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  • mtm wrote: » I found them really boring I'm afraid. Roger is good in them as always, but I'm not sure I enjoyed Hunt as a director outside of OHMSS. To each his own. I consider Shout at the Devil an excellent adventure film, though perhaps …
    in The ROGER MOORE Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films Comment by Revelator August 19
  • Baltimore_007_ wrote: » Took in a non-Bond Moore movie recently, the one with screen time with Lee Marvin, Shout at the Devil... Shout at the Devil was one of two Moore films (the other being Gold) directed by Peter Hunt, who helmed OHMSS. …
    in The ROGER MOORE Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films Comment by Revelator August 18
  • moneyofpropre2 wrote: » Problem is that shouldn't be a question. IFP cruely lack of transparancy in what thay announce. It's always vagues or incomplet. I'm guessing IFP's silence on this question means it's using the redacted texts. It doe…
    in Gillette’s new cover art revealed Comment by Revelator August 15
  • The Bond films he scripted or polished definitely have their share of witty dialogue, and I'll always appreciate his reference to La Rochefoucauld in DAF (which Cubby wanted to cut). So points for dialogue. But story? Barely any. Characterization? N…
    in Tom Mankiewicz Appreciation Thread Comment by Revelator August 15
  • Pretty much every major film released in theaters still receives a Blu-Ray release. And Blu-Rays of older films are still being continually released by the Warner Archive, Kino Lorber, Arrow, Indicator, VCI, Flicker Alley, Imprint, Criterion, etc. I…
    in James Bond on Blu-ray/4K Comment by Revelator August 15
  • Neither the book nor the film of DAF have particularly strong plots--both mostly rely on Bond following the diamond plotline, but the film comes apart after the satellite reveal. You'd think the idea of Blofeld setting off nukes and holding the worl…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by Revelator August 13
  • mtm wrote: » Just been watching the new cartoon on Prime; seems good fun. I wish the character animation was a bit more sophisticated though- characters keep one expression and it often doesn't match the voice performance very well. The stories se…
    in Batman Comment by Revelator August 6
  • A short clip from Caped Crusader:
    in Batman Comment by Revelator July 26
  • mtm wrote: » But as I say, he's a soldier- he doesn't have to love his superiors to respect them and follow their orders, because of his sense of duty. In that way I'd say LTK got Bond more wrong than the Craig films did. No matter how much he arg…
    in How 'patriotic' should James Bond (and Bond 26 beyond) be? Comment by Revelator July 25
  • IGN also has an informative interview with co-producers Bruce Timm and James Tucker.
    in Batman Comment by Revelator June 26
  • Last_Rat_Standing wrote: » I like Returns but Batman is only in the film for like 30 minutes. It became too focused on the various villians and side plots I have the feeling that if someone got out their watch they'd find he was in the film…
    in Batman Comment by Revelator June 20
  • Batman Returns is still a terrific Batman film. It has what might be the best Catwoman in any medium, has a daring modern-day intepretation of the Penguin that doesn't depend on the character being a nightclub owner, and gives Keaton's Batman a wond…
    in Batman Comment by Revelator June 20
  • Torgeirtrap wrote: » Not sure how I would like to rank the novel though. It's hard to compete with a lot of the other novels. I think I might prefer Live and Let Die and Thunderball to OHMSS. All strong entries. I have to admit that the onl…
    in Which Bond novel are you currently reading? Comment by Revelator June 15
  • Judging from a quick skim, the video has augmented the surviving recording with audio of Fleming's music selections, and music from the Bond films. The lost audio remains lost, but the complete transcript of the interview can be found upthread, alon…
    in Interviews with Ian Fleming Comment by Revelator June 14
  • LucknFate wrote: » I'm about to build myself a desk in fact, and it will be triangular like Flemings by chance! Best of luck, and may you write many books there! KOP wrote: » Not an interview but Fleming writing about Goldeneye in 1958…
    in Interviews with Ian Fleming Comment by Revelator June 6
  • Goldeneye: Ian Fleming’s House by the Sea (Home, October 1963) We all know James Bond and the exciting life he leads—but what of his alter ego Ian Fleming? Writer Mary Salter turned sleuth and tracked him down in his sunny Jamaican retreat in Ora…
    in Interviews with Ian Fleming Comment by Revelator June 6
  • Barbara Broccoli wrote: “There’s nothing I can tell you about the next Bond film. There’s nothing. Nothing is happening yet.” Four years have passed since the last Bond was completed and the producers still have nothing to report?
    in 007 heading to streaming? Amazon buys MGM for $8.45 billion! Comment by Revelator May 30
  • Forgot to add that there's no purchase link for the series yet, but the news is from Blu-Ray.com, which is extremely reliable.
    in The ROGER MOORE Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films Comment by Revelator April 25
  • Another positive review, this time from Michael Dirda in The Washington Post. Some excerpts: Some years ago, I gave a talk to the graduating seniors at a local school. Whatever I said that night — probably something about the importance of books …
    in 'Ian Fleming: The Complete Man' by Nicholas Shakespeare Comment by Revelator April 17
  • It used to be the case that film posters were almost as exciting and spectacular as the film. For example, here's a poster for YOLT: And to see how far we've fallen, here's the Blu-Ray cover: So much for progress. Dan Goozee didn't …
    in R.I.P. A Final Farewell To Members Of The James Bond Family Comment by Revelator April 10
  • The Warner Archive will be releasing The Alaskans on Blu-Ray in June: Promo copy: The Alaskans: The Complete Series Description: Set against the backdrop of the 1890s gold rush in the Yukon, Roger Moore, Jeff York and Dorothy Provine st…
    in The ROGER MOORE Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films Comment by Revelator April 5
  • Here's another excellent interview with Dalton from around the same time, in which he reveals his favorite scene in TLD. Excerpts follow. Timothy Dalton Finds a Hamlet In the Hero By Benedict Nightingale (New York Times, July 26, 1987) He’s…
    in The TIMOTHY DALTON Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films Comment by Revelator April 4
  • Three American reviews have come in. Pico Ayer in Air Mail praises the book: ...it is the crafty genius of Shakespeare’s surely definitive account to suggest that Fleming had, in spades, the upper-class Brit’s gift for concealing both his tal…
    in 'Ian Fleming: The Complete Man' by Nicholas Shakespeare Comment by Revelator April 3
  • I wouldn't mind visiting an alternate universe where Dalton was born twenty-five years later and starred in a 2006 version of Casino Royale. Audiences would have been ready for him by then.
    in The TIMOTHY DALTON Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films Comment by Revelator April 3
  • Some excerpts from the Los Angeles Times article "Reclaiming the Darker Side of Bond," by Charles Champlin (July 26, 1987): Dalton says he was first asked about playing James Bond several years ago. Sean Connery was wanting out before he disappea…
    in The TIMOTHY DALTON Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films Comment by Revelator April 3
  • For anyone who missed it, George Lazenby has a silent cameo at the start of Batman: Soul of the Dragon. It's the first of approximately eight Bond references in the film.
    in Batman Comment by Revelator April 2
  • Note: This is a transcription from a now-lost TV interview. My thanks once again to the fellow researcher and collector who kindly sent me the transcript. Tonight (April 16, 1962) He wore a dark blue belted raincoat and a soft black hat pulled…
    in Interviews with Ian Fleming Comment by Revelator March 27
  • Agent_99 wrote: » I had a piece of luck and found Kingsley Amis's The James Bond Dossier in Oxfam for 99p! Congratulations! I like this cover much more than that of bland American hardback, which is what I have. I'm really enjoying it; …
    in What Bond reference book are you reading? Comment by Revelator March 15
  • I heard for the first time today Barry's "James Bond Suite," from his 1972 album The Concert John Barry: It combines GF, the James Bond Theme, FRWL, TB, 007, YOLT, OHMSS, and DAF. Though from 1972, the sound points directly toward the soun…
    in "Play it again, Sam..." - The John Barry Appreciation Thread Comment by Revelator March 10
  • Different from who? None of DC's major superheroes kill, not in the comics anyway. And during his first year of existence Batman killed multiple times yet was still recognizably Batman--and arguably closer in tone and spirit to the modern Batman th…
    in Batman Comment by Revelator March 8