It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
I would think that the best thing for the community is to discuss the future of Bond in the interim, in the context of having what we have had to date. Things will never go back but only go forwards - I would think that is a good unifying message.
So? They’re abysmal.
Exactly.
Quantity has nothing to do with quality. These two things have been conflated too often.
Anyway, I think it's worth saying it's a pretty pivotal point for Bond. We're not in 1969 territory where a change in actor and an unsuccessful film is the major issue, but we are in a bit of a existential crisis for cinema, and there's not really an inherent idea of where to go creatively that will ensure the success needed not only to get a good gross at the box office (Bond should be relatively capable of that anyway) but to ensure Bond remains fresh and relevant. We obviously have a video game coming out next year and that may well be part of this strategy (I understand some members here have no interest in this and that's understandable, but many Bond fans are in fact gamers and potentially a wider audience and excitement for the franchise is to be gained from this). The fact is the UK film industry simply isn't in a great place at the moment either for various reasons. But we'll see what happens I guess...
The film industry across the map is in pretty poor shape. As some know here, my little project has been shuffled and moved, and one director fell, a new one was hired, we sold pre-sales to a major studio but at a lower than expected price, so our budget was slashed (!)… we are holding on, but the challenges are coming at us every day!).
Three years of Covid and two strikes have bunged up the works. Entire projects have been annihilated (of varying budgets), and died before one scene was shot; others have been delayed via re-casting, or re-writes, or re-shoots, and even then, they may still end up in the dumpster (like a Batgirl), or go straight to streaming.
While three to four long years of no cinemas and/or minimal releases was taking place, the movie going public had round the clock, instant gratification with streaming, and major films being released straight there, and/or a few weeks after theatrical (still to this day we have this happening!).
But as Bad Boys shows (I’ve not seen one of these flicks): if you don’t over-saturate the market with your IP, and then release characters and stories ppl love, they’ll come back in droves. Now the droves may not have long legs, like they did pre-Covid (especially when films go to streamers quicker than ever), but the cinema experience still has value.
And Bond is perfectly placed to be one of these event films.
Just think how the Connery Generation felt having to sit through many {not all, but many} of the Moore films.
Not as bad, probably! :)
I can imagine. The feeling that the series that was once very special is no longer feels that way.
At least Roger Moore's bond never stayed with the villain as a small boy.
In my book that's far worse than doing a tarzan yell whilst swinging on a vine for 2 seconds, just saying. :-??
Proof that they are still active. Congratulations to them!
I'd take ANY Bond over the last 3 Ghostbusters any day. And I've generally enjoyed the last two.
Oh boy, I can see a select amount of fans get over upset.
“Award them for what?? Killing my childhood hero?! :(( “
Craid bad, Barbara bad... something something... foster brothers.
I can't wait to read the same thing over and again.
Don't mention release dates or how many films we are entitled to per decade.
Weren't you the person who brought up Ghostbusters in the first place??
Give it a rest, Mendes...
Come up with something new to complain about, please.
EDIT: I’ll just leave this here for @Mendes4Lyfe and @DEKE_RIVERS … I’ve said time and again that the producers of the Bond films are extremely admired and respected amongst their peers, and I’ve been criticized, especially by Deke, and others, for saying that what they’ve accomplished is quite unheard of, so…., certain awards are the real deal and represents the truly great (perhaps why they’ve moved awards like this off the Oscar telecast- which is a well funded popularity contest):
“The selection of Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (for the Thalberg Award), is a testament to their success as producers of the fan-favorite Bond series and their contribution to the industry’s theatrical landscape," the academy said in a statement.
@Peter - I’ve said time and again......
😂
But, @CrabKey would you care to elaborate?
Congrats to Barbara and Michael. Well deserved award.
Getting back to B26, I don't think it's too complicated to reboot after Craig. I'm sure Barbara and Michael have examined every angle and possibility in terms of tone, approach, and where to take the character next. The Craig era was a bold and brave risk that paid off.
IMO, create a great villain, an excellent caper, romance, and several interesting characters for Bond to be entangled with a long the way, and I'm happy. The spectacle, locations and stunts will take care of themselves. I've never been concerned about quality control in the Bond films. I've never been let down in that regard. Bond is always first class.
Maybe.
I think in some respects time is relative. We don't see a new Bond film for 4 years, and it feels like something is wrong, but then it's been 4 years since the last Bad Boys movie, and that feels almost like they came out back to back.
I think we have fewer movies because they are more successful.
I think the gap is a double-edged sword.
Furiosa flopped. Nobody cared after 9 years.
Good point.