No Time to Die (2020)

Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang wrote:

Final trailer, tying the Craig films together:




Still holding onto Judi! Didn't think I'd hear another trailer with her lecturing Bond about trust and yet here we are. With Bond's line from CR06 ("00s have a very short life expectancy"), are they foreshadowing Craig-Bond's death? Leaves Nomi to save the day. What a great ending. Hilarious that the only clip from QOS was from the teaser trailer. I wonder why they still continue to shit on that film when it's just as bad as CR06 and SP. Not digging the Zimmer touch, I'm afraid. Sounds generic. There's a lot of awful sounding dialogue in this, not helped by Craig's overacted delivery. Again, what's with Craig's overacted hand gesture at around the 1.15m mark? And again: I. Don't. Buy. That. Bond. And. Madeleine. Are. In. Love. I don't care about these characters. I didn't back in 2015-- why should I care six years later? Case in point: Why the fuck would Bond allow those goons to get that close to the car and keep shooting. Sure, they might be bulletproof windows but they're quickly weakening. Again, reiterating what a dumb fucking cunt this guy is. Self indulgent, petulant and needlessly reckless-- all torn up over this girl who any blind person could see he wasn't in love with. Serves him right to be in a mess again. "00s have a short life expectancy?" Yeah, but with you, with actions like that, it'll be even shorter. Surprised it hasn't happened yet, frankly. Which puzzles even further why M is so concerned with Bond at the 1.43m mark. Don't these people learn he's a fucking twat? Anyway, back to that moment in the car. That is one goofy fucking 'ok' but I'm sure the Craig fan boys will blow a load about how gritty it is and then fantasise over hoping that's the response they get from him when they ask him to stick his dick into their arseholes. "Ok".

"If we don't do this, there will be nothing left to save" with the requisite phoney quiver in his voice. Get the fuck out. Where's Connery? "I have to finish this" PLEASE FUCKING DO. A beautiful end to the trailer  where Bond's in the backseat, with another character playing the active role in a series called 'James Bond'. That's exactly what I want to see in a James Bond movie.

oh man, I am in tears, stomach hurts.....funniest post ever

I hope the movie is that horrible just to hear another rant like that. so worth it

CJB wrote:

Yes, I fear Covid has conditioned large swathes of the population into becoming massive homebodies. Physical workplaces are the first casualty with the rise of WFH (to the detriment of young people who'll miss out on face-to-face mentoring, networking, and having to work out of cramped apartments on their own dime); I suspect many restaurants will shift into primarily doing takeaway as people prefer to pay big mark-ups for the pleasure of chowing down in front of their TV; lastly and more relevantly, I don't see 'going out to the movies' being what it used to be, owing to both the rise of streaming services and my aforementioned rantings about the couch-potatoisation of society.

It would appear somebody (or something), somewhere wants us as atomized as possible.

hegottheboot wrote:

They're going to have a hell of a time selling this, getting the rest of the world interested, finding a new path to continue, navigating the MGM-Amazon waters and starting over with new people and CEOs, navigating the modern streaming and dying theatrical landscape and so on and so on.

All they need to do is embrace Bond and understand what the series is. There is a reason why Cubby always used the example of Burroughs's Tarzan novels to describe the Bond films-audiences want new adventures in the same world NOT remaking the whole thing into something unrecognizable just to cater to fleeting trends that will be gone in a flash.

Good on Cubby. Contrast that with with Wilson who once said that "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is precisely the wrong approach to take with Bond.

Sarai wrote:

Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang wrote:

Final trailer, tying the Craig films together:




Still holding onto Judi! Didn't think I'd hear another trailer with her lecturing Bond about trust and yet here we are. With Bond's line from CR06 ("00s have a very short life expectancy"), are they foreshadowing Craig-Bond's death? Leaves Nomi to save the day. What a great ending. Hilarious that the only clip from QOS was from the teaser trailer. I wonder why they still continue to shit on that film when it's just as bad as CR06 and SP. Not digging the Zimmer touch, I'm afraid. Sounds generic. There's a lot of awful sounding dialogue in this, not helped by Craig's overacted delivery. Again, what's with Craig's overacted hand gesture at around the 1.15m mark? And again: I. Don't. Buy. That. Bond. And. Madeleine. Are. In. Love. I don't care about these characters. I didn't back in 2015-- why should I care six years later? Case in point: Why the fuck would Bond allow those goons to get that close to the car and keep shooting. Sure, they might be bulletproof windows but they're quickly weakening. Again, reiterating what a dumb fucking cunt this guy is. Self indulgent, petulant and needlessly reckless-- all torn up over this girl who any blind person could see he wasn't in love with. Serves him right to be in a mess again. "00s have a short life expectancy?" Yeah, but with you, with actions like that, it'll be even shorter. Surprised it hasn't happened yet, frankly. Which puzzles even further why M is so concerned with Bond at the 1.43m mark. Don't these people learn he's a fucking twat? Anyway, back to that moment in the car. That is one goofy fucking 'ok' but I'm sure the Craig fan boys will blow a load about how gritty it is and then fantasise over hoping that's the response they get from him when they ask him to stick his dick into their arseholes. "Ok".

"If we don't do this, there will be nothing left to save" with the requisite phoney quiver in his voice. Get the fuck out. Where's Connery? "I have to finish this" PLEASE FUCKING DO. A beautiful end to the trailer  where Bond's in the backseat, with another character playing the active role in a series called 'James Bond'. That's exactly what I want to see in a James Bond movie.

oh man, I am in tears, stomach hurts.....funniest post ever

I hope the movie is that horrible just to hear another rant like that. so worth it    

I do believe somebody put gunpowder in KKBB's vegemite. Now where one would acquire gunpowder in Straya, I couldn't possibly say.

Perilagu Khan wrote:

It would appear somebody (or something), somewhere wants us as atomized as possible.

The neoliberal ideal appears to be squishing inftantilised adults into studio apartments where they can WFH in perpetuity and, when it comes time to clock off, they can fire up the 'Flix for hours of endless dross and order a $30 Pad Thai to be delivered to their door by an underpaid visa-holder on a pushbike.

Not meaning that as a personal slight against anyone. Lord knows I've been there, done that.

Perilagu Khan wrote:

I do believe somebody put gunpowder in KKBB's vegemite. Now where one would acquire gunpowder in Straya, I couldn't possibly say.

Don't know about gunpowder, but I've always enjoyed cheese and Vegemite toasties (grilled cheese in American parlance), albeit my preferred brand of cheese was recently outed as being racist.

CJB wrote:

Perilagu Khan wrote:

It would appear somebody (or something), somewhere wants us as atomized as possible.

The neoliberal ideal appears to be squishing inftantilised adults into studio apartments where they can WFH in perpetuity and, when it comes time to clock off, they can fire up the 'Flix for hours of endless dross and order a $30 Pad Thai to be delivered to their door by an underpaid visa-holder on a pushbike.

Not meaning that as a personal slight against anyone. Lord knows I've been there, done that.

Perilagu Khan wrote:

I do believe somebody put gunpowder in KKBB's vegemite. Now where one would acquire gunpowder in Straya, I couldn't possibly say.

Don't know about gunpowder, but I've always enjoyed cheese and Vegemite toasties (grilled cheese in American parlance), albeit my preferred brand of cheese was recently outed as being racist.

Racist cheese? Lemme guess--Old Croc White Supremacist Cheddar.

"A cheese with real bite, if you're white."

Get Don Draper to put that in a jingle...

"Old Croc--savor the whiteness in every bite."

Found our new BAB banner:

Perilagu Khan wrote:

Sarai wrote:

Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang wrote:

Final trailer, tying the Craig films together:




Still holding onto Judi! Didn't think I'd hear another trailer with her lecturing Bond about trust and yet here we are. With Bond's line from CR06 ("00s have a very short life expectancy"), are they foreshadowing Craig-Bond's death? Leaves Nomi to save the day. What a great ending. Hilarious that the only clip from QOS was from the teaser trailer. I wonder why they still continue to shit on that film when it's just as bad as CR06 and SP. Not digging the Zimmer touch, I'm afraid. Sounds generic. There's a lot of awful sounding dialogue in this, not helped by Craig's overacted delivery. Again, what's with Craig's overacted hand gesture at around the 1.15m mark? And again: I. Don't. Buy. That. Bond. And. Madeleine. Are. In. Love. I don't care about these characters. I didn't back in 2015-- why should I care six years later? Case in point: Why the fuck would Bond allow those goons to get that close to the car and keep shooting. Sure, they might be bulletproof windows but they're quickly weakening. Again, reiterating what a dumb fucking cunt this guy is. Self indulgent, petulant and needlessly reckless-- all torn up over this girl who any blind person could see he wasn't in love with. Serves him right to be in a mess again. "00s have a short life expectancy?" Yeah, but with you, with actions like that, it'll be even shorter. Surprised it hasn't happened yet, frankly. Which puzzles even further why M is so concerned with Bond at the 1.43m mark. Don't these people learn he's a fucking twat? Anyway, back to that moment in the car. That is one goofy fucking 'ok' but I'm sure the Craig fan boys will blow a load about how gritty it is and then fantasise over hoping that's the response they get from him when they ask him to stick his dick into their arseholes. "Ok".

"If we don't do this, there will be nothing left to save" with the requisite phoney quiver in his voice. Get the fuck out. Where's Connery? "I have to finish this" PLEASE FUCKING DO. A beautiful end to the trailer  where Bond's in the backseat, with another character playing the active role in a series called 'James Bond'. That's exactly what I want to see in a James Bond movie.

oh man, I am in tears, stomach hurts.....funniest post ever

I hope the movie is that horrible just to hear another rant like that. so worth it    

I do believe somebody put gunpowder in KKBB's vegemite. Now where one would acquire gunpowder in Straya, I couldn't possibly say.

There's more where that came from, let me tell you.

CJB wrote:

Don't know about gunpowder, but I've always enjoyed cheese and Vegemite toasties (grilled cheese in American parlance), albeit my preferred brand of cheese was recently outed as being racist.

A fucking joke.  

Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang wrote:

Found our new BAB banner:

Recently divorced middle manager doing sex tourism in Bangkok kinda vibe.

Wonder how many different forms that on-set sexiness officer made Craig sign before he nestled in there for the shot.

Well, that's me booked for the 1:20 showing at my local Odeon on its first day (Sep 30th). My current work arrangements see me in the office on mornings only, luckily.

Did anyone manage to listen to the "leaked" soundtrack before it was taken down?

I got through about half before I decided to go to bed. Woke up and saw link was now dead. Lasted longer than I figured.

Apparently someone recorded the tracks before it was taken down, I was sent a link with an archive containing all tracks.

Long time no see, Walecs.

Good to see you Walecs. Boy, been an age since I've seen some of you chaps' faces.

An early Birthday present will see me at a 5 past midnight showing .

Thank you guys.
I never left! I've just been lurking around as I've recently moved and found a new job, so I had no time to die talk.
As for the movie, I've got a midnight ticket for next Thursday! Fingers crossed that it's good! :D

Crossed fingers likely won't suffice. You'd best pray upon the holy cross for this one not to be a stink-bomb.

Seems the Evening Standard went a bit OTT on Bond today. So make of some of this what you will.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/no-time-to-die-sean-connery-james-bond-007-rapist-b956876.html

https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/james-bond-quiz-007-no-time-to-die-b955021.html

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/daniel-craig-james-bond-honorary-commander-royal-navy-b956992.html

saw folk on twit saying about the lattermost, what about the other Bonds? What about men who join the RN hoping to be a three ringer? Well, I hope at the very least Sir Roger is posthumously promoted to Third Sea Lord.

Fukunaga did a Hollywood Reporter interview and in it he misremembers the Shrublands scene, claims it's just "no no no, yes yes yes", can't remember if it was GF or TB-and then applies a rapist label to Connery's Bond. Now it's being requoted and treated as if it were news.
https://www.indiewire.com/2021/09/cary-fukunaga-sean-connery-bond-rapist-1234666901/

Of all the insulting, infuriating things. I could understand having issues with the barn scene in GF, but to ignore all the context and innuendos of the TB scene and apply that label is infuriating.

Really whetting the appetite for NTTD there. Glad to see they've gotten another Artist involved who is in no way a fan of the films or the literary material they're sourced from. At this point I shudder to think what the last two decades would be like if Purvis and Wade weren't around.

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I could understand having issues with the barn scene in GF, but to ignore all the context and innuendos of the TB scene and apply that label is infuriating.

Sexual maturity in wider culture has regressed massively since the time of TB. No one with a working brain actually thinks they've witnessed non-consensual sex in a Bond pic (OK, OK, maybe when May Day mounted Rog) - but I mean not if you can pass even the most basic of intelligence tests, like "I have this letter, please mail it" or "Find the pineapple I have hidden under your couch cushion." Like basic, basic function stuff.

Cary's phone bill might make for interesting reading being he's under the impression sex is a verbal adventure instead of 99% nonverbal. Of course he has to ignore 99% of the film's dialogue between Bond and Molly to reach this conclusion ("Any time, James. Any place." What a sicko, this Bond, really did a number on her).

I can't remember quite what but Ovid did have something to say about how deploying every rhetorical trick in the art of love was fair. Then again Ovid is thousands of years ago and this TB scene is only sixty years old, so Ovid must be exponentially more rapist.

Golly, maybe even as much as Ian Fleming.

Somerset wrote:

Really whetting the appetite for NTTD there. Glad to see they've gotten another Artist involved who is in no way a fan of the films or the literary material they're sourced from. At this point I shudder to think what the last two decades would be like if Purvis and Wade weren't around.

True, I've been complaining about them a lot, but it seems like they're the only ones at EON who actually know their source material. I also seem to understand that changing Blofeld's real name (Stockmann) to Oberhauser was their idea, since Mendes and Logan really wanted to go with the "brother angle" and they at least tried to give it a sense (as little as they could with such hideous an idea) by tying it to Fleming.

Somerset wrote:

Sexual maturity in wider culture has regressed massively since the time of TB. No one with a working brain actually thinks they've witnessed non-consensual sex in a Bond pic

Yes indeed. Maturity in all manner of things, really.

Disappointing that Fuk' has thrown vegan imitation-meat to the braying mobs, but I guess he's gotta do what he's gotta do for a paycheque.

Somerset wrote:

Really whetting the appetite for NTTD there. Glad to see they've gotten another Artist involved who is in no way a fan of the films or the literary material they're sourced from. At this point I shudder to think what the last two decades would be like if Purvis and Wade weren't around.

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I could understand having issues with the barn scene in GF, but to ignore all the context and innuendos of the TB scene and apply that label is infuriating.

Sexual maturity in wider culture has regressed massively since the time of TB. No one with a working brain actually thinks they've witnessed non-consensual sex in a Bond pic (OK, OK, maybe when May Day mounted Rog) - but I mean not if you can pass even the most basic of intelligence tests, like "I have this letter, please mail it" or "Find the pineapple I have hidden under your couch cushion." Like basic, basic function stuff.

Cary's phone bill might make for interesting reading being he's under the impression sex is a verbal adventure instead of 99% nonverbal. Of course he has to ignore 99% of the film's dialogue between Bond and Molly to reach this conclusion ("Any time, James. Any place." What a sicko, this Bond, really did a number on her).

I can't remember quite what but Ovid did have something to say about how deploying every rhetorical trick in the art of love was fair. Then again Ovid is thousands of years ago and this TB scene is only sixty years old, so Ovid must be exponentially more rapist.

Golly, maybe even as much as Ian Fleming.

Spot on, Somerset. Alas, entire oceans have gone under the bridge since 1965. In those days the Western world was still overwhelmingly rational and normal. Nowadays, irrationality and transgression are the rule. And one form of transgression is to pathologize heterosexuality whilst valorizing perversion and deviance. Fukununga, or whatever the hell his name is, is simply a product of these demented times. Bond will also bend the knee to the madness, if he hasn't already in NTtD.