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  • JWPepperJWPepper You sit on it, but you can't take it with you.
    edited April 2017 Posts: 512
    I was watching OHMSS the other day and I noticed that during the footchase scene (Lauterbrunnen Christmasfestival) one of Bunt's (technically Blofeld's) henchman, is the same actor who is Blofeld's henchman in DAF during the pre-title sequence.

    So there's more continuity between OHMSS and DAF than I thought.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    I've always wondered, where and in what scenes does Connery appear to be bored in YOLT? I honestly don't see it but I know other eyes have.

    He looks pretty bored in the Sumo Wrestling scene....
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    JWPepper wrote: »
    I was watching OHMSS the other day and I noticed that during the footchase scene (Lauterbrunnen Christmasfestival) one of Bunt's (technically Blofeld's) henchman, is the same actor who is Blofeld's henchman in DAF during the pre-title sequence.

    So there's more continuity between OHMSS and DAF than I thought.

    I think @Birdleson mentioned that once.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited April 2017 Posts: 23,883
    Not to mention that one of the Dr's voices in the DAF PTS is none other than Marc-Ange Draco's! I noticed that on a previous viewing of the film last year. It's unmistakably the voice of David de Keyser, who dubbed both.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    I've always wondered, where and in what scenes does Connery appear to be bored in YOLT? I honestly don't see it but I know other eyes have.

    "You've never been to Japan before?"

    "No, never."

    Just lifeless.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    echo wrote: »
    I've always wondered, where and in what scenes does Connery appear to be bored in YOLT? I honestly don't see it but I know other eyes have.

    "You've never been to Japan before?"

    "No, never."

    Just lifeless.

    But he's just going off script.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    echo wrote: »
    I've always wondered, where and in what scenes does Connery appear to be bored in YOLT? I honestly don't see it but I know other eyes have.

    "You've never been to Japan before?"

    "No, never."

    Just lifeless.

    But he's just going off script.

    There's reading a line, and then there's feeling it. The actor is needed to make something notable of what's on the page.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
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    This is my biggest issue with Connery. I know he and Cubby had serious differences, but so have many other actors with many other producers, and to give a bad performance is just unprofessional, and disdainful toward the audience who bought tickets to see Connery.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    The script was complete "$#!^" at that point, so I don't blame him for not caring. They build up the Aki relationship, then kill her off (with Bond not seeming to care - "she's dead" he proclaims - no kidding!), then bring in Kissy, and then have that side show about him wanting and not getting any action with her. It's all rather ridiculous, so I can appreciate his discomfort with it all.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    I'll just have to give it a full on viewing here possibly today. The past few times have been in prices.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    echo wrote: »
    This is my biggest issue with Connery. I know he and Cubby had serious differences, but so have many other actors with many other producers, and to give a bad performance is just unprofessional, and disdainful toward the audience who bought tickets to see Connery.

    Well, the series he'd been with was shooting itself in the foot in front of his eyes, so if I was him I wouldn't be happy either. He hated how far removed the films were getting from what they used to be, and he thought he still wasn't getting compensated anywhere near what he deserved, which isn't untrue.

    There's no way for any actor, even Connery, to make that weak final act kick off. It's just a badly written face off with a hero and villain, when it had to be the coolest moment in the films up to that point. YOLT in that way is a pale imitation of the glory that came before. They got all the other villains right, but the big one. Damn.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    I've always wondered, where and in what scenes does Connery appear to be bored in YOLT? I honestly don't see it but I know other eyes have.

    I've noticed that his voice is slightly different too. It's almost as if he had a cold and wasn't feeling well the whole time or something.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited April 2017 Posts: 8,395
    The guy making the fake egg in Octopussy is the same guy working at the pipeline in TLD. The one who gets a face full of cleavage.
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
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    Great spot @Mendes4Lyfe !

    Never connected the two, but as soon as I read it, I knew exactly what you were talking about and can picture it now. Well done.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Great spot @Mendes4Lyfe !

    Never connected the two, but as soon as I read it, I knew exactly what you were talking about and can picture it now. Well done.

    ;)
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Never pieced it together myself, either, but I can definitely see it!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Great spot @Mendes4Lyfe !

    Never connected the two, but as soon as I read it, I knew exactly what you were talking about and can picture it now. Well done.
    Funny, that's exactly what happened to me. As soon as I read it I knew it was true and couldn't believe I hadn't spotted it before.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Yep, good catch! apparently after the British found out they were fake eggs the Russians thought it time to give him something else to do.... ;-)
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    Yep, good catch! apparently after the British found out they were fake eggs the Russians thought it time to give him something else to do.... ;-)

    Such as eat soup, watch soccer and motorboat Rosita
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
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    When listening to a John Barry Bond score, even plugging in a laptop power chord makes you feel awesome!
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    So I'm watching YOLT now. I'm finally starting to see it regarding Connery. I wouldn't call it bored, but he's lacking spark. It's like when you put in your two weeks notice and you sort of not care and phone it in but work when you have to .
  • cwl007cwl007 England
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    Just reading my Bond by Design book, didn't realise than Willard Whyte was originally called Gordon Graves. Another nod to the past to mark the 40th anniversary in the masterpiece that is DAD.

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    cwl007 wrote: »
    Just reading my Bond by Design book, didn't realise than Willard Whyte was originally called Gordon Graves. Another nod to the past to mark the 40th anniversary in the masterpiece that is DAD.

    Interesting..i didnt know that either..nice one !
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    Sorry if posted already, but this is a new one for me!

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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Some fun ones from TB:

    When Bond heads out from massaging Pat with the glove at the clinic to track Lippe and co, he puts on long sleeves and rolls them up. Later, as he comes across Duvall, there's a shot of him unwrapping the man's bandages from above and he's got the sleeves down again.

    After beating Largo at the casino, Bond is dancing with Domino, but has to say goodbye. Felix can be seen behind him at this moment, and in the shot that follows where Largo and Domino walk off screen, in the far right you can see Sean turn and talk to Nutter as if the take was over and they were unwinding. I can't tell if this is the film showing us that Bond and Felix now know of each other's presence in the Bahamas, or if we are still to treat their hotel meeting as the first time they get in contact. It's possible this moment isn't a continuity error or gaffe, however, and Bond and Felix are speaking about a meeting the next day at Bond's place, which just so happens to occur at the same time the room is being invaded by one of Largo's men. I prefer to think this is the case, for the sake of my sanity.

    A last fun bit of self-referential/prophetic dark humor in TB's script: As Bond throws Quist out of his room following the failed infiltration, he compares the man to a fish and says he's throwing him back in the water. When Quist then returns to Largo to report on Bond's movements, the villain feeds him to his sharks like you would a fish. I like that double-imagery.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Sorry if posted already, but this is a new one for me!

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    Never seen that before! Great spot @Master_Dahark !!!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited April 2017 Posts: 23,883
    Sorry if posted already, but this is a new one for me!

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    Never seen that before! Great spot @Master_Dahark !!!
    I knew about that one, but discovered this one yesterday when doing some research on The Reform Club on Pall Mall. I recognized it while watching The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) last night and then realized it was in two Bond films as well.
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  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    Woah! Nice spot.
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    Jeez, never noticed that about the Reform club.

    Regarding the Mexican elevators, I believe I read that LTK and SP use different but identical-looking elevators at opposite ends of the same foyer in that hotel.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited April 2017 Posts: 8,395
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