The James Bond Thread

[ReverendCounter]

Scabutz said:

Singer is usually someone fairly relevant at the time. Who is big and popular at the minute? ...

Adele released '21' Jan 2011 and she was approached 'early 2011' to do Skyfall (film released October 2012). The theme underwent production/recording etc over 13 months.

Sam Smith's debut album was released May 2014 he and producer Jimmy Napes made their announcement of doing Spectre's Writing's On The Wall in September 2015 (film released October 2015).

Can't find mention of when he was approached, but at a guess July 2014. Not really much to go on if anyone wanted to try an educated guess of who's been asked to do the next theme - but, the next singer will make the announcement of being the theme performer in September 2020, having had a successful album out at some point in the first half of 2019, with about a year to complete the recording.

So as you said, which current singer or band has had a successful album out in the first half of this year? Place your bets, could be from either side of the Atlantic. Anyone?

[Evercross]

Crossflow Kid said:

‘Could’ve paved the way to a Dr Who style reunion with all six actors appearing in one scene, what with it being the 50th anniversary and all that.

You do know that the character of Kincaid the gamekeeper was written with the hope that Sean Connery could be persuaded to play him - hence his line 'I was doing this before you were born, son'.

[mk1coopers]

Well if it's going to be a depressing end for James Bond I'll go with Lewis Capaldi, he can suck the energy out of a room like no one I've seen before.

[Evercross]

With regards to the music, I just want to know if David Arnold has had the call yet to do the soundtrack.

[AJB88]

Evercross said:

You do know that the character of Kincaid the gamekeeper was written with the hope that Sean Connery could be persuaded to play him - hence his line 'I was doing this before you were born, son'.

As cool as it would of been to see SC back in it, just wouldn't of worked, SC is to frail these days from pictures around the time.

[pincher]

Laughed at one of the comments underneath the trailer;

“No time to die, but tomorrow never dies, so I’ll die another day and be sure to live and let die!”

[Halmyre]

AJB88 said:

Evercross said:

You do know that the character of Kincaid the gamekeeper was written with the hope that Sean Connery could be persuaded to play him - hence his line 'I was doing this before you were born, son'.

As cool as it would of been to see SC back in it, just wouldn't of worked, SC is to frail these days from pictures around the time.

Not to mention the antagonism between him and EON.

[anonymous-user]

Evercross said:

You do know that the character of Kincaid the gamekeeper was written with the hope that Sean Connery could be persuaded to play him - hence his line 'I was doing this before you were born, son'.

Yes, was aware of that. I believe it was Connery’s health, plus the worry that his appearance would upstage absolutely everything else in the film, that saw it not go ahead.

[anonymous-user]

checkmate91 said:

I quite enjoyed that scene where it started with "I might say "day" and you might say ..." "wasted". That set the tone and the Skyfall prod was intended to illicit a negative response, which it got.

Ok.....but why? Why specifically “Skyfall” to get the negative reaction? It implied there was a massive skeleton in the closet and there just wasn’t.

[anonymous-user]

AJB88 said:

As cool as it would of been to see SC back in it, just wouldn't of worked, SC is to frail these days from pictures around the time.

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[gregd]

This thread makes me think of this..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czWLEbNwjCI

On the new trailer, I liked it on the whole. The new 00 seems badass (PWB snarkiness aside) and Matera in particular as a setting looks gorgeous onscreen. I've even put a pre-order in for the Omega watch

I do think it would be impossible to please everyone with a modern Bond movie as the World has moved on so far from the time in which the novels/character were created. Casino Royale managed it as it was faithful to the novel, which was probably Fleming's most 'grounded' and scaled-down book. I quite liked Tarantino's idea of doing a reboot set in the late 50's / early 60's.. would love to see the next film / new actor do something like that.

[Rider007]

mk1coopers said:

Well if it's going to be a depressing end for James Bond I'll go with Lewis Capaldi, he can suck the energy out of a room like no one I've seen before.

Jesus christ nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo don't say that. I will boycott the film if that scott ttt is singing. I could hardly watch Spectre listening to they /them Sam Smith

[anonymous-user]

Rider007 said:

mk1coopers said:

Well if it's going to be a depressing end for James Bond I'll go with Lewis Capaldi, he can suck the energy out of a room like no one I've seen before.

Jesus christ nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo don't say that. I will boycott the film if that scott ttt is singing. I could hardly watch Spectre listening to they /them Sam Smith

Must admit Capaldi crossed my mind as being a bit fresh but not too mainstream.
But I agree with the Nooooooooo.
Maybe another female warbler?
Shirley Bassey did three Bongs so possibly bring Adele in again?

[Halb]

ReverendCounter said:

Ade
So as you said, which current singer or band has had a successful album out in the first half of this year? Place your bets, could be from either side of the Atlantic. Anyone?

Jedwood?

[anonymous-user]

Evercross said:

With regards to the music, I just want to know if David Arnold has had the call yet to do the soundtrack.

I think he’s moved on.
Skyfall and Spectre were the work of Thomas Newton.

[nonsequitur]

Crossflow Kid said:

Rider007 said:

mk1coopers said:

Well if it's going to be a depressing end for James Bond I'll go with Lewis Capaldi, he can suck the energy out of a room like no one I've seen before.

Jesus christ nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo don't say that. I will boycott the film if that scott ttt is singing. I could hardly watch Spectre listening to they /them Sam Smith

Must admit Capaldi crossed my mind as being a bit fresh but not too mainstream.
But I agree with the Nooooooooo.
Maybe another female warbler?
Shirley Bassey did three Bongs so possibly bring Adele in again?

Isn't there a group called 'Bond'? Problem sorted.

[nonsequitur]

S1KRR said:

I meant, he seems very scowly and grumpy in the trailer

But that's for the as you both had melt downs that someone might have criticised a film.

From a two minute trailer? Let us wait until April, then this thread will be red hot.

[Scabutz]

Crossflow Kid said:

checkmate91 said:

I quite enjoyed that scene where it started with "I might say "day" and you might say ..." "wasted". That set the tone and the Skyfall prod was intended to illicit a negative response, which it got.

Ok.....but why? Why specifically “Skyfall” to get the negative reaction? It implied there was a massive skeleton in the closet and there just wasn’t.

It links throughout the whole movie. Hes been shot fallen off a bridge and presumed dead. Wants to come back, they have to make sure he is not nuts. The Pshyc looks at his file, its probably been covered previously and sees what happened to him as a kid. This is then talked about later on. Silva reads his report out to him, "unresolved childhood trauma". Kincaid then references it at Skyfall, when showing M the priest hole he said Bond hid in here for days when he told him his parents had died and when he came out he wasn't a boy anymore. On the way there M asks Bond how did they die, he said you know that, you know the whole story. She also says "no wonder you never came back" when they got to Skyfall. Its clear that his parents dieing massively affected him so much that he left Skyfall and never returned, and never dealt with the emotional damage. Its what lead on the path to becoming 007 and what has affected him ever since.

When he says "Skyfall" in the word association its a massive trigger to Bond who has never dealt with it and so naturally becomes defensive and says "done" as in no more of this st.

I liked that scene and the whole film. "Gun....Shot, Heart...Target, Murder....Employment, M.....bh. It sets up the entire arc of how he became what he is today.

[Halb]

Evercross said:

Crossflow Kid said:

‘Could’ve paved the way to a Dr Who style reunion with all six actors appearing in one scene, what with it being the 50th anniversary and all that.

You do know that the character of Kincaid the gamekeeper was written with the hope that Sean Connery could be persuaded to play him - hence his line 'I was doing this before you were born, son'.

Such a shame it didn't happen. If they could have done a Robin Hood/Se7en thing it would have made the cinema pop.

[Scabutz]

Halb said:

Crossflow Kid said:

‘Course what would’ve been really mind-blowing was if “Skyfall” was the code word for an agent to give up the pseudonym “James Bond” (as per previous suggestions that it’s actually an alias/cover story) hence DC’s reaction to the word being uttered.
Could’ve paved the way to a Dr Who style reunion with all six actors appearing in one scene, what with it being the 50th anniversary and all that.

THat would have been amazing.

Hang on, you think this would be amazing, but Rami Malek being Dr No is too meta and trying to hard? What?