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The Wright post has a lot more ammunition to it than a story from a website specializing in fake news, so yes.
As for facts, a lot of what is in here will turn out to be fact at a later date. Many people's predictions or views on the production will be revealed to be on the money once the film is out and the production's events are made known. Everyone that said Dan would be back will be right, as would those who said the story of Bond 25 would continue from SP, etc.
Either way, we should always be striving to find truth, instead of purporting obvious bullshit at every turn.
I'm all for rampant speculation: Oyelowo smiles and whispers on the airwaves and German helicopter purchases. It's fun. It's a way to keep engaged while we await the inevitable—the 20/20 that disproves or validates the months upon months of chatter.
Craig may turn out to be Bond again, thus validating the controversial Oyelowo smile as fact. Jeffrey Wright may turn out to be Felix again, thus validating an obscure tweet as fact. Sort of, in both cases. Or if not quite as "facts" then as something that may have had some grain of truth in it.
But at the moment, none of these are facts. It's all speculation, and who is to police what speculation is futurefact-worthy and what is not? (Rhetorical question: the mods and jake24, quite obviously, and I'd say this thread has received a healthy girth for varying degrees of conjecture to date.)
Anyway, we were discussing Indiana Jones I believe...? ;)
I can't imagine how anyone would think Temple even approached the level of artistry that we see in Raiders, I prefer Crusade to TOD but the first film ticked all the boxes and was paced to perfection that any film that followed was going to playing catch up.
This wasn't a case of Star Wars where Empire upped the game and took the saga to new heights or Dark Knight raising the bar over Batman Begins, Indiana Jones hit it's peak from the start and is never likely to be topped.
I'd love to see a Bond film that reaches those heights.
I don't want to get off topic here, so I'll just say that Short Round's presence basically shoots down any chances TOD had of being on the same level as Raiders or Last Crusade. Not a big Indie guy, but it's clear that the middle film was very cheesy and tonally confused on the whole because of Short Round and the wackiness of Willie Scott.
Crusade is guilty of turning Marcus Brody into a buffoon, the chemistry between Ford & Connery is the real prize.
Raiders though is Ford all the way, great supporting cast and the best action set pieces in cinema history as well as a great script but Ford has never been better, it's like watching Connery in FRWL.
I can't see how either sequel could compare to that.
It's like saying Godfather 3 is my favourite of the trilogy.
Would they go such an obvious route? Yeah, I know...
https://variety.com/2017/film/news/writers-guild-strike-authorization-video-1202030136/
And the whole movie will focus on Madeleine as the main character. Wouldn't a James Bond-less movie be an ingenious thing to do?
Have only Jeffrey Wright's Felix.
I have always thought another Bond-less PTS would be a great idea. I like how the early Moore era set the stage for the adventure before Bond makes his entrance.
Regarding this writers strike issue, I heard they were asking for 3 times what was offered initially. It doesn't seem like an agreement will be reached without considerable compromise from both ends of the negotiating table. It's unclear what sort of impact a strike would have on Bond, but it can't be said to help the situation. Let's hope nothing else crops up to add to this pickle.
People really need to get an idea such as this out of their heads. There is no way an era that was built and run on continuity is just going to wipe the last film from its memory, especially when that film ended with Bond turning away from his old life. It's going to be addressed; it's unavoidable at this point.
That's actually just what came to my mind. SF picked up from QOS with no mention of Quantum or White or Vesper or Bond officially "returning to service." What's more, SF appeared to simply leap over years' worth of Bond's career. Who's to say B25 won't do the same, especially if there's a new director or if P&W are writing for a TBD Bond actor (both terms pure speculation)?