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peter

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peter
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Toronto
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Favourite Fleming Novel
Moonraker
Favourite Bond Film
No Time To Die
Favourite Bond Actor
Daniel Craig
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  • mattjoes wrote: » Perhaps the discussion on where Bond goes after Craig should move over to the NTTD discussion thread. That would be poetic justice. "You invade my thread with your off-topic discussion, I invade yours." This could even lead to…
  • This is an opinion site. @CrabKey , very true, but I think what @007ClassicBondFan was getting at, is this particular thread is “where does Bond go after Craig”. After. Craig. But frustrated fans use their dislike of Bond’s death as an …
  • 007ClassicBondFan wrote: » peter wrote: » 007ClassicBondFan wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » @mtm @007ClassicBondFan We all know what a reboot is. If that were the case then half the people still complaining about NTTD’s ending w…
  • 007ClassicBondFan wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » @mtm @007ClassicBondFan We all know what a reboot is. If that were the case then half the people still complaining about NTTD’s ending would’ve stopped and moved on by now. It’s one thin…
  • slide_99 wrote: » Spectre's ending is pretty on-the-nose. The whole movie is about whether Bond will continue his life of killing or fulfill Vesper's wish for him to do something else. Bond chose the latter, thew his gun into the river, and drov…
  • sandbagger1 wrote: » mtm wrote: » I don't know what that means, sorry. Do you mean they should have done the Sp ending again? I would have rather that they didn’t do any ‘special ending’ that put Craig’s tenure dramatically apart from the…
  • Venutius wrote: » peter wrote: » If Craig cocked it up for you, then ignore it. Love up all the other ones, and love the next guy. And that's the absolute beauty of it, because with Dan's self-contained run, people can do exactly that wit…
  • @ColonelAdamski , so Brosnan Bond married Tracy in 1969? And he dueled with Scaramanga just five years later? And Craig-Bond, if he didn't die in '21, would be the character who would have faced off against Dr. No in 1962 (time travel?)? And later o…
  • @talos7 Looking twenty years younger and playing in heaven-on-earth! Congrats to you and your girlfriend! Living your best lives!
  • Florida! Wow! Structure executed with outstanding speed and physicality. Toronto, for once, also didn’t shy away from being hit and returned as good as they got. But they couldn’t keep pace, nor structure. If a goal went in during the first te…
    in The NHL Thread Comment by peter May 2023
  • @CrabKey ... As soon as I saw CR, Vesper/Green entered the heavenly spot reserved only for Tracy/Riggs (I didn't have the same bias as my father with OHMSS, 😂).... After NTTD, Madeleine/Seydoux entered as a third member in this Club. Experienc…
  • CrabKey wrote: » @Peter I've been a Bond fan since DN in 1963. One might think I'd have the same response, seeing a character I've watched for 60 years. But no tears, no lump in my throat, not even anger. But just Duh! Disappointment. I've said al…
  • FoxRox wrote: » peter wrote: » @FoxRox ... Easy to like, aren't they? Speed and controlled aggression. Lindy Ruff is a high IQ coach and some of his old Buffalo teams never should have been as successful as they were. He's got these kids fired…
    in The NHL Thread Comment by peter May 2023
  • But I was sad during the ending: it was an effective and affecting scene and it worked for me. Some of the backlash confused me too though. Had a feeling it was coming for all the reasons stated, and it made me even more moved as I watched hi…
  • @CrabKey , that's a satisfying end for you, but what about the worldwide audience? Please hear me out: If Craig Bond walked away with amnesia, and into the lion's den, and then in the next film, Bond number 007 strolls into M's office, I think mo…
  • @FoxRox ... Easy to like, aren't they? Speed and controlled aggression. Lindy Ruff is a high IQ coach and some of his old Buffalo teams never should have been as successful as they were. He's got these kids fired up.
    in The NHL Thread Comment by peter May 2023
  • @slide_99 ... Since you haven't seen NTTD, how exactly did the plot "go through massive" contortions", to make sure Bond died? Killing Bond is no different than killing 009. The writers knew that was the ending, and they wrote to that ending, lik…
  • @JustJames 👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻 💯 💯 💯 Nicely summarized!
  • thedove wrote: » Crazy! Neither of my sons had seen the Leafs win a playoff round. I have an 11 year old and an 18 year old. Incredible I almost forgot what it was like to win a series. Can the Panthers complete the upset of the Bruins? …
  • 🙄 @slide_99 … there have been entire scripts based on an idea a writer had for climactic sequences! Have you seen NTTD yet?
  • 🤞 @thedove
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » I remember when NTTD first came out there were fans were claiming the script didn’t work because it was developed with the ending already set in mind, therefore that’s somehow bad writing. It really highlighted to me how s…
  • Just to give perspective on scriptwriting/Purvis & Wade debate: (Although this first link is about algorithms/streaming, it can be applied to producers demands for changes on theatrical scripts as well) https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2023/…
  • Cooper is wiley…. and Keefe is sitting the wrong guys… I hope he puts in Liljegren for Holl and takes out Aston Reece and puts in Bunting. And when the game is tight, why the hell doesn’t Keefe shorten his bench?????? Other than Kampf taking d…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » Forgot to mention. I actually just caught a 35mm screening of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD at Tarantino’s theater in Hollywood. Was really fun to see in a packed theaters. I think this is his greatest film; the bro…
  • DarthDimi wrote: » peter wrote: » I think the opening of INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (sp. inc) was the best thing put to film in the last fifty years… (dating back to GF I&II). I can watch this little “short film” over and over. Suspense in action…
  • I think the opening of INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (sp. inc) was the best thing put to film in the last fifty years… (dating back to GF I&II). I can watch this little “short film” over and over. Suspense in action, it’s like an elastic band being pulled…
  • @mtm, I think my project is safe: producer is chatting to 4 directors and our lead actress. My job may be done by midnight on May 2, and I may not be able to visit set or all the fun stuff, but I was doing polishes all weekend and talent is circl…
  • @ImpertinentGoon … the vote to strike was 98% (historic numbers). The chance of actually striking has been described as: very likely. How long it will last: the last strike was 100 days and set back many projects. They say IF there is a strike…