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TripAces

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TripAces
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Favourite Fleming Novel
Casino Royale
Favourite Bond Film
Skyfall
Favourite Bond Actor
Daniel Craig
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  • So, I am not on the Elba train. Like many have said: he's too old!!! He'd be 52, at least, when filming begins. Am I racist? No. I see Rege-Jean Page as a real possibility for the role and would welcome it.
  • My Top 10: 1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2. Layer Cake 3. Knives Out 4. Enduring Love 5. Logan Lucky 6. Munich 5. Cowboys and Aliens 6. Flashbacks of a Fool 7. Archangel 8. Sylvia 9. The Mother 10. Defiance
  • Escalus5 wrote: » I don't know enough about his career pre-Bond to judge, but I think that LOGAN LUCKY is easily the best thing Craig did during his tenure with EON. Sure, it flopped, but people should check it out anyway. I wish Soderbergh wou…
  • Pierce2Daniel wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » TripAces wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » I've had the experience that Craig rises well above some pretty average (or worse) material outside of Bond. From the mediocre (Cowboys and Aliens…
  • My viewing schedule the past few weeks: 5/18: OHMSS, No Time to Die 5/20: Licence to Kill, Skyfall 5/22: The World Is Not Enough, Diamonds Are Forever 5/23: Thunderball, Live and Let Die, You Only Live Twice 5/24: A View to a Kill, Casino Royal…
  • Well, this has been shaken up quite a bit. Over the past two weeks, I re-watched every Bond film (not in order). My perspective on many of these films has changed--and not for the better. Here we go (in parentheses is # of positions since last ranki…
  • ByRoyalDecree wrote: » Ticket sales have nothing to do with awards anymore. I would actually argue that no one under 50 cares about awards, and interest in the entire medium is waning. The pretentious people making up the film ecosystem, who wo…
  • brinkeguthrie wrote: » I'm a bit late to this but now I'm reading the NTTD behind the scenes book, and Fuku is all over that, and it reminded me of this going on. If it's true, it's repellant behavior- but why is this all of a sudden coming out no…
  • MI6HQ wrote: » TripAces wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » Creasy47 wrote: » Venutius wrote: » Yes, it's awkward. Paul Haggis has been accused of a lot worse than this, so do I stop watching CR and QOS as a result? I have to say tha…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » Creasy47 wrote: » Venutius wrote: » Yes, it's awkward. Paul Haggis has been accused of a lot worse than this, so do I stop watching CR and QOS as a result? I have to say that I don't - I watch them despite knowing …
  • thelivingroyale wrote: » peter wrote: » Perhaps they will also look at showrunners and TV directors who are breaking new ground with shows such as Succession; they're efficient and their series have deep layers, artistry, tone, tension and sus…
  • FoxRox wrote: » TripAces wrote: » Folks, just STOP with the Martin Campbell talk. Seriously. He is not directing another Bond film. Why is this so upsetting to you? It isn't. It's humorous. MakeshiftPython wrote: » At least …
  • Folks, just STOP with the Martin Campbell talk. Seriously. He is not directing another Bond film.
  • Thunderfinger wrote: » TripAces wrote: » Venutius wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » It’s not about committing crime, it’s just about being a bully Although TripAces did ask if there was any actual crime involved...and seeing as …
  • AgentM72 wrote: » peter wrote: » I hear you @MajorDSmythe , and that is all true. However, the behaviour that's been revealed sounds more like grounded, every day Hollywood. As I pointed out to a couple of our members today-- if this is tru…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » Whatever the case we’re probably better off playing safe by EON hiring Campbell. Nah. Denis Villeneuve. That said, what's kind of interesting about this whole "affair," is that neither Variety nor The Hollywood R…
  • Venutius wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » It’s not about committing crime, it’s just about being a bully Although TripAces did ask if there was any actual crime involved...and seeing as incitement to commit crime is a crime in itself, …
  • mtm wrote: » TripAces wrote: » mtm wrote: » TripAces wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » TripAces wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » "As far as girls, his type is 'looks underage.' I don't know much about the things he's done to wome…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » Venutius wrote: » Where's the crime? It'd be clear cut if it'd happened in the UK. He (allegedly) encouraged two sisters to commit incest. Incest is a crime - and encouraging someone to commit a crime is a crime itself…
  • mtm wrote: » TripAces wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » TripAces wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » "As far as girls, his type is 'looks underage.' I don't know much about the things he's done to women but I'm sure they are horrible. The w…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » TripAces wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » TripAces wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » "As far as girls, his type is 'looks underage.' I don't know much about the things he's done to women but I'm sure they are hor…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » TripAces wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » "As far as girls, his type is 'looks underage.' I don't know much about the things he's done to women but I'm sure they are horrible. The way he treats all people (other than cel…
  • 007HallY wrote: » "As far as girls, his type is 'looks underage.' I don't know much about the things he's done to women but I'm sure they are horrible. The way he treats all people (other than celebrities) is horrible. I once saw him dump his cut …
  • slide_99 wrote: » TripAces wrote: » You have been watching different Bond films than I have. I'm not sure anything in CR matched the tension of Bond's second meeting with Patrice in Shanghai. That sequence had everything a Bond film should hav…
  • slide_99 wrote: » "ProfJoeButcher wrote: I don't know, CR may look and feel like what some people want James Bond movies to be, but it's the only film in the series where any and all of the action could be dropped as is into any generic action…
  • slide_99 wrote: » TripAces wrote: » dramaticscenesofQOS wrote: » thelivingroyale wrote: » Campbell is great and he’d be a very safe and dependable choice, but I’d rather have the risk of some fresh blood. I think the next film needs to…
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Creasy47 wrote: » S4 is arriving on June 26th with eight episodes. The teaser is magnificent. It has to win me over after the convoluted season 3 and its Terminator ending. Though the new trailer looks …
  • dramaticscenesofQOS wrote: » thelivingroyale wrote: » Campbell is great and he’d be a very safe and dependable choice, but I’d rather have the risk of some fresh blood. I think the next film needs to make Bond feel really new again, a proper k…
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Destruction of Krypton The album cover alone brings back memories. At that time, late 1978, that crystal-like Superman logo was badass. Maybe it still is.
  • SomethingThatAteHim wrote: » Many have already theorized that Eon will be looking to The Batman for inspiration, and its success at relaunching the character with a smaller scale noir mystery plotline could be just the thing they use as justificat…