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i think that is something that comes with time and experience.... He obviously didn't feel strongly about the direction the series was headed back in 2003 after DAD, or he wouldn't have changed it lol......... I remember back when I was filming my student film THE HARVESTERS, I thought at the time what I was doing was really really good... 2 years - 2 short films and bunch more hands on experience later, i look at that film and go "ouch - it's not as great as what I thought... if I could go back and do things over I would've done A, B and C differently... but, it's all a learning experience..... so I can kind of sympathize with Wilson on that regard - hindsight is always 20/20
Great graphics as always, hover your mouse over this image-
http://007homevideo.com/dvd_5_gold.html
I think that site (KimberleyLast.net) is still on-line, yes? I'll have to look. I agree it was a great site. I particularly liked the updated parts on the Bond novel chart reviews from Kingsley Amis' The James Bond Dossier (1965) and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion (1984/1988).
What the hell is up with the commanderbond site? About 10 years ago the commanderbond site was a favorite of mine, but lately seems to have lost it's momentum. In addition the forum section was changed to an archive only and a new forum was set up with the drawback of old members having to re-create new accounts to participate. I wish I could say that was only a minor nuisance, but quite a pain actually. RIP commanderbond, IMO.
As far as Bond info and discussions go, this is it as far as I'm concerned, though the 007 dossier is pretty cool. Suits of James Bond is probably my other contemporary favorite.
Nice to know. That was a great Bond site from the early days. I recall a man called Nick Kincaid wrote many of the literary Bond articles for that site. I devoured these, and had a special interest in the John Gardner ones. It probably somewhat inspired my own Gardner articles and blog in fact.
Very nice to know that Matt.
TWINE:
One version of the site, dated August 17, 2000:
https://web.archive.org/web/20000817034535/http://www.jamesbond.com/bond19/
You can click on Go to The World Is Not Enough and then English to reach the home page. Many links still work.
The Production Notes and Production Newsflashes might be of most interest, as well as a Quicktime VR page with several panoramic videos that can still be downloaded, and which you might need an old QuickTime Player to play (I installed v7.7.9). You can rotate your view and look at the caviar factory, Elektra's bedroom, etc. Great fun!
There is also a Features page with trailers and video interviews, but the video files don't load (they might be in the Archive, but "orphaned"-- that is, not linked to any other archived page). I don't know for sure, but I would guess the interviews are probably sourced from the Electronic Press Kit.
It's also nice to see the home page tells you what date it is, a staple of websites from the time.
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Another version of the same page, with a slightly different design, dated November 28 1999. This auto-downloads what I believe is a Flash Director file, but it is harmless:
https://web.archive.org/web/19991128064638/http://jamesbond.com/bond19/home.html
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This is an interesting little message from the site:
https://web.archive.org/web/20011107182941/http://www.jamesbond.com/judi_dench.html
Text pasted here:
MGM are happy to report that they have been advised by Eon Productions there is no truth in the recent rumours started by a British tabloid newspaper that DAME JUDI DENCH will be replaced by Edward Woodward in the part of "M" in the next James Bond movie.
Here is another footprint of that rumor:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/may/18/news
TND:
Not much of the TND site survives. This Bond Facts page is about the only thing left:
https://web.archive.org/web/20060710010440/http://www.jamesbond.com/bond18/bondfactsleft.html
You can still get a faint glimpse of the site's visual design, which uses the Serpentine typeface that was also employed for the logo of the film.
DAD:
The DAD page is also archived, but it uses Flash and when the intro finishes playing, the navigation buttons don't show up, so there isn't much to do but replay the intro.
https://web.archive.org/web/20021222105100/http://jamesbond.com/bond20/flash/
In this link, you can find more "orphaned" pages and files of the TND, TWINE and DAD sites (and in fact, probably of any Bond films that came after them):
https://web.archive.org/web/*/jamesbond.com/*
Just wait for the list of URLs to appear, and then type 'bond18', 'bond19' or 'bond20' in the filter. Clicking on the desired URL will take you a page with a calendar. You can then click on one of the highlighted capture dates to reach the specific page or file.
I don't know for sure, but I doubt GE had an official website. It doesn't show up in the Internet Archive, at any rate. 1996's Space Jam is famous for being one of the earliest mainstream films to get a website (still up today, which is great!) and in its time, it was tapping into a new area of marketing that the bosses weren't too interested and enthusiastic about, so that makes the possibility that a film from 95 got a website less likely. I'd also guess if it did, the address would show up on promotional material.