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ertert wrote: » Safin has a bullet hole in his chest in the shot of him lying in the snow. It looks like he's wearing body armor, which explains why he has the wind knocked out of him. In another trailer you can see he also has a second gunshot…
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My initial reaction for the trailers was slightly underwhelmed, not sure why. Some of the dialogue and scenes made me cringe slightly (particularly Bond throwing the guns over to Paloma for her to start shooting at the baddies), and the feeling that…
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Anyone seen the 1976 film The Man from Hong Kong? I'm tempted to buy it on a new Blu Ray release. Watching some of the clips on YouTube, it definitely has a 70's Bond vibe. The opening credit song `Sky High' sounds like a nod to Bond too. And of …
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mtm wrote: » ToTheRight wrote: » Univex wrote: » ToTheRight wrote: » Univex wrote: » Thank heavens for Daniel Craig. Sadly I tend to believe the current batch of potential Bonds far worse than the options of 2005. For…
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Univex wrote: » ToTheRight wrote: » Univex wrote: » Thank heavens for Daniel Craig. Sadly I tend to believe the current batch of potential Bonds far worse than the options of 2005. For me, both lists are dire. But I'm hopi…
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ToTheRight wrote: » Univex wrote: » ToTheRight wrote: » Univex wrote: » Thank heavens for Daniel Craig. Sadly I tend to believe the current batch of potential Bonds far worse than the options of 2005. For me, both lists a…
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ToTheRight wrote: » Mallory wrote: » Jordo007 wrote: » I feel like Craig being bulky in Casino was a way to show off the new actor in the role, especially given that it was the complete opposite to Brosnan. I don't see that being a requir…
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FatherValentine wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Since62 wrote: » If he's read the books, he's accomplishing a Bondian look with that tie, though not with that jacket. Cannot tell about the shirt, since I cannot see the cuffs or the content of…
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FatherValentine wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » Mallory wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » mtm wrote: » Oh I think Craig’s Bond rather clearly enjoys himself where he can: he does quite a lot light stuff in Sp…
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FatherValentine wrote: » Mallory wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » mtm wrote: » Oh I think Craig’s Bond rather clearly enjoys himself where he can: he does quite a lot light stuff in Spectre, but stealing the Aston, bedding the widow etc. …
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mtm wrote: » Oh I think Craig’s Bond rather clearly enjoys himself where he can: he does quite a lot light stuff in Spectre, but stealing the Aston, bedding the widow etc. he’s indulging himself. He does a few light things in QoS too. Dismi…
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DoctorNo wrote: » I don’t really agree, @jetsetwilly. It was a mistake of timing for sure to go from new to old with Mendes middle age thematic exploration that no one was asking for. We never got Craig in his dick swinging prime because EON lack …
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DoctorNo wrote: » Bond was correctly rebooted in CR, he wasn’t a relic, he knew technology and could hack M and track people, and had a personality that thought of women as disposable pleasures which isn’t past or present, its a trait, but then o…
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mtm wrote: » Bond has always been a bit stuffy and old though, as Univex said. There's always been an 'agenda' for the world to move on: that's how the world, y'know, moves on :D Bond has moved on too, just keeping 20 years behind the present day…
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Univex wrote: » I get all of that changing with the times stuff, but James Bond had always a trait, a particular one that defined his character, even with the latest iteration. He's old school, his mind set is always set decades before the present…
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mtm wrote: » Personally I can’t get too hung up on exactly how a guy looks, it’s whether he can play it that matters to me. Which means he’s got to be able to star in a movie and has great charisma and presence, can handle jokes and drama, is hand…
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mtm wrote: » I’m really baffled as to why you keep talking about the ‘woke brigade’. As you say, no-one thinks you’re being racist, there’s no need to try and start a fight with people who don’t exist. A lot of people who talk about ‘woke’ seem to…
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mtm wrote: » It seems odd and slightly pointless to me to have a preference to have actors who could play a particular role in a completely different period movie when they’re not and never will be in that movie. I certainly didn’t lose what you…
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mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » mtm wrote: » They're not playing a character written in the 50s any more though. If it were set in the 50s, sure that would be a bigger issue. Is there much 'colonial' about Craig's Bond? Or Brosnan's? F…
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Revelator wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Different skin colour and background origin takes on whole new level in adapting and modernising a colonial white old-fashioned British character written in the 1950's. If we eradicate that part too, is …
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mtm wrote: » They're not playing a character written in the 50s any more though. If it were set in the 50s, sure that would be a bigger issue. Is there much 'colonial' about Craig's Bond? Or Brosnan's? Fleming's Bond fought in WW2 and battled th…
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Since62 wrote: » talos7 wrote: » Since62 wrote: » Have you SEEN Idris Elba in films and pictures ? He looks just fine. Not someone who would fall over in a stiff breeze. Tall, built, distinctive, not some bland generically handsome guy. Wh…
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Ludovico wrote: » Since62 wrote: » Have you SEEN Idris Elba in films and pictures ? He looks just fine. Not someone who would fall over in a stiff breeze. Tall, built, distinctive, not some bland generically handsome guy. When his characters g…
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Herr_Stockmann wrote: » mtm wrote: » A remake of Die Another Day then? :D Joking aside, some elements from DAD could be reused in Bond 26 to create a very different story and, eventually, a great movie: a rogue military gets his hands on …
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mtm wrote: » I know it's not an original thought to think of The Rock as having Connery as an older Bond, but I was thinking that he really could have played Bond again around that time. I watched it a few months ago and I thought that it could ha…
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mtm wrote: » If you can't see the lack of consistent logic there I can't help you. And that's an end to it. I'm a lost cause... :( mtm wrote: » The most eye-catching bit from most is the Murder On Wheels stuff, and that only really…
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CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » I'd always like them to use Fleming as a springboard for a new era if they can. But only if they can actually update it in a way that makes sense like they did with CR. It's not going to be possible to do that with all of …
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mtm wrote: » In every case: it's just logic. A person not knowing how something works means they can't be certain about it. I don't know how a plane works but I'm certain it will get me from A to B. mtm wrote: » I don't think they defi…
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mtm wrote: » It'll be a reboot no matter what, and wouldn't really expect the series to be any more 'Fleming' feeling than the Craig years have been. Personally I think Bond moved beyond Fleming years ago. Well it has and it hasn't. Craig's…
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