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Dragonpol

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Dragonpol
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Favourite Fleming Novel
Moonraker
Favourite Bond Film
On Her Majestys Secret Service
Favourite Bond Actor
Timothy Dalton
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  • Since62 wrote: » How did the producers get away with using Colonel Sun material ? Did they acquire rights ? Yes, if you look at the end of the film there's a credit thanking the Kingsley Amis Estate. They of course also had to pay his esta…
  • jobo wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » mtm wrote: » Stealing his own space shuttle back just because one of his broke down is a bit of a twine though :) That said, it is the sort of slightly unlikely contrivance I could sort of imagine Fleming …
  • mtm wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » mtm wrote: » Stealing his own space shuttle back just because one of his broke down is a bit of a twine though :) That said, it is the sort of slightly unlikely contrivance I could sort of imagine Fleming w…
  • mtm wrote: » Stealing his own space shuttle back just because one of his broke down is a bit of a twine though :) That said, it is the sort of slightly unlikely contrivance I could sort of imagine Fleming writing though! I suppose in stori…
  • Sad to hear of the death of Frank McRae. He was great as Sharkey and his death in LTK was a very poignant, visceral and shocking moment. Of course his death was brilliantly avenged by Bond. I believe Sharkey was named after a fisherman that Ian Flem…
  • GeneralGogol wrote: » The most jarring tea-drinking experience I've ever had was in a village in Bashkortostan, Russia, where they put a spoonful of sour cream in my tea... with cucumbers dipped in honey as dessert. The latter was tolerable, but n…
  • Ludovico wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » 'Someone mention Milk' I rest my case. Milk is not good news. In fact, Necros is pretty much the Grim Reaper there. Dragonpol wrote: » I think it's most uncivilised to drink tea wit…
  • I think it's most uncivilised to drink tea without milk. I just can't get my head around the appeal of it. I understand that some people don't like milk of course but I find tea to be very bitter without milk. I suppose you also have to wait until i…
  • Last_Rat_Standing wrote: » I'll say 700-800 million. If it were to break a billion, it is going to need Skyfall-esque reviews, which I think is what caused Spectre to underperform in comparison because a majority of the reviews were less than s…
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Kong Skull Island better than I remember it on this watch, a decent few hours of escapism. Oh, I saw that one in the cinema with a friend. Shocking to …
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Kong Skull Island better than I remember it on this watch, a decent few hours of escapism. Oh, I saw that one in the cinema with a friend. Shocking to think that was the last thing I saw in the cinema in fact…
  • @Ludovico is right about drinking milk being a sure sign of Bond villainy as the following picture shows: And not forgetting of course that Roger Moore as Bond had a predilection for milk as these two 1970s adverts for the Milk Marketing Boar…
  • Ludovico wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » Milk is barbaric for any tea imo. Heck, it's barbaric for any adult to drink it. It's the drink of the primitive and the Id. Alex in A Clockwork Orange drinks milk, so I rest my case. …
  • Ludovico wrote: » Milk is barbaric for any tea imo. Heck, it's barbaric for any adult to drink it. It's the drink of the primitive and the Id. Alex in A Clockwork Orange drinks milk, so I rest my case. If someone drinks tea with milk in a Bond mov…
  • in Earworms Comment by Dragonpol May 2021
  • echo wrote: » Wasn't the original title of GF The Richest Man in the World? Even Fleming's draft titles are better than the dross Eon tends to come up with... Yes, it was indeed his original title for Goldfinger. It's a good one too. He la…
  • GeneralGogol wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Perhaps I should return to drinking green tea again. I remember @barryt007 saying on this thread that he put two green teabags into his mug and that made it stronger. I'll have to try that as before tha…
  • Today marks the centenary of Northern Ireland which became a new state remaining in the United Kingdom on 3 May 1921 with the commencement of the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Thus began the Partition of Ireland between Northern Ireland and Southe…
  • dragonsky wrote: » NTTD has been rescheduled so much, that judging by that Vogue cover.... Billie Eilish was 18 when she was announced as the NTTD singer, and now she's like 38! Aww, don't they grow up fast! ;)
  • mtm wrote: » That's an incredibly sour review. In this new woke TV world, where he is constantly aware of what he’s not allowed to say, Partridge’s wings are clipped. And they seem to have massively missed the point there. Alan is a Dai…
  • The This Time Series 2 opener gets a 3 star review from The Independent: In this new woke TV world, where he is constantly aware of what he’s not allowed to say, Partridge’s wings are clipped. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/other/t…
  • Thunderpussy wrote: » I have no interest in keeping healthy as when I go I want my body to be well and truly used out ;) So for me it always has to be a good big mug of Builders Tea...... and a biscuit or two Builder's Tea reminds me of…
  • Thunderpussy wrote: » So @Dragonpol knows nothing about football ? ..... Sounds like he has the makings of a Manager :D The same could surely be said of any profession! ;)
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Currently black tea due to me fasting. The br…
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Currently black tea due to me fasting. The brand is PG Tips. Fasting? Interesting. For h…
  • Some_Kind_Of_Hero wrote: » Yes, indeed, @Thunderfinger. The titular Brokenclaw Lee was the third character. I thought it had to be that but I couldn't get the Lee part to work. I also had thought of Gory Fox from the same novel but that did…
  • Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Currently black tea due to me fasting. The brand is PG Tips. Fasting? Interesting. For health purposes put a bit of weight on through over eating…
  • RichardTheBruce wrote: » Yes and my original thoughts ran to his health condition at the time contributing to any of the possibilities, @Dragonpol. Enjoyed seeing the connections expressed here. I hope and expect Mr. Gardner was comfortable an…
  • Benny wrote: » Thunderfinger wrote: » Oddjob would crush Jaws balls. Would he though... I don't know if Jaws has balls. Or maybe he just wears protection. Jaws has balls of steel. In more ways than one! ;) If he had golf …
  • Thunderfinger wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Torgeirtrap wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Torgeirtrap wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Torgeirtrap wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » mattjoes wrote: » Just wanted to repost here this bit…