No Time To Die (now contains spoilers!) Ha

[ianh]

Daniel Craig was 38 when he started playing Bond. Not far off really.

............and, because of his advanced age, by the 4th film the story is yet another "Bond forced out of old age retirement" style film with a lead actor too old and who should have stopped at just 3 films aged 45. Instead he'll join the 50+ club like -

Never Say Never Again - Connery 53
A View to a Kill - Roger Moore 52
Bond 25 - Daniel Craig 51

Only narrowly avoiding that list is Die Another Day - Pierce Brosnan 49 after which there's only Dalton and Lazenby who stopped in the late 30's/early 40's and even the press is starting to mention this issue with picking "older" actors to play Bond over 3-4 films rather than 30 year olds - https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/b...ion-delay-james-bond-daniel-craig-1202141411/

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

My real preference would be for a 20-something actor, and go with a "Bond Begins" style reboot... the end of his Navy career, being recruited by MI6 etc. Just do something different, at least.

 

[the shadow]

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podca...tscg=80085&itsct=pod_somethinelse_notimetodie

 

[MookJong]

My real preference would be for a 20-something actor, and go with a "Bond Begins" style reboot... the end of his Navy career, being recruited by MI6 etc. Just do something different, at least.

Fine by me but has to be set in the cold war

 

[Nitefly]

My real preference would be for a 20-something actor, and go with a "Bond Begins" style reboot... the end of his Navy career, being recruited by MI6 etc. Just do something different, at least.

Fine by me but has to be set in the cold war

Sounds good to me!!

 

[MookJong]

Sounds good to me!!

Should we get started on a script then? I always thought Bond on a luxury cruise liner would have made a good story, some kind of billionaire using the cruise liners to smuggle weapons or something. Bond goes aboard does all the dinner and casino stuff then ventures down into the ship later to uncover the secrets. His Navy background obviously coming into play, much henchmen action and people thrown overboard etc. Would make a good section of the film. Arriving in port he follows the goods, finds out the master plan to overthrow the Carrabin islands by a communist militia or whatever and saves the day.

 

[bazzabear]

Should we get started on a script then? I always thought Bond on a luxury cruise liner would have made a good story, some kind of billionaire using the cruise liners to smuggle weapons or something. Bond goes aboard does all the dinner and casino stuff then ventures down into the ship later to uncover the secrets. His Navy background obviously coming into play, much henchmen action and people thrown overboard etc. Would make a good section of the film. Arriving in port he follows the goods, finds out the master plan to overthrow the Carrabin islands by a communist militia or whatever and saves the day.

If Erika Eleniak bursts out of a cake at some point, I'm in.

 

[Nitefly]

All I want is the return of the ‘action music’.

do do do, do do, do, do, do doOoOooOoooo do....

 

[the shadow]

 

[Scam]

Delayed until April.

 

[Fubsy]

Not delayed. Scheduled to maximise profit.

Why do they think they are special? The cinemas will be gone if this carries on. I'm currently happy enough, and feel safe enough to go and support them, but they is nothing on to watch other than old films and there's only.sonmany times my ears can endure Tenet.

 

[Rroff]

Not delayed. Scheduled to maximise profit.

Why do they think they are special? The cinemas will be gone if this carries on. I'm currently happy enough, and feel safe enough to go and support them, but they is nothing on to watch other than old films and there's only.sonmany times my ears can endure Tenet.

Cinemas need adapting really (yes someone will have to pay) so as to be able to screen movies in a more suitable setting for distancing. Though personally I'd rather just pay a little bit more and get it on itunes or Amazon, etc.

 

[jpaul]

Probably caused by new lock-down rules in eu, and, maybe, tenet takings, 40M USA versus 280M joker in first month;
but, if they show no films, cinemas will be less popular/die

 

[Feek]

Though personally I'd rather just pay a little bit more and get it on itunes or Amazon, etc.

I'm not a great one for buying stuff to watch at home, preferring to go to the pictures but I'd happily pay for films like this and Maverick if they would just release the damn things.

 

[Fubsy]

There's rumours that this decision has had a knock on effect (predictably) for Cineworld and closures are imminent due to the industry being unviable.

 

[iamtheoneneo]

Who would have guessed that all these delays would cause cinemas to shut.

Hollywood should be providing a lifeline here not governments.

 

[LiE]

There's rumours that this decision has had a knock on effect (predictably) for Cineworld and closures are imminent due to the industry being unviable.

Yep, as soon as tomorrow.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cinema-giant-cineworld-to-shut-after-007-fiasco-d2rvdxjgw

 

[Scam]

Why do they think they are special?

Well, for a start they have the latest Bond movie to release, so that makes them rather more special than anyone else no? What a strange comment

Probably caused by new lock-down rules in eu, and, maybe, tenet takings, 40M USA versus 280M joker in first month;

This. I can't see many companies in other industries deciding to release a product for 1/4 of its sale value now rather than wait to maximise profit. It's a reality I'm afraid.

Studios have always had a fractured relationship with cinemas, just look at the willy waving that happened as soon as the first movies went to pvod earlier this year. It's very complicated..

 

[Semple]

Yep, as soon as tomorrow.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cinema-giant-cineworld-to-shut-after-007-fiasco-d2rvdxjgw

Aye I can't see them managing to hold out now.

 

[jpaul]

Piracy must still be an issue, if they had opened, and , it's a good film, people will eventually see it there anyway, unless ....


https://www.cinemauk.org.uk/the-ind...test-uk-cinema-statistics/monthly-admissions/
2020 Cinema admissions
January 16,505,362
February 14,544,878
March 4,807,037
April 0
May 0
June 0
July 393,596
August 2,456,578


pity there wasn't something similar to the meal subsidy ... in retrospect popcorn to eat in, with a free cinema ticket