Would you rather have the DB-V welcome in a new Bond OR the we pause using the DB-V for a while?

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  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    Dwayne wrote: »
    ... I do tend to get a bit misty eyed when I remember watching BOND on the ABC SUNDAY NIGHT movie when I was younger (so much younger than today) as it made me into a fan.
    Do you still remember what they censored for TV?

    Not really, although (as @thedove stated), it was clear that they were edited ("for time and content").

    Ultimately, it didn't matter, since I was too young to have seen these movies when they originally were shown in theaters. What was important for me, was that these movies looked and sounded so "cool." And you could always tell when a Bond movie had been on TV, as the next day, all of the guys at school were pretending to be him!
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    THUNDERBALL
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    TB, even though I love both. For me, OHMSS, CR, and SF are the only Bond films to top any given one of the ones in the incredible run of Connery’s first four.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Let's see,
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    VS

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    Thunderball

    Wins.

    allthough I love GE, TB, where Connery is at the top of his game, the story outlandish but still realistic, the gadgets impossible but believable, the locations as exotic as they get, the villain an enigma but cruelly dangerous, and the stuntwork very cool, is the better film. Just slightly better in every small detail. Lie the DBS over the DB9.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    THUNDERBALL
    OKAY

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    TB for me too.
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    Thunderball. Star Wars of the 60s.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    TB ranks #2 all time for me. So TB it is. :D
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    TB. And I'll be a contrarian and say because of the quieter moments: the spa, the SPECTRE meeting, etc. I find it atmospheric.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    GE is fun but I've seen it on the big screen several times. It also hits hard to see this film I watched as an 18-year-old becoming a classic from a bygone era :) So TB if you please.

    Bristol has a cinema in the aquarium. They could include a visit to the sharks with your ticket...
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    I love both, so I'd welcome both.

    However, I suppose TB captures that 60's spy extravaganza magic better than any other entry, so I'll go for that one.
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
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    Pictures are often worth 1,000 words. Well done @Venutius
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    Lets think ahead with this next one instead of looking back.

    There are a few tropes that now exist in the Bond films. One is his vehicle.

    Bond has been tightly associated with the Aston Martin and specifically the Aston Martin DB-V. But it wasn't always this way. First seen in the movie GF and TB the DB-5 would return to welcome Pierce Brosnan to the role in GE and it returned in TND for a brief scene. It would then be featured heavily in Craig's films. Showing up in CR and SF, at the end of SP and at the beginning of NTTD. In fact Craig's Bond was seen more with the DB-5 than any other actor.

    Would you rather the DB-V return to welcome the new Bond OR we rest the DB-V for a while?

    The car is so iconic that it brings with it memories of Bond in the 60's. It is the definition of cool and recalls the history of the character. With that being said, does it now need to be rested. After all Moore and Dalton never had the DB-5 in their films at all. A span of 16 years. Moore was associated with the Lotus Esprit and Dalton had an Aston Martin but not the DB-V.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    The DB5 sends a different message now than in the 60s: now it's retro cool, where it used to be just plain cool. I'd very much like a new awesome, aspirational car to associate with the new Bond. But what do we have nowadays? We'd struggle to find a British one.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Since Skyfall production I've been vocal about being tired of seeing the Astons - an opinion that was very unpopular at the time (despite being seen in the last six films), and it was even hinted at because I didn't want it, I was somehow disrespecting the brand and unappreciative of its inclusions. Well, you AM fanboys got what you wished for, and now others are talking about how it's a worn out trope.

    In the first film, establish his car as a Bentley. Not necessarily a new model. The decision will draw acclaim from the Fleming purists as well as fans of variety. In the next film, give him a Q-bike. In the following film, no Bond car at all (see YOLT). Now that the series is in different hands there should be no obligation to shoehorn Astons in every successive film. And now that the series is in Amazon's hands a lot of fans feel disenchanted, so best go back to Fleming and bring in those brands like Bentley, Bond's Beretta, Floris and all that. All those other things fans of the novels want to see.

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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I guess it’s maybe a bit played out from NTTD now, but I’d be very happy to see him continue to use the AMV8 as his personal car, I think it suits him very much. It’s big and old and selfish and grey, it’s quite Fleming really.
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