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Would you rather watch CR 67 OR NSNA?

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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited November 24 Posts: 13,823
    Big stunt action.

    With a smaller, but stellar stunt earlier on as tease. That impresses, but as the PTS continues the audience wonders what's up and is something else on the way.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,592
    Large action piece.

    CR was the only film in which a grounded PTS worked to a tee
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,081
    Big action with stunts. Something in the vein of TLD & GE and bigger...even give Bond the same black military outfit. Parachutes and all that.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 4,174
    Depends on what they do. CR has a great PTS but no big stunt. Same for GF.

    I’m going to be slightly contrarian though and say if it’s a PTS without Bond I’d like a big stunt. That’d be kinda unique. But it all depends on how it’s done.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,147
    007HallY wrote: »
    Depends on what they do. CR has a great PTS but no big stunt. Same for GF.

    I’m going to be slightly contrarian though and say if it’s a PTS without Bond I’d like a big stunt. That’d be kinda unique. But it all depends on how it’s done.

    This is also my idea. I'd even be in for one setting up the villan(s) rather than Bond, such as in FRWL, LALD, TMWTGG. Although when done right, I'm in for all of the choices.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,134
    I'd rather have a grounded, sober PTS. Especially to introduce a new Bond. Build atmosphere and character, create suspense. Action should follow a crescendo, leave big action sequences to the climax of the film.
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
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    Grounded. Viv Michel waiting to close up the motel for the winter. Sluggsy and Horror. The buzzer goes. Bond steps out of the rain and the night. Game on.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,440
    Love that one @Venutius I can see that working as a PTS for sure.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,134
    Venutius wrote: »
    Grounded. Viv Michel waiting to close up the motel for the winter. Sluggsy and Horror. The buzzer goes. Bond steps out of the rain and the night. Game on.

    Sounds great. I suggest you work on it and write something in the Bond 26 plot ideas thread.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited November 25 Posts: 7,147
    Love it @Venutius!
    Straight out of the book! Would you keep it unrelated to the main plot perhaps?
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    edited 3:34am Posts: 5,440
    Good stuff and a lively discussion about the PTS. It has become an important part of the films and can set the tone for what is to come.

    Lets move on to another subject entirely.

    It's a battle of the un-official Bonds!

    Would you rather watch CR 67 OR NSNA?

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    CR 67 has some absolutely crazy plotting. It does feature David Niven as Sir James Bond which, according to legend, was someone that Fleming envisioned playing Bond. We have Ursula Andress returning to a Bond movie as Vesper. We have the comic genius of Peter Sellers and Woody Allen in the same film. There is a wonderful score by Burt Bacharach too!

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    On the other hand we have the original Bond returning after over 10 years being away from the role. We have a wonderful Felix Leiter portrayed by Bernie Casey who has chemistry with Connery. The plot is the same although they did tinker with some of it. We have a femme fatale that brings some energy and over the top acting to the piece.

    Both films are flawed and lack the EON touches, but which one would you rather watch
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,221
    NSNA… it’s got Connery; despite the film’s shortcomings he seems engaged and looks great.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,479
    NSNA. I know that CR 67 isn’t meant to be taken seriously, but I really just don’t enjoy much of it. NSNA, while second-worst for me, has at least a few cool things about it.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,081
    If it's listening to the score, it's CR 67...if it's watching the film, it's NSNA. Although, NSNA also have some music I love.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,147
    It depends on what I'm in the mood for.

    NSNA is clearly meant to be a Bond film, and even though it lacks the recognisable EON tropes, there are quite a few good Bond moments in it. So if I'd be in for a Bond movie, I'd choose NSNA.

    CR67 is the first true Bond spoof, but instead of a protagonist going by the name of Austin Powers, Johnny English or the even better Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, it just happens to have the legal rights to call him James Bond. If I'm in the mood for that kind of thing, which does happen sometimes, I'd go for CR67.

    To be perfectly honest however, and even though I'm definitely in the camp that can enjoy both, if I'm in the mood for a Bond film most EON's are obviously still a better choice, and if I'm in the mood for a Bond spoof the delicious OSS 117 films with Jean Dujardin are my first options.
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