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Goldeneye wrote:I hope everyone in the path of this winter freeze stays safe. Packer fans stay home this time :mrgreen:
And I hear from online friends that the southern hemisphere is having the opposite problem - 50 degree heat (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in Australia. People there can't use their mobile phones because the circuits are melting!

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It's BELOW zero in NYC with the wind chill now :!: :shock:
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bjmdds wrote:It's BELOW zero in NYC with the wind chill now :!: :shock:
We need a way to mix the freezing New York air with the overheated Australian air so that everywhere is pleasantly warm.

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Actual temperature is 4 degrees Fahrenheit with wind chills -10 degrees Fahrenheit until tomorrow afternoon..........Saturday and Sunday it will be in the 50s :!: :up: :yay: :cheers:
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And this is how Barbara Broccoli killed James Bond...
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100% correct Mr. Drake, and we knew it all along. FBF is correct, Bond, as we knew him and should be, is over unfortunately and that article nailed it down to the last period :!: More Avengers 2 news: The more interesting discussion point here is the obvious connection between the shooting location and Wakanda – a fictional African nation in Marvel Comics, home to Black Panther and the mysterious Vibranium metal alloy that Captain America’s shield is made of. There were rumors around the same time Marvel began looking into South African shooting locations that they were also looking to cast Black Panther, but nothing came of it. More recently, Marvel Studios president of production Kevin Feige did say that a Black Panther film is “absolutely in development.”............and Robert Downey Jr. is attempting to get his acting pals Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson in one of the Avengers sequels.
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Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions' Mission Impossible 5, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, is gearing up to start shooting in the UK in February.

With a recently announced release date of Christmas 2015, (one month after Bond 24), it will be up against the much anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII, so great things will be needed to give it an edge.

Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner and Paula Patton star, with Cruise reprising his role as special agent Ethan Hunt on a daredevil missions. Simon Pegg has also recently confirmed that he will return to star in the next part of the franchise.

Producers are JJ Abrams (who will be directing the Star Wars movie), Skydance Productions chief David Ellison and Mark Bakshi as executive producer. Cruise is producing as well as starring.

McQuarrie previously directed Cruise in thriller Jack Reacher. He was also behind the script for Usual Suspects. The script for Mission Impossible 5 is written by Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3).

McQuarrie will work with veteran cinematographer Robert Eswit, best known for Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will be Blood.

Film Editing is by Roger Barton, with casting by Mindy Marin and production design by James D. Bissell

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, the fourth movie in the action series, has grossed almost £450 million worldwide since opening in December 2011.
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MI5 releasing the week after Star Wars 7 is suicide.
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FormerBondFan wrote:MI5 releasing the week after Star Wars 7 is suicide.
Indeed. Don't be surprised if the release date gets moved back a few weeks.

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So, anyone catch the dig at Craig's Bond on Sundays 'Simpsons"?

Carl:” ...we’re discussing the new James Bond flick.”
Lenny: “I like that James Bond is ugly now.”
Carl: “I like that he doesn’t have any gadgets.”
Lenny: “I like that he’s not good at shooting, doesn’t say funny quips and do any James Bond stuff.”

When a worn out pop culture show that normally just sucks up to the famous begins to rip on Bond, maybe the end is closer than we think.
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Nirego, your first post here :!: Let's hear more from your perspective. Cr-egg made #2 on this list: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC_XnfiaZNY
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Nirego wrote:So, anyone catch the dig at Craig's Bond on Sundays 'Simpsons"?

Carl:” ...we’re discussing the new James Bond flick.”
Lenny: “I like that James Bond is ugly now.”
Carl: “I like that he doesn’t have any gadgets.”
Lenny: “I like that he’s not good at shooting, doesn’t say funny quips and do any James Bond stuff.”

When a worn out pop culture show that normally just sucks up to the famous begins to rip on Bond, maybe the end is closer than we think.
An example of how a DC Virus infects pop culture. I was going to collect all the seasons of The Simpsons, but since there's a reference made to DC's Bond, I guess I won't be buying the latest season that has the latest episode referencing DC. And I DO NOT buy ANYTHING that features or references ANYTHING DC Bond.
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My perspective? OK, then. I started with Bond as a 4 year old seeing Goldfinger on late night TV and have been hooked since, and skipping to now I have mixed feelings on the Craig years. Yes, I really want him gone, I've given him every chance but he's failed to make me accept him as Bond, except in one detail; he is probably the best at portraying the cold blooded killer side of the character, but with all other traits missing that just makes him an unappealing sociopath. Putting him aside I have very mixed on the films themselves. I hated the need to restart the series from scratch and the loss of all that history really hurt, and the attempt to make this the real world Bond doesn't work as entertainment, however I don't outright hate the film themselves.

Casino Royale was half good, half crap for me. It was a good looking production, started strong, can't help it, I really enjoyed that opening B&W sequence, had a villain cast with an actor I've come to like a lot as time goes on, and like I said when just being the killer Craig is effective, but the farther we get into it the more it feels wrong, I hated Eva Green, each action scene was weaker than the previous and Craig was slowly revealed to have nothing to offer other than being a killer. In the end it was a frustrating experience to watch yet couldn't outright hate it.

Quantum of Solace; Ok, nothing good here, it was pure s**t.

Skyfall; Here we might get a little contentious as I actually really like this one. Yes, I still dislike Craig, yet making him a loser old man version of Bond kinda suited him, there are plot holes all over and I already had my fill of the focus on 'M' being targeted by someone she wronged in the past getting revenge on her in 'TWINE', and I didn't like it then either. And the 'witty' bantor between Bond and the new 'Moneypenny was painful to sit through, among other issues I had.. Having said that, great opening action sequence, I think it was really well directed, the cinematography was gorgeous and I'm a sucker for that, and there was a genuine cool style to it all. Skyfall may not be a proper bond film but on it's own terms I couldn't help really getting into it.

There a lot more but this post is already too long, so last comment, If they don't put the Gunbarrel back at the front I'm seriously gonna punch someone.
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FormerBondFan wrote:
Nirego wrote:So, anyone catch the dig at Craig's Bond on Sundays 'Simpsons"?

Carl:” ...we’re discussing the new James Bond flick.”
Lenny: “I like that James Bond is ugly now.”
Carl: “I like that he doesn’t have any gadgets.”
Lenny: “I like that he’s not good at shooting, doesn’t say funny quips and do any James Bond stuff.”

When a worn out pop culture show that normally just sucks up to the famous begins to rip on Bond, maybe the end is closer than we think.
An example of how a DC Virus infects pop culture. I was going to collect all the seasons of The Simpsons, but since there's a reference made to DC's Bond, I guess I won't be buying the latest season that has the latest episode referencing DC. And I DO NOT buy ANYTHING that features or references ANYTHING DC Bond.
Even if those references are negative? The main argument of the Pro-Craig side has been the overwhelming worldwide acceptance of this new take, but here is a mainstream program pointing out ways it might actually suck while making fun of those who like the new direction. Personally I could use more references like this.
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Nirego wrote:Even if those references are negative? The main argument of the Pro-Craig side has been the overwhelming worldwide acceptance of this new take, but here is a mainstream program pointing out ways it might actually suck while making fun of those who like the new direction. Personally I could use more references like this.
You may have a point.
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Nirego wrote:So, anyone catch the dig at Craig's Bond on Sundays 'Simpsons"?

Carl:” ...we’re discussing the new James Bond flick.”
Lenny: “I like that James Bond is ugly now.”
Carl: “I like that he doesn’t have any gadgets.”
Lenny: “I like that he’s not good at shooting, doesn’t say funny quips and do any James Bond stuff.”

When a worn out pop culture show that normally just sucks up to the famous begins to rip on Bond, maybe the end is closer than we think.
Unless they get Craig on as a guest voice, in which case they'll be puffing him up like crazy. The days when they would get someone like Michael Jackson on and eviscerate him on the show are long gone.
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Nirego wrote:So, anyone catch the dig at Craig's Bond on Sundays 'Simpsons"?

Carl:” ...we’re discussing the new James Bond flick.”
Lenny: “I like that James Bond is ugly now.”
Carl: “I like that he doesn’t have any gadgets.”
Lenny: “I like that he’s not good at shooting, doesn’t say funny quips and do any James Bond stuff.”

When a worn out pop culture show that normally just sucks up to the famous begins to rip on Bond, maybe the end is closer than we think.
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FormerBondFan wrote:MI5 releasing the week after Star Wars 7 is suicide.
Indeed. Don't be surprised if the release date gets moved back a few weeks.

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FormerBondFan wrote:
Nirego wrote:Even if those references are negative? The main argument of the Pro-Craig side has been the overwhelming worldwide acceptance of this new take, but here is a mainstream program pointing out ways it might actually suck while making fun of those who like the new direction. Personally I could use more references like this.
You may have a point.
He does have a point FBF. Let them defame the name of Cr-egg over and over until that time Sony/MGM dismisses the green vegetable from all influences relating to Bond.
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