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jetsetwilly

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jetsetwilly
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Favourite Fleming Novel
On Her Majestys Secret Service
Favourite Bond Film
Licence To Kill
Favourite Bond Actor
Timothy Dalton
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  • Amazing! Best film I have seen in years, decades! Uplifting, feelgood factor off the scale. Cruise has reminded us all why we go to the cinema in the first place - to be entertained, thrilled, emotionally drained, and most importantly, leave the cin…
  • MajorDSmythe wrote: » Last_Rat_Standing wrote: » MajorDSmythe wrote: » I don't have a problem so much with reaction channels, as I do with YouTube recommending me channels that I don't watch or want to. YouTube insists that I should watch …
  • Dyson and Zaritsky both produce decent videos for the Bond fan community. Zaritsky has influenced me to buy probably too much Bond stuff over the years - mainly Sunspel and Orlebar Brown, so his videos work on some people! I get the impression he…
  • Birdleson wrote: » I don’t understand why you guys are so down on somebody with an a popular opinion. Do you want us all to think the same thing? I don’t want someone to be too intimidated to come on here for their preferences. And if he hasn’t s…
  • hoppimike wrote: » MI6HQ wrote: » Mathis1 wrote: » Your last paragraph made my eyes roll so far up!! True, even me I was shocked. Also this: hoppimike wrote: » Tracy I think, haha. Kind of strange that the female character who p…
  • I can't believe there are people on here that think the original Top Gun is bad. It's in my top 10 all time favourite movies, but I know its a product of its time. It gave both Tom Cruise and Tony Scott their big break, and I suppose looking at it n…
  • Red_Snow wrote: » mtm wrote: » There’s a review in the Times but it’s behind a paywall. I understand it’s lukewarm. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/with-a-mind-to-kill-by-anthony-horowitz-review-qq7mn6cg3 Full review for those who c…
  • mtm wrote: » GadgetMan wrote: » I think to satisfy everyone, Bond 26 needs to be ultra-modern and outlandish, yet grounded at the same time. A reasonable return of Bond's Gadgets and a solid plot too. I think it's that simple though. Ye…
  • mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » mtm wrote: » Well that happened right from the start when he didn't have his facial scar and walked around with a Scottish accent, then Roger Moore played a fair-haired version etc. As they showed, you can…
  • mtm wrote: » Well that happened right from the start when he didn't have his facial scar and walked around with a Scottish accent, then Roger Moore played a fair-haired version etc. As they showed, you can change Bond, and he remains Bond. The …
  • JeremyBondon wrote: » That would be the end of the line regarding Bond for me. In fact my favourite Bond films are a few up to and including GoldenEye. I'd happily rewatch them ad infinitum and think *evil laugh* 'they'll never take this away from…
  • fanbond123 wrote: » It's possible the next Bond actor will be of black origin. The new Doctor Who actor is black: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61371123 Actor Ncuti Gatwa will take over from Jodie Whittaker as the star of Doctor Who, the BB…
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: » By the way, you can call people "dumbasses" all you want, mate, but in that event all I have to say is that you've really excelled at proving my point about the whole immaturity thing. This was part of why I neglec…
  • Creasy47 wrote: » Surely one can question or even debate another's tastes without resorting to calling them a "dumbass." Different strokes for different folks but personal name-calling instantly confirms for me to step out of a debate because I'm …
  • StirredNotShaken wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Just finished Ozark. After a great series, it's been completely ruined by yet another pathetic, Hollywood/Netflix dumbass ending to rival NTTD. This trend is definitely stuck with us for the mo…
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: » It would be like watching Breaking Bad and being upset that it didn't end with Walt and his family being given the keys to the city and Walt's cancer being cured by a miracle drug. Completely wrong analogy. T…
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: » NTTD was definitely an example of an ending done the right way, for a captivating reason that left me with an assortment of emotions and will always stick with me. Bond dying doesn't automatically make it a bad endin…
  • Creasy47 wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Just finished Ozark. After a great series, it's been completely ruined by yet another pathetic, Hollywood/Netflix dumbass ending to rival NTTD. This trend is definitely stuck with us for the moment. Ho…
  • Just finished Ozark. After a great series, it's been completely ruined by yet another pathetic, Hollywood/Netflix dumbass ending to rival NTTD. This trend is definitely stuck with us for the moment. Horrible. Uplifting endings aren't allowed anym…
  • MI6HQ wrote: » MaxCasino wrote: » I’m sorry to report this but Cary might not be in the future of James Bond. https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/cary-fukunaga-allegations/ I know that he could be difficult to work with, but not in this way…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » mtm wrote: » ColonelAdamski wrote: » JustJames wrote: » Bond died in the books. (He got better…) Bond had a kid he didn’t know he had in the books. I don’t think a M died in the books. Leiter sorta kinda died, …
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » echo wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Jordo007 wrote: » Birdleson wrote: » I really wish the Broccoli family would pass it on at t…
  • LucknFate wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » echo wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Jordo007 wrote: » Birdleson wrote: » I really wish the Broccoli family would pass it on at this po…
  • mtm wrote: » I've got an idea though: they should do something with gangsters in. Now you're talking! ;)
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » echo wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Jordo007 wrote: » Birdleson wrote: » I really wish the Broccoli family would pass it on at this point. I'm concerned about the next directi…
  • echo wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Jordo007 wrote: » Birdleson wrote: » I really wish the Broccoli family would pass it on at this point. I'm concerned about the next direction of the series, but I think I would be more worried …
  • Jordo007 wrote: » Birdleson wrote: » I really wish the Broccoli family would pass it on at this point. I'm concerned about the next direction of the series, but I think I would be more worried if Barbara, Michael and Gregg weren't invol…
  • patb wrote: » It seems now to be a matter of record that (based on DC Bond) the most broadly popular movies (commercial and critique) were both self contained stories and plots that did not have a "take over the World" bad guy. Is this not an indi…
  • 007HallY wrote: » But why would 5'6 or even 5'4 be a problem if the actor was otherwise ideal for the role? Is it a deciding factor? Many people - including actors - are around this height. Tom Cruise is roughly 5'7 and Al Pacino is 5'6, the la…
  • ByRoyalDecree wrote: » I am not quite as certain as you are. 5/6 previous actors have had considerably darker complexions than white British. And although Craig is blonde, he looks more Russian than he does native to me (but so do most of the blon…