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Question: If this scene was ever part of the finished cut why has it not been restored along with Krests full head explosion, Xenias headbutt, Bond kicking the guards head in TND etc? The bluray box set is a 15 and now has all those trimmed scene…
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timmer wrote: For your memory to be true and not false, it would require that a few rogue prints of the full-frontal, briefly found their way into some theatres, HOWEVER, no-one else that also saw the film in first release, has the same memory. I…
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Ludovico wrote: Am I the only who thinks TSWLM is a better ''crime fiction'' Bond? Fraid so. TSWLM is horribly cliched from Viv's early life to the caricatures of 'hoods' in Sluggsy and Horror. This was debated somewhere else quite rec…
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Jarrod wrote: Honestly I really wanted to take a break from this thread until at least I receive both the U.S. VHS and Laserdisc to compare. I guess I should apologize for defending (for what appears to be merely) a 25 year old memory. Maybe it's …
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Perilagu_Khan wrote: And, yes, the prose is excellent, Dragonpol. Particularly in the Saratoga and Nevada settings. This is what I think elevates it far above TSWLM and TMWTGG which have the feeling of being fairly rushed and unpolished eff…
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Would agree with all the above. The novel is obviously way better than the film despite it being by far the weakest of the first Fleming era (CR-FRWL) and arguably the weakest overall (although TSWLM and probably TMWTGG are worse). The main pr…
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doubleonothing wrote: I simply cannot believe that we have an 8 page thread dedicated to the subject of whether you can see a brief glimpse of a woman's breasts in a Bond film. This is the sort of thing you might discuss with your friends if you …
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More boobiegate shenanigans!! I just watched FYEO on bluray for the first time and I swear that theres a bit of nippleage I've never noticed before. As Bond is sneaking through Gonzalez's grounds theres a shot of one of his 'hostesses' making …
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Jarrod wrote: by putting myself on the ledge. If only.
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Sir_James_Moloney wrote: maybe you're right and, even as we speak, Mr Grover is urgently calling through to Eon HQ, "Mike? Babs? This is JG. We have a Code Red. They're on to us. Repeat: they're on to us...." Babs and MGW are ordering John …
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Soundofthesinners wrote: No, on several levels. First, I think the title sequence is irrelevant to the explanation of Bond's escape. I do not see how they are related. Second, I don't think the title sequence was as great as some do. They're not b…
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Jarrod wrote: I think he wants me to admit that I had the same misremembering that he did. Well, I'm currently not ready to do such a thing yet. But I will let you know, when I do. I was in the same boat and I concluded that I must have bee…
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Jarrod wrote: What would it take for you to think, "hey, maybe I'm wrong? Hey, I've been wrong in my life, I'm not infallible. But as long as people keep coming to this thread and telling me that they remembered the scene in the same way, it do…
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Jarrod wrote: How am I in a hole? I'm speaking of a censored scene, which I am suggesting that EON has censored for 25 years. The only proof anyone can offer is purely an eyewitness testimony. Everyone is so quick to approve a one sentence quote f…
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Jarrod wrote: When I do get the different versions, I will try and compile them together and put them on Youtube, then I'll attach a link. What different versions? Theres only your assertion that there are any and unless you can actually sh…
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Ludovico wrote: Why so many people dismiss the claim of the op is because there's not even a shred of evidence backing it up. Except a few other claims that again are not backed up. I have met many people claiming they had seen ghosts or aliens. T…
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Sir_James_Moloney wrote: Jarrod wrote: Sorry, don't buy it. This explains nothing. I think the problem you might be having here is that there's nothing to explain. Jarrod wrote: If you spoke to the editor, then ask him why the edit…
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forgotmyusername wrote: I'm sure this is not a football decision, operation yew tree is in full effect?????? I would literally weep for joy if he was done for noncing up Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Best manager ever? Quite difficult to argue b…
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Jarrod wrote: @chrisisall It really isn't "all about the boobies" for me, my real interest isn't about some juvenile titillation. It just so happens that the cut scene included nudity. My issue here is about retroactive censorship. It's also abou…
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007InVT wrote: chrisisall wrote: I now have Gardner's first five, and I'm ready to read. So, where one should stop, in other words, what is his first 'bad' novel, because I want to read up to but not including that, and stop there. Opi…
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Ludovico wrote: chrisisall wrote: Jarrod wrote: i Yet unless I produce the actual clip, it's assumed I mentally made it up. Well I didn't. Dude, you and I both were addicted to Playboy back then, boobs were our life's ambition and con…
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Jarrod wrote: What I find really sad, is that people who only jump on every banal discussion on this forum (25% is probably not even Bond related) are only considered worthy eyewitnesses? That's ridiculous! I only have 122 comments, wow, sorry I d…
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Jarrod wrote: @Suivez_ce_parachute I agree that France tends to be more lenient when it comes to nudity, but the film did open there 3 months after it did in the U.S., so one never knows? StationG says he saw the scene in the U.K. at the theater …
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chrisisall wrote: Suivez_ce_parachute wrote: Even if it is a cliche, I'd add that having naked breasts in a family movie in France is not a problem at all so I don't know why they would have censored it here and let it in a country where such …
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Jarrod wrote: I can't account for what John Grover will tell you concerning the edit. I'd be relieved (for the sake of my argument on this forum) if, what he tells you confirms my memory. But if he says the shot didn't exist, I still wouldn't beli…
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rickvb wrote: The assertion here is that there was a version that is not generally available. I don't know much about film distribution but I assume the studio decides on a cut for a particular territory and then send that version to every …
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Jarrod wrote: I'm seriously amused by the Freudian explanations everyone seems to have concerning my memory. But I assure you I'm not mistaken. I'm not sold by your "misremembered" explanation, and you are free to not believe me. I'm merely pointi…
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Jarrod wrote: Like I said, I only ever saw the scene once, but I could swear on a bible, that scene was edited. I'm afraid the law is littered with cases of people who honestly swore on the bible and had what they truly believed to be the c…
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Congrats to Ajax then. One of the truly great European teams not one of these Johnny come latelys like Chelsea or PSG. Wasnt it the Falklands war that was described as 'two bald ben fighting over a comb'? Well that line could apply pretty well…
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RogueAgent wrote: Think my Norwich boys could be going down now! Baggies at home next is a MUST 3 POINTS! As we are away at Man City last game! X_X You might be right mate. I just did this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_p…
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