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007HallY wrote: » Daddy Bond 😂😂 not sure how I feel about that phrase. Anyway, I suppose the thing about NTTD is that it’s a premise we really haven’t seen with Bond before. It essentially takes the premise of Fleming’s character - a man who ne…
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CrabKey wrote: » Isn't practically everything on this site an exercise in frustration? This thread for example, Where does Bond go after Craig? Why have the thread at all? I see no difference between speculating about the possibilities of a future…
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CrabKey wrote: » Peter, I understand the brand and no I don't think he will be unrecognizable. As this is a discussion forum, I am hoping for some of that. Looking for some speculation. The same but different offers me nothing. That's a variation …
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DarthDimi wrote: » peter wrote: » CrabKey wrote: » As one who has written about the reinvention of Bond, I need to take a step back and wonder if that's what I actually mean. Have I been saying reinvention when all I really want is another…
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CrabKey wrote: » As one who has written about the reinvention of Bond, I need to take a step back and wonder if that's what I actually mean. Have I been saying reinvention when all I really want is another Bond film. Reinvention is the action or p…
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DewiWynBond wrote: » peter wrote: » DewiWynBond wrote: » DewiWynBond wrote: » No Substitute For Experience Pistols At Dawn A Devil To Die For Sad For The Rest Sorry @peter I've already suggested it. I suppose we can split the…
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007HallY wrote: » I think there's a case to be made that Craig's Bond as a whole was closer to the essence of the Bond from the novels than much of what we'd seen before. Honestly, some of the complaints I've seen on here about Craig's Bond can ar…
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DewiWynBond wrote: » DewiWynBond wrote: » No Substitute For Experience Pistols At Dawn A Devil To Die For Sad For The Rest Sorry @peter I've already suggested it. I suppose we can split the points or settle it with a dual at sunrise …
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007HallY wrote: » Yeah, it really depends on how aware the film is of Bond’s more questionable actions. And honestly, even though I think he should have his flaws, I don’t think it plays well when our hero does something that gets into the realm o…
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Dragonpol wrote: » peter wrote: » Pistols At Dawn (a re-telling/inspired by TMWTGG novel) I like it. A remake of TMWTGG grittier and closer to the novel would be great. Thanks @Dragonpol , I’d love to see this grittier version an…
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The following link touches on some of the ideas that have come up in this discussion topic. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/opinion/art-morality-discomfort.html But the difference is we are learning something through reading great works…
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Pistols At Dawn (a re-telling/inspired by TMWTGG novel)
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Dragonpol wrote: » All the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put the DB5 together again. They couldn’t, but Q could, and did, and gave Bond a little tsk tsk verbal slap to the wrist for good measure!
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » Connery in DAF really isn’t an issue at all. He was game for this tone, gave a strong impression he was having fun poking fun at the Bond image, it was something different than the prior films, and he was re…
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Connery in DAF really isn’t an issue at all. He was game for this tone, gave a strong impression he was having fun poking fun at the Bond image, it was something different than the prior films, and he was relaxed and cool as he sauntered through the…
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thedove wrote: » The Leafs don't wait for Rod or Joel, they go and get Craig! The days of players not being called out are gone. Lets see how the core 4 react to his methods. He's definitely not like Keefe and I personally think that is a very …
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delfloria wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » delfloria wrote: » These post are also a reminder of the generational divides within Bond f…
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It may be convenient for some to offer that as proof of some sort of generational divide, but it most assuredly is not. Right. It comes down to taste. For most of my life I thought Connery was the best, and I’m thinking I must be a couple …
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » echo wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Opinions can change but fans, as a whole, can change too. Uhm… okay? I think you’re pretty much saying the same…
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echo wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Opinions can change but fans, as a whole, can change too. Uhm… okay? I think you’re pretty much saying the same thing I’m saying, or……….…
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It’s nuanced like you said and that’s why I love Bond. There are so many different films in the series, each with their own style/vision for the character yet they never stray too far away from the core concepts of the character; that makes for tons…
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007ClassicBondFan wrote: » I don’t think anyone was denying that “generational differences” are real at all. Of course somebody who grew up watching 60’s Bond might prefer those films to the Craig era; somebody who grew up watching 70’s Bond might…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Opinions can change but fans, as a whole, can change too. Uhm… okay? I think you’re pretty much saying the same thing I’m saying, or………. Or generational diferences ar…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Opinions can change but fans, as a whole, can change too. Uhm… okay? I think you’re pretty much saying the same thing I’m saying, or……….
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mtm wrote: » Heh! It's okay, just joshing, but nice to know I've encouraged you to look again at the great man :D Definitely! And that’s why, although I think there could be an element of truth about “generational differences”, I just don’t…
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mtm wrote: » peter wrote: » But not one Moore in my top ten. Nobody's right about everything I guess :P 😂 @mtm ... As I was saying, tastes are fluid and for some people not so rigid. I can tell you, more than a few of your posts…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » I'm not that old but I grew up waching Bond movies on TV. I watched all of them before 1995, so the Brosnan era didn't define my tastes. This is an example of how it works. Okay... I grew up watching the Connery fil…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » delfloria wrote: » These post are also a reminder of the generational divides within Bond fandom. Yeah, pretty much. But no…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » delfloria wrote: » These post are also a reminder of the generational divides within Bond fandom. Yeah, pretty much. But now GE looks like an old Roger Moore movie, so…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » delfloria wrote: » These post are also a reminder of the generational divides within Bond fandom. Yeah, pretty much. But now GE looks like an old Roger Moore movie, so I don't know what the next generation of fa…
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