No Time To Die: Production Diary

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  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited June 2018 Posts: 8,395
    bondjames wrote: »
    I'm a big fan of the original trilogy and count it among the best ever made. I agree that Fellowship of the Ring is probably the best, although I have a soft spot for The Two Towers. Gollum always gets me. Tragic character.

    Yes, the first two are brilliant. The third, I think, took itself a but too serious, and was overlong. Ironically that's the one which won all the Oscars!
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
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    Walecs wrote: »
    boldfinger wrote: »
    Unbelievable what some people say about LOTR.

    They're undoubtedly great films, it's just that I don't care for the genre.

    +1

    Perfect example of not liking something not being a reflection on their quality.

    They're probably great to their respective genre, I just don't really care for it.
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    Walecs wrote: »
    boldfinger wrote: »
    Unbelievable what some people say about LOTR.

    They're undoubtedly great films, it's just that I don't care for the genre.

    +1

    Perfect example of not liking something not being a reflection on their quality.

    They're probably great to their respective genre, I just don't really care for it.

    I could not agree with you more. I've never been a swords&sandels/Middle-earth genre fan, but I understand that if you are, this would be gold to you.

    That said, I have a friend who has no interest whatsoever in Star Wars. He's never seen them and has no interest because sci-fi does nothing for him, but still, it cuts deep that he could be left out of such a big cultural touchstone.
  • edited June 2018 Posts: 4,622
    Not that it matters as there is no way to keep pace , but it does seem that the Marvel Cinematic Universe series beginning with Ironman in 2008 will soon pass Bond as longest running continuous film series.
    I think they are up to, what 19 entries now, with 2 more films per year projected.

    Even with the snail production pace of recent years, Bond could still hold the record as longest running series involving the same principal character or team of characters.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    Does a Cinematic Universe count as film series, though? They're just movies being produced under the same brand, even though they're set in the same continuity.

    Even then, Bond would still top the MCU because it stars the same character.
  • Posts: 4,622
    Walecs wrote: »
    Does a Cinematic Universe count as film series, though? They're just movies being produced under the same brand, even though they're set in the same continuity.

    Even then, Bond would still top the MCU because it stars the same character.

    Yes that distinction is there.
    But what they have in common is they are both continuous running series. The MCU character and story crossover is so pronounced that I think it can legitimately be seen to be poised to overtake Bond in regard as continuously running series.......but yes standalone character-wise, Bond is still well in front even with the post DAD production snail pace.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Could LOTR generate 25 feature films? Those three Hobbit flicks were a daunting task to sit through without dozing off.
    I think they would just need good missions.

    22 of them.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    I love all 3 LOTR films. All brilliant. Loved the books, too.

    Bond films not going there, me thinks. Unsure why we are discussing them here.
    Except maybe the cinematography? That was stunning and Bond 25 cinematographer is of great interest to me.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Locations. New Zealand.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,135
    Locations. New Zealand.

    You'll be able to see the New Zealand countryside in the upcoming Mission Impossible : Fallout, if you like.
    Don't think Bond needs to follow suit again with MI
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    edited June 2018 Posts: 12,480
    I love NZ as a location; thanks. But if really featured much at all in MI, then no.
    I want at least part of Bond25 in Japan. Past due.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    New Zealand has a very varied landscape but, yeah, it could wait. Japan is good.

    Better to "call out" MI for all the Bond items presented in their trailer.
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    I love NZ as a location; thanks. But if really featured much at all in MI, then no.
    I want at least part of Bond25 in Japan. Past due.

    I have a feeling: no NZ and no Japan and no SP
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Japan is prohibitively expensive. Other than that, it is a superb option and truly overdue.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,585
    I love all 3 LOTR films. All brilliant. Loved the books, too.

    Bond films not going there, me thinks. Unsure why we are discussing them here.
    Except maybe the cinematography? That was stunning and Bond 25 cinematographer is of great interest to me.

    Sean Bean. Christopher Lee. John Rhys-Davies?

    ;)
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Oh to think of Sean being in Bond again gets my heart racing actually. One of my favorite actors.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,178
    @4EverBonded is absolutely correct, I will say!

    Japan truly is a beautiful country and we haven't visited it since 1967. YOLT showed great stuff but there's a lot more to be found.

    Since SP attempted some -- albeit modest -- hints at OHMSS, why not make B25 this era's YOLT (and I'm talking Fleming, not volcano lairs).
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    Japan would be awesome but a return to Jamaica is also long overdue
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Getafix wrote: »
    Japan would be awesome but a return to Jamaica is also long overdue

    Agreed.
  • Posts: 1,548
    Benny wrote: »
    Locations. New Zealand.

    You'll be able to see the New Zealand countryside in the upcoming Mission Impossible : Fallout, if you like.
    Don't think Bond needs to follow suit again with MI

    No. MI already lead the way in death defying stunts.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,585
    LeChiffre wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    Locations. New Zealand.

    You'll be able to see the New Zealand countryside in the upcoming Mission Impossible : Fallout, if you like.
    Don't think Bond needs to follow suit again with MI

    No. MI already lead the way in death defying stunts.

    Problem is, I don't care if Ethan Hunt lives or dies. He's not a character worth investing in.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    TripAces wrote: »
    LeChiffre wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    Locations. New Zealand.

    You'll be able to see the New Zealand countryside in the upcoming Mission Impossible : Fallout, if you like.
    Don't think Bond needs to follow suit again with MI

    No. MI already lead the way in death defying stunts.
    Problem is, I don't care if Ethan Hunt lives or dies. He's not a character worth investing in.
    That's only you, mate.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    @4EverBonded is absolutely correct, I will say!

    Japan truly is a beautiful country and we haven't visited it since 1967.

    You mean 2012.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    @4EverBonded is absolutely correct, I will say!

    Japan truly is a beautiful country and we haven't visited it since 1967.
    You mean 2012.
    Wasn’t that Shanghai?
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    Posts: 10,591
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    @4EverBonded is absolutely correct, I will say!

    Japan truly is a beautiful country and we haven't visited it since 1967.
    You mean 2012.
    Wasn’t that Shanghai?
    They used exterior shots of Hashima Island off the coast of Nagasaki.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    jake24 wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    @4EverBonded is absolutely correct, I will say!

    Japan truly is a beautiful country and we haven't visited it since 1967.
    You mean 2012.
    Wasn’t that Shanghai?
    They used exterior shots of Hashima Island off the coast of Nagasaki.
    Ah yes. Thanks.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    Posts: 3,157
    TripAces wrote: »
    LeChiffre wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    Locations. New Zealand.

    You'll be able to see the New Zealand countryside in the upcoming Mission Impossible : Fallout, if you like.
    Don't think Bond needs to follow suit again with MI

    No. MI already lead the way in death defying stunts.
    Problem is, I don't care if Ethan Hunt lives or dies. He's not a character worth investing in.
    That's only you, mate.

    Better make that two.
  • Posts: 1,407
    Modern Japan would be amazing to see.

    Some places Bond has never been to that I'd love to see in Bond 25

    Israel
    Chicago
    Great Wall of China (was possibly going to be used in 3rd Dalton film)

    I have faith in Boyle and Hodge that they will do the locations they choose justice
  • QuantumOrganizationQuantumOrganization We have people everywhere
    edited June 2018 Posts: 1,187
    TripAces wrote: »
    LeChiffre wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    Locations. New Zealand.

    You'll be able to see the New Zealand countryside in the upcoming Mission Impossible : Fallout, if you like.
    Don't think Bond needs to follow suit again with MI

    No. MI already lead the way in death defying stunts.
    Problem is, I don't care if Ethan Hunt lives or dies. He's not a character worth investing in.
    That's only you, mate.
    If your character is more two-dimensional than Bond, then you have a problem.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    TripAces wrote: »
    LeChiffre wrote: »
    Benny wrote: »
    Locations. New Zealand.

    You'll be able to see the New Zealand countryside in the upcoming Mission Impossible : Fallout, if you like.
    Don't think Bond needs to follow suit again with MI

    No. MI already lead the way in death defying stunts.
    Problem is, I don't care if Ethan Hunt lives or dies. He's not a character worth investing in.
    That's only you, mate.
    If your character is more two-dimensional than Bond, then you have a problem.
    Is he, though?
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