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ColonelAdamski wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » It almost felt at times like the producers/writers hated the character so much they were just thinking of the next horrible thing to throw at him before he finally dies. I get the same feelin…
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thedove wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » At no point have I ever considered OHMSS as TB on skis. Its positioning with respect to OHMSS aside, I feel an opportunity was missed with YOLT to make an exciting and dark film. It seemed to have opened the d…
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Creasy47 wrote: » That's funny, I remember spending a couple of years trying to get my hands on the Sony Ericsson C902 that Bond uses in QoS. I finally saw it in a mall for an astronomical price (along with spotting the shades he wears that I was …
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I remember when I'm first starting my life as a Bond fan, one of the things why I've bought a Nokia Phone (aside from the brand itself and the quality), was I've seen it in the No Time To Die advertisement. Lashana Lynch was the one holding the N…
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007HallY wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Yes, Felix talking about going fishing with Bond and giving the nurse little smiles is very strange to see. Even just a brief solemn moment held on Felix after he hangs up could have work…
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007HallY wrote: » Yes, Felix talking about going fishing with Bond and giving the nurse little smiles is very strange to see. Even just a brief solemn moment held on Felix after he hangs up could have worked. But then again it's worth saying th…
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jetsetwilly wrote: » mtm wrote: » I think they should have just killed Felix in LTK, rather than effectively fridging Della, who doesn't even get mentioned again apart from her name on the lighter. The only part about LTK I don't like i…
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thedove wrote: » I believe Roald Dahl who said Cubby and Harry told him to write something more formulaic. We can't forget that YOLT was only chosen because Bondmania was huge in Japan and they saw a cash cow. The book would be near impossible to…
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Last_Rat_Standing wrote: » Here's a question. If Bond doesn't die in the end, would those who didn't like it, like it slightly, if not more? It would be a top 5 Bond film if he didn't die and I rank it around 16-17 with the ending we have. …
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Benny wrote: » How is it your English and posting style, goes from being very well written to rather broken quite sporadically @SIS_HQ Additions in my posts, maybe? 😅 Too many distractions while typing and sometimes I get lost while typing,…
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Scaramanga1974 wrote: » I personally regard Craig as best Bond ever but I appreciate and respect alot of others feel differently. I don't disliked Craig as Bond (Moore is my least Favorite Bond), but SP & NTTD are the films from his era…
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ColonelAdamski wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » . . . when MTM characterizes another's opinion as silly and then proceeds to go off about an opinion because it is contrary to his and he's had a rubbish day, that does not read as measured and reasonab…
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jetsetwilly wrote: » Just to throw my 2 cents worth in here on the subject. I love the Louis Armstrong song from OHMSS, and I didn't like it being ripped off in NTTD. It just felt lazy to me, but then again, there are many things I didn't like abo…
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mtm wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » mtm wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » If we were to believe there was some sort of equivalency between Tracy and Madeleine, there wasn't. There is. Care to elaborate? He loves her, as he tell…
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mtm wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » If we were to believe there was some sort of equivalency between Tracy and Madeleine, there wasn't. There is. Care to elaborate? To be honest, I wished they've just did what have they done in Casino R…
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CrabKey wrote: » For me the question about the OHMSS callbacks in NTTD is "what is the purpose?" What did the writers and producers have in mind? If the point was to remind us of another film, that it did. If we were to be reminded of Tracy, she w…
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Ludovico wrote: » mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I think the biggest missed opportunities with TMWTGG were a) them supposedly sidelining a lot of stuff during the script stage that made Scaramanga out to be more Bond's equal, and b) in pla…
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007ClassicBondFan wrote: » I too dislike the blatant callbacks to Majesty’s that are littered throughout NTTD honestly. Everything from the use of ‘We Have All The Time In The World’, to the use of the Majesty’s theme during Bond’s meeting with M.…
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Mallory wrote: » It’s about the emotional connection and resonance for me. WHATTITW was written specifically for Bond and Tracey, and was so effective at being that, when I hear it, emotionally my mind goes to their relationship and the events …
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mtm wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » But the We Have All The Time In The World was made for Bond and Tracy, not for Bond and Madeleine. And now it's been recontextualised and represents Bond's forever, and indeed doomed, loves. And that'…
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But again, there's still that question, how did Scaramanga knew Bond? Why would he want to kill Bond? What's his motivation? I couldn't find another answer other than the possibility of Fairbanks telling Scaramanga about Bond, like what Bond did …
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mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Again, it's not my favourite aspect of the film, and I find the reference a bit too on the nose/would have preferred something original, but honestly there are a chunk of people who watched NTTD who have no idea …
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mtm wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » mtm wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » mtm wrote: » I didn't mind it. I guess if we accept that Bond has an action theme which follows him through the movies, why not a 'love of his life' theme? But that l…
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mtm wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » mtm wrote: » I do think the way that Bond is drawn into the plot of TMWTGG, with the golden bullet, the threat on his life, him going off duty and investigating in his own time, the bullet turning out to have b…
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mtm wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » mtm wrote: » I didn't mind it. I guess if we accept that Bond has an action theme which follows him through the movies, why not a 'love of his life' theme? But that love theme was for a specific romance,…
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Mallory wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » mtm wrote: » I do think the way that Bond is drawn into the plot of TMWTGG, with the golden bullet, the threat on his life, him going off duty and investigating in his own time, the bullet turning out to ha…
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mtm wrote: » I didn't mind it. I guess if we accept that Bond has an action theme which follows him through the movies, why not a 'love of his life' theme? But that love theme was for a specific romance, there's an identity in the Tracy-Bon…
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mtm wrote: » I do think the way that Bond is drawn into the plot of TMWTGG, with the golden bullet, the threat on his life, him going off duty and investigating in his own time, the bullet turning out to have been sent by Scaramanga's lover, despe…
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007HallY wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » thedove wrote: » The Solex and the whole energy crisis does date the film terribly. Especially since we are in the same spot now with renewables. I guess they chos…
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007HallY wrote: » Well, to be entirely fair to them I think just by nature of making a Bond film they'll likely 'recycle old plots and steal aspects from other movies'. I mean, Bond films have a relatively known formula and even when specific thin…
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