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Post by whiskeybrewer on Apr 13, 2017 11:23:09 GMT
That makes sense as the ending was so random for The Black Cauldron. They probably weren't thinking sequel as that wasn't Disney's thing at the time. Wasn't till the mid-90's when they started all the direct to Video sequels.
Didn't notice that with Bond. I knew they had swapped the order with OHMSS and YOLT, but not before that
"CURSES, DEFEATED BY A RATHER STRONG GUST OF WIND!" It's a pity really. The villain's plan to revive his fallen warriors to fight on after death is a wonderful little scheme, it was just deserving of a much better movie. A nice benefit of having standalone stories with just the obligatory lead in/lead out of continuity like old Hartnell era tales. You could chop and change them around without really damaging the narrative and Dr. No is much lower key story than From Russia with Love was. Well, aside from Bond's escape from his cell being a sadistic gauntlet organised by No that leads to Bond fighting a giant squid. And John Hurt gave a great vocal performance as always. Its a role that suited him. Ive actually heard that Disney have the rights to all five books and are planning to do a full series, if it pans out Lol thats true. But it did make sense to start off with Dr. No when you think on it. Going in with FRWL might have been a bit strong thinking on it
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2017 2:10:33 GMT
"CURSES, DEFEATED BY A RATHER STRONG GUST OF WIND!" It's a pity really. The villain's plan to revive his fallen warriors to fight on after death is a wonderful little scheme, it was just deserving of a much better movie. A nice benefit of having standalone stories with just the obligatory lead in/lead out of continuity like old Hartnell era tales. You could chop and change them around without really damaging the narrative and Dr. No is much lower key story than From Russia with Love was. Well, aside from Bond's escape from his cell being a sadistic gauntlet organised by No that leads to Bond fighting a giant squid. And John Hurt gave a great vocal performance as always. Its a role that suited him. Ive actually heard that Disney have the rights to all five books and are planning to do a full series, if it pans out Lol thats true. But it did make sense to start off with Dr. No when you think on it. Going in with FRWL might have been a bit strong thinking on it Yes, he'll be dearly missed, every performance was always enjoyable. Hey, neat. That sounds like progress. Oh, I think it was very easily a case of budget and confidence. Dr. No's a very cheap story to make compared to some others, a story like OHMSS would have been difficult if not outright impossible to do with the same budget. It's also rather safe, dealing with a noirish investigation rather than a Hitchcockian honey trap. Spy fiction hadn't proven its value yet in film (television was another story thanks to Danger Man), so ironically the less adventurous the better it probably would have been for producers. However, it worked and the rest is history. I'm glad FRWL exists in the form it does, it's one of my favourite films to watch. Just the right balance of fantasy and reality.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Apr 15, 2017 12:24:03 GMT
And John Hurt gave a great vocal performance as always. Its a role that suited him. Ive actually heard that Disney have the rights to all five books and are planning to do a full series, if it pans out Lol thats true. But it did make sense to start off with Dr. No when you think on it. Going in with FRWL might have been a bit strong thinking on it Yes, he'll be dearly missed, every performance was always enjoyable. Hey, neat. That sounds like progress. Oh, I think it was very easily a case of budget and confidence. Dr. No's a very cheap story to make compared to some others, a story like OHMSS would have been difficult if not outright impossible to do with the same budget. It's also rather safe, dealing with a noirish investigation rather than a Hitchcockian honey trap. Spy fiction hadn't proven its value yet in film (television was another story thanks to Danger Man), so ironically the less adventurous the better it probably would have been for producers. However, it worked and the rest is history. I'm glad FRWL exists in the form it does, it's one of my favourite films to watch. Just the right balance of fantasy and reality. Definitely. They got the balance right straight away
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