You are very negative towards Amazon and you misspoke some facts. First understand Amazon, and Prime streaming is a success because they do know what they are doing. Other companies like Disney had lost their reputation and billions of dollars in money through mismanagement so you can thank your lucky stars that Disney did not buy James Bond. I am surprised that EON did not buy James Bond back from MGM/UA years ago. Surely, they are not functioning under a 1060s contract. Contracts don't last for decades. The main mistake is that Amazon has no interest in theatrical releases. If you look at current theatrical box office Amazon/MGM has a Christmas themed movie that is ending a very successful run, titled, "Red One". Worldwide Box Office $181,803,190, however that was based on a film budget of $250 million. It is already on streaming, as it has a limited holiday appeal. It will not make a profit in theaters, but the streaming revenue and eventual physical media sales (to be released Jul 4, 2025) will help. www.the-numbers.com/weekly-box-office-chart No Time to die had a budget of between 250-301 million so it appears Amazon will put up the "big bucks." Skyfall was the most successful of the series and the best in over 30 years (at least) or more. However, the last two films has brought in less revenue, even though ticket prices continue to rise..meaning less butts in seats. I always go to theaters to see the new Bond film, before buying the DVD as I appreciate the big screen theater experience, ever since the very first Bond film. Yes I'm probably older than dirt. I enjoy your videos even if you repeat information/comments multiple times. I feel if you would work from an outline of points your videos would probably get more viewers. Keep up the good work.

As someone who's been a Bond fan for many years of his life, at this point I honestly just want them to put Bond away and leave him in the past. We've had 25 films over a 60 year period (27 if you include the spoof version of Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again). I just don't think they can really do or say anything new about the character at this point. Bond is a 20th century character and the world has changed so much since Fleming first wrote the books in the 1950s and will only continue to do so. They should just focus on the character's legacy and preserving the films in the best way possible now like other classic films are.

The question is whether the movie will be a boring wokeflop or a boring wokeflop. Time will tell 🤔

The Titanic 4K was a decent remaster

Just get the Sony x800m2, better PQ, no skipping anymore and has lasted thru two of my Panny ub820's

This is why I don't blind-buy or first-day buy unless from a *very* reputable label. You can't trust a goddamn thing anymore.

Unrelated, but I hope you can read this by commenting on your latest video because I found EVEN MORE negligence regarding the Paramount 4K release of Once Upon a Time in the West. In the Dutch release, on the front of the box it says, and I quote; 'Blu-Ray = Dutch subtitled. Ultra HD Blu-Ray = Dutch subtitles not included.' You read that right, Paramount can't even localize their distribution properly. A few kilobytes worth of subtitles are apparently too much for this release to handle. So instead of pressing a new batch for the Dutch market they just plopped in the UK disc and called it a day. Good job, Paramount, bravo! Absolutely genius! Sure, most Dutch people can still follow the movie just fine, but you had one job to do, and you failed it. But wait, there's more. If you'd think that this iffy 4K "restoration" can at least shine on the regular Blu-Ray with its slighlty better compression like included in the UK and any other releases, then you are mistaken. No, says Paramount, have the old 2011 Blu-Ray instead, thus also lacking the new bonus features that are promised on the back of the box of this very release!

I got rid of all my VHS/DVD and blurays when I bought into 4k UHD.. What a terrible mistake.

I hope you do a similar video for the Hohlbein novels. Also, have you played the Great Circle by any chance? I’d love to hear your thoughts on how it impacts Indy canon.

I bought this. It looked decent to me and I was happy with the sound remix. It could have come out a lot worse. That said I kept my homemade bootleg where I took the 2006 BD and muxed in the mono mix off of the 2006 DVD.

Spencer, OHMSS is my favorite Bond film and unfortunately I have just never liked the UE DVD, BD or digital 4K. I have kept my SE DVD all these years and that one has the most accurate colors to me, and I like the mono mix on that one. They brought back the mono for the BD.

I'm curious to see if they actually put money and effort into the Connery 4K BD set.

Since 1977 everyone including Lucas has tried to ruin Star Wars. His alterations are complete horseshit and in fact ruin the movie, taking it from a 10 to a 6.

Hey buddy I wanted to ask you, good job on your latest video talking about the situation about EON Vs Amazon. I wanted to know if you were aware of the recent release of The Walking Dead 1936 on Blu-Ray from Warner Archive, and I Walked With A Zombie and The Seventh Victim finally being released on Blu-Ray by The Criterion Collection. I was wondering when are you gonna make a video on them, because I wanna hear your excitement about this how I was when I found out about it. Also I finally got my own copies of the movies too, and you might as well get em while they are still available.

Put succinctly, EON are at an impasse with MGM and there appears to be absolutely no way forward, unless Amazon relinquish their rights to Bond. The Broccoli's can sit this one out as they also have the young and effervescent Gregg Wilson (currently Associate Producer) waiting in the wings to takeover their share of the franchise. Personally, I stand with EON and Barbara Broccoli with regards to Bond. If she doesn't want to do something, then Amazon either need to concede or relinquish their rights to OO7.

Until this woke virus etc passes there is no point going on with anything beloved by the fans. If we survive this time historians will look on this time as a cancer on creativity.

Found your channel via the "Let's Get Physical Media" show. Funny AND informative video. Keep up the good work. 🤘

maybe fullframe of the 35mm was actually in 4k, but cropped 16:9 version "scaled down" to 2k

The only franchise I cared about. It's dead. I will watch the old movies I've always enjoyed. But Bond movies ended with WINE. Craig is a joke. At least there were some good games until the 2010s. The Bond formula is just that. Going from setting trends to following others. Ie Bourne shows that it's tired. People questioned whether Bond worked in the '90s. Brosnan scripts may have been out there. But unless there any Fleming material left. I don't think anyone could pull it off.

They are in a stalemate and I think that one of both sides hopes that the other one will loose their nerves.

NTDD's ending will come off as symbolic now

Look at what happened to Star Wars, we could go on forever but in short Star Wars was iconic & then Disney started pumping out constant film's & TV shows & it has now lost its iconic status & become common trash. I fear that this will be what happens to James Bond they will want every character to get their own show. Felix, Money Penny, Q , M . They will probably have a female agent with Bond who will need her own show. The latest bad guy or girl will get a prequel show to show how they became this way, basically all shit we don't need. It will go from Iconic status to common trash! I know both these franchises had a thew things over the years like Ewoks for Star Wars & James Bond Jr but these were all side projects that were few & far between. Everyone is obsessed with having an MCU with an oversized, overcomplicated timeline that becomes more & more difficult to follow with every passing film & show. This is why I don't watch the MCU because it has no special iconic feeling .

Jeff Bezos kinda looks like Blofeld.

Thank you for the recap of Bond's convoluted ownership history. Passed around like the town strumpet is our James. Having literally grown up with the James Bond films (4 years old when Dr. NO came out), I'm less mortified about the end of road for Bond than some. I recently sat down for a re-watch project of the film series, and found I was quite content to stop with ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. I hold a fondness for certain films after that - and have watched them all multiple times - but the marriage of the novels and the movies ends with the 60s for me. And even here, while I appreciate it for the sheer lunacy, I've never warmed to YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. But aside from that one, the rest were built on the iron spine of the novels. Without Fleming, it's not really Bond - again, in my personal view. The films that were able to incorporate some previously unused elements of the books always restored my faith: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and (of course) especially CASINO ROYALE. But the rest ultimately used bits and pieces to wallpaper extremely high-end adventure movies. And again, I was th. ere for all of it. But how much more do we really need? You circled back around to the perception of Bond's place - or lack of it - in the modern era a few times. And the oft-suggested idea of placing James Bond in a period setting might be just the thing that saves it now. Lean into James Bond 007 as a retro-revival character, along the lines of The Lone Ranger (bad example, success-wise), Zorro, The Three Musketeers, etc. At this point, it seems his real strength is an historical character. He's not in the here and now to team up with John Wick or morph into a demographically diverse entertainment property that drives content across multiple platforms and provides synergistic product support for key Amazon IPs. He's JAMES Frickin' BOND. And maybe his time IS past, so put him there. The fact that the Broccoli's have treated Bond as a family business has been one of its saving graces. In no way have they always got it right, but they've given it a sense of identity.

I have not read the Wall Street Journal article on the James Bond Franchise and its current ‘state of affairs’ We are nearly into the 6th year since NTTD was made. The 🌎 in these 6 years has changed dramatically. Has Covid had something to do with this? I think so. In these short years the entertainment 🌎has become more fickle and woke. What do people want now? Even before Covid film were taking ages to make/release and costs rocketing If more Bond films are going to be made the Actor will have to agree to sign for at least 3-4 - and around 30 years old as the gaps will be 2-3 years?? Is Bond relevant now? In an interview Sean gave in 2007 to one of his granddaughter’s he said this Those who know about making movies and those who green light the movies has grown increasingly wider especially in Hollywood I’m old school and born in 65 and love the decade so Sean is my Bond ❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧☝️☝️

I have absolutely no faith in Hollywood to produce the Bond I grew up loving. They are too politically correct, too woke, too creatively bankrupt, and too incompetent to do it justice. Look at what they've done to Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, GhostBusters, and countless other properties. As far as I'm concerned, the series, and the character himself died with NTTD.

Barbara Broccoli is as woke as they come. When she met Daniel Craig it was the end of the franchise. Together they destroyed it and literally KILLED BOND. Now she doesn't know what to do. If she hires a white man her woke friends and leftist media will never forgive her. If she hires the first black Bond the movie will tank. What a decision. So she does what she does best: nothing. She doesn't need the money. Rather than sell the rights she could've leased them to Amazon for a three picture deal. Amazon could have had Christopher Nolan to do his period Bond trilogy. Wipe away the bad taste of the Craig era. But I guess it's easier just to do nothing. But Bond is dead that's for sure. They killed the goose that laid golden eggs. The longer they leave it the deader it is and the less likely a younger audience will connect. It's over folks. At least we still have the good (pre-Craig) movies to enjoy.

Thank you for providing the corporate history behind all this -- I had listened to several other Bond KZbinrs discussing this article, but still came away wondering what the heck was going on.

I agree with you that Amazon does not know what they have brought. The Bond formula works by theater releases. As Amazon is focused on streaming service they need to do the Netflix route. Create their own characters, movies and series. The problem is that Amazon does not understand this making their purchase very tricky. As some one said it is better that Amazon sells their stake to Sony Pictures who are more into theatrical release. EON needs to give Amazon to sell it to Sony Pictures.

I agree with you that Amazon does not know what they have brought. The Bond formula works by theater releases. As Amazon is focused on streaming service they need to do the Netflix route. Create their own characters, movies and series. The problem is that Amazon does not understand this making their purchase very tricky. As some one said it is better that Amazon sells their stake to Sony Pictures who are more into theatrical release. EON needs to give Amazon to sell it to Sony Pictures.

About 15 mins in a great video so far, being a fan of lots of movies but mostly films like Friday the 13th and Rocky and the like going years without a film and characters constantly being killed off and brought back this all seems normal to me lol.

Krazy Kajeevie from The James Bond Show reporting for duty. Good video young man. If it's all true then I can see Amazon offering EON the chance to buy their rights of Bond. Babs& Micky G need to buy full rights then nust distribute through Sony. As you know from my channel ideally I want Babs to sell the righys to Producers who care. She's lazy. So lacy. We've had 3 great Sonic film in 4 years since 2020 yet only two Bond films since 2013, so 2 films in 12 years next yeae!! What a disgrace.

Amazon may have turned round and said “if you think we are going to spend $300M on rubbish like No Time to Die”

A few years ago, when Amazon bought MGM, I thought that was clearly wrong and not the right company to give the studio justice, and felt that WB should’ve bought the studio in a full circle moment (reuniting the Pre-1986 library with the Post 1986 Library due to Darth Turner’s acquisition of the former, and NSNA technically going back to the company that originally Released it), but I couldn’t be anymore right about Amazon and it’s business model and approach to films.

@3:10: "Gobbling up Octopussy" is WILD, lol! 😂

There is no future of 007...he's dead!!

Great upload 👌👌👌👌👌

Well, if the Lord of the Rings debacle is anything to go by, Amazon really couldn't give a shit. I'm no fan of Daniel Craig, and wasn't taken by his entry into the franchise. Casino was the only Craig film worth it's salt, in terms of style, opening title number and solid direction. After that I was left wanting to be honest. No Time to Die was the closure of the old order of Bond. A final last gasp, if you will or a good bye. Whatever comes in the many years to come will not be anywhere near to the Bond most people are familiar with. Dalton played the part wonderfully, and for me, felt the closest to what Bond represented. Amazon just want Bond to become like all the other franchise’s these days, diverse and inclusive with a strong body politics entangled throughout. The character of Bond won't be the flawed and shadowy representation of the past which I liked. Whatever happens, it won't end well, either way.....

@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader Amazon wants to do new things to the franchise which is things like a series which would devaluate the Bond name and legacy in the eyes of EON. Amazon cannot do anything without EON and EON without Amazon. So Bond will propably become “a relic of the Cold War”. And personally I am ok with that after the last few Bonds especially that last atrocity. We wouldn’t want our beloved franchise be butchered like Disney did with, especially, the last three Star Wars films. This “dispute” could still take years so pre production or the choice for a new James Bond are not in the books for the near future. Remember that the great Timothy Dalton still was Bond in 94 and in 95 we got Brosnan thanks to the big bosses at Warner back then, as else there would not had been a new Bond?

Yes, Bond is at the lowest level ever right now. You are right!

If someone doesn’t want to wait 10 years for a new Bond movie, I would recommend the Israeli spy series on Apple TV called Tehran. The first 2 episodes of Season 3 are out already in Israel and hopefully it will come to Apple TV soon. Hugh Laurie, the eccentric doctor from the tv series House, has a major role in season 3.

What we need is for a new James Bond film to be a truly great film, with great word of mouth, so that it can get casuals to check it out as well. Nothing else will improve things. About Warner reusing the 4K SDR masters or not, I've heard that the Blade Runner UHD used a 4K SDR master, but with added HDR. I'm not sure if this is true. What I know is that Casablanca, Singin' In The Rain and The Wizard Of Oz got new masters for the UHDs, even though the old blu-rays were from 4K masters. The reason why Warner might want to reuse the 4K SDR masters for James Bond, though, is because of the sheer quantity of films.

My 1st thought after viewing your thorough breakdiwn and, as usual, very knowlegable anaylsis of the article was Robert Redford's character's line in "Three Days Of The Condor," "F**k the Wall Street Journal!" I know, different context. I'm a longtime Bond film & Fleming fan (the former is not always the latter) since the 1960s. I've lived through the various legal upheavals and MGM financial issues that caused the 1989-1995 and 2008-2012 Bond movie gaps. Remember Entertainment Weekly declared the possible demise of the Bond movies during that 2nd gap. As you said, older Bond fans may not be as surprised by the current stalemate between EON and Amazon, and I agree that some form of "movement" news is needed at this point. Having read the WSJ article, I tend to agree with what the late Mr Broccoli told his daughter Barbara, "Don't let people in temporary positions make permanent decisions." I also recall Broccoli telling Barbara & Michael Wilson, "don't let other people mess it (the Bond film series) up." Now I've not always agreed with all the decisions made by first Broccoli & Saltzman such as the total screwing up of the Blofeld Trilogy, although I've read a UA executive had a hand in that famously calling "OHMSS Thunderball on skies" as part of the decision to film YOLT before OHMSS. Plus the ever growing change in tone of the films into flatout conedy during the 1970s. Certainly Barbara & Michael have not been perfect in their decisions either. However, the Broccoli family up to this point have understood, as you pointed out, the special aspect of Bond as worldwide theatrical event films. Plus they still have respect and understanding of the literary Bond. While the Fleming literary foundation have allowed various spin-offs; The Moneypenny Diaries, Young James Bond, the Kim Sherwood other 00 agents books, etc. i agree that having televsion/streaming spin-offs, such as what Disney has done with Star Wars & Marvel, would dilute or work again the theatrical Bond films. I too hope that EON and Amazon can reach an understanding that honors the unique legacy of both the Ian Fleming books & the history of the James Bond films. Thanks Crusader for having this wonderful forum for Fleming & Bond movie fans to express ourselves. Happy Holidays and the best to you in 2025 Crusader!!

And I thought the Daniel Craig films were nadir of the EON franchise. How can you do worse than making Bond a loser, ineffective, weak and vaporized. Babs and Michael had no idea what they were doing without Cubby, and Purvis and Wade couldn't write themselves out of a wet paper bag, well here comes Amazon.

I would prefer Bond not return than see it go the way of Star Wars and Marvel..dying a slow death of a thousand mini-series..

Greetings from Santiago de Chile. I think that the problem between Amazon and EON is mainly about money. The Jeff Bezos company wants to take every penny they could of a character they simply don’t understand in their corporative vision while Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli know the importance of the Ian Fleming legacy but to an audience that look 007 as something that is not the universe concepts like MCU or DCU. My humble suggestion is first to separate James Bond from MGM and bring back the United Artist banner and share the theatrical and home video distribution with Warner Brothers and Prime Video for streaming. A UA could act as what Marvel or Lucasfilm is to Disney, in the sense they part of MGM-Amazon but they can operate with independence from the Bezos unit and could let the Wilson- Broccoli work with their material and turn them into something important and not another superhero. For the 4K release they need to join forces with Warner Archive Collection, so that every edition from “Doctor No” to “Die another Day” look and sound spectacular and set a new standard on 4K titles. In these same line you could do limited releases of these editions so a new generation could discovered what their parents or grandparents have talk about for years. Next you have to think in Prime Video and a good animation series that follow the same pattern of “Batman: Cape Crusader”. Take some enemies from the novels and set them in one first season, so they could have one episode of their one and another one in which they could take a support role. They could established toy deals with Hasbro or McFarlane, and an endless list of products that could gave some incomes and popularity with new audiences. Finally are the new movies. These films should be a premium experience focused mainly in theatrical experience. I would suggest that they should be anthology adventures that take clues from other pieces of the Bond mythology, with the main theme and shoot in film (65mm or Vista Vision) and with a “Roadshow Release” in Imax, large format screens or theaters that project movies in 35mm or 70mm to separate from the DCP ones. The 4K physical releases could have these versions in premium presentation and the streaming would receive the regular one. I don’t care if this plan could take five or more years, but sometimes is better to wait than to receive a disastrous reboots or prequels of great properties. Happy holydays. Adiós Amigo.

Amazon's net worth is $2.37 trillion. 2.37 trillion dollars buy you the richest lawyers in Hollywood to protect your assets. Amazon send a letter to Eon Productions. Dear Eon Productions, Due to the current impasse over production of James Bond 26, Amazon is prepared to give Eon Productions until June 1st 2025 to agree and confirm a release date for Bond 26. If no release date is formally agreed by all parties by June 1st 2025, Amazon MGM Studios will file a US lawsuit against Eon Productions and its holding company Danjaq for unreasonable delay and breach of contract. This letter is sent in good faith. ‐-------------------------- That will force Eon's hand. They'll have to compromise or face litigation. As we all know Eon killed off Bond so they screwed up any coherent strategy going forward. Amazon's partnership make the non existent strategy even worse! They can stall the finance if they feel Barbara Broccoli is behaving in an unreasonable way and refusing to compromise.

This is still due to Harry Saltzman messing up his half of the franchise in the mid 1970s! Why oh why didn't Broccoli buy him out back then??? He might have had to go into debt for a while...but long term worth it.

Maybe Amazon wants to reboot the James Bond Jr animated series.

Yes! After I read the article the other day, I have definitely been waiting for the Crusader to comment.