The idea of an ambiguous ending would be interesting. Though I would also favour a post credit scene - or at least an extra scene on the BluRay - of Doctors standing over Bond and discussing the possibility of severe Fugu poisoning.
For those who might not be aware:
To bookend each actorâs âtour of dutyâ with a death is probably something the audience would adapt to.
But itâs an all or nothing idea, which Eon et al probably wanted to meet in the middle on.
If it was the old âconflicting notes from various producersâ dilemma, then Boyle was sensible to quit early(ish).
Check out the 007 Instagram page. Funny stuff.
Not sure thereâs a salt shaker big enough for these killing off Bond stories. Not in a million years would EON go in that direction.
Super pissed that my fan art logo has gone viral and Barbara Broccoli autographed it without no one acknowledging where it originated from.
True. Just frustrating because Iâve always hoped that EON was seeing my work.
You never know Gobi. You might get an email one day from Eon. Of course theyâd probably have you agree to a NDA, but then youâd truly be recognized. Be thrilled that your work has been noticed.
I can see why youâre frustrated.
If I were in charge, youâd be making the official film posters.
Absolutely!
Next thing you know theyâll be making Bond blonde 
Donât say such a thing!
Gobi, Iâll re-iterate what others have said- if it were up to me, youâd design all the posters.
Most of the latest official offerings have been total garbage (especially the Skyfall ones, good lord ) . All of yours are a breath of fresh air.
Yes, Gobiâs have been good. Not sure if it was the same chap but there was a teaser poster I think for SPECTRE which was a catâs eye. Also good.
And yes, the designs by Empire Design have been beyond woeful. They are capable of decent imagery as I believe they design Oblivion posters - they were superb. But just sticking Craig in the middle of a poster is devoid of all effort. They over lit ones for Skyfall were an embarrassment and as MGW is a renowned photographer, and interested in such, I am surprised he didnât wade in with impressions.
Think so, too. And I understand EON is absolutely involved in the PR campaign - so they must have liked those posters.
Lowest common denominator thinking, I guess. Despite Bond selling anyway, opting for a bland âCraig in the middle posterâ instead of a subtle, evocative design strikes me as a missed opportunity.
True of modern posters in general though no?
Not really modern posters in general, but those designed by Empire Design. Theyâre all done the same way: big âsomethingâ in the middle, usually a person or two, sometimes a silhouette, rarely much more. Lots of space, most of the time a single colored background (white in most cases).
A modular system that some people mistake for âstyleâ 
Yup, exactly.
They recently redid their site so seem to no longer be able to search or see all of their designs. But around the time of SPECTRE, one could see more of their output. I checked basically all of it and yes, man in middle and, well, not much else really.
It did make me wonder just how much they charge for such âdesignsâ⌠And if itâs any more than a buck ninety-five, someoneâs being shaken down.
Iâve liked the teaser posters (well, teaser image in Spectreâs case, the teaser poster was less than inspiring) but in their actual purpose of teasing the film. The main posters since LTK have been more than somewhat phoned in.
I agree that the teaser posters have been good. Itâs the final one sheet posters that need more. Theyâre basically just another variation of a teaser poster.
*I may be getting my US and UK release posters mixed up but these are the posters I saw in theaters the day the films came out. I think all of them are fine and they would all be good teaser posters but the final one sheet needs to have much more going on.
The CR main poster is IMO the best (and only good one of these), although it looks put together rather than finely crafted. At least it evokes the central conflict of the film.
QUANTUM is just brute Bond with a big gun. SKYFALL tries something different but has nothing to do with the movie (unless one wants to over-interpret âBond has fallen down and can still shootâ). SPECTRE really makes little sense. If the spectre of death looms behind Bond they should have used the SPECTRE-octopus, not Bond´s own disguise during the PTS (unless one wants to over-interpret âBond is his own worst enemyâ, which the film doesnât support, however).
I hope the poster for BOND 25 will dare to be different.
