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I agree @00Agent, including your assessment of Lazenby.
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OK. Just to refresh my memory I've rewatched the PTS again in maybe 15 years!! I'm still going with this being a poorly executed and uninteresting PTS. I'd forgotten the awful slow-mo of the DEA agents running across the landing strip. It's totally …
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bondjames wrote: » I agree. Further variations from the physical template would be ill advised imho. I can hear the calls for it already, but it won't be for me. Yes, worse rumour I've heard so far was Jamie Bell as the next 007. Seriously, t…
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bondjames wrote: » I've mentioned this before, but in my opinion 'screen Bond' is about presence, self confidence, swagger, voice projection, authority and authenticity. In other words, comfort in one's own skin. I agree with your opinion. I …
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Yes, I was surprised at just how truly awful Toby Stephens was in DAD: Sneering, petulant, and hammy. Anybody associated with that movie by default should never have been allowed to work on a Bond picture ever again IMO.
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Benny wrote: » [img][/img] bondsum wrote: » Yeah, I agree with you guys. Out of the lesser known actors, Aidan Turner is still the best one I've seen so far. At least he's 6 feet tall. According to IMDB he's only an inch taller than Crai…
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Richard Tuggle was the director of Tightrope having previously worked on the screenplay for Escape from Alcatraz. His directing career never took off as he only got to direct one more movie after this before being sidelined. It says on Imdb that rep…
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CommanderRoss wrote: » Well Fleming himself described Bond as a bit 'foreign' looking, but Aidan to me just looks too friendly.
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Yeah, I agree with you guys. Out of the lesser known actors, Aidan Turner is still the best one I've seen so far. At least he's 6 feet tall.
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You're not alone @Risico007. I'm not too thrilled by the Angelina Jolie rumour either, nor the rookie spy angle to boot.
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Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » Star Trek The Motion Picture there are probably 4 people on here who appreciate how awesome an experience this film is, Saw this on its opening day in London in '79 with lots of Trekies dressed up in various cost…
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So let me get this right. Every rumour so far, other than the one concerning Boyle and Hodge working on B25 has proven to be false, is this right?
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Orlando poshboy Bloom playing George Carter? Deary me, no wonder it was in development hell. Whilst Ray Winstone was a good-fit as an East Ender type, he was too portly to play a physical Jack Regan.
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TripAces wrote: » bondsum wrote: » TripAces wrote: » Bond was written as an orphan by Fleming. That's not strictly true. It was not until the penultimate novel, You Only Live Twice, that Fleming gave Bond a sense of family background.…
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Thanks @ClarkDevlin and @thelivingroyale for your additional remarks and info on Hodge's The Sweeney. I just did a little crosschecking and I can see that at one time they had Jason Statham or Michael Fassbender lined up for the Plan B part (as Geor…
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LeonardPine wrote: » I love the 2 Sweeney films. John Thaw is just dynamite in them. I love the chase through London in the first one when an assassin is trying to kill Regan and a witness. Totally agree. I thought that this was where the cin…
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Just a quick one as I'm a bit busy right now. I agree with a lot of what @bondjames has already posted. However, I disliked the PTS immensely on first viewing. Sure, the Dauphin plane lasso stunt is kind of good but it's the whole wedding reception …
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TripAces wrote: » Bond was written as an orphan by Fleming. That's not strictly true. It was not until the penultimate novel, You Only Live Twice, that Fleming gave Bond a sense of family background. And it was only used as a fictional obitua…
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LeonardPine wrote: » oh god, i've just noticed that John Hodge co-scripted the abomination that was 'The Sweeney' remake..... I'm unsure of how this adaption came to fruition? Could it be that Nick Love (its co-writer and director) should bar…
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Escalus5 wrote: » The Bond series has been wildly successful for almost fifty years since Connery's exit, and it will continue to be successful for many years to come. Sure, Connery had quite an effect on teenagers who never emotionally recover…
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I'm just going on the provided CNN article link @RC7 that talks about Star Wars fatigue and Disney's commitment to its expansive universes with Marvel. Bond will never be part of that, certainly currently. I think we're talking at cross purposes. Yo…
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Under the current situation @TripAces, I highly doubt there will ever come a time of Bond oversaturation, unless Disney totally buy it out and we have The Monneypenny Diaries, Felix Leiter's Lighting the Fuse, or Oddjob: The Early Years in rapid-fi…
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To all those that have added more thoughts to my own, I do want to repeat my first line again just for clarity: Not sure how you two can measure it. It certainly can't be measured now as Connery is still alive.
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I think that's a entirely separate issue @TripAces. The article is referring to Star Wars fatigue with "four movies in two and a half years" and not one movie every two years. There's nothing wrong with releasing a Bond movie every 2 years. Notice t…
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RC7 wrote: » bondsum wrote: » fjdinardo wrote: » Ive probably asked this question before but is Boyle a fan of James Bond? I ask because a Bond director must always know their bond history. Thats a must for me. A bigger one than Mende…
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fjdinardo wrote: » Ive probably asked this question before but is Boyle a fan of James Bond? I ask because a Bond director must always know their bond history. Thats a must for me. A bigger one than Mendes was by all accounts. Boyle has gone …
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Thunderfinger wrote: » That looks really horrible. I agree with you there, Thunders. That does look truly awful.
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Not sure how you two can measure this @BAIN123 and @bondjames? Roger Moore's passing was indeed very sad because he was the first Bond to R.I.P. and was much-loved by his fans and the general public alike. However, not to sound too mawkish but when …
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fanbond123 wrote: » Playing devil's advocate a bit here but anyone have a clue why a franchise as popular and enduring as James Bond has to have a one picture distribution deal? Seems a bit short-termism as a business model. Why not secure a multi…
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You raise an interesting point @M_Balje. Could it be that the likes of Mariah Carey, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande have taken a step closer to performing the next Bond song than previously before? I agree @Torgeirtrap, I would've like…
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