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Torgeirtrap wrote: » The mention of NTTD above @peter, makes the first time I've even thought about the film since watching it the first time! For all its warts (and no doubt good elements too), there's a film that simply did not grab me at all. A…
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CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » I went through an entire character arc yesterday as I was going through security in Barcelona airport. 😂 can you expand? Honestly— this sounds like there’s a wild story behind your experience?!!
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I’m finding SNW to be too cute by half. Other than the exciting cliffhanger of S2 and the premiere episode of S3, it feels like it’s trying too hard to be cutesy. The original series could be “cute” but that was organically borne via storytelling…
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Without passion. @GoldenGun , life would be boring! We love what we love, and be damned with what others think. Remember, I’m the guy who loves NTTD— warts and all. Love it the way it is, wouldn’t change one thing about it. I see why others may disl…
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GoldenGun wrote: » peter wrote: » GoldenGun wrote: » Haven't seen such a crusade against George since 1999, but one thing is for sure: he is the only man in the role who made me cry. My thoughts remain that Laz suffers more for not bein…
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GoldenGun wrote: » Haven't seen such a crusade against George since 1999, but one thing is for sure: he is the only man in the role who made me cry. My thoughts remain that Laz suffers more for not being Connery than anything else. He's convinc…
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It’s film. A visual medium. People don’t want to see or hear what they see every day. Sexist? Or human nature (in most cases, people like looking at pretty things, whether a location, a leading woman, a leading man, a sexy car, a beautiful home)?
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What’s ironic about the above article is Knight made a brief mention of arc, yet I’ve never seen one of his films/read one of his scripts where the lead characters didn’t go through some arc!— so there’s that. More often than not, arcs are baked …
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I have never read Continental Op, and haven't seen WHERE EAGLES DARE since I was a boy on television. I will watch it again, but obviously I can't comment because I'm unfamiliar with the story. But I won't be surprised if I disagree with you, and I …
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Univex wrote: » @peter, I do agree with you, my friend. I think there’s a list, and a general direction/idea, but the script is King, and it will dictate who to look for. Absolutely. But I’m curious. Would you see any of the so called candidate…
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sandbagger1 wrote: » peter wrote: » Characters, like their real life counterparts, always change due to external AND internal forces. Look at Fleming’s James Bond: far more dimensional in the latter novels compared to the man we met in CR. Ro…
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Saying all of that, perhaps some of the original fans can verify, but even doing a little research on some of the other candidates during this time, I’m really not sure they would have been better than Lazenby— or at least I haven’t been convinced t…
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Dunno what to tell you. TLD, I believe, had a small bump of success compared to AVTAK, but there was a strained relationship with Dalton off the hop in NA. This escalated by the time LTK was released. Once again, in North America, I felt like I w…
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SIS_HQ wrote: » peter wrote: » @SIS_HQ — but you’re assuming that OHMSS and LTK are similar, and you’re assuming that the lesser Box Office take of OHMSS was due to the tone and breaking with formula. Whereas I’m saying a quick little readi…
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@SIS_HQ : most as you will see had no problem with the tone; a few who criticized tone was because the leading man didn’t have the skill to play in that sandbox: here’s a fast glimpse: 1. The New York Times (Dec 19, 1969) — Vincent Canby “Mr. …
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@SIS_HQ — but you’re assuming that OHMSS and LTK are similar, and you’re assuming that the lesser Box Office take of OHMSS was due to the tone and breaking with formula. Whereas I’m saying a quick little reading of the times and of the feedback o…
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@SIS_HQ : It seems, with a little reading, that critics AND audiences of the day,, *generally* liked the film, and *generally* didn’t like the lead actor. It is clear that with a better leading man, this film probably would have performed bett…
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SIS_HQ wrote: » peter wrote: » @SIS_HQ … OHMSS made $82M upon its release. That’s approximately $733M in today’s dollars. It did very well, but likely could have done better with a proper leading man in the role that worldwide audiences …
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Not that chatGPT is a be and end all, but at least it can give a broad depiction of the reviews of that time and…: “ When On Her Majesty’s Secret Service came out in 1969, most negative reviews aimed their criticism squarely at George Lazenby, no…
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@SIS_HQ … OHMSS made $82M upon its release. That’s approximately $733M in today’s dollars. It did very well, but likely could have done better with a proper leading man in the role that worldwide audiences connected to.
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007HallY wrote: » I’m not sure what’s going on with Mendes’ Beatles films. I know it’s four movies but surely there’s some overlap in the material they shoot and how much each lead is needed will vary? It’d be a big ask to only commit to those fil…
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Characters, like their real life counterparts, always change due to external AND internal forces. Look at Fleming’s James Bond: far more dimensional in the latter novels compared to the man we met in CR. Rocky. Rambo. Riggs. McClane. Skywalker.…
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007HallY wrote: » Oh, I'm sure they have actors in mind, if not someone they're actively pursuing to audition. No idea who it'll be. As I've said I think they'll go a bit more established than unknown, but at the same time I'm prepared for any …
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j_w_pepper wrote: » peter wrote: » mtm wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » To be honest, there's nothing to be changed in the franchise, we just let them stay as it is. Lazenby wouldn't really worked in LALD, the script was very much fitted fo…
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mtm wrote: » SIS_HQ wrote: » To be honest, there's nothing to be changed in the franchise, we just let them stay as it is. Lazenby wouldn't really worked in LALD, the script was very much fitted for Roger Moore, probably the script would've…
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DarthDimi wrote: » peter wrote: » the director is the heart of every film, next to the scriptwriter. Yeah, that’s why even with a very weak leading man in the most iconic role of the 60s, OHMSS is still one of the best Bond films. Hu…
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LucknFate wrote: » ArapahoeBondFan wrote: » LucknFate wrote: » Just saying, with filming starting in Jan 2026 for The Batman sequel, and release planned for Oct 2027, Pattinson could still film Bond. Since he's Batman, I doubt it. I…
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the director is the heart of every film, next to the scriptwriter. Yeah, that’s why even with a very weak leading man in the most iconic role of the 60s, OHMSS is still one of the best Bond films. Hunt held that film together despite Lazenby’…
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There wasn't a lot going on behind Lazenby's eyes. Which is fine for a hook-up, but to fall in love with?... I say this as someone who loves OHMSS, 😂. The gravitas of the film starts and stops with a terrific novel, script, vision of Hunt, and tw…
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mtm wrote: » I'm listening to the latest James Bond & Friends podcast, which they seem to have recorded right after DV was announced but bizarrely have only just released, and there's lots of gnashing of teeth about how DV represents a continu…
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