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And with what happened in Quantum of Solace, Felix working with a CIA agent siding with the villains, this was too easy to see coming.
A better twist would've been Ash dismantling that goofy, affable persona once things hit the fan, helping Bond/Felix in an action sequence where he shows off some hidden talents and has something to offer, perhaps sacrificing himself for Bond, someone he actually does admire immensely. That would've been great.
Regardless, I think he's one of the best henchmen of the era, with the lot of them being something the film really excelled at.
Or... Felix didn't have to die. It's an overused trope at this point to use a death of someone close to Bond to fuel the plot.
One way to trangress this if for example to have a 00 who seems good but turns out bad, that was in DAD.
The reason Babs and Michael can't do everything in each film is that they did it before already, so they make choices, also to lighten the film running time.
What I find in most people criticism of NTTD, is that they basically ask for character development that would make the film 8 hours, like a Netflix mini-series.
You guys have spent too much time on your couch watching bad TV streaming.
You can't have your cake and eat it too, even at 2h40.
And those Netflix seasons, they're like a 2h film extended to 8 hours.
We can't have that, life too short and you must live it to the full.
Though perhaps you’re referring to others, as I love NTTD. It’s not even a big issue for me, merely something that stands out film after film that gets a little tired after a while.
I said, right??
;)
No.
We don't.
Not yet... ;)
Hahahahahah! Well played.
:))
In which thread was this?
Check out Bloopers from NTTD. Pages 2-4, I think. The person that left, I don’t want to call his name out, but it is during the first few pages of NTTD first impressions and spoilers. The poster that left didn’t like NTTD, and he was piled on. I’ll let you be the judge, but it certainly was not a good first impression for a new member. Several days back a mod chases me from one thread to another, and I was posting what I guess you’d say is ‘negative’ stuff about NTTD, and he just kept on needling me about it. Said I was spamming. :)) Anyway, I’ve gone on too much about it I guess. I felt like I was singled out because I didn’t like NTTD, and I’m not the only one that holds that view. But back to the main question, I believe the movie is extremely divisive. If we look outside the little bubble here at mi6, and read reviews from Amazon, Imdb, Facebook (one mod here truly despises that one), Twitter, etc one can see that this film is not close to universally loved. It’s not hated universally either, hence it is divisive. I really don’t know if I’ll post on here much longer as my experience has been bitter at best. I’ve met some really nice Bond fans, and that has been great. Overall though, I wouldn’t recommend the site to anyone (for forum use). If I’d come on singing the praises of NTTD, I feel that my experience would have been the exact opposite. Fans should not be judged on liking or disliking a film, that is flat-out wrong imo.
I like many of your posts and hope you'll continue to post here.
Admittedly, I haven't bothered with NTTD review threads here for whatever reason and I'm pro-NTTD. As long as you have views that are valid and you state your views clearly and not just "it sucks, it's woke" etc. without anything to back it up. That's why I have a problem with many of the other sites you listed above in that it's just anybody who can contribute their two cents (or minus any sense in many cases) and most of those are just goofy comments people just have to make and invite criticism back in their direction, which I've done to some of the dumber ones, especially when they have to reveal the spoiler at the end -- "it's been out a month, everybody knows by now" is the excuse. Well, some people haven't seen Psycho or Citizen Kane and don't deserve that treatment. It's a byproduct of our current culture. Someone calls them out on it and they get labeled a "Karen" as I saw in one case.
I almost called out a guy who claims he's seen every Bond movie opening week since 1962, but would it have been worth it given he's always been in the U.S. and DN didn't even come out until 1963 here?
Another favorite was a lady who called Craig a thug with no class and countered Connery was a gentleman who had charm. I had to remind her of some of his less attractive moments in some of the '60s films and she didn't respond.
Iv mentioned this before elsewhere,that there’s a very disturbing trend amongst some members here that any criticism of NTTD or the Craig era in general is met with outright hostility and childish name calling.In the box office thread for NTTD I got piled on for merely suggesting NTTD had not made any net profit yet,and in the Cary Fukunaga thread,I mentioned the news story where an actress made a sexual harassment allegation against Fukanga and some member starred posting stuff along the lines of “ YOU HAVE AN AGENDA AGAINST THIS FILM!!!!! “
Like are they seriously thinking that the lady in question didn’t think NTTD was all that great and made a #Metoo allegation against Fukanaga in revenge? Also,I paid to see the film,and despite my issues with it ,I will pick up a copy when it is released on home media.Whether it makes a profit or loss will not change my feelings on the movie.
Yes, I saw that. I quit posting on the main NTTD threads. I too will end up buying it (I want to complete my DC collection), even though I don’t know if or when I’ll watch it. If you’re anti-NTTD there are certain mods that hav taken action. And I’m not just referring to petty name-calling or things of that nature.
@NickTwentyTwo
Yes, you’re probably correct. From members I can expect this, but when mods join in with the members that is a huge issue. Wouldn’t you agree with that? I even tried to reach out to the mod(s), mainly it’s one, and I got the cold shoulder. @NickTwentyTwo btw, we are good, just want to clarify that. I know you were on one of the threads I was talking about. So I don’t want you to think I’m saying this toward you.
Thank you.
No, they have never engaged in name calling, or anything like that. I probably need to let it ride, @007ClassicBondFan had some very wise words there. I was going on different threads about NTTD (this is one example) and was stating x,y and z about NTTD, none of it was positive, but it wasn’t outlandish or patently false (imo anyway). This mod even referenced me in another thread (lately) after one mod had intervened and said that if I needed to be flagged, I should be. Basically, I and someone else here (that’s well respected) thought he was saying that I needed to be flagged. Can a mod bait a poster? Food for thought. Honestly, I think it simply boils down to a personality conflict and I probably should just leave it at that. For the record, I don’t have an issue with any poster on this site. Has anyone seen a poster doing repetitive praise of NTTD on various threads (mine is as called spam)? I have. Has any mod intervened on any of that posting? No. What’s wrong with that picture? I’ll leave my gripe at this: sometimes a valid viewpoint or fact is false if someone disagrees with it.
I can't say that I agree with this. A "viewpoint" (valid or not) is not equivalent to a fact. It can be agreed with or disagreed with, but it is not a fact; it is an opinion. A fact is a fact, it is not false regardless of who disagrees with it. Once upon a time standard opinion was that the Sun revolved around the Earth and some people got into a whole lot of trouble for insisting the opposite -- that the Earth, in fact, revolved around the Sun. Regardless of who believed what, the fact remained a fact and the widely-held falsehood was eventually disproven.
But you haven’t seen the film, though? Is that right? I think that’s what ticks people off. If you haven’t seen the film then how can you have an opinion on any of the nuances of what makes a film?
I mean if you said: I just can’t watch a film that kills James Bond, you could debate and argue your legitimate stance from here…
But instead you’re criticizing a film you haven’t laid eyes on.
Can you see why that would turn people off of your posts?
Well I for one am always interested in hearing your own opinions, as well as that of any Bond fan on the site, and will always respect them, even if I don’t agree with them 😁