Bond Burnout
#1
Posted 06 January 2004 - 09:33 PM
I think the films belong on AMC more than on Spike as it's more of a movie channel and the commercials are less frequent. And they've been running some excellent radio promos to tie in. But why show these now when they've been readily available for weeks now?
I can only think that maybe Spike's contract with MGM expired and AMC wanted to take the fastest advantage it could of showing these. I think it would be more effective to broadcast them in summer when reruns and things are going on and not following another channel's marathon. Add to that DAD will premier on Showtime later this month, and many people got DVDs for Christmas.
Will this lead to Bond burnout? I hope it wins the series more followers, but as a hardcore fan, about the only excitement I'm getting out of it is finding a few more items for my scrapbook. It reminds me of a few years ago when The Godfather films bounced from HBO to Cinemax to AMC to Bravo to USA to just about every other cable outlet there is.
I just don't want to see a good thing wasted.
#2
Posted 06 January 2004 - 10:09 PM
#3
Posted 06 January 2004 - 10:36 PM
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Posted 06 January 2004 - 10:43 PM
#5
Posted 07 January 2004 - 09:35 PM
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Posted 07 January 2004 - 09:40 PM
#7
Posted 08 January 2004 - 01:36 PM
#8
Posted 08 January 2004 - 05:51 PM
Well I haven't heard anything about the Terminator movie being heavily edited.On January 18 at 8PM they're showing a heavily edited Terminator in their DVD-TV format. They'll show it widescreen with pop-up information about the movie on the black bar as the movie plays.
I am hoping that AMC puts the Bond movies through the DVD-TV format. I'd be interested to see what pop-up trivia information they come up with.
#9
Posted 08 January 2004 - 08:31 PM
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Posted 08 January 2004 - 09:29 PM
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Posted 09 January 2004 - 02:28 AM
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Posted 09 January 2004 - 02:39 AM
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Posted 09 January 2004 - 02:41 AM
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Posted 09 January 2004 - 02:43 AM
#15
Posted 09 January 2004 - 02:44 AM
#16
Posted 09 January 2004 - 02:52 AM
At least they tell you about it before the movie though. Spike went around claiming them as being uncut despite glaringly obvious censoring of some scenes (especially the TSWLM title sequence).
And at least Spike (like TBS) switched to widescreen for the title sequences.
#17
Posted 09 January 2004 - 02:54 AM
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 05:53 PM
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 08:49 PM
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 09:25 PM
#21
Posted 01 February 2004 - 06:00 AM
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Posted 01 February 2004 - 04:12 PM
#23
Posted 01 February 2004 - 04:16 PM
It's really just an easy way to worsen the films. Just leave them alone, it's a Bond film! It's not complete, uncensored sex and violence, these films are acceptable for TV, yet stations (ABC, anyone ) made such a big deal about them.They've covered up a lot of the girls in the titles sequence with Photoshop bikinis. Since these movies were deemed acceptable back when they were released as we know and love them, why do TV stations need to make changes like that
Dr. Shatterhands site has a nice topic about the lengthy ways ABC went to censor these films for television.
#24
Posted 02 February 2004 - 03:17 AM
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Posted 02 February 2004 - 03:31 AM
#26
Posted 02 February 2004 - 06:08 AM
have the print that announced OHMSS as the next film.
#27
Posted 02 February 2004 - 12:16 PM
Very interesting, a bit careless if you ask me then. It's really too bad about the channel. It used to be much better. I remember when they would air certain movies entirely commercial free. Apparently not now....Yes, the AMC (which now stands for "A Million Commercials") broadcast did in fact
have the print that announced OHMSS as the next film.
#28
Posted 02 February 2004 - 03:50 PM
Sorry, it used to be such a fine channel. At least Turner Classic and Fox Movies are still good.
Edited by Brian Flagg, 02 February 2004 - 03:52 PM.
#29
Posted 02 February 2004 - 09:33 PM
-At the Los Angeles Airport after Felix tells Bond someone's braintrust has been sent for him he gets directly into the car. The entire "You wanna sit in the front, Mr. Franks?" conversation is omitted, as is part of the drive.
-Mr. Slumber's creepy smile at Bond as they are waiting for the diamonds to be brought in the urn in his office. They sit down and they come in almost immediately.
-When Wint and Kidd dump Bond in the trunk of their car and drive to the desert, they begina and are almost right out in the desert. Much of the drive and when they activate the door that opens into the desert are cut.
-When Bond is trapped in the pipeline, the rat approaches and they cut his whole "One of us smells like a tart's hankerchief," speech, eliminating a plot point for later in the film for those who hadn't seen it. He just looks at the rat and it scurries away as the welder comes through.
But look at it this way, you are now better informed on how to get better insurance for yourself and medicine for your pet as a result of more commercials.
#30
Posted 02 February 2004 - 09:34 PM
-At the Los Angeles Airport after Felix tells Bond someone's braintrust has been sent for him he gets directly into the car. The entire "You wanna sit in the front, Mr. Franks?" conversation is omitted, as is part of the drive.
-Mr. Slumber's creepy smile at Bond as they are waiting for the diamonds to be brought in the urn in his office. They sit down and they come in almost immediately.
-When Wint and Kidd dump Bond in the trunk of their car and drive to the desert, they begina and are almost right out in the desert. Much of the drive and when they activate the door that opens into the desert are cut.
-When Bond is trapped in the pipeline, the rat approaches and they cut his whole "One of us smells like a tart's hankerchief," speech, eliminating a plot point for later in the film for those who hadn't seen it. He just looks at the rat and it scurries away as the welder comes through.
But look at it this way, you are now better informed on how to get better insurance for yourself and medicine for your pet as a result of more commercials.