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Cool. It had very good writers, John Brosnan, Tony Crawley,Phil Edwards Alan Jones and there was an expert on animation, who's name escapes me who was really good. Those early issues were fantastic!
I think the member 'Bondsum' is also an avid fan of Starburst if i remember rightly.
I've got my picture in one of the issue's when i won a trip to the premiere of Bram Stoker's Dracula! Long time ago!
I still have a copy of Brosnan's JAMES BOND IN THE CINEMA 2nd edition. He wasn't the biggest Moore Bond fan, but thought AVTAK was the best Roger Bond.
Wish I still had my Dalton era Starburst magazines. great coverage of TLD
I particularly remember the issue with Christopher Reeve on the cover for SUPERMAN IV.
Yeah, i'm lucky enough to have all the 80's issues. I think the 'Skyship' helped Brosnan's appreciation of AVTAK. He loved Airships and their ilk.
You're lucky to have his 'James Bond In The Cinema'
I do own a signed copy of his 'Primal Screen'
My Special Edition copy doesn’t work properly anymore.
Ah, good man!
I always had faith in you!
Again though, you should get the Bond 50 blu ray set. It is well worth it!
Haha I thought you would say that...it’s the next Bond film for me to watch when I get a chance .
The blue ray set I will get when my funds get better and I can convince my wife not to kill me,as I will have to buy the blu ray player as well !!
Now there's is an obedient husband. Seems Mrs @barryt007 doesn't like bond films at all. :P
She sat through LTK and enjoyed it ,it’s a gradual process weaning her on to Bond 😉
You have my sympathies Bazza.
My other half is not keen either, but she did go to SP with me and said she enjoyed it!
When we were dating first we went on a double date to TND!! She wasnt too keen on that Bond film!
She has agreed to the opening night of NTTD in Luton ‘s big screen so game on @Mathis1 me olde matey .
It's just an orchestral scoring of the Pretenders song isn't it? Great music throughout TLD. Definitely one of Barry's masterpieces. Hope NTTD brings back the musical collaborations that Barry was so good at.
The only thing that lets it down is the weakness of the villains. I get that they where going for the FRWL feel with the villainy somewhat evenly spread across three characters, but Necros, Koskov and Whittaker don't have nearly the same impact and presence as Klebb, Grant and Kronsteen. That's the only thing that stops it being a true top tier Bond for me, but it's at the top of the second tier, if you will.
I know that a-ha did most of the music for the main theme, with Barry only adding the string arrangement.
I really wouldn't know, but the fact that he incorporated some of that a-Ha song (probably relatively late in production, after they sacked The Pretenders as theme artists) doesn't mean that the same applies for those "extra" songs. But then, I don't think that the a-Ha theme adds anything valuable to the movie in the first place. They should have let The Pretenders do it.
Doesn't matter, it's still a solid film. I remember it surprised me just how great it was when I first saw it about a decade ago.
On sayng that, in that film Possessed around 2001/2, he looked near identical to 1987/9:
His hair was shorter, that about it.
Yeah, I was half joking, there's no way anyone is going to play Bond for 30 years.
I wish Dalton had taken over for Rodge in 81 in FYEO and then finished out the decade. OP and AVTAK would obviously be reworked in that scenario to suit Dalton and TLD and LTK stay the same.
I largely agree with that scenario except I wouldn't want any Bond but Moore in OP. Perhaps if FYEO and OP switched places in the series sequence with Moore's Bond making his final adventure in a 1981 OP with Dalton's Bond debuting in a 1983 FYEO. I would also like Dalton Bond in GE since it was originally intended for his 007. The ghost of Dalton's Bond tends to haunt the 1995 Bond film for me.
I used to share that sentiment, thinking of Dalton being the Bond of the 80s while Rog would be known for the 70s. However, I think it worked out best as far as FYEO and OP were concerned, especially with the latter. FYEO was almost Moore’s last, but the advent of a rival Connery Bond film meant Cubby needed Moore for OP, as any newcomer would have been unfairly overlooked in light of Connery’s return. Having Moore in ‘83 evened out the playing field, and his film ended up being the bigger hit, assuring Moore’s legacy.
However, I do think it was time for Moore to bow out with OP. What better way of ending your tenure than beating Connery’s film at the box office? The fact that Cubby didn’t even consider a new Bond for AVTAK like with the previous two films says they only brought him back for a seventh as a victory lap for beating NSNA, which I felt was unnecessary.
That said, I wish Dalton had debuted in AVTAK. It obviously would have been recalibrated for his new take like TLD was. There wouldn’t have been the unfortunate stigma in the US with audiences thinking of Dalton as the “second choice” after Brosnan had to drop out of TLD. I can see a lot of gold mined out of Dalton facing off Walken. It would have been a pretty strong debut.
Still, I’m happy TLD turned out to be his debut as that ranks among the top on my Bond list. It’s just a shame the legal issues had delayed it. I’m sure he would have done two more before graciously bowing out (this fulfilling his contract), and Brosnan would have still come in next in time for a Bond 19 in 1995. I never saw Dalton being the type to do more than four. The fact he was only willing to come back for one more with GE rather than do a few more days he got what he wanted out of the role and was ready to move on.
I could see Dalton in OP. It has one of the best villain schemes and it's problem is that it jumps between being a full-on Rodge movie and having a more serious tone like FYEO. With Dalton they could have not had him dress as a clown, take out some of the cult stuff and some of the other campier elements and it would have worked great with him. I can't really see AVTAK with Dalton even reworked so I think they should have just done something else entirely for him in 85.
GE being "intended" for Dalton is an internet myth. The third Dalton film that was in development in the early 90's had a few plot similarities to GE (and TND) but would have been a different movie. By the time the shooting script was being written they knew Dalton wasn't coming back. I'm not sure if Broz had been cast yet.
Agree, it's a perfect debut for Dalton, or pretty much any Bond. It's just a classic Bond film along the lines of the first few Connery films, only a bit more hard edged and modern.
A third (and potentially fourth) Dalton film continues to be one of the biggest missed opportunities in the Bond series.
As stated in the EON docu: "How do you explain such a thing," in response to the lukewarm reception of Dalton's Bond. Indeed, how do you explain such a thing? A committed actor, a great Bond, a charming man, ... It's ridiculous that Dalton had to be the victim of a mess created by artistically barren suits (and Kevin McClory).
Unfortunately, the audience didn't connect with his films.
I keep on reading this but is it true? TLD got great reviews and did good box office pretty much everywhere. Dalton was also well received as Bond.
LTK underperformed at the BO in the US but did well at the European box office. And it also got decent reviews almost everywhere. And like every other Bond it still made a profit.
A better start you could argue than Rog's first 2.