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It’s the Adams Apple and the way she clings to Bond x she should be shot by a real Bond like Sir Roger ;)
Love the 80s quality of the TLD soundtrack. So evocative. Hats off to Barry for collaborating with the spoilt brats of A-ha will also getting some great work out of Chrissie Hind at the same time. It's such a good soundtrack.
There's a version on the longer soundtrack album.
It's hauntingly sensual and yet it has never made any soundtrack/score edition that I'm aware of.
Agreed. It was @vzok through his channel that introduced me to it, I believe. Lovely music. I made my own clean rip of it.
Can you post me a link, @mattjoes ? :)
I post you a link, @DarthDimi ;)
https://picosong.com/wKnK9/
Just one more reason why this is my favourite Bond movie.
Still, for my part, Dalton rules, delivering an astounding balancing act in terms of portraying such a complex character (that might seem simplistic to non-fans).
At the end of Casino Royale, I thought "Great, so Craig will now portray the character similarly to Dalton in TLD."
And so many other great things. The romance was incredibly well-handled, the way he actually courted the female lead rather just jumping into the shower with her.
And she's an incredibly strong female lead, considering that she's just a cello player caught way out of her depth, even though there's a naive quality to her character.
Love the Aha song, and Necros' theme song. Etc.
it's just that the villains are so "bleh" (not meh - bleh, completely different), with an unclear master plan.
And why wasn't Bond in one of the movies' big action set pieces (Necros' raid on the MI6 safe house).
Because Bond would of had go be beaten by Necros in order to forward the plot!
Also, I think the master plan was fairly clear.
It has never left my top 10.
via @Dalton_Fishers
(Point 1 is exactly the experience I had!)
Heaven, @mattjoes! And not a damn car key whistle to interrupt it all.
Betamax Video Club is a podcast devoted to 1980s films, and currently going through the '80s Bonds. Host Rich asked me (for some reason) if I'd like to do one of the Dalton ones, and we spent a couple of happy hours discussing The Living Daylights.
Get it here or search for 'betamax' in iTunes etc: https://betamax.podbean.com/e/thelivingdaylights/
I asked the stunt coordinator, Paul Weston, about this at a fan event. He confirmed: he was inside the jeep holding Dalton's legs so he wouldn't fall off.
(Obviously I shook his hand, seeing as he'd held Timothy Dalton's legs.)
My go to magazine back when TLD was released was 'Time Out' magazine who gave it a very good review.
I remember that review. I think they did the same for LTK?
Agree with you regarding it never leaving my top 5. In fact it and LTK and OHMSS are my golden 3. Will always be my go to Bond movies!
Yeah i think they gave LTK a decent review. So did my other favourite at that time, 'Starburst Magazine'
Exactly my thoughts at the time as well. Bond was serious again! I loved the Fleming aspects of it and Dalton was my idea of James Bond.
Ah, Starburst magazine, you're making me go misty eyed, Leonardpine!
Bought it every month, though it went downhill after editor Alan McKenzie left!
My brother is now collecting as many of the original issues as he can get hold of on eBay!
So you indirectly had contact with Timothy Dalton! Nice one!
Still have the first issue! I used to collect it way up until the late 90's. So i have stacks of them stored away!