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  • The point is they’re no threat at the point the climax happens. A functioning macguffin should be a threat at the climax of the film. No idea what you’re talking about with the personal stuff, I guess it’s a good thing no one holds a personal grudge…
  • Funnily enough, treasure would actually work better in some ways at that point of the story. Largo could be planning to use the treasure to flood the US with drugs or something a la LALD, but because gold coins don’t have the imminent threat level o…
  • Reflsin2bourbons wrote: » While the first instance of two armies fighting, this occasion lacks the tension that OHMSS or TSWLM has. That’s a really good observation, those two do have a lot more tension. Maybe part of it is that at that …
  • Fair enough, I can't think that I have seen Chernobyl featured in stuff like that, and I just mean that people are always trying to find Die Hard situations (Die Hard on a boat, Die Hard on a train, Die Hard in a prison, Die Hard in an airport etc.)…
  • HitchBondUSA wrote: » mtm wrote: » Yeah, even though MR was probably the biggest upgrade in terms of sound quality, this is the one where I've really noticed it the most. It sounds gorgeous. How amazing is it to hear Grand Christmas Eve Ball …
  • mattjoes wrote: » I didn't care for how Die Hard 4 looked when it came out, it didn't gave me a Die Hard vibe. But I watched the unrated version last year and thought it was a lot of fun. I still don't think it's got as much of the Die Hard vibe a…
  • Torgeirtrap wrote: » The BB54 is at a price point, especially if buying pre-owned, where I might be able to afford one given a bit of time. I've seen a few Youtubers point out the "retroness" of this model, and I feel every argument for or again…
  • Yeah, it's pretty stylish! I guess the issue has been how to make them look like they're all part of the new series of releases. Just putting the poster art on the front won't do that as the posters are so varied. And putting them in some sort of…
  • Ryan wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » I don't get what could possibly be boring about TB. Connery is awesome, the action is good, the photography is stunning and the score is perfect. I know that people complain about the underwater photography. We…
  • Ryan wrote: » I think Blu-ray and/or 4K have really done away with inserts/liner notes in general unless it's Criterion or Shout Factory (among others) - in much the same way video games do not come with manuals anymore. 007ClassicBondFan wrote…
  • RichardTheBruce wrote: » If I can go there. Long After Forever Yeah that's cool
    in Bond 26 Title Comment by mtm August 1
  • Torgeirtrap wrote: » mtm wrote: » He's got a Jensen Interceptor. Which is the same model the previous screen version of Inspector Lynley drove so I don't know if it's mentioned in the books or something. Although I think he then drove a Bristo…
  • It does sound like a Bond lady name though doesn't it. Maybe it is!
  • After Forever has a bit of Fleming, needs another word though!
    in Bond 26 Title Comment by mtm August 1
  • Torgeirtrap wrote: » My "daily wearer" is the Marloe Tay, which you can see in this video below. I think this specific model is manufactured in Japan, and it uses a Japanese Miyota movement, which I see is fairly commonly used in microbrand watche…
  • Yeah, even though MR was probably the biggest upgrade in terms of sound quality, this is the one where I've really noticed it the most. It sounds gorgeous. How amazing is it to hear Grand Christmas Eve Ball in full and perfect quality for the first…
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Good start now for god sakes just keep the thing under 2 hrs 20 mins and it might have a chance of success. I also like they aren't afraid to throw the previous era under the bus with "better, stronger", if Mr high-and-migh…
  • Funnily enough Knight happened to be doing an interview on 5Live this morning, you can hear his comments on getting Bond and the process (meeting Pascal, talking through some ideas etc.) from 2.22 in: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002gd9t
  • Yeah Watchdives or the slightly more upmarket San Martin (if you see the video above- their one is an automatic) are both Chinese watchbrands, but they're very well-made and with Japanese Seiko movements, and they both have very good reputations and…
  • What's the release date for the release date
  • ImpertinentGoon wrote: » mtm wrote: » ImpertinentGoon wrote: » K2WI wrote: » Something I just remembered about Knight is that he recently built a new studio in Birmingham (it’s where the Peaky Blinders film was shot). Doubt his writing…
  • You can get the earlier AT in 36mm (which I think looks pretty gorgeous to be honest: the proportions really work) and the 2518.50 can be got for just over £1000 / 1.100€ if you shop around and get lucky. Here's an example: https://ebay.us/m/Ehaxf…
  • ImpertinentGoon wrote: » K2WI wrote: » Something I just remembered about Knight is that he recently built a new studio in Birmingham (it’s where the Peaky Blinders film was shot). Doubt his writing the new Bond film will mean it’ll shoot there…
  • Likewise, nothing against LTK and it is good, but it's not really one that rewards a standalone listen as much as LALD does.
  • echo wrote: » mtm wrote: » With Villeneuve I could believe that someone like Josh O’Connor is more in the running. Or Harris Dickinson (my gut says he's the frontrunner). Or Paul Mescal. I still maintain these are the likely three, …
  • Colonel_Venus wrote: » After 3 decades, Purvis and Wade are officially out. This is huge news! To be fair, they've been out at this stage a few times before ;) This is impressive news though, he brings a lot of spark to his stuff. Could …
  • peter wrote: » Burgess wrote: » https://deadline.com/2025/07/new-james-bond-movie-steven-knight-writer-1236475348/ After setting Denis Villeneuve to direct the next James Bond movie, Amazon MGM Studios has a writer in its sights to pen the …
  • Wow, that's big news! And a very prestigious writer, I'm really happy about that. This is shaping up to be a pretty impressive line-up, fingers crossed they all last the distance.
  • Daltonforyou wrote: » mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I can definitely understand perhaps they'd be looking more for higher profile actors (not A-Listers but those who have been more in films/higher profile stuff and have some level of reco…