peter
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- peter
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- Favourite Fleming Novel
- Moonraker
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- No Time To Die
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Oh boy… @007ClassicBondFan : The fact that SF made a billion was an outlier. Bond films were consistently making half a billion and, when Craig came on the scene, it went up… But a billion was an outlier…. SPECTRE came back to earth, but…
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Hi Mark! In your research is there a continuation novel, or novels, that is closest to Fleming? I did enjoy Colonel Sun, but missed the Fleming “flow”, and I quit Gardener’s books about halfway through his tenure. John Pearson’s biography was …
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@007ClassicBondFan … Craig is considered the most popular Bond since Connery. There’s been a vocal minority that has always despised him, and have always tried to throw him under the bus. But his box office, reviews and audience reception has consis…
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Colonel_Venus wrote: » I find it astonishing that 2 years after the release of NTTD and well over 4 years after the filming of NTTD ended we still have no idea who the director of BOND 26 will be. Remember, Cambell was first rumoured to direct BON…
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Killers of the Flower Moon... Three and a half hours of hypnotic filmmaking. Unbelievable real life story, picture perfect direction, performances that fill the screen, especially Lily Gladstone. Such a rich and beautifully layered film that depicts…
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mtm wrote: » Deke doesn't need to have a coherent argument; their thing is to find a one sentence way of disagreeing with anyone and to post that. The sky is blue? But Deke watched an old film made in b/w where it was grey. Engaging goes nowhere.…
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Mathis1 wrote: » peter wrote: » I missed Ford vs Ferrari when it was released and only got to it last night. Briliant storytelling with two compelling leads and a bit of motor-history I knew nothing about. Beautifully shot, the racing scenes w…
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I missed Ford vs Ferrari when it was released and only got to it last night. Briliant storytelling with two compelling leads and a bit of motor-history I knew nothing about. Beautifully shot, the racing scenes were immersive. I was engaged from the …
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CrabKey wrote: » @Peter Thank you. All the more appreciated coming from a professional. @crabkey you've packed a lot of great things into the idea. It's simply constructed on the surface, but slyly presents a lot of problems for Bond (no te…
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CrabKey wrote: » Bond is alone deep in the jungle on a training mission sans technology and weapons except for a machete. He encounters a beautiful (naturally) woman who is running for her life. She has escaped from a terrorist stronghold where sh…
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They definitely were, @DarthDimi ... Read the study as well. Very interesting and I can't deny the results. If one were to have high blood pressure I wouldn't recommend, but think about how much sea salt you put on your steak for one meal. So …
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https://flucamp.com/blog/new-study-suggests-that-sea-salt-could-help-beat-the-common-cold/#:~:text=New research from The University,a cold by two days This saved me; I was going down hard with cold-influenza and infections of sinuses and upper re…
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Colonel_Venus wrote: » echo wrote: » The movies are financially dependent on product placement, so a period piece is out. They don't need to be. Various filmmakers have proven again and again over the years that it's very possible to make…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Herr_Stockmann wrote: » echo wrote: » The movies are financially dependent on product placement, so a period piece is out. In addition to this very pragmatic argument, I would argue that Bond books or movies alway…
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and Name of the Rose (what a movie star Connery was... Cripes he's so effortless)....
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talos7 wrote: » peter wrote: » What a voice. I was a big fan. Haven't listened to her for a good long while, but this trailer reminded me again of her sublime talent, and the tragedy that her demons took her away from us far too soon. I don…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I can imagine Bond 26 running with the very broad story elements that we quintessentially think of as ‘the Bond form…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » peter wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I can imagine Bond 26 running with the very broad story elements that we quintessentially think of as ‘the Bond formula’, more than the first three Craig films …
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talos7 wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I've actually not heard good things about Picard across the board, especially from people who like Star Trek. Can't really say one way or the other though (never watched any Star Trek beyond the recent movies)…
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Univex wrote: » Well, I’ve written and published 8 novels, and I too don’t understand that particular post. But maybe we don’t know what we’re talking about, @peter :) Life’s a short mystery and we have to learn from each and every uninformed opin…
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DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I can imagine Bond 26 running with the very broad story elements that we quintessentially think of as ‘the Bond formula’, more than the first three Craig films did. By this I mean I think we’ll be likely …
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mtm wrote: » I heard a couple of reviews and it sounds awful; I won't be going near it. Over the course of my little illness, I binged the sublime Slow Horses, and followed that with a re-watch of the great Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Sold…
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Timmy Dalton had a great little comma in TLD.
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FoxRox wrote: » Epic clip I love: Pfffft so woke!
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talos7 wrote: » Creasy47 wrote: » James sold me as a possible nominee in S2 of The White Lotus. He's probably too old for them now though sadly. Indeed, he's 39. In a crop of young(ish) actors with thin voices, his is an exception; the …
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Sh1t!!! @mtm... Niceeeeeeee find. My god...
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Smug and forgettable. And the voice didn’t bother me in Bullet Train, but if Bullet Train were a Bond film, the voice would grate.
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007HallY wrote: » Venutius wrote: » Yes, O' Connell's a good actor, definitely. He's got a very naturalistic air about him - there's never been any sense of 'look I'm act-ing' in anything I've seen him in. Whether that quality would carry over…
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sandbagger1 wrote: » talos7 wrote: » sandbagger1 wrote: » O'Connell is perhaps the strongest British actor in his age-range, but I worry about both the accent and his lack of height for the Bond role. A valid assessment. I’m not bei…
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Golf with Goldfinger— at least I have a shot at winning.
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