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  • DonnyDB5DonnyDB5 Buffalo, New York
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    I don’t understand. Wasn’t Craig’s return confirmed last summer? Could’ve sworn it was. Seems people are late to the party.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Outside the Bond fandom, the average person must've forgotten about it, so this is news to them.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Daniel Craig WILL return as James Bond 007 in...

    ...TBA, November 2019...
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    FoxRox wrote: »
    Daniel Craig WILL return as James Bond 007 in...

    ...TBA, November 2019...
    The Blofeld Atrocity
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    The news on the new 007 movie is scares as this particular thread shows, there is only an officially unconfirmed director, leading man & a release date.

    That is a lot of unknowns for anybody to be happy about.
  • PanchitoPistolesPanchitoPistoles 2.0
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    DonnyDB5 wrote: »
    I don’t understand. Wasn’t Craig’s return confirmed last summer? Could’ve sworn it was. Seems people are late to the party.

    What's news is that Craig is doing BOND 25 next.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    TripAces wrote: »
    DonnyDB5 wrote: »
    I’m as straight as they come yet I’m perfectly ok with discussing Craig’s looks. I still feel he’s a very good looking man, despite looking older than he really is.

    For me, it isn't a physical attraction thing. It's a "damn cool" thing. DC exudes a coolness that few men have, ranking right up there with Steve McQueen. I saw DC in New York, after a matinee performance of Betrayal in 2013, and though he looked tired and didn't say much, the guy just gave off a coolness vibe unlike anything I have experienced.

    Steve McQueen cool? Not even close. Craig's an alright guy but he's nowhere near the level as the cooler king. (IMHO).
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    PanchitoPistoles wrote: »
    DonnyDB5 wrote: »
    I don’t understand. Wasn’t Craig’s return confirmed last summer? Could’ve sworn it was. Seems people are late to the party.

    What's news is that Craig is doing BOND 25 next.

    Is that even news? He hasn't been doing much film wise these last few years, and given how exhausted he was after SP, I'd be shocked if he lined up a film right before having to work out and jump to another Bond installment.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    PanchitoPistoles wrote: »
    DonnyDB5 wrote: »
    I don’t understand. Wasn’t Craig’s return confirmed last summer? Could’ve sworn it was. Seems people are late to the party.

    What's news is that Craig is doing BOND 25 next.

    Is that even news? He hasn't been doing much film wise these last few years, and given how exhausted he was after SP, I'd be shocked if he lined up a film right before having to work out and jump to another Bond installment.
    In other news, Bond will be wearing a dinner jacket in Bond 25.

    I don't know how to feel about that. Why do they have to mess with the formula?
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    Back on topic, as Naomie Harris will soon embark on the press tour for Rampage she will undoubtedly be questioned about her involvement in B25. My guess is she still knows nothing.
  • boldfingerboldfinger
    edited April 2018 Posts: 5,767
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Daniel Craig WILL return as James Bond 007 in...

    ...TBA, November 2019...
    The Bond Awakens?

  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/naomie-harris-would-love-to-star-in-next-james-bond-film-36798583.html

    Has this been posted yet? Not really news nor surprising, but how do we all feel about this? I think with a more behind-the-scenes approach Naoime Harris would be a great Moneypenny. Just sick of her, Q, and M hogging so many scenes in SP.
  • boldfingerboldfinger
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    It´s funny that the producers are so proud of gathering big name actors for Bond and giving them all so much screen time, but seem to ignore that there were times when M or MP had very little screen time but left an imprint on the audience todays M or MP can only dream of.

  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    boldfinger wrote: »
    It´s funny that the producers are so proud of gathering big name actors for Bond and giving them all so much screen time, but seem to ignore that there were times when M or MP had very little screen time but left an imprint on the audience todays M or MP can only dream of.

    Agreed. Sometimes less is more.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    boldfinger wrote: »
    It´s funny that the producers are so proud of gathering big name actors for Bond and giving them all so much screen time, but seem to ignore that there were times when M or MP had very little screen time but left an imprint on the audience todays M or MP can only dream of.

    It's annoying because it's still possible with the actors they've got, they just need to be brave and cut down their scenes.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited April 2018 Posts: 23,883
    doubleoego wrote: »
    TripAces wrote: »
    DonnyDB5 wrote: »
    I’m as straight as they come yet I’m perfectly ok with discussing Craig’s looks. I still feel he’s a very good looking man, despite looking older than he really is.

    For me, it isn't a physical attraction thing. It's a "damn cool" thing. DC exudes a coolness that few men have, ranking right up there with Steve McQueen. I saw DC in New York, after a matinee performance of Betrayal in 2013, and though he looked tired and didn't say much, the guy just gave off a coolness vibe unlike anything I have experienced.

    Steve McQueen cool? Not even close. Craig's an alright guy but he's nowhere near the level as the cooler king. (IMHO).
    Agreed. Not even close for me too. He had something about him when he was younger (edgy), but that's just not there for me anymore.

    He was very good in Betrayal though.
    boldfinger wrote: »
    It´s funny that the producers are so proud of gathering big name actors for Bond and giving them all so much screen time, but seem to ignore that there were times when M or MP had very little screen time but left an imprint on the audience todays M or MP can only dream of.
    The old crew may have not been famous, but they were immeasurably charismatic and perfectly cast for their roles - roles which they made their own. I'm afraid I can't say the same for the current batch. Whishaw is the most interesting because he has been reimagined for the geek generation, but even then he's a bit predictable in a post-Chloe/Benjii world.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    doubleoego wrote: »
    TripAces wrote: »
    DonnyDB5 wrote: »
    I’m as straight as they come yet I’m perfectly ok with discussing Craig’s looks. I still feel he’s a very good looking man, despite looking older than he really is.

    For me, it isn't a physical attraction thing. It's a "damn cool" thing. DC exudes a coolness that few men have, ranking right up there with Steve McQueen. I saw DC in New York, after a matinee performance of Betrayal in 2013, and though he looked tired and didn't say much, the guy just gave off a coolness vibe unlike anything I have experienced.

    Steve McQueen cool? Not even close. Craig's an alright guy but he's nowhere near the level as the cooler king. (IMHO).

    McQueen was a legend. A legend of cool alongside such greats as James Dean, Paul Newman, Clark Gable and Robert Mitchum. Some actors just embody that timeless cool. McQueen was a great actor and true movie star- the likes of which you don't get these days.
    No comparison. It's like comparing Pierce to Cary Grant. Craig, like Pierce, will probably always be remembered as one of the James Bonds. Perhaps one of the 'best" James Bonds in Craig's case, though? The only Bond, really, to have reached McQueen movie star like status is Connery.
    That said, it is a flattering compliment to compare Craig to McQueen. I do remember such analogies being made when LAYER CAKE was out and Craig's name was in the news as a possible Bond.
  • DoctorNoDoctorNo USA-Maryland
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    Craig in CR was good as McQueen. I’d add Munich too. Now McQueen is a legend because he had a number of great films. prime era Craig didn’t match that to be sure. Still Craig’s career isn’t over either...
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Bond moving away from womanizing...

    https://lrmonline.com/news/daniel-craig-has-apparently-been-trying-to-make-bond-appeal-more-to-women/?no_cache=1
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    edited April 2018 Posts: 12,466
    Clickbait (sort of). Bond still is a womanizer.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    That's exactly what attracts him to women in the first place.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    edited April 2018 Posts: 8,204
    “Clickbait “ or not here is the original story. According to Craig, the de-emphasizing of Bond’s womanizing is is intentional, and will continue.

    https://www.google.com/amp/people.com/movies/daniel-craig-making-james-bond-appeal-more-to-women/amp/
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Sure, change the character's essence to fit the modern person's image of what's right and what's wrong, until the character is no more. What a quaint idea!
  • boldfingerboldfinger
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    talos7 wrote: »
    “Clickbait “ or not here is the original story. According to Craig, the de-emphasizing of Bond’s womanizing is is intentional, and will continue.

    https://www.google.com/amp/people.com/movies/daniel-craig-making-james-bond-appeal-more-to-women/amp/
    De-emphasizing of Bond´s womanizing is nothing new, it was quite prominent in Dalton´s era, which incidentally coincided with the awareness of AIDS. And apart from that, Maud Adams is still one of the most gorgeous Bond girls.

  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    It may be less prominent than it used to be but it’s still there. It grew less and less prominent with each new Bond.
  • boldfingerboldfinger
    edited April 2018 Posts: 5,767
    One can only hope for a natural process that squeezes the franchise so much that it comes out the other side of the black hole as a low budget production with an anti-hero who drinks, smokes, pops the modern equivalent of benzedrine, and who inspires a young man to speak to a woman, go to bed with her and don´t think about tomorrow, except for saving the world.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I'd like to discard the use of benzedrine since that's not the kind of sophistication the Bond of the films should walk around the circles of. It's not a sophistication nor elegance in the slightest. An example is when Bond took a sniff of benzedrine at the Blades to keep him tense and overtly sharp, yet he was almost all over the place. All this just to beat Drax at the cards. A toned-down equivalent of cocaine I'd rather Bond does not use. Keep him level-headed and in control by nature.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    True, the womanizing was downplayed in Dalton’s two films but somewhat returned to form with Brosnan; perhaps it’s a cyclical trend and following Craig, we will see the return of a more amorous 007.
  • boldfingerboldfinger
    edited April 2018 Posts: 5,767
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    I'd like to discard the use of benzedrine since that's not the kind of sophistication the Bond of the films should walk around the circles of. It's not a sophistication nor elegance in the slightest. An example is when Bond took a sniff of benzedrine at the Blades to keep him tense and overtly sharp, yet he was almost all over the place. All this just to beat Drax at the cards. A toned-down equivalent of cocaine I'd rather Bond does not use. Keep him level-headed and in control by nature.
    That sounds level-headed enough for me, I´d be happy with that. Although a glimpse of Bond going over the edge here and there wouldn´t hurt. If we didn´t just have it in MI5, I´d say a bit like Ethan Hunt admitting that things got slightly out of control ;-).
    The filmmakers are eager to adapt more literary Bond, and on the novels Bond many times makes little mistakes which usually result in Bond being tortured. This is not so bad, although of course it brings with it the threat of more idiotic stuff like the head drill from SP.





    talos7 wrote: »
    True, the womanizing was downplayed in Dalton’s two films but somewhat returned to form with Brosnan; perhaps it’s a cyclical trend and following Craig, we will see the return of a more amorous 007.
    It´s entirely dependent on awareness trends. In Dalton´s time it was AIDS, right now it´s #metoo. It doesn´t even matter that the latter has actually nothing whatsoever to do with Bond.
    If there is nothing like that at the time of the next film, we will see more womanizing. At all, they can´t go on indefinitely taming Bond, otherwise he´ll soon be as complex-ridden as a mistreated 15-year-old.

  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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