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James Bond fans to decide 007's best movie poster ever

Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
edited January 2012 in News Posts: 13,350
Royal Mail are marking the 50th anniversary of the James Bond series with a very special limited edition commemorative sheet, featuring ten iconic Bond movie poster labels alongside ten, first class, Union Flag stamps. With 22 movies to choose from however, the task of deciding exactly which of the iconic Bond images will make it into the pack is fiendishly difficult. Which is where you come in because the final ten posters will be chosen not by Royal Mail, but by you, Bond’s most loyal fans. Every Bond movie poster from the last 50 years is available here to view, allowing you the once in a lifetime opportunity to decide which of your favourite ten will be immortalised in this special edition.

http://www.007.com/vote/royalmail/

What did you vote for?
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  • St_GeorgeSt_George Shuttling Drax's lovelies to the space doughnut - happy 40th, MR!
    edited January 2012 Posts: 1,699
    Good find, Samster. :)


    Not exactly <i>all</i> the posters, though, is it? All the major UK posters for each film, more like. But, hey, a nice idea for sure from old Royal Mail there.

    And to answer the question, my choices were:

    YOLT, OHMSS, LALD, TMWTGG, TSWLM, MR, FYEO, OP, GE and CR
  • PanchitoPistolesPanchitoPistoles 2.0
    Posts: 4,619
    It looks like they really are planning a lot of things for the anniversary!

    My votes: DN, FRWL, GF, TB, YOLT, OHMSS (all six posters from the sixties are great!) + LALD, FYEO, TLD, GE.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,350
    I picked the first ten though I really wish I'd have maybe chosen some of the later efforts now.

    I think as long as the most recent films aren't there, I'll be OK. Not really a fan of GoldenEye's or Casino Royale's personally.
  • KerimKerim Istanbul Not Constantinople
    Posts: 2,629
    I picked:

    DN
    FRWL
    GF
    TB
    OHMSS
    TMWTGG
    FYEO
    OP
    GE
    CR

    How on earth is OHMSS fourth from the bottom?
  • dragonskydragonsky
    Posts: 2,491
    I am surprised that OHMSS is at the bottom.I already voted before but i forgot for who.
    I think i choose:FRWL,GF,YOLT,OHMSS,FYEO,OP,DAD,CR.. (can't remember about the others)
    It looks like we can vote more than once?
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    edited January 2012 Posts: 5,745
    I picked them on the quality of the poster, not just my favorite films. It appered to me thats what happened with the majority of others' votes.

    I believe it was:

    DN
    FRWL
    GF
    OHMSS
    YOLT
    TMWTGG
    FYEO
    OP
    TLD
    CR
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 14,874
    Great find Sam. Good work as usual.
    So to the important stuff, my votes went to the following : DN, FRWL, TB, OHMSS, LALD, TSWLM, FYEO, OP, TLD, TND.

    TLD being my favourite of the bunch. Not a big fan of the simple designs for CR or GE.
    Looking across these posters in a group, there really are some great ones. Those for LALD, DN and FRWL stood out.
  • DiscoVolanteDiscoVolante Stockholm, Sweden
    edited January 2012 Posts: 1,347
    Wow Benny we voted 9/10 the same. Picked DAF over TND though.

    Sad to see TSWLM so low in the rankings, it's a fantastic poster :(
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited January 2012 Posts: 28,694
    I picked:

    DN
    FRWL
    TB
    OHMSS
    LALD
    TMWTGG
    OP
    TLD
    CR
    QoS


    LTK, OP, TMWTGG, and LALD need to be higher, but at least the beautiful FRWL is still up there. CR is deserving, but OHMSS is unfairly treated. I don't know how AVTAK isn't dead last. What an atrocious poster! Bond and Mayday look just plain cartoonish before an ugly cream background.
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 14,874
    DiscoVolante wrote:
    Wow Benny we voted 9/10 the same. Picked DAF over TND though.

    Sad to see TSWLM so low in the rankings, it's a fantastic poster :(

    Great minds think alike Disco.
    There are several on the list that are far too low. It's really quite bizarre.

  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
    Posts: 3,262
    OHMSS
    TLD
    OP
    YOLT
    TB
    MR
    FRWL
    TND
    DAF
    CR
  • LibrarianLibrarian
    Posts: 301
    I picked:
    GF - absolutely first place :)
    and:
    YOLT
    DN
    FRWL
    TB
    CR
    TSWLM
    OP
    GE
    TMWTGG


  • ZekidkZekidk
    edited January 2012 Posts: 3,168
    Samuel001 wrote:
    Every Bond movie poster from the last 50 years is available here to view
    Every? One might want to check out:

    http://www.ha.com/common/search_results.php?Nty=1&Ntk=SI_Titles&N=0+790+231&Ntt=james+bond&erpp=50

    Biggest collection online. Hours of fun.
  • slyfoxslyfox
    edited January 2012 Posts: 940
    Good find! I voted:

    DN
    FRWL
    GF
    TB
    YOLT

    OHMSS

    OP

    TLD

    GE - fond childhood memories of being in primary school and seeing this on huge billboards. Made me wish I was old enough to see the film at the cinema.

    TWINE - not for the film obviously! But I actually like the poster a lot. First Bond movie I saw at the cinema, so maybe I'm sentimental to this poster for that too.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 7,969
    Lovely find indeed Sam!

    anyway, voted the cuurent top 5, CR,DN,FRWL,GE and then TLD,LALD,OP,OHMSS, and TWINE.
    Figured it would be fun if atleaast all the actors were represented, and then chose the posters i like best. Seems I've got a general taste.. ;)
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
    Posts: 6,432
    DN, GF, TB, OHMSS, LALD, TSWLM, FYEO, TLD, GE, CR
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited January 2012 Posts: 13,350
    For those saying 'great find' or something similar, I just linked to it from the 007 twitter account! :-) Thanks anyway, guys.
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
    Posts: 1,812
    I chose the ones based on how they looked, not how the movie was:

    DN
    FRWL
    GF
    YOLT
    MR
    TLD
    GE
    TWINE
    DAD
    QoS
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
    Posts: 2,341
    Hey guys come on! Only one movie poster really stands out and it is top of my list and always will be:
    FYEO
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,894
    DN, FRWL, TB, YOLT, DAF, TLD, LTK, TND, TWINE & DAD
  • The007SwedeThe007Swede
    Posts: 127
    DN, FRWL, TB, OHMSS, YOLT, LALD, FYEO, OP, GE, CR
    :D
  • St_GeorgeSt_George Shuttling Drax's lovelies to the space doughnut - happy 40th, MR!
    edited January 2012 Posts: 1,699
    Funny that GE isn't that popular on here - as far as modern Bond posters go, it's outstanding. Great composition and wonderful colours. It shouted the return of 007 in the '90s to me and still does.

    Not surprised OHMSS is near the bottom on the actual site - it's more to do with the general public's ambivalence to the film than the actual quality of the poster, methinks. And, dare I say it, it's the other way round when it comes to TB's poster. ;)

    Much of the artwork for TB is ace, but that particular poster is pretty dull to my mind. Much better is the three-part whole poster on which, if I'm not mistaken, it's the bottom third. Just my two cents' worth.
    Zekidk wrote:
    Samuel001 wrote:
    Every Bond movie poster from the last 50 years is available here to view
    Every? One might want to check out:

    http://www.ha.com/common/search_results.php?Nty=1&Ntk=SI_Titles&N=0+790+231&Ntt=james+bond&erpp=50

    Biggest collection online. Hours of fun.

    And that site's a keeper, all right... :-bd
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,506
    I work for Royal Mail so i will get my choices in asap!
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    I did pick a poster of each 007 performer, because I find they have all to be there since they all are part of the magic.
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited January 2012 Posts: 4,441
    Shame you can only vote for those. For example i missing the girl from Goldfinger http://www.filmwerk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/goldfinger_poster.jpg .
    Because i can't vote for this one, this vote going to OHMSS.

    I vote for:

    FRWL
    OHMSS
    LALD
    OP
    TLD
    LTK
    GE
    TMND
    Twine
    QOS

    The one from LTK, GE, TMND, Twine (and QOS) i own my self in another format.
    From DAD i prefer the Blue one http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/007DAD1.jpg/220px-007DAD1.jpg , the one i own not the gray one.
  • KronsteenKronsteen Stockholm
    Posts: 783
    Nice initiative from Royal Mail!

    Now a lot of the Moore ones are in the lead, and OHMSS is up there as well :)

    If I don't remember it wrong I chose DN, FRWL, OHMSS, LALD, FYEO, OP, AVTAK, TLD, GE and CR (the two last ones mostly because I think all the Bonds should be represented on the stamps!).
  • QuarterdeckQuarterdeck
    Posts: 136
    Nice find. Particularly like the 'shuffle' feature at the end when you've made your selection.

    I like the Moore ones. Nice to see FYEO leading...though I'm surprisd FRWL is so lowdown as that strikes me as pretty iconic...

    It's interesting looking at small 'stamp-like' representations of them. For example, DAD really stands out as an image looked at this way.

    For the record, in no real order, went for FYEO, LALD, MR, TMWTGG, TSWLM, FRWL, GE, GF, TB and QoS

  • slyfoxslyfox
    edited January 2012 Posts: 940
    Wow, its changed a lot since I cast my vote. :O

    The ten to be printed at the moment would be: 7 Roger Moore films, 2 Daltons and 1 Lazenby ! That would be a shock.

    Anyone know when votes are closed?
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,350
    Can we vote more than once? I know we're able to but any idea if they're counted or not?
    slyfox wrote:
    Anyone know when votes are closed?

    Hopefully soon, though maybe not until the Summer. Just a feeling I get...
  • slyfoxslyfox
    Posts: 940
    It would be a real shame if none of the Connery films made it through. In an ideal world, all of the Bond's should have at least one stamp!

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