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TripAces

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TripAces
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Favourite Fleming Novel
Casino Royale
Favourite Bond Film
Skyfall
Favourite Bond Actor
Daniel Craig
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  • mtm wrote: » Last_Rat_Standing wrote: » Jordo007 wrote: » I've seen a few actors praise Cary's direction in interviews now. It's great to see and I'll be interested to see how it translates to screen. One of my big bugbears with Spectre w…
  • Rossi wrote: » TripAces wrote: » Red_Snow wrote: » https://twitter.com/mccullerscenter/status/1362883532675297281 Well, that sure is interesting. Rachel is a Carson McCullers scholar (wrote her dissertation on McCullers) and also …
  • talos7 wrote: » Actors are notorious for exaggerating height. As far as Daniel, he’s listed at 5’10 but I’m not so sure; there are several moments throughout his tenure where you can really see that he’s not tall. Thee is a behind the scenes photo…
  • Red_Snow wrote: » https://twitter.com/mccullerscenter/status/1362883532675297281 Well, that sure is interesting. Rachel is a Carson McCullers scholar (wrote her dissertation on McCullers) and also did an interview for the Center back in N…
  • Dragonpol wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » DaltonFan wrote: » @Dragonpol: Fun fact: His father was also a Bond fan until Die …
  • Page is picking up steam...not that that matters much. But it has become a phenomenon after we first mentioned him on here a couple of months ago. Page will be hosting SNL next week, fwiw. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a351404…
  • QBranch wrote: » Just getting back to NTTD for a minute: It took over a month, but finally, the third book arrived yesterday. Many thanks to @marketto007 @mtm @Torgeirtrap @MattiaDeVarti007 Well done guys. Love it!
  • ImpertinentGoon wrote: » GadgetMan wrote: » I love Craig's Bond as well. But the sudden thought of EON to link his films still hurts me. It really hurts because it's just one film that undermined everything. SP should have been a standalone Bo…
  • delfloria wrote: » The retro fitting of Blofeld/Spectre into the rest of the Craig era films was a disaster the way it was handled. Yes, especially since the arc is unnecessary. Really, we had two sets of tandem films (CR/QoS and SP/NTTD) b…
  • RogueAgent wrote: » Contraband wrote: » Don't think this long interview has been posted before. From feb 2020. Cast, Cary and Michael/Babs Thanks for sharing as had not seen this before! :-bd Have to ask as i do not know? Is Barba…
  • PDJamesBond wrote: » octofinger wrote: » I was being facetious - hopefully that's obvious. On the other hand: Bond and Marvel now compete in the same space. They're both global tent-pole franchises that straddle the blockbuster/quality fil…
  • BonSimonLeBon_1 wrote: » TripAces wrote: » AKillToAView wrote: » I don't think anyone has claimed that vaccinations will make this go away overnight. The point of the vaccines is to hopefully slow down the rate of infection to free up hosp…
  • AKillToAView wrote: » I don't think anyone has claimed that vaccinations will make this go away overnight. The point of the vaccines is to hopefully slow down the rate of infection to free up hospitals and make the illness more manageable. COVI…
  • Got my first dose of the vaccine this morning. The clinician told me that here in Arizona, the estimate is that 10% of the public has been vaccinated and that we need to get to 70% before things can get back to "normal." I'm going to assume that ou…
  • mtm wrote: » Since62 wrote: » mtm wrote: » Contraband wrote: » Another Heineken ad with Craig. Fresh upload These ads are really badly directed. The joke just dies. Nay ! I think it is quite amusing. Bond/Craig ge…
  • QBranch wrote: » A look at the cocktail menu from the El Nido bar in Cuba, as seen on the counter in the Fukunaga voice-over trailer & Cuban set crew group photo, check left side of the screenshot: Inclusions of interest: Dry Mart…
  • DonnyDB5 wrote: » RichardTheBruce wrote: » Jan1985 wrote: » DonnyDB5 wrote: » It would be nice if theaters did a SPECTRE/NTTD tandem showing for the sake of continuity. Plus, it wouldn’t be a bad idea in helping theaters earn a bit mor…
  • Jan1985 wrote: » DonnyDB5 wrote: » It would be nice if theaters did a SPECTRE/NTTD tandem showing for the sake of continuity. Plus, it wouldn’t be a bad idea in helping theaters earn a bit more change. Will not happen, because both movi…
  • matt_u wrote: » IF the film will stick to its late 2021 release date, the last Craig Bond film will come out exactly 50 years after the last (EoN) Connery Bond film. And almost exactly 16 years after Craig was announced as Bond.
  • ToTheRight wrote: » fjdinardo wrote: » TripAces wrote: » Nobody has posted anything to this thread for about 24 hours. Is that a first? I guess I'm changing that. LOL Whats there left to say about the production of this film? Its al…
  • Creasy47 wrote: » TripAces wrote: » The Little Things This film already has a place among my "weirdest" films of all time...and that's not surprising: Hancock wrote the first draft of the script around 1991, and many of the films on my list…
  • The Little Things This film already has a place among my "weirdest" films of all time...and that's not surprising: Hancock wrote the first draft of the script around 1991, and many of the films on my list are of that early to mid 90s era known fo…
  • Mallory wrote: » Zekidk wrote: » Just watched 'Little Things' with Malek and Denzel yesterday on streaming (an ok thriller). It was filmed after NTTD. Looking forward to seeing that, score by SF and SP composer Timmy Newman too. …
  • Nobody has posted anything to this thread for about 24 hours. Is that a first? I guess I'm changing that. LOL
  • writer5150 wrote: » News here in LA is that the average person (not older set, or required services people, etc.) should be vaccinated by some point in the Fall. If we're looking at a two-shot process, October may be a bit optimistic. But, looki…
  • DarthDimi wrote: » I agree, @NickTwentyTwo. Inconvenient and dangerous though it is, few shall be able to keep this disciplined life up for much longer. My girlfriend and myself have our summer wedding to look forward to. We will definitely con…
  • The UN mission to find and eliminate mines has been DC's humanitarian focus for a while now. It's good to see. I wonder how much the scene... (Spoiler) ...influenced his work with the UN.
  • Matt007 wrote: » @TripAces Actually, he said the end of summer. Actually, No he didn’t ... https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/fauci-says-degree-of-normality-possible-by-fall-if-85-of-population-vaccinated-by-end-of…
  • Matt007 wrote: » Zekidk wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Life may never fully return back to the normal we once remembered it pre 2020. That's the most pessimistic post I've read recently. Personally I don't believe that we all are wea…