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I was very fortunate to be as insulated as possible from that mess. That case crushed a lot of egos. I won't lie, some may have had it coming. But I miss what we had before the suit, it was a fun place to work. Gawker was sold off separately, the rest of the sites acquired by Univision at the time, so I've also worked for them.
From the outside looking in, it appeared to be a wild place to work.
Kombucha fountain, mid-day drag shows, riding e-scooters through the offices, it was one of those places for sure. I really think it would have been a "new type of [new york] media company" if it'd survived. Maybe it belonged on the West Coast.
I now am technically employed by Warner Brothers Discovery but please don't ask me about anything film-related, I haven't a clue.
The 'Bird With A Wing Down' aspect has been overused in the Craig Era (with an exception of Paloma or maybe Strawberry Fields), all of Craig's Bond Girls had that sort of inner heavy baggage in them, they're burden.
I understand Vesper, but the rest, like Camille, Severine, Lucia Sciarra and Madeleine Swann, they're all very dour to watch because all of them were tragic, could we rest from that?
I'd liked to see Bond Girls with sense of humor and fun, and witty as Bond himself.
That's why it's a breathe of fresh air to see someone like Paloma, just playful and fun, a woman with no problems and not complicated.
Just checked it now @Benny thanks for the greetings! 😊 Even though I can't seem to remember when was the specific date I've joined here (still trying to find it), I'm still happy that there's one member in this community that still remember it.....Thank you 😊
Bigger than Nolan? Or the strike is bigger than EON?
I have no inside knowledge and kind of bank on peter to correct me, but if they had at least a treatment or an outline or maybe even a first draft they could go on with other parts of development - most importantly casting, but also location scouting and design and stuff like that - while a strike is going on. If they have nothing because they are waiting for a director to free up - especially if that director will insist on fundamentally rewriting whatever script they have - they are potentially hamstringing themselves because then nothing can get done that is in any way dependend on script - which is almost everything.
The distinction I wonder about is: Are BB and MGW in the WGA and at what point does their development work as producers ("We want this film to be funny") turn into writing? I don't expect them to write a screenplay, but could they go so far as to lock in locations and general roles (Bond, a Bond woman, a villain, M, Q, Moneypenny) f.e., get started on that and then "just" have a screenwriter write dialogue around this once the strike is over? That would again mean we won't see any of the current crop of high-level auteur writer-directors, mind.
What really matters at this point is hiring a director to start bringing things together and then selecting an actor.
I hope they are going back to Fleming, like they usually do with a new Bond actor. Fleming, and Eon's interpretation of Fleming, and yes, the "special event" quality of every Bond film, is what distinguishes Bond from everything else.
I couldn't agree more.
You sure got that right.
Nope, I think it will be 2035 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of SPECTRE and the Madeleine story arc.
“Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust”
Names is for Tombstones Baby
That would please me to no end.
Fun to funky, we know James Bond's a junky.....
Man. I want a David Bowie Bond song so much :(
Why not 2042? Celebrate the death of Bond and the squirming of pearl clutching fans!
I do wonder if they ever talked to him about staying on as a producer. I wouldn't like that either, but that's about the extent of any future cooperation I could stomach.
From what I've read, Bill has often laid a lot of his complaints about the recent films at Craig's feet. It seems he's still doing that again, even though Craig clearly resigned.
He also has passively painted BB as a schoolgirl in love with her leading actor (which frankly turns my stomach. It's disrespectful of a producer who genuinely is respected in the business for shepherding James Bond into a more grounded character (whether fans agree or disagree with the direction)).
I'm guessing not even Craig fans (me being one of them), want him back.
And with the release of NTTD, they essentially did a world tour of Craig saying good bye.
Methinks Bill's displeasure with the actor and his childish perspective of Broccoli, has clouded his judgement (again).