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Where does Bond go after Craig?

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  • delfloriadelfloria
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    CrabKey wrote: »
    Today I had an interesting conversation with my Gen Z students. I asked what characteristics define their generation. "We don't care about anything." I pressed a little more, but nothing. Their interest in DC and Marvel films is declining: too many and too repetitious. Bond? Some knew of him and others didn't. Couldn't remember if they'd seen a Bond film. What might get them into the theater? A hot, young Bond. According to one, if they make the film and it's good, it'll probably be successful.

    Some knew of him and others didn't. This is what I encounter as well. Having said that, how could ANYONE not know who James Bond is?!?!?!?!!?!?!!?
  • 007HallY007HallY
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    I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who hasn’t heard of James Bond. Quite a few who haven’t watched the films, and a few who don’t like them. But it’s a bit like not knowing who Dracula or Sherlock Holmes is. It might be a very vague bit of pop culture for certain people, perhaps not often thought about or remembered in the moment, but it’s there somewhere.

    Then again I can’t speak for everyone.
  • CrabKeyCrabKey
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    007HallY wrote: »
    I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who hasn’t heard of James Bond. Quite a few who haven’t watched the films, and a few who don’t like them. But it’s a bit like not knowing who Dracula or Sherlock Holmes is. It might be a very vague bit of pop culture for certain people, perhaps not often thought about or remembered in the moment, but it’s there somewhere.

    Then again I can’t speak for everyone.

    Several weeks earlier another student said he didn't know who The Beatles were. That sort of thing doesn't bother me because as a 16 year old I wouldn't have known much about the icons of my parents generation.

    For those of us who grew up in the 60s, it was a staggering decade. And I get why younger generations say, "Shut up. Get over it. Move on." That's fine. Which icons and events influenced those later generations? For me the 60s was the most impactful decade of my life. What defines an X or Millennial? What decade has been most impactful in their lives?
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    The thing that will always make 60s Bond special was that at the time it was all brand new. It broke a lot of rules while at the same time set new ones. But like any franchise, it had become an institution over time so it’s no longer perceived to be this “new” ground breaking thing, because it can’t be.

    The closest the Craig era came to being a trendsetter was with SKYFALL. The John Wick movies owe their existence to visual aesthetics that Roger Deakins established.

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  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
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  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
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    Oh, "the Chuck Norris scene"





    Yes, I think Skyfall is a Proto-John Wick, but who knows? Both of them may be copying third parties.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    I would have thought having silhouettes fighting against a backdrop was really Deakins giving a nod to the well known James Bond title sequences by making it an actual set piece within the film. It played so well that the John Wick filmmakers ran with it, the rest is history.
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