Heh. If they did do that, I guarantee you some useful idiots on the internet would be PRAISING Malkovic Bond as "closest to the books" and "Best Bond yet". It's scary how people actually encourage Hollywood to ruin classics.
>> I watch all the Bond movies, I'll watch this one. <<
I still watch 'em IN SPITE of Craig in the title role. I had a bad feeling that whoever replaces him will be even worse and cause me to lose interest in the franchise permanently.
Some "nuke the fridge" moments in cinematic franchises for me:
- Watched every Batman film since Keaton's 1989 debut. The second film with Bale as throat-cancer Batman and Joker In Name Only caused me to lose any interest in seeing a third Bale Batman movie. Odd that so many people worship that film.
- Watched every Superman film since Reeve's 1978 debut. The worthless 2013 "reboot" just being a Michael Bay style remake of Superman II with lots of CGI video game type fights caused me to give up on the Superman film franchise.
- Been enjoying X-Men movies since 2000, have all 7 on DVD, and will be watching the 8th one when it comes out in 2016. But last week they announced the Deadpool "spinoff" will change the character to be the "world's first pansexual superhero". That's nice. Striked that film off my list.
-- Loved the silly Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies as a kid. Thought the attempt to revive the movie series in 2007 with CGI turtles was adequete. Lost all interest when they "rebooted" the franchise with Michael Bay producing some creepy "realistic" turtles and casting Megan Fox as "April O'Neill".
- Seen all the Pink Panther films, even the crappy post-Peter Sellers death ones of the 1980s, which pretty much exploited his memory for $$$. Finally gave up on the franchise when they "reimagined" it with Steve Martin in the title role.
- Love the original Indiana Jones trilogy. Never watched the 2008 revival with Shia LeBeouf as Indy's "illegitimate son, Mutt", and glad I didn't. Felt sorry for the gullible audiences who were convinced it would be good.
Haven't given up on Star Trek, Star Wars, Rocky Balboa, or James Bond...yet. My gut feeling says seeing Terminator 5 when it comes out on DVD will kill off any chance of me seeing future Terminator stuff. I'll keep you posted.
I have zero idea why “The Dark Knight” is so revered. It’s an ok movie, nothing more. And Heath Ledger gets uber worship for what? OD’ing. His Joker pales in comparison to Jack Nicholson’s.
And speaking of “Batman” movies, the first one, with Keaton & Nicholson is the standard, period. The second one with Keaton, DeVito, Walken was pretty good too.
Other points:
I got sucked into “Indiana Jones and the Last Ca$h Grab”. I remember my GF and I turning to each other and saying:,”What did we just watch?” when it ended.
“Star Wars”: I could spend months discussing this. Based on the SJW Abram’s reboot of the “Star Trek” franchise, I see these films being PC bilge with massive plot holes that are either ignored or band-aided over with special effects, just like in the “Star Trek” reboot.
The masses will go see them and the films will generate metric tons of revenue. But these flicks will be most likely be worse than the 3 prequels, where at least there was the anticipation of watching Darth Vader be created to captivate imagination. Are these sequels going to follow the canon storyline that leads to the final destruction of the Sith? I highly doubt it.
I stopped watching “Terminator” after the 2nd one, which has to be one of the best sequels of all time.
I have free passes to see “Creed” tomorrow night...I’m on the fence about going. Stallone finished the “Rocky & Rambo” franchises seemingly on high notes. Now, a “Rocky” semi-sequel and “Rambo: Last Blood” on deck? Does he really need the money? C’mon.