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echo
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007 in New York
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007 in New York
Favourite Fleming Novel
You Only Live Twice
Favourite Bond Film
On Her Majestys Secret Service
Favourite Bond Actor
Daniel Craig
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  • Torgeirtrap wrote: » LeChiffre wrote: » Boyle. Yes please. Campbell. Nah. Wouldn't mind another Campbell Bond, to be honest. Most important is that the next director does a good effort. It all comes down to the script. And new w…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • There's just something about MR. Also OHMSS.
    in Rank the Fleming Bond Novels-Readability Comment by echo March 2018
  • I really don't see them going back to Camille, a character from 2008. (White was one thing but he was in two films.) The freshness of most Bond films is that there is a new love interest, villain, etc. and I expect them to do the same here. Don…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • Birdleson wrote: » One of my favorite aspects of Boyle's films is the crisp energy and spontaneity he infuses them with. Whether dark or light, humorous or nauseating; his films never fail to feel vibrant, fresh and alive to me. That quality is …
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • Thunderfinger wrote: » echo wrote: » I know it's Fleming, but "The Undertaker's Wind" sounds like, well, you know... I could go for a female 00. But I want the focus of the next film to be Bond. Not M, not Moneypenny, not Swann, not Blofe…
    in Realistic & Serious Story Ideas for Bond 25 (...to be used by EON Productions Ltd.??) Comment by echo March 2018
  • I know it's Fleming, but "The Undertaker's Wind" sounds like, well, you know... I could go for a female 00. But I want the focus of the next film to be Bond. Not M, not Moneypenny, not Swann, not Blofeld, not Q, not Tanner, not the double-takin…
    in Realistic & Serious Story Ideas for Bond 25 (...to be used by EON Productions Ltd.??) Comment by echo March 2018
  • Dragonpol wrote: » echo wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Thunderfinger wrote: » Paperbacks were still published, despite Fleming s own wish. Kind of disrespectful. It was a moral dilemma thst the Board of Glidrose had to face. One of…
    in Worst Fleming Bond Novel? Comment by echo March 2018
  • Ludovico wrote: » I actually find TND a bit too much of a techno thriller to be truly old style. And Paris is both miscast and disappointing for the reason stated above. And Way Lin truly was a bit too believable as a "Bond's equal" Bond girl. The…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by echo March 2018
  • Dragonpol wrote: » Thunderfinger wrote: » Paperbacks were still published, despite Fleming s own wish. Kind of disrespectful. It was a moral dilemma thst the Board of Glidrose had to face. One of the Board persuaded the rest that Flemin…
    in Worst Fleming Bond Novel? Comment by echo March 2018
  • bondjames wrote: » Let's see. We don't even know if this touted idea is going to get approved yet. The past is prologue. Forster got to move the gunbarrel and hire MK2. Mendes got to move the gunbarrel and kill M (to great success). Mend…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » QOS and SP are fan movies as far as I'm concerned. Boyle's Bond movie will complete the Craig Bond trilogy. Wow, that's a controversial opinion about QoS! It doesn't seem fanboyish to me. They had some great idea…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • Someone else has mentioned this, but something like a Nobody Lives Forever "most dangerous game" scenario would be interesting and a departure for a Bond film. Hmm...
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • TheWizardOfIce wrote: » Bernie99 wrote: » bondjames wrote: » We may have write Villeneuve off for B26 too, if timing intrudes once more. https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/03/09/denis-villeneuve-wants-2-dune-movies/ Hopefully Nola…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • TheWizardOfIce wrote: » In SP the risks he takes are excessively foolhardy bordering on the suicidal. Hmm...perhaps Dr. Swann's medical questionnaire has unleashed Bond's latent suicidal tendencies? Only Mendes knows for sure. If only he …
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • bondjames wrote: » TheWizardOfIce wrote: » (These two are so far below the others I had to drop down into another post) 3. QOS - Good dogfight with Bond using his brain in a crapper plane. 4. SP - Bond not using his brain and nearly killin…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by echo March 2018
  • vzok wrote: » Birdleson wrote: » SHALLOW GRAVE, 28 DAYS LATER, TRAINSPOTTING, HAPPY & GLORIOUS... All have me excited about this decision (if true). Those are all great films. Not a zombie movie fan, but loved 28 Days. Agr…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • Will Bond 25 be going back to Scotland? Hodge tends to use that location well.
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • Strog wrote: » I'm more glad to have new blood writing the screenplay than to have Boyle directing, but I'm fine with him as a choice. That said, I hope this script works out. Eon is in a tight spot if not. I agree. If the script is good, B…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • TheWizardOfIce wrote: » How's being able to ski even relevant? There's no way he would be allowed to ski himself anyway for insurance purposes. When Laz nicked a pair of skis on the set and had a quick go he got a bollocking. Hear, hear! The…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by echo March 2018
  • Bentley007 wrote: » https://twitter.com/BazBam/status/971893267892666369 Baz speaks! I believe this is a done deal because they seem to decide based upon director, not script.
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » RC7 wrote: » bondjames wrote: » RC7 wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » RC7 wrote: » bondjames wrote: » I think they are underestimating the prevailing mood for change and reinvention. It's definitely out the…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • bondjames wrote: » I think they are underestimating the prevailing mood for change and reinvention. It's definitely out there. This is not just about the hardcore, although there's a far number of us that aren't enamoured by the current state of a…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » The truth is I don't think he cared much how the thing turned out as long as he got down what he wanted. Probably poured another drink, and went for a dip outside Goldeneye, and forgot all about it. Fascinating man, a idol of …
    in Which Bond novel are you currently reading? Comment by echo March 2018
  • TheWizardOfIce wrote: » Remember when Blofeld was going to release virus Omega and the only bloke who could stop it escaped on skis at night with the whole of SPECTRE on his tail and John Barry smashing it out of the park with the soundtrack? Is t…
    in Realistic & Serious Story Ideas for Bond 25 (...to be used by EON Productions Ltd.??) Comment by echo March 2018
  • I agree with DAF. It meanders and goes nowhere. It reads like a rough draft.
    in Worst Fleming Bond Novel? Comment by echo March 2018
  • RC7 wrote: » doubleoego wrote: » RC7 wrote: » 'Fulfil their mandate to make good fims’, you say it like that isn’t their aim. Forgive me, but this comes across more as a petulant rant, because you’re not getting what you want, rather tha…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • The truth is that the Oscars are all about buzz. The nominations at the height of Bondmania (GF, TB) make sense, as do the ones at the first critical/commercial rejuvenation (TSWLM, leading to MR and FYEO). Paul McCartney of course is an icon, a…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by echo March 2018
  • SeanCraig wrote: » If I were Campbell, I would not come back and clean up. He made GE and CR - two very successful and beloved entries of the 007 canon. I would not do B25 - the only thing that could lure me back would be a tremendous script - but…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • Sorry, double post.
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » RC7 wrote: » PanchitoPistoles wrote: » doubleoego wrote: » TR007 wrote: » Is anyone else a bit worried by how Babs and Mick are handling the Bond 25 scenario? They really seem to have given Craig so much p…
    in No Time To Die: Production Diary Comment by echo March 2018