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Rami Malek as Safin in No Time To Die (2020)

No Time To Die Character Posters

The official 007 Twitter account has just posted six awesome character posters in anticipation of tomorrow’s trailer to No Time To Die and they are AWESOME! They feature Daniel Craig as James Bond, Léa Seydoux as Madeleine Swann, Rami Malek as Safin, Lashana Lynch as Nomi, Ben Whishaw as Q and Ana de Armas as Paloma.

Some quick, random thoughts about them:

  • Bond is a badass in gloves and tactical holster on his thigh – almost looks like an assassin. Is Bond required to kill Safin?
  • Swann looks great but overall muted…does she meet her maker in the beginning part of the movie?
  • Safin is devious and kind of hiding his hands (akthough you *can* definitely see skin if you look close enough) Are they or will they be metallic? Safin aka Dr. No?
  • Nomi is a badass…looking left to Safin’s character in the Tweet…does she first try to take him down and Bond helps her finish the job?
  • Whishaw’s Q is a treasure…we are spoiled to have someone take up the Q helm worthy of Desmond Llewelyn.
  • Paloma is a lowkey (not anymore) badass apparently…between the dual klobb in the teaser to the teaser trailer and this pic, she will likely be a force to be reckoned with.
Daniel Craig as James Bond in No Time To Die (2020)

Daniel Craig as James Bond in No Time To Die (2020)

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James Bond (Sean Connery) and...Arnold Palmer?! survey the fairway in Goldfinger (1964)

Wait…so that ball *was* Mr. Goldfinger’s?

James Bond (Sean Connery) and...Arnold Palmer?! survey the fairway in Goldfinger (1964)

James Bond (Sean Connery) and…Arnold Palmer?! survey the fairway in Goldfinger (1964)

Some more Photoshop fun…as Hawker (played by Gerry Duggan) jokes to James Bond of Goldfinger’s luck in finding his own golf ball – “If that’s his original ball, I’m Arnold Palmer.”

CHeck out the original screenshot from the movie after the jump.

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It's been a harrowing 5 years of waiting for James Bond fans too, Daniel.

Goldenrant #004: No Time To Die is going to suck

Originally published on October 21st, 2019.

All signs point to a No Time To Die dud.

I hope I’m wrong. Prove me wrong. Please. From a fan’s perspective, the 25th James Bond movie No Time To Die (2020) – Daniel Craig’s fifth and his last outing as 007 – was plagued from pre-production to its current status as a hopeful blockbuster and worthy entry into the James Bond canon.

Production Issues

Five long years since the last movie. A change in director. A change in release date. A broken ankle for Daniel Craig. Could anything else go wrong? Well, yes, of course it could. And sure, an on-set injury can happen, but I can also see it as a bad omen. The writing is on the wall, so to speak. I guess at least frogs haven’t rained down on-set. They continue to film and haven’t given up, so that’s a good thing.

It's been a harrowing 5 years of waiting for James Bond fans too, Daniel.

It’s been a harrowing 5 years of waiting for James Bond fans too, Daniel.

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JamesJob? OddBond?

A faceswap of James Bond (Sean Connery) and Oddjob (Harold Sakata) from Goldfinger (1964)

Fun with faceswap from Goldfinger (1964)…more to come!

Check out the original image after the jump!

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Zoom-in of a screenshot from the gunbarrel sequence from You Only Live Twice (1967)

Oddly Satisfying YOLT Gunbarrel Blood

Zoom-in of a screenshot from the gunbarrel sequence from You Only Live Twice (1967)

Zoom-in of a screenshot from the gunbarrel sequence from You Only Live Twice (1967)

…how the blood perfectly aligns with James Bond’s arm profile in this screenshot. #OddlySatisfying

James Bond (Roger Moore) is ready to part with some Stolichnya vodka in A View To A Kill (1985)

Enjoy the weekend! (Responsibly)

James Bond (Roger Moore) is ready to part with some Stolichnya vodka in A View To A Kill (1985)

James Bond (Roger Moore) is ready to part with some Stolichnya vodka in A View To A Kill (1985)

James Bond (Daniel Craig) hits the pool in Skyfall (2012)

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming

James Bond (Daniel Craig) hits the pool in Skyfall (2012)

James Bond (Daniel Craig) hits the pool in Skyfall (2012)

James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) perilously hangs by a rope in the opening sequence of The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Businessman on a Rope

James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) perilously hangs by a rope in the opening sequence of The World Is Not Enough (1999)

James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) perilously hangs by a rope in the opening sequence of The World Is Not Enough (1999)

James Bond (Roger Moore) "on a mission in Austria" in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Cozy Log Cabin in Austria

James Bond (Roger Moore) "on a mission in Austria" in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

James Bond (Roger Moore) “on a mission in Austria” in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

GoldenEye Russian Restroom Newspaper Google Translated

Google Translate (roughly) helps us see the Russian headlines the soldier reads on the toilet in GoldenEye (1995) before James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) gives him the surprise of his life. The roughly translated text seen is:

  • “Twenty years ago, the Central Committee of the CPSU released first soviet football player to earn money in a foreign club”
  • “Mateus will not lie”
  • “Onin lived in Burma like a king, but worked like an ox”

Any Russians out there want to help out further?