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  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » The surest way to kill interest in Bond is saturation. What makes the series unique and frustrating is the time between. Eh? The time between was roughly 2 - 3 years fairly consistently before Craig…
    in EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards Comment by BMB007 March 8
  • Colonel_Venus wrote: » " Wilson’s son, Greg, who’s been working on the recent films but who, insiders say, wasn’t considered ready to step into his father’s shoes." Wow. Don't we Bond fans all agree that Greg would have been more ready now than…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 March 7
  • CrabKey wrote: » Bringing an old Bond back is essentially a novelty film. Hype the nostalgia and then offer excuses why the film didn't live up to the hype. Each Bond occupies his unique place in time. Bond ought never be a man out of time. He had…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 March 7
  • Ludovico wrote: » echo wrote: » Jacob Elordi is Bond. Time to get used to him. They'll never adapt CR again. That would be a mistake. That would be a mistake, so it's a possibility. Lol — unfortunately true.
    in Best and worst case scenario for the Amazon Bond Comment by BMB007 March 4
  • Scaramanga1974 wrote: » Barbara Broccoli spurned Chris Nolan as director for fear of him having too much control ie Final Cut etc. sounds like she had lost the plot so best to get fresh blood involved . It's not about final cut. People need…
    in EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards Comment by BMB007 March 1
  • 007ClassicBondFan wrote: » chrisisall wrote: » Interesting. That would make SP Craig's YOLT (I totally enjoy both of those films) & NTTD Craig's DAF (DAF was way more fun.....). I suppose so. I’d say Connery and Craig both suffer …
    in EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards Comment by BMB007 February 28
  • Creasy47 wrote: » Peter Bart from Deadline interviewed some old faces and has his own thoughts too: https://deadline.com/2025/02/james-bond-reinvented-ideas-1236301547/ This article makes it sound like Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 February 27
  • Amazon just bought a huge facility in the UK. I would be surprised if they did not base their Bond projects there.
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 February 27
  • It is something how industry analysts and perhaps Amazon think Bond could be the next Marvel or Star Wars, or at least a similarly leveraged brand. There just isn't that much there to do! You have a couple of characters in a particular social and en…
    in EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards Comment by BMB007 February 26
  • Daltonforyou wrote: » BMB007 wrote: » Daltonforyou wrote: » BMB007 wrote: » Daltonforyou wrote: » BMB007 wrote: » TripAces wrote: » bondywondy wrote: » mtm wrote: » Does the writer of that piece mean 'vitriolic'? Se…
    in EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards Comment by BMB007 February 26
  • Daltonforyou wrote: » BMB007 wrote: » Daltonforyou wrote: » BMB007 wrote: » TripAces wrote: » bondywondy wrote: » mtm wrote: » Does the writer of that piece mean 'vitriolic'? Seems the wrong word there. I just listened t…
    in EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards Comment by BMB007 February 26
  • Daltonforyou wrote: » BMB007 wrote: » TripAces wrote: » bondywondy wrote: » mtm wrote: » Does the writer of that piece mean 'vitriolic'? Seems the wrong word there. I just listened to this week's Rest Is Entertainment where they…
    in EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards Comment by BMB007 February 26
  • TripAces wrote: » bondywondy wrote: » mtm wrote: » Does the writer of that piece mean 'vitriolic'? Seems the wrong word there. I just listened to this week's Rest Is Entertainment where they talked about the situation, and I took it wit…
    in EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards Comment by BMB007 February 26
  • Jordo007 wrote: » “Producing a Bond film takes at least 2 years of their lives with little time for anything else. And with Michael retiring I think Barbara did not have the appetite to shoulder the burden alone. She has so many other interests, e…
    in Best and worst case scenario for the Amazon Bond Comment by BMB007 February 25
  • echo wrote: » Speaking of Burgess, I wonder if Amazon gets all the scripts in Eon's vault. I imagine so — well I imagine they, theoretically, had them since the MGM purchase closed given that iirc the screenplays were/are their joint proper…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 February 24
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » Spielberg is just not the same filmmaker he was 40 years ago. He couldn’t even put the energy to do a fifth Indy film with Ford. "West Side Story" is among the most energetic big budget Hollywood movies in recent me…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 February 24
  • That grave for James Bond 1962-2021 in the Faroe Islands is quite fitting now.
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 February 22
  • 007HallY wrote: » They could go overly non political too to the point it's sanitised. I know EON kept their distance from politics to some extent, but current world events and modern day fears were there in some form within their Bond films. …
    in Best and worst case scenario for the Amazon Bond Comment by BMB007 February 22
  • This is awful. Absolutely awful.
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 February 20
  • 007HallY wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » Benny wrote: » Seems that Chalamet wore pink clothing to the Berlin premiere of 'A Complete Unknown' I'm guessing that's what @Stamper is referring. Regardless of Chalamet, why should some…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 February 16
  • I am not a lawyer nor am I from the UK, but looking at this on the surface they are clearly using the trademarks in sales of merchandise as well as software and video sales. Quite likely I am missing something, though!
    in 007 heading to streaming? Amazon buys MGM for $8.45 billion! Comment by BMB007 February 14
  • Kojak007 wrote: » Would Gareth Edwards be a good choice for a Bond film? Didn't the producers even once had a meeting with him a few years ago? I don't think so. He doesn't have the romanticism that Bond requires. I do enjoy his body of wor…
    in What Directors Should Helm A Bond Film? Comment by BMB007 February 5
  • fjdinardo wrote: » ToTheRight wrote: » As 2025 is the 10th anniversary of SPECTRE, next year we can officially say there had been only one Bond movie made in a ten year span. so ridiculous this is the case. Cubby be rolling over in his…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 January 20
  • 007HallY wrote: » The appeal of Bond isn’t that they’re completely divorced from our reality. Just look at what’s going on in these films - the Connery ones clearly took place in the context of the Cold War and frequently referenced tensions betwe…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 January 19
  • Benny wrote: » BMB007 wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » Hmm! What on earth could Bond do that won't involve politicians, billionaires, and ongoing wars? Maybe that was the enjoyment on the Connery series. The stories weren't ripped from the headli…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 January 19
  • CrabKey wrote: » Hmm! What on earth could Bond do that won't involve politicians, billionaires, and ongoing wars? Maybe that was the enjoyment on the Connery series. The stories weren't ripped from the headlines. As it is, for the next four years …
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 January 19
  • Apolitical=\=ignoring world events. It would be shocking if a land war in Europe and a test of the post-War alliances caused by rising nativism did not shape the direction of B26, much as "GoldenEye" was a response to the end of the Cold War or "…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 January 18
  • Exciting! I love the score for "Licence to Kill". This will be a great release!
    in La-La Land Records Present Licence To Kill: 35th Anniversary Remastered & Expanded 2CD Comment by BMB007 January 15
  • CrabKey wrote: » Bond influences Bourne and then Bourne influences Bond? Or Batman. Or Hitchcock. My hope is Bond can move forward without the series borrowing from or being influenced by other films. Similarities are one thing, but I prefer seein…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 January 13
  • 007ClassicBondFan wrote: » echo wrote: » Without him, I don't know what would have happened to the series. I’ll go on a limb and say that the series would’ve been fine without Craig. I’m grateful for his casting of course, and I’m grate…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by BMB007 January 12