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I simply cannot believe we're closing in on a year since the announcement. Time really does fly anymore, it's crazy.
JamesBondBrasil teased this I wonder if everything will be announced may 11? I doubt they will announce the title
Yikes! I didn’t think about that.
It wasn't meant to throw off anybody. Like I said on my Twitter account when I posted: In desperate need for official #Bond25 news. I created this, wishing it could be true
I never said it wasn't a fan art. The thing is, people got too over excited about a simple piece of design.
It was innocent. As Marketto said, it was a bit of wish fulfillment.
What's more disconcerting is how this could spread so quickly (despite the misspelling of Pinewood), including an Italian entertainment news website that did a story based upon it.
https://movie.talkymedia.it/post/43524/bond-25-l11-maggio-verra-svelato-il-titolo-in-una-sontuoso-conferenza-stampa-a-londra/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
(Plug the text into Google Translate)
It already is. We've just 4 year gap, followed by 3 year gap, followed by another 4 year gap.
If it weren't for QoS the last 2 year gap would be the one between TND and TWINE, 20 years ago.
absurd comment if you don't mind me saying so.
eon have only dropped the ball once in terms of the lead actor and I'm not talking about Laz or Dalton either.
Craig has been a solid Bond. his first two performances were excellent. he became a different Bond with SF and SP and there was a definite drop in energy but he's still head and shoulders above his immediate predecessor
the eternal debate.
not in my book but I've been happy with his tenure overall. generally speaking it's where I wanted Bond to be. just not keen on Mendes directorial style and overly nostalgic take on the character
OK, you are of course right. Connery was a dope, but at least they were smart enough to hire Brosnan to safe the franchise in the 90s. Each and everyone of us should pray to the gods and thank them for it daily.
Brosnan did more to "save Bond" than Craig ever has in my opinion. We need someone else like that to take over the role once Craig leaves.
I detect a taste of sarcasm in your voice.
I wish it could happen that way too. Especially considering how much is going to inevitably change and the fact we’re waiting this long for just one. Having some assurance that 26 with a new actor and whatnot is already being planned would be nice.
Because EON is, relatively speaking, a small production company employing around 2% of the 1000-2000+ you’d find at Marvel or Lucasfilm.
They have plenty of ideas knocking around, but writers come and go, directors are considered, actors are considered, the process is always in flux - the idea floating everybody’s boat this week, might not 6 months down the line.
They’re not calling on narratives and characters grounded in a wealth of source material (Marvel) they have to build the film from the ground up - every time (with nearly 60 years of heritage on their shoulders).
You also have to consider the fact the sandbox is limited; Marvel and Lucasfilm can switch through genres and experiment, Bond can shift left and right, but it can’t all of a sudden become a buddy movie, or a coming of age tale, it can’t be laden with magic and fantasy, or be a sociopolitical commentary on diversity.
As for the process of working ahead, they considered it in the 90s and subsequently abandoned it.
And with the “reimagination” this will definitely have been considered already, I can say with some confidence they were weighing up plan B, prior to Craig committing to B25.
As I say they’re a small outfit and while they will have one eye on what’s next, their full commitment will be to B25.
I just told you. They have and will continue to do this. Whether that sticks 2/3 years down the line is another matter, as I’ve outlined.
No, they don’t. Otherwise things like the QoS situation and especially the last two script train wrecks couldn’t have happened.
Cool story.
I just viewed QoS last night. The fact that Greene spouts "I told you everything you wanted to know about Quantum" is a disgrace. Surely they should have realized then that one day they may in fact get the rights back to Spectre. The fact that just a scant 7 years later we have a new name for the organization to confuse new viewers to the franchise is rather embarrassing and unnecessary. I saw SF a few days back too. If they wanted to make Silva a Spectre operative, then they should have at least kept it more vague during the earlier film, rather than so convincingly selling the revenge narrative only to pooh pooh it a mere 3 years later. All Broccoli had to do in this case during SP script development was veto Silva's involvement (using the Connery Goldfinger example) and told them to insert something re: the name change of the organization (or say it was a subsidiary) for the purpose of audience clarity.
Then, on top of all of this, they tease us with an 'ending' which suggests Craig is out and / or Blofeld will be back. Neither appears to be the case now. More confusion. Now we are hearing that it could be a completely different story, further splitting the core fanbase between those who wanted a YOLT adaptation (which was, again teased) and those who didn't. So we get the same actor back after a 4 (or 5) year gap, no continuation (even though one was teased) and we're supposed to accept it and move on.
So again, they are the ones who dug this hole for themselves. Nobody asked them to get cute with continuity narratives. Now it appears they want to click their fingers and move on from their own mess. Fine. Good. My view is they should go all the way, but once again they appear to disappoint.
My hope's alive still. Just.
I entirely agree. I'm open to a "completely different story", but not after all the shenanigans of the previous film, tying it all up, supposedly, and leaving us thinking that this Bond won't be back.
Then again, Naomi Harris WASN'T going to be MP, Ralph Fiennes WASN'T going to be M, Waltz WASN'T going to be Blofeld, and CR WASN'T going to have any explosions. They say a lot. ;) I guess my hopes are still alive too.
It's just that there have been a lot of unforced errors, and I feel to a degree that the core fanbase is, and has been, split as a result of that. While it's of course difficult to please everybody all the time (and more so than ever these days), a bit better expectations management on the narrative side would have gone a long way towards that end imho, and would have certainly helped the Craig legacy.
Ultimately the continued passion and enthusiasm of the core fans is what keeps a franchise alive. Growing that core is key too. They are the 'sticky' ones and must never be taken for granted. The fairweathers come and go, as we saw after SF.