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That's great, @Torgeirtrap! Great work. Looking forward for your screenshots...
I don't think is the Japanese flag, let's find the author...
I guess Blofeld is the kind of guy who could go through the trouble of ordering the same artwork again, haha!
Thanks! I only have a couple more of these examples (and one I need to check), but who knows, maybe a few more will turn up eventually.
It would be interesting to find out who made these dotted art prints. Maybe then it would be possible to find out if they were inspired by the Japanese flag, or not.
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Dr. No and Miss Taro have the same taste in interiors – at least when it comes to small, black tables:
I was reminded today that they were looking to shoot TB. I have trouble seeing how TB could have been made for the budget of DN. I am glad McClory and the courts stopped this from being their first choice.
Thunderball and Skyfall
You Only Live Twice and Tomorrow Never Dies
Maybe so!
It makes sense for sure; they made the most out of that budget, so a few items popping up at various places isn't surprising. Back then they most likely didn't expect people to own a copy of the film on home media decades later, looking for every small detail, either!
A TB on a DN budget would have been a VERY different film. I can't even imagine how it would have looked.
Well, they are craven.
Either that or it was the only brand for sale on the island...
DN...boat
FRWL...gondola
TB...raft
YOTL...raft
DAF...cruise ship
TMWTGG...junk boat
TSWLM...Stromberg escape pod
FYEO...Melina's ship
OP...Octopussy ship
AVTAK (if we classify a shower as being on the water!)
LTK...a swimming pool
TND...wreckage of the stealth boat
Seems to be especially true of the Moore and Connery Bond films
-When Bond and Aki are escaping the gunmen leaving Osato Chemicals, there's a sign leading up the driveway to the building with the Osato logo.
-In the trailer when Miss Brandt slides into the piranha pool visible are the wires or ropes pulling the bridge as well as a production assistant's head. Decided to check against the actual film and the wires are still prominent but the guy's head less so but still briefly visible.
That 2nd comment re Brandt and the bridge is something I haven't seen,but still,that is amateurish editing.
It also looks like MI6 and the Venice hotel favours the same type of desk lamps:
Yes, it was likely a common lamp (which is maybe why they decided to use it twice). Maybe someone here knows which brand/model it is?
This is now moving us in the direction of "Thing Theory." I love it.
"Thing Theory" – that's a great way to put it!
@ 1:20
I'm going to rewatch TB soon; I certainly hope the table features there too!
The table could be revealed as the mastermind behind Blofeld and Spectre. In a further shocking twist, the table would reveal it was part of Bond's childhood bedroom furniture.
When Dryden opens the drawer to take his gun, we see a small card with the redesigned Universal Exports logo on it. If I'm not mistaken, this is the only appearance of Univex and that logo until Bond's business card in QOS.
Okay I laughed quite loud at this! Well done chaps!
In my current job I frequently loan out clothing for productions that are shooting in Toronto. I recall one of them saying sometimes they use the same clothes for either different characters or different shows. It would make sense that EON had an inventory of props that they would use and re-use.
Where can we petition for Blacktable to be the next title? I like it actually better then some of the more recent titles.
Some pics of my replica before I realized it was part of the folder: