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  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    One of my go-to Bonds, a Roger no less...........


    OCTOPUSSY

    Blu-ray version


    Gunbarrel!!

    The John Barry Roger style gunbarrel with strings
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    I love Roger's tweed jacket and phony yellow turtle neck.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    Now Bond is in character as Col Toro.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    I wonder if that was Paul Weston who did the leap from the jeep to the truck?
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    Great chase with the missile.

    Filler up, please.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    If I were to pick a favorite 80's title sequence, this might be it. Even thought the Bond figure here looks to much like Mischka .
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    Bond is sneaking around the train tunnel sporting a very stylish Octopussy Circus jacket.
    Lots of sneaky Bond in this one. When has Craig done sneaky Bond? I suppose following Patrice into the high rise and under the elevator counts.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    Bond hides some jewelry inside his belt. He must think it's a utility belt.

    The Orlov confrontation is classic.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    FOLLOW THAT CAR!!!!!
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    I take it.........none of you will be late.

    I like to say that line whenever I'm setting up a rendezvous of sorts.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    I like the train fight here quite a bit. Bond dangling. Close of of his slip on shoes.

    I remember as a kid I had a bright red shirt and black vest. I wore a leather belt over the waist and ran around pretending to be Bond in OCTOPUSSY.
    I wore my slip on shoes as well. I must have been about 10 or 11.
    My hair was easily as long as Roger's here in those days.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    edited June 2018 Posts: 16,162
    Gobinda tries to start the car. Kamal keeps his cool.

    That's one of my favorite humorous bits in the film.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    I'd love to see OP in the cinema again- 35mm.

    If I had to pick any Bond to see on the big screen again it would be this one...........or AVTAK.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    Madga slaughters her opponent. Love that bit.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    Roger looks cool in the dark jacket. I should find one like that.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    Horse sequence. Both Connery and Moore rode a horse in their respective Bond films of 1983.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    I miss exciting aerial scenes in the Bonds. I really don't count the QoS parachute bit as that was pretty much CGI and looked it, too.

  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    I wonder if Jake Lombard and BJ Worth still skydive much?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Personally I loved the helicopter scene in the SP pts.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    Bond and Octopussy on top of a cliff. Another great shot.
    These scenes really owe to the serials of the 1940's, particularly the late 40's.

    As much as the Indy series get credit for being inspired by the classic serials, the Bonds
    capture that flavor just as much, if not more IMO.



    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Personally I loved the helicopter scene in the SP pts.

    Yes. It was nice to see another PTS with aerial stunt-work. It had been quite awhile, really.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Bond and Octopussy on top of a cliff. Another great shot.
    These scenes really owe to the serials of the 1940's, particularly the late 40's.

    As much as the Indy series get credit for being inspired by the classic serials, the Bonds
    capture that flavor just as much, if not more IMO.
    That's a good point. I've never thought about that before.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    bondjames wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Bond and Octopussy on top of a cliff. Another great shot.
    These scenes really owe to the serials of the 1940's, particularly the late 40's.

    As much as the Indy series get credit for being inspired by the classic serials, the Bonds
    capture that flavor just as much, if not more IMO.
    That's a good point. I've never thought about that before.

    Countless chapter ending cliffhanger style scenes in the Bonds: the laser table, Bond cremated, the crocodile farm, the centrifuge, the cable car., etc
    I always felt the tanker chase locale in LTK reminded me of a classic serial chapter.


  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    Posts: 7,021
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I take it.........none of you will be late.

    I like to say that line whenever I'm setting up a rendezvous of sorts.
    :D

    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I like the train fight here quite a bit. Bond dangling. Close of of his slip on shoes.

    I remember as a kid I had a bright red shirt and black vest. I wore a leather belt over the waist and ran around pretending to be Bond in OCTOPUSSY.
    I wore my slip on shoes as well. I must have been about 10 or 11.
    My hair was easily as long as Roger's here in those days.
    I like these childhood stories. When I was a kid, me and my dad used to play to pretend we were in a Bond movie. The bad guy was often a mad industrialist. We'd use a hula hoop to simulate the gunbarrel sequence.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    edited June 2018 Posts: 16,162
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I take it.........none of you will be late.

    I like to say that line whenever I'm setting up a rendezvous of sorts.
    :D

    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I like the train fight here quite a bit. Bond dangling. Close of of his slip on shoes.

    I remember as a kid I had a bright red shirt and black vest. I wore a leather belt over the waist and ran around pretending to be Bond in OCTOPUSSY.
    I wore my slip on shoes as well. I must have been about 10 or 11.
    My hair was easily as long as Roger's here in those days.
    I like these childhood stories. When I was a kid, me and my dad used to play to pretend we were in a Bond movie. The bad guy was often a mad industrialist. We'd use a hula hoop to simulate the gunbarrel sequence.

    My Dad and I used to play like we were in Bond movies too. I remember him being Zorin one time shortly after AVTAK came out.
    One day my Dad's friend from work put together a little package of Bond like items he was going to either sell at a yard sale or donate. So he and my dad brought them over after work.
    He played M and my dad was Q. In this package was an old telescope, a big calculator that kind of looked like the ATAC or Lector decoder, a watch and a few other items. This was in the summer of '83 shortly after OP came out. What a great way to end the day.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    That s a fun dad.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    Posts: 7,021
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I take it.........none of you will be late.

    I like to say that line whenever I'm setting up a rendezvous of sorts.
    :D

    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I like the train fight here quite a bit. Bond dangling. Close of of his slip on shoes.

    I remember as a kid I had a bright red shirt and black vest. I wore a leather belt over the waist and ran around pretending to be Bond in OCTOPUSSY.
    I wore my slip on shoes as well. I must have been about 10 or 11.
    My hair was easily as long as Roger's here in those days.
    I like these childhood stories. When I was a kid, me and my dad used to play to pretend we were in a Bond movie. The bad guy was often a mad industrialist. We'd use a hula hoop to simulate the gunbarrel sequence.

    My Dad and I used to play like we were in Bond movies too. I remember him being Zorin one time shortly after AVTAK came out.
    One day my Dad's friend from work put together a little package of Bond like items he was going to either sell at a yard sale or donate. So he and my dad brought them over after work.
    He played M and my dad was Q. In this package was an old telescope, a big calculator that liked of looked like the ATAC or Lector decoder, a watch and a few other items. This was in the summer of '83 shortly after OP came out. What a great way to end the day.

    Cool!
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I take it.........none of you will be late.

    I like to say that line whenever I'm setting up a rendezvous of sorts.
    :D

    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I like the train fight here quite a bit. Bond dangling. Close of of his slip on shoes.

    I remember as a kid I had a bright red shirt and black vest. I wore a leather belt over the waist and ran around pretending to be Bond in OCTOPUSSY.
    I wore my slip on shoes as well. I must have been about 10 or 11.
    My hair was easily as long as Roger's here in those days.
    I like these childhood stories. When I was a kid, me and my dad used to play to pretend we were in a Bond movie. The bad guy was often a mad industrialist. We'd use a hula hoop to simulate the gunbarrel sequence.

    My Dad and I used to play like we were in Bond movies too. I remember him being Zorin one time shortly after AVTAK came out.
    One day my Dad's friend from work put together a little package of Bond like items he was going to either sell at a yard sale or donate. So he and my dad brought them over after work.
    He played M and my dad was Q. In this package was an old telescope, a big calculator that kind of looked like the ATAC or Lector decoder, a watch and a few other items. This was in the summer of '83 shortly after OP came out. What a great way to end the day.

    Cool!

    I believe my dad still has that telescope somewhere.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    Posts: 7,021
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I take it.........none of you will be late.

    I like to say that line whenever I'm setting up a rendezvous of sorts.
    :D

    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I like the train fight here quite a bit. Bond dangling. Close of of his slip on shoes.

    I remember as a kid I had a bright red shirt and black vest. I wore a leather belt over the waist and ran around pretending to be Bond in OCTOPUSSY.
    I wore my slip on shoes as well. I must have been about 10 or 11.
    My hair was easily as long as Roger's here in those days.
    I like these childhood stories. When I was a kid, me and my dad used to play to pretend we were in a Bond movie. The bad guy was often a mad industrialist. We'd use a hula hoop to simulate the gunbarrel sequence.

    My Dad and I used to play like we were in Bond movies too. I remember him being Zorin one time shortly after AVTAK came out.
    One day my Dad's friend from work put together a little package of Bond like items he was going to either sell at a yard sale or donate. So he and my dad brought them over after work.
    He played M and my dad was Q. In this package was an old telescope, a big calculator that kind of looked like the ATAC or Lector decoder, a watch and a few other items. This was in the summer of '83 shortly after OP came out. What a great way to end the day.

    Cool!

    I believe my dad still has that telescope somewhere.
    I hope you were told to "pay attention"!

    In my case, I think the only prop was a toy pistol. But it's pretty amazing how your imagination can transport you to another place.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,162
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I take it.........none of you will be late.

    I like to say that line whenever I'm setting up a rendezvous of sorts.
    :D

    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I like the train fight here quite a bit. Bond dangling. Close of of his slip on shoes.

    I remember as a kid I had a bright red shirt and black vest. I wore a leather belt over the waist and ran around pretending to be Bond in OCTOPUSSY.
    I wore my slip on shoes as well. I must have been about 10 or 11.
    My hair was easily as long as Roger's here in those days.
    I like these childhood stories. When I was a kid, me and my dad used to play to pretend we were in a Bond movie. The bad guy was often a mad industrialist. We'd use a hula hoop to simulate the gunbarrel sequence.

    My Dad and I used to play like we were in Bond movies too. I remember him being Zorin one time shortly after AVTAK came out.
    One day my Dad's friend from work put together a little package of Bond like items he was going to either sell at a yard sale or donate. So he and my dad brought them over after work.
    He played M and my dad was Q. In this package was an old telescope, a big calculator that kind of looked like the ATAC or Lector decoder, a watch and a few other items. This was in the summer of '83 shortly after OP came out. What a great way to end the day.

    Cool!

    I believe my dad still has that telescope somewhere.
    I hope you were told to "pay attention"!

    In my case, I think the only prop was a toy pistol. But it's pretty amazing how your imagination can transport you to another place.

    I think he did say "pay attention, 007".
    I remember the watch was an old Timex that needed a battery. It was pretty cool looking, really.
    I can remember as a kid it being hard to find a toy pistol PPK replica. Eventually we found a plastic gun that was shaped a bit like the PPK. The metal toy guns looked more like Colt .45's or something John Gardner's Bond carried. The Heckler & Koch or something.
    I had a plastic black holster (really a cowboy holster) that I tied some elastic to and a blue necktie and made a little shoulder holster from it. Fun times as a kid then.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    edited June 2018 Posts: 7,021
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I take it.........none of you will be late.

    I like to say that line whenever I'm setting up a rendezvous of sorts.
    :D

    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I like the train fight here quite a bit. Bond dangling. Close of of his slip on shoes.

    I remember as a kid I had a bright red shirt and black vest. I wore a leather belt over the waist and ran around pretending to be Bond in OCTOPUSSY.
    I wore my slip on shoes as well. I must have been about 10 or 11.
    My hair was easily as long as Roger's here in those days.
    I like these childhood stories. When I was a kid, me and my dad used to play to pretend we were in a Bond movie. The bad guy was often a mad industrialist. We'd use a hula hoop to simulate the gunbarrel sequence.

    My Dad and I used to play like we were in Bond movies too. I remember him being Zorin one time shortly after AVTAK came out.
    One day my Dad's friend from work put together a little package of Bond like items he was going to either sell at a yard sale or donate. So he and my dad brought them over after work.
    He played M and my dad was Q. In this package was an old telescope, a big calculator that kind of looked like the ATAC or Lector decoder, a watch and a few other items. This was in the summer of '83 shortly after OP came out. What a great way to end the day.

    Cool!

    I believe my dad still has that telescope somewhere.
    I hope you were told to "pay attention"!

    In my case, I think the only prop was a toy pistol. But it's pretty amazing how your imagination can transport you to another place.

    I think he did say "pay attention, 007".
    I remember the watch was an old Timex that needed a battery. It was pretty cool looking, really.
    I can remember as a kid it being hard to find a toy pistol PPK replica. Eventually we found a plastic gun that was shaped a bit like the PPK. The metal toy guns looked more like Colt .45's or something John Gardner's Bond carried. The Heckler & Koch or something.
    I had a plastic black holster (really a cowboy holster) that I tied some elastic to and a blue necktie and made a little shoulder holster from it. Fun times as a kid then.
    Did you imagine yourself to be any particular Bond, or you were just yourself?

    I pretended to be Roger Moore.

    (This should have its own thread!)

    Edit: I remember that when we would play, most of the time, the story and the villain's plan would be improvised on the spot, though eventually I did start to occasionally write a plot summary ahead of time. I was a kid, so obviously it was pretty basic stuff in terms of the bad guy's plan and the characters, but at least there was some planning in terms of making Bond follow a number of leads and gathering intel, when investigating his assignment. I still have a couple of those plot summaries. One is set in China and the other in France and Switzerland, IIRC.
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