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  • timmertimmer
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    Regarding Tom Mank's portrayal of Big/Kananga. I think what happened here is that Eon saw a golden opportunity to use Fleming's book to capitalize on the blacksploitation films of the time, most notably Shaft and it's imitators. They adeptly mixed the funky blacksploitation vibe with Fleming's voodoo spy-thriller, and voila a contemporary colourful new Bond adventure.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    timmer wrote:
    Regarding Tom Mank's portrayal of Big/Kananga. I think what happened here is that Eon saw a golden opportunity to use Fleming's book to capitalize on the blacksploitation films of the time, most notably Shaft and it's imitators. They adeptly mixed the funky blacksploitation vibe with Fleming's voodoo spy-thriller, and voila a contemporary colourful new Bond adventure.

    Hmm. I do see how that is a possibility.

  • 00Beast00Beast
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    Murdock wrote:
    I think Bond flew in ahead of time. It makes sense because he was in Bouvar's room waiting to kill him.
    That is a big possibility. Nice thinking!

    That's what I was thinking as a possibility as well, but then I thought, surely someone would notice at least the very sound of the jet-pack! Oh well, I'm not going to lose sleep over such a question, hahaha. It's 007, sometimes these things just happen, haha!
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    timmer wrote:
    Regarding Tom Mank's portrayal of Big/Kananga. I think what happened here is that Eon saw a golden opportunity to use Fleming's book to capitalize on the blacksploitation films of the time, most notably Shaft and it's imitators. They adeptly mixed the funky blacksploitation vibe with Fleming's voodoo spy-thriller, and voila a contemporary colourful new Bond adventure.

    Yes, but I have a real-life drug kingpin inspiration for Mankiewicz's Mr Big, as I shall reveal in a future blog article. I just wanted to know if anyone else had noticed this at all.

  • MrBondMrBond Station S
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    I have a question regarding the Ultimate Edition of FRWL.
    When Red Grant meets Captain Nash at the train platform and when Bond meets Red Grant on the platform a while later it used to be a dialouge between them. I remember it very well from the VHS and from the Special Edition DVD, so what's the reason Lowry removied it? Is it by the simple reason to keep Red Grant quiet up until the moment he steps back at the train together with Bond or what?
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    MrBond wrote:
    I have a question regarding the Ultimate Edition of FRWL.
    When Red Grant meets Captain Nash at the train platform and when Bond meets Red Grant on the platform a while later it used to be a dialouge between them. I remember it very well from the VHS and from the Special Edition DVD, so what's the reason Lowry removied it? Is it by the simple reason to keep Red Grant quiet up until the moment he steps back at the train together with Bond or what?

    I can't say I've ever noticed as I'm not in a position to run my DVDs at the moment, but an interesting question nonetheless.
  • 00Beast00Beast
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    Dragonpol wrote:
    MrBond wrote:
    I have a question regarding the Ultimate Edition of FRWL.
    When Red Grant meets Captain Nash at the train platform and when Bond meets Red Grant on the platform a while later it used to be a dialouge between them. I remember it very well from the VHS and from the Special Edition DVD, so what's the reason Lowry removied it? Is it by the simple reason to keep Red Grant quiet up until the moment he steps back at the train together with Bond or what?

    I can't say I've ever noticed as I'm not in a position to run my DVDs at the moment, but an interesting question nonetheless.

    On my VHS tape of FRWL, when Russian agent Benz is hurrying to get on board the Orient Express, there are subtitles for what he says in Russian to his comrade before he boards, but the UE DVD removed those as well!
  • MrBondMrBond Station S
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    00Beast wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    MrBond wrote:
    I have a question regarding the Ultimate Edition of FRWL.
    When Red Grant meets Captain Nash at the train platform and when Bond meets Red Grant on the platform a while later it used to be a dialouge between them. I remember it very well from the VHS and from the Special Edition DVD, so what's the reason Lowry removied it? Is it by the simple reason to keep Red Grant quiet up until the moment he steps back at the train together with Bond or what?

    I can't say I've ever noticed as I'm not in a position to run my DVDs at the moment, but an interesting question nonetheless.

    On my VHS tape of FRWL, when Russian agent Benz is hurrying to get on board the Orient Express, there are subtitles for what he says in Russian to his comrade before he boards, but the UE DVD removed those as well!

    The same when Tatiana asks the police officer for directions in the beginning of the film.
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    MrBond wrote:
    I have a question regarding the Ultimate Edition of FRWL.
    When Red Grant meets Captain Nash at the train platform and when Bond meets Red Grant on the platform a while later it used to be a dialouge between them. I remember it very well from the VHS and from the Special Edition DVD, so what's the reason Lowry removied it? Is it by the simple reason to keep Red Grant quiet up until the moment he steps back at the train together with Bond or what?

    Never noticed this.

    I thought the point is that Grant is a man of mystery and he is deliberately kept silent until meeting with Bond? But this was a decision made by Terence Young not Lowry. In every print I've ever seen the scene between Nash and Grant is silent with Nash just offering him the cigarette and the audience who by now understand the code able to follow.

    In fact I'm certain I read a quote somewhere once from the actor who played Nash who joked about his silent dialogue scene with 'what did Grant say to Nash 'just come into the toilet with me old man'?'

    I think you must have just misremembered this MrBond.

    I do hope we aren't going to have another case of Virginia Heys breasts here!
  • MrBondMrBond Station S
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    I've rewatched the SE DVD and saw that you were right that the sound was silent.
    But then i tested with my old VHS cassette, and well what do you know. There were a dialogue between Nash and Grant and between Bond and Grant.

    The dialouge was the whole "Can i borrow a match?"
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
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    http://bplusmovieblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/the-living-daylights-210.png

    I love this shot.
    Does it remind anyone else of the gunbarrel? I was wondering if the actual composition of the shot was a deliberate so as to evoke the classic GB opening a little like the opening in CR.
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
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    If that scene had been the PTS it sure could have been the gunbarrel, like in Casino Royale! Pretty cool now that I think about it
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
    edited June 2013 Posts: 2,667
    New question if that's OK.

    In YOLT the US miltary dude watching the final space capsule about to be captured says, "Stand by, code word is imminent", or words to that effect.

    Excuse me if I'm being dumb here, but does he mean that he is about to give the password (it's imminent), or does he mean the password actually is the word "imminent"? I have never been able to figure it out!
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
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    I believe it's the former.
  • hullcityfanhullcityfan Banned
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    Why is LTK a 15 rated? Is it because of the drugs? If so it help's young people know what drugs look like incase someone offered the drugs to them.
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
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    Congratulations @hullcityfan. You have now catapulted yourself into the upper echelon of trolldom. You have successfully blurred the lines of vision to the extent that it's difficult to to distinguish whether or not you are actually trolling or are indeed just "special".
  • hullcityfanhullcityfan Banned
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    pachazo wrote:
    Congratulations @hullcityfan. You have now catapulted yourself into the upper echelon of trolldom. You have successfully blurred the lines of vision to the extent that it's difficult to to distinguish whether or not you are actually trolling or are indeed just "special".
    It was a question if you don't know me don't criticize me.

  • timmertimmer
    edited June 2013 Posts: 4,622
    pachazo wrote:
    Congratulations @hullcityfan. You have now catapulted yourself into the upper echelon of trolldom. You have successfully blurred the lines of vision to the extent that it's difficult to to distinguish whether or not you are actually trolling or are indeed just "special".
    That's a rare breed of "special"
    LTK as a missed opportunity for youth "public service announcment"
    This is what drugs look like kiddies. :))
  • hullcityfanhullcityfan Banned
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    timmer wrote:
    pachazo wrote:
    Congratulations @hullcityfan. You have now catapulted yourself into the upper echelon of trolldom. You have successfully blurred the lines of vision to the extent that it's difficult to to distinguish whether or not you are actually trolling or are indeed just "special".
    That's a rare breed of "special"
    LTK as a missed opportunity for youth "public service announcment"
    This is what drugs look like kiddies. :))

    Everyone knows what drugs look like now in the UK if it was 80's Britain it would be the same.
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    timmer wrote:
    pachazo wrote:
    Congratulations @hullcityfan. You have now catapulted yourself into the upper echelon of trolldom. You have successfully blurred the lines of vision to the extent that it's difficult to to distinguish whether or not you are actually trolling or are indeed just "special".
    That's a rare breed of "special"
    LTK as a missed opportunity for youth "public service announcment"
    This is what drugs look like kiddies. :))

    I think he meant 'special' as in 'special needs'.
  • hullcityfanhullcityfan Banned
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    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    timmer wrote:
    pachazo wrote:
    Congratulations @hullcityfan. You have now catapulted yourself into the upper echelon of trolldom. You have successfully blurred the lines of vision to the extent that it's difficult to to distinguish whether or not you are actually trolling or are indeed just "special".
    That's a rare breed of "special"
    LTK as a missed opportunity for youth "public service announcment"
    This is what drugs look like kiddies. :))

    I think he meant 'special' as in 'special needs'.

    I've not got special needs and don't take the mick out of people who do it's cruel. Back on topic.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    @hullcityfan. Licence to kill was rated so high because of it's graphic violence, not drugs. Felix's maiming, Crest losing his head, Dario's, Sanchez and Heller's graphic death's.
  • hullcityfanhullcityfan Banned
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    Murdock wrote:
    @hullcityfan. Licence to kill was rated so high because of it's graphic violence, not drugs. Felix's maiming, Crest losing his head, Dario's, Sanchez and Heller's graphic death's.

    Thank's buddy or old buddy as in LTK I thought it might have been and there's alot of swear words in it as being a 17 year old and sometime's drinking I hate swearing. Did you see what I did back there with the thank's old buddy you see it's what Ed Killifer said to Leiter and what Bond said to Killifer in the final moment's of his life.
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    hullcityfan wrote:
    Did you see what I did back there with the thank's old buddy you see it's what Ed Killifer said to Leiter and what Bond said to Killifer in the final moment's of his life.

    Brilliant. Comedy gold.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,331
    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    hullcityfan wrote:
    Did you see what I did back there with the thank's old buddy you see it's what Ed Killifer said to Leiter and what Bond said to Killifer in the final moment's of his life.

    Brilliant. Comedy gold.

    I'm in tears. 8-|
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
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    How old was Bond supposed to be in CR?
    Craig was 37/38 making the movie? Was that too old to be joining the 00 section?
  • hullcityfanhullcityfan Banned
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    Do Carter and Severine die?
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    hullcityfan wrote:
    Do Carter and Severine die?

    I don't see how Carter would've died. We don't see him after his small bit in CR. As for Severine, she does indeed die.
  • hullcityfanhullcityfan Banned
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    Creasy47 wrote:
    hullcityfan wrote:
    Do Carter and Severine die?

    I don't see how Carter would've died. We don't see him after his small bit in CR. As for Severine, she does indeed die.

    How though you see her still standing and he just shoots the glass off. In my Bond encyclopedia it says Carter does die and he is bitten by the cobra.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    hullcityfan wrote:
    Creasy47 wrote:
    hullcityfan wrote:
    Do Carter and Severine die?

    I don't see how Carter would've died. We don't see him after his small bit in CR. As for Severine, she does indeed die.

    How though you see her still standing and he just shoots the glass off. In my Bond encyclopedia it says Carter does die and he is bitten by the cobra.

    She was still standing because she was tied to the rock statue. She is shot, killed and her top torso falls to her front as her waist was securing her to the rock.
    Creasy47 wrote:
    hullcityfan wrote:
    Do Carter and Severine die?

    I don't see how Carter would've died. We don't see him after his small bit in CR. As for Severine, she does indeed die.

    I see Carter as a bloke who dreamed of being an agent when he was a boy, but was one of those types that thought the job was just like in the movies. I think he would either die early in his career for getting in over his head or not qualify for field work after more screw-ups and become discharged by the service.
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