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Are you a Batman fan?
A massive Batman fan. Just finished EP-17.
What are you referring to? Gotta love acronyms...
Batman - episode 17 - New 52. Any Bat fan worth their salt would know. Thought you'd be right on it being a big fan.
'Once Upon a Spy' was the title when P&W first worked on the screenplay after QOS, most likely the time when Peter Morgan was still somehow involved in the project.
Once Mendes came on the script took a different avenue and the title was ditched and suggestions like 'Silver Bullet' were made but none stuck. As far as I know the working title was Skyfall around April 2011 as storyboards and documents used by the crew have leaked online referring to Bond 23 as 'Skyfall' with those dates. The title was decided very early on, it's surprising how they kept it secret for so long, I can see why it is a big spoiler to the film's third act.
Yeah it was 'Once Upon a Spy' originally. I'm not debating though, I'm saying, Wade came up with the title. He's mentioned it in numerous interviews, and I heard it from the horses mouth when I met him in bar before the Premiere.
I refuse to read the crap DC push out, and only bother with graphic novels instead of monthly comics (haven't read them for years and years). We live in a world where Batman is completely forgotten by even the men that wrote him best, most of all Frank Miller. What happened to him? He lost any talent he had years ago, like so many in comics today. Now it is the same old clichéd plots with the predictable character deaths where the character inevitably returns "from the dead" by way of some massively unintelligible plot twist a year or two later. DC may want to illicit a startling WOW out of me, but all they'll get is a sigh. I may be a Batman fan, but I am not a fan of wasting my time. DC may think that "starting fresh" with the New 52 will spark some kind of creativity, but boy are they wrong. I would love it if they killed off a major character and actually kept them dead for once.
But I won't expect much. These are the same people that made prequels to Watchmen, and tried to milk that comic to the bones like all their other properties. Now excuse me while I go wipe the memory of writing this from my head.
Anybody got one of those cool memory-wiping sticks from Men in Black?! No? Didn't think so... :-L
My one concern is that Mendes is being pressured back. Skyfall was so good because Mendes put his heart and soul into it and you can tell this by the audio commentary on the Blu Ray (If you haven't listened to it yet, do it). I just hope if he comes back it's because HE wants to and not because of anyone else or a pay increase.
Sorry for going off topic...
I don't quite see how he could be pressured back, really. He can surely get other work, and he hardly desperately needs the money. He had a great time first time around, and he is a Bond fan, plus he is friends with Daniel. If he'll do another one, it'll surely be because he wants to.
Mendes. ;)
Well he didn't exactly say "no", he simply didn't want to commit at that stage, which I think is perfectly understandable. He had just finished the previous one, after working on it for longer than any movie before, and he must have been exhausted. Still, it always seemed a possibility that he might return, he was saying all along that he would consider it, just couldn't think about it straight away.
No idea how accurate the 75% is, and where the figure comes from, but whatever the percentage it certainly seemed bigger by the time of BAFTAs than it had been in October last year. :D Still, as long as it's not 100% it remains to be seen what happens.
As for Logan, Sam has faith in him, too, since he asked him aboard for SF himself.
Since Sam agreed to do SF before the script was anywhere near ready that isn't necessarily the deciding factor for him in this project.
I thought it was to be expected that he was tired and didn't have new ideas immediately after finishing such a long project. I was optimistic watching his interviews in the autumn, because it was so clear he had enjoyed himself immensely.
I'd love him to do it.
I'm certainly not suggesting it was rubbish I just found it to not to sustain my interest in it's epic running time, not at one point was I thinking either BB or TDK had outlasted it's welcome but TDKR for me is Nolan's worst film for a number of reasons. The Dark Knight Trilogy follows the same quality trajectory as the original Star Wars Trilogy for me.
1. Memento
2. The Prestige
3. The Dark Knight
4. Inception
5. Batman Begins
6. Insomnia
7. Following
8. The Dark Knight Rises.
Can't agree there. The man took a few bucks right after graduation and made Duel. The things he did with his cameras and afterwards with editing are nothing short of genius. A film like E.T. is more than just cute family entertainment. There's amazing film grammar behind it. Yes, Spielberg has frequently brought innovative technical marvels to the table but they too display genius. I could never disagree with a list which includes Welles, Hitchcock and Nolan, but for me Spielberg is as much part of that list as the rest of the bunch. Calling him a fool is particularly strange in my opinion.
Campell will hit the 70 this year and hasn't done a descent movie since Casino. I don't think he's up to such a task.
Up until about a month ago I was wishing we would get a new director for Bond 24 just to keeep things fresh, but now I think getting Sam Mendes back would be the best thing for Bond 24.
If he agrees to direct the next movie, I'm hoping he will push things further and experiment a bit, after delivering his dream Bond movie.
I think you are looking at Boyle or Hooper or maybe they'll let an American direct finally,
I can't imagine it happening but a Fincher led Bond film would be something I'd campaign for more than a Nolan one personally.
Mendes is fine with me as long as he's delivering a different vibe to Skyfall.
He is moving into a more blockbuster arena though with signing on for 20,000 Leagues remake, just a thought, if DC grew the beard again like in Golden Compass what do we think of him for Captain Nemo?
I'm not saying yeah definitely but just a thought, I'm aware Fincher would likely never do a Bond but I'd love to see the result if he did. Personally I'd rather he finished The Millennium Trilogy with DC as Blomvist than Leagues but he seems to be moving towards more commercial material these days and I fear he won't return to finish the series. He's got allot on his plate what with House of Cards, I can't believe I'm the only one to have noticed this series on the forum although that is how it seems, did no one catch this terrific series? He directed the first 2 episodes and then left it to the likes of James Foley (Glengarry Glenross).
I don't want to lose him to blockbusters like Nolan, I'm not knocking his big budget films but I prefer the more intimate films from his C.V