The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[FormerBondFan]

"The name's Bond. Hobo Bond."

[bjmdds]

Not far from the truth FBF. Mendes has ruined it for all. Move over Forster. You have been usurped by another.

[bjmdds]

My friend Big Tel has been hired to cater Skyfall because of the budget cuts. Here is his van -



He is hoping to get an Oscar for Best Catering.

That was a great one Carl, made me laugh!

Now, as for stuff that does NOT make me laugh. OH MY GOD. That Craig photo. And an OFFICIAL photo at that. GOOD LORD!! It looks AWFUL! I am sorry Sweeney that you have to agree with us. And I'm sorry because I never really thought things would reach such a low It's one thing to have a miscast actor, it's another to ALSO have hair and makeup do one awful job at making him look even WORSE and even LESS like James Bond than he already does. Man, this is just the lowest of the low. This movie really is starting to look as if it is WORSE than QoS. We said it, but I frankly hoped it would at worst be just as bad as QoS. Instead...

What the hell are they thinking? This is what I'd like to know. Do they even know that this is a character that has been described IN DETAIL by its creator and that said character also has a very precise style to be faithful to? Un-freaking-real. At least this guarantees they'll be done after this one. With these looks and what we've heard so far about the premise, there's no way they do well at the box office. I'm just so shocked I can't even begin to explain. My God.

I thought it was too good to be true.

On second thought the picture is very Cro-Magnon looking. Who the hell is in charge of this s**t? A child?
Out of literally dozen of stills this is the one they release? There has to be a better photo to use as a teaser. If the desired effect was to get people talking about Bond/Skyfall it has done it, except people are not talking about it in a positive light. I'm not sure the morons in charge understand what they have done.

Jesus these morons might manage to crash and burn the franchise in 2012.

This is what I'm fearing at this point. At this rate they really might manage to crash and burn the franchise and I do NOT want that to happen.

BJ, I honestly don't think there's ANY way they go on with another one after this... this is seriously looking to be possibly the biggest NON James Bond flop EVER. The good news is Timothy Dalton will finally be seen like a WINNER after this is done.

Sometimes my sweet, you have to destroy evil to rebuild greatness. There WILL be another Bond film if SONY and MGM call the shots, NOT Eon. MGW is looking like the sad sack he is now and you were correct when you pointed out that the cruciferous one never admits any mistakes. It's part of her enabling personality. To rid us of Eon's influence over this franchise, this film MUST fail, for maintaining the status quo with the current regime is not an option. If it's not Jackman or Cavill I want this franchise to end to be perfectly honest. I am in FBF's camp on that premise. We cannot endure another decade of mistakes when two fine specimens currently exist. Who would have thought that this marvelous website we proudly represent would have been proven correct all along? When will you see MI:4? It was the best Bond film I have seen since 2002

[James]

I wouldn't worry about the beard. They've just released a still where Craig is shown clean shaven in the film.

[James]

Naysayers on the AIC thread about this.

Craig does look shockingly old

He's roughly the same age Brosnan was in Goldeneye, yet it already looks like his Bond is becoming too long in the tooth. (The candid, behind-the-scenes shots of his beard are even more surprising, since it appears to be greying.)

The fact that Craig put on extra weight for Dragon Tattoo, then had to immediately drop it and bulk up for Bond likely took a toll. I really don't expect him to hang around past Skyfall. My impression is that he just didn't want to exit on such a disappointing note as Quantum of Solace.

Yippee! Daniel Craig is back to bore us to death with his lack of charisma

And so seals the fate of the Bond franchise

Bond is supposed to be a secret agent, licensed to kill. Pierce Brosnan, posing as a banker in TND, portrayed a secret agent. Craig is better suited to be a thug in the harsh-interrogation cell.

That's not James Bond

It's just some shortarse craggy generic thug with a beard and a bad haircut. Next 007 actor please!

My f****** God he looks like s**t!

Don't get me wrong I thought he was great as Bond in the last 2 films, but he's just too f****** old now. e looks like a f**king homeless guy I would cross the street to avoid. How the f*** can they justify the most gorgeous women throwing themselves at him?

Daniel Craig looked haggard and ugly when he was 20

Seriously, the guy looks like a squashed monkey.

Plus he seriously is a very very one dimensional actor. He is awful as Bond. Just terrible.

Really hope he quits after this one.

[katied]

LOL AIC is the antidote to places like MI6 and Commander Bond

[FormerBondFan]

When will you see MI:4? It was the best Bond film I have seen since 2002

I think that honor should go to The Dark Knight.

[FormerBondFan]

Don't get me wrong I thought he was great as Bond in the last 2 films, but he's just too f****** old now. e looks like a f**king homeless guy I would cross the street to avoid. How the f*** can they justify the most gorgeous women throwing themselves at him?

Homeless guy? I like that.

[bjmdds]

When will you see MI:4? It was the best Bond film I have seen since 2002

I think that honor should go to The Dark Knight.

But that was not a spy genre film. That was a superhero genre. In terms of spy films, MI:4 was on the money.

[FormerBondFan]

When will you see MI:4? It was the best Bond film I have seen since 2002

I think that honor should go to The Dark Knight.

But that was not a spy genre film. That was a superhero genre. In terms of spy films, MI:4 was on the money.

I know but Chris' Batfilms have Bondian elements. Not only that, they're detective films of some sort.

[Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry]

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[007]

Some ugly bloke with a ginger beard. That's exactly what Ian Fleming had in mind when he was writing those books.

[The Sweeney]

Some ugly bloke with a ginger beard. That's exactly what Ian Fleming had in mind when he was writing those books.

I think you'll find the beard looks more grey now.....

[FormerBondFan]

When was this taken?

[Alessandra]

When will you see MI:4? It was the best Bond film I have seen since 2002

I think that honor should go to The Dark Knight.

But that was not a spy genre film. That was a superhero genre. In terms of spy films, MI:4 was on the money.

I agree with you BJ. I have seen Bale's Batman films... good and everything but absolutely nothing to do with Bond whatsoever. It's superhero, sci-fi stuff, not Bond.

Some ugly bloke with a ginger beard. That's exactly what Ian Fleming had in mind when he was writing those books.

Why, you never knew that was the intent?

I think you'll find the beard looks more grey now.....

Sweeney I, like you, am extremely bothered by the beard looking as if it's been applied to his face (WHICH IT PROBABLY WAS ) rather than being a normal, classic beard with sideburns. It's ridiculous. On top of having nothing to do with the Bond image, it looks like an overgrown goatee. I can't get over how bad that photo is. And it's an official image, so it's not like the fanboys can say we go and pick the worst photos of Craig to pick on. OFFICIAL IMAGE!

[Mazer Rackham]

Sony is in trouble. I wonder how much longer they will hold on to their studios.

Sony sees $2.9 billion loss, new CEO warns of pain
http://news.yahoo.com/sony-disappoints- ... 43906.html

[The Sweeney]

Sony is in trouble. I wonder how much longer they will hold on to their studios.

Sony sees $2.9 billion loss, new CEO warns of pain
http://news.yahoo.com/sony-disappoints- ... 43906.html

They have been for a while Mazer. I'm not sure how the money is divided, and how much Sony Pictures wil be affected by this.

This could be the start of the slow death of all technology companies that used to rule the roost from Japan.

[Mazer Rackham]

Sony is in trouble. I wonder how much longer they will hold on to their studios.

Sony sees $2.9 billion loss, new CEO warns of pain
http://news.yahoo.com/sony-disappoints- ... 43906.html

They have been for a while Mazer. I'm not sure how the money is divided, and how much Sony Pictures wil be affected by this.

This could be the start of the slow death of all technology companies that used to rule the roost from Japan.

I've been enjoying watching Sony slowly collapse on itself for years, they won the format war to lose the emerging technology battle. Smurfs saved the Pictures division is my guess, however in 2008 Quark/QOS hurt that devision which was on track for a better year. But look at how Sony Pictures is spending money it is not blowing large chunks of cash on one project. If Skyfall gets $230m as MGW said it was it will be one of the few movies they blow that much money on. Another reason why a lot of us doubted Skyfall would get $150m let alone $200m. Before all the unpleasantness with Bond being put on hold, Babs was despertly trying to get $200 as a budget and it wasn't happening. At this point a budget cut would be the best thing to happen to Bond.

[FormerBondFan]

I agree with you BJ. I have seen Bale's Batman films... good and everything but absolutely nothing to do with Bond whatsoever. It's superhero, sci-fi stuff, not Bond.

Looking at Chris' Batfilms, they include Bondian elements. Bale in James Bond mode through tux/business suit, Bale surrounded by women (as shown in BB), gadgets, Q-like character in Morgan Freeman. The same can be said for Iron Man films. But if we count only spy films, then we shall consider MI4 the best Bond in years like BJ said.

[bjmdds]

MI:4 is now playing in Italy. What is the review from Ale? MP, FBF, seeing Potter this weekend in Woman In Black in a California multiplex? How will Radcliffe do?