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'Death stood in the room like a third man'. FRWL The opening paragraph of the chapter when Grant reveals his true identity has Bond in one of the tightest spots ever against the chief executioner of SMERSH and is one of his most tension filled pa…
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Dragonpol wrote: 007InVT wrote: Onto 'FSS' now. Already good. It's no Fleming but who is? Exactly. That's what you have to realise when approaching all of the Continuation Bonds 1968-2013. Woah there Dragonpol. I think you meant …
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Haven't really got time to reread them all so not sure I can contribute fully to this thread but it so happens that I was on a plane yesterday dipping into the Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes and for the first time I couldn't help notice that the Greek I…
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0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: Ludovico wrote: 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: Ludovico wrote: Balje, I have no idea what you are talking about. I never do either, but that is his charm. ;) Yes, but I'd like to stay on topic. …
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Fair play to Madrid at least they created some chances which they can look back on and say if we'd taken them things would have been different. Barca on the other hand were a shambles. Perhaps someone didn't tell them they were 4-0 down as they w…
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Yeah ok lets ship him off to Spain or somewhere where they will know we are keen to bin him so will make a derisory offer and we'll end up with 15m to spend on Falcao - except of course we won't as no way in a million years he would come to us so we…
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coolbyrne wrote: forgotmyusername wrote: coolbyrne wrote: Cantona cost his team 9 months. Makes Suarez's absence from the club seem light. Tired of the attitude that somehow the bite is anything more than John Terry's racism against Ferdin…
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forgotmyusername wrote: coolbyrne wrote: Cantona cost his team 9 months. Makes Suarez's absence from the club seem light. Tired of the attitude that somehow the bite is anything more than John Terry's racism against Ferdinand (4 games), Shawcr…
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forgotmyusername wrote: Trigger wrote: How strange is football-Liverpool without their leading goalscorer become a goalscoring machine, albeit against a pathetic Newcastle performance. I admit to being blinded by bias (I support Liverpool) but…
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Down you go Harry. Feel sorry for Reading though but I think they go down in reasonable shape for making a good fist of it next season.
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thelivingroyale wrote: Samuel001 wrote: Ludovico wrote: SaintMark wrote: The owner of the cinema did tell me that this was not a one of but in every showing people walked out during the break and that a lot of complaining was about the…
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Sir_James_Moloney wrote: Ludovico wrote: Like I said above, DAF is in a way more crime fiction than spy fic, where Fleming borrows a lot from Raymond Chandler. I think that's a good analysis. LALD seems to me to be more along those line…
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Ludovico wrote: 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: Ludovico wrote: Here is one: why is Doninic Greene eating an apple when he arrives at La Perla de la Duna? There has to be a second degree meaning to this, but I am not sure which one. I t…
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Getafix wrote: The opening sequence in Prague is one of the best in the series and IMO beats anything in LTK. This comment hits the nail on the head. That opening sequence, which is basically the entire TLD short story, is one of the gre…
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Sir_James_Moloney wrote: TheWizardOfIce wrote: One question? I know Dragonpol does his best but why dont we have debates like that around here? Have I been labouring under the misapprehension all these years that this is the best Bond fansite …
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St_George wrote: echo wrote: I felt they could have done more with Stromberg's webbed hands somehow--is it supposed to be a callback to Blofeld's earlobes in OHMSS? Love Spy as I do, must admit, I always thought that too. There's even a…
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chrisisall wrote: TheWizardOfIce wrote: 'Respected reviewer'? Dear oh dear - and I have reread your post about 6 times just to make sure I'm reading it right. Don't want to make the same mistake twice. I'm sorry, I should have specified: …
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chrisisall wrote: Actually, I've seen Icebreaker pretty high up on other people's lists; a respected reviewer on AJB rates it 9/10... http://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/34464/bond-continuation-novel-reviews/page/2/ Respected by whom precisely? …
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MajorDSmythe wrote: TheWizardOfIce wrote: Strange how if you say you're a racist or a Nazi all of a sudden you are not entitled to your opinion and are vilified by the whole of society. Well if you ask me DAD being the best film and Icebreaker…
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MajorDSmythe wrote: If people want to be so judgemental, that's their choice. We used to have a member here, well, on the old forums actually, who thought that Die Another Day was one of the best Bond films, if not his #1. The member I am talki…
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If you really have read all the Fleming books you need to have long hard look inside your soul then and ask if you can live with yourself. Saying Icebreaker is the best Bond book would be laughable but just about excusable if we were just discuss…
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I like the way everyone saying Spanish football is dead and the Bundesliga reigns supreme on the strength of basically 2 games. What sort of sample is that to base any conclusion on? If Barca and Real somehow dig it out some people are going t…
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MajorDSmythe wrote: I have not read all of the Gardner books, only some of them, but those that I have read, I enjoyed them. I'm going to single out Icebreaker as Gardner's best, and one of the best Bond books. It goes without saying that I am loo…
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SaintMark wrote: It makes wonder where the expense is that that the movies apparently seem to cost? Well first is the fact there is a CGI element in practically every shot. Then there is all this top talent you are paying for - Mende…
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thelivingroyale wrote: If we're doing this seriously I wasn't aware we were? A good idea for a thread but rather derailed by sub Carry On gags like 'wasn't the double take pigeon brilliant! lol' It's Duncan Bannatyne time for me with thi…
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Risico007 wrote: 007InVT wrote: How on earth were Neal Purvis and Robert Wade not fired after 'Die Another Day'?! Contracts And they were cheap.
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Sir_James_Moloney wrote: I haven't read through this entire thread so I hope this hasn't come up already. In A View to a Kill Bond discovers that his assistant, Sir Godfrey Tibbet, has been killed by May Day. Bond Is then knocked out and Max Zo…
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samainsy wrote: I cant do it I cant betray Skyfall and love Thunderball I'm sorry I dont get the point anyway.I do love joking but this is pretty pointless no offence but it should be closed I do love fun though but this is just stupid. N…
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Sir_James_Moloney wrote: TheWizardOfIce wrote: Sir_James_Moloney wrote: All Fleming's works will enter the public domain in the UK on 1 January 2035. So if I get someone to fund it does that mean I can produce an entirely faithful t…
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Baltimore_007 wrote: To one of the above, at least the Whisper character killed someone, and was even an imposing figure. Elvis (what were they thinking), was merely an irrelevance of a character, totally devoid of any worthwhile characteristics…
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