News Daniel Craig signs up for Bond 25, Christopher Nolan in talks to direct

I liked, if that’s the right word, how they were pretty much prepared to summarily execute Bond there for quitting. Pretty shocking (try not saying that to yourself in a Connery-in-Goldfinger-voice).

While I really like the Craig films, it does irk me a little that he’s quit or been suspended in basically all of them. I think it’s happened more in his 4 (released) films to date than all the others put together. It kinda loses the impact that it had when Lazenby or Dalton did it.

 

It’s definitely overplayed!

I remember reading about how QOS was going to end with Bond quitting the service, but then it turned out to be the opposite: “I never left.” I assume it was a discarded idea that was then brought back for SPECTRE. EON tends to save unused ideas for future films.

 

Just as a side note a really cool book I got "50 Best Bond Cars." It's a really neat book featuring some of the unique vehicles that Bond movies have had over the years. Q did trick out a car in QOS but it's not overdone like the older films, and I had forgotten that was there in that film.

 

Let me check

No thank goodness.. Only these Fords were mentioned

Ford Mustang Diamonds Are Forever
Ford Falcon Ranchero Goldfinger
Ford Country Squire Goldfinger
Ford Fairlane Thunderball
Ford Thunderbird Die Another Day

 

It's interesting how much/often in this series the quality of the title song and of the overall film are strongly correlated.

 

Maybe but certainly not always and sometimes the exact opposite. I love Tomorrow Never Dies but don't care for the song. Conversely, I didn't like The World is Not Enough but I love the song so much thst I wish it was the song for Tomorrow Never Dies.

 

I hear that comment made a lot, but the only time it felt accurate to me was Quantum of Solace, where both the title song and the movie left me confused and asking WTF?

 

Which proves the point that such a correlation is fully dependent on opinions: I quite like the film (but I recognize im in the minority) and I find the song enjoyable (but it didn't grow on me like Casino Royale's "You Know My Name" which I didn't like initially).

 

Wasn't there a rumour about a future black James Bond for a future movie?

 

The character of James Bond will never be played by anyone other than a Heterosexual, CIsgender White Man.

Period.

Acknowledging that fact isn't being racist, sexist, or 'out-of-touch'; it's just being honest and realistic.

 

First time for everything

 

Hmm. A Lesbian Inuit m2f Transgender Bond.

Could be good. Would need a good theme song.

 

Well, this pretty much confirms the next Bond will be black.

 

So I know that trailers for NTTD were released some time ago (first one in December 2019?!), but it was cool to finally see the trailer on the big screen recently as theaters have opened up again.

Kor

 

It will always be a man but a black fellow would be fine. As long as he’s British

 

...and everyone now has this quote bookmarked to pull up when inevitably you're proven wrong. Yet. Again

And then poof. You'll disappear. Yet. Again.

 

Or Austrailian or Irish.