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You sound like a SJW and a tad racist, "boring middle aged white guys"? And then you rave about a black director and a woman? Those 'boring middle aged white guys' more or less created all your beloved Bond films. Very disrespectful.
Racist? SJW? What sort of dipshit categories are these? Grow up.
Just read back you reply, I was clear in my post.
You're an idiot
Thanks for that, really mature. I'll go back to watching CR now, also made by another boring middle aged white man (who completely 'reinvented' Bond yet again, mind you)
Martin Campbell's terrific. You're still an idiot.
So why do you make a mockery of those directors in general and at the same time favouring very left field choices, who happen to be black and female (essentially nothing wrong with either). You should understand that you sketch an image that way a lot of people these days (sjw's) adhere to. I oppose your view that I'm the idiot here but won't go as low to discredit you that way.
Let’s consider this in turn;
So why do you make a mockery of those directors in general and at the same time favouring very left field choices, who happen to be black and female (essentially nothing wrong with either).
Did you even read my post? Did you even look at the people I suggested were the type of directors Eon would probably be considering. You’d see the analysis of each is favourful but caveated by the fact that they are likely quite bland and uninspiring. My reference to them being bland, middle-aged and white is more a reference to the homogenous nature of Hollywood hiring practices
Also, neither McQueen or Ramsay are ‘left-field’ choices. They have both produced films in the action/thriller vein. Many of the names in my previous suggestion (Daldry, Marsh, etc) have not. They are both very qualified.
You should understand that you sketch an image that way a lot of people these days (sjw's) adhere to.
Can you stop calling me an SJW, it’s an idiotic category created by individuals who want to stifle debate.
Evidently have I read your post and I just do not agree with it, neither the 'typical' choices by EoN (because they aren't), nor your opinion they're bland or uninspiring. Also, you should be careful labelling people that way, because at the same time you label previous directors the same way and they certainly were never bland, nor boring. Quality wise it's debatable, but it always is. Action > reaction, you come over as a (in pop culture it's the name for it, sorry) sjw, which is definitely a thing these days and it should never taint Bond. Bond is about as far from one as humanly possible and rightfully so.
It doesn't make sense as you are favourful at first (if they're good they're good, skin color has zero to do with it), but then you call them bland and uninspiring because of their skin color. This by definition is the word that starts with the letter r. The definition of that word goes in all directions, as it doesn't solely have a monopoly on, let's say, the colour black.
'Hollywood' had Demange as frontrunner and he isn't particularly white, just to name one example. Also, M has been a female for ages, let alone Moneypenny, Leiter, etc.
You Were Never Really Here really wasn't my cup of tea at all and I didn't find it particularly good, save from Phoenix, per usual. Direction was quite meh imo and never got any hint that reminded me of Bond. McQueen is a capable director, but no Bond director to me. Unless you want to go the Mendes route again with probably even worse car chases.
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I haven´t seen anything yet from McQueen. I wasn´t too convinced by Lynne Ramsey´s You were never really there, but if that film is anything to go by, Craig would probably like the subtleties it presents, and we would get more tormented soul. I wouldn´t want that.
This wouldn't surprise me one bit. Eon could give the director time to start working before releasing a statement.
There was the official announcement of course, but there were talks about Boyle directing before that (if I remember correctly).
Based on this, I'd assume that the two names we learned about last week (Layton and Clarkson) along with the other knowns may be the actual front runners, and we won't get a surprise unless a new name drops into the media mix first.
Haven't seen anything by Bart Layton, Demange etc., but it looks like some members here are positive towards their work. As far as S.J. Clarkson goes, everything I've seen of her TV work has been good so, yeah - why not?
They're all pretty good names considering how fresh they are. It's quite exciting to see them and not be 100% sure what we're going to get. Even if Demange was chosen his usual raw shooting style probably wouldn't have been carried over as much.
How can you borderline not watch something? Do you have one eye opened and the other closed?
We Need To Talk About Kevin says otherwise, but ok.
E.ON really needs to appoint some sort of content/community manager, Bond is a significant franchise yet in terms of building excitement and outreach with fans - it really does need to do more beyond traditional PR efforts. If we look at the viral campaign that accompanied The Dark Knight ( cargocollective.com/GaryRosen/The-Dark-Knight-Known-as-the-best-viral-movie-marketing-campaign-in I think it's clear that Bond could benefit from this sort of next level engagement.
In many ways, E.ON approach these efforts in an extremely traditional way, which ultimately leads to scant options. I think if you look at licencing as an example of this. Compared to other franchise stablemates, there is always slim pickings. I'm not advocating a Disney like blitz with Bond toilet roll or 007 lunch boxes, but in many ways placing more accessible licensed goods in the hands of people, especially younger fans, helps build the audience of tomorrow.
Secondly, I would love to see Nolan direct Bond, but given how production cycles work especially with larger studios, I just don't think Nolan would be interested in working with an incumbent actor and a ticking clock. Ignoring all other elements, time simply is against him having any involvement at this point, given how he likes to own all elements of the creative process from start to end. He doesn't do shotgun involvement but I agree with others he would be amazing to potentially have introduce a new Bond and manage a story arc over multiple films.
In many ways, Bond 25 needs a solid, caretaker like approach given whatever director comes in. They would have the unenviable task of inheriting script, production, schedules and potentially casted actors. I think it's entirely plausible that we'll see someone who has a background in TV projects coming in because of the need for a workmanlike attack to meet published timelines/keep to available windows of key talents.
I think Susanne Bier would be brilliant, could temper Bond in a MeToo world and still deliver something sexy and action-packed. The Night Manager was a fantastic achievement especially in light of the time it took her to produce ( shoot lasted 5 months in total) and the quality she achieved with a super modest budget of £30 million.
Yes, the boat scenes in TNM were brilliantly bondian. And the island villa, and many many shots, being in the Alps or in London, were beautifully done. I'd be happy with Bier.
Agreed it even made me interested in Hiddleston as 007
Me too. How good can a production be to do that? ;)