favourite Bond Actor
Roger Moore
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  • https://www.jamesbondfirsteditions.co.uk/post/do-ian-fleming-book-collectors-badly-need-a-new-film-too A decent article about the recent Bond book publishing and re-publishing. They don't use many of the continuation novels, is my only criticism …
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » ‘Star Wars: The New Jedi Order' Now “On Hold" at Lucasfilm https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/9/21/star-wars-the-new-jedi-order-now-on-hold-at-lucasfilm https://bamsmackpow.com/posts/star-wars-taika-waititi…
  • Here is the new Vaseem Khan newsletter. VASEEM'S NEWSLETTER Hello! If you are new to this newsletter, welcome! I send one of these out approx. 4-6 times a year and you'll find news, short stories, giveaways, competitions, book extracts, my …
  • https://x.com/MichaelUslan/status/1837553785994117481 See @DarthDimi even Batman’s movie equivalent of Cubby Broccoli agrees with us! Happy Batman day!
  • DarthDimi wrote: » mtm wrote: » Okay thanks, didn't know that. I guess he still should be co-credited though. I'm sure he always will. But as @MaxCasino pointed out, Kane's contributions are few and far from what we consider iconic. Oth…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » It’s astonishing that Superman has huge rogues gallery of that the movies BARELY made use of. https://www.supermanhomepage.com/superman-related-december-2024-solicitations/ You're right. Even the comics tend to f…
  • mtm wrote: » Yeah, I know people go on about 'scooby gang', but I like M and Q and Moneypenny having their little moments of victory, I find it enjoyable. Same here. We haven't gotten any miscasts or too poor of writing for them over the ye…
  • MaxCasino wrote: » Every time that I see that there are a lot of posts in this thread, I think a big announcement has been made. Sadly, it seems that a certain individual or two getting into the same arguments. At the risk of being booed or kicked…
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » While I quite like that idea, I don't think Blofeld was in earshot of that particular line. Mallory does indeed recite the Terrorism Act at him, though. When Mallory tells Blofeld the Terrorism Act, it feels like a …
  • https://x.com/D4hz4hn/status/1837101582569066593 As the first comment says, the films have not taken advantage of the mythology. Namely in the villains. As for realistic villains, there are more than alien villains to use. My version of the mytho…
  • delfloria wrote: » mtm wrote: » I don't think they will either, just tweak the thing, as you mentioned and aim at as many as possible. Turning a demographic off it just doesn't make any sense. To be honest I think NTTD already has quite a l…
  • peter wrote: » MaxCasino wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Why isn't Marvel republishing the Indiana Jones comics? Exactly. https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/sep/17/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-video-game-film-machinegames…
  • AgentM72 wrote: » peter wrote: » AgentM72 wrote: » MaxCasino wrote: » peter wrote: » MaxCasino wrote: » peter wrote: » @MaxCasino I'm hoping you can verify something for me: a friend who is in production swears to me that S…
  • DarthDimi wrote: » mtm wrote: » What's the problem with Kane? I don't really have a personal problem with Kane myself, but his refusal to acknowledge the contributions others had made to the creation of Batman (and the Batman universe) …
  • DarthDimi wrote: » MaxCasino wrote: » https://batman-news.com/2024/09/16/batman-becomes-the-first-superhero-to-receive-hollywood-star/ I hope Bob Kane isn't credited. I hope Finger is. mtm wrote: » What's the problem with Ka…
  • peter wrote: » MaxCasino wrote: » peter wrote: » @MaxCasino I'm hoping you can verify something for me: a friend who is in production swears to me that Superman's dog, Krypto will be explored in this new film. He swears he's not kidding…
  • mtm wrote: » I don't think anyone has mentioned this synopsis here have they? (It's been around for a couple of weeks) A new era is born. Next summer, three years after the Jurassic World trilogy concluded with each film surpassing $1 billi…
  • peter wrote: » @MaxCasino I'm hoping you can verify something for me: a friend who is in production swears to me that Superman's dog, Krypto will be explored in this new film. He swears he's not kidding. Last time I looked at the date it's n…
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Why isn't Marvel republishing the Indiana Jones comics? Exactly. https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/sep/17/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-video-game-film-machinegames This is good, Lucas and Spielberg are …
  • https://batman-news.com/2024/09/16/batman-becomes-the-first-superhero-to-receive-hollywood-star/ I hope Bob Kane isn't credited.
  • Every time that I see that there are a lot of posts in this thread, I think a big announcement has been made. Sadly, it seems that a certain individual or two getting into the same arguments. At the risk of being booed or kicked off the site, I thin…
  • ColonelAdamski wrote: » Daltonforyou wrote: » No self-respecting collector is going to buy editions that have been edited 60 years after the real Mccoy that Author Ian Fleming didn't approve of. I wouldn't question anyone's integrity wh…
  • Happy anniversary to one of the all time classics. What can I say that hasn't been said before? A cinematic milestone, in more ways than one. It's a good thing that I didn't know that it premiered today. Otherwise, I might have thought that IFP woul…
  • From IFP themselves. **INTERNAL MEMO - OFFICE SUPPLIES** I wanted to send this message on Friday 13th but it’s unlucky, so I didn’t. Certain of my Double O agents have asked for a special edition of the upcoming Casino Royale hardback. Ian …
  • https://www.polygon.com/books/451732/batman-resurrection-book-batman-returns-sequel-john-jackson-miller-excerpt Clayface, less than a month to go!
  • sandbagger1 wrote: » I think we’ll probably get more personal themed stories, and within the next three films we’ll get a plot involving a shock centred on Bond’s parents: They were secretly involved in the intelligence community, and Bond must…
  • As I see it @SIS_HQ and @CrabKey music is like comedy and cartoons: it is more often than not purely a generation thing. What one has seen or heard first, will be more likely that individual's favorite in their viewpoint(s). It's not much different …
  • TheSkyfallen06 wrote: » MaxCasino wrote: » https://x.com/jjmfaraway/status/1834642140078494075 I'm hoping he's not bringing Jack's Joker back to life. Somehow, (Joker, Grissom or Bob survived). The joke is JJM is a well known SW author. …
  • SIS_HQ wrote: » A video game, we need that Project 007 one that's still being in the process. I could wait for another Bond novel, yes, even it would take years, but a video game seems so exciting for me. Video game. It’s been a full gam…
  • https://x.com/jjmfaraway/status/1834642140078494075 I'm hoping he's not bringing Jack's Joker back to life. Somehow, (Joker, Grissom or Bob survived). The joke is JJM is a well known SW author.