Bond 22 gearing up for pre-production

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 Jan 2008, 11:27

pretty bland poster that imo.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 29 Jan 2008, 14:41

His hair is darker now.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 29 Jan 2008, 15:09

That's one horrible Photoshop job.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Jan 2008, 15:40

Apologies, I should have said it was fan made.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jan 2008, 17:37

Yeah Grim come on you're such a loser

p.s - No one is blaming you

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 12 Feb 2008, 11:39

Amy Winehouse maybe tapped to write the theme tune, sing the theme tune ... if she can sobre keep 'til April. The world waits in awe.

Good luck with that, because everyone knows that she can only find her Quantum of Solace in substance abuse. Shame really, because she does have talent.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 12 Feb 2008, 11:48

Yeah, been hearing some of her stuff lately, and she IS talented. To bad she's such a fucking junkie emo crackwhore.

I actually thought she died last saturday, cause I was out shopping with my babe, and in 3 movies that i visited one after another, they were playing here music (one a DVD live concert, the other 2 radio and/or cd)

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 12 Feb 2008, 12:02

Yi-Long wrote:I actually thought she died last saturday, cause I was out shopping with my babe, and in 3 movies that i visited one after another, they were playing here music (one a DVD live concert, the other 2 radio and/or cd)

Don't give Mark any more false hope, thanks.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Feb 2008, 17:09

I don't particularly like her but her music is good.

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 12 Feb 2008, 21:26

How can they go from the excellent "You Know My Name" by gravel-voice Chris Cornell (which fit with Casino Royale perfectly!) to Amy Winehouse?!

Her voice is awful, and really begins to grate after a few lines! Grrr! I hope they don't pick her...

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Feb 2008, 21:33

I think she has a good voice for a Bond theme.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 13 Feb 2008, 02:45

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are the 007 producers on their own covert mission to make each song shittier than the last....?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 13 Feb 2008, 02:56

Markgway wrote:Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are the 007 producers on their own covert mission to make each song shittier than the last....?

Pffft. "You Know My Name" was an excellent song by an excellent musician. Find some taste.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 13 Feb 2008, 03:53

EvaUnit02 wrote:Pffft. "You Know My Name" was an excellent song by an excellent musician. Find some taste.

Excellent? Hardly. It was incredibly bland and almost tuneless. Not the worst mind; Madonna still owns that award. But I expect it'll be a fucking masterpiece compared to Amy Whinehouse's offering. Who's next: Coldplay? *shudders*

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Feb 2008, 03:53

Mark wants swirly Bassey to return remember, because that would work today.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 13 Feb 2008, 03:56

Why wouldn't that work today?

Is it because she's old? Are you ageist now?

Bassey's Bond themes are classics all... You ask anyone TODAY what the best Bond themes are and see if at least 2 of those don't make the top 10 (People seem to forget about the sublime Moonraker for some reason...)

The last song to approach Bassey's greatness was Licence to Kill in 1989!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Feb 2008, 04:29

Markgway wrote:Is it because she's old? Are you ageist now?

Yes Mark because that's what I said, jumping to assumptions again I see

It wouldn't work as Shirley Bassey hasn't released any new material for years, she's a product of the 60s/70s and not relevant in a modern market.

Markgway wrote:The last song to approach Bassey's greatness was Licence to Kill in 1989!

I love Living Daylights, very catchy.

The last good Bond song was Tina Turner with Goldeneye, that sounded very much like a Bond song. The Casino Royale one was good too, but didn't sound much like a Bond song.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 13 Feb 2008, 06:46

bradavon wrote:
Markgway wrote:Is it because she's old? Are you ageist now?
Yes Mark because that's what I said, jumping to assumptions again I see

Actually I was poking fun there...

It wouldn't work as Shirley Bassey hasn't released any new material for years, she's a product of the 60s/70s and not relevant in a modern market.

Give her a good song and she'll belt it out. Her voice - from what I've heard - is still strong. I don't believe anyone should be pigeon-holed to particular era. No one had even heard of the guy who did Casino Royale so market concessions are only part of it.

Markgway wrote:The last song to approach Bassey's greatness was Licence to Kill in 1989!

I love Living Daylights, very catchy.

Which was BEFORE LTK... 8)

The last good Bond song was Tina Turner with Goldeneye, that sounded very much like a Bond song.

Wasn't too bad admittedly... Turner gives a certain class whereas Whinehouse comes off all sleazy (not 007-like at all).

The Casino Royale one was good too, but didn't sound much like a Bond song.

That didn't help. I'm maybe being a bit tough on it for that reason... it wasn't GREAT though...

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Feb 2008, 08:12

Which was BEFORE LTK... Cool

I never said it wasn't

No one had even heard of the guy who did Casino Royale so market concessions are only part of it.

While I think Amy Winehouse would be able to song a Bond song well (she has the right type of voice). I do think a named star on the whole isn't a good idea. An unknown is better.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 13 Feb 2008, 08:26

Markgway wrote: No one had even heard of the guy who did Casino Royale so market concessions are only part of it.

Plenty of people have heard of Chris Cornell, former lead singer (of one of the better Seattle grunge bands to see mainstream success,) Soundgarden and more recently Audioslave (famous for being 3/4 of Rage Against the Machine). Your generalisation fails, badly.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 13 Feb 2008, 10:52

Yup pretty ignorant comment there Mark, Chris Cornell has been one of the most well known and regarded rock stars in America for a long time now. Oh and getting Shirley Bassey in to do the theme song would defeat the purpose of today's bond themes, which are just cynical commercial tie-ins nowadays.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 13 Feb 2008, 12:03

I think this guy should do the new Bond Theme...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 13 Feb 2008, 13:40

I liked the 90's Bond songs - Surrender - on the end of Tomorrow Never Dies, was even better than the main song. The World Is Not Enough was suitably swirly sounding and a freakin' masterwork compared to 2002's effort. Die Another Day was total pants.

Didn't Shirley Bassey do a big band cover of Get The Party Started a couple of years back?

dvdvision · Post by **dvdvision** » 13 Feb 2008, 15:13

Admit it, this line, the way it's sung in the CR credits :

I've-seen-an-gelsfallfromblind-ing-heighhhhhhhhhts

Is the pants. The guy may be in the business... he doesn't know how to sing properly, an amateur would not issue even a line sung so badly

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 13 Feb 2008, 22:00

What the hell's wrong with that? Personally, I love his voice. I've got all of Audioslave's CDs, most of Soundgarden's, both Chris' solo CDs and even the bootleg of his Unplugged in Sweden gigs, which is one of my favourite CDs - wish there was an official version available

If you think he can't sing, download Unplugged in Sweden & listen to that. "Like a Stone", "Wide Awake", "Be Yourself", "Billy Jean", "All Night Thing", "Black Hole Sun", etc are all perfect on this LIVE recording. Brilliant stuff. "Wide Awake" is probably my favourite song, ever.

I think Chris' voice was perfectly suited to the "come & have a go if you think you're hard enough" mentality of the song. It was brilliant.