New Bond

[Cruyff]

On 14/09/2020 at 21:42, Jamhammer said:

Not been to the pictures for 10 years type post IMO

Feckin popcorn will cost you £8 

 

17 minutes ago, EH11_2NL said:

8 quid??? When were you last at the pictures??? Try doublng that! And mortgage for a hot dog! But the rest is spot on.

 

You're right chaps. I've not been to the pictures for yonks. 

 

And I'm only kidding. The bond films aren't that bad these days. Predictable but entertaining nevertheless. 

[A Boy Named Crow]

I don't really get excited about Bond films these days, but then it is a format of film that will be 58 years old this year. 

As others have said, there are newer, fresher franchises out there. 

 

Having saud that, I do want to see this one before anyone tells me about it...clinging on to the hope he might die this time...

[I P Knightley]

12 hours ago, A Boy Named Crow said:

I don't really get excited about Bond films these days, but then it is a format of film that will be 58 years old this year. 

As others have said, there are newer, fresher franchises out there. 

 

Having saud that, I do want to see this one before anyone tells me about it...clinging on to the hope he might die this time...

He doesn't have enough time to do that, I've heard.

[Dawnrazor]

20 minutes ago, I P Knightley said:

He doesn't have enough time to do that, I've heard.

😅

[A Boy Named Crow]

6 hours ago, I P Knightley said:

He doesn't have enough time to do that, I've heard.

I thought it would maybe be M's closing line,  "Really Bond, this is no time to die"...Bond then snuffs it, roll credits, cue merch overdrive - 007 coffins, Aston Martin will doubtless launch a herse special edition, Rolex a sropped watch...

Edited September 16, 2020 by A Boy Named Crow

[Tazio]

5 minutes ago, Lord BJ said:

Pretty Strong rumours new Bond will be Tom Hardy. 

I bloody hope not. 

[ri Alban]

Tom's a good lad. I was hoping big Idris would get it or the lad Madden, but Tam will do fine. My niece and Nephew in Law know him really well. I might phone and ask for clarification.

[Ray Gin]

Hardy's a great actor. His talents would be a bit wasted in this role tbh.

[chubby1973]

On 15/09/2020 at 23:20, obua said:

And queue overnight when a new iPhone goes on sale.

I'm more an Samsung man myself. 

[indianajones]

Hardy would suit the role of an unhinged bond villain more to be honest. 

[jambo89]

Can just imagine Bond in a thick cockney accent;-

 

" I came here for f****n shoot out"

 

 

[Jeff]

52 minutes ago, indianajones said:

Hardy would suit the role of an unhinged bond villain more to be honest. 

 

With a silly voice

[Angry Haggis]

If it is Tom Hardy he will be late 40’s by the time the next Bond movie rolls. 
 

Needs younger actor imo. 

Edited September 20, 2020 by Angry Haggis

[Tazio]

1 hour ago, Angry Haggis said:

If it is Tom Hardy he will be late 40’s by the time the next Bond movie rolls. 
 

Needs younger actor imo. 

Totally agree with this.  

[Ray Gin]

3 hours ago, Angry Haggis said:

If it is Tom Hardy he will be late 40’s by the time the next Bond movie rolls. 
 

Needs younger actor imo. 

 

Connery was 53 in his last Bond film.

Craig is 52.

Moore was 46-52.

Dalton was 41-43.

Brosnan 42-49.

 

Tom Hardy is 43.

 

[Tazio]

15 minutes ago, Ray Gin said:

 

Connery was 53 in his last Bond film.

Craig is 52.

Moore was 46-52.

Dalton was 41-43.

Brosnan 42-49.

 

Tom Hardy is 43.

 

In the books he’s in his 30’s, Connery was 32 when he first played Bond. 

[AWM]

Delayed Until 2021

[A Boy Named Crow]

3 hours ago, AWM said:

Delayed Until 2021

November 2020 was ... ahem ... no time to die 

[Pans Jambo]

[AWM]

 

[A Boy Named Crow]

9 minutes ago, AWM said:

 

I was stunned... then I realised he actually said  "kite" 

[Savage Vince]

If James Bond was real his main remit would be to protect high ranking paedophiles. 

[westbow]

21 minutes ago, Savage Vince said:

If James Bond was real his main remit would be to protect high ranking paedophiles. 

Would his boss be Q (Anon)?

[AWM]

 

[gjcc]

2 hours ago, westbow said:

Would his boss be Q (Anon)?

 

 

no, M for Maj’

 

 

 

 

[Jamstomorrow]

On 19/09/2020 at 20:29, ri Alban said:

Tom's a good lad. I was hoping big Idris would get it or the lad Madden, but Tam will do fine. My niece and Nephew in Law know him really well. I might phone and ask for clarification.

Got to be Alan Carr.

[Savage Vince]

4 hours ago, westbow said:

Would his boss be Q (Anon)?

 

😁

[Jamstomorrow]

3 hours ago, Savage Vince said:

 

😁

Mmmmmm . . . I don't think so.

[rudi must stay]

Looks like non stop acting, not much of a script and not much story 

[Pans Jambo]

Exactly what a James Bond movie should be...lots of outrageous action scenes, loads of hot ladies, beautiful locations, suspense, a brilliant baddie and then Bond wins in the end.

 

Complete popcorn movie.

 

There's Schindlers list and The Pianist for those who want dark and serious!

[Luckies1874]

Hmmmm. Thoughts?

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo

[Dido of Consequence]

Roger Moore was the best Bond 

[periodictabledancer]

7 minutes ago, Luckies1874 said:

Hmmmm. Thoughts?

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1mn9gz5x3mo

Brilliant. It'll become  another ' franchise' that makes it's money on the back of cgi and ' superheroes'.

 

 

 

 

[Dawnrazor]

Just now, Hansel said:

Roger Moore was the best Bond 

 

Just now, Hansel said:

Roger Moore was the best Bond 

 

[Dick Dastardly]

Bond is deid

[Gavman81]

Don’t like this news at all.

 

Amazon will absolutely *******ise the IP now and we’ll be looking at interconnected stories, tv series, pods, online content, Moneypenny’s origin story etc…

 

Barbara Broccoli losing creative control is bad news 

[Cade]

RIP James Bond.

 

Amazon will do the same to this as they did to Tolkien

 

 

[John Findlay]

Jane Bond incoming.

[Roxy Hearts]

12 hours ago, Hansel said:

Roger Moore was the best Bond 

Sean Connery was the best. It's not even  close! He had everything the character required. RM was a bit of a parody although I liked the films.

[Dido of Consequence]

Is that who broccoli is named after? 🥦 

 

In the future, Bond will be up against the yanks as well as the Ruskies.

 

 

[Martin B]

Huge Bond fan growing up. Had the full VHS boxset and went to see every new one at the cinema. Totally done with it after No Time To Die. You don’t kill James Bond!

Would rather they just didn’t make another one now. Would maybe watch a spinoff around Q or the 00 agency.

[Dido of Consequence]

54 minutes ago, Roxy Hearts said:

Sean Connery was the best. It's not even  close! He had everything the character required. RM was a bit of a parody although I liked the films.

TBH, I've never sat and watched Connery Bond movies properly. The RM ones were the ones I always saw on the telly when I was a lad, so that's why I liked him

[Dazo]

Other than maybe getting Bond films more regularly I doubt it will make a shred of difference. 

[I.T.K]

On 03/02/2020 at 15:14, Cruyff said:

I'll tell you what happens. 

 

Plot,

 

Gets a mission, goes into a casino or bar, asks for a Martini "shaken not stirred", meets the lassie that he shags at the end by introducing himself, "names bond, James Bond".

 

Spies on bad guy who will be a bit eccentric or will have something mentally wrong with him.

 

He gets found out, it goes tits up, he gets back into his Aston Martin, has a massive car chase, presses loads a buttons and the car does some cool tricks. He escapes either by plunging into the water and his car becoming a submarine or flying of the edge of a cliff and his car becomes a plane. 

 

Goes back to HQ, tries out some new gadgets, gets a row from Q, flirts with the secretary.

 

Hunts down the bad guy again, gets captured or they have a Mexican stand off where they say some clichéd bullshit. Loads of shit blows up, he kills the bad guy, shags the bird he met at the bar. 

 

Credits roll. 

 

Saved you about £8 quid 👍 

 

I played the bond theam tune in my head at the end!  

[Horatio Caine]

14 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said:

Bond is deid

Aye, so how will they get over that?  Has he somehow miraculously escaped the mayhem and explosions that supposedly killed him? A bit like the soap operas where a character everyone thought was dead suddenly re-appears.

[Martin B]

23 minutes ago, Horatio Caine said:

Aye, so how will they get over that?  Has he somehow miraculously escaped the mayhem and explosions that supposedly killed him? A bit like the soap operas where a character everyone thought was dead suddenly re-appears.

Bobby Ewing will wake up in the shower and realise Bond’s death was a dream.

[Pans Jambo]

59 minutes ago, Horatio Caine said:

Aye, so how will they get over that?  Has he somehow miraculously escaped the mayhem and explosions that supposedly killed him? A bit like the soap operas where a character everyone thought was dead suddenly re-appears.

Well he's not been 35 since 1965 has he???

 

Its a movie FFS. They will just 'restart' it again.

[Pans Jambo]

Amazon bought MGM in 2022 for $8.45Bn USD. Its now called Amazon MGM Studios.

 

MGM makes James Bond movies.

 

Now Amazon MGM will make James Bond Movies.

 

Was bound to happen.

[Horatio Caine]

13 minutes ago, Pans Jambo said:

Well he's not been 35 since 1965 has he???

 

Its a movie FFS. They will just 'restart' it again.

Shit. A movie you say? Well colour me shocked.

[I P Knightley]

2 hours ago, Hansel said:

Is that who broccoli is named after? 🥦 

 

In the future, Bond will be up against the yanks as well as the Ruskies.

 

 

It was a distant relative of Cubby Broccoli who invented the vegetable; a couple of generations older. That's what gave the family (& Cubby) enough money to go into movies. 

 

Back on Bond movies, it's now 4 years since the last one was made. At least another two before another comes out. I'm guessing that six years must be the longest between any two Bond films? I'm not saying I've ever been on tenterhooks waiting for the next instalment but Jason Bourne did Bond better than Bond over the last few movies, so I guess I'm now completely "meh" (if the young people still use that term) as to when or whether we'll ever see another James Bond and who might play the lead character.

 

Cruyff has the formula completely off pat. In the years before we had Ask Jeeves, a colleague left an A3 sheet on the table by the coffee machine for folk to fill in the components of the formula for each film:

* Which actor was Bond?

* Who was the baddie?

* How did the baddie plan to take over the world?

* Where was the baddie's lair?

* How did Bond escape from the baddie when the baddie had him secured but insisted on telling Bond his plan before leaving him there rather than just shooting him?

* Which actress was the love interest?

* Who got pumped by Bond before he and the love interest got together?

* What car was used?

* What gadgets did the car have (and other Q gadgets)?

* Where was the final scene (where Bond pumped the love interest)?

And a few more tropes. 

 

It's more like pantomime than a serious film franchise.