60 Years of Bond on Film

[Trenchfriend]

Such a memorable moment for me, when I saw "The Man With The Golden Gun" for the first time, many years ago, and suddenly the sad wreck of the RMS Queen Elizabeth appeared!

 

[FOXTROT LAMONT]

Ah. But these days, heroes are expected to be both woke and vulnerable. “You are not ready for the truth” need not apply.

Yes, all gone to Coventry. Wokism rings ever more hollow given basic human rights contested against
real fascism; too the economic issues of fossil fuel, gas. Petroleum and crypto, dollar currency backed by
domestic oil or Chinese yuan gold hoard. This is my professional field and there is a battle waged against the USA which by extension is Orient versus Occident. The American dollar is focus of attack. China is selling American
Federal Reserve bonds, and buying tons of gold. Ukraine is another front. Saudi Arabia courted B.R.I.C., oil will
be pegged yuan or rouble. The Americans are aware of this and have relaxed certain domestic production
restraints. And with FTX's collapse a digital American dollar phoenix will rise to compete with the digital yuan.
Unlike FTX, the dollar, paper and digital will be grounded in American black gold inside earthen leather wallet.
Here in London economics necessitated Bank of England proctor with pension funds holding Gilts and derivatives.
Additional margin calls forced pensions to dump Gilts, and the Chinese are attempting to do similar to the
Americans. The American Federal Reserve will need to buy these bonds, exacerbating inflation. And the inflation
is exported thru the West. And whenever the Federal Reserve raise interest on their bonds, the actual value of
these instruments fall. At a certain point, national interest compel selling American bonds.

Wokists aren't aware this war, nor comprehend economic currency, oil, gas warfare. It's cold here in winter,
milder air come when may. And this corresponds to the war being waged.

 

[Edward]

I applaud the film's guts in letting Bond die. Let the series return, perhaps with a Black or female Bond as some want, and just ignore the end of the last Craig film. Lord knows, they've ignored countless other details of the older films when they've wanted to throughout the run of the series.

Or alternatively, start making them as period pieces set in the 50s and 60s. Then Bond can comfortably be a man of his time, not a relic who doesn't belong in the 2020s.

A period piece would be great. Radio 4 apparently did something akin to realising the books, though I doubt it's commercial enough to be seen on screen. All done and said, Bond isn't art, it isn't a culture war (whichever side folks think he - or the bigger narrative context in which he is based - should take in that). It's a money-making franchise. The Broccolis have already, unequivocally, confirmed they won't disrupt that, and James Bond Will Return. Like Robin Hood and KIng Arthur, he will be reinvented anew, over and over, whether there is a new story to tell (or anything worth saying) or not, for what sells best in the age in which he finds himself. Sometimes that will be to the liking of some parts of his audience more than others. Sometimes he'll wear a Rolex, sometimes an Omega. Simple as that.

 

[FOXTROT LAMONT]

Bond is indeed an Aston Martin DB5 driven for profit, however the franchise beset.
A cumulative chipping away at the man and now his demise fractures said franchise without just cause;
rescue belated, though possible only postpones inevitable reckon. Toxic masculine is his card, too deep a bow
ruins the dance. All ancillary aside, it's not the music. It is however the man himself.

 

[Tiki Tom]

Jimmy Buffett to play James Bond in new movie.

https://buffettworld.com/2023/04/01/jimmy-buffett-cast-as-next-james-bond/

The article misses the perfect opportunity (in para 3) to mention Daniel Craig’s Foghorn Leghorn imitations in the Knives Out movies.

 

[GHT]

A period piece would be great. Radio 4 apparently did something akin to realising the books, though I doubt it's commercial enough to be seen on screen.

It worked for Morse, albeit on the small screen. Inspector Morse and John Thaw were so entwined that when one died, so did the other. The Phoenix that is Endeavour was a success, the part of the Oxford Mail journalist being portrayed by Abigail Thaw was a pleasing touch. Could the same work for 007?

 

[GHT]

Jimmy Buffett to play James Bond in new movie.

https://buffettworld.com/2023/04/01/jimmy-buffett-cast-as-next-james-bond/

The article misses the perfect opportunity (in para 3) to mention Daniel Craig’s Foghorn Leghorn imitations in the Knives Out movies.

JIMMY BUFFETT CAST AS NEXT JAMES BOND​

APRIL 1ST, 2023​

Er, note the date, and the film title: The wait is over. Eon Productions announced this morning that singer Jimmy Buffett will take over the role beginning in 2025 with The Spy Who Got Drunk and Screwed Me.

 

[Tiki Tom]

Can’t slip anything by you!
Happy Easter!

 

[GHT]

Can’t slip anything by you!
Happy Easter!

You should have gone for a female Bond. In, "No Time To Die," a female character takes on the 007 codename. The character, Nomi, played by Lashana Lynch, pilots a futuristic glider, leaving James Bond to contemplate retirement from the back seat. “You get in my way, I will put a bullet in your knee - the one that works,” she purrs. Ouch! Who is this sassy, mononymous Nomi?

 

[Edward]

You should have gone for a female Bond. In, "No Time To Die," a female character takes on the 007 codename. The character, Nomi, played by Lashana Lynch, pilots a futuristic glider, leaving James Bond to contemplate retirement from the back seat. “You get in my way, I will put a bullet in your knee - the one that works,” she purrs. Ouch! Who is this sassy, mononymous Nomi?

I liked her a lot. NTTD was an entertaining, if flawed, picture. She was one of the high points - as was them having the nerve to raise Bond to the pantheon of all the best legendary figures by giving him a death story (only partially undermind by the tedious "James Bond will return" legend at the end of the credits: the opposite of the pointed lack of end credit sequence at the end of Marvel's Logan). The biggest flaw was bumping off Blofeld and replacing him with a secondary, less interesting / less well fleshed out villain with no clear motivation for the final act. That felt like such a waste of both such a great villain as Blofeld and an actor of the quality of Waltz. Still, it's about a 68% on my scoring scale, which brings Craig's run at Bond out on a 2.68 / 5 win rate. (Casino Royle and Skyfall being great, the other two unmitigated rubbish - not Craig's fault, just veyr poorly written imo.)