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Appreciate the opportunity to collect those like items. It played out to a point, and with the pause discussion redirected. Thanks for everyone's patience with me of course. (If there are additional suggestions I'll add them.)
If it warrants a named winner: @j_w_pepper kicked it off by naming NSNA and asking for the letter of the law. Well done!
I'm traveling at the moment, can establish it sometime in the future as soliciting for the two topics. Two lists, under one discussion. Thanks for the suggestion @mtm.
Coming soon.
Thank you, but your initial instruction was "last one added wins". NSNA was the first you added, if I read the first few posts on this subject correctly.
I was thinking of Jinx's belt in DAD? But am likely way off!
let alone "most iconic"are Honey Ryder's bikini and Blofeld's Nehru jacket (Bond's pink tie from DAF doesn't qualify for me). I just don't suppose either of those is actually needed by half of mankind.
@j_w_pepper , you're on the right track. Sohere are a few more clues : That peice of clothing is something very close to the person who wore that costume. And it was an improvisation, done on the eve of the filming of the scene in which the costume appeared.
"The bikini top was constructed in cotton over Ursula Andress’ own underwire bra, so the top offers her plenty of support for the action scenes."
As you know, Bond has driven, or been driven in quite a few cars who have been turned into toys, most notably by Corgi. Everybody knows about the Aston Martin DB 5, for example. There is one car which, as a toy, featured a gadget that was neither featured nor even mentioned in the movie in which the car appeared. Which one ?
Hint : as seen in the adverts, the use of that gimmick could have caused a catastrophe.
Wow, that was quick. Your turn now, QBranch !
I don't own many Corgi vehicles, and not that GT either. I must make amends for this crime.
Alright, here we go:
Which Bond adventure has at least FIVE differing versions of the same basic/overall story? That's 5 versions - the original story + 4 adaptations of it. If there's more than one answer for this, I apologize. Any and all research is allowed.
I'll guess Casino Royale: original story in 53, 54 show, 67 film, 06 film and I think the BBC has done a radio drama. If not, the Daily Express must have adapted it
Which character is being described in this novel? (Hint: it isn't 007)
"She gazed at the face as if seeing it for the first time. It was dark and clean-cut, and the eyes were wide and level under straight, rather long black brows. The longish straight nose ran down to a short upper lip below which was a wide and finely drawn mouth. The eyes were harsh and the mouth was cruel, the line of the jaw
was straight and firm."
I can provide further description of this character if necessary, but it probably won't be very helpful. Another hint perhaps is to consider the non-Fleming works.
Did the research, and actually I think the games (video and computer games) make it much easier!
CR we went over already, no BBC drama as I said, but there is a comic. The QOS game also adapts some CR elements.
LALD has the film and a computer game. Some say that due to LTK's heavy use of LALD's elements, it also counts as an adaptation. That adds the LTK novelization, and the LTK game. There is also the BBC radio drama and the Daily Express comic.
MR has a film, and novelization. Some count DAD as an adaptation of the novel, so with that comes that novelization (by Raymond Benson). GE is also considered an MR adaptation, but more on GE later. MR has two radio dramas: one with Toby Stephens as Bond, another with Bob Holness. MR also has a comic strip
DAF has nothing that the others don't have: film, comic strip and radio drama.
FRWL has film, comic strip, radio drama and the game
Dr. No also has a film, comic strip and radio drama
Goldfinger if consider on its own, has similar to Dr. No and DAF. But one of the GE games mentions you being hired by Goldfinger and going to kill Dr. No. Ignoring the weirdness there, AVTAK is considered by many as a GF remake. If included, then there are two AVTAK games that also exist with it.
3/5 FYEO stories have a film named after them, all have a comic strip, QOS and AVTAK games have already been mentioned
Thunderball has two films, radio drama and comic strip
TSWLM, if counting the film, has the aforementioned film, novelization, and game. More organic media is the comic strip.
OHMSS has the bog standard 4 adaptations
YOLT has the film and two Craig movies inspired by it. Radio drama and comic strip as well.
TMWTGG has the normal bit.
GE has the film (in this case the original), the novelization, and then 5! games using GE as the title (the EA effort with GF and Dr. No, the reloaded one, an unofficial one, one by Tiger Electronics and finally the famous 1997 one.) On top of that, there is an uncompleted Topps comics adaptation with only one of three published editions. There is also a documentary on the famous 1997 game.
So in summary, if audio books (and radio dramas) are included, I think all the Fleming novels have 5 versions of the same story (of course some of the films are dodgier connections than the others).
So it's from a 007 book? Maybe Bond's doppelganger in Doubleshot?