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ColonelAdamski wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Don't agree with this. Some of Moore's films still reference Fleming characters and scenes (DAF and LALD has quite a few). You've made a mistake there. DAF was Lazenby, everyone knows that. …
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ColonelAdamski wrote: » The real Fleming departure in the film series came in the seventies, (they even had Moore's Bond studying at Oxford). Don't agree with this. Some of Moore's films still reference Fleming characters and scenes (DAF an…
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Birdleson wrote: » NO TIME TO DIE With more time and more viewings I have become even firmer in my divided opinion on this film. There is much that works, but it is mired down in these long emotional gambits that fall short for me, more so as …
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I just watched Octopussy for the first time in about 30 years, and it was much better than I remembered. In fact it may be one of Roger's best. I also forgot how much Fleming was used from both OP and TPOAL short stories. This is how it is done p…
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QBranch wrote: » jobo wrote: » DarthDimi wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Just watched NTTD with my parents, and it was interesting to see their reaction. My mum cried at the ending, but then her overall assessment afterwards was that it …
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Birdleson wrote: » Somewhere between Cubby's unreasonable treatment of Connery and his refusals to renegotiate the latter's contract, and his daughter’s seemingly obsequious approach to her interactions with Craig, there has to be a more sensible …
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Jordo007 wrote: » Contraband wrote: » Happy New Year boys and girls!!! Inside the Ending of ‘No Time to Die’: Daniel Craig and Filmmaking Team Discuss the Shocking Conclusion https://variety.com/2021/film/news/no-time-to-die-ending-james…
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ColonelAdamski wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » I'm sure Fleming had Scottish origins planned for Bond before Connery came on the scene anyway, as much of Fleming was passed on to the fictional character. It's interesting that Bond is neve…
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Major_Boothroyd wrote: » 007ClassicBondFan wrote: » NickTwentyTwo wrote: » To your credit I can see why Connery "is" Bond because Fleming made creative decisions about his character based on Connery. But did he though? I know the st…
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OOWolf wrote: » Venutius wrote: » Yes, you only had to take one look at Dalton to know that he was James Bond and then when he made the decision to channel as much of Fleming's Bond into his portrayal as he could, well, I couldn't have been ha…
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007InAction wrote: » Should the next bond get a short hair cut like dc, or long like most of the other bonds ? Or it doesn't matter ? I want a classic Bond look for the next actor, tall and dark with a Jon Hamm Madmen hairstyle to match.…
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Birdleson wrote: » Couldn’t you just let it pass without comment? Honestly, where does this nastiness come from? He’s just throwing out an idea. Fair enough, I've apologised to him. Merry Christmas one and all.
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Since62 wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Since62 wrote: » Your mention of the film coming up for Ms. Broccoli reminds of an idea I've touted somewhere in the past...a period Bond, set in the 1950s, with Idris Elba as JB, and he's deliberately…
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Since62 wrote: » Your mention of the film coming up for Ms. Broccoli reminds of an idea I've touted somewhere in the past...a period Bond, set in the 1950s, with Idris Elba as JB, and he's deliberately chosen to go after the villain because it wou…
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mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Since62 wrote: » Dalton was so very poorly served by tepid and uninspired scripts, wan direction, etc. I think LTK is one of the best scripts in the franchise. TLD isn’t far off either. And give me Gl…
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Since62 wrote: » Dalton was so very poorly served by tepid and uninspired scripts, wan direction, etc. I think LTK is one of the best scripts in the franchise. TLD isn’t far off either. And give me Glen’s direction in LTK any day over most of…
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MakeshiftPython wrote: » ColonelAdamski wrote: » I've just got back from the supermarket, and I'm sad to say I couldn't bring myself to buy the DVD, because of how much I hate the second half, and mostly the ending. I used to be thrilled when …
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mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » mtm wrote: » If it's so great then tell me this: how does Felix pull his ripcord with a top hat in each hand? :D And why does a fish wink at the end? Strange oddities, but I'd take them any day o…
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thelivingroyale wrote: » ColonelAdamski wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Strange oddities, but I'd take them any day over Felix dying, Bond begging for mercy over his daughter, becoming bizarrely out-of-character chatty with long lost brother…
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mtm wrote: » If it's so great then tell me this: how does Felix pull his ripcord with a top hat in each hand? :D And why does a fish wink at the end? Strange oddities, but I'd take them any day over Felix dying, Bond begging for mercy ov…
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dalton wrote: » Licence to Kill is probably the only film in the entire franchise that has not budged in my rankings of the films over the past couple of decades. It's been firmly entrenched at #1 for as long as I can remember. Dalton gives us a…
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ColonelAdamski wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » When I said copies, I meant originals. I wasn't contradicting you, I was just remembering that the early 'big box' VHS videos had something with them where you couldn't copy them. If you hire…
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ColonelAdamski wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Love seeing these old VHS copies. I have a boxful too somewhere up in my loft. My first ever owned VHS tapes were Rocky III and Rocky IV (both in Warner Home Video covers) - Christmas gifts, year…
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Love seeing these old VHS copies. I have a boxful too somewhere up in my loft. My first ever owned VHS tapes were Rocky III and Rocky IV (both in Warner Home Video covers) - Christmas gifts, year 1987 or 1988 I think.
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mtm wrote: » All of these smilies don't really work as sensible conversation. Merry Christmas to you too, @mtm <:-P
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TripAces wrote: » ColonelAdamski wrote: » TripAces wrote: » [ For fifteen years, Bond had been having an existential crisis, which is likely a byproduct of the job. That crisis is between who he is and who he wants to be. It's also a Jung…
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mtm wrote: » Not sure what that means, but I just mean that the way the plot works it kind of seems pointless for him to survive. It's a rework/adaptation of LALD, where Felix also survives that ordeal too in the novel. Plus, Cubby had the …
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mtm wrote: » I was thinking the other day that it seems a bit odd in a way that they didn’t just kill Felix off. Because Babs or Daniel wasn't in charge... ;)
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echo wrote: » ColonelAdamski wrote: » TripAces wrote: » [ For fifteen years, Bond had been having an existential crisis, which is likely a byproduct of the job. That crisis is between who he is and who he wants to be. It's also a Jungian …
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ColonelAdamski wrote: » TripAces wrote: » [ For fifteen years, Bond had been having an existential crisis, which is likely a byproduct of the job. That crisis is between who he is and who he wants to be. It's also a Jungian conflict: the dual…
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