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  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
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    Welcome to the new members. It's good to see this community growing each day.
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    I've only been here a few weeks, but with all the new people flooding in, I feel like a veteran!!

    Welcome guys, the water's warm, enjoy!
  • edited September 2012 Posts: 51
    Hello,
    I actually registered quite a while ago when I found the forums after the site was moved, but haven't posted much until very recently and haven't yet introduced myself.

    About myself
    I'm a 25yo Bond fan from Germantown, MD (DC suburb) and have been hooked on Bond since I was about 11 or 12 when my first exposure to the series was my grandfather's VHS Bond collection of the first 8 Bond films (which I've watched about 20 times each). I eventually watched the rest of the films by recording them on VHS whenever they came on TV, but upgraded to the UE DVD's 5 or so years ago, and yesterday I picked up the Bond 50 Blu-rays from Best Buy. In addition, I have 16 Bond video games (basically all of them Goldeneye and later) including 4 for two different systems. I also have a few other items such as books, unofficial films, posters, etc.

    Bond Favorites
    Actors: Connery, Brosnan, Craig. (I liked Dalton and Moore were as well)
    Films:
    Connery- Goldfinger (the gold standard with every piece of the Bond formula)
    Lazenby- OHMSS (obviously. loved the movie, not the actor)
    Dalton- The Living Daylights
    Brosnan- Tomorrow Never Dies
    Moore- Moonraker (yeah, yeah I though it was more entertaining than TSWLM)
    Craig- hopefully Skyfall (while CR was a great movie it killed the Bond formula)
    Video Games: The World is Not Enough N64, Goldeneye remake, Nightfire (console, not PC)
    Quote: "Do you expect me to talk? No, Mr. Bond I expect you to die!"
    Car: AM DB5 (however, they should stay current and the new Vanquish should have been used instead in Skyfall)

    Note: These aren't what I consider to be the "best" of the Bond series, just my personal favorites.
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
    Posts: 7,584
    Good stuff @SPECTRE. A great introduction and a warm welcome from all of us
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,999
    To all our new members...

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    ... to MI6 Community.
  • Long-time reader, finally decided to register.

    My name is Gareth, and I'm a writer and game designer. Been doing that professionally for nearly 20 years now. Ian Fleming was the inspiration that initially made me want to be a writer.

    My username here is also my Twitter handle, if you're so inclined.

    Favorite Bond Novel: Casino Royale.
    Favorite Bond Film: A tie -- You Only Live Twice, and Casino Royale.
    Favorite Bond: I'm leaning toward Craig, since he's closer to the book Bond. I'd put Connery right up there with him, followed by Dalton, Lazenby, Brosnan and Moore.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    GMSkarka wrote:
    Long-time reader, finally decided to register.

    My name is Gareth, and I'm a writer and game designer. Been doing that professionally for nearly 20 years now. Ian Fleming was the inspiration that initially made me want to be a writer.

    My username here is also my Twitter handle, if you're so inclined.

    Favorite Bond Novel: Casino Royale.
    Favorite Bond Film: A tie -- You Only Live Twice, and Casino Royale.
    Favorite Bond: I'm leaning toward Craig, since he's closer to the book Bond. I'd put Connery right up there with him, followed by Dalton, Lazenby, Brosnan and Moore.

    Check, check, check and check. You and I will get along quite well it seems. Welcome to MI6!
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    I've been reading posts, articles and enjoying the pics for quite a while, and posting the odd message too - but the closer Skyfall has been getting, my messages have become more frequent with all of the excitement of it all...I'm loving it!..
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    Hi all,

    Im a brazilian journalist working a lot to create an interactive piece to the newspaper website I work for – oglobo.com.br. -- I came here for help: I need to find people who have a panoramic and deep view on four aspects of all movies: girls, vilains and sidekics, gadgets and vehicles. Ill explain what I mean: I don’t want to know which or what is better, favorite, worse etc.... I want to validate special filters about those themes i listed that can be usefull and work as an interesting and curious narrative to those 50 years of movies.

    The idea im working at is a sort of a “blind date” to return to the player what would be his/her combination of girl, villain, gadget and car if he had to choose (without seeing or knowing any character) among some aspects. Example of the dinamic:

    1- Do you want yr bondgirls to be:
    - a good girl
    - a bad girl
    - a girl who doenst know exactly who she is!

    (then he chooses "bad girl’, for example)

    2) Now see the bondgirls you have just discarded:

    (then he sees very nice edited and big pictures of each girl (good girls and indefined ones) he discarded, all with a nice profile, best quote, the movie, the Bond.

    (now he keeps choosing among the bad ones, always “blind”)

    3) Do u want this girl to be:
    - a secret agent?
    - a cientist?
    - an artist?
    (etc)

    (he chooses “agent” and sees the next girls he’ve just discarded

    4) Do you want a:
    - Black
    - Blonde
    - Red etc...

    5) Do you want one that uses bikini? ….and so on.... until the answer is limited to a single bondgirl.

    The same works with the villains, vehicles, gadgtes (do you want a gadget to see better? To hear better? An armament?...and so on)

    Well, I think this is a fun and elegant way to tell the story of the movies and its main pillars.

    What do you think? Can I count on someone to help me establish those guidelines, so I can go on into this production and know what answer to search and focus on each movie?

    Thank you all and please, forgive my terrible English.

    Gabi

    @gabiallegro
  • Hello guys. Just joined in today. I found out about this site after Adele's cover art for Skyfall got leaked, and had been lurking since then and finally decided to sign up today.

    I've been a Bond film since I was a child and my dad had a lot to do with it, he's a Bond fan too. The first film I had ever watched in cinema was Goldenye in 1995, I was just 4 years old at that time, but I still have memories of it haha.

    Really looking forward to be part of this great community!
  • greets... i'm from the suburbs of nyc....mt 1970 usa draft lottery number war 007.
  • edited October 2012 Posts: 19
    Hello from Toronto! My name is Alex. Been a massive Bond fan since I saw Goldeneye in theatres at age 5. Quite the impact. I am obsessed with Skyfall and think it will be the best yet. Here's hoping.

    Looking forward to chatting with folks just as obsessed as me.

    My best

    Alex
  • Hello my name is Nigel, Im from Holland. My favorite movies are Goldeneye and Casino Royale. Besides, I have read a lot of Bond books from Fleming. In 2008 I have met Roger Moore when he signed his book My Word Is My Bond.
  • Hi, my name is James. A student in Canterbury, UK, and an espionage obsessive. I work for a private security company inbetween writing essays and saying the word "Skyfall" on repeat until my housemate snaps me out of it.

    Looking forward to the discussions and if anyone in Kent UK ever fancies a get together then drop me a line.
  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
    Posts: 4,012
    Welcome to the new members!
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
    Posts: 3,497
    You know the name. You know the number.

    I'm back.
  • edited October 2012 Posts: 70
    Hi all, the name's Brendan James. Bond is my favourite film series, so I decided to sign up to the forum and post my fan tribute videos; in order to give something back to the series that never ceases to entertain me. My favourite 007 films are From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, OHMSS, Live & Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, The Living Daylights, Goldeneye, The World Is Not Enough and Casino Royale. I am eagerly anticipating Skyfall as well!
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
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    I'm your new Quartermaster...
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
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    JamesCraig wrote:
    You know the name. You know the number.

    I'm back.

    Welcome back! Just in time for the fireworks as well.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Hi! I came across this site on a search for James Bond discussion, and joined the other day. I like the lively voices here. DAF was my first in-the-theatre Bond, so I do go back a little, but even though Connery was my first Bond growing up, I find Dalton to be my overall favourite.
    I live with Wife & Son in Massachusetts, USA, make prop replicas & models for part of my living, do Wing Chun, Trek fan as well.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
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    Welcome @chrisisall! You're the ideal person for the 'orginal fans' thread then, here:

    http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3341/for-original-fans-1962-1972-the-living-daylights-reviews/p1

    Share your views on all things Bond over the years.

    I hope your son is Bond fan too. ;)

    Hope to see you around. :)
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    Hello all, kind of a longtime reader of the site and forums but just joining in on the fun today. Name's David, been a Bond fan since I was about five when my Dad bought me all the "James Bond 007 Collection" VHS tapes back in '95 and '96. I've pretty much enjoyed every Bond film made so far even those non-cannon films like that Casino Royale spoof and Never Say Never Again, my favorite film in the series is Diamonds Are Forever but my overall favorite actor is Roger Moore.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,827
    MrWint wrote:
    my overall favorite actor is Roger Moore.
    He was the 'true hero' Bond.
    Welcome!
  • Hello All, Hope everyone is doing well. Longtime reader of this site and long time James Bond fan from over here in the States. My favorite Bond film would have to be either OHMSS or From Russia with Love. Apart from that I have a longtime interest in the Secret services of other nations most specifically the former East German Stasi, Mi-5 and 6 and the former KGB now FSB. I look forward to discussing Bond with all of you. Cheers
  • Hi All, I was a member before but when the forum changed I lost my account. Just reregisterd. From Manchester UK, fav bond film TSWLM and Roger Moore is my fav actor.
    Cheers
  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
    Posts: 4,012
    Good to see so many new faces! Welcome to the community :)
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    New members, just what we like. Welcome all, share you views on the new film once you've seen it, won't you?
  • Greetings from Italy!
    I'm a newbie here and a rather new Bond fan, too.
    I've been lurking around for a while but now decided to introduce myself!

    Ciao!
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    Welcome, not long to get caught up before Skyfall comes up. Enjoy the world of Bond @crisssbit.
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    Hello @crisssbit, enjoy the ride.
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