Bond 24 is called Spectre, Christoph Waltz to star!

[obsidian]

I bet the next 007 will be black. 

Idris Elba could totally pull it off. If a hebrew was to get the job he'd get my vote.

[Novena]

I bet the next 007 will be black. 

Lenny Henry.

[Tom]

just so i won't sound dumb and clueless when i go to the ticket counter to buy my ticket for this movie....

is spectre supposed to be pronounced spec-tra or spec-ter? just wondering....

[Mr Anabolic]

Idris Elba could totally pull it off. If a hebrew was to get the job he'd get my vote.

Good choice and I agree.

[ritch]

I'd see Christoper Walken as a great James Bond. Just imagine him saying, with his very unique way of talking...
"my name is Bond, James Bond"
It would be epic!!!
Would need good stunt man for fight scenes though....

[dr.chimps]

I'd see Christoper Walken as a great James Bond. Just imagine him saying, with his very unique way of talking...
"my name is Bond, James Bond"
It would be epic!!!
Would need good stunt man for fight scenes though....

He made for a crappy villain in the crappy 'A View to a Kill.'

[TheShape.]

He made for a crappy villain in the crappy 'A View to a Kill.'

Without a doubt, the worst Bond movie ever made.

[Lord Chronos]

Without a doubt, the worst Bond movie ever made.

No way...ok it wasnt great but any Roger Moore movie is still better than any of the other sell out shite from Pierce Brosnan period onwards.

Driving fucking BMW's and Xenadrine EFX adverts on the side of lorries.

Now bond drives a ford focus and drinks Heineken. There has been no franchise that has sold out to the advertisers more than Bond.

The key formula to good bond films is simple

Ian Fleming + Cubby Broccoli + John Barry + Sean Connery/Roger Moore = Classic James Bond movie

They ran out of fleming stories, Broccoli is dead and they gave John Barry the boot. They cant even find decent singers to do the title songs anymore.

[TheShape.]

They cant even find decent singers to do the title songs anymore.

But Adele was fantastic! Hope she returns for the next.

[obsidian]

He made for a crappy villain in the crappy 'A View to a Kill.'

The guy exploding in the pressurized tank was nauseating though and pure evil!

[Kwon_2]

so i'm guessing batista will be playing some kind of jaws/oddjob type henchman that can take all kinds of punishment. That shit worked in the 60's/70's, not now when they made the recent films more serious and gritty

What's changed now in this "Modern" bond-film is that Bautista is playing a Jaws/Oddjob-character that is much more realistic, ie he will cry out in pain when Cristolph Waltz steps on his toes or twists his forearm giving him the "Thousand Needles"-treatment.

More serious, and more gritty.

He won't be able to take the Punishment Waltz will deliver.

[ritch]

He made for a crappy villain in the crappy 'A View to a Kill.'

he was in that? I gotta see...

[hench]

I thought walken was a good villain, gunning down his own minions while laughing manically is quite memorable.
Look out for dolph lundgren making his first movie appearance as a henchman or bodyguard and grace Jones overhead pressing a grown man. No camera trick required  

he was in that? I gotta see...

[Tapeworm]

just so i won't sound dumb and clueless when i go to the ticket counter to buy my ticket for this movie....

is spectre supposed to be pronounced spec-tra or spec-ter? just wondering....

It's French.  It's pronounced Spek-Twah.

[Alucard]

I thought walken was a good villain, gunning down his own minions while laughing manically is quite memorable.
Look out for dolph lundgren making his first movie appearance as a henchman or bodyguard and grace Jones overhead pressing a grown man. No camera trick required  

Agreed... Max Zorin was a great villain... A View To A Kill is good, had potential, epic soundtrack by John Barry, decent plot, only the mighty Roger Moore was too old... For sure far better than Quantum Of Solace, Skyfall and Die Another Day, in my opinion...

[hench]

I surprised to learn Roger was pushing 59 when he made a view to a kill. Ok at times he looked a bit too old for the character in certain scenes  but I didn't think he was that old. Still had enough charisma and wit to get a pass. Funny thing is Roger was so popular in the role the studio wanted him to sign up for the next two but he said enoughs enough and didn't want to  put to role up to ridicule.
I really couldn't accept Dalton when he took over,  like with Daniel Craig his movies changed the tone, became grittier, more real but he was just too bland. I appreciate his two movies more these days but Moore's are so much easier to watch flicking through the channels I can pick up midway and finish them out

Agreed... Max Zorin was a great villain... A View To A Kill is good, had potential, epic soundtrack by John Barry, decent plot, only the mighty Roger Moore was too old... For sure far better than Quantum Of Solace, Skyfall and Die Another Day, in my opinion...

[FitnessFrenzy]

Melvin Bond will be the new star of the Bond series. The villain he is trying to catch is Billy Guns. Billy Guns is threatening to destroy the global Bitcoin market and Melvin Bond can't allow that to happen.

After a long chase over several continents, Melvin Bond and Billy Guns finally face each other in a fist fight at a Sylva, NC Walmart. After at one point being held back by a former transsexual lover, Melvin Bond manages to restrain Billy Guns in a wrestling grip, and they are now both on the floor. As Billy Guns struggles to catch his breath, Melvin Bond whispers in his ear in a lustful voice: "Now that I have you trapped, I will force my tongue deep in your asshole, and there is nothing you can do about it".

[IronMeister]

Melvin Bond will be the new star of the Bond series. The villain he is trying to catch is Billy Guns. Billy Guns is threatening to destroy the global Bitcoin market and Melvin Bond can't allow that to happen.

After a long chase over several continents, Melvin Bond and Billy Guns finally face each other in a fist fight at a Sylva, NC Walmart. After at one point being held back by a former transsexual lover, Melvin Bond manages to restrain Billy Guns in a wrestling grip, and they are now both on the floor. As Billy Guns struggles to catch his breath, Melvin Bond whispers in his ear in a lustful voice: "Now that I have you trapped, I will force my tongue deep in your asshole, and there is nothing you can do about it".

Hold me back vissy!

[Lord Chronos]

Agreed... Max Zorin was a great villain... A View To A Kill is good, had potential, epic soundtrack by John Barry, decent plot, only the mighty Roger Moore was too old... For sure far better than Quantum Of Solace, Skyfall and Die Another Day, in my opinion...

yeah I thought he was a great villain too, always remember the scene in the mine shooting his workers and laughing. Like you said the soundtrack was great as was the Duran Duran song. Definately better that everything that came later.

[Lord Chronos]

I surprised to learn Roger was pushing 59 when he made a view to a kill. Ok at times he looked a bit too old for the character in certain scenes  but I didn't think he was that old. Still had enough charisma and wit to get a pass. Funny thing is Roger was so popular in the role the studio wanted him to sign up for the next two but he said enoughs enough and didn't want to  put to role up to ridicule.
I really couldn't accept Dalton when he took over,  like with Daniel Craig his movies changed the tone, became grittier, more real but he was just too bland. I appreciate his two movies more these days but Moore's are so much easier to watch flicking through the channels I can pick up midway and finish them out

I didnt like Dalton at first, but like you I started to like him more, in fact to some degree I feel sorry for him, just being in the wrong place following Roger Moore. Timothy Dalton is probably by far the most accomplished actor in terms of his background. He did most of his own stunts and it was him and Cubby Broccoli that intended to portray Bonds character more in line with how Ian Fleming had described him in his books.
I think he could have grown into the films more, but at the end of the day, the winning formula was coming to an end and it was heading towards becoming one big advert featuring Pierce Brosnan.

[hench]

Do you know why Dalton didn't return for a third?
What's funny is Daltons two reset the formula, harder, no gadgets (that I remember) then brosnan and co nailed  it with goldeneye, only to decline steadily with each entry while reverting back to Moore's formula but becoming ludicrous. I mean the sub car was somewhat believable it fitted but the invisible car, even the Moore films wouldn't have done something so stupid.

I didnt like Dalton at first, but like you I started to like him more, in fact to some degree I feel sorry for him, just being in the wrong place following Roger Moore. Timothy Dalton is probably by far the most accomplished actor in terms of his background. He did most of his own stunts and it was him and Cubby Broccoli that intended to portray Bonds character more in line with how Ian Fleming had described him in his books.
I think he could have grown into the films more, but at the end of the day, the winning formula was coming to an end and it was heading towards becoming one big advert featuring Pierce Brosnan.

[dr.chimps]

Do you know why Dalton didn't return for a third?
What's funny is Daltons two reset the formula, harder, no gadgets (that I remember) then brosnan and co nailed  it with goldeneye, only to decline steadily with each entry while reverting back to Moore's formula but becoming ludicrous. I mean the sub car was somewhat believable it fitted but the invisible car, even the Moore films wouldn't have done something so stupid.

Moonraker, anyone?   

[Lord Chronos]

Do you know why Dalton didn't return for a third?
What's funny is Daltons two reset the formula, harder, no gadgets (that I remember) then brosnan and co nailed  it with goldeneye, only to decline steadily with each entry while reverting back to Moore's formula but becoming ludicrous. I mean the sub car was somewhat believable it fitted but the invisible car, even the Moore films wouldn't have done something so stupid.

No don't know what happened but I think he always had plenty of work coming his way so probably chose to pursue other avenues.

Brosnan had the looks and style but I just never liked him that much for some reason. I think it was just the whole commercialization of the films was getting too much. Of course once we then got the PC brigade getting involved with a female M and other nonsense it just killed it for me. The absurd invisible car was ridiculous, but then there was Moonraker with its laser gun battles in space :-) Still I liked Moonraker. Hugo Drax was another great bad guy and he pulled off his megalomaniac role perfectly.

[hench]

ha, i thought of moonraker as i wrote that but its still not as stupid as an invisible car, it has alot of entertainment value, jaws and cable car spring to mind, jaws killing a shark with his own jaws, classic! 
Moonraker wasn't actually next in line but they rushed it into development with it's space story to ride on the hype of star wars, it worked.

Moonraker, anyone?   

[hench]

yea the pc brigade always rears its ugly head.

just read that there was a legal dispute which delayed a third film and dalton was released from his contract to pursue other roles, mgm then decied to have an overhaul which saw brosnan debut in goldeneye
 

No don't know what happened but I think he always had plenty of work coming his way so probably chose to pursue other avenues.

Brosnan had the looks and style but I just never liked him that much for some reason. I think it was just the whole commercialization of the films was getting too much. Of course once we then got the PC brigade getting involved with a female M and other nonsense it just killed it for me. The absurd invisible car was ridiculous, but then there was Moonraker with its laser gun battles in space :-) Still I liked Moonraker. Hugo Drax was another great bad guy and he pulled off his megalomaniac role perfectly.