SirHenryLeeChaChing's For Original Fans - Favorite Moments In NTTD (spoilers)

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  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    I thought calling Cleese R was pretty lame but this line is almost as nonsensical as 'delicatessen in stainless steel'!
    That line was great.
    Don't make me mad... you've seen the result of my wrath...
    8-|
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    chrisisall wrote: »
    And a plane that Bond turns up in even though we don’t know where he got it. Come ON folks -- SHOW us these things!
    When Bond is arriving the airfield is clearly visible (on the lower right of the screen if memory serves) for a moment just a few hundred or so feet from the base of the hill the building is on.
    Also, 'C' is for a nasty word that was fairly obvious to foul-mouthed persons such as myself.
    :))

    I do agree though that it's a very, very short glimpse of that airfield, and it isn't the plane you can see standing there either.

    The thing is, traditionally the head of MI6 was indeed called C. But it was Fleming who designated the letter M. to the same post. So M used to be the head of MI6 (and was derived from his name: Messervy (Lee), Mansfield (Dench) and Mallory (Fiennes). Which in my mind as a civil servant makes sense. You'd want the most secret specialists (especially those who partake in illigal activities) to report directly to the head of the organisation, and no-one else. So making M the head of 'the 00 section' was a stupid move.

    Anyway, on to the Ç'. I thought it was meant as a joke, as he's the new 'Chief'. But it doesn't correspond with the previous logic.
    chrisisall wrote: »

    I thought calling Cleese R was pretty lame but this line is almost as nonsensical as 'delicatessen in stainless steel'!
    That line was great.
    Don't make me mad... you've seen the result of my wrath...
    8-|
    Only when you put your teeth in to it...
  • edited March 2016 Posts: 3,566
    chrisisall wrote: »
    And a plane that Bond turns up in even though we don’t know where he got it. Come ON folks -- SHOW us these things!
    When Bond is arriving the airfield is clearly visible (on the lower right of the screen if memory serves) for a moment just a few hundred or so feet from the base of the hill the building is on.
    Also, 'C' is for a nasty word that was fairly obvious to foul-mouthed persons such as myself.
    :))

    RE: The plane acquisition: I was just wanting a "Mrs. Bell" moment. That's not too much to ask, is it? It is? Well, "Holy...... "
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    I was just wanting a "Mrs. Bell" moment. That's not too much to ask, is it? It is? Well, "Holy...... "
    HAHAHAHAAH!!! It might have been great.
  • I always maintained that 'C' was a pun on the surveillance theme. SPECTRE wants to 'C' everything. That was immediately obvious to me at least.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    The C thing worked fabulously.
    In German M calls Denbigh chanceless instead of clueless, as translation wouldn't work with clueless.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    I never gave any thought to him being called C, to be honest. I guess I connected that M was M and Q was Q so obviously some roles in MI6 were designated and talked about just by their assigned letter.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Anything that harkens back to Fleming is okay with me, even if the main theater-going public don't catch it. :)
  • I always maintained that 'C' was a pun on the surveillance theme. SPECTRE wants to 'C' everything. That was immediately obvious to me at least.

    That totally works for me. It hadn't occurred to me until you mentioned it. Thanks!

  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    And I thought I know everything.

    Never heard of this song nor WeFive....am I in trouble now @BeatlesSansEarmuffs :P
  • Unless you were listening to the radio in 1965 there's no reason to have heard the song before. No troubles...I'm just happy to have brought it to your attention. The song was written by Ian Tyson & originally recorded by Ian & Sylvia. We Five was a San Francisco group pre-dating the Jefferson Airplane. LOTS of great music out there to be discovered, good luck & let us know what you find!
  • edited March 2016 Posts: 3,566
    Birdleson wrote: »
    I love that limited use of the B-3 (though none is even pretending to play to it on stage).

    You don't see a drummer in this lip-syched "performance" either, and the drums are a lot more prominent than the Hammond B-3 in the final product! Both were probably added in the studio by folks who weren't actually members of the band.
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    The version of 'You Were On My Mind' I remember is this one by Crispian St Peters. A big hit I think.



    By the way I'm lost, why are we posting 60s music?
  • Because it's just too good to be forgotten.
  • Ooops! I have a correction to make! After listening to several different versions of "You Were On My Mind," I've discovered that Ian Tyson did NOT write this song -- but rather, Sylvia (then Fricker, eventually Tyson) did! My apologies to all -- since Ian wrote so many of their songs ("Four Strong Winds," "Someday Soon," etc. -- I simply assumed he had written this one as well. WRONG! Credit this one to Sylvia! Still, the version performed by We Five is probably the most famous and has definitely informed every other performance of the song to come down the pike since 1965.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    Damn right it is...

  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    You are a The Who fan?
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    Ah, a fellow Whooligan! Gosh, I do love The Who. Their inventiveness, their energy, their drive, the supreme musicianship regarding their rhythm section ....
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    Right on.

    Glad you're seeing them in May. I wish I was around late '69 and '70, to see The Who at the height of their powers, a'la their Leeds show or the Isle of Wight Festival. Or Monterey Festival....
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    Yes. Tommy the Movie came out in '75?
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    We saw TOMMY in Manhattan (The Zigfield I believe) in Junior High as a class trip. Wow.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    The play?
    No, the movie.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    I know none of the earlier mentioned songs or bands, but of course I know The Who.
    I remember seeing the movie TOMMY and mostly disliked it. I also didn't know it would be all singing, no talking. The highlight for me for sure was Tina Turner. Awesome! You all remember her in that, right? The music was good. I do like The Who; just not my very favorites.

    Yes, we divert into music discussions at times and that's fine. I cannot do my SPECTRE review yet, but I do hope a couple more Originals pop in to give us their (with categories); sometime this month would be grand. NonOriginals please give us your review (with or without categories), at least your basic take on Specture (brief or long; your choice). Thanks!
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Acid Queen. ;) Tina Turner. Perfect.
    I definitely would enjoy the film more now than I did back then. I'll try to watch it again pretty soon.

  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    edited March 2016 Posts: 12,480
    Well, I have an idea. We are still be reviewing Specture - YES, that is going. Please keep that in mind.

    But for a few days I'd like us to tackle this new topic:
    Movies that Changed our Lives :-O 8-> B-)

    So thanks, @Birdleson, for your comment, which gave me this idea. Let's run with this for awhile. ;) :)>-
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Indeed! So narrow it down, please, dear @Birdleson. NOT just favorites, ones that made a big impact. (You may well hontestly have 50, but please just choose a few for here).

    To all: Let us know why a film was important to you, changed your life in some way. Be rather specific if you can (memories, etc.), what kind of impact (even if a bit vague), did it affect how you lived your life at all? Etc. So I'm asking folks to be a bit choosier than listing favorites. Got it? Great! Let's get down to it ... :-bd
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    That's a great list! I've never seen Ghidorah and only a tiny bit of Potemkin (I really do need to see all of that one).
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Spectre: A journey back to my youth PART I

    It's 1995 and I'm sitting in a cinema hall awaiting the arrival of the new James Bond, Pierce Brosnan. TLD being a life-altering experience I was naturally "in love" with Timothy Dalton as Bond. Nonetheless, also being a huge fan of Remington Steele I was looking forward quite a bit to see Steele in a Bond movie.

    Needless to say GoldenEye delivered all that I hoped and so much more. It has to this day kept the status of being my favourite movie of the 90's together with Star Trek First Contact. Two years later I was again more than satisfied with Tomorrow Never Dies, which I, for a short time, rated even higher than GoldenEye.

    20 years later in 2015 I'm not the young adult anymore, that can get easily impressed. I'm 41 and I am married and have a 5 year old daughter.
    I still love movies, I still can get excited and sometimes it happens a movie comes along that has a huge impact on me, but since 2000 there have only been 5 movies that would fall into that category, namely Pitch Black, Shaun Of The Dead, Batman Begins, Guardians Of The Galaxy and Mad Max Fury Road.

    Daniel Craig, so far, has been a mixed bag for me. While I love Casino Royale and like Quantum Of Solace to a degree I dislike Skyfall a lot. In fact I believe it will go down even lower in my ranking (currently No 18).

    So I went to see Spectre with mixed feelings.
    First impressions are important, so is a good start to things.

    Experiencing a proper gun-barrel at the beginning of a Daniel Craig Bond was exhilarating!
    What followed was no less than the most impressive pre-title-sequence ever made for a Bond movie.
    Immediately it was clear, Daniel Craig finally has transformed into the James Bond that before him Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton and Brosnan played so well.
    How Craig moves smooth and cool through the scenery is bloody awesome and I had difficulties containing myself when seeing it for the first time.
    The way Craig is looking at that Spectre ring, the wonderful Writings On The Wall intro already starting and then the ring transforming into the title sequence is a masterpiece of cinematic artistry.
    And so is the title sequence. Daniel Kleinman has outdone himself. This is art.

    Seeing Ralph Fiennes as M in the classic office setting was a real treat. And we got a classic verbal exchange between Bond and M (and Denbigh).
    Seeing Moneypenny in the role she is supposed to be (her role in Skyfall is a travesty) was a relief, so was seeing Q the way he should be (again a travesty in Skyfall).
    Both Harris and Whishaw are great and I am so glad they finally could shine, especially Whishaw who even made me forget Llewelyn for two and a half hours, and that is an achievement.

    Monica Bellucci and the cemetery: If there has ever been an actress that was born to be in a Bond movie it is her. Finally it happened and I couldn't be more happy it happened in Spectre. As short as her appearance is, as gripping, tense and sexy it is. The scenery she moves through is like a painting. First the grey cold stones of the cemetery, then the warm, brown wooden furniture of her beautiful home. Accompanied by great classical music, the scene where she walks through the house into the garden awaiting her certain death is a masterpiece of direction. And forgive me, if I use the term masterpiece a bit inflationary in this review.


    The Rome segment of Spectre belongs to the hall of fame of this franchise, on the Spectre meeting sequence alone, I could write an essay.

    Two beautiful cars moving through Rome, the eternal city. It is a tradition in Bond movies to have two beautiful sports cars doing a race, a chase or just having fun on the street.
    Spectre manages to combine all three of those things.
    It's not a traditional car chase but a sightseeing tour to some of the most beautiful places in Rome with great humorous short segments of Bond trying to get the car's gadgets working and talking to Moneypenny on the phone and even developing some jealousy when realising Moneypenny could have a boyfriend.
    This car "chase" is the antidote to the catastrophically failed car chase in the pre-title-sequence of Quantum Of Solace.

    But before that car chase of course the Spectre meeting takes place. This sequence is no less than a masterpiece in direction, editing, set decoration, lighting, acting, dialogue, music and pacing. It is the best introduction to a villain ever in a Bond movie also thanks to the amazing Christoph Waltz.
    In the title-sequence of Daniel Kleinman you already get a glimpse of the now famous shot of what must be the longest conference table ever with Waltz as shadowy figure sitting at the table and tentacles appearing out of his body.
    The use of shadows and light in the Spectre meeting sequence is simply breathtaking.

    End of PART I
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Movies that (literally) changed my life:

    #1 Enter The Dragon (1973). I was bullied from grade school to Junior High (and mugged too). Once a guy got me in a headlock in the pool shower and nearly broke my neck- it hurt for a week.
    Then I saw this movie where a SKINNY GUY could deal with ANYONE through cunning technique & force of will. I immediately started on my lifelong martial arts path, and as of the age of 14 not only never suffered defeat at the hands of a bully (beat the crap out of two & had fun taunting the rest with Spider-man-like verbal insults throughout High School), but thwarted two subsequent mugging attempts, and NOT ONCE did I succumb to the temptation of doing serious damage to these deserving jerks out of reverence to the Shaolin code respecting all life- the high & the low.

    #2 Star Wars (1977). Besides the obvious martial arts Kurosawa influence, this movie caused me to realize that like Luke, a great adventure called 'life' awaited me. I went to science fiction conventions in Luke's costumes, and met many life-long friends there.

    #3 Superman: The Movie (1978). To this day, my favourite superhero film. In 1979-80 I wrote, produced, directed & starred in a Super-8 film entitled "Superman: The Spoof" with a massive budget of nearly $500! We showed it at a Sci-Fi convention & got a call from a DC comics dude asking if we could show it to Siegel & Schuster at their NY HQ... it was an honour to meet them, and they liked our film. WOW.

    There are many more, but those are my BIG THREE.

    Props to Jill St. John for waking up my 11 year old libido as Tiffany Case with more cheek than usual!
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