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  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited March 2019 Posts: 13,926
    30th Anniversary of the World Wide Web, invented by Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee in March 1989.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,459
    Pizza Express weighing in with an ... expresso martini?? Ugh.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited March 2019 Posts: 17,801
    QBranch wrote: »
    30th Anniversary of the World Wide Web, invented by Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee in March 1989.

    30th-anniversary-of-the-world-wide-web-4871946884874240.5-law.gif

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web

    Yes, that was a great gift to the world. There'd be no Bond forums without it, or anything else for that matter! I, and no doubt countless others, are eternally grateful to Sir Timothy. :)
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    Posts: 17,279
    Tracy wrote: »


    Met her last yr.......

    Can't recognise who that is. An author?
  • dramaticscenesofQOSdramaticscenesofQOS
    Posts: 1,280
    Ever thought that there was an underrated movie out there that probably didn't see the light of day when it came out but that maybe years later, audiences would discover it better?

    Some movies have had this feature like Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Room but these movies didn't quite use internet crowd-viewership to boost ratings as often.

    Would anyone be interested in raising awareness about a certain film that they feel audiences and critics overlooked? If so, how would you create a feasible plan of action in which we can take a good movie and shine upon it to show studios that audiences don't like only superhero movies and big blockbuster style films?

    If we develop a plan here and carry it out as a way to test out the movement, it would be cool.
  • X3MSonicXX3MSonicX https://www.behance.net/gallery/86760163/Fa-Posteres-de-007-No-Time-To-Die
    Posts: 2,635
    Here it is. The final version of my concept logo for 007. :D



    Take a better look here:

    https://www.behance.net/portfolio/editor?project_id=76909923
  • mattjoesmattjoes Kicking: Impossible
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    Great film scoring. This scene could've been set to more energetic, strident music, but Henry Mancini went for understatement and contrast, choosing to emphasize the psychological state of the characters, the mounting tension and the sense that things are going to end up badly for one of these two. The physical struggle between Grant and Kennedy is mostly allowed to shine by itself.



    Mancini did this more than once.



    It's good scoring, and practical too, in that the music doesn't have to bend and contort to accommodate the ever-changing physical action. It does its own thing, and it's less notes to write!
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited March 2019 Posts: 23,327
    mattjoes wrote: »
    Great film scoring. This scene could've been set to more energetic, strident music, but Henry Mancini went for understatement and contrast, choosing to emphasize the psychological state of the characters, the mounting tension and the sense that things are going to end up badly for one of these two. The physical struggle between Grant and Kennedy is mostly allowed to shine by itself.



    Mancini did this more than once.



    It's good scoring, and practical too, in that the music doesn't have to bend and contort to accommodate the ever-changing physical action. It does its own thing, and it's less notes to write!

    I always liked that sequence in Revenge... Mancini did some great work on the Pink Panther movies



    2:50 onward one of my favorite Mancini themes from the films.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Kicking: Impossible
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    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    Great film scoring. This scene could've been set to more energetic, strident music, but Henry Mancini went for understatement and contrast, choosing to emphasize the psychological state of the characters, the mounting tension and the sense that things are going to end up badly for one of these two. The physical struggle between Grant and Kennedy is mostly allowed to shine by itself.



    Mancini did this more than once.



    It's good scoring, and practical too, in that the music doesn't have to bend and contort to accommodate the ever-changing physical action. It does its own thing, and it's less notes to write!

    I always liked that sequence in Revenge... Mancini did some great work on the Pink Panther movies



    2:50 onward one of my favorite Mancini themes from the films.
    Same here.

    I also love the Inspector Clouseau theme from Strikes Again.

    I wish they would release the film version of the main title of Return. The album version is missing the music that plays while Clouseau and the Pink Panther are coming and going through the doors.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 23,327
    mattjoes wrote: »
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    Great film scoring. This scene could've been set to more energetic, strident music, but Henry Mancini went for understatement and contrast, choosing to emphasize the psychological state of the characters, the mounting tension and the sense that things are going to end up badly for one of these two. The physical struggle between Grant and Kennedy is mostly allowed to shine by itself.



    Mancini did this more than once.



    It's good scoring, and practical too, in that the music doesn't have to bend and contort to accommodate the ever-changing physical action. It does its own thing, and it's less notes to write!

    I always liked that sequence in Revenge... Mancini did some great work on the Pink Panther movies



    2:50 onward one of my favorite Mancini themes from the films.
    Same here.

    I also love the Inspector Clouseau theme from Strikes Again.

    I wish they would release the film version of the main title of Return. The album version is missing the music that plays while Clouseau and the Pink Panther are coming and going through the doors.

    I have had tracks on tape and cd over the years and now a few from Amazon Music. YouTube seems to have the best selection when I was checking yesterday, I would be happy to purchase complete scores of all the films. Mancini did some great variations of the main theme, I do like Revenge... main theme...


    The themes work so well with the animated intro's
  • TracyTracy
    Posts: 1,639
    Bomb threat in Augsburg
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    edited March 2019 Posts: 5,185
    Tracy wrote: »
    Bomb threat in Augsburg

    In multiple cities, but Augsburg is all clear again. The Tombs of the Bleuchamps are in no danger anymore
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
    Posts: 8,687
    The bomb thread did indeed not relate to the St. Anna Kirche. But someone from the right-wing end of the spectrum is rather active these days, sending fake (?) threats to all kinds of places, so stay tuned.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    CAPTION CONTEST

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  • mattjoesmattjoes Kicking: Impossible
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    Don't know where else to post this, really. It's self-explanatory. Hopefully interesting.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwR98IoWpuA&t=1m14s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-wbg991Nbs&t=36s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJw5hwa8Tik&t=2m50s
    https://picosong.com/wbbEs/

    ---

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkMutd9EI98&t=55s (or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDDqdnrB8WU&t=56s)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUgVZOtADhA&t=1m13s
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    edited March 2019 Posts: 5,185
    mattjoes wrote: »
    Don't know where else to post this, really. It's self-explanatory. Hopefully interesting.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwR98IoWpuA&t=1m14s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-wbg991Nbs&t=36s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJw5hwa8Tik&t=2m50s
    https://picosong.com/wbbEs/

    ---

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkMutd9EI98&t=55s (or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDDqdnrB8WU&t=56s)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUgVZOtADhA&t=1m13s

    "Nothing more than a common thief..."

    It definitly is interesting. That's how much the Bond theme must have been stuck in his head.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Kicking: Impossible
    Posts: 6,721
    00Agent wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    Don't know where else to post this, really. It's self-explanatory. Hopefully interesting.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwR98IoWpuA&t=1m14s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-wbg991Nbs&t=36s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJw5hwa8Tik&t=2m50s
    https://picosong.com/wbbEs/

    ---

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkMutd9EI98&t=55s (or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDDqdnrB8WU&t=56s)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUgVZOtADhA&t=1m13s

    "Nothing more than a common thief..."

    It definitly is interesting. That's how much the Bond theme must have been stuck in his head.

    Yes. The Bond music style is part of the Barry music style. If Bond hadn't come along, Barry would've explored that style in other films (and he did, only probably to a lesser extent).
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    "Hehe! Free drugs everywhere!"
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    "Must be my old metal detector!"
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    "So that's where I buried those robots!"
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    "So that's where I buried those robots!"

    that he made for TPOAL.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    Posts: 17,279
    Tried to come up with a Daniel Craig (B25) buzz cut joke, but couldn't think of anything funny…
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited March 2019 Posts: 17,801
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    "So that's where I buried those robots!"

    that he made for TPOAL.

    Yep, they became obsolete waiting for Dalton III.

    Luckily the robots still had some potential scrap metal value, so he was quids in! Pucka!
  • TracyTracy
    Posts: 1,639
    Georgianne : Chris , I dont know what to buy you for birthday present !

    Walken : More cowbells ?

    :D
  • 007Blofeld007Blofeld In the freedom of the West.
    Posts: 3,126
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    The bomb thread did indeed not relate to the St. Anna Kirche. But someone from the right-wing end of the spectrum is rather active these days, sending fake (?) threats to all kinds of places, so stay tuned.

    @JWPepper hey Not all right wing minded people are lunatics the left has alot them too
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
    Posts: 8,687
    007Blofeld wrote: »
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    The bomb thread did indeed not relate to the St. Anna Kirche. But someone from the right-wing end of the spectrum is rather active these days, sending fake (?) threats to all kinds of places, so stay tuned.

    @JWPepper hey Not all right wing minded people are lunatics the left has alot them too

    I didn't say anything different. It's just that these current threats I am talking about do come from apparently Nazi type persons. And yes, we (Germany) also had IS(IS)/Islamist threats here and there...but the latest "leftist" terrorists I remember were a long time ago (over here, that is), but they did happen. Remember the "Red Army Faction" of the seventies? No really "leftist terrorist" killings since then, actually. What we had besides Islamist attacks were murders by Nazis.

    And I have to face the fact that at least these days, as a traditional liberal in Europe (which is not a synonym, but quite the opposite of a socialist over here), I'm also more right-wing than left-wing in our political spectrum. That being said, American "conservatives" (I put that in quotes, because I don't see them "conserving" anything, rather the opposite) would probably be considered right-wing extremists over here. Not necessarily fascist, or dangerous, or terrorist, or lunatic, but extremist nevertheless. For instance, no person in Germany or even Europe in his/her right mind claiming to be taken seriously would wish to abolish government-organised universal health care. Not even the nationalist/racist fringe.

    By the way, I also didn't use the word "lunatic", that was you.

    Also BTW, "JWPepper" is a different member who was here before I came and tried to enroll with my former "j_w_pepper" screen name from the defunct IMDb board two years ago, which worked, and "JWPepper" graciously allowed me to keep it. So you notified the wrong member here, which is why I only reply now.

    Still, no hard feelings, but it seems you feel attacked by something I haven't said in the first place.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,466
    Yes, those political threads were shuttered for a reason. Let's leave this discussion at that, please.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
    Posts: 8,687
    Let me tell you I'm all for that, but would like to be able to reply if I am - in my opinion - misinterpreted. I'm fine if we leave it at that and only talk Bond. Besides, I don't think this has turned hostile in any way, nor would I expect it to.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
    edited April 2019 Posts: 8,687
    OK - just playing the devil's advocate - should those who (still) play by the rule be obliged to shut up because someone might blow their fuse? Just asking. And I would like to emphasize I'm NOT talking about @007Blofeld, to whom I was responding.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,466
    I think no politics across the board is the best way to go forward, especially considering someone wanted the political threads closed up, so it's best if it stays that way. There are much better avenues to discuss politics than a James Bond forum, because the topic leads to fighting and flagging and bickering and heated debates every...single...time. Always. It's as inevitable as those "Should Bond be gay?" or "Should Bond be black?" or "Should Bond be a woman?" threads.
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