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Thanks @RichardTheBruce. Though the article did make one slip with "Fleming’s original novel was considered unsuitable for adaptation but the title was retained with the aim of building a new story around it." It wasn't the fact that it was "unsuita…
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I totally agree, only Miller knows how to make a proper Mad Max movie. I know Miller had some help with George Ogilvie on Beyond the Thunderdome, but it sort of shows.
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I totally agree with your "missing a trick" by not utilising Caroline Munro enough in the movie @Denbigh. I suppose when they wrote her part they didn't know Gilbert would cast an model/actress with that much sex appeal in the role.
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Has anyone actually seen the Anthony Burgess draft for TSWLM? It was apparently written as one giant piss-take of where he thought the series had gone wrong, adding his own demented twist to it. Wasn't there something like twelve different scriptwri…
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fjdinardo wrote: » This is all Harry’s fault. If he would of just sold his half to Cubby You can also lay the blame at Michael Cimino for making Heaven's Gate which was the final undoing of UA, or TransAmerica Corporation as you might prefer …
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Looks like we won't be seeing the further adventures of Mad Max either. The future of the Mad Max franchise has hit another bend in the road, as the bitter court battle makes its way from California to Australia’s Supreme Court of New South Wales. T…
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I dunno. I was never keen on M and Charles Robinson having eyes and ears on their asset out on reconnaissance. It was this that kick-started the whole 007 constantly under satellite surveillance schtick that we haven't been able to get away from eve…
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I have no idea how B25 will start @Last_Rat_Standing but that is most likely the scenario. Not too sure whether TND is considered a Bond movie worthy enough for Eon to go back to and take its inspiration from @talos7.
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Yes, it's a shame @AlexanderWaverly. I used to work with Adrian Turner long before he wrote his GF book. Never got to see him afterwards, otherwise I'd have quizzed him about all the stuff that wasn't included in the book. coco1997 wrote: » Rev…
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Yes, I didn't think it was too bad. It starts with the viewer being dropped straight into the action and it goes on from there. Pretty much like the modern novel: very little back story, not too much characterisation, plenty of action. Back story is…
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That would be fantastic @coco1997. It would be great to find out the hidden gems in the early drafts for OHMSS, YOLT, TMWTGG and DAF. I think the rest have been covered extensively.
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I think the days of the PTS baring no relevance to the rest of the picture are over. It worked for GF as we knew our 007 was on a mission in between movies and it was expected he'd be serving Queen and country. Craig's Bond, however, resigned at the…
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Murdock wrote: » Speaking of the original series, there are tons of easter eggs alluding to it in the new series. As well as.. (Spoiler) Yes, an Bill Mumy makes a very brief appearance in episode 1.
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barryt007 wrote: » I wonder if that means the end of Sidekick Simon... He makes an appearance I believe, so he's not written out of the new series, as does Felicity Montagu as legendary Lynn. Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: » That sounds like …
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Creasy47 wrote: » I'm not big on the dutch angle, either. It can be quite jarring, but I didn't mind it in too much in 28 Days Later. Still got to get around to checking out the Trainspotting movies. I agree. Though it's interesting to note t…
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Yes, I do believe you're right @Thunderfinger. I think there were various edits and cuts of those movies which were used for TV and video sales that were a little different to the modern versions. There's even a U.S. uncut Dr No video showing Bond f…
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There's a new BBC series of Alan Partridge coming out in Autumn in the format of The One Show, with Partridge filling in for Matt Baker as the guest co-host. Now that sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun. Looking forward to it.
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echo wrote: » I do find all of this fascinating. There was a comment--I believe it was Cubby--that OHMSS was too similar to TB to follow it--"Thunderball on skis." I haven't read that quote myself, but I can say that the OHMSS movie that wou…
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Well, at least Arsenal fans were greeted with Russian hospitality in Moscow a few days ago on Thursday night. They even got some nice "Gentlefan" hats as a gift to keep them warm.
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That's just sad, clocking their actual screen time. It's not strictly about physical time spent on the screen, it's about perceptions and their overall involvement in the story. As others have pointed out, the great Bond movies work best with M and …
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Torgeirtrap wrote: » I have NEVER heard about that! :-O Yes, the producers were always shifting around the next Bond movie, right from GF days. Most are aware that OHMSS was going to be the next after GF, until the offer of a collaboration wi…
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A good choice @Ludovico. Though, for the record, it was Kenneth More that almost replaced Bernard Lee in LALD and thereafter, who I think would've been an interesting choice. Ray Lonnen was a popular figure in The Sandbaggers for those not in the…
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jake24 wrote: » Goldeneye0094 wrote: » https://screenrant.com/james-bond-25-naomie-harris/ She knows filming will start this year and has cleared her schedule, which is something. Thread will be updated soon. Hoorah! At last, some gl…
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We both share the same curiosity @Strog to see how DAF and TMWTGG would have looked in its earlier drafts. I just wish that there was more available on these two movies in terms of complete early drafts. Cubby states in his biography that Mankiewicz…
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Getafix wrote: » Pull the other one. Personally, I don't think it is the very best, but some still do view it that way. My own preference was always Dalton, though I do wish he'd gotten his hair cut shorter in his Bond movies. That was always…
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Strog wrote: » Agreed. The Solex was Maibaum. I'd really like to see Mankiewicz's first crack at the script. Apparently he very much wanted to have Bond v. Scaramanga at the center of it. Going back to Jack Palance, I believe Mankiewicz cited SHAN…
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bondjames wrote: » Having said that, I do think that Cubby was perhaps in a better position with Moore for the famous OP/NSNA duel than if he had to rely on a newbie Bond in the saddle for his sophomore outing (assuming the switch had occurred w…
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bondjames wrote: » bondsum wrote: » For me, Moore was a great Saint but not a wholly convincing Bond. This is precisely what my dad used to say when I was younger. Your father was right. bondjames wrote: » No doubt. I don't thin…
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Yes, this was one of my own fears about Craig, which I also brought up maybe a few year's ago. The origin of my comments has no doubt been buried under a pile of guano since then. Thing with Collins was he was a blank canvas which Cubby could've …
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OK, I must have picked up on something else you were referring to @bondjames. I guess I'm in two minds about which nationality could play Bond. Whilst I think John Gavin most definitely had the right look, I'm not so sure whether he had the acting s…
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