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Would you rather Bond 26 be released in the Christmas season OR Summer?

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  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    Whichever is earlier.
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
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    At this rate I’d settle for any time of year this decade!
  • fjdinardofjdinardo
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    Summer. I have never seen a Bond movie in theaters when it was released in summer before
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    QBranch wrote: »
    Where I live, Christmas IS summer.

    There's that too.
    007HallY wrote: »
    October/November releases are generally pretty perfect for Bond. I know some people would like to see a Summer release but it can be a bit risky, and under the wrong circumstances a Bond film can underperform if put against certain releases at the same time. I can’t see them deviating from end of year releases.

    I just find summertime too crowded. Maybe that's a false perception. I also find going to the movie on a cold day more comforting.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Christmas. I can watch and enjoy Bond at any time of the year, but fall and winter is my favorite.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    QBranch wrote: »
    Where I live, Christmas IS summer.

    And happy Christmas to you! As we're still waiting for it to happen, you're probably already half way through. On your flip flops (won't call them strings here), on the beach. Not jelous at all, looking at the gray raining season outside. not at all..


    sorry, will stop whining.
    thedove wrote: »
    With Christmas in the air seems like a good time to talk about release dates.

    Bond has released movies in 2 seasons up to NTTD. Christmas or Summer. NTTD due to a variety of reasons in the fall, though I think at one point was looked at for a Spring release.

    Many thoughts go into the release date of a film. Studios usually push out their clunkers in January and February. August is another month where movies that aren't very strong are released. Course a few years back Marvel released Black Panther in February and had a smash but I think this was counter programming.

    More recent Bond films have tended to release in November. However summer was a time of Bond too. Especially in the eighties with OP, TLD and LTK all having summer release dates. Since GE I believe all the films have released in the winter months.

    Thinking ahead to the next film adventure:

    Would you rather Bond 26 be released near Christmas OR the summer?

    Give your reasons as to why you think that time of year makes the most sense for a Bond film.

    I couldn't give a rats buttocks to be frank, I just want a new film.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    I have fond memories of going to see Bond in the Summer months throughout the 80's! Having just watched LTK again, I remember the very hot Summer it was released in, in 1989 ( One cinema advertised in the press, about their air-conditioning with 'Stay cool with Bond!')
    I wasn't happy to see GE released later in the year, but it became the norm, and I got used to it!, but I would like a return to a Summer release!

    Given LTK's summery vibes, I'd say Summer probably felt really fitting for it.

    My first Bond in theaters was DAD and with the whole ice theme Christmas felt appropriate. Then CR started off in b&w, QOS had a final scene in the snow, SF was rainy trhouhgout, SP's last shot was in London and NTTD's first scene was in snowy Norway. So I suppose for me a Bond film has always been fitting for a more autumn/winter kind of atmosphere.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    Some research shows the following films were released in the summer months:
    • You Only Live Twice
    • Live and Let Die
    • The Spy Who Loved Me
    • Moonraker
    • For Your Eyes Only
    • Octopussy
    • A View to A Kill
    • The Living Daylights
    • Licence to Kill

    All others were released in fall or Christmas movie season, with some being released in the week before or during Christmas. Vast majority of the films were fall/winter releases. From 1977 to 1989 every other summer a new Bond movie. Wow!

    Interesting that in 1964 North American audiences had a chance to catch Bond twice on the BIG screen, with FRWL and GF. Russia released in Spring and GF released closer to Christmas. Both DN and FRWL had big delays between their UK and North American premiers.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
    Where I live, Christmas IS summer.
    And happy Christmas to you! As we're still waiting for it to happen, you're probably already half way through. On your flip flops (won't call them strings here), on the beach. Not jelous at all, looking at the gray raining season outside. not at all..
    Merry Christmas to you too! We're several weeks into summer now. But it has been pretty good, not too hot. 2019 summer reached 46 degrees and I got sick from heat exhaustion. Happened to be on the day of the work Xmas party too, so unfortunately I couldn't go. In Australia, flip-flops are called thongs, and the classic thongs I remember from my childhood are double-pluggers. It's double or nothing.
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