NO TIME TO DIE Spoilers (production pictures & videos)

A child.

Ok, I thought that might be it, but the person appears to be standing in a hole in the rock, so it could have been Madeline as well. Good catch!

So, is that theoretically bringing into question whether the young girl is in fact a young Madeleine in a flashback if she is on set with the current female 007 in a shared scene? Lots of conjecture there, but intriguing nonetheless.

Remember Lea Seydoux is on that location as well…

Either that or Nomi was actually Bond’s predecessor as 007 and her whole story is a flashback :wink: Maybe the character he meets in Jamaica played by Lynch in a wig is actually her daughter?

(I’m joking: I always thought the flashback stuff was a tenuous rumour)

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I am officially confused by what the child is doing there. We really don’t know much about this film!

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Exactly this.

“Our game is our game. But this? Women… children…”

-Mr. White

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I think you’re over-emphasizing the bereavement aspect. Lots of people have to face that in their lives, and it’s nearly always tragic and difficult, but that isn’t the focus of this show. The rest of her life looks pretty peachy in comparison, yet she is made out to be a flawed, complicated person in a flawed, complicated age. PW-B says that it’s about a woman’s rage - but, really, a lot more people have a lot more to be angry about.

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That’s totally intentional - it’s a commentary on the Instagram entitled selfy generation. The subtext is that we all crave attention - for people to care about us, but when everyone’s so wrapped up in themselves no one can really care about anyone else.

When she finally finds someone that takes notice enough to spot the 4th wall moments, he’s ultimately he’s too wrapped up in god. Tragic!

It’s not Shakespeare, but it’s pretty damned good.

I think you’re missing the point somewhat: she’s not supposed to be a good person- she is self absorbed: that’s the point. Look at the title of the show for a clue as to whether she’s supposed to be flawless. Just because a show is about someone it doesn’t mean they’re being presented as a hero.

This guff about ‘others have more to be angry about’ is utterly irrelevant: it’s not about them. Should James Bond not be upset next time a wife of his is murdered because he’s got a nice shiny car and some people eat out of food banks?

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Yesterday it was recording artists, today it’s screenwriters. We really need that teaser poster and trailer to surface. Come on October 5th!!

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Exactly.

Also, she is bereaved because she has caused it. Which takes away from any sympathy for her.

Is sympathy for the characters really a pre-requisite? The Scorsese version of Cape Fear is wall to wall horrible people (in a manner that makes you wonder if Scorsese had a wager for just how despicable he could make his ensemble), but it’s critically lauded and won many, many, awards.

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Exactly. I think there’s some confusion here about whether a show is saying a character must be perfect just because they’re the lead. A show which insults its lead in its own title at that! :smiley:

Good point. Malek focussing on genetic warfare targeting young children, potentially because of some genetic abnormality which has afflicted him throughout his life?

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You say it’s a commentary on the Instagram era, but in the series I saw (1st) we don’t see her waving her phone around and taking pictures or fiddling with her social media pages.

Poverty is hardly “guff” (you seem to be a Tory, so perhaps you’re used to handwaving away such issues), and what I’m taking issue with is also the paratext (interviews, think pieces etc) in which either PW-B or others are portrayed as a talisman for her gender and generation and that she’s “saying something” about those things.

As a side-note, humour is subjective, obviously, but I was unable to detect any humour in the three hours I sat looking for it.

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I do detect humour - but a lot is rather malicious, and that kind of shock humour might be trendy right now but a kind of Schadenfreude which I do not like either. Cheap shots, not all but too many.

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I suspect that it’s just a case of “bring your kids to the office” day.

I mean, no one is speculating about a BB cameo just because she’s on set, but as soon as there’s a child barely visible in the background of a picture…

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When did I say that?

I didn’t say it was. Read again please. I was saying your argument that there are bigger things in the world means this is meaningless. You’re on a James Bond forum. Context.

Personal insult. And wrong, of course.

Who are you blaming for that? The show?

And whose problem is that? I laughed several times; not hugely obviously as it’s not a gag-a-minute show, but no-one can help you if you don’t find it funny.