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Wanting to go back to Fleming is appealing but we have to be careful to recognise that you cannot plan to capture lightning in a bottle. The acclaimed writer Sebastian Faulks tried to "write as Ian Fleming" with Devil May Care and it met with lukewa…
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In chronological order within the categories: BEST - DN, OHMSS, GE, CR, SF WORST - TB, YOLT, TMWTGG, DAD, QOS
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Obviously we do not know the plot details for Bond 25 and that is a problem given that at least 3 of DC's films have plot specific titles and that may be the current preference of producers. Arguably QoS is also plot/story specific. It is interesti…
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I agree that TB is overrated - I would say the most overrated Bond movie of all (to parody the theatrical trailer). And to contrast that, I would say OP is the most underrated because although clearly not Bond's all time high (there I go again), it …
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Maybe DC was referring to the renegade Time Lord Omega, whose evil and corruption brought Gallifrey to its knees. Is DC a Dr Who fan? If so, that would explain it.
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I think I will do @Creasy47 because you are not the only person to give me that advice. For some reason, people who know me have said that I would really like QT's stuff. Perhaps they find me as disagreeable as I find him!!!
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"Pantomime" was a word that occurred to me when I was writing my last post but I decided that John Sim was not panto, but was "CBBC manic", which I think is also the wrong vibe and not close to Bond villain material. And yes - Julian Glover is a gre…
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I finally got round to watching Inglorious Basterds last night. Waltz was exceptional and absolutely owned the screen. Watching that makes me even more disappointed with his underuse in Spectre. I thought the explosive climax was zany but brilliant…
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I think that commercial reality means we are almost always looking at a white male in the role but I don't think that means a non-white actor could not deliver a good on-screen job. Box office comes first, which probably explains why Roger Moore sta…
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I think Neeson would have been another Dalton - right man, wrong time - had he been given the role in the 1990s. They needed a classic"comic strip" Bond type to bring the series back to an expectant audience and Brosnan ticked that box. If Neeson wa…
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I think David Bowie would have been wonderfully over the top and camp as The Master had a 1990s big screen Who adventure ever come to light. And if some people felt that the early Pertwee-Delgado era felt a bit like Who-meets-Bond, then I also think…
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Yeah "we own part of Ireland", so I doubt there would be any controversy over merging British with Irish national identity...
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The background to Grant in the novel FRWL would be great to see on screen. He was insane, liked to kill in moonlight and the KGB would pay him for jobs partly by letting him into local asylums to pick an inmate to tear apart in the moonlight for his…
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In the picture above with Sean and Roger, I can't shake off the thought of how slightly Roger looks like Barry Cryer in that photo!!! (Please forgive me).
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I have banged on quite often about my secret baddie idea and everyone seems to think it is terrible. So presumably I should submit this to EON without delay then?!
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I suppose the obvious problem with this thread - as much fun as it is - is that we do not know what direction they will be taking the series and we don't know the long term production schedule. For example, if we knew they wanted to make a trilogy …
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I think the main ideas supporting her return (apart from one) are not appealing at all. As I see it, the options are (in no particular order): 1. No appearance on screen, written out in a throwaway line, end of. 2. The main Bond girl again. 3. Ki…
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Yes in recent films Bond doesn't seem to know what he wants. He needs to know what he wants. What he really, really wants. This is the finale - Bond is the sixth Spice Girl and he shags Posh Spice till she, literally, snaps. And there endeth the DC …
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dominicgreene wrote: » gumbolt wrote: » I like John Gardner's title "Nobody Lives Forever" and it would be apt if it was to be promoted as DC's final fling. Or of course they could just call it The Final Fling. Or Casino Royale II: The Last Ha…
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I like John Gardner's title "Nobody Lives Forever" and it would be apt if it was to be promoted as DC's final fling. Or of course they could just call it The Final Fling. Or Casino Royale II: The Last Hand.
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I think they will cast a man. I am pretty sure they will cast a white man and I fully expect it to be a much younger man than Capaldi. Indeed, I suspect that Poldark himself Aidan Turner may be exactly who they - the BBC - want. I don't think the "b…
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ATJ had a leading role in Oliver Stone's Savages and Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals, for which he won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor this month. He played young John Lennon in Nowhere Boy - during which he formed a relationship (now married …
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I thought the emoji was alluding to vomit or bodily rejection of some sort - either way I knew you weren't expecting ATJ to don the tux anytime soon!
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What does your emoji mean? I can't figure it out. I'm not saying ATJ would be my choice but I think he is a dark horse for this.
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I'm sure the Jinx spin-off was spoken of. Thankfully the plan was not dismissed lightly - it was hurled aside with great force. One of many good decisions made after DAD, rather than just before or during it.
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I don't know what Murdock's emoji means but I'm guessing it is not a glowing endorsement of my suggestion that Aaron Taylor Johnson might be the next Bond! I think that, if she is the one in the driving seat when the recasting takes places, BB will …
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I predict that DC will return for one more, meaning a new star for 2020. I think it will either be somebody not even on the radar at the moment or, if it is someone reasonably well known today, it will be Aaron Taylor Johnson. You heard it here firs…
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Someone mentioned the political preferences of characters. Geoffrey Keen's largely ignored character "The minister" appeared from 1977 to 1987. So in TSWLM he was a minister in a Labour government that went on to lose the May 1979 election. Then he …
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Connery - DN to YOLT Lazenby - OHMSS to TMWGG Moore - TSWLM and MR (seen as a successful but short term experiment with froth) Dalton - FYEO to LTK (but I would have preferred Lewis Collins) Respecting the six year gap if I have to, if not, room…
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I think GE was a success partly because it relaunched the series. Whilst Dalton doubtless could have put in a decent performance, I think it would have been harder to achieve a relaunch with him. So from a viewing perspective, yes it could have been…
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