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I say that because getting a blank slate every film gives you a wider range of possibilities. I’m not saying connected films can’t be creative, but if the goal is to link each film then to some degree they are bound to follow certain rules and stories. If they go with continuity approaches in the future, I’m hopeful next time they’ll do a better job mapping things out ahead of time. The light continuity in the 60s era was far better done because it flowed well from the start.
Well sure, but then you get more possibilities still if you dump this James Bond guy and all of the people he knows! :)
I’m kidding of course, but there is a point which is that it’s all just degrees of how much you put in. I don’t think anyone was confused by the storyline in the Craig films because it wasn’t complex or anything you couldn’t figure out watching each film on its own. It just, as you say, could have done with being planned and handled better. But it’s no way as bad as we’ve just seen in the Star Wars films! :)
Oh I’ll agree on that much. The new SW trilogy is about the worst continuity I’ve ever seen.
What bit of promotion do we think is coming next?
You said it. When I think about how long this wait has been it is surreal and nice to know we’re finally almost there. Next I imagine is just the final tv spots and trailers. Possibly some leaks beginning to arrive.
If anything, we may get a soft-reboot in the same manner as GE where we just meet a new Bond that already has a history somewhat comparable to his predecessors.
I could see them doing something different with the next Bond: just altering the setup somehow (in the same way we’ve had different versions of the same framework in the Gardner books vs. Deaver’s book vs. The comic series, for example) but I agree we won’t see him get his stripes again: I don’t think they’d want to challenge CR like that.
It’s Fiennes as M who I really want to stay on for many films. He’s getting on too and this would be a regular gig for him when he’s older. Still, I realize that an actor like him will always have work but still... :)
I can’t understand why everyone is talking about a new cast with with a new Bond unless it’s because the three of them (Fiennes, Wishaw and Harris), due to the fact that they’re successful to very successful actors, quite possibly have no interest in continuing with their roles in the Bond films after Craig has left which might very well be the case. Eon should at least try and keep them on even after Craig has left. I’m sick of all this Hollywood reboot stuff. How many times do we have to see Bruce Wayne emerge from a theatre into a back alley and then witness his parents being killed? Up until Casino Royale, the Bond films were never about reboots. We had a different actor play Bond and went along with the fact that he was the same spy and it was nice having Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn and Lois Maxwell retain some of the history there by continuing their roles in the franchise.
It’d be a bad idea to see Bond get his stripes again although I only wish they had have done it differently in a way that was relatively consistent with the literature. Regarding the dialogue of having trouble killing in cold blood at the beginning, this could have been done with Bond and M at some point later on in the film. It would have been cool to see Bond behind a rifle/sniper scope again having to kill the Japanese chap in New York.
Yeah, it is weird. This past year has gone so quickly. I remember them talking on the radio in March 2019, almost a year ago, how they had just started filming. Seems like only a couple of months ago. Time goes faster the older one gets. :)
Bond was ahead of him in this case, and with the Mexico events and after led him into an understanding that he can't know OO7's every action. It's counterproductive. Even so every M vents on Bond about those things. So Bond acts in spite of the bureaucrats and his orders at times. The song remains the same.
Yeah Fiennes M is golden and should stick around, he's got legs in the role. The franchise always carries itself forward, witnesss 1995 and 2006. It's natural that continues from Dench to Fiennes and forward.
After Bernard Lee, Fiennes is my favourite M. Eon should do their utmost to keep him on.
I know I mentioned this before but a reboot/new cast for 26 onwards doesn't mean having to do Casino Royale again.
The main thing is establishing a clean break from the continuity of the Craig films, a sort of continuity the preceding 20 films did not have, which allowed for Q, MP and M to cross over between actors tenures.
No Time To Die is being officially billed as a conclusion to the events that began in Casino, so continuting that in any way in 26 onwards would betray that idea.
Oh I think it’s pretty clear he respected Dench M an awful lot: it’s the only time we’ve seen CraigBond cry, isn’t it? And the respect for Mallory was built very well in the inquiry shootout in Sf alone, I’d say.
Nailed it.
He did send him to a health farm though! :)
:) True...to be fitter for more harrowing missions.
...I'd imagine.
He was never involved in the field but he did travel around.... YOLT, TSWLM and Moonraker spring to mind.
And whatever they got up to in Tokyo that time! :D
Definitely not. Deconstructing the character throughout 5 films doesn't mean making a prequel of the classic one.
That outcome can't possibly work.
Dr.No is the person that introduces Bond to Spectre.
Blofeld introduces himself to Bond in You Only Live Twice.
If this did happen, it would effectively end the Bond series, and ruin every film beforehand.
Unless they were to go back and remake them ...
Which means there are no major releases to attach the trailer to. The next is 'A Quiet Place 2' and 'Mulan' - which both come out within a week or two of NTTD's release globally. So count them out.
I thin the best bet would be 'The Invisible Man' (it looks sick) - which is a Universal release on February 28, 2020 - which means a release any time in the next 3 weeks.
Also, the title song will be released around 4-6 weeks from the release date. I personally wouldn't be surprised if the song features int eh trailer to build up maximum hype.
I think the Brit Award week will be very very busy for NTTD promotion......just a hunch though.
And what's the chance that the Superbowl teaser might actually be the last trailer we get before opening day?
I'm hoping that it is. I want to be surprised by this one. And I'm glad they didn't give me the choice, spoilers wise. Thank you, EON.
I don't need to see anything else besides the film. Well, a poster would be nice. A nice poster, I mean.
It does. Doesn't mean it debuts/is shown only in front of a specific film and not online, but it's always an earmark of sorts for a studio planning the campaign. There's a reason the first trailer came out when it did in early Dec, it was two weeks before Star Wars and with the amount of other trailers also angling to be played with it (Black Widow, Mulan, Tenet etc) they decided to be the first out of the gate. So in other words, of course it'll be online but when it launches online is a strategic decision.
Films are released in cinemas. Where are the cinemagoing public you want to advertise to? The cinema. Of course these days online marketing runs alongside.