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I wish I was a friend of Ana's!! ;) :-bd :))
One could argue that Craig himself is a clever re-invention of Red Grant, they just didn't use the name ;-).
Cute, very cute. I feel as though that needs to be written on a red hat, with white lettering.
Yep, that's exactly my sentiment. I don't really hate TWSLM and it sits somewhere in the 10s in my ranking, but it would be much higher if it had a more memorable villain and it didn't have that kind of battle.
They bought the rights because Mendes and Logan really wanted to use Blofeld.
As is the speculation Malek is playing Dr. No, which, as far as I can tell, is solely based upon the Jamaica location and the "reset" to the classic MI6 set at the end of SF.
"the next star of the franchise should be female for the first time ever."
Oh..please. 007 is James Bond, and James Bond is 007. Learn to live with that or do a spin-off series.
To each his own. A carchase that turns into a bikechase on the roof of a bazar that turns into fistfight on top of a moving train, is for me certainly an action sequence that beats a silhouette fight where I couldn't tell who was who.
THIS. I understand the precedent and expectation to start a Bond film off with a bang; but I’m not sure if it does much service to open a 140 - 150 min film with the most thrilling action sequence and gradually regress from there. CR, QOS, and SP really suffered from this, especially Spectre, and its comically underwhelming finale of Bond shooting down a helicopter with a PPK.
Although I find Skyfall’s PTS to be more action packed and ambitious in scope than the finale in Scotland, there was enough novelty in it (reversing the Bond attacks villains lair trope, Western influence, putting M in the middle of the action, and the thematic/narrative stakes) to not feel like a regression in comparison to the opening. I hope we’re in for something more akin to that for NTTD’s finale.
I see I see. Makes sense.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0425/1045705-barbara-broccoli-hopes-daniel-craig-remains-on-as-007/
At least it seems like BB has not given up hope to convince Craig to stay on board. Okay, this was back in April, but I'm sure, she still wants to avoid Craigxit. *ihavetogo*
Feels more and more like NTTD won’t end in a way that Craig can’t come back.
If its great does he come back?
Big picture, this is just a general remark meaning that if they want Craig to return, there needs to be a sense of purpose so that , for what ever reasons, there isn’t a prolonged gap.
I agree.
I get bored in these scenes.
Fair point but...the name can be toxic around here. LOL.
My guess is that it was presented that way.
EON/Danjaq may have tried a few times to buy the rights from McClory's estate. Around 2013, they see an opportunity. They must cost something in the tens of millions of pounds, dollars, euros or whatever currency the McClories want to get.
When they're close to the deal, accountants explain that this operation will be charged on both MGM and Danjaq, but if SPECTRE and Blofeld are used in the next film, the final film in the Sony contract, Sony would foot the bill, as the acquisition costs would be assigned to development in the budget of Bond 24. Anyway, after that operation, these elements owned by the estate of Kevin McClory will be forever part of the IP already owned by Danjaq and MGM.
That was an opportunity to good to miss, the final missing piece (after the adaptation rights to CR) they'd been trying to find for decades.
At this point, Logan and Mendes are already in love with their idea of making the next villain Bond's adoptive brother named Oberhauser. Logan may be interested in using Spectre, but for Bond 25, as he was then developing a two-parter. Corporate pressure get the upper hand and they find some compromise. They keep the Operation Kid Step Brother plot, and they merge Oberhauser with Blofeld, with elements from the projected Bond 25 synopsis being used for the third act.
Logan tries to find a suitable use of Blofeld and SPECTRE in his script, fails to do it, and leaves production, to be replaced by Purvis and Wade. EON may have even accepted to compromise in some way Bond 25 for the benefit of the entire franchise, they show at some point to Sony the script they have come up with, Sony green-lights the project and pays for the transaction with the estate.
I know this may explain many things too nicely, but I really suspect that part of the creative decisions were related to taking advantage of a few financial windows of opportunity.
Yeah, it is entirely possible.
I think that Oberhauser was an idea of Wade & Purvis. If I recall correctly (and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) Mendes and Logan liked the idea of making the villain Bond's forster brother (or whatever) but it was when Wade & Purvis came on board that the villain was linked to Oberhauser (the two, after all, despite all their flaws know the source material way better than Mendes and Logan).
Ooh, a new theory! I like it.