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I read that the cat actually got so scared from the explosions and such it ran away and hid up where the crater door opens. Poor thing.
Don't let @Dragonpol hear you
@Murdock, yes!
"I know there to exist two Ernst Stavro Blofelds out there. One is the man you see before you now, but the other...took a far different path. Rather than pursue domination and worldwide control, he chose to help people with simple therapeutic techniques and his knowledge of psychology. A grand departure from the man I look at in the mirror each morning; a man I barely recognize, in fact. But what binds us, my friends, is this scar. We've both got one, you see, to remind us of the one force of nature that always gets in our way. We both face our own monsters frequently, this other Ernst and I. His goes by the name of Michael. Mine is called James..."
Cross-over time!
Some of the levels aren't quite hot enough for my tastes so I'm always boosting the sound up a bit.
For those who never saw any of the early Bonds in the cinema, the clips used in the HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 007 special on TLD dvd/blu ray are a pretty good example of what the colors looked like in the cinema. Those clips used the same transfers from the CBS/FOX Home Video editions. I would imagine the CBS/FOX laser discs also used the same transfers.
Anyway to get back on topic, you can see up Tracy's nose when she's reciting her poetry in OHMSS.
The colours of the films which you've touched on, most notably the OHMSS PTS.
But there have also been sound changes which the original editor/sounds mixers have been disappointed with. Eg:
- door slam noise removed from end of GF PTS
- when Largo enters the meeting room at the start the sound of the door opening has been changed
- most famous one is the differences in Bunt's gunshot sound end of OHMSS
It would be nice if someone has a full list of differences over the years
Restoration has its benefit but sometimes too many cooks can alter the directors vision. I can just imagine in 50 years time someone removing the filters from DAD and SP
That has been on my to do list now for a while.
Those sound differences are not restoration, restoration is preserving something back to its original state.
I'd love to see a list, too. One change that really bothered me was in LALD after Bond jumps over the crocodiles, the music was horrendously remixed removing that wonderful bass line and guitar riff.
I do remember some of the earlier VHS editions of GF had a couple frames missing in the PTS which cut the door slam and the first note of the theme song.
In the 1992 remastered VHS edition of TSWLM the scene on the Nile with Anya was given that now trendy bluish tint as per the PTS of OHMSS. I believe many of the changes began with those remastered versions. The cat's meow in DAF certainly was replaced on those tapes.
I've seen beautifully clean and some pretty scratchy crummy prints of the Connery's on the big screen, and one thing they have in common are the colors looking vivid. Even on an extremely worn out print of TB, the Nassau beach scenes still pop out.
It's a shame some of the colors were reduced on the Lowry editions. Frankly I don't want YOLT to look like it was shot today. I can always watch Batman V Superman or (heaven forbid) Twilight if I want an example of 21st century muted cinematography. I want YOLT to look and sound as close as it did when my Dad saw it on the big screen summer of 1967. I still maintain the opinion that the transfers used in the mid-late 80s for the VHS and laser-disc editions of the earlier Bonds are the truest to the cinematic prints in terms of color timing.
Too bad they couldn't just use those and give them a high definition blu-ray release.
Also I'd love to see the original UA logos back at the front prior to the GB. The ABC Sunday Night at The Movies transfers often used the old US logos.
YOLT's cinematography is still the same on the blu ray!
The colors are washed out on the blu-ray compared to the theatrical prints. The picture is sharp, but doesn't have that warm hue.
http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/707lLmO9KUe4rKiNd7TOKw39156/GW551H359
On what are you basing this assertion? Just that picture?
It doesn't look much like her to me. Maud is quite tall isn't she?
https://goo.gl/images/DScE0u
Going from the above pic (although she's no doubt wearing heels) she's only a few inches shorter than Rog. Given she was a model it would make sense that she was tall.
But if that woman in your pic is her that guy to her right (and slightly behind?) must be about 7ft 6. Do guys that tall and conspicuous really get used in scenes as extras?
I found the following quote from John Glen on C********rBond.com:
'We were shooting at Fisherman’s Wharf. Maud — who is a very good friend of ours — decided to come and visit us on the set with her boyfriend. I said to Maud “Come on, why don’t you become a crowd extra?” So she and her boyfriend walked through'
Now if we look at 02.47 in this video:
We can clearly see Maud visiting the set. If we assume the guy with her is said boyfriend and Glen is correct then he is clearly a different guy to the bloke walking with the woman in the scene.
In addition there's something about the woman's hair in your picture that doesn't quite match Maud's in that clip.
I'm sorry I just don't think the case is proven.
Early in the scene, when Bond first meets Chuck Lee, the guy with the mustache in the plaid shirt crosses behind Roger briefly. On Moore's audio commentary he identifies that guy as Maud's boyfriend. I suppose Maud could have changed outfits for the shot or buttoned up her black jacket. Hard to say- in the film from that angle it doesn't really look like her. I should pop in AVTAK and see just how tall that guy is compared to Roger.............the things we do just to solve these little mysteries.
Yes it is.
Humbly, I stand corrected. The guy is in the forefront of the shot eating ice cream shortly before Roger makes it to Chuck Lee's stand. I'd say he's about as tall as Roger.