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@ObradyMOBondfanatic7 - interesting that you are a relative late comer. I remember '63 like it was yesterday. I saw Dr.No three times in one week at my local flea pit. First with a friend, second time with my mum and finally on my own. It was a UK …
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@ jarrod when you mention "Hell Drivers" you certainly get me reminiscing. I always found James Mitchell's double life (Mitchell = Callan, Munro = Craig) very interesting. Both were good but I sometimes think that by splitting his efforts he never …
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matt_Helm you are 100% correct regarding. TSWCIFTC is a brilliant movie and like all true classics it stands the test of time well. I think that Burton is brilliant as Leamus. As fare as Deighton is concerned, I think that Ipcress is good but it is…
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Although not strictly from the '60s (it was released in 1972 ) "Innocent Bystanders" starring the late, great Stanley Baker is well worth a watch. Like many in the genre, it's from a book. This time by the Geordie writer, James Mitchell who writing…
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mikeninja008 wrote: Danger Route is streaming on netflix currently. I saw it for the first time last year. Richard Johnson makes for a very good spy Sadly I couldn't find it on netflixUK. I would have liked to have seen it as I missed th…
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Murdock wrote: All the "Harry Palmer" Movies are nice. I consider it a Bond Spinoff in a way. :) No way was "Palmer" a Bond spin off! Len Deighton created his "spy with no name" as a complete antithesis to Bond. He was a working class anti…
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connerybond wrote: I read a variety of novels and genres -Grisham, Chandler, Forsyth, Deighton, even going back to Edgar Wallance times etc.. But none of them gives me the thrill like when I first read Dr No in 1958 as a first year university s…
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Ludovico wrote: Technically it is crime fiction, not espionnage, but there are often political and espionage elements in the novels of Deon Meyer. Deon Meyer is amazing!
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I love Craig's interpretation and am also a huge Dalton and Connery fan. That said, if the test is proximity to Fleming's literary interpretation - bizarrely enough I find Lazenby fits the bill. That said, I think that the fact that OHMSS the movie…
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TheWizardOfIce wrote: Aziz_Fekkesh wrote: OHMSS. Never really a big fan of the book. Bearing in mind that this is in response to the title of the thread - Worst Fleming Bond Novel? - it has to be one of the most ludicrous statements eve…
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Given Boyd's importance to our hero's literary evolution I'm a little surprised that folk appear not to have dipped into his back catalogue.
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Taffin wrote: With Jonathan Cape being involved again I can only wish for them to reissue all the Bond books - including the continuation novels - in a matching set, the same size as the original Cape Flemings, that would be my ultimate Bond-book …
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ultrabox wrote: myworldisenough wrote: I hope the actual print cover will be worthy of the old Fleming covers as its being published by Jonathan Cape. I won't hold my breath though. I just don't understand why there are so many uninspired cove…
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IFP and Jonathon Cape could get huge kudos and pre-publication publicity by commissioning a serious artist and trailoring the development of the artwork before launch date. In my opinion, given that the book is set in the '60s the design should be …
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Anyone that has read Boyd will not doubt his literary credentials. His latest, "Waiting For Sunrise"is particularly good. His books are very character based and his capacity to describe and immerse you in different times is a key strength and doubt…
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This starts my definitive list of the best non-Bond spy novels. Here are the first five: 1) "The Tears of Autumn" (1974) by Charles McCarry: McCarry is the Charles Dickens of espionage. His novels are amongst the best ever written - any genre …
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Ludovico wrote: Villiers53 wrote: Ludovico wrote: I absolutely love the Queen & Country series (graphic novels and novels) by Greg Rucka. Inspired by the British TV series The Sandbaggers. I've just started Barry Eisler's 'Rain …
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Ludovico wrote: I absolutely love the Queen & Country series (graphic novels and novels) by Greg Rucka. Inspired by the British TV series The Sandbaggers. I've just started Barry Eisler's 'Rain Fall' the book that Bentley recommended at…
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No surprise that the two best Bond books make for two of the best movies. If this question had been asked a couple of months ago I'd have gone for FRWL without thinking. Having watched both again recently, FRWL still gets it but only by a nose. OH…
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I've just finished "The Loyal Spy" by Simon Conway and would thoroughly recommend it to all afficianados of the spy novel. It is well plotted, violent, sprawling and steeped in authenticity regarding the war on terror. The hero is definitely a new…
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Villiers53 wrote: No the film should never be restored. It should undergo a full restoration and be re-released onto the big screen. Sorry folks, I meant to say; "No the film should never be RESCORED. It should undergo a full RESTORATION …
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No the film should never be restored. It should undergo a full restoration and be re-released onto the big screen.
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chrisisall wrote: trevanian wrote: Dalton and Connery pretty much constitute everything I'd want to see on screen in Bond, even though Connery's is pretty much its own thing while Dalton's is inextricably linked to prose BKond. =D> H…
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0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: QoS looks nothing like a TV movie. It is one of the prettiest Bond films around. Now your just being sarcastic again - naughty boy. You know it was crap from start to finish!
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chrisisall wrote: Villiers53 wrote: Sadly, with the exception of the first three Connery outings, the two Dalton movies, the single Lazenby feature and, thank God Craig's interpretation, this has been something completely missing in the films.…
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What a great post from Pierce2Daniel and although I too agree with the theWizardOfle regarding the excellent plot (substitute alqueda for Nazi and it's oven ready for today's audience) you have certainly understood the essence of Fleming's charact…
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I have to say, although elements of Bonds wardrobe have worked over the years - mainly the very early Connery stuff - 007 as described by Ian Fleming has yet to be dressed. The great man described our hero as strongly resembling Hoagy Carmichael an…
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Your certainly correct regarding O'Donnell's consistent high quality. The standard from start to finish was absolutely amazing -vastly superior to Fleming in every regard and like Bentley, I think the failure of Hollywood to pick up on the franchise…
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Dragonpol wrote: Glidrose/IFP get 10% profits from every James Bond film for the use of the character name/title of the film. They have no rights over the contents of the films, just as EON has no rights over who they choose as continuation Bond a…
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I'd love to know if eon's rights would prohibit other production companies bringing the fabulous "Young Bond" series of books to the screen or indeed the equally tremendous "Moneypenny Diaries". Does anyone out there know? I'd love to see these to…
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