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A few details are now out!

The new James Bond film will be called Quantum of Solace, and although this sounds a bit unconventional for a Bond film title, we’ll just have to wait and see how it all connects. The title was chosen within the 48 hours, and is the title used on one of Ian Fleming’s 007 short stories. This Bond will star Daniel Craig and Judi Dench, but there will be no Q and no Moneypenny this time around. Felix Leiter will reappear and the Aston Martin DBS V12 will be back!

This film will be a direct sequel to Casino Royale, so direct in fact that the first scene will be set only one hour after the final scene of the previous film. According to the press there will be more action, more girls and more gadgets. Even M gets a chance to play with some extra gadgetry and in this film we’ll even hear (or maybe even see) M’s husband.

“It’s grown on me,” said Daniel Craig. “I was unsure at first. Bond is looking for his quantum of solace and that’s what he wants, he wants his closure. Ian Fleming says that if you don’t have a quantum of solace in your relationship then the relationship is over. It’s that spark of niceness in a relationship that if you don’t have you might as well give up.”

Casino Royale was a reboot *right* back to the start and the movie’s premise was based around Bond having to prove himself to earn the stature of 007. **Spoilers Follow** Bond and M continue to interrogate suspects from the crime organisation uncovered in the previous film and Bond learns that there is a great deal of evil in the world. Bond travels to Venice where he meets his movie nemesis, Greene, who wants to control one of the world’s most important natural resources, who is helping a Latin American general to return to power in exchange for support in his evil deeds. Bond will collaborate with a girl with a vendetta against Greene and the two will work together to bring him down (both with slightly different agendas, apparently!)

There’s more information available on the film and probably one of the best places to follow the actual facts is Wikipedia (it usually is!)

I’ll be looking forward to going to see it

Yes, there is a new Star Trek film coming out in December of this year, and people are getting excited about it. Until this was announced, everyone thought Star Trek was dead. I’ve been following certain aspects of it as it goes along, and I think the campaign between now and the release will be interesting. What are the biggest concerns about it so far? Well it’s directed by J.J. Abrams. How one man can work in the industry with such a big name and get such negative press about everything? I suppose that’s because he’s responsible for TV series such as Lost and Alias.

I have seen the entire series of Alias. I don’t think I’ll watch it twice; it was good fun for action/entertainment, and poor for believability and sincerity. I have seen Lost too, and although I like it simply for the fact that it’s a little different, it sure does drag on and milk suspense for all it’s worth, even if that suspense turns into an anti-climax when you watch the next episode. But you still keep on watching.

So the question is, will Abrams do anything good with the next Star Trek or will he kill it? So far everything seems to be good. I trust Leonard Nimoy’s judgement in saying that if the script wasn’t awesome he wouldn’t be in it. What better recommendation to see a film can you get than Spock? But as it’s still in production it remains to be seen what the end result will look like.

We’ve seen the teaser trailer and a few other bits and pieces. Bits and pieces being four little videos released at http://www.ncc-1701.com, which is dressed up to look like some sort of terminal display, showing various camera feeds of the construction of the Enterprise.

The teaser is showing us the construction of the Enterprise with sound bites from NASA, as well as Spock’s “Space… The Final Frontier” monologue. The problem with this is that the Enterprise was originally captained by Christopher Pike. This is canon! You can’t mess with that. So what in the film will bridge the gap between the construction and the voyage with Kirk?

We shall see.

Here’s some stuff:

http://www.paramount.com/startrek/

http://www.ncc-1701.com/

Enjoy.