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RichardTheBruce

I'm motivated by my Duty.

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  • N00PE, Aston Martin Light Blue North Carolina
  • July 13th 1945: Society hostess Maud Russell writes about Ian Fleming in her diary. (Spoiler) 1965: Sean Connery and Claudine Auger appear on the cover of Look Magazine. (Spoiler) 1977: During the blackout in New York City, Marvin Haml…
  • Aye, Spy. Aye, Spy? Aye, Spy!
  • July 12th 1933: Donald Edwin Westlake is born--Brooklyn, New York. (He dies 31 December 2008 at age 75--San Tancho, Mexico.) (Spoiler) 1961: Variety says the next likely Bond is Patrick Allen. (Spoiler) 1961: Caroline Bliss is born--Ha…
  • CrabKey wrote: » mtm wrote: » Could be quite fun if Bond has to kill the previous 007. Also an interesting angle. Oh. Who to cast in a role like that.
  • July 11th 1964: Goldfinger's nineteen-week production finishes after five final days in Andermatt, Switzerland. (Spoiler) 1985: Agente 007 - Bersaglio mobile (Agent 007 - Moving Target) released in Italy. (Spoiler) 1987: 鐵金剛大戰 特務…
  • Regarding the bridge: built in the 60s. Then later in the 90s and after they added lanes. Plus installed a railway below. So some additional structure for those I expect. Arrábida top road and Arrábida Natural Park. I was…
  • Eon plan that future Bonds have inconspicuous tuxedo knee pads installed courtesy of Q Branch. And codpieces. Alba gu bràth!
  • Team America 2: London Calling
  • 25 de Abril Bridge runs from Lisbon south to Almada. Originally Ponte Salazar/Salazar Bridge from 1966 after the Prime Minister initiator of the project. As of 1974 celebrating the date of revolution. Known as Ponte sobre o Tejo/Bridge over the T…
  • July 10th 1958: BBC Home Service broadcasts Ian Fleming interviewing his friend Raymond Chandler. (Spoiler) 1967: The Los Angeles Times says Sean Connery has an invite to put his footprints at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. (Spoiler) 1974: …
  • Forever's Finish. Future's End. Future Tense.
  • @RichardTheBruce's offered image served as insurance that he'd never be asked to perform that service again.
  • July 7th (Double-O7) 1929: Michael Reed is born--Canada. (Also reported as born Wandsworth, London, England.) (He dies 15 December 2022 at age 93--United Kingdom.) (Spoiler) 1930: Peter Mckenzie Porteous is born--London, England. (He die…
  • You may have better luck on the cat @Agent_99, otherwise there are the tiles to represent.
  • George Lazenby - Post James Bond 007 - 1970s Sony Advert (0:55)
  • July 8th 1933: Jeff Nuttall is born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. (He dies 4 January 2004 at age 70--Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.) (Spoiler) 1959: Fleming writes a letter to Ivar (Felix) Bryce offering the rights to produce the …
  • It's the Swatch ²Q (or 2Q) @QBranch. It came with a brown leather band, I wanted to change it to black then had the thought that the NATO strap would be right on time. If someone chose, the NATO strap with the red line would further draw on the re…
  • I'd love to have that experience in a big full theater for Seven Samurai @Dwayne good to hear about these events. I see my opportunity here in northern Virginia at the end of July, I'll be taking it!
  • Joalharia Ferreira Marques (Jewellery), Rossio, Lisbon, Portugal. Early in the week after business I searched out the shop, took exterior photos and the PM daylight worked well. It was late enough to be closing time and I returned later in the w…
  • My first interest was what actor inhabits Othello. Relieved to confirm David Oyelowo as Othello. Daniel Craig as Iago. And Bond connections both. Also first off I took @CrabKey's point that by design this has a specialized audience, further …
  • The media under-reported involved facts of the 2015 Brosnan Vermont airport knife incident. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pierce-brosnan-airport-hunting-knife-813277/ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pierce-brosnan-…
  • July 7th (Double-O7) 1929: Michael Reed is born--Canada. (Also reported as born Wandsworth, London, England.) (He dies 15 December 2022 at age 93--United Kingdom.) (Spoiler) 1930: Peter Mckenzie Porteous is born--London, England. (He die…
  • Palácio Fronteira Palace of the Marquesses of Fronteira. Private residence of the Marquesses of Fronteira. Stock photo Less than two miles from my hotel, easy getting over there one morning. I took a tour of the interior of the r…
  • July 6th 1961: Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman establish Eon Productions. (Spoiler) 1963: From Russia With Love films the boat chase. Earlier that day, a helicopter carrying director Terence Young, art director Michael White, and a …
  • Finally a discussion for Bond Socks. And I've learnt to pull my socks up. My daughter bought me 007 socks for Christmas 2023. I'm American, they are now twice London-worn. Once by me last year. The second time by my wife on a trip just last m…
  • Comics and games aren't actually my thing, I appreciate my experiences in the 70s and after through the years. And no less the recent films and novels. Yet to be seen and while anything is possible, as the producers establish their new Bond I do…
  • July 5th 1942: Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming attends a course on espionage at Camp X (Special Training School No. 103) near Whitby, Lake Ontario, Canada. Possibly staying across the street from St. James-Bond United Church. 1967: Title s…
  • I still note after CR the filmmakers planned to release Bond 22 in May 2008, just 18 months later. Conditions didn't permit, but it shows the possibilities are there. And for all the first films of a new Bond actor, the longest wait for the next…