The 2012 007 Olympics ~ Final Medal Table

LiveAndEatPie · March 2012

1. Maud Adams (Octopussy, OP)
2. Carey Lowell (Pam Bouvier, LTK)
3. Carole Bouquet (Melina Havelock, FYEO)

4. Talisa Soto (Lupe Lamora, LTK)
5. Tanya Roberts (Stacey Sutton, AVTAK)
6. Maryam d'Abo (Kara Milovy, TLD)
7. Kristina Wayborn (Magda, OP)
8. Cassandra Harris (Lisl, FYEO)

NicNac · March 2012

1st place Maryam d'Abo = 10 points
2nd place Carey Lowell = 8 points
3rd place Tanya Roberts = 7 points
4th place Kim Basinger = 5 points
5th place Barbara Carrera = 4 points
6th place Fiona Fullerton = 3 points
7th place Maud Adams = 2 points
8th place Mary Stavin = 1 point

jackdagger · March 2012

1.Maud Adams
2.Carey Lowell
3.Carole Bouquet
4.Maryam d'Abo
5.Kristina Wayborn
6.Talisa Soto
7.Alison Doody
8.Tanya Roberts

ReneMathis · March 2012

G. Fiona Fullerton
S. Maud Adams
B. Talisa Soto
4. Carole Bouquet
5. Cassandra Harris
6. Carey Lowell
7. Kristina Wayborn
8. Carey Lowell

QBranch · March 2012

1. Cassandra Harris (Lisl, FYEO) = 10 points
2. Maud Adams (Octopussy, OP) = 8 points
3. Carole Bouquet (Melina Havelock, FYEO) = 7 points
4. Maryam d'Abo (Kara Milovy, TLD) = 5 points
5. Barbara Carrera (Fatima Blush, NSNA) = 4 points
6. Lynn-Holly Johnson (Bibi, FYEO) = 3 points
7. Kristina Wayborn (Magda, OP) = 2 points
8. Carey Lowell (Pam Bouvier, LTK) = 1 points

Cassandra Harris, IMO, contributed the most to cinematic Bond due to her introducing Brosnan to Cubby.

Samuel001 · March 2012

timmer wrote:

unless its thought that Barry actually composed the score and Norman somehow managed to get the credit. I don't know.

That's one hell of an un-Barry score then! ;)

St_George · March 2012

timmer wrote:

unless its thought that Barry actually composed the score and Norman somehow managed to get the credit. I don't know.

Just gone back and done more research into Norman's involvement in DN and, yes, it appears he did write the majority of the score for that film, in which case he should have been included in the previous event. Apologies on that one then, peeps.

However, I still maintain that while Norman came up with the main melody for The James Bond Theme (the 'dum-di-di-dum-dum' guitar opening played by Vic Flick - originally from the song Good Sign, Bad Sign from a musical he wrote called A House For Mr Biswas), it was Barry who was called in after Norman had completed his work on the theme and the rest of the film's score in order to flesh out the theme. He then totally re-arranged the theme adding in ostinati, counter-melodies and bridges, including all the very distinctive Barry-esque brass. So, methinks it's fair to say they effectively both wrote it.

Anyhoo, on with the voting...! ;)

AgentJamesBond007 · March 2012

1. Maud Adams - 10
2. Carole Bouquet - 8
3. Cassandra Harris - 7
4. Kristina Wayborn - 5
5. Maryam d'Abo - 4
6. Talisa Soto - 3
7. Carey Lowell - 2
8. Lynn-Holly "I'll get you an Ice Cream" Johnson - 1

timmer · March 2012

St_George wrote:

timmer wrote:

unless its thought that Barry actually composed the score and Norman somehow managed to get the credit. I don't know.

Just gone back and done more research into Norman's involvement in DN and, yes, it appears he did write the majority of the score for that film, in which case he should have been included in the previous event. Apologies on that one then, peeps.

However, I still maintain that while Norman came up with the main melody for The James Bond Theme (the 'dum-di-di-dum-dum' guitar opening played by Vic Flick - originally from the song Good Sign, Bad Sign from a musical he wrote called A House For Mr Biswas), it was Barry who was called in after Norman had completed his work on the theme and the rest of the film's score in order to flesh out the theme. He then totally re-arranged the theme adding in ostinati, counter-melodies and bridges, including all the very distinctive Barry-esque brass. So, methinks it's fair to say they effectively both wrote it.

Good research. Even if we left out Norman from the pantheon of composers, we are all by this exercise, that much more knowledgable on the origins of the iconic James Bond Theme. Norman can share in the broader John Barry glory.

St_George · March 2012

timmer wrote:

Good research. Even if we left out Norman from the pantheon of composers, we are all by this exercise, that much more knowledgable on the origins of the iconic James Bond Theme. Norman can share in the broader John Barry glory.

Well, Norman's spent many years fighting in the courts over and over again to maintain sole credit as the composer of the theme, ensuring he alone gets the legal credit (in movie credits and elsewhere) and, of course, the royalties. One may say then he's done well enough - indeed, better - out of it than he deserves... ;)

00Beast · March 2012

1. Kristina Wayborn (Gold)- 10 points
2. Tanya Roberts (Silver)- 8 points
3. Carey Lowell (Bronze)- 7 points
4. Maud Adams- 5 points
5. Kim Basinger- 4 points
6. Talisa Soto- 3 points
7. Cassandra Harris- 2 points
8. Carole Bouquet- 1 point

Dr_Metz · March 2012

1. Carey Lowell (Pam Bouvier, LTK) = 10 points
2. Carole Bouquet (Melina Havelock, FYEO) = 8 points
3. Lynn-Holly Johnson (Bibi, FYEO) = 7 points
4. Barbara Carrera (Fatima Blush, NSNA) = 5 points
5. Fiona Fullerton (Pola Ivanova, AVTAK) = 4 points
6. Maud Adams (Octopussy, OP) = 3 points
7. Alison Doody (Jenny Flex, AVTAK) = 2 points
8. Kim Basinger (Domino, NSNA) = 1 points

MajorDSmythe · March 2012

St_George wrote:

timmer wrote:

unless its thought that Barry actually composed the score and Norman somehow managed to get the credit. I don't know.

Just gone back and done more research into Norman's involvement in DN and, yes, it appears he did write the majority of the score for that film, in which case he should have been included in the previous event. Apologies on that one then, peeps.

However, I still maintain that while Norman came up with the main melody for The James Bond Theme (the 'dum-di-di-dum-dum' guitar opening played by Vic Flick - originally from the song Good Sign, Bad Sign from a musical he wrote called A House For Mr Biswas), it was Barry who was called in after Norman had completed his work on the theme and the rest of the film's score in order to flesh out the theme. He then totally re-arranged the theme adding in ostinati, counter-melodies and bridges, including all the very distinctive Barry-esque brass. So, methinks it's fair to say they effectively both wrote it.

Anyhoo, on with the voting...! ;)

For anyone curious enough:

LAWNMOWERMAN · March 2012

1> Maryam d'Abo (Kara Milovy, TLD) = 10 points

2>

Carey Lowell (Pam Bouvier, LTK) = 8 points

3>

Talisa Soto (Lupe Lamora, LTK) = 7 points

4>

Barbara Carrera (Fatima Blush, NSNA) = 5 points
5>

Kim Basinger (Domino, NSNA) = 4 points
6>

Maud Adams (Octopussy, OP) =3 points
7>

Carole Bouquet (Melina Havelock, FYEO) = 2 points
8>

Tanya Roberts (Stacey Sutton, AVTAK) =1 point

timmer · March 2012

MajorDSmythe wrote:

For anyone curious enough:

You can indeed hear the Bond theme quite clearly in this 1950's ditty. I hear a bit of Underneath the Mango Tree as well. But Barry's contributions to the original presentation are profound. It would be interesting to know how hard Barry fought for a writing credit back in 1962. He may not have fought very hard though. It would have been real difficult to foresee what a goldmine the credit would be in the future.

DiscoVolante · March 2012

Time for Sweden to get a couple of points, eh?

Maryam d'Abo (Kara Milovy, TLD) - 10 pts
Maud Adams (Octopussy, OP) - 8 pts
Carole Bouquet (Melina Havelock, FYEO) - 7 pts
Kristina Wayborn (Magda, OP) - 5 pts
Carey Lowell (Pam Bouvier, LTK) - 4 pts
Barbara Carrera (Fatima Blush, NSNA) - 3 pts
Mary Stavin (Octopussy Girl, OP/ Kimberley Jones, AVTAK) - 2 pts
Talisa Soto (Lupe Lamora, LTK) - 1 pt

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 · March 2012

1. Maud Adams- 10 points
2. Carole Bouquet- 8 points
3. Carey Lowell- 7 points
4. Talisa Soto- 5 points
5. Maryam d'Abo- 4 points
6. Cassandra Harris- 3 points
7. Kristina Wayborn- 2 points
8. Fiona Fullerton- 1 point

slyfox · March 2012

1st =

-Carole Bouquet (Melina Havelock, FYEO) - 10 points
2nd =

Carey Lowell (Pam Bouvier, LTK) - 8 points
3rd =

Barbara Carrera (Fatima Blush, NSNA) - 7 points
4th =

Alison Doody (Jenny Flex, AVTAK) - 5 points
5th =

Talisa Soto (Lupe Lamora, LTK) - 4 points
6th =

Maryam d'Abo (Kara Milovy, TLD) - 3 points
7th =

Tanya Roberts (Stacey Sutton, AVTAK) - 2 points
8th =

Kristina Wayborn (Magda, OP) - 1 point

St_George · March 2012

Right then, peeps, results-time once again...

Event 8: '80s Bond Girls ~ Results

1.

.Carole Bouquet = 161 points [10 points]
2.

Maud Adams = 148 points [8 points]
3.

Maryam d'Abo = 133 points [7 points]
4.

Carey Lowell = 126 points [5 points]
5.

Kristina Wayborn = 76 points [4 points]
6.

Barbara Carrera = 73 points [3 points]
7.

Talisa Soto = 69 points [2 points]
8.

Tanya Roberts = 51 points [1 point]

9. _

Fiona Fullerton = 41 points
10.

Alison Doody = 38 points
11.

Cassandra Harris = 34 points
12.

Lynn-Holly Johnson = 21 points
13.

Kim Basinger = 19 points
14.

Mary Stavin = 7 points

She has long brown hair that goes on forever, looks good in a wet t-shirt and rocks a crossbow and now, like one of her oh-so deadly arrows, she's struck at the heart of the (very much mostly) male throng of this very community by claiming the title of the best '80s Bond Girl. Yup, Carole Bouquet's taken the gold, folks.

Not that far behind her is the, quite frankly, still-doable-today Maud Adams in the guise of Octopussy, who thus claims the silver just ahead of the nowadays-still-absolutely-lovely Maryam d'Abo, who may own a cello sullied with a bullet hole but now also possesses a bronze medal.

And the rest of the top eight are Kristina Wayborn's Magda and Barbara Carrera's Fatima Blush in fifth and sixth respectively, both of whom are sandwiched between the LTK duo Carey Lowell and Talisa Soto, while filling the last points-scoring-for-the-Medal-Table-position is the Marmite-like Tanya Roberts, who (given this event featured 14 rather than just eight entrants) takes less a wooden spoon than a golden (gate) spoon. I thank you...

Medal Table
After Event 8
______________________.G___S__B_4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total
1. -

England_______3___4__4__0__2___3__3__1__114 pts
2. -

United States__.0___0__1__3__2___2__1__5_.43 pts
3. -

France_________.1___1__1__0__0___1__1__0_.30 pts
4. -

Wales_________.1___0__0__1__0___0__2__0__19 pts
5. -

Italy___________.0___0__1__1__0___0__1__0__14 pts
= -

Scotland______...1___0__0__0__1___0__0__0__14 pts
7. -

Canada________.0___1__0__1__0___0__0__0__13 pts
= -

-Denmark_______.0___1__0__1__0___0__0__0__13 pts
9. -

Sweden________.0___1__0__0__1___0__0__0__12 pts
10.

Brazil__________.1___0__0__0__0___0__0__0__10 pts
= -

Germany______...1___0__0__0__0___0__0__0__10 pts
12.

- Switzerland______0___0__1__0__0___0__0__0__7 pts
13.

Thailand________0___0__0__1__0___0__0__0__5 pts
14.

Egypt__________.0___0__0__0__1___0__0__0__4 pts
= _.

Ireland_________0___0__0__0__1___0__0__0__4 pts
16..

Australia_______0___0__0__0__0___1__0__0__.3 pts
= _

Nicaragua______0___0__0__0__0___1__0__0__.3 pts
17.

.Japan__________0___0__0__0__0___0__0__1__.1 pt

Oh yes, @DiscoVolante, it did prove to be time for Sweden to get some points - not two, though, a genuinely impressive 12. Yup, thanks to the triple-thronged attack of Adams, Wayborn and Stavin, a silver and a fifth place here ensures that the western quarter of Scandinavia now fittingly lies ninth on the table, just one place behind the nearby Denmark.

Elsewhere, both England and the States keep their points tally ticking over nicely thanks to yet another medal for the former (bronze) and three placings in this week's event for the latter (fourth, seventh and eighth). Speaking of the leaders, France's good form continues, as picking up the gold here sees them now open up more than a 10-point lead over Wales and the rest of the chasing pack.

But the final word must go to, yes, mighty Nicaragua. Er, of course. Yup, Fatima Blush may have 'only' achieved a sixth-place finish in the contest (and, thus, three points for this table), but it means that after competing in its one and only event, Nicaragua has done the truly impressive - it's actually got itself on the Medal Table. Hats off, indeed, then to the non-official Bond bombshell herself, La Carrera.

Event 9 coming up soon, chaps...! :

St_George · March 2012

Hokerly-dokerly, we're now around about a third a way through the tournament, folks, so why not mark the occasion one of the big events? Why not, indeed... :)

The competitors:

Richard Maibaum (DN, FRWL, GF, TB, OHMSS, DAF, TMWTGG, TSWLM, FYEO, OP, AVTAK, TLD, LTK)

Roald Dahl (YOLT)

Tom Mankiewicz (DAF, LALD, TMWTGG)

Christopher Wood (TSWLM, MR)

Michael G Wilson (FYEO, OP, AVTAK, TLD, LTK)

Bruce Fierstein (GE, TND, TWINE)

Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (TWINE, DAD, CR, QOS)

Paul Haggis (CR, QOS)

So, the task is simple... please arrange the eight competitors above into your favoured ordering - first to last (greatest to least) in terms of their contribution to the cinematic James Bond.

Voting for this event should remain open for about a week, after which the results and the updated Medal Table will be posted in this thread (as well as in the thread's opening post).

Oh, and just a reminder - when you do vote, please vote in this manner, chaps (as outlined in the thread's opening post); makes it a hell of a lot easier for me when I'm totting up the totals... ;)

1st place (Gold) = 10 points
2nd place (Silver) = 8 points
3rd place (Bronze) = 7 points
4th place = 5 points
5th place = 4 points
6th place = 3 points
7th place = 2 points
8th place = 1 point

Over to you, folks - get voting...! :)

St_George · March 2012

1.

Richard Maibaum
2.

Tom Mankiewicz
3.

Christopher Wood
4.

Paul Haggis
5.

Neal Purvis and Robert Wade
6.

Bruce Fierstein
7.

Michael G Wilson
8.

Roald Dahl

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 · March 2012

1. Richard Maibaum- 10 points
2. Paul Haggis- 8 points
3. Purvis and Wade- 7 points
4. Bruce Fierstein- 5 points
5. Roald Dahl- 4 points
6. Michael G. Wilson- 3 points
7. Christopher Wood- 2 points
8. Tom Mankiewicz- 1 point

SJK91 · March 2012

Good lord this one is difficult. Mr. Maibaum gets first place of course, but for the rest I really could arrange them in any order and be satisfied.

1. Richard Maibaum - 10 Points

For the rest, I used a randomizer...I got this:

2. Michael G. Wilson - 8 Points
3. Christopher Wood - 7 Points
4. Tom Mankiewicz - 5 Points
5. Purvis and Wade - 4 Points
6. Roald Dahl - 3 Points
7. Paul Haggis - 2 Points
8. Bruce Fierstein - 1 Point

Eh. Many of these writers are all over the place.

dragonsky · March 2012

Richard Maibaum 10
Bruce Fierstein 8
Michael G Wilson 7
Roald Dahl 5
Paul Haggis 4
Tom Mankiewicz 3
Neal Purvis and Robert Wade 2
Christopher Wood 1

Kerim · March 2012

(Gold) Richard Maibaum (USA) - 10
(Silver) Michael G Wilson (USA) - 8
(Bronze) Bruce Fierstein (USA) - 7
4. Paul Haggis (CAN) - 5
5. Christopher Wood (ENG) - 4
6. Roald Dahl (WAL) - 3
7. Purvis/Wade (ENG) - 2
8. Christopher Wood (ENG) - 1

obin_gam · March 2012

1. Roald Dahl - 10p
2. Michael G Wilson - 8p
3. Paul Haggis - 7p

4. Richard Maibaum - 5p
5. Bruce Fierstein - 4p
6. Neal Purvis and Robert Wade - 3p
7. Tom Mankiewicz - 2p
8. Christopher Wood - 1p

SaintMark · March 2012

1. Richard Maibaum - 10p
2. Christopher Wood - 8p
3. Michael G Wilson - 7p

4. Tom Mankiewicz - 5p
5. Bruce Fierstein - 4p
6. Roald Dahl -3p
7. Neal Purvis and Robert Wade - 2p
8. Paul Haggis - 1p

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Agent005 · March 2012

1. Richard Maibaum - 10
2. Michael G. Wilson - 8
3. Paul Haggis - 7

4. Tom Mankiewicz - 5
5. Christopher Wood - 4
6. Purvis & Wade - 3
7. Bruce Fierstein - 2
8. Roald Dahl - 1

timmer · March 2012

1st place Richard Maibaum (Gold) = 10 points
2nd place Tom Mankiewicz (Silver) = 8 points
3rd place Roald Dahl(Bronze) = 7 points
4th place Christopher Wood = 5 points
5th place Michael G. Wilson = 4 points
6th place Bruce Fierstein = 3 points
7th place Neil Purvis and Robert Wade = 2 points
8th place declined to vote= 1 point

Haggfish if I must for 8th but I'd rather vote Johanna Harwood (DN, FRWL) than award even a single point to such a cretin. yecch. :-&
Actually I would rank Harwood 4th if she was eligible.
Yes, I know, quibbling again. :\"> but as always I graciously defer to the game-master, who is doing all the actual work.

4EverBonded · March 2012

Why isn't Michael France mentioned for Goldeneye? Just asking; I thought he did the screenplay at first, did he not get any credit? Or was it just his story used not screenwriting?

Otherwise:

Maibaum - Gold
Wilson - Silver
Mankiewicz - Bronze
4th - Haggis (for CR; who was the main writer??)
5th - Wood
6th - Fierstein
7th - Purvis and Wade
8th - Dahl

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