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Would you rather watch Jaws in TSWLM OR MR?

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  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    LALD. They should have left him out of TMWTGG. That guy fit right into the swamps of Louisiana, but would have been highly unlikely to travel to Thailand...and visit an AMC dealership there, since AMC never had a dealership in Thailand.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    LALD. They should have left him out of TMWTGG. That guy fit right into the swamps of Louisiana, but would have been highly unlikely to travel to Thailand...and visit an AMC dealership there, since AMC never had a dealership in Thailand.

    Well, if the man himself makes the choice, who am I to see it differently?
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
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    Pepper is such a racist buffoon I wish he’d been left out of both films. Having said that Clifton James was a fine actor .
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    CommanderRoss wrote: »
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    LALD. They should have left him out of TMWTGG. That guy fit right into the swamps of Louisiana, but would have been highly unlikely to travel to Thailand...and visit an AMC dealership there, since AMC never had a dealership in Thailand.

    Well, if the man himself makes the choice, who am I to see it differently?

    Right, you'd better listen to the sheriff, or I'd haul your ass through my parish!
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    LALD.

    Once is kind of funny, a second appearance is cringeworthy.
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
    edited June 10 Posts: 3,281
    At least the tube station couple from SF weren't on the street in Rome when Bond parachuted down in SP...
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Venutius wrote: »
    At least the tube station couple from SF weren't on the street in Rome when Bond parachuted down in SP...

    That, tbh, would've made more sense.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    Venutius wrote: »
    At least the tube station couple from SF weren't on the street in Rome when Bond parachuted down in SP...

    Tube station couple? Don't you mean Vesper's parents? ;)
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Seve wrote: »
    LALD where he was relevant to his surroundings

    In TMWTGG he was a fish out of water, but not in a good way.
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  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    As previously mentioned, Roger had a couple of characters that came back to play an important role in a second film. Let us turn our attention to one Jaws!

    Would you rather watch Jaws in Spy OR in MR?

    One of the more memorable things about TSWLM is Jaws! 7'2" henchman of Stromberg. He was full of menace and yet there were some comedic elements present. Dropping the block on his foot, brushing himself off when the car crashes through a house. Jaws also had a killer side as we see him end the life of men on screen. Though the gore is low, the killing is played straight. No words are spoken but his actions speak louder.

    OR

    Brought back for MR. Jaws shows up in the PTS, is that the first time we see the henchman in the PTS? Jaws has a character arc in this film and we hear him utter words. The comedy is played up in this film. From breaking steering wheels on boats, to having cable car mishaps our Jaws seems to be more of a bungler. He does however fall in love and turn to the side of right and virtue!

    Which Jaws performance would you rather watch?
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    I like when the franchise takes some fun and surprises me, so MR for Jaws.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
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    TSWLM. I wish he didn't return in MR.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    TSWLM
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    There is sometimes too much of a good thing @SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ I recall the fandom clamouring for Hinx to return in NTTD and I am glad he didn't. There is something to be said for giving us everything in one film.

    BTW I have reflected and now remember that Grant also appeared in the PTS in FRWL. So I guess this was the second time that a Henchman appeared in the PTS...wait I think we also see the hook of Tee Hee in the LALD PTS, so it's the third time. Oh and Nick Nack appears in the PTS of Golden Gun. Okay it's not as rare as we think. LOL!
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
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    thedove wrote: »
    There is sometimes too much of a good thing @SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ I recall the fandom clamouring for Hinx to return in NTTD and I am glad he didn't. There is something to be said for giving us everything in one film.

    BTW I have reflected and now remember that Grant also appeared in the PTS in FRWL. So I guess this was the second time that a Henchman appeared in the PTS...wait I think we also see the hook of Tee Hee in the LALD PTS, so it's the third time. Oh and Nick Nack appears in the PTS of Golden Gun. Okay it's not as rare as we think. LOL!

    Yeah @thedove I think Blofeld is the only villian that has the ultimate right to keep returning :)
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
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    LucknFate wrote: »
    I like when the franchise takes some fun and surprises me, so MR for Jaws.

    +1

    Another vote for Jaws in MR. I tend to have a slight preference for MR over TSWLM of the two late 1970s Gilbert/Moore/Wood sci-fi Bond epics. And while I wouldn't want this story device in every Bond film there is something refreshing about a henchman acting in his own self-interest and switching to Bond's side when he realizes his villainous boss is either going to throw him under the bus or has already done so(unlike say Oddjob in GF or Gobinda in OP for example.)

  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
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    To be honest, I liked Jaws in both, he's menacing in the Pyramids in TSWLM when he killed Max Kalba, and also menacing in MR in the dark Brazilian Alley with Manuela and in that Amazon Forest with Bond (bonus for that Python Snake fight).
    But MR for me, aside from it being my favorite Moore Bond film, Jaws had been given more focus, he was often a bit sidelined in TSWLM whereas in MR he had more exposure and it's more fun.
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