No Time To Die: Production Diary

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  • Posts: 678
    This all sounds VERY exciting. Good things for those who wait...

    Imagine an unbroken shot of Bond chasing or being chased on foot in the rooftops of Matera... this will be something.
  • Posts: 678
    So wait, that Dua Lipa thing is still a rumor, right?

    I'm still holding out hope for Lana del Rey or Lady Gaga.
  • edited March 2019 Posts: 3,276
    matt_u wrote: »
    jake24 wrote: »
    From the article:
    Among the scenes of the script are various pursuits in luxury cars between the roofs of houses in the Sassi of Matera, meetings in rock churches where Bond will meet his successor of the next series, a sort of handover and investiture that thanks to his role of secret agent in the service of the queen will have to avoid a world conflict thanks to Matera considered the navel of the world in the middle of the Mediterranean and a final deserved relaxation with his Bond girl in the most glamorous and wild beach of Marina di Pisticci in sips of Martini Vesper.

    How is this logistically possible?

    Simply impossible.

    Yeah, let's leave all those crazy ideas to Tom Cruise ;-)
    This all sounds VERY exciting. Good things for those who wait...

    Imagine an unbroken shot of Bond chasing or being chased on foot in the rooftops of Matera... this will be something.

    A footchase in an old italian city, featuring rooftops? Why haven't they thought of that before?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    So wait, that Dua Lipa thing is still a rumor, right?

    I'm still holding out hope for Lana del Rey or Lady Gaga.

    Dua represents everything wrong with modern pop music.
  • Posts: 1,680
    Probably more visceral action in this one. I hope this film is a bit more dark and depressing like Logan. I wanna see bond visibly shaken after killing people again like in CR
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    No thanks!

    Dark, I've no problems with. Depressing like Logan? I'd rather have my head get slammed with a calculus textbook 24/7.
  • Posts: 385
    No thanks!

    Dark, I've no problems with. Depressing like Logan? I'd rather have my head get slammed with a calculus textbook 24/7.

    Why would you want something original when you can just copy something else? Everything should be the same.
  • 007Blofeld007Blofeld In the freedom of the West.
    edited March 2019 Posts: 3,126
    jake24 wrote: »
    Risico007 wrote: »
    So What do we all think about the possibility of

    ["spoiler"]Risico["/spoiler"]


    being the title

    I've been following Bond online since 2008 and I never cease to want to express ship a katana from Japan to my home so I can personally commit seppuku everytime Risico, The Hildebrand Rarity, or The Property of a Lady are mentioned.

    Just cheap filler titles that occupy the mind of a desperate Bond fan's imagination in the same way people imagined ghosts pre-20th century due to sheer boredom.
    :))

    In all fairness, I think POAL is a great title. But the others do nothing for me.

    Not to get too critical or go after you but that sort of stuff isn't a laughing matter just saying @jake24
  • NS_writingsNS_writings Buenos Aires
    edited March 2019 Posts: 544
    jake24 wrote: »
    From the article:
    Among the scenes of the script are various pursuits in luxury cars between the roofs of houses in the Sassi of Matera, meetings in rock churches where Bond will meet his successor of the next series, a sort of handover and investiture that thanks to his role of secret agent in the service of the queen will have to avoid a world conflict thanks to Matera considered the navel of the world in the middle of the Mediterranean and a final deserved relaxation with his Bond girl in the most glamorous and wild beach of Marina di Pisticci in sips of Martini Vesper.

    How is this logistically possible?
    "Bond will meet his successor of the next series"
    The successor will look at the camera and say "This never happened to the other six fellas"
    :D
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited March 2019 Posts: 5,970
    jake24 wrote: »
    From the article:
    Among the scenes of the script are various pursuits in luxury cars between the roofs of houses in the Sassi of Matera, meetings in rock churches where Bond will meet his successor of the next series, a sort of handover and investiture that thanks to his role of secret agent in the service of the queen will have to avoid a world conflict thanks to Matera considered the navel of the world in the middle of the Mediterranean and a final deserved relaxation with his Bond girl in the most glamorous and wild beach of Marina di Pisticci in sips of Martini Vesper.

    How is this logistically possible?
    "Bond will meet his successor of the next series"
    This quote alone proves how ridiculous this article is... not all of it, but quite a bit of it.

  • Posts: 9,848
    Denbigh wrote: »
    jake24 wrote: »
    From the article:
    Among the scenes of the script are various pursuits in luxury cars between the roofs of houses in the Sassi of Matera, meetings in rock churches where Bond will meet his successor of the next series, a sort of handover and investiture that thanks to his role of secret agent in the service of the queen will have to avoid a world conflict thanks to Matera considered the navel of the world in the middle of the Mediterranean and a final deserved relaxation with his Bond girl in the most glamorous and wild beach of Marina di Pisticci in sips of Martini Vesper.

    How is this logistically possible?
    "Bond will meet his successor of the next series"
    This quote alone proves how ridiculous this article is... not all of it, but quite a bit of it.

    true
  • Posts: 12,475
    If the film really plays out that way with a passing of the torch, it almost certainly will annoy many of us here - myself included. Let’s hope no truth involved.
  • Posts: 832
    Please eon don't do the cliche protege plot
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
    edited March 2019 Posts: 3,000
    Denbigh wrote: »
    jake24 wrote: »
    From the article:
    Among the scenes of the script are various pursuits in luxury cars between the roofs of houses in the Sassi of Matera, meetings in rock churches where Bond will meet his successor of the next series, a sort of handover and investiture that thanks to his role of secret agent in the service of the queen will have to avoid a world conflict thanks to Matera considered the navel of the world in the middle of the Mediterranean and a final deserved relaxation with his Bond girl in the most glamorous and wild beach of Marina di Pisticci in sips of Martini Vesper.

    How is this logistically possible?
    "Bond will meet his successor of the next series"
    This quote alone proves how ridiculous this article is... not all of it, but quite a bit of it.

    Yeah I really don’t trust that article.
    FoxRox wrote: »
    If the film really plays out that way with a passing of the torch, it almost certainly will annoy many of us here - myself included. Let’s hope no truth involved.

    Agreed. It would make Brofeld look like fine writing.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    edited March 2019 Posts: 12,480
    I managed to see Skyfall unspoiled, and also Spectre.

    I mostly remember being so excited for Skyfall, and it just unfolding for me ... fresh, untainted, without me wondering ahead of time : Oh here comes that scene, or Oh the big explosion must happen here. Not that I would even think it consciously. But you know what I mean. I think I left the forum 3 months ahead of its release but stayed off any related threads from earlier on.

    After I saw Skyfall, at some point I revisited the production thread. And skimmed backwards a bit. I remember towards the ending somebody saying "Ok, so that's the last thing we figured out " (keep in mind, this was posted just before the film was released) .. and something about "Yes, so we have figured out every sequence now." And I remember thinking, Wow - I am so glad I stayed off this thread.

    I guess I may need to leave this one soon ... I will try for a couple of more days. Or maybe just wait till the title of the thread changes to let me know what actual news has happened and then decide to dip in here or not. That seems best for me.

    Because, as a lifelong Bond fan (of nearly 50 years), I love this character, this adventure so much ... I appreciate the not knowing ahead of time. I know how exciting it can really be when seated in that theater and the music begins, the PTS unfolds, that gun barrel. All of it untainted. I do love it, and I want to give that to myself as much as possible these days (not easy). It's an earned gift.

  • DoctorNoDoctorNo USA-Maryland
    Posts: 755
    Yes, I don't want to spoil this movie either...

    I do love the locations... ecstatic over Jamaica. Now, I want to know the cast, title, the composer and then steer clear of this thread and any other info until the movie comes out... I may even try for the first time to avoid the trailers.

  • Posts: 3,276
    I appreciate the not knowing ahead of time.
    To each his own.

    For me - part of the fun is spending months unravelling as much as possible. I even had to read the SP script beforehand. Bond was never "what's going to happen" for me, but rather "how do they pull it of". And even though I know what's going to happen, there's still a lot to digest in those 2+ hours. Scripts, news reports and production stills say nothing about the score, the acting, the camera angles, the editing and so forth.
  • DrClatterhandDrClatterhand United Kingdom
    Posts: 349
    Zekidk wrote: »
    I appreciate the not knowing ahead of time.
    To each his own.

    For me - part of the fun is spending months unravelling as much as possible. I even had to read the SP script beforehand. Bond was never "what's going to happen" for me, but rather "how do they pull it of". And even though I know what's going to happen, there's still a lot to digest in those 2+ hours. Scripts, news reports and production stills say nothing about the score, the acting, the camera angles, the editing and so forth.

    I'm the same. I find these endless spoiler tags ludicrous. I could know every single detail before watching it and it still not affect my enjoyment of it. To have spoiler tags for mere supposition is so daft. It's like stepping on egg shells.
  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
    Posts: 1,534
    Zekidk wrote: »
    I appreciate the not knowing ahead of time.
    To each his own.

    For me - part of the fun is spending months unravelling as much as possible. I even had to read the SP script beforehand. Bond was never "what's going to happen" for me, but rather "how do they pull it of". And even though I know what's going to happen, there's still a lot to digest in those 2+ hours. Scripts, news reports and production stills say nothing about the score, the acting, the camera angles, the editing and so forth.

    I'm the same. I find these endless spoiler tags ludicrous. I could know every single detail before watching it and it still not affect my enjoyment of it. To have spoiler tags for mere supposition is so daft. It's like stepping on egg shells.

    My thoughts exactly.
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
    Posts: 3,000
    I appreciate the spoiler tags, but I suspect even still there will be a point when I’ll need to leave this thread. I like seeing little details unravel like locations and small plot points, but I don’t want to go into the cinema knowing too much.
  • DrShatterhandDrShatterhand Garden of Death, near Belfast
    Posts: 805
    If the title outlined in that article is true, I will do a naked gunbarrel walk down Oxford Street, playing the Bond theme on a kazoo.

    With the description of the scene in Norway, especially if
    it's the PTS, I can't help but think we're going to get one of my favourite non-Fleming titles....

    ... ICEBREAKER

    I can see it now, action scene on the frozen lake, segueing nicely into the titles, images of Bond slipping under the water, ice shards floating around etc.
  • DaltonforyouDaltonforyou The Daltonator
    Posts: 556
    If the title outlined in that article is true, I will do a naked gunbarrel walk down Oxford Street, playing the Bond theme on a kazoo.

    With the description of the scene in Norway, especially if
    it's the PTS, I can't help but think we're going to get one of my favourite non-Fleming titles....

    ... ICEBREAKER

    I can see it now, action scene on the frozen lake, segueing nicely into the titles, images of Bond slipping under the water, ice shards floating around etc.
    No, the title should just be cheese.

  • HildebrandRarityHildebrandRarity Centre international d'assistance aux personnes déplacées, Paris, France
    Posts: 484
    Risico is the lamest title Fleming ever named. Wow, risk - but in Italian! How deep and inspiring.

    When Federico Fellini (who was a big fan of the James Bond films) was working on his penultimate film, it was about a Japanese TV crew that was visiting him while he was supposedly making another film at Cinecittà. He wanted an exotic title for the film and he was also quite fond of Akira Kurosawa, so he asked about the Japanese word for interview, hoping he would get something that sounded great, like "Rashomon" or "Yojimbo".

    They told him that the Japanese for interview was... "interview" (more exactly "intabiew"). He used instead the Italian word, "Intervista", which definitely sounded classier.

    And let's not talk about "007 in New York". Picture how confused people would be. "Is New York the title of the film?" 'I want two tickets for James Bond in New York.' 'No, sir, it's actually 007 in New York.' 'James Bond will return for 007 in (yawn...) New York.' 'Wow, this title combines my two favorite things: 007 and New York. And, now, I know that 007 will indeed be in New York. During all the movie. That's the whole point. He starts in New York, he can't get out of New York, even if he wants to, and he finishes the film in New York. The girl is from New York. The villain is from New York. That's one of the most exotic films in all the series, except for New Yorkers.'
  • CASINOROYALECASINOROYALE Somewhere hot
    edited March 2019 Posts: 1,003
    So serious question!

    Are we getting a Bond 25 spoiler thread? The spoiler tags are bit annoying.. 90% of them are just typical tabloid rumors.

    Doesn’t filming start this month? April/May I assume we will have lots of set photos?

    We already have set photos and a set video from this week.

    So when can we expect a title announcement? I thought they would’ve announced that maybe this month or next. They typically do it when filming starts...
  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
    Posts: 1,534
    So serious question!

    Are we getting a Bond 25 spoiler thread? The spoiler tags are bit annoying.. 90% of them are just typical tabloid rumors.

    Doesn’t filming start this month? April/May I assume we will have lots of set photos?

    We already have set photos and a set video from this week.

    So when can we expect a title announcement? I thought they would’ve announced that maybe this month or next. They typically do it when filming starts...

    They'll most likely announce the title at the end of this month or right before filming at the press conference. Unless it's leaked like SF was.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
    edited March 2019 Posts: 2,730
    The reality is, there will be no handing of the torch. There is no way they will replace bond with a new character. So now we have to question all the other assertions of the article. Fantasy?

    Also I am in favor of starting a new thread for spoiler related items
  • 007Blofeld007Blofeld In the freedom of the West.
    edited March 2019 Posts: 3,126
    The reality is, there will be no handing of the torch. There is no way they will replace bond with a new character. So now we have to question all the other assertions of the article. Fantasy?

    Also I am in favor of starting a new thread for spoiler related items

    @JamesBondKenya yeah I don't want a spoiled spectre experience again since these movies now seem to come out so long lol
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
    Posts: 2,730
    007Blofeld wrote: »
    The reality is, there will be no handing of the torch. There is no way they will replace bond with a new character. So now we have to question all the other assertions of the article. Fantasy?

    Also I am in favor of starting a new thread for spoiler related items

    @JamesBondKenya yeah I don't want a spoiled spectre experience again since these movies now seem to come out so long lol

    As soon as the press conference comes, I am leaving this forum and unsubscribing from all bond related things. Spectre was spoiled for me before I saw FOR MY OWN FAULT because I was too involved in all the production details. I have waited too long for B25 to have it spoiled now.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,220
    007Blofeld wrote: »
    The reality is, there will be no handing of the torch. There is no way they will replace bond with a new character. So now we have to question all the other assertions of the article. Fantasy?

    Also I am in favor of starting a new thread for spoiler related items

    @JamesBondKenya yeah I don't want a spoiled spectre experience again since these movies now seem to come out so long lol

    As soon as the press conference comes, I am leaving this forum and unsubscribing from all bond related things. Spectre was spoiled for me before I saw FOR MY OWN FAULT because I was too involved in all the production details. I have waited too long for B25 to have it spoiled now.

    Was that what spoiled it, or was it the mess that was actually on screen?
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
    edited March 2019 Posts: 5,970
    To me this article was an obvious attempt at tying things together and passing it off as new information.

    Plus again...
    ...this whole 'The Mater Spy' thing seems way too convenient since they bigged up Mater(a) so heavily in the article itself, and doesn't seem like something they would go for as I can't work out for any reason why 'Mater' (Mother) would be appropriate for this.

    I know nothing of course, but I don't see any possible connection between 'Mothers' and Bond 25. I could see this being more of a working title for 'Skyfall' than anything else.
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