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The James Bond movie poster elimination game

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  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,169
    It's the final two!

    From Russia With Love

    Versus

    Thunderball


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    From Russia With Love UK

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    Thunderball US


  • Klaus_GSectionKlaus_GSection
    Posts: 104
    1. From Russia With Love UK: 0 -2 Eliminated
    2. Thunderball US: 9 +1

    GAME OVER

    Eliminated
    3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    4. Live And Let Die
    5. The Living Daylights UK
    6. A View To A Kill
    7. For Your Eyes Only
    8. Thunderball UK
    9. The Man With The Golden Gun
    10. Moonraker
    11. You Only Live Twice UK
    12. Dr. No US
    13. You Only Live Twice US
    14. Octopussy
    15. The World Is Not Enough UK
    16. GoldenEye
    17. Goldfinger UK
    18. Casino Royale
    19. Quantum of Solace
    20. Dr. No UK
    21. Goldfinger US
    22. The Spy Who Loved Me
    23. Diamonds Are Forever
    24. The Living Daylights US
    25. Tomorrow Never Dies
    26. Die Another Day UK
    27. The World Is Not Enough US
    28. Skyfall #1
    29. From Russia With Love US
    30. Licence To Kill UK
    31. Licence To Kill US
    32. Die Another Day US
    33. Skyfall #2

  • MansfieldMansfield Where the hell have you been?
    Posts: 1,263
    Final list:

    1. Thunderball US
    2. From Russia With Love UK
    3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    4. Live And Let Die
    5. The Living Daylights UK
    6. A View To A Kill
    7. For Your Eyes Only
    8. Thunderball UK
    9. The Man With The Golden Gun
    10. Moonraker
    11. You Only Live Twice UK
    12. Dr. No US
    13. You Only Live Twice US
    14. Octopussy
    15. The World Is Not Enough UK
    16. GoldenEye
    17. Goldfinger UK
    18. Casino Royale
    19. Quantum of Solace
    20. Dr. No UK
    21. Goldfinger US
    22. The Spy Who Loved Me
    23. Diamonds Are Forever
    24. The Living Daylights US
    25. Tomorrow Never Dies
    26. Die Another Day UK
    27. The World Is Not Enough US
    28. Skyfall #1
    29. From Russia With Love US
    30. Licence To Kill UK
    31. Licence To Kill US
    32. Die Another Day US
    33. Skyfall #2

    My thoughts:

    Thunderball is a deserving winner, it's certainly in my top 3. I lost interest after The Living Daylights was eliminated prematurely. That stands as the most provocative Bond poster in my rankings. I have been waiting until the end to say that I think Skyfall was missing its quintessential poster (at least here in the US). This is the poster I fondly remember seeing outside of my local cinema:

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  • slyfoxslyfox
    Posts: 940
    Good contest. I liked this one. Bravo @Benny

    TLD was my favourite. I'm sentimental to GE too as I remember seeing giant advertising boards of it as a kid and wished I was old enough to see it at the cinema.
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    Uhm can't say im too impressed by the winning poster. It seems a little boring, not much going on... Oh well.
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
    Posts: 4,348
    I was most surprised by how well OHMSS did. I had never even considered it in my Top 10, because it nagged me that I did not understand how Bond's and Tracy's shoes were attached to the skis. That part just ruined it for me. But I love Lazenby's grin.

    The most iconic one must be Connery's crossed-arm pose on the FRWL poster, but fighting to keep LALD in the running (my favorite) kept me from voting for FRWL.

    All the love for AVTAK was a surprise, I guess the colors are nice and for many it seems to have been their first Bond experience, but the way Bond and Stacy are arranged, they should fall off, and who is Roger shooting at, when the enemy is behind him? Often a detail spoils the experience for me.

    And: Skyfall #1 (the one in the tunnel) on #28? Seriously? For me it is one of the best ideas since the Moore era. A touch of color would have been nice, but given time, it will probably end up in higher esteem in the future.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,999
    TLD is my favourite, but I could have settled for a FRWL or OHMSS win. TB? No, i don't think it deserved to win. I was surprised how long LALD kept in the game.
  • DrShatterhandDrShatterhand Garden of Death, near Belfast
    Posts: 805
    TB is pretty good but no number 1 in my book. I too was split between FRWL and LALD, which are the two I'd choose to have on my wall any day.
  • sunsanvilsunsanvil Somewhere in Canada....somewhere.
    edited June 2015 Posts: 260
    I think this one was particularly interesting as some were voting for their favorite artwork, others were looking to sort things by "quintessential Bond" (which is what Thunderball embodies). For my part I was very surprised to see the large number of votes going to pieces such as A View to a Kill and Live and Let Die, coupled with the relatively low enthusiasm for such pieces as The Spy Who Loved Me, Octopussy, and Dr.No. I think The Living Daylights (UK) was popular because its far less known than the bland US counterpart and very novel as such.

    I must say though, on the whole, I do prefer the British Quad versions in practically every instance anyway. The art work is either the same and better laid out, OR in the case of titles such as FRWL and TLD, different but far more fitting the overarching motif of Bond posters.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Not a bad top three. Most iconic poster is still FYEO:
  • sunsanvilsunsanvil Somewhere in Canada....somewhere.
    edited June 2015 Posts: 260
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Most iconic poster is still FYEO:

    Its definitely the one non-bond aficionados recognize. :)

  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Congrats to Thunderball! A well worthy winner! =D>
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    sunsanvil wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Most iconic poster is still FYEO:

    Its definitely the one non-bond aficionados recognize. :)

    I was reminded of this recently, as a local hotel has a transvestite show, or drag show if you will this summer, and the advertising poster is clearly a homage to the FYEO poster.
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