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It really does seem like too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence, doesn't it?
Actually yes eon were ahead of the game in March when the public reaction was one of disbelief but the decision prescient.
It does make you wonder what info they may have and what the predictions are for November December.
Cos it’s not just the release date it’s the 2 months after.
Nov/dec/jan seems a much less appealing prospect than April/May/jun
I really wasn't. But I never mentioned that bold part. He sure seems to know exactly who I'm referring to. And some new accounts just spawned and started with vitriol the minute the news broke. So, we should all beware and not engage some people.
All and all, they've made the right decision. People safety is far more important than a movie. That's all.
Don’t worry, @LittleDavidYuklaw will be playing elsewhere from now on. We have no room for people like that on this forum.
Anyway, as disappointed as I am by the news I had a gut feeling this was going to happen after seeing flim after film being delayed to 2021. I just hope it doesn't get pushed back to 2022. With the huge push in advertisement for NTTD recently it really seemed like they were going ahead with the November release.
No-one, not anyone on this site or anywhere really, can evaluate what the situation will be in sixth months time, everyone's just hoping for the best.
He told them to delay it, obviously.
The virus is seasonal so yes it will be better in April. We may also have a vaccine.
That's wishful thinking. It won't be any better in April then it is now.
Trump strikes again......... :)>-
Big difference being GE felt like a start to a new era in which we could anticipate another film 2 years down the road.
NTTD feels like the end of an era after which the series' future seems uncertain.
That said the 89-95 gap felt much longer to me.
And even in that time, according to the documentary Everything or Nothing: the Untold Story of 007, film industry people were saying that bringing back Bond was a, “several million dollar gamble not worth taking.” They had a new Bond and a great new beginning to revitalize the series. We have the end of an era, and one that’s been a long time coming; 4 delays now. I’m concerned about the future of the series B26 and beyond, and about the future of theaters themselves.
Knowing a few people who have worked on these last few films there are many people who share this view. Personally, I always ask myself how it was that Broccoli and Saltzman could turn around classic 007 films so regularly in the 60s?
This is speculation, but at the beginning of Bond's tenure, the Broccoli and Saltzman films had something to prove. They were money making machines, and they understood what the fans wanted - they gave us a lot of movies very quickly. This was their career and they were motivated.
Barbara has been raised alongside Bond all of her life. She was born in it, and now almost in retirement she's still in the Bond game.
I can't say I blame them, I would take a guess they've (Babs and G Willy) been burnt out for a long time.
The series post-Bond 25, post-Craig needs new blood - it demands energy. Energy that will motivate the kind of foresight it takes to make calculated decisions and coherent films in a series in a timely manner. The slate needs to be wiped clean; new producers, new writers, new Bond, otherwise, the series will go on with that Steven Seagull energy.
We are in a pandemic folks, and a second wave and a new lockdown is becoming increasingly more threatening as we head into winter. We are in a new kind of reality at the moment, not the one pre 2020, when fans could fill stadiums, people go out to restaurants normally, hug and kiss in public, go and visit your families at their homes, and audiences can go and watch films at the cinema with no hassles or restrictions.
That reality is not coming back any time soon, so we have to learn to live with this new 2020 hell that we are all in currently. Everything is on short notice at the moment. Live sporting venues have been delayed again in the past week, countries suddenly get put on a quarantine list at very short notice, so its no surprise that film releases are getting delayed again too, and Bond is no different. We are where we are.
My company announced this week that they are not expecting anyone back in any of our global offices until July 2021, so we are in for the long haul now.
There are rumours circulating that the Covid situation may improve by spring, which is why EON have made the sensible decision to delay until then, but don't be surprised if it gets pushed back again after April 21.
The bigger worry is whether cinema as we knew it will ever come fully back at all. New trends and behaviour patterns are starting to emerge from this nightmare. 2 year old toddlers are starting to learn to avoid passing too close to people in the street, so I fear for the next generation the longer this pandemic continues. We'll all become hermit creatures if we are not too careful, hiding at home, interacting with friends and families via Teams or Zoom chats, and scared to go out without wearing a face mask.
Bond being delayed yet again is just symptomatic of the times we are now worryingly in, and it ain't going to change any time soon.
It really isn't fair to blame Eon for this. It's an annoying situation but it's not their fault.
As far as Barbara and Michael are concerned, even if I don't agree with a lot of the creative choices they've made during their tenure at the helm, I can appreciate that they are at least trying to evolve and experiment, whereas Cubby seemed to have more of a 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' attitude.
Also, I really can't understand this fan entitlement attitude that a lot of people seem to have, thinking that Eon owe them something for a situation that is entirely out of anyone's control.
Guessing Tonight show haven't had the chance to change the programming since EON came out late on friday with the news.
A lot actually.
It's not simply that he tested positive. It's the potential effects or consequences of that positive test on the U.S. and its future fight against this virus.
Several states are seeing spikes. In and of itself, this is manageable. But the push to further restrict theaters and restaurants, through the winter, has now been bolstered. I'm sure EON was looking at the numbers, and it is possible that a positive test for the POTUS provided the "writing on the wall."
I mean, we could also ask what Trump's positive test has to do with the stock market. Right? But it had a negative effect: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/dow-futures-plunge-more-400-points-trump-says-he-tested-n1241770
Right! That takes care of that. Hope you had a good one.