New Bond film 'Skyfall' gets royal red carpet world premiere

World my ass. Only covers middle east, and half of europe. USA waits until the 9th (two and a half weeks) and japan waits A MONTH. These idiots better not complain when pirated versions come out before it's even released elsewhere, there's absolutely no excuse for random countries getting it at random times.

Hell, fansub groups can put a movie out with full translations and typesetting in a matter of hours (usually 36 hours or less, individuals or small groups might take four or five days), and they mean to tell me that a professional team of translators with access to all the best tools need a month?

The delay for USA makes even less sense, it's english for crying out loud.

bas, average Americans need translation from the Queen's English. Chips and lifts can be so-o-o confusing. Thank Gawd for Benny Hill!

Commoners, can't help it, can't help them. God bless the Queen and the Queen's English. I like Dench, she is perfect for M :)

Herve Nmn L'EisaOct. 24, 2012 - 08:40PM JST

average Americans need translation from the Queen's English. Chips and lifts can be so-o-o confusing.

That's just being ignorant of the last thirty years of Bond movies which had no issues, including a guy who doesn't even speak Queen's English naturally.

I'm yet to hear a good explanation for why we have to wait another six weeks to see this. If they can see it in China on November 2nd, why not in Japan? Oh, don't tell me - there is something unique about Japan?

Ivan CoughanoffalotOct. 27, 2012 - 01:00AM JST

I'm yet to hear a good explanation for why we have to wait another six weeks to see this. If they can see it in China on November 2nd, why not in Japan? Oh, don't tell me - there is something unique about Japan?

Anti-downloading laws, "right of resale" laws, and everything else that the media companies here use to keep movie, music, and video game prices through the roof (i.e. a 3 year old game I bought for $5 in the US is being sold here for 7500 yen, about 20x fare market value!). People should have complained more, if they did we would see less "talent" (if those people were talented at anything, I would be a freaking legend) and more on time movies (and possibly cheaper movies, ~2500 yen bluray and ~4000 yen video games)