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FatherValentine

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FatherValentine
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England
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Favourite Fleming Novel
You Only Live Twice
Favourite Bond Film
On Her Majestys Secret Service
Favourite Bond Actor
Timothy Dalton
Posts
737

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  • jobo wrote: » Bond is full of coincidences. The most famous example is probably in Thunderball where Bond just happens to bump into a Spectre member and finding a vital clue at Shrublands. Now imagine Count Lippe turned out to be his long l…
  • ProfJoeButcher wrote: » CommanderRoss wrote: » And anyway, why do you think him meeting Xenia was coincidental?Bond is on a mission, that much is clear.That's why he's in monaco in the first place, not to see another presentation of military…
  • ProfJoeButcher wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » But let us also not forget that in the past, we've seen villains who were plastic surgery clones or plastic surgery aliases, products of genetic experiments, Stockholm Syndrome victims turned radical,…
  • Ludovico wrote: » I agree with @NickTwentyTwo that Blofeld being at the origins of all the schemes of the previous films in one way or another is no contrivance. I think it was all that was necessary to create a nemesis with Bond: Blofeld is indee…
  • NickTwentyTwo wrote: » echo wrote: » With respect to the novel GF, you get only one coincidence per film or the story starts to fall apart. In SP, that should have been either (1) Bond grew up with Oberhauser or (2) Blofeld is behind the pa…
  • suavejmf wrote: » Denbigh wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » Denbigh wrote: » I still think he'd be great. Could be a dark horse :) Why do you like him so much? What are you seeing that we can't? Happy to have my mind changed... …
  • No worries. I want to watch the rest because of the characters who turn up (being coy for spoiler sake). I'll get back to you when I have completed the season.
  • NickTwentyTwo wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » If you've got the theatrical releases on DVD I guess that's good enough. I didnt know you could still get them? Literally can't remember whether I have seen that episode yet or not. Which numb…
  • If you've got the theatrical releases on DVD I guess that's good enough. I didnt know you could still get them? Literally can't remember whether I have seen that episode yet or not. Which number is it?
  • Nice chatting @NickTwentyTwo and @MakeshiftPython. I have honestly been disappointed with The Mandalorian. Haven't even finished the second season yet, although I will trudge through it. I know most of the spoilers about who turns up, so I want t…
  • NickTwentyTwo wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » George Clooney had a great diatribe about why he doesn’t have a social media account. He doesn’t want to be that idiot who posts without thinking (or after drinking), goes to bed, and then wakes…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » NickTwentyTwo wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » NickTwentyTwo wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » ShakenNotStirred wrote: » Freedom of Speech is not equal to Freedom of Conseq…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » NickTwentyTwo wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » ShakenNotStirred wrote: » Freedom of Speech is not equal to Freedom of Consequences. Good riddance. Who gets to decide? Good l…
  • NickTwentyTwo wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » NickTwentyTwo wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » ShakenNotStirred wrote: » Freedom of Speech is not equal to Freedom of Consequences. Good riddance. Who gets to decide? Good luc…
  • NickTwentyTwo wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » ShakenNotStirred wrote: » Freedom of Speech is not equal to Freedom of Consequences. Good riddance. Who gets to decide? Good luck when you have to face the 'consequences' for something…
  • Creasy47 wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » Free speech is for everyone or it's for no-one. "Freedom of speech" simply means no one can stop you from expressing yourself. She can lose her job, but she'll stil…
  • Agent007391 wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » Free speech is for everyone or it's for no-one. "Freedom of speech" simply means no one can stop you from expressing yourself. She c…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » Free speech is for everyone or it's for no-one. "Freedom of speech" simply means no one can stop you from expressing yourself. She can lose her job, but she'll still have the ability to …
  • ShakenNotStirred wrote: » Freedom of Speech is not equal to Freedom of Consequences. Good riddance. Who gets to decide? Good luck when you have to face the 'consequences' for something you have said. Free speech is for everyone or it's f…
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » Carano was very silly and the tweets were a bit misguided (whether or not the intention was pure), but it's very ironic of Disney to cite those reasons for her being fired after their numerous Mulan controversies just last…
  • Denbigh wrote: » I still think he'd be great. Could be a dark horse :) Why do you like him so much? What are you seeing that we can't? Happy to have my mind changed...
  • DarthDimi wrote: » I doubt she and I are on the same page politically and people who furthermore need to dive into the sewers of the Internet, into asocial media like Twitter and FB, in order to share their opinions with the world, are definitely …
  • Agent007391 wrote: » NickTwentyTwo wrote: » I'm rewatching the Star Wars films in chronological order, and I've been having a blast with it. I watched Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith with an intentional mind to un…
  • RogerJonMoorePertwee wrote: » I felt / feel that the James Gunn and J.K. Rowling cases were / are completely overblown. It does currently seem (in the case of social media) that if you disagree with a celebrity's opinion, don't agree to disagree i…
  • Literally don't know where to start with your latest attempt to deliberately misread nearly everything someone has written on here. Have you ever wondered why you have been repeatedly accused of misinterpreting thing by multiple different members of…
  • mtm wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » mtm wrote: » I think there are very much degrees of that; it's not a black and white issue. Saying the election has been stolen is stupid and, yes, potentially dangerous if it's someone in the public eye, bu…
  • DarthDimi wrote: » The Blofeld foster brother angle is indeed not a good thing, especially since Austin Powers beat them to it years ago. But let us also not forget that in the past, we've seen villains who were plastic surgery clones or plastic s…
  • ProfJoeButcher wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » ThighsOfXenia wrote: » They're both really bad. The w…
  • ProfJoeButcher wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » ThighsOfXenia wrote: » They're both really bad. The w…
  • ProfJoeButcher wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » ThighsOfXenia wrote: » They're both really bad. The whistle is far more egregious though because it nearly des…