The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[Thunderpussy]

What Bond has become under Barbara is something he was never intended to be
Spot on Blowfeld. This Farce of a reboot is 180 Degrees from anything Fleming/Cubby
would of Done.

[Gala Brand]

At $13.00 a ticket in NYC at night, the cost is getting too high. When the Gringots goblin's Bond 23 comes out, it will be $13.50 per ticket. Inflation is so low worldwide yet prices keep going way up. There has to be a backlash and Hollywood is seeing it.

Skyfall will likely do modestly well, inflation will determine how it sounds -QOS / CR set "records" in the USA even though both sold significantly fewer tickets than DAD (or TND). I doubt we will see a Golden Gun/ License To Kill scenario at the Box Office however behind the scenes at the home office I do expect a meltdown of some sort.

Like him or hate him there is no way one actor should have as much sway as he does with an established franchise. The next actor will expect / Demand the same consideration.

[bjmdds]

Cr-egg should have NO input into Bond. HE is also part of the problem at the green one's company. The 'turpentined porcupine' (turpentine: while the porcupine might decline to imbibe pure refined turpentine, it is quite fond of the raw ingredient. Pine sap is rich in pinene, an aromatic terpene commonly used as the basis for genuine turpentine) has greatly contributed to Fleming's franchise demise and if the two ever met, Ian would have laughed in the eggster's face at the thought of HIM ever playing his character.

[bjmdds]

Year Book Note
1953 Casino Royale[146] The first US paperback edition of Casino Royale was re-titled You Asked For It[147] and Bond’s name was changed to "Jimmy Bond".[148]
1954 Live and Let Die[149]
1955 Moonraker[150] First US paperback edition of Moonraker was re-titled Too Hot to Handle.[151]
1956 Diamonds Are Forever[152]
1957 From Russia, with Love[153]
1958 Dr. No[154]
1959 Goldfinger[155]
1960 For Your Eyes Only[156] (short stories) Consisting of: "From a View to a Kill"; "For Your Eyes Only";"Risico"; "Quantum of Solace" and "The Hildebrand Rarity"
1961 Thunderball[157] Subject of a legal battle which led to the book's storyline also being credited to Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham;[100] see the controversy over Thunderball
1962 The Spy Who Loved Me[158] Fleming refused to allow a paperback edition to be published in the UK,[159] but one was eventually published after his death.[160]
1963 On Her Majesty's Secret Service[161]
1964 You Only Live Twice[162]
1965 The Man with the Golden Gun[163] See the controversy over authorship
1966 Octopussy and The Living Daylights[164] (short stories) Originally published with two stories, "Octopussy" and "The Living Daylights": modern editions now also contain "The Property of a Lady" and "007 in New York".[165]

[bjmdds]

"Shave and a Haircut and the associated response "two bits" is a simple, 7-note musical couplet popularly used at the end of a musical performance. "Two bits" is an archaism in the United States for 25 cents, a quarter." This is how much Eon spends on Cr-egg's grooming. It keeps the costs down.

[bjmdds]

Since Adele cannot do the Bond 23 song, Eon has called in the big gun to sing Cr-egg's swan song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRKuoeZu ... re=related

[FormerBondFan]

Adele can't do the theme song? Where's the link of this?

[oscartheman]

Person of interest last show is one Bond could of done with Dalton or Pierce.Moive need ot be rethought with TV this good who needs a 2 hour movies taking so many short cut to tell a story.A problem the people Bond has for the last two movies and helped make DAD a lesser movie.

[bjmdds]

Adele can't do the theme song? Where's the link of this?

http://blog.syracuse.com/entertainment/ ... y_can.html (Remember Julie Andrews?) "Adele pined for a comeback and joked about pursuing an alternate career. “The operation was a success and I’m just chilling out now until I get the all clear from my doctors,” she wrote. “I best get back to practicing my mime show now.”

[bjmdds]

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol was the one bright spot at the box office this weekend. Opening at just 425 locations, Ghost Protocol earned an estimated $13 million for an impressive per-theater average of $30,588. That tops Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason ($8.7 million) for highest-grossing limited debut ever (fewer than 600 theaters). Ghost Protocol's 300 IMAX locations contributed an estimated $11 million, and it's $36,667 average was slightly better than that of Inception ($36,548) or Fast Five ($32,787). Of course both of those movies were in nationwide and IMAX release simultaneously, though it still serves to highlight the strong numbers from the fourth Mission: Impossible movie.

By releasing the movie five days early in IMAX and consistently pushing the format's immersive benefits, distributor Paramount Pictures managed to at least initially turn Ghost Protocol in to an event movie that demands to be seen on the big screen. It probably didn't hurt that a six-minute prologue for The Dark Knight Rises was attached at around 42 locations, though that also isn't a large-enough sample to solely account for the above-average performance. It's tough to say for sure if Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol's success will continue when it makes its nationwide expansion on Wednesday, but for the time being the movie appears to be in very good shape.

[FormerBondFan]

MI4 is real Bond, not this next corrupted Bond movie.

[bjmdds]

Twilight:Breaking Dawn: Part 1:
Domestic: $266,400,000 41.1%
+ Foreign: $381,000,000 58.9%
= Worldwide: $647,400,000
You need not worry FBF. Front loaded and fading fast now. This is nothing like Potter BUT it will do our desired needs in 11 months burying Eon's trash with Cr-egg's career. I will see MI 4 next weekend, maybe in IMAX. FBF, what exactly is an IMAX film visually?

[Omega]

here is Craig on CvA

We use the delicate word "underperformed" to describe Cowboys & Aliens' box office. "It's so depressing, that word," Craig replies with a chuckle.

"Look, it did pretty good. It underperformed in North America where all the judgment is put, but it did pretty well around the world. I really did get to fulfill a childhood dream. So I got a lot out of it."

But it didn't, it did worse in the rest of the world.

Domestic: $100,240,551 57.3%
+ Foreign: $74,581,774 42.7%

Whatever he is smoking it is good and he must be sharing it with the reporter cause if I can find this out in 30 second what is the reporters excuse?

[oscartheman]

f**k me!If this is what's going on in those peoples minds then Bond truly died with Die Another day.I'll what for what Mazer and Ale have to say about this to me right now it sound as likely as getting Connery, Brosnan, and Lazenby to show up at a 50th anniversary gala.

[Thunderpussy]

If D Craig does stay on for lots more Fantastic Movies
Most of Q's gadgets will be of a cosmetic nature, to try and
hide an ageing actor, mabey a Zimmer frame or two, a new Hip even.
As for leading ladies, with him looking so old, He really will be in
"Dirty Old Man" territory

[James]

[Alessandra]

At $13.00 a ticket in NYC at night, the cost is getting too high. When the Gringots goblin's Bond 23 comes out, it will be $13.50 per ticket. Inflation is so low worldwide yet prices keep going way up. There has to be a backlash and Hollywood is seeing it.

Skyfall will likely do modestly well, inflation will determine how it sounds -QOS / CR set "records" in the USA even though both sold significantly fewer tickets than DAD (or TND). I doubt we will see a Golden Gun/ License To Kill scenario at the Box Office however behind the scenes at the home office I do expect a meltdown of some sort.

Like him or hate him there is no way one actor should have as much sway as he does with an established franchise. The next actor will expect / Demand the same consideration.

Completely agree on both topics. The movie will probably do modestly well (on 1st weekend, then on 2nd Twilight is out so no more and no way), but nothing more than that. And I agree about the behind-the-scenes shenanigans as well.

Second part is even more important... you're absolutely right, the new actor will EXPECT the same kind of consideration and/or demand it and this is beyond ridiculous. What's even more ridiculous is that this has got nothing to do with liking Craig or not, but with managing a franchise the appropriate way... which clearly the cruciferous vegetable knows nothing about.

We are not in trouble of any sort. If I didn't know better I'd think you are having a laugh. Our position is clear, Daniel Craig the man maybe be a fine fellow to have dinner with. As James Bond 007 he is not an acceptable alternative. Whatever is the finished project it is our main position we need to be concerned with since the odds of this changing are nil, our foundation is sound. It is about Ian, it is about Cubby, it is about the collaboration that made James Bond great. Barbara has launched her 'Bond' 2.0 and used her father legacy and Ian's name to fund it. For it to be acceptable the place you begin from has to be one of considering 007 the books and movies as mostly rubbish, wish Daniel and his lovies seem to agree on this. I do not, there was a standard to be met and legacy to be added to that is until 2004. Coincidently it all changed with the death of Dana. What Bond has become under Barbara is something he was never intended to be. More twisted than the federation in a Star Trek Dark Mirror universe.

Completely agree with this, too. We're not in any sort of trouble, Craig is done regardless after this one (yes he is, no matter what Babs says at press conferences and no matter what his hardcore fans say). He looks 60 now, and there won't be another movie for 2 years at best, so no way. And the above brilliantly-written by Blowfeld is where people stand here, so no, there's no trouble for us. I just have a feeling anyway that things WILL go our way at some point... life has this unexpected twist aspect that people never take into consideration because, well, it's unexpected... and how poetic would it be if Henry Cavill takes over from Craig after Craig UNFAIRLY (and yes, because when you get a role the way he did it IS unfair) got the role over him for CR? A true Hollywood story. We shall see.

Oh by the way: I had forgotten that Jamie Bamber is British. If Daniel freaking Craig can be James Bond then JAMIE BAMBER sure as hell can as well and he's WAY better. (for those of you who aren't familiar with him, he's the guy who played Lee Adama/Apollo in Battlestar Galactica. He was also on Law & Order UK but I don't think that's a particularly good show.. while Battlestar Galactica instead is one of the BEST-EVER sci-fi series TV had. Especially considering this was a remake of the short-lived series from the late 70s/early 80s). Just finding random alternatives. Basically anyone who's got decent looks and some elegance is better than Craig, but Jamie, ahhh love. Of course he isn't Henry Cavill, and Henry is the only really perfect one for the role in my opinion, but hey, gotta have alternatives. He's not very tall but since Craig is short too, this won't be a problem.

LMAO about that story above from people.uk. That is ABSOLUTE BS Seriously how does anyone even consider that for a sec? He'd have to be Bond until he's well past 50 and he already looks 60 now, there is NO WAY that happens. I also don't think that Wilson quote is accurate, but we shall see about that. "The fans love him" UH? WHAT? he's if anything BY FAR the most controversial actor they ever had in the role, and this is something even the crazies who worship him know.

[bjmdds]

8 Bond films with this quilled loser as Bond If so, I am done with it. The man's films churn out hundreds of millions of dollars of LOSSES, and with the LOWEST ticket sales since 1995 at 1.3 billion in 2011, you would think Sony and MGM would be smarter than to listen to a horny green vegetable and her mentally-hibernated step brother's opinions. Bond 23 will underperform QOS. Cr-egg's comments about his Cowboy fiasco speak volumes as well. Eon has become his enabler in acting. He has no talent, he thinks he matters, he thinks people want to see his films, but they don't. Enough already folks.

[bjmdds]

here is Craig on CvA

We use the delicate word "underperformed" to describe Cowboys & Aliens' box office. "It's so depressing, that word," Craig replies with a chuckle.

"Look, it did pretty good. It underperformed in North America where all the judgment is put, but it did pretty well around the world. I really did get to fulfill a childhood dream. So I got a lot out of it."

But it didn't, it did worse in the rest of the world.

Domestic: $100,240,551 57.3%
+ Foreign: $74,581,774 42.7%

Whatever he is smoking it is good and he must be sharing it with the reporter cause if I can find this out in 30 second what is the reporters excuse?

Exactly. We are dealing with psychotically sick, artistically demented, enthralled in denial, losers.

[shaken not stirred]

...The name's bland......james bland..licensed to bore