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At least they can re-use these "in cinema 2 april" posters. Wonder if it is a coïncidence that the new date is the "same" that the old one that was used on old promo material.
Threw this together to raise everyone’s spirits. Not perfect but not bad for 20 mins editing.
As much as we like to think of the 'Bond community' as being very important to the producers and distributors (Caveat: I am a huge, passionate Bond geek and have been for 33 years so consider myself very much part of the community) I guess we are smallish in the global audience. The hard core would have gone to the cinema in November, the majority would not have bought a ticket and I guess that's all it comes down to. T'is what it is.
They really should invest in some sort of different platform. A new form of vod, an exclusive to "cinematic" releases streaming service, I don't know, something new and with air tight seals so piracy would be difficult.
I'm all for the cinema experience, I'm foremost a cinema buff and the theatre is my second home. But I'm not an idiot and I'm not happily rowing in that deltoid river in Africa.
I just hope by April the situation will be better and the potential vaccine will be here. Who knows.
It's a bit naff that they spent all that money on marketing though...
They'll be able to release a new book just with all the poster/date variants.
This kind of plot would sell the movie even more.
Bond works best, when there is a link to actual reality.
That's not the reasing for postponing.
And it's what they aspire to do, connect the story not politically but "what are people afraid of right now" , only this time they got it scarily right.
Selfishly, I'd like the movie out as soon as possible, because I'm a fan. But more practically, I want EON and their partners in good shape for the long-term health of the franchise. And taking a 9-figure haircut on this film would, simply, harm the long-term health of the franchise. So in that case, better to wait until there's a fighting chance of wide release and solid profits.
But what baffles me is the apparent marketing push that continued until just hours before the postponement. I wonder how those partners (DHL, Swatch, Billie Eilish, that rum, etc) must feel. They'll all be wearing the costs of re-releasing in April. Will Swatch create another version of Q's watch? It all feels a bit sloppy.
By that logic no Bond movies should be ever made. People die everyday because of terrorists, water shortage, serial killers and so on.
There's mirroring current affairs, there's "our films are based 2 minutes in the future" and then there's the risk that this will be seen as tasteless to a great many people around the way.
That will be a stench EON et al will want to give a very big swerve away from, it would be reputation damaging.
That being said as much I want to remain excited about the film, I’m just so tired and fed up right now. I don’t know how I’ll get that same level of excitement back again.
Forget about the film until a month before release. I never saw november as a realistic release date, and don't view april as one either. This is the one legitimate frustration with eon.
So you're laying blame at EON's door?
Only for poor planning. They should have moved from the November release before the ad blitz, and April is a completely untenable release date.
Why don't EON (or whoever is in charge of these things) re-release some old Bond films for us to enjoy again on the big screen. I, for example, have never seen any of them at the cinema before LTK. It would be great. It would also give us Bond fans something to look forward to and keep the brand on the public's radar.
How do we start a campaign to make this happen, any one interested??
That's the way I'm rationalising it anyway ;)
They should have moved the release date earlier and they should know that the film will not be releasing in April.
;)
--Duke, Repo Man (1984)