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Patrick Troughton was my first genuine Doctor. I can still remember The Evil of the Daleks and The Tomb of the Cybermen scaring me so much that I’d squeeze myself behind the sofa and peek out from behind it. Seriously, me and my sister actually did …
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kyawsawaung wrote: » I think Judi Dench's M in Casino Roylae is not the same character from Pierce Brosan's films. She’s the same character played by the same actress, but in an alternative timeline. Clearly the thinking was Dench was too muc…
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Personally, I’d replace all the actors with new ones. My only gripe about CR was the reappearance of Judi Dench as M. Unless the next Bond is a direct continuation of Craig’s persona and storyline, like Moore was the same as Connery’s hence the same…
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suavejmf wrote: » Well said Bondsum. I pretty much agree with every word of that. It is explicitly stated in the second book, Live and Let Die. Felix Leiter and Bond go to Harlem together, and they stick out because they are white, e.g. “He bli…
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Revelator wrote: » The Bond films have never strictly followed Fleming's template, and if were Fleming writing today his work would be different. Today race is not an important part of that template--it's no more important than whether a Bond acto…
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@Univex is right. Fleming described Bond as looking like Hoagy Carmichael as a reference point to Bond’s overall characteristics and ethnicity. Hoagy is caucasian for those that are unfamiliar with his race or are blind. We’ve had roughly 50 novels,…
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Torgeirtrap wrote: » Thrasos wrote: » This is a retro question, but does anyone here know, when Roger Moore was chosen as Bond, if it was a slam dunk decision, or if the producers went through a period of deciding? Just watching TV reruns of …
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Elvis Presley’s been mentioned numerous times before, so I thought I’d post this one. The video states it was a rejected Bond song, which is clearly a clickbait lie due to the fact that the song was used as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion…
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talos7 wrote: » bondsum wrote: » talos7 wrote: » The car chase has to be one of the most uninspired action sequences in the history of the franchise, talos7 wrote: » bondsum wrote: » Surely not, @talos7. Have you forgotten DAD…
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talos7 wrote: » The car chase has to be one of the most uninspired action sequences in the history of the franchise, talos7 wrote: » bondsum wrote: » Surely not, @talos7. Have you forgotten DAD’s paragliding tsunami action scene? Or m…
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Trouble is @Birdleson, I can accuse you of the very same thing that some might accuse me of: that your own hatred or dislike of SP has clouded your own judgement and made you deaf to those that say SP is a good movie, or not as bad as SF. Siding wit…
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Surely not, @talos7. Have you forgotten DAD’s paragliding tsunami action scene? Or maybe you’re a fan?
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DaltonCraig007 wrote: » @bondsum Blomkamp and Evans are no longer attached to Greenland, it’s now a Gerard Butler film directed by Ric Roman Waugh. So that means he has Gone World lined up after Robocop Returns. Probably for the best as Green…
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Nice orchestral backing but any performer that uses the “millennial whoop” or a variant of it it, deserves huge derision.
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NicNac wrote: » Thunderball arrived at the peak of BondMania. After Goldfinger everyone wanted a piece of Bond, so maybe the success of Thunderball was down to the quality of what went before? And therefore it could be argued that the dwindling…
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Maybe there was a hint of truth behind Egyptian actor Mohamed Karim being one of the actors up the role of chief baddie in Bond 25, after all? It’s a funny coincidence that Malek is also of Egyptian parentage and is now hot favourite to be cast in B…
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I’m sure this will all depend on how Robocop Returns does at the B.O. Plus Neill Blomkamp is busy with two other projects; one called Greenland starring Chris Evans and another project called Gone World based on the novel by Thomas Sweterlitsch, so …
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Gordon Parks must be rolling over in his grave. That millennial Shaft comedy looks absolutely dreadful.
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Creasy47 wrote: » Getafix wrote: » It actually feels like a lot more people agree with me now than in 2012 when I was practically the only one on here who dared criticise SF and took huge amounts of flak for doing so. I'd toss my name i…
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Isn’t Dormer a little too similar to Seydoux to be cast alongside her in B25? Without knowing what the story is it’s hard to picture her in the movie. Of course there’s nothing stopping Dormer from playing the bad girl who tries to bed Bond, but I d…
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Getafix wrote: » Turgid. That's a word we don't see enough off. And perhaps the most elegant summing up of SF we've had on here. Thanks @Getafix. I promise to use turgid more often when describing SF. RichardTheBruce wrote: » So it…
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RichardTheBruce wrote: » Thunderball is still the undisputed champ at the BO, That actually IS disputed. Specifically by Skyfall's box office and adjustments for inflation. Not factoring in TB’s overall production costs versus SF it …
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Hasn’t it already been leaked that it’s going to be Dua Lipa? Much like music industry insiders leaked Sam Smith long before it was announced, despite denials from Smith himself, he was eventually revealed as the singer. The same is now being said o…
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You're absolutely right about The Sting being extremely popular music-wise, but I feel this was mostly attributed to Scott Joplin's 1902 classic piano rag called "The Entertainer" which of course he didn't compose himself. A Chorus Line was indeed t…
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bondjames wrote: » In terms of resonating with the masses, I'm basing it on a few things. The film was far more successful than any previous Bond film in a long time, including on an inflation adjusted basis. One doesn't crack the $1bn barrier in …
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GetCarter wrote: » May I vent in this thread? Just watched Skyfall again. Now this is my just my opinion, and I respect the hell out of the film’s popularity (and bank), but it is plain dumb. Not DAD dumb, but Sam Mendes dumb. I reckon he bo…
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bondjames wrote: » @bondsum, I sympathize with your perspective and agree to a degree. I briefly discussed TSWLM in the context of SF with another member on the Controversial thread just yesterday. There is a distinct stench of hubris in SP, and I…
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Denbigh wrote: » Something I always thought might be interesting is if the writers of Spectre took a note from the James Bond comic adaptation of Octopussy, that introduced Hannes Oberhauser's daughter. You had me confused there. You mean the…
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bondjames wrote: » However, like @Major_Boothroyd, I see it as a one-off. It's not something that EON should aim to duplicate in my view. We don't even know if they fully realize what caused it to succeed to be frank. Sometimes it's a confluenc…
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I cannot argue with your own choice of placing FRWL as your personal No. 1 @jobo, as it's indeed a remarkable soundtrack. I've always been extremely fond of this score and rate it very highly. The only reason I don't place it higher above my own so-…
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