Mazer Rackham wrote:Bond77 wrote:Mazer Rackham wrote:...if it upsets them then they can say they have concerns about this new date and gracefully back out of the October/November release. But doing so would also mean Craig would be unavailable, so I don't expect Babs would relent.
Isn't Craig's availability limited now? I remember you talking about that problem a few months ago. Even if they want to squeeze this thing through in time, will Craig have enough availability to do it?
It is small window now where Danny is available, if EON were to delay Bond 23 any longer say 2013 Craig definitely would be unavailable. Basically if they do not begin this November, finishing early 2012 then Craig is not going to be in it. Really they should be filming
NOW for a fall 2012 release.
Exactly. That is what baffles me. I understand the average moviegoer knows precious nothing about the timelines for movie production so they think they can just throw this out there as if nothing was, but there are many people in the industry AND fans who actually KNOW what happens when you produce a movie that will all be scratching their heads, just like I was, when thinking this over. Seriously? They're so late it's just laughable at this point. Henry Cavill starts filming next month for Superman. And that's going to be released in DECEMBER. They have ALL the main cast, ALL the most important co-stars, they already have everything mapped out, locations and filming dates included. Everything. And of course they've had a finished script for MONTHS now. That's for something that goes December 2012. Eon has NOTHING, no co-stars cast and I mean NONE, not even the main ones, no finished script, MAYBE two locations scouted, and I say maybe because it's far from certain, and NO finished script in sight. Are you kidding me? Which brings me to your other points:
I take this one of two ways:
1.)MGM/Sony are supremely confident in team EON. Obviously this is how a lot of places will report this, not without cause since this is how MGM/Sony want to shape the story.
2.)They are trying to break Babs. If the studios foresee production problems they might be trying to add more pressure to break it now rather than later.
I was waiting for your take on this as the only thing I could think of was case 2). Rushing things trying to screw her over once and for all. And since MGM can afford ZERO delays and ZERO extra expenses, well this pretty much clinches it. No escape, you gotta do it earlier because we've got no money to advertise AND we can't compete with the big names (plus what you said in the spoiler part). So you must rush, and you can't afford to sink, like AT ALL. Which is basically an impossible situation. Completely agree with 1), too. Obviously the story (if there's one LOL) will be sold that way. "Oh they're so good getting into things with zero prep and zero time and then produce amazing stuff, look at QoS!" To which I'd say "yeah. EXACTLY my point."
Yahoo has the headline "Troubled Bond film given release date", next to that hideous picture from QOS of a bloodied Craig in an ugly blue shirt. It's rarely a good sign when a film gets described as "troubled".
It's rarely a good sign when even freaking yahoo uses that adjective
UGH that QoS bloodied Craig photo, I cannot stand it. Opposite of what James Bond is. If I want to see Jason Bourne, I go see Bourne, and Matt Damon is way better looking and a much better actor than Craig. So spare me, thanks.
I frankly don't know what they're thinking at this point. Not that EON's minds make any sense whatsoever or ever have
But... the whole process up to now for this movie has been beyond bizarre. And given what we know, I just... smell a rat. I can't know for sure what's boiling, but some elements just don't add up.
