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A few years ago, we were told by another member to "mark my words, NTTD will never be released". Color me unimpressed with the doomsday warnings.
I wish David Arnold would come back to score the new Bond.
Oh, same here. But it's more like would EON want him back? I hope they do, though. One can only imagine how good a more modern Arnold Bond score would sound like now.
And Bond 29 will be released in 2035. Because 9 - 2 = 7 and 35 = 5 x 7 and the two means nothing and something about Barbara Broccoli.
That's quite mathematical you've done in there.....😎
Lol! This is becoming fun :D I wonder if there's a "Mark My Words" thread :D
A la Kincaide????
It's not a doomsday warning. Quite the opposite. After EON's final Bond film, a great new era of cinematic Bond will begin.
'MARK MY WORDS!' 😁
Lolzz! Yeah...and if Bond 26 were an 80s or 90s Bond film, its trailer would have end with the voice over saying "He's got you marked, so mark his words" :D
It’s not hidden. You just have to play WHATTITW backwards and the prophecy is clearly stated… mark my words…
Anyway, spamming aside, I do wonder what the logic is for this being EON’s last Bond film. The late 2027 prediction isn’t exactly groundbreaking (that’s the most likely outcome).
You mean when, if Bond departs from EON, the series falls into the hands of people whose love for money vastly outweighs their love for Bond? When, as with Disney SW, it's about putting out as much product in as short an amount of time as our wallets and life schedules can(not) handle? Because that appeal is entirely lost on me.
Why separate the child from its parents and expect a golden era? It's a logic I cannot follow.
How did you know that WHATTITW was at some way, done by The Beatles in the late 60s? 😅
Yeah. I wonder if Barbara's daughter, Angelica Zollo would be paired with Gregg Wilson soon. So in future, they help Barbara and Michael, when they're too old...so James Bond remains safe with EON.
Someone has to make Bond movies.
Because Paul McCartney and George Martin did the soundtrack of LALD. Therefore the secret message is very much there, and therefore Bond 26 will in fact not be released in late 2027. Instead they'll skip straight to Bond 27. Mark my words.
It seems Gregg Wilson is the most involved in the Bond franchise (he's worked as an executive proper on the reality show and he seems very hands on with the game) so I suspect he'll be the one to slowly assume responsibilities. I think the others have had various but more low key involvement with the franchise, and Zollo seems to be doing her own thing.
It seems in the short term (at least) it'll stay with EON. Even if it isn't quite a family business further down the line the franchise will still likely be owned by EON (although I'd hope at least Greg/whoever's ultimately in charge would try to keep as much of that 'independent film studio that happens to be worth millions' vibe as possible).
I agree. I do wonder what happens if Bond passes from the second to third generation, say, in 20 years when Barbara retires. The third generation is usually where the entire enterprise falls apart.
While I'm aware of the looming public domain, no rogue film will be able to compete with the things that won't be in the public domain: the theme, the gunbarrel, etc. At best--and remember, they had Connery--we will get another NSNA.
And any rogue film will be deterred by litigation if they use elements created by Eon (the white cat, an irascible Q, possibly "shaken not stirred"?). Does any true fan want a faithful adaptation of CR without any of those elements? I am not sure.
Sounds like a lot of litigation coming.
I suspect (and hope) the last thing they want is a Star Wars situation.
We're already seeing the effect of James Bond in the public domain in Canada and Japan. Seems to amount to some questionable fan fiction that's published/sold online and an all female stage adaptation of CR... personally I think they're oddities, but actually quite cool.
I can't see a rogue film taking on the EON Bond films (it'd be a pointless endeavour for whoever's making the rogue film, and as you said they're limited in what they can use in terms of iconography). In theory we should already have such a rogue film.
I certainly hope so too.
I'm not looking forward to a NSNA situation where it is called Bond, features Bond, but doesn't feel like Bond.
For NSNA would a gunbarrel sequence, a Maurice Binder-like title sequence, Shirley Bassey doing the song and a couple of Ken Adam-looking sets suffice? Or is there more to it?
Too late. We had that with NTTD. ;)
Beyond the specific Bond elements, EON have perfected the cinematic Bond formula. It's that ability to create that sense of heightened reality, that mixture of tongue in cheek humour with genuine tension and spectacle. NSNA didn't quite understand how to do that in my opinion.