SPECTRE, aka, Bond 24

[Duke Togo]

Bond 24 Title is 'SPECTRE'

[areaseven]

Built for Bond: Aston Martin DB10 Debuts for SPECTRE

Edited December 4, 2014 by areaseven

[Mommar]

I don't care for that car design at all.

[renegadeleader1]

I don't care for that car design at all.

I don't care for the movie title at all. It's either cue the reboot and lets ignore the Quantum organisation or one of the biggest troll jobs in the history of movies. Imagine if the title refers to a computer chip or something along those lines and not Blofeld's group. A lot of old school fans would be pissed.

[Mommar]

I don't care for the movie title at all. It's either cue the reboot and lets ignore the Quantum organisation or one of the biggest troll jobs in the history of movies. Imagine if the title refers to a computer chip or something along those lines and not Blofeld's group. A lot of old school fans would be pissed.

Well in the article they did just say that during the reboot years they introduced Quantum because they didn't have the rights to use Spectre anymore but just last year that was all hashed out. Given at the end of Quantum Bond had semi-figured out a bit of the Quantum group and they knocked one of them off right at the end it's possible they would explain away Quantum by saying they re-organized themselves into a new group called Spectre. Or something similar. Or not at all, does it matter, James Bond has been six different guys anyway.

[areaseven]

Mr. White Returns

Jesper Christensen to be James Bond villain for the third time
Jesper Christensen has already pulled the strings of the criminal organization Quantum in the two James Bond films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.

Now he once again stars in a James Bond movie, in his former role as the super villain Mr. White.

He is in fact part of the team for the new James Bond film SPECTRE. The title of the film, which will be the 24th in the series of James Bond films, has today been published along with the film's cast.

Again, it is British actor Daniel Craig, who heads the cast as the always well-dressed secret agent, while British director Sam Mendes, who directed Skyfall from 2012, the artistic main responsibility.

About his involvement in the SPECTRE says Jesper Christensen to Euroman.dk:

"I am looking forward to working with Sam Mendes and Daniel Craig. It is a truly exciting script and a very capable team. So it'll be fun." In addition to Daniel Craig and Jesper Christensen is Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, David Bautista and Andrew Scott in the cast.

The film, which will premiere 6th November 2015, to be recorded in London, Mexico City, Rome and the Moroccan cities of Tangier and Erfoud.

(Translated via Google Translate. Nobody's perfect.)

[Dynaman]

My guess is that SPECTRE is an offshoot of quantum.

Great title, love it. I hope it brings back more gadgets along with it. Sure it can be overdone but I miss them.

[TangledThorns]

Casting Christoph Waltz as the villain seems like a cop out. Great actor but I think they could of found someone against this typecast. I'd like to see Christian Bale using his native British accent as the villain.

[renegadeleader1]

Casting Christoph Waltz as the villain seems like a cop out. Great actor but I think they could of found someone against this typecast. I'd like to see Christian Bale using his native British accent as the villain.

This could work if they ever do a modern adaptation of the moonraker novel. Just replace british war hero that actually betrayed his unit to the germans and is a nazi to british war hero that actually betrayed his unit to the terrorists and is a spectre agent.

[Agent ONE]

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Built for Bond: Aston Martin DB10 Debuts for SPECTRE

I liked that car better the first time when it was called a Jaguar:

[azrael]

The gift that just keeps giving.

Sony Hack: Bond Producers Say ‘Spectre’ Screenplay Among Stolen Material

[JB0]

The gift that just keeps giving.

Sony Hack: Bond Producers Say Spectre Screenplay Among Stolen Material

Cripes, is there anything Sony DIDN'T have on that server?

[areaseven]

Cripes, is there anything Sony DIDN'T have on that server?

A firewall that actually works.

[JB0]

Touche, good sir.

[Mommar]

This is a helluva example of putting all of your eggs in one basket. Also, why are all of these files just floating about in e-mails and not all in links to other secure servers on particular locked-down networks with special passwords for said networks? Have they not heard of layers for security purposes? All the hackers might've got then were a few bits and bobs of business info and some throw-away temporary passwords for all of the real data that *should* have been changed once read.

[The Shade]

This is a helluva example of putting all of your eggs in one basket. Also, why are all of these files just floating about in e-mails and not all in links to other secure servers on particular locked-down networks with special passwords for said networks? Have they not heard of layers for security purposes? All the hackers might've got then were a few bits and bobs of business info and some throw-away temporary passwords for all of the real data that *should* have been changed once read.

My experience with some mega corporations is that their security is kind of lax, usually because lack of imagination by their IT department, or IT not having a strong enough voice to make the people at the top listen to them seriously.

As for that Bond script leak, I hope it's not the shooting script. That would really suck for the filmakers.

[azrael]

My experience with some mega corporations is that their security is kind of lax, usually because lack of imagination by their IT department, or IT not having a strong enough voice to make the people at the top listen to them seriously.

That's usually because the IT department is almost non-existent or they farmed IT to an outside company. Unfortunately in this day-and-age, companies should really be focusing energy on IT considering the scope of the online-world these days.

As for that Bond script leak, I hope it's not the shooting script. That would really suck for the filmakers.

From reports, it's an early draft. Unfortunately, since that e-mail server was also compromised, you have the e-mails from the writers and producers detailing the changes to the script as the changes were made.

We also have the current budget for this movie from those e-mails: $300-million. It's over-budget by $50-million. So they're trying to bring it back down to the $250-million range of Skyfall.

Sony hack: Next Bond movie is WAY over budget

[The Shade]

That's usually because the IT department is almost non-existent or they farmed IT to an outside company. Unfortunately in this day-and-age, companies should really be focusing energy on IT considering the scope of the online-world these days.

From reports, it's an early draft. Unfortunately, since that e-mail server was also compromised, you have the e-mails from the writers and producers detailing the changes to the script as the changes were made.

We also have the current budget for this movie from those e-mails: $300-million. It's over-budget by $50-million. So they're trying to bring it back down to the $250-million range of Skyfall.

Sony hack: Next Bond movie is WAY over budget

That is a frighteningly high budget. Even bringing it down to 250M is still scary. Hopefully, Mendes is good with a more tightened belt and nothing really noteworthy suffers from the cutback.

[areaseven]

While we're still anticipating the release of this film, check this out. In 2011, a group of friends did a non-stop James Bond 007 marathon from the 1954 Casino Royale to Quantum of Solace.

Here are the scores:

• Casino Royale (1954) = 5.00
• Dr. No (1962) = 6.50
• From Russia with Love (1963) = 8.20
• Goldfinger (1964) = 10
• Thunderball (1965) = 5.86
• Casino Royale (1967) = 4.00
• You Only Live Twice (1967) = 6.30
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) = 9.30
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971) = 4.71
• Live and Let Die (1973) = 6.67
• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) = 2.50
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) = 9.33
• Moonraker (1979) = 7.75
• For Your Eyes Only (1981) = 7.50
• Octopussy (1983) = 7.23
• Never Say Never Again (1983) = 7.69
• A View to a Kill (1985) = 5.50
• The Living Daylights (1987) = 6.67
• Licence to Kill (1989) = 7.56
• GoldenEye (1995) = 9.25
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) = 5.18
• The World Is Not Enough (1999) = 7.76
• Die Another Day (2002) = 4.14
• Casino Royale (2006) = 9.89
• Quantum of Solace (2008) = 5.42

The group later on saw Skyfall and gave it an 8.27 average.

Edited February 27, 2015 by areaseven

[areaseven]

SPECTRE: Daniel Craig Covers the New Issue of Empire as 007

[Dynaman]

While we're still anticipating the release of this film, let's nitpick on one of the 007 all-time greats.

Let me state this for the record, there is NOTHING wrong with Goldfinger - even if there is.

[The Shade]

Let me state this for the record, there is NOTHING wrong with Goldfinger - even if there is.

I once described 2 Bond movies to my wife this way:

"From Russia with Love" is the best Bond.

"Goldfinger" is the perfect Bond. And yes Dynaman, your statement is 100% correct.

[Agent ONE]

...

"From Russia with Love" is the best Bond.

...

We can hang out

[Mommar]

Wow, in that list Connery never even managed a nine. Even Pete Lazonby got a nine for his one shot.

[areaseven]

Wow, in that list Connery never even managed a nine. Even Pete Lazonby got a nine for his one shot.

I think it's because majority of the viewers were Gen-X crowd who grew up with the Moore, Dalton and Brosnan eras and they never really appreciated the Connery era.

And who's "Pete Lazonby"?

[Sildani]

Um... last time I saw it, Connery was in Goldfinger, which got the only 10.

[Mommar]

Um... last time I saw it, Connery was in Goldfinger, which got the only 10.

Somehow I missed the 10. Then I guess it's just Poor Timothy Dalton then. Though I also don't think Goldfinger was that good. Then again, I think the Connery era Bonds are all horrible.

[Agent ONE]

Many of the older Bonds just didn't age well. They weren't silly when they came out.

[Sildani]

Perhaps so. An exception would be from Russia With Love, because that was just - JUST - plausible enough that it works as a Cold War thriller on its own merit, and it happens to have the Bond name on it.

[renegadeleader1]

Perhaps so. An exception would be from Russia With Love, because that was just - JUST - plausible enough that it works as a Cold War thriller on its own merit, and it happens to have the Bond name on it.

Just plausible enough? We had dudes getting killed by poisoned umbrella tips in real life!

[areaseven]

Many of the older Bonds just didn't age well. They weren't silly when they came out.

Moonraker has always been silly since day one. Jaws was one of the most feared henchmen in The Spy Who Loved Me, but more than half of Moonraker ended up being a live-action Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner.

[dizman]

I watched Moonraker recently, it wasn't as bad as I remembered. Oh it's still bad just not horrible. I think Die Another Day is still the worst bond movie made, it's the only one in the series I can't stomach watching all way through.

[Agent ONE]

I was speaking more of the connery bond films. Yeah, there was some parody in the Moore bond films.

[areaseven]

I somewhat agree with this top 10 list, especially with the top 3.

[Dynaman]

I have to disagree with Terri Hatcher, she had no film presence before her Bond role, and none after. TV is still where has been (and never will be) film stars go when they lose their box office appeal.