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trevanian

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trevanian
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Favourite Fleming Novel
Moonraker
Favourite Bond Film
From Russia With Love
Favourite Bond Actor
Timothy Dalton
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  • Do they mention Coppola's involvement in a rewrite? Or at what point the "I wouldn't know - I've never lost" got into the script? I've always thought the latter must have come out of STAR TREK 2's "I don't believe in the no-win scenario - I don't l…
    in The Battle for Bond Comment by trevanian February 2013
  • Regarding these comments disparaging Brosnan's skills ... all I can say is go watch TAILOR OF PANAMA. He plays a right bastard and he does so with total conviction and passion. It proves what I've always thought ... that actors playing Bond are ofte…
    in Fleming's MR Comment by trevanian February 2013
  • It was called WARHEAD at some point too; I'm just going by what I remember was on the cover page. The old BONDAGE magazine had a lot of coverage on the McClory version during the late 70s ... mired in the Moore era (my analogy would be stuck for a v…
    in The Battle for Bond Comment by trevanian January 2013
  • It kind of ties in with a notion I had back around 1990, when they were supposedly going to remake MAGNIFICENT 7 ... thought instead of south-of-border action, that the heroes might be defending a small group of native americans from U.S. Military. …
    in Broken Bond? - Your thoughts on Brokenclaw (1990) by JG Comment by trevanian January 2013
  • ColonelSun wrote: Jason19 wrote: Daniel Craig peaked when he did that boat-ride along the Thames standing up for the press and TV news before the cameras had started to roll on Casino Royale. The producers should have realised then he looks ab…
    in Producer says Daniel Craig's tenure may end when it peaks Comment by trevanian January 2013
  • If they had to deal with AmerInds, I'd rather have seen a WILD GEESE-type scenario with the British Gov't needing leverage against the U.S. and having Bond break Leonard Pelletier out of prison. Would never have happened, but so there.
    in Broken Bond? - Your thoughts on Brokenclaw (1990) by JG Comment by trevanian January 2013
  • Well, there's plenty to carp about. The sort of rough&tumble folk at a place like this wouldn't just fall into line w/ toeing the company line - folks working the high frontier will probably be more of a mix like in Allan Steele's SF novels -- f…
    in Connery's OUTLAND Comment by trevanian January 2013
  • Given that Bale was already unavailable, Owen was the only other choice I can think of that I'd've wanted (really think Craig is awful - not just the appearance, but his acting choices as well - in this role anyway, though he has been fine in stuff …
    in Interesting article about Clive Owen not becoming James Bond Comment by trevanian January 2013
  • I've always thought his little speech in the handball court about not wanting to be just this piece in a bigger machine was the most sensitive and revealing bit of acting he ever did (he tried to go further in PRESIDIO but it was just embarrassing .…
    in Connery's OUTLAND Comment by trevanian January 2013
  • I used to have the JAMES BOND OF THE SS script, and I can tell you, Deighton & Connery not withstanding, it was godawful bad. Except for the battle at the statue of liberty - a henchman inside gets shot by the orbiting helicopters and blood come…
    in The Battle for Bond Comment by trevanian December 2012
  • I'm kind of amazed that everybody keeps saying CGI on the SF mi6 explosion. It was a quarter-scale miniature pyro event. It was comped in digitally, but that don't make it "CGI." I've written professionally about visual effects for over 20 years, an…
    in Skyfall Special Effects and CGI Comment by trevanian December 2012
  • I wasn't quite 4 when GF came out and my mom took me to see it (God knows why.) Afterward I supposedly asked her about her new husband (six week marriage, I think, about halfway through at the time) and actually asked if he was the guy pretending…
    in Funny/interesting kid memories of Bond in the cinema Comment by trevanian December 2012
  • Let's have all the blind slobbering adoring Craig fans take a short walk off the nearest bridge, then have the survivors of that jump off a waterfall,and then see the level of conversation improve here by about a million percent.
    in A place for disappointed skyfall viewers Comment by trevanian November 2012
  • If it's his personal car, where did he get it kitted out? (why would THIS Bond CHOOSE to have an ejector seat installed, doesn't he like dealing with opponents in a hands-on way, up close n personal? Better still, where could he possibly go to get i…
    in Skyfall - Aston DB5 all wrong in context of film Comment by trevanian November 2012
  • While there was a lot of digital work in the movie, there was also a rather welcome return of physical miniatures (rather large) for the manor siege. Details on that, along with a Deakins interview, at: http://www.hdvideopro.com/display/features/sec…
    in Too much CGI in Skyfall ? Or just Obvious CGI that wasn't needed ? Comment by trevanian November 2012
  • FOUR DOT and TUX and PYTHON gone? Geez, what the hell is the point of staying? I have no interest in social networking, which is what this seems like at first skim, and the content loss issue is significant as well. ILMFAN.com is finally back up af…
    in The Farewell Thread (or taking a hiatus) Comment by trevanian March 2011