[movie] James Bond - No Time to Die

[Arthur]

Release date has now been moved to 2 April 2021.

 

https://twitter.com/007/status/1312122931879632897

 

MGM, Universal and Bond producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, today announced the release of NO TIME TO DIE, the 25th film in the James Bond series, will be delayed until 2 April 2021 in order to be seen by a worldwide theatrical audience.

[Arthur]

Release date is now 8th October 2021.

 

https://twitter.com/007/status/1352416833815633922

 

NO TIME TO DIE 8 October 2021

 

[jthompson]

Bond 26 will be out before Bond 25 at this rate.

[6Foot2]

[Arthur]

Final final trailer.

 

The wait is over. The final international trailer for No Time To Die. In cinemas from 30th September.

 

[6Foot2]

[jcollings]

I will wait with interest to see how many subtitled screenings there are.

 

We have constant issue in that my hearing impaired daughter can only access cinema with subtitles - usually they put only one or two screenings of 1 film (often on an afternoon or maybe Tuesday evening). I can't recall the last blockbuster we wanted to see but I recall counting from the Friday to the Monday of release weekend they showed it in about 6 screens from early morning to late evening they showed it something like 120 times - zero subtitled.

 

We wanted to go to the cinema this weekend - 6 cinemas within a sensible difference - zero subtitled on Saturday and 1 film, once on Sunday!

 

I know it isn't particularly relevant to most people but it is a situation that is frustrating for a lot of hearing impaired people and their families.

[LeMarchand]

Ours has a similar ratio, though not always at silly times as Mme LeMarchand and I have seen a few subtitled as it was the most convenient time for us. Neither of us need subs, though Mme LeMarchand probably would benefit if she admitted it, and I think we deliberately chose one performance as the reviews mentioned mumbled dialogue, which she struggles with.

[jthompson]

I wonder if it would be possible to leverage 3D tech to show a film in 2D with subtitles, but show the subtitles only for people not wearing the cool glasses.

[Rob_D]

I wonder if it would be possible to leverage 3D tech to show a film in 2D with subtitles, but show the subtitles only for people not wearing the cool glasses.

If you can do this with some degree of success then I really don't see why not. Although I think everyone would have to wear the glasses for it to work. Theoretically you'd see the subtitles without the glasses but it would only be on every other frame which is probably super uncomfortable.

[LeMarchand]

 

Though as this was reported at least a decade ago, I'm guessing there's not much appetite to roll it out. (It does seem The National Theatre is pushing it out).

 

[Anonymous2000]

I tend to think there must be a tech solution to this problem. I guess there is no incentive for cinemas. For me they should just put subtitles on but I guess some people might not like that. We have them on all the time so I just get used to them.

[jthompson]

If you can do this with some degree of success then I really don't see why not. Although I think everyone would have to wear the glasses for it to work. Theoretically you'd see the subtitles without the glasses but it would only be on every other frame which is probably super uncomfortable.

 

You could have the regular 2D film projected through one of the 3D channels, but at full FPS, and then just the subtitles projected through the other 3D channel, again at full FPS. The glasses would need to have both lenses aligned the same way (so different from regular 3D specs) so as to filter out the subtitles. Those without the glasses would see film and subtitles both at full FPS. Assuming the 3D projection kit could be so adapted (IDK). Can't see cinemas going for that, though: let's use 3D projection kit for 2D, and confuse the heck out of loads of customers by asking them to put on '3D' glasses that won't even make a 3D film appear 3D.

[jcollings]

Or the easy option - just show all films with subtitles - you soon forget they are there if you don't need them and with some of the awful sound production or accents in some film it might even help you.

[Rob_D]

You could have the regular 2D film projected through one of the 3D channels, but at full FPS, and then just the subtitles projected through the other 3D channel, again at full FPS. The glasses would need to have both lenses aligned the same way (so different from regular 3D specs) so as to filter out the subtitles. Those without the glasses would see film and subtitles both at full FPS. Assuming the 3D projection kit could be so adapted (IDK). Can't see cinemas going for that, though: let's use 3D projection kit for 2D, and confuse the heck out of loads of customers by asking them to put on '3D' glasses that won't even make a 3D film appear 3D.

I see what you're getting at. But the Real3D that (according to Wikipedia) is most prevalent in cinemas, works by alternating frames. So for each 2D frame you get one frame from angle 1 and then one from angle 2, or in this case 1 frame without the subs and then one with subs. So people with glasses would work like you suggest (people with 2 RH lenses get the subs, and people LH lensed glassed don't). But the people without glasses are still only seeing the subs on every other frame (but with the film running a double FPS). It might be that this would work fine, but I can imagine the "flickering" (even if it's too fast for most people to notice) causing issues for some people.

[jthompson]

Or the easy option - just show all films with subtitles - you soon forget they are there if you don't need them and with some of the awful sound production or accents in some film it might even help you.

 

I'm pretty sure that that would be considered annoying to people who don't want subs. I can't imagine distributors being all that chuffed, either.

[jcollings]

I'm pretty sure that that would be considered annoying to people who don't want subs. I can't imagine distributors being all that chuffed, either.

 

Yes - that is exactly the excuse that the cinemas use to continue to practice disability discrimination.

 

So the new Bond film tickets are out - between Thursday of release and the following Monday - we have the choice of 1 showing at 1 cinema (Odeon) per day despite approx. 21 showings per day - no times at view despite 77 showings over that period.

 

Not sure how that can be anything other than blatant disability discrimination

[LeMarchand]

Not sure how that can be anything other than blatant disability discrimination

 

That is quite poor, though I wonder if they have had people refuse to buy tickets for subbed showings. Not much comfort to you, but maybe showings further from release will afford more subbed showings?

[6Foot2]

Link:

 

Here’s a new poem called ‘Bond, off duty’.

 

[rexaurus]

That poem is great, never really thought about it

[Ironside]

Went to see it last night at the Everyman cinema. Very good, no spoilers of course, massive improvement over Spectre and a great way to end Craig's saga.

 

On the downside, I only got to bed 12:20 am, so now i'm very tired

[rush_tech]

I'm watching it tonight

[Anonymous2000]

Saw it last night. Good in parts but a bit plodding in places

 

I have to disagree with the earlier comment - Spectre was much better IMHO