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That's very cool, wish my first experience of Bond was as interesting
Just a quick comment, working in a few South Pacific locations I learned the (much larger) fruit bat is referred to as a flying fox. Seems more appropriate for those.
But the first time I consciously saw a Bond film must have been when my brother got The World Is Not Enough on VHS for his 16th birthday.
From the opening dam jump to the fight on the satellite dish I was in absolute awe, and the rest was history.
It's amazing that a fictional character in print and on the movie screen can have such an impact on our lives. I can't even think what my life might have been without James Bond.
Real close to my first experiences with Bond. My folks to me to see MR in the cinema and my dad and I watched TSWLM on cable. When a Bond aired on ABC we'd watch it.
However, I didn't get hooked until an airing of DR NO on ABC in '83 followed by my folks taking me to see OP, then later NSNA.
And it's certainly never had a negative effect on my life.
Same here. Great time to become a fan.
It was a late Friday night and my parents, older brother and I sat down to watch DN on the TV. The moment Ursula Andress emerged from the sea, I was totally hooked.
All this was circa 2000 or 2001. I was 6-7 years old back then.
And I'm a Bond fan since then.
Makes me worry how the Eon family is planning to connect on a similar level for next generations. Hopefully that new video game is a belter...
Just like trips to the Moon, they knew how in the 60s, but the knowledge has been lost.
My first was TSWLM on TV when I was about 10 years old, around 1986 ish. So exited to be told that there were more of these films. The enjoyment of perusing the local video rental shop to borrow them is a fond memory. Different times!
I vividly remember ITV here in the UK promoting the TV premier of AVTAK in 1990. It felt like an event,I hadn't seen it before. I also remember being very disappointed in it and it remains very bottom for me alongside DAF.
Although wistful nostalgia aside, things are so much better these days for fans, yeah, sod the old days.
You must have had difficulties catching a OHMSS screening in those days, given the lukewarm reception of the film back in the day, when the brilliance of it wasn’t yet public knowledge.
Thank you sir. I'm 43 and 7months old but you have just made me feel younger. 😉
At 43 you SHOULD feel young!
My first time actually seeing Bond films in the theater was in 1966, late in TB's original run, at the age of 12, when I caught a one-day-only TRIPLE BILL of TB, DN & GF! When YOLT came out I held off on seeing it alone, waiting for a double bill of YOLT and FRWL. That fervently-desired double bill never happened. The next time I saw a Bond film in the theater, it was a double bill of LALD and TMWTGG. What can I say, I was a thrifty young sprite! (I won't get into my free viewing of DAF at the drive-in where some friends & I just sorta walked in surreptitiously...)
I do have a nostalgia for the analog era. I miss scouring movie magazines for info, and admiring my VHS movie collections. I miss actually going into a video store to browse, and walking away with something cool.
Same here. It was a fun family ritual. I'm sure in some years, when films are downloaded directly into our brains, people will be missing the classic Netflix experience.