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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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  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » Birdleson wrote: » jobo wrote: » Have anyone here seen Remington Steele? Is it worth watching? I am kinda curious what it was the general audience saw in Brosnan which made them so convinced he was the "perfect cas…
  • mtm wrote: » GoldenGun wrote: » Then again, what Craig does lack is elegance. Which Dalton and Lazenby had in spades. In these modern days I feel the refined nature of Bond's character hasn't been captured well, with the possible exception of …
  • Seeing as we are all doing this - 1. GF 2. OHMSS 3. LTK 4. FRWL 5. CR
  • Agent_47 wrote: » Just wanted to wish everyone well. Tough times ahead... stay safe and stay indoors. I second that. And for all the comments about China, there is a lot of crap you can read on the internet. I've read 2 million mobile u…
  • suavejmf wrote: » Thunderball wrote: » Both GF and SF are in my top ten, but I can see why they wouldn’t be for others. Particularly SF. I really love it, but it could never stand shoulder to shoulder with GF, or CR, TB, FRWL DN and OHMSS, all…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » DAF definitely has a mean streak behind it, especially with its macabre humor. It's why I don't think it would have even worked as a Moore film as many seem to claim, it's too vicious for a Moore installment. Yes, I…
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » GoldenGun wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » I don't find any Bond film boring. Even the ones I don't like aren't guilty of being boring. Agreed, there are …
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » GoldenGun wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » I don't find any Bond film boring. Even the ones I don't like aren't guilty of being boring. Agreed, there are a few stretches in a small group of films, but none of…
  • AstonLotus wrote: » I would say that QOS is easily the most boring Bond film.Not FYEO. I don't agree with that. The one thing QoS is not is boring. Its much shorter, compact, far more locations, a lot more action, all crammed in to a tigh…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » I’d give the boring title more to TND/TWINE. +1
  • Thunderfinger wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Thunderfinger wrote: » https://www.euromomo.eu/slices/map_2017_2020.html Mortality rates. Drag your pointer over the blue timeline below to compare over the last three years. Spain is n…
  • Thunderfinger wrote: » https://www.euromomo.eu/slices/map_2017_2020.html Mortality rates. Drag your pointer over the blue timeline below to compare over the last three years. Spain is now rocketing towards Italy figures, yet according to…
  • GoldenGun wrote: » What is great about the underwater scenes in TB? In a word: atmosphere. If I want slow, drawn out beautiful scenes with atmosphere, nice music, and not a great deal more, than I'd stick on Kubrick's 2001 space opera seque…
  • BT3366 wrote: » I don't know why the SF post was hijacked into another I hate underwater scenes of TB bash fest, but it has. For me, the underwater becomes a character central to the film. Just as I've always felt YOLT presented Japan as almost…
  • Torgeirtrap wrote: » When watching TB, I sometimes go back and watch the underwater scenes again. Can't see why anyone doesn't find them exciting! What's exciting about them, compared to something like the Madagascar chase sequence, or the …
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » I'll never understand how anyone finds the underwater scenes dull. I don't consider myself easy to please, but I think they're pretty gorgeous to look at, especially on a decent sized screen. And Barry scores them so well.…
  • jobo wrote: » I have to be in the right mood to appreciate Thunderball. If I feel just a little impatient or restless, the film's limitations in terms of pacing is a problem. If I am in the right, relaxed mood able to sit back and just revel in th…
  • Getafix wrote: » TripAces wrote: » Thunderball wrote: » As a landlocked American (I'm from Colorado, can't get more landlocked than that), I have a love and fascination with the beach and ocean and those are usually my favorite locations i…
  • Tracy wrote: » Let it (not) be (food) , good pun huh ;) awwwww....bats are so cute! :-*
  • Thunderfinger wrote: » https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-deadly-is-the-coronavirus-compared-to-past-outbreaks Thats an old post now. It says the death rate is 4,700, yet we are now at 27,417. Either the post is very old, or the …
  • Thunderfinger wrote: » But Italy are counting fatalities in a different way. Phew! That's a relief then. Panic over.
  • Italy deaths have had their biggest ever number in one day - 919. This is going up, not down. Jesus!
  • Thunderfinger wrote: » DaltonCraig007 wrote: » 1st death from coronavirus: January 9th. 100 deaths reached on January 27th (18 days later). 500 deaths reached on February 5th (9 days later). 1,000 deaths reached on February 10th (5 days lat…
  • DarthDimi wrote: » Glad you brought that up, @DaltonCraig007. I know very little about all things economy, so I want to ask the room. * If the global economy is left in very bad shape indeed, won't better times automatically come with renewed e…
  • jobo wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » Revelator wrote: » The Liparus climax is more complexly staged, with goals of overcoming Stromberg's army, advancing toward the heavily guarded command center, and finding a way to overcome its defenc…
  • I didn't like any of the Brosnan Bond films, so certainly wouldn't want him in NTTD. Also, Bond would never sport a moustache.
  • STLCards3 wrote: » Octopussy wrote: » Moonraker does everything that The Spy Who Loved Me introduced much better, IMO. I agree up until space lazers start firing. I love MR until the last 20 minutes. I think that is the general …
  • Thunderball wrote: » I find it rather hilarious that we have a thread discussing whether or not TSWLM is Moore’s best and a thread discussing whether or not FYEO is the most boring Bond film, when both of them are really the only Moore Bond films …
  • j_w_pepper wrote: » The Corona Crisis is definitely, naturally and necessarily the most political subject there is out there right now, or for the last 10 years or so. The last 10 years? I'd go further back than that. The last time we faced…
  • fanbond123 wrote: » BeatlesSansEarmuffs wrote: » fanbond123 wrote: » I'm merely stating facts. You're merely mis-stating facts and you can feel free to stop any old time now. Let's try taking the advice of experts in the field of c…