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No they didn't which was a major, possibly decisive error in losing them the war.
Given the advances in codebreaking and computing in the 20 odd years since the war I doubt the Soviets would have taken the risk of not learning from the Germans mistakes and would at the very least upgrade all their machines leaving the British effectively playing PS3 games while they were on PS4.
That upgrade is the twist. Since those kind of machines rely on disks featuring holes and bumps in it and their sizes they would have been easily exchanged.
Also, I would assume that the Russians would have used the 20 years gone by to improve upon the enigma themselves.
1. A Good solid title from Fleming’s pen: it’s a minor thing but Craig deserves to go out on a Fleming title preferably The Property of A Lady The Hildebrand Rarity or The Rough and the Smooth
2. No MENDES: look I don’t hate Skyfall or Spectre both are middle of the road Bond Adventures for me but If Mendes returns I can literally write out the plot summary now... ever film Mendes does is about family so clearly bond 25 directed by Mendes woukd just be Bond’s struggle with which family should he be apart of the one he creates for himself (him Swann and little children) or the one given to him (M Q etc) and I just don’t want to see such a boring predictable film
3. A rock theme: John Barry once said “ever bond actor has a different instrument that reflects their personality for Connery it’s brassy and bold for lazenby synthesizer and youthful for Moore strings and eloquent and for Dalton bass and dark” Arnold for all his faults did try and continue that for Brosnan techno and hip for Craig the Guitar was the predominant instrument on Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace Thomas Newman said screw John Barry/David Arnold idea I am just gonna do a generic mixture of Connery and Moore’s sounds and there ya go... for Craig’s final film bring the Guitar back bring the rock back
4. A ski sequence and a great Casino sequence: now one of the bond patterns since Goldeneye (or A View to a kill if we count the unreleased 1991 bond film) is every odd number has bond in a Casino and ever even number bond at a party... but the Skyfall Casino sequence was well crap (sorry pancho) I want to see Craig confidently at the card table one final time.
That is about it small list but I get that I am happy
Happy Birthday @Risico007 !!
What the Russians do to solve the problem is irrelevant. The point still stands that when Bond hands over the Lektor to MI6 they'll be able to decode sod all as if Bond and M know that having a Lektor in their possession allows them to 'decode all their top secret signals' so will the Russians and they will take steps to stop it. And it's not as if the theft is very subtle with Bond breaking the 'absolutely inviolate rule
of international relationships' and storming the Soviet embassy so I think they'll probably notice it's gone.
Seriously?
I want B25 to be better than OoS, SF or SP. I want it on par with CR. They made 5 great films in the 60s and CR can stand beside the very best of those. 5. If EON can't figure out what they did to accomplish that and the ingredients that created CR, they need to pass it along to someone else who can.
Great post.
Pervis and Wade are eleven now
Sorry but I struggle to get behind this wishy washy 'Everybody's entitled to their opinion' Chamberlain-esque appeasement.
I'd much rather call a spade a spade: if someone thinks DAD is a better film on any level than OHMSS they are a moron. It really is as simple as that.
Furthermore they are not really a Bond fan but more a fan of Michael Bay/Vin Diesel/Jason Statham noisy, trashy popcorn cinema - which has its place by all means - but really should not be considered the apotheosis of a James Bond film.
What a disgraceful comment, and i agree.
Schindler's List is a better film than Jaws.
But I wouldn't call someone a moron for preferring to watch Jaws.
We're not talking high art, here. They're Bond films. And as I have pointed out, the whole of them are rather ridiculous. While I agree that OHMSS is a better film than DAD, we're losing sight of the nostalgic power of film. I grew up with 70s Moore (which is why I rank LALD and TSWLM so high on my Bond list.) For many Bond fans who may have grown up on Brosnan, they'll have a "pull" to a film like DAD -- and will prefer it to OHMSS.
If it's chronic and peppered with insults, synonyms for excrement, and Hitler comments the poster is really exposing a lot more of theirself than the audience deserves.
I have a friend who loved DAD just because of the Aston Martin ice chase. Also a huge fan of the Fast/Furious franchise, Michael Bay/Jason Statham films, etc, which, in my own snobbery, I referred to as crap.
DAD was his favorite up until SF, which ironically doesn't really have much in the way of car chases. Pierce was his favorite Bond until Craig, and so forth. I think some people just choose whatever is current as their favorite.
I have another friend who, thanks to the Craig era, has embraced the Bond novels and prefers them to the films. YET, he despised the OHMSS film because he felt Lazenby's performance ruined a great story. He also seems to believe Idris Elba would be the Bond most true to Fleming's concept. Lots of conflicting opinions in Bond fandom.
Either way, I still rank DAD as the worst Bond film.
Not as crazy about this myself. Maybe better with the next actor.
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN WASHINGTON, and for that alone, I kind of like it. Very old school, though not particularly Bondian.
And for any title, when they put out a great Bond film it takes on greatness.
Bond's assignment could be called Operation: Thrilling Cities, or the villain's plot could be named Operation: Thrilling Cities.
I still doubt that will ever happen. We probably have a better chance of a film called RISICO.
Birds of the West Indies could also be used for a complex meaning beyond the obvious. Though it would be obligated to match or best the number of Bond Girls in a Bond film.
One of these please?