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  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    I've always viewed Stacey as his daughter. He cooks her dinner, he tucks her in. Yeah...
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    obvious scale models? I thought it was pretty seamless for the most part. I much prefer that to the modern method of constructing a location on a computer program.

    I agree. Although a few model shots in GE are a bit obvious, for the most part it is seamless. I'll take model work over CGI effects any day.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    The main elements that gives away most miniature work are fire and water; for the most part they cannot be miniaturized. I tend to favor a combination of miniature with either full size fire and water composited or CG those elements.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    The water component gives away the tanker scene in TSWLM. I believe it's when the Liparus doors are opening and one can see the size of the waves, which are much larger in relation to the tanker due to it being a model. I've only noticed that recently due to the quality of the blu ray.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    I'm sure there's a way around it if they get creative. What about filming a ripple effect through the water and then undercranking the camera?
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    I'm sure there's a way around it if they get creative. What about filming a ripple effect through the water and then undercranking the camera?

    To a degree but it's more of a problem of scale; shooting hat a higher frame rate adds an illusion of mass but the scale is still off. For instance drops of water move more slowly but they're too big.

    There is actually a shot toward the end of TSWLM where Stromberg's base is on the surface and it is matted into a live-action, moving plate. It is a great shot.

  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    TMWTGG and MR.

    My #1 Bond (TMWTGG) and one a find very, very entertaining (MR). Going on these adventures with Sir Roger never gets boring. Exotic locations (Thailand, Ka Long Bay, Venice, Rio, the Amazon), 2 fantastic soundtracks from Barry, great villains (Scaramanga, Drax, Jaws) and one of my favorite characters in the entire franchise (JW Pepper). And 1 Sir Rog. And what a total legend he is. I love how he lets nothing get under his skin, he seduces every women he stumbles upon, he has a hilarious one liner for every occasion, and looks super suave at all times. I am sure that in 20 years, when his tenure will have ended 50 years ago, I will continue getting a huge blast watching Sir Rog traveling around the world in these very entertaining adventures.
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
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    bondjames wrote: »
    IncompetentHenchman wrote: »
    GE looks cheap? Maybe the interrogation room does, but I think that's the point of an interrogation room.
    The interrogation room was great. Everything about that scene was tremendous, including the acting by all concerned.

    Nothing against it, it is perfect and I love the scene. I just can't fathom how anyone would say GE is cheap.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    OHMSS.

    This is such a mastetful film where there are not enough words to aptly describe just how defenitive this film is.

    Watching OHMSS filled me with the unshakable realisation that moving forward with Bond 25 and beyond will require a lot more work from EoN than even they perhaps realise, assuming they're interested in actually making great films instead of just trying to focus on being a box office beast.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Plan to do my annual 'watch it at Christmas' routine for OHMSS! Got to watch it Christmas Day last year as the missus was working! No such luck this year, and I may even have the in-laws, so no chance! Christmas Eve is my plan! Look forward to it like its a premiere, as it always seems fresh and exciting with each viewing! Bond perfection imho!
  • Risico007Risico007
    edited November 2016 Posts: 9,847
    A View to a Kill

    A few points I realized if we count Diamonds Aren't forever and Never say Never Again Moore and Dalton are the only Actors who each films name is from Fleming and Moore is the only one who each title is from a novel or short story ( though I Say this in 2016 knowing full well technically they could hire Tom Hardy for example and his 5 films could be The Diamond Smugglers Risico The Property of a Lady 007 in New York and The Hildebrand Rarity but I kind of doubt it) and yes though it drops the From A View to a Kill is still a Fleming title. Anyways with that out of the way it's sort of a strange film and I don't know how I honestly feel about it...

    One more sort of point I want to make that seemingly no one picks up on is that the plot of this movie causes Goldeneye to essentially be pointless. Before everyone screams hear me out Goldeneye is about An EMP blast destroying London However in A View to a Kill they built microchips that can stop emp blasts.... yeah unsure about that honestly.

    Anyways with those two observations out of the way the film is ok not great not bad just ok. It used to be at the bottom of my list but there are some good points to the film. The opening ski/snowboard sequence is inventive so is the car chase and Walken is well fantastic but overall the film feels almost parody like at times. Tanya Roberts is a wet blanket and annoying as hell. And why is Leighter not even mentioned when Bond goes to San Francisco personally would of been a nice slot for James Brolin Grace Jones is odd and the rest of the cast is just I don't know... it beats out both unofficial Royale's Brolin's screen test Never say Never Again and Moonraker but it's still somewhat bad. Though the score is good.

    1. Quantum of Solace
    2. Licence to Kill
    3. From Russia with love
    4. For Your Eyes Only
    5. The World is Not Enough
    6. On her Majesties Secret Service
    7. Tomorrow Never Dies
    8. Octopussy
    9. Live and let die
    10. Skyfall
    11. Goldeneye
    12. Spectre
    13. Dr. No
    14. Thunderball
    15. The Spy Who Loved Me
    16. Goldfinger
    17. Die Another Day
    18. You only live twice
    19. The man with the golden gun
    20. Diamonds are forever
    21. A View to a Kill
    22. Moonraker
    23. Never Say Never Again
    24. James Brolin's Octopussy
    25. Casino Royale 1954
    26. Casino Royale 1967

    Up next one of my favorite bond films of all time The Living Daylights


    I will say since I have finished most of the bond actors films I plan on doing a final ranking of actors as well as it stands right now but who knows seeing he final 3 films in my tenure might change that (possibly four depends on if I do watch a play through of Everything or Nothing) those three being The Living Daylights Casino Royale and Diamonds Aren't Forever

    1. Dalton
    2. Craig
    3. Moore
    4. Connery
    5. Brosnan
    6. Lazenby
    7. Barry Nelson
    8. James Brolin
    9. David Niven
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    OHMSS is a Fleming title.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    And License To Kill isn't.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    And The Diamond Smugglers insn't a Bond title.


    GoldenEye

    This might have been what the series needed at the time, but I don't think GoldenEye has aged well, especially when compared to it's immediate successor. When the MI6 buidling showed up, I had to bury my head in my hands. A feminists dream the MI6 scenes of GE might be, but it was like watching a machine steadily running, then all of a sudden, there's a bang and the cogs fly off in different directions, followed by a plume of smoke. Samantha Bond is my least favourite Moneypenny, with GE being her worst appearance. It was bad enough to get all of that "sexist misogynist dinosaur" nonsense from M, but also this sass (for want of a better term) from Moneypenny. The Tank chase is by far and away the highlight of the film, and the only scene with the Bond theme in proper (so it isn't just the Craig films that have skimped on the Bond theme).

    My 1996-2016 20th Anniversary Bondathon
    1. Tomorrow Never Dies
    2. The World Is Not Enough
    3. Spectre
    4. GoldenEye
    5. Die Another Day
    6. Casino Royale
    7. Skyfall
    8. Quantum Of Solace
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    No that's my ranking. As it's my 20th anniversay as a Bond fan, I felt like doing something different, so I decided to watch the films in reverse order.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
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    The "sexist misogamist dinosaur" scene is one of GoldenEye's highlights.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    I think otherwise, and that line isn't not all that correct. They could have just had Dench turn up as M, and let her performance speak for itself. But they couldn't leave it be at that.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
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    Dench and Brosnan are excellent in it.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Dench is ok, Brosnan is smarmy (as usual).
  • Risico007Risico007
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    Ok since I have no idea how to multi quote a few things

    1. Licence to Kill is from fleming's pen making it a Fleming title much like Goldeneye The World is not enough and Spectre
    2. Lazenby was also James Bond in the episode of Alfred Hitchcock presents Diamonds Aren't forever and that is not a Fleming title
    3. Should a future bond film use the title The Diamond Smugglers honestly I would consider it a Fleming title.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I didn t realize Lazenby was actually playing Bond in Diamonds Aren t Forever. Never saw it.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Saw The Return of The Man From Uncle (RIP the great Robert Vaughan! Last of The Magnificent Seven!) but never knew of the Alfred Hitchcock episode! Anyone seen it?
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    BAIN123 wrote: »
    The "sexist misogamist dinosaur" scene is one of GoldenEye's highlights.

    Agreed and Brosnan's only good turn as 007.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Cant understand how people like that scene in GE! It doesn't work because Brossa is so anonymous in it! Denchs M is insulting him, yet he doesn't react at all! Stiff as a board, he ruins it!
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    He's arrogant......he doesn't care what she thinks. He prefers his old boss and doesn't like her as much as she him. That's why it works. He isn't stiff, he's cold. In Fleming's novel's Bond felt his temper 'boiling up in this veins like cats fur'......but he never shows it to M.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    The "Bond, come back alive" also comes from nowhere. Less than 30 seconds ago, she was tearing into him, now she is telling him to be careful. Jesus woman, make up your mind.
  • Risico007Risico007
    edited November 2016 Posts: 9,847


    Here is Lazenby's actual last turn as 007 with a fan added gunbarrel

    Of course it would be really cool if they used the return from the man with uncle scene as sort of a pts and then I don't know put in history repeating as the title song
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    Just watched QOS. Jesus christ, I need to update my Bond ranking, this film is probably in my top 4 now with TMWTGG, GE and OP.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    MajorDSmythe wrote: »
    The "Bond, come back alive" also comes from nowhere. Less than 30 seconds ago, she was tearing into him, now she is telling him to be careful. Jesus woman, make up your mind.
    I found that to be terribly realistic actually.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    Just watched QOS. Jesus christ, I need to update my Bond ranking, this film is probably in my top 4 now with TMWTGG, GE and OP.

    It does grow on you!
    :))
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