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suavejmf

Send the bar man over please......

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suavejmf
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
Favourite Fleming Novel
Dr No
Favourite Bond Film
From Russia With Love
Favourite Bond Actor
Sean Connery
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  • ToTheRight wrote: » Maybe it's: Studio logos-> gunbarrel ->Frozen Lake -> titles-> Matera? Hopefully.
  • Jordo007 wrote: » I actually saw them filming The Batman in Liverpool the other day, which was cool. I'm not a big Batman fan admittedly but I don't think he looks like Bruce Wayne there, but I'm sure it'll make sense. I thought the way he looked …
  • talos7 wrote: » Jack Lowden is steadily becoming a front runner for me. He’s got a young Connery vibe to him. Not a bad shout. I’ll have to watch Dunkirk and see for myself.
  • FatherValentine wrote: » mtm wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » mtm wrote: » Only if you stand next to them, surely? A quick google says he's 5'10.5" - obviously I've no idea if that's accurate but it hardly seems short. It's just the …
  • Thanks. This is disappointing and annoying if it’s true. I personally need the GB at the beginning, or it effects my enjoyment of the whole film. CR was forgivable, the others weren’t.
  • ProfJoeButcher wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » Agent_Zero_One wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » MajorDSmythe wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » In The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book (great book btw) by Deborah Lipp,…
  • Agent_Zero_One wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » MajorDSmythe wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » In The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book (great book btw) by Deborah Lipp, I read the following: "Take a look at M in the…
  • ProfJoeButcher wrote: » MajorDSmythe wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » In The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book (great book btw) by Deborah Lipp, I read the following: "Take a look at M in the pretitles of TLD. On his shoulder is his Royal Na…
  • MajorDSmythe wrote: » ProfJoeButcher wrote: » In The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book (great book btw) by Deborah Lipp, I read the following: "Take a look at M in the pretitles of TLD. On his shoulder is his Royal Navy rank--one thick gold bar …
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » It was never clearly established if Brown was the same M as Lee's character, or not (but given that there is no evidence whatsoever to the contrary one would assume he is Sir Miles). So to assume othe…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » Thunderfinger wrote: » Of all the Ms whose name we know, it always starts with an M and for a reason. If Brown was Hargreaves, wouldn t he be called H? Good point. Also, EON had already made it a practice of …
  • FatherValentine wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » That opinion is surely not controversial at all! True. I was agreeing with you and expanding on the point. Yeah I know you were. Sorry, I have never used an …
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » Thunderfinger wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » I don’t particularly like the female M because it changes Flemin…
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » I don’t particularly like the female M because it changes Fleming’s character and tradition for no apparent reason other than a ‘stunt’ to be PC and …
  • mtm wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » One thing I noticed with the LTK gun barrel was that the framing of Dalton was slightly different from TLD’s, which tells me either Binder decided to recomposite the gb from scratch just for that film or i…
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » I don’t particularly like the female M because it changes Fleming’s character and tradition for no apparent reason other than a ‘stunt’ to be PC and reflect the real MI6. I think once you repla…
  • talos7 wrote: » I’m not arguing that 5’9 3/4 is too short, but does anyone really believe that Daniel is 5’10”? There are several scenes throughout his tenure that give away his actual height, one being the Body Worlds in CR and in QoS he reporte…
  • Since62 wrote: » Coincidentally -- Rhys-Myers and Henry Cavill appeared together in the TV show The Tudors Yes that’s right. Rhys-Myers played King Henry VIII and Cavill played his friend the Duke of Suffolk. Great show....not exactly histo…
  • Since62 wrote: » Jonathan Rhys-Myers 5' 9 3/4"...Too short, as you can see in any of his roles. Aside from height: As I understand it, his ship sailed some time ago in terms of consideration for Bond. Ah right. Too short, I agree.
  • FatherValentine wrote: » That opinion is surely not controversial at all! True. I was agreeing with you and expanding on the point.
  • echo wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » Might be starting a new topic here, but one thing I can never understand/forgive about the Craig era is how each film ends with some sort of emotional cl…
  • Univex wrote: » You Twitter fellas, how do you manage it? I mean, watching other people short and mostly unthought tirades all day long. I'd go mental. I can hardly cope here, I've admitted as much. But reading virulent splutters one after the oth…
  • FatherValentine wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » Might be starting a new topic here, but one thing I can never understand/forgive about the Craig era is how each film ends with some sort of emotional closure, only for th…
  • FatherValentine wrote: » Shardlake wrote: » Fassbender remains the actor more than any other for me that could have been Bond and utterly smashed it out the park. Yes +1.
  • Agent_Zero_One wrote: » Very good posts, @Herr_Stockmann and @FatherValentine. And now, time for a controversial take of my own: I like Rory Kinnear as Tanner. What do you like about him?
  • FatherValentine wrote: » Might be starting a new topic here, but one thing I can never understand/forgive about the Craig era is how each film ends with some sort of emotional closure, only for them to inexplicably make the decision to open up the…
  • AstonLotus wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » echo wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » They also liked David Arnold’s work, so it’s not like they know any better. …
  • echo wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » They also liked David Arnold’s work, so it’s not like they know any better. I think TND was a vast improvement, so I tend…
  • Birdleson wrote: » Revelator wrote: » None of the post-Barry scores after LTK have been memorable, in my unhumble opinion. And even Kamen's score wasn't all it could have been. I pretty much agree. I do enjoy what Arnold did with the f…
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » I do think the JB&F podcast folks are right that in a sense Arnold was perfectly suited for Brosnan as he made pastiche music for a pastiche Bond. Still, at least GE w…