Does he seriously want to drop out of the part? That's sudden.
The pig of Hufflepuff pulsed like a large bullfrog. Dumbledore smiled at it, and placed his hand on its head: "You are Hagrid now."He's been doing it a long time and he's made shit loads of money. He don't have to do no more. If he's got kids, their grandkids are going to go through college or university. Why should he keep making the films if he's so pissed off at them?
I just never heard he was upset at them before.
The pig of Hufflepuff pulsed like a large bullfrog. Dumbledore smiled at it, and placed his hand on its head: "You are Hagrid now."The Live and Let Die theme is massively overrated. Living Daylights though, as they say in Glasgow, "Thassa fuckin' choon!"
Also love All Time High from Octopussy, and The World Is Not Enough. Also Skyfall. But Say My Name easily the best of the lot for me.
Goldfinger.
He's the man, the man with the Midas Touch
A spider's touch.
Noo, thir's a choon. Classic Shirley Bassey.
So, was there any fanfiction that did something with Bond's kid with Suzuki (yeah, in the book Bond got her pregnant)? Anything? Isn't that sort of thing the whole reason people write fanfics that aren't porn?
All I know is that there was a short story Blast From the Past in 1997 published in Playboy (I'm sure Bond would want it that way), where it's revealed Bond was paying him college and stuff but never actually met him and it turns out he was killed by Irma Blunt.
Which makes me wonder... Is there any potential in James Bond having a child? Regardless of how small or big of a deal it would be in a story.
edited 10th Oct '15 7:49:25 AM by strejda
You know, thinking on it, the films didn't have Bond deal with children; the only time being Bond kicking a kid who fixed the speedboat he was using in exchange for buying a wooden elephant for 20,000 baht into the water in The Man With The Golden Gun. See, this is what I meant by why it'd be innovative for the films by using the plot of the novel version of The Spy Who Loved Me: All that is needed to be done is alter a lot of it as a compromise between EON/Danjaq, MGM, and the Fleming Estate, while keeping the name "Vivienne Michael" for the Bond Girl, with one change being that she didn't have the baby she had from her second affair aborted, and that the child will be the Kid Sidekick.
edited 10th Oct '15 9:31:57 PM by HallowHawk
It's not easy though for such a deal to be done. Fleming was insistent in his will that no elements of that novel be used - Jaws is already pushing it close to a violation since a villain who is very similar was in the novel. It's also legally mandated that no children of Bond ever be used, though that one had expired by the time of that Playboy short story. Still, given the series (and audience tastes in other movies of the genre generally these days) typically avoid children for the most part, I don't expect there will be any changes in that regard.
I feel like Bond would be pretty protective if a kid got caught up in his adventures, but I'm not sure why. I think he'd feel like there's no need for kids to see his "dirty business."
The pig of Hufflepuff pulsed like a large bullfrog. Dumbledore smiled at it, and placed his hand on its head: "You are Hagrid now."Okay, pardon my ignorance but is there some sort of deal preventing EON from using elements from later books not written by Fleming? Or could they maybe one they make a movie based on one?
I think the general feeling among the producers is that they're not very good, so they're pretty much ignored.
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."Maybe it's just me, but it'd feel kind of strange to me to use non-Fleming books. Dunno why I feel this way. Gustav Graves' birth name in Die Another Day was a tip of the hat to the title villain of Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis, but the actual plot was blatantly a Setting Update of book!Moonraker.
The pig of Hufflepuff pulsed like a large bullfrog. Dumbledore smiled at it, and placed his hand on its head: "You are Hagrid now."Which was weird in that Goldeneye also used a lot of key elements of Moonraker (villain origin, his plan).
Some preemptive Spectre reviews have appeared, thus far they're rather, eh... conflicting.
Choice quote about Craig from the Guardian review: "That great big handsome-Shrek face with its sweetly bat ears has grown into the role."
I saw in the trailer that the building where Bond meets Mr. White blows up. As if his odds of getting out of this movie alive couldn't get any lower...
edited 21st Oct '15 6:51:12 PM by HamburgerTime
The pig of Hufflepuff pulsed like a large bullfrog. Dumbledore smiled at it, and placed his hand on its head: "You are Hagrid now.""...and a title sequence that neatly flips expectations, trading in scantily clad women for a shirtless Craig getting enveloped by an octopus."
...oh dear.
We're gonna be seeing lots of fanfics shipping Craig!Bond x Octopus, right?
I wonder if they'll ever let Steven Spielberg direct a Bond film. He stated once that was one of his dream projects.
Not that i think Spielberg would make a good Bond movie, i'm just saying.
If I had a nickel for every film where Emma Stone falls off a balcony... I'd only have two nickels, but weird that there's two of them.So when's everyone seeing Spectre?
I've got my tickets booked for the first night, Monday 26th of course. Left it till today to book but loads of seats left, for that screening at least.
I'll give my thoughts on it in due course!
It'll only open here on the 5th of November. I'll avoid this thread for a while.
I recommend everyone who sees it before at least the 6th of November (which is when it opens in the US) to use the spoiler mark for their reviews here. And maybe even afterwards for a bit, just in case.
edited 22nd Oct '15 5:55:15 PM by Quag15
Planning too, but I don't when it comes out in the Philippines.
I'll see it 5th November with my dad. We have a compromise that it's gonna be in English with subtitles for my sake and in 3D for his.
Well, at least the sequence might look fine visually unlike Quantum of Solace, which was both unpleasant to hear and boring to look at.
The new Bond theme's grown on me, actually. Still wish they'd cut down on that damn falsetto though. Ick.
Fingers crossed at least one Bond girl lives this time, and that he ends up with Bellucci (personal preference XD)
"If I reach for the stars, you can't hold me back"Verdict on Spectre: Loved it, obviously. This little review is spoiler-free, by the way. No specific details are given.
Probably the best of the Craig films though not without its flaws. The plot generally is fairly interesting, and has plenty of tension to keep it going. Interestingly, the tension is focussed around characters more than events. Fundamentally, this is a film about people.
The politics are...very heavy handed. Bond has never been at its best when dealing with serious issues (see Quantum of Solace and the environment) even if there's valid points there, so I can see people having issues with this aspect of the film. To avoid spoilers I'll not say more there, you'll know what I mean when you see it.
Christopher Waltz is basically playing Hans Landa again, so it comes off as a strait-laced Christopher Walken. Which is really creepy under a thin veneer of affability. As expected from the resident thug, Mr Hinx isn't exactly well developed but is a lot of fun to watch. Bond is, again, a misogynistic trainwreck of a human being, who has some genuine principles but will go to really inhuman lengths to achieve them. Whether those ends are justified is open to debate of course. I will say that Craig's awareness of what a horrible person Bond is comes across in the performance, which is why I like his Bond more than most others. Not that that justifies everything is character does of course, but I blame the writers for that, not Craig.
The Bond Girls are unfortunately another mixed bag. Lea Seydoux is terrific, and her character is easily one of the most interesting female characters in the series, but the writers still manage to fall into age-old traps. Close but not perfect, but still much better than Skyfall. All the other girls are as flawed as the others from the Craig films. Again, all the effort seems to go into a single female character, which is unfortunate.
But part of the reason for this is probably because the film isn't just about Bond, in the way that a film like Licence to Kill is. Characters like M, Q, Moneypenny and new character Denbigh get more screentime and character development than in previous films, and it works very well. It means the film almost comes off as an ensemble piece, which is to its credit, and an approach I'd like to see replicated in the future. It's also one that other films in the series have tried and failed with, including Licence to Kill with its half-hearted efforts to get Q out of the laboratory, for example. Still, it means there isn't enough time to develop all characters equally, and the focus is decidedly on the men.
I'll need to watch the film more than once to round my perspective, but on first viewing, it's the best of the Craig films, improving some if not all of the things the other three did badly. It's a lot better than Quantum of Solace and Skyfall, and more self-aware than the Dalton and Brosnan films even when exploring similar ideas. People who hate the series won't be swayed by this film, but there's a lot to like for fans of it.
EDIT: I've added a large number of tropes to the trope page. They're all spoiler-marked but be warned, there's a lot of spoilers now on that page. Tread carefully.
edited 26th Oct '15 5:26:39 PM by EruditeEsotericist
Mr. Craig is really quite very done with the Bond franchise at the moment
Also check out the thread for the first comment for a giggle or three.