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Is Fleming still relevant in Bond Movies?
Sandy said:@TheWizardOfIce well done, very well done. I'll second that.

Comment by jetsetwilly May 12 permalink
Is Fleming still relevant in Bond Movies?
pachazo said: Fleming's Bond is sometimes bitter and depressed but his sense of duty has always been most prevalent. To throw it all away to avenge Felix is not something we ever saw in the novels. I also have always hated the ending of LTK. B…

Comment by jetsetwilly May 12 permalink
Is Fleming still relevant in Bond Movies?
Perdogg said: First all, Moore's performance as Bond is very close to the Fleming bond simply because of Manicheism that Moore-bond exhibited, something that we really have not seen since near the ending of TWINE. Not only has this Fleming cor…

Comment by jetsetwilly May 12 permalink
What's your opinion of the novel version of Diamonds Are Forever. What did you think of it?
MajorDSmythe said:I didn't like it at all, it's currently 22/23 in my Bond literary ranking. The only story that is beneath DAF is 007 In New York, which feels more like a long winded apology to the people of New York, than a story. Flemin…

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
Exclusive information on Kingsley Amis' Proposed Second James Bond Novel in the 1970s?
Dragonpol said:[quote="jetsetwilly"][quote="Dragonpol"]Yes, I have some other stuff on this one. Perhaps one day it will make up an article on The Bondologist Blog. Just taken a look at your site...nice!! And your James Bond …

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
Is Fleming still relevant in Bond Movies?
Dragonpol said:[quote="jetsetwilly"][quote="Dragonpol"]But why not welcome radical and revisionist opinions on MI6. You accepted an old eccentric like me for instance! You know better than me my pro-Never Send Flowers views. Well…

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
Exclusive information on Kingsley Amis' Proposed Second James Bond Novel in the 1970s?
Dragonpol said:Yes, I have some other stuff on this one. Perhaps one day it will make up an article on The Bondologist Blog. Just taken a look at your site...nice!! And your James Bond film rankings is pretty damn close to mine. :-bd

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
Is Fleming still relevant in Bond Movies?
Dragonpol said:But why not welcome radical and revisionist opinions on MI6. You accepted an old eccentric like me for instance! You know better than me my pro-Never Send Flowers views. Well, I know Ice does! I'm all for radical opinions, but w…

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
Exclusive information on Kingsley Amis' Proposed Second James Bond Novel in the 1970s?
I would love to know about this mysterious second novel by Amis. Keep us posted Dragonpol. This is all very intriguing. Let's face it, the Amis novel is really the only time anyone has ever really come close to capturing Fleming, and his book …

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
Is Fleming still relevant in Bond Movies?
TheWizardOfIce said:[quote="Dragonpol"] I know perdogg. He's a valued member of my blog. Hmmm. Dismissing CR over TSWLM and MR as being less Flemingesque? Not sure if he means the tone of the film it the performance of the lead a…

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
The increased level of violence as a key factor in Kingsley Amis' Colonel Sun (1968)?
Dragonpol said:[quote="jetsetwilly"]I'm due another read of Colonel Sun. I remembered reading it years ago and thought it was very good, and very much like Fleming. I also remember the torture scene at the end being pretty horrific, o…

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
What's really left of Fleming to adapt?
Ludovico said:Something else that came to my mind: Paco ''Pistol'' Scaramanga. Change his family name, change his golden gun to something else, and we have a completely different character. I did not like one bit TMWTGG, that sai…

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
Is Fleming still relevant in Bond Movies?
SirHenryLeeChaChing said:I must say that Willy makes some excellent points regarding CR in particular that makes Perdogg's opinion in this matter highly suspect. Except for some updates where the material had become dated, we got the best adapt…

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
The increased level of violence as a key factor in Kingsley Amis' Colonel Sun (1968)?
I'm due another read of Colonel Sun. I remembered reading it years ago and thought it was very good, and very much like Fleming. I also remember the torture scene at the end being pretty horrific, on a par with CR. I'm off to Cyprus soon …

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
What's your opinion of the novel version of Diamonds Are Forever. What did you think of it?
I quite liked this novel. I really like the book when Bond arrives in Vegas. It's nice to read some of the hotels that are still on the strip now existed back then (Sahara and Tropicana). It's not as bad as TB, which I class as Fleming�…

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
Is Fleming still relevant in Bond Movies?
Perilagu_Khan said:Regardless of the OP's provenance and intentions, I cannot agree with him in the slightest. CR and SF are two of the more Flemingesque Bond films in the canon. In fact, I was thinking just this morning how Flemingesque is the…

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
Is Fleming still relevant in Bond Movies?
Dragonpol said:Yes, welcome perdogg. This forum is much better than AJB! I'll say that now. I was welcoming Bradford4 seeing as he is a newbie, but I'll welcome Perdogg too. He may have bizarre, crazy opinions on what is Flemingesque, bu…

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
Is Fleming still relevant in Bond Movies?
Bradford4 said:Theres that trademark MI6 community tolerance and understanding. Not everyone will share your same opinion. Getover it. Welcome to the forum.

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
Is Fleming still relevant in Bond Movies?
Perdogg said:In 1989, 2006, and 2012 we were told by the producers that Bond was going to return to his "Fleming roots". Unfortunately , this was not case in my opinion. Other than using the names and selected scenes, I have yet to see any…

Comment by jetsetwilly May 11 permalink
Pierce Brosnan backs first black James Bond
Mrcoggins said:[quote="jetsetwilly"]Personally, I think the next Bond should be Indian, Persian or Chinese. That would make perfect sense to me, seeing as this is a new era, and nothing to do with what Fleming wrote. Modern audiences are c…

Comment by jetsetwilly April 14 permalink
Pierce Brosnan backs first black James Bond
Personally, I think the next Bond should be Indian, Persian or Chinese. That would make perfect sense to me, seeing as this is a new era, and nothing to do with what Fleming wrote. Modern audiences are crying out for a black Bond, or an Indian Bond.…

Comment by jetsetwilly April 14 permalink
Bond 24 to CONTINUE to explore Bond's human side
I'm liking the sounds Logan is saying. Keep the focus on bond's character, but most importantly, in the way Fleming wrote him. So we've had depressed and past it Bond now in SF (taken from the later Fleming novels). What's next?…

Comment by jetsetwilly March 18 permalink
10 Flemingesque moments in Skyfall
0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 said:[quote="Matt_Helm"][quote="thelordflasheart"][quote="Matt_Helm"][quote="jetsetwilly"][quote="Matt_Helm"] "There are no right or wrong opinions." Political correct…

Comment by jetsetwilly March 17 permalink
10 Flemingesque moments in Skyfall
Matt_Helm said: "There are no right or wrong opinions." Political correct or not, there are!!! Yes, and your opinion is wrong...... :P

Comment by jetsetwilly March 16 permalink
10 Flemingesque moments in Skyfall
thelordflasheart said:[quote="Matt_Helm"] 1. I'm not arguing about Silva coming back for revenge (hell, i think he has any reason for it). It is just not something of Logic or not, it is just about the oldest Plot right After Kain an…

Comment by jetsetwilly March 16 permalink
10 Flemingesque moments in Skyfall
Matt_Helm said: 1.You can't be serious! This is almost a copy of my "Driver Seat " example. Next time you mention that people breath in SF just to prove how it excells on the logic front. I gave you four examples of the plot which I …

Comment by jetsetwilly March 16 permalink
What's really left of Fleming to adapt?
RC7 said:[quote="RogueAgent"][quote="jetsetwilly"][quote="RogueAgent"]Having not read any of the novels? Too which i apologise, i can only assume that there are no doubt a number of villains names that have not been use…

Comment by jetsetwilly March 16 permalink
10 Flemingesque moments in Skyfall
Matt_Helm said:[quote="Creasy47"][quote="Matt_Helm"][quote="Creasy47"]If Bond never errs, it would be incredibly boring. If he never gets caught, harmed, or tricked, then you know exactly what to expect all the time. Ho…

Comment by jetsetwilly March 16 permalink
What's really left of Fleming to adapt?
RogueAgent said:Having not read any of the novels? Too which i apologise, i can only assume that there are no doubt a number of villains names that have not been used perhaps? Yup! Certainly is. And still plenty of scenes.....and plots.

Comment by jetsetwilly March 16 permalink
10 Flemingesque moments in Skyfall
Matt_Helm said: No, you did not! Simply because there is no Moment like this the whole 220 minutes. And PLEASE!!! This is not about a Perfect Bond, this is about a Human Bond, who cares about People dying for nothing. Most of the criticism towards…

Comment by jetsetwilly March 15 permalink

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