Comments on: WWTW Rewind – ‘Dr. No’ (Blu-ray)

By: boqueronman

boqueronman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:02:34 +0000

The problem with the modern Quantum version of Bond is the shortage of acceptable villains. Let’s face it, we live in a post-modern Obama world. Therefore, the old villain standbys are unacceptable in this multi-culti, politically correct culture. So who can we turn to? In Quantum it turned out to be a shadowy cabal of middle aged, white CEOs, clearly representing the colonialist, capitalist West. Quantum was a major muddle of a mess after the seeming return to basics in Casino Royale. Before we spend money on the next installment, we’ll be closely parsing the reviews to see if the “evil villain” is, surprise, us again. If so, no thanks.

By: cftoto

cftoto — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:22:49 +0000

I don’t have enough Blu-ray savvy yet to respond, K. Gimme a few weeks with the format.

By: bob

bob — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:50:32 +0000

Actually, the end of Quantum of Solace made me think of Dr. No. It seems to me that Craig’s Bond is evolving, getting close to the Bond we first met way back when. And the bad guys in QoS, at the moment, bear more than a superficial similarity to SPECTRE.

Not to take anything away from Connery and Dr. No. He remains THE James Bond, and this film was an excellent launch point for the franchise. Damnit, yet another reason to save up for a Blu-Ray player….

By: K

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:23:42 +0000

I’m finding that for non-blue ray DVDs on a 1080P TV you can see the graininess from the fast film they used for darkened scenes. Is that true for Blue Ray as well, or have they used a smoothing algorithm to take care of that? It’s something that you never noticed when shown using a non-HD TV, or even at the movie theater.

And yes, Dr. No sets the standard for James Bond. Connery is absolutely spot on and the movie preserves the ruthlessness of the Bond from the Fleming books. But Bond may be ruthless in shooting the scientist and making love the a girl whose life depends on him staying in her flat, but he was never obviously a thug. Something which the modern Craig version seems to emphasize.