The announcement that Amazon has paid over $1 billion for creative control of the James Bond franchise sends shockwaves throughout the film world, and as fans know and love, it means the end of the bond I'm afraid I'll do that.
David Lowbridge Ellis, founder of Queer License, a community of queer bond fans, expressed concern that the move could mean the end of a unique trait that appeals to different audiences. I did.
“I can't help but imagine something like a massively unfolding version of James Bond's Happy Meal. Everyone knows what they're trying to get, and it gets very fast and very old .
“When you think about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you watch those movies and then… I don't know you, but the next day I remember nothing, and nothing in my memory. I don't… the flavor of bonding would be too predictable.”
Other superfans are worried that the Amazon acquisition could signal the end of bonds on the big screen.
David Antonio Smith, who runs the Barber of Trime, a Bond-themed Barber in Bristol, said, “I don't think James Bond should be on TV as a series or as a TV series, so they're a long TV series. I hope you don't consider the episode.
“You need to have experience sitting in that audience with 100-200 people in a cinema. You can't have a world premiere on a streaming platform. It's that world premiere that makes Bond official.”
007GB Fan Club movie and media director Mark Woldridge is getting Goosebump after seeing Goldeneye in a cinema for the first time, so handing over creative control to Amazon is the franchise's most important legacy He said he was threatening what he saw. – Actual action scenes.
“Bond films take pride in actually doing action with very minimal computer graphics or CGI,” he said. “There are a lot of action films produced by different streaming services, where you can see that when you're watching it, it's not real. It's often like watching a video game.”
After months of speculation, it was announced on Thursday that Amazon MGM Studios would take over creative control from the long-time masterminds of Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson.
One person who's positive about the acquisition is that he looks like Steve Wright, like Daniel Craig. He said he is not opposed to Amazon releasing new films straight into streaming. “I think this is a good thing, because it just needs to continue to revive,” he said. “I think the Big Cinema experience has definitely changed, and I think we need to keep up with the technology and the way people actually watch the film.
“I don't think they'll get Daniel Craig back, so personally it's not that good… technically I've never seen him actually die.”
Other fans hope that the move to Amazon will be able to give the franchise a lease of new lives.
David Zaritsky, creator of YouTube Channel Bond Experience, said: I don't think that will happen. What they think they can do is create a satellite mini franchise about characters, a series about Money Penny, for example a series about Q that supplies movies every two years.
“I think it's a revival of the franchise. I'm looking forward to the next step.”
