Henry isn’t replacing Daniel Craig. That was fan art.
You might want to look up who the next bond will actually be.
Since we most of us are aware of your....questionable posting history, I’m sure you be absolutely thrilled as to who it will be.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
I was a Roger Moore Bondboy. He was the face of Bond when I was at that all-so-important adolescent period in my development. Connery belonged to My Pops. Roger was mine.
At the same time, I gotta admit: I thought Daniel Craig's approach/treatment was pretty cool, too. ever
When dealing with a long-standing institution, historical context/POV is everything.
One thing I've figured out. There are only so many ways to make clothes. There are only so many ways to cut hair. Eventually the public gets sold on the same trends over and over again. They'll call it something different and claim it's new. But it will be the same thing.
Bell bottoms will be next..... again.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
"First down inside the 10. A score here will put us in the Super Bowl. Cooper is far to the left as Njoku settles into the slot. Moore is flanked out wide to the right. Chubb and Ford are split in the backfield as Watson takes the snap ... Here we go."
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
The black woman who inherits 007's title: Bond star Lashana Lynch looks fierce as she is pictured for the FIRST time on the No Time To Die set in Italy
I've seen all the Bond movies multiple times, own them all on Blu-ray. Not a fan of Daniel Craig or this woman being 007.
It seems whoever is writing or producing the series doesn't really know what they want. What they want temporarily vs long term. Its not very smart to alienate parts of your audience who expects James Bond to be the central character and appear as 007. When I go to see a movie in that specific franchise I'm expecting certain behaviors, call backs, tropes that are unique to those movies.
I'm a big horror fan so my examples come from that genre of when this type of direction or something similar to it has happened with film franchises. Most of the time it does not pay off and people get upset.
Halloween III Season of the Witch (1982) - The movie didn't have Michael Myers in it and people weren't prepared for that direction in story line. Instead there was an idea among the producers\directors of the Halloween series (Carpenter among them) to move the franchise in a serial direction of new events happening every Halloween that weren't connected to Myers. In the end the movie is actually fine on its own and is one of my favorites overall but a lot of people shun it because its part of the Halloween franchise but doesn't have Michael Myers in it so it left them confused, dumbfounded, angry. Maybe the Bond film will be different if people know about this going into it but you know some people aren't happy about it.
Friday the 13th Part V, The New Beginning (1985) - Same idea was tried as Halloween III, different movie franchise. This time they had the same idea of having a different killer, different motive for each upcoming film. Again, fans of the franchise were ultimately pissed because they wanted the main character of the franchise, Jason Voorhees. If there wasn't enough Voorhees then it wasn't Friday the 13th as its thought of.
One thing that is particularly interesting is to see the movies in each of those franchises that came after the flops. Each one of them were critical successes and helped bring back loyal fans.
Friday the 13th Part VI, Jason Lives - This is a fan favorite and some regard it as the best in the franchise even over the original.
Halloween IV, The Return of Michael Myers - Same as above, fans were overjoyed to see Myers return as the rightful torch bearer of the Halloween franchise, one that his character helped popularize in the first place.
Whatever franchise it is, in my opinion people attach certain characters or expectations to it going in. If I go to see a James Bond movie, I want to see James Bond doing his thing, sipping martinis, being charming, being womanizing, getting the bad guy, going on some adventure. If I'm going to see a slasher movie where Voorhees or Myers are the focal point of the franchise I'm expecting them to be there carrying out their essential behaviors of killing teens or trying to catch Laurie Strode. If I don't get what I'm expecting I feel cheated and betrayed but that's just me.
Not saying the movie won't be successful but if the film has limited scenes for the Bond character that I've come to expect I don't really see the reason to go see it.
(young Teddy Roosevelt)
