What is the world's longest-running series? Some say it's Japan's "Men Are Hard to Be", which has 49 episodes, from 1962 to 1996, and then Yamada Yoji remade several more episodes. But in fact, the longest-lived Dangtui 007 series has been filmed from 1962 to the present. When its first episode, "Dr. No," came out, the producer never expected Ian Fleming's Super Spy 007 to become a movie brand. The series' directors and casts have rotated over the past 59 years, but 007's fame has endured. Each episode was released as a "biennial, unforgettable" date. Even if the producer suffers a financial crisis, it is still filmed in one episode.
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The new episode of "No Time to Die" (also translated as "No Time to Die") was finally released worldwide at the end of September, with a cumulative box office of 448 million US dollars, but it invested 300 million US dollars, and to achieve the 1 billion US dollars to return the target, it still needs the help of the Chinese market to get 300 million US dollars. Launched in China on the 29th of this month, there may be main creators to meet with fans.
The series has so far totaled 25 episodes of the official version and 2 episodes of the unofficial version (Casino Royale and Never Say No), with a global audience of 3.5 billion, a total box office of $7 billion, and the highest-grossing episode is "Breaking the Sky" for $1.1 billion. Of the six 007s, the most successful was Shaun. Connery, the worst was George. Razambie (only 1 episode), the longest-lived roger Moore (7 episodes in 10 years), Timothy Dalton the most somber, Pierce Brosnan the most handsome, and Daniel Craig the strongest. The most directed is John Glenn, who has 5 episodes such as "License to Kill".
From the content point of view, there have been some changes in the narrative of recent episodes, such as the expansion of the spy battlefield domain and the increase in emotional scenes, etc., focusing on Bond's past and heart.
"None" is 163 minutes long (the longest in the series, and the story returns to Jamaica, where Fleming lived when he wrote the 007 series of novels: Bond is on vacation in this beautiful island country, and suddenly a friend from the CIA comes to him to help rescue a kidnapped scientist... Since then, the plot has followed the old routines such as accepting tasks, encountering bond girls, meeting enemies for the first time, being repeatedly hunted down, successive wars, bandit nest decisive battles, and sharing warm storage. Unlike previous episodes, the enemy is not a terrorist in the traditional sense, but a genius madman, who has cutting-edge equipment and grandly declares that he "just wants to make the world a better place". Bond repeatedly fell into the trap set by the enemy, and was in danger, but fortunately, two extraordinary female agents were rescued... Because of this set-up, the whole film is full of sci-fi, Bond and the enemy are fighting with high technology, such as Bond's Martin Aston sports car automatically extends 2 heavy machine guns from the front lights, sweeping through the field, which is more like the Batmobile in the "Batman" series. Moreover, it is less and less like the spy war film of the fighting wit method, but more like the action movie that must be played every time, a large number of action scenes and explosion scenes abound, such as Bond being hit by two cars in front of and behind the bridge, and can only grasp a rope and jump down (Craig refuses to use a stand-in, personally, and sometimes injured). The producer thinks that this is a new selling point that makes the audience's blood veins open, but in fact, it is a failure that makes the audience aesthetically tired.
Daniel. Craig's interpretation was hailed by European and American critics as "the strongest 007", and the five episodes he starred in were hailed as the best five episodes, and he was awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel like Bond by the Royal Navy. But it also drew criticism: "he is more like an athlete" and "an ace acrobat". The late Roger Moore blasted Craig in a speech to Cambridge students: "He's not qualified enough to play Bond. The Scottish accent is too heavy. The performance is useless. ＂
The 007 series can be popular, and the Bond girl with beautiful face and body is very successful. "None" retains this selling point, but the number increases to 3: from the previous episode, French actress Leia Saidu plays a mysterious girl with a confusing expression. Jamaican British Rushner. Lynch plays Nommy, a new agent codenamed 00, who took over the 007 code name while she was on vacation in Bond, and has a lot of action scenes; the actress is full of film and television drama songs, such as "Captain Marvel". And the real and complete new Bond girl is the Cuban Anna de Armas, her play of Palmaro is a highlight of the whole film, beautiful, wise, brave, wearing a deep V long skirt, stepping on high heels to fight with the enemy, kung fu is really good, no wonder known as "the strongest bond girl in 59 years"; Armas wanted to be an actor at the age of 12, went to Spain at the age of 18 to shoot, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for "Sharp Blade Out of the Sheath".
Big Bad is a must-have character in the entire series, with 2 episodes inviting Academy Award-winning Best Supporting Actor kwartz and Ha Baldem (both white) to join in order to attract audiences. "None" invited Rami Marek, who won the Oscar for "Bohemian Rhapsody", to play Safin, who always wore a white mask when he appeared, but was interpreted so well that he was applauded. Now the controversy is that Marek is of Egyptian descent, and in hollywood, where white supremacy used to be played by Egyptian pharaohs, terrorists, etc. because of minority relations, he has become a tool to serve specific ideas. Now as a horror leader, the sense of substitution and referentiality is very obvious, and the audience in the Middle East countries is very unhappy to see it.
It is said that this episode is Bond's last appearance, and the setting of the code name 00 in "None" also seems to hint at this. The producers said they would start looking for a new generation of 007 candidates starting next year, like Tom of Dunkirk. Harden et al. African Americans were allowed, and there were even rumors that dark-skinned actresses such as 00 actors, Jamaican-American Rushner Lynch, were even rumored to be considered, but she was personally attacked after the news broke. The producer also said that 007 is only limited to men, thinking that the role has always objectified women, slapped, and even sexually assaulted state girls, it seems that the machismo of the series will die to the end. (Yan Min)