The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[dirtybenny]

I thought maybe it was less expensive to go to the movies in the 1960s regardless of inflation, that you have to take this into account as well. But perhaps I got this all wrong?

It's based on number of tickets sold worldwide. More people went to see Skyfall in the cinema than Thunderball.

Edit: oh, that's odd. I just looked at the table again, and it says that the estimated number of tickets sold for Skyfall is lower than either Thunderball or Goldfinger. I don't know, in that case.

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Thunderball outsold Skyfall, by a lot if I recall. Tickets cost a dollar in 1965 compared to $23 IMAX "experiences" in 2012.

[Count_Lippe]

So Skyfall earned more money, but more people went to see Thunderball in the 1960s.

[Kristatos]

So Skyfall earned more money, but more people went to see Thunderball in the 1960s.

Which shouldn't happen in an inflation-adjusted chart. Unless the premium prices made the difference, like you said.

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[Count_Lippe]

I'm surprised that Live and let Die is above The Spy Who Loved Me on the list, I read somewhere else that Spy was the biggest success of the series since Thunderball.

Spy and Moonraker was a comeback of the spectacular big budget Bond films of the late 1960s, and were huge successes, or so I thought.

[Kristatos]

John Cork's book James Bond: The Legacy reported an artificially inflated number for LALD's ticket sales, and this error has been reproduced in other charts that use it as a source. That could be what happened here.

[bjmdds]

[bjmdds]

Another moron who washes her hands of the franchise after becoming more well known.

[Kristatos]

Today marks the 21st anniversary of Craig and his life preserver being announced as the new Bond. Does this mean his successor could be announced soon?

[James]

https://www.theinsneider.com/p/netflix- ... vid-finche

On the news front, I’m hearing that Amazon MGM has completed the testing process for James Bond, and while I haven’t heard much, I do know that Jacob Elordi and Jack Lowden were part of it. I fully expect the studio and director Denis Villeneuve (who loves his young movie stars) to choose Elordi, as the internet has suspected from the very beginning. Stay tuned, as we may get word about 007 very, very soon…

[Kristatos]

I've heard November elsewhere, but that's just unverified chatter. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, as I regard Elordi as the least bad of the somewhat uninspiring options on offer.

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[carl stromberg]

Today marks the 21st anniversary of Craig and his life preserver being announced as the new Bond. Does this mean his successor could be announced soon?

21 years!!!

[Kristatos]

This story from Deadline seems to contradict Jeff Sneider's assertion that the next Bond has already been chosen: https://deadline.com/2026/10/james-bond ... 237170401/

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[kater23]

This story from Deadline seems to contradict Jeff Sneider's assertion that the next Bond has already been chosen: https://deadline.com/2026/10/james-bond ... 237170401/

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My head is spinning.I need a young priest and an old priest!

[Kristatos]

My feeling is that it won't be Lowden or any of the other names on the list. Notice how they say there are 4 names, but only list 3 of them. I think they're decoys designed to draw attention away from the real frontrunner, who will be someone who hasn't really been talked about so far.

[bjmdds]

They are clueless 21 years after their other mistake......the more things change......the more they stay the same! NOT BOND! Better fit for a basketball player role! Broccoli went with a blond Bond and these shmucks will go will a giant sized Bond!

[bjmdds]

Look no further!

[Kristatos]

Look no further!

I don't want to get invested in someone who is obviously not going to get the part (and doesn't appear to want it). None of the names that have a realistic chance of being offered the role particularly inspire me, but I would rather have Elordi than Callum Turner, for example. I'm still holding out hope that it will go to a relative unknown who turns out to be better than the names currently being talked about. If it's Connor Swindells, remember where you read it first!

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[bjmdds]

CONNOR---the new Andy Dufrense!

[Kristatos]

CONNOR---the new Andy Dufrense!

Firstly, I don't think he's actually going to get it, unless Amazon are extremely good at keeping secrets. No-one besides me seems to have been talking about him. But this is why I think it's a mistake to base your judgement solely on still images. Honestly, watch him in season 1 of SAS Rogue Heroes (he's in season 2 as well, but his role is much smaller). You might change your mind. Another candidate, Jack O'Connell, is also in that series, but Swindells struck me as more obviously Bond-like.

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[kater23]

Anyone seen the trailer for the new Narnia film with Daniel Craig? “WTF” doesn’t even begin to cover it.