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peter wrote: » But I don't think there's an underlying subtext of racism and elitism in DN Telling anyone to “fetch” anything is elitist. That it was ordered to a man of colour, may not be racist to you, but it was the casual racism t…
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peter wrote: » mtm wrote: » MaxCasino wrote: » peter wrote: » Scaramanga1974 wrote: » EON don’t seem to know where they want to go with Bond at present. Actually it's we who don't know where EoN wants to go with Bond at the …
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A lot has changed since WWII in how espionage and covert operations are executed. The Bond of Fleming’s novels exists in an era where pedigree and ingenuity mattered more than expertise and specialization. That’s not to say that pre-WWII agents an…
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peter wrote: » Sort of like the TLD PTS. The next Bond needs a great introduction, that's for sure. TLD is my favourite PTS. It would be great to have the new Bond introduced in the midst of some wild action. I co-sign this!
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » I just don't understand why every Bond film now needs a prestige filmmaker at the helm nowadays. Sam Mendes, then Danny Boyle was intended for B25, now Chazelle? It just seems stra…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » I just don't understand why every Bond film now needs a prestige filmmaker at the helm nowadays. Sam Mendes, then Danny Boyle was intended for B25, now Chazelle? It just seems strange for a series about a spy in a tuxedo savin…
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Daltonforyou wrote: » On the Doha deal, I wonder if Eon doesn't want to go to Amazon for funding because they think they might use that as a bargaining chip for Bond 26 negotiations. :> Amazon co-owns Bond through their purchase of MGM …
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » My argument is not that bond can't have characterisation or angst, it's that angst alone cannot replace the benefits of a coherent story structure with an engaging premise/plot (wh…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » My argument is not that bond can't have characterisation or angst, it's that angst alone cannot replace the benefits of a coherent story structure with an engaging premise/plot (what we used to call in the old fashioned days, …
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Daltonforyou wrote: » Teen Brofeld deciding to become a super-villain head of a trans-national criminal organization because he was enraged at Little James becoming closer to his father, is too soap-opera for me. He din't know James was going to b…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Just make a fun movie under 2hrs 15 minutes - there's no need to overcomplicate things. Characterisation can fit in where it's appropr…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Venutius wrote: » Same as it is in any context, I guess: 'a film industry practice in which black actors are cast to play historical or fictional characters who were originally white.' I think t…
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Venutius wrote: » Same as it is in any context, I guess: 'a film industry practice in which black actors are cast to play historical or fictional characters who were originally white.' I think the missing piece in how blackwashing is used h…
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Venutius wrote: » No to raceswapping. No to blackwashing. Yes to Sope Dirisu as Bond. It should be about the actor, not the agenda. What is blackwashing in this context?
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007HallY wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » George_Kaplan wrote: » DewiWynBond wrote: » Someone said a black Harry Potter, haha, that tickled me. There's just no need to change his race. Focus …
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Just make a fun movie under 2hrs 15 minutes - there's no need to overcomplicate things. Characterisation can fit in where it's appropriate to the story, but it should never be the …
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Just make a fun movie under 2hrs 15 minutes - there's no need to overcomplicate things. Characterisation can fit in where it's appropriate to the story, but it should never be the primary consideration. The focus on modern bon…
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https://www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/article/wheres-james-bond-gone-how-an-amazon-deal-put-007-on-hold-h0qf80k22 Ajay Chowdhury makes a very good point that I hope is true: “When Disney bought Lucasfilm there wasn’t a film for three years. Tons of wo…
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Mallory wrote: » If their Bond game is indeed an origins story of sorts, Bond will be late 20s to early 30s, so wont look much like the picture above. What would be cool (though very unlikely) is if there was a character creator, and you could …
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Venutius wrote: » Rather than the SP plane chase, I think I'd've preferred the original 'parkour on skis' sequence that Logan wrote or the snowmobile chase that replaced it, tbh. I could be way off but I think the reason that sequence went …
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I don’t think Bond needs Nolan or that Nolan needs Bond but that combination is money in the bank. I can’t think of a franchise and director with better creative/brand synergy in today’s film market. I wouldn’t be surprised if Nolan never directs a …
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Daltonforyou wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Daltonforyou wrote: » I just wish we could get away from the drama directors, bring in somebody like Paul Fieg or Guy Ritchie. And those two are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Who’s arthouse…
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007HallY wrote: » I feel some members don't understand what arthouse films are here. None of the Bond directors have been arthouse directors. As @Burgess implied, the recent Bond directors (and I'd argue all of them save for Hunt or Glen to be hon…
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Daltonforyou wrote: » I just wish we could get away from the drama directors, bring in somebody like Paul Fieg or Guy Ritchie. And those two are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Who’s arthouse versus commercial seems like a fluid spectrum.…
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Daltonforyou wrote: » Burgess wrote: » I’ve never understood why audiences are so concerned with film budgets. It’s not our money. That’s not to say budgets shouldn’t matter to the people spending them, but I don’t really understand the armcha…
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I’ve never understood why audiences are so concerned with film budgets. It’s not our money. That’s not to say budgets shouldn’t matter to the people spending them, but I don’t really understand the armchair punditry about how much a film should or s…
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CrabKey wrote: » The less I know about Bond's gut health, the better. I recognize the Higson novel was a rush job, but it felt like fanboy Bond with a few modern bits and pieces thrown in to announce itself as contemporary. To apprehend Bond as…
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007ClassicBondFan wrote: » sandbagger1 wrote: » I find this a rather frustrating discussion. A lot of us (I won't say all because I feel Mendes4Lyfe is a bit of an outlier here) who are saying we want a film that isn't dependent on big charact…
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CrabKey wrote: » @Burgess - Clean break between DAD and CR, I get that. I am interested in where you believe the series went. How do you define Craig's Bond? I define Craig's Bond as interior made exterior. Fleming's novels have the benefit…
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CrabKey wrote: » @burgess - The Casino Royale script, before Craig joined, was already hinting toward where EON wanted to go with Bond. In your opinion, where was that? Making the first Bond novel as the next Bond movie raises some essentia…
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