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  • thelordflasheartthelordflasheart
    Posts: 1,370
    Skyfall (the song) played at my gym this morning on the radio and both DJ's were very excited about it, talking about it for a couple of minutes afterwards! A few minutes later as I went to the other end of my gym there were two guys who were *still* talking about the song five minutes after it ended!

    I for one am glad that they waited until now to release the song - this way people won't be sick of it by the time the film is out.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    I've decided to tear myself away from Dr No and watch True Lies on TCM instead :p
  • myworldisenoughmyworldisenough
    Posts: 1,143
    I've purchased The Skyfall theme from iTunes, bought a Bond edition of the latest GQ mag which comes free with a new vintage edition paperback of Goldfinger. I've listened to Bond tracks and now going to settle down and watch Casino Royale to finish of the day. Sadly no Bond events on to attend locally :(
  • BondWillReturnBondWillReturn
    edited October 2012 Posts: 816
    BondWillReturn wrote:
    I'm trying to get some friends together to have a Bondathon, so far not many takers, but I keep trying :)

    Some pictures :) About (00)7 people showed up, and were having a great time! Just watched Goldfinger and now watching Live 'n let Die

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    The toast to Cubby and Harry

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    Me with the SkyFall Heineken.

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    Watching Goldfinger :) A friend there has got chips in his hair :D

  • TPM007TPM007
    Posts: 183
    Just watched TLD and TND, not for a particular reason, just that I hadn't watched either for a while so was in the mood for them! Might dig into a Bond game now... But which one....
  • YtterbiumYtterbium
    Posts: 269
    bought myself new James Bond magazines for the occasion, and was wished a pleasant Bond anniversary by more people than for my own birthday.

    I also have a thought for all of us, Bond Fans, who finally are rewarded for our Bondmania and not seen as freaks (at least for one day).
  • DoubleOhhSevenDoubleOhhSeven
    Posts: 1,778
    Unfortunately I've got work. But I'm watching Golfinger right now and will be going to the YOLT/OHMSS double-bill at MOMA on Sunday.
  • OddJawsOddJaws
    Posts: 144
    Half hour left in official Bond Day, I'm 20 minutes into Dr No and a very lovely drink. The kids and missus are sound in bed, it's just me and Sean. What a way to finish the day!!!
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited October 2012 Posts: 11,189
    OddJaws wrote:
    Half hour left in official Bond Day, I'm 20 minutes into Dr No and a very lovely drink. The kids and missus are sound in bed, it's just me and Sean. What a way to finish the day!!!

    I was watching a bit of Dr No earlier on Sky and my mum was in the same room. When Bond and Honey started to pass out after having the drugged coffee she began LAUGHING!!!! ~X(
  • OddJawsOddJaws
    Posts: 144
    BAIN123 wrote:
    OddJaws wrote:
    Half hour left in official Bond Day, I'm 20 minutes into Dr No and a very lovely drink. The kids and missus are sound in bed, it's just me and Sean. What a way to finish the day!!!

    I was watching a bit of Dr No earlier on Sky and my mum was in the same room. When Bond and Honey started to pass out after having the drugged coffee she began LAUGHING!!!! ~X(

    Ah Mums. They give us life then ruin our movies... :)
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    OddJaws wrote:
    BAIN123 wrote:
    OddJaws wrote:
    Half hour left in official Bond Day, I'm 20 minutes into Dr No and a very lovely drink. The kids and missus are sound in bed, it's just me and Sean. What a way to finish the day!!!

    I was watching a bit of Dr No earlier on Sky and my mum was in the same room. When Bond and Honey started to pass out after having the drugged coffee she began LAUGHING!!!! ~X(

    Ah Mums. They give us life then ruin our movies... :)

    She's a smart lady but she's got no time for old movies. She considers the acting hammy in most of them.

    She thought Vertigo was stupid when she watched it with me.
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
    Posts: 9,117
    OddJaws wrote:
    Half hour left in official Bond Day, I'm 20 minutes into Dr No and a very lovely drink. The kids and missus are sound in bed, it's just me and Sean. What a way to finish the day!!!

    I'll ignore the borderline homoeroticism in your post on this special occasion!

    As I'm not living in America and haven't got thousands to spunk at the auction I was left to my own devices by EON so I went for:

    Finding a bottle of Kina Lillet in my lunch hour to add to 3 measures of Gordons and 1 of Russki Standard Platinum (sorry despite Smirnoff being there from the start its not very good vodka) to make a Vesper for me and the missus whilst watching Rog putting a shift in on The One Show.

    Then a second Vesper and DN on the bluray followed by a final Vesper all round which was enough to get my Russian missus to ham up her Bond girl accent and let nature take its course!

    Back of the net!
  • OddJawsOddJaws
    Posts: 144
    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    OddJaws wrote:
    Half hour left in official Bond Day, I'm 20 minutes into Dr No and a very lovely drink. The kids and missus are sound in bed, it's just me and Sean. What a way to finish the day!!!

    I'll ignore the borderline homoeroticism in your post on this special occasion!

    As I'm not living in America and haven't got thousands to spunk at the auction I was left to my own devices by EON so I went for:

    Finding a bottle of Kina Lillet in my lunch hour to add to 3 measures of Gordons and 1 of Russki Standard Platinum (sorry despite Smirnoff being there from the start its not very good vodka) to make a Vesper for me and the missus whilst watching Rog putting a shift in on The One Show.

    Then a second Vesper and DN on the bluray followed by a final Vesper all round which was enough to get my Russian missus to ham up her Bond girl accent and let nature take its course!

    Back of the net!

    You know as I typed it I did think, hmmm, sounds kind of gay does that! Oh well, doesn't bother me.
    A Russian girlfriend?? Now that's a dedicated Bond fan!! Jolly good work 00-7, jolly good.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    I was in Leceister Sq earlier today. I SHOULD have tracked down a Vesper. Oh well.

    Instead I just managed to buy a stupid ticket for Skyfall at the Odeon on 26th Oct :p
  • OddJawsOddJaws
    Posts: 144
    BAIN123 wrote:
    I was in Leceister Sq earlier today. I SHOULD have tracked down a Vesper. Oh well.

    Instead I just managed to buy a stupid ticket for Skyfall at the Odeon on 26th Oct :p
    Back of the net indeed!

    Sweet baby jesus on a bike this Dr No looks amazing on my 47'' in HD.. I want to jump in the water!! :D

  • DCisaredDCisared Liverpool
    edited October 2012 Posts: 1,329
    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    OddJaws wrote:
    Half hour left in official Bond Day, I'm 20 minutes into Dr No and a very lovely drink. The kids and missus are sound in bed, it's just me and Sean. What a way to finish the day!!!

    I'll ignore the borderline homoeroticism in your post on this special occasion!

    As I'm not living in America and haven't got thousands to spunk at the auction I was left to my own devices by EON so I went for:

    Finding a bottle of Kina Lillet in my lunch hour to add to 3 measures of Gordons and 1 of Russki Standard Platinum (sorry despite Smirnoff being there from the start its not very good vodka) to make a Vesper for me and the missus whilst watching Rog putting a shift in on The One Show.

    Then a second Vesper and DN on the bluray followed by a final Vesper all round which was enough to get my Russian missus to ham up her Bond girl accent and let nature take its course!

    Back of the net!


    Textbook! I thought about a getting my self a girl from these shores and then I thought no chance ! British!? But no seriously my bird is from st lucia lol

    Anyway I spent my whole entire crappy day trying to win prizes off 007 on twitter , the bastards didn't choose me for anything :( , I also watched casino royale with the misses and her mother and they thought it would be jolly hockey sticks if they spoke blabbering crap during the whole film!
    Here's to the next "bond day" :-bd [-(
  • OddJawsOddJaws
    Posts: 144
    Why, the next Bond day is tomorrow!!! And for me and my Bondathon month, that means no.2.. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE.....Sweet.
  • BondWillReturnBondWillReturn
    Posts: 816
    Afraid I'm gonna have to admit my Bondathon on Bond Day didn't end the way I'd have liked it to end: most of my friends left after the two Bond movies (having enjoyed a great night, I must add) but then two remaining friends didn't feel well and.... well... threw up, and I was left to clean the mess. But that was after 00:07, so officially not 007 Day anymore. Anyway, the party was still fun!
  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
    Posts: 4,813
    Oh so today is the day? Well damn- I have the whole place to myself tonight, so it looks like I'd better fix a martini and sit down for Dr. No!
  • Artemis81Artemis81 In Christmas Land
    Posts: 543
    Just got back from my uncle's house as his cable provider carried EPIX and I was able to catch Everything or Nothing there. The best part was that I was able to share some of my Bond knowledge with my uncle and cousin. My cousin is really interested in seeing Skyfall, but wanted to see CR first. I offered him my DVD boxset (as I already have the BRs) and suggested he watch all of the movies which he was slighty interested in doing. :P
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Just watched DN, and didn't need to get trashed to enjoy a great film. It still holds up, and is just as great as the first time I watched. Sean, the atmosphere, the score, the locations, it all fits wonderfully. I'll probably do a DN review in the review thread for it at another juncture. Happy Anniversary, James, my favorite spy-guy! <:-P
  • KerimKerim Istanbul Not Constantinople
    edited October 2012 Posts: 2,629
    Simply enjoying Direct TV and watching the Bond marathon on the Cloo Channel.

    I've played Adele's Skyfall about 6 times now and still love it.
  • LizoLizo
    Posts: 30
    I must admit I had THE best Global Bond day, thanks to some great BBC colleagues, and the teams at EON and Pinewood!

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19841053

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19842119

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19850615


    Lizo.
  • GoldenballGoldenball United States
    Posts: 74
    I bought the CD single as well as the 45 of Adele's theme to SF. I also found the SF poster on ebay of Bond sliding and firing his gun, so I bought that, too.
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
    Posts: 9,117
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    Just watched DN, and didn't need to get trashed to enjoy a great film.

    God preserve us from the voice of the moral majority.

    A nice Vesper or three certainly enhanced my evening.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited October 2012 Posts: 12,837
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    If anyone is intrested (no? tough, I'm telling you anyway), this has been my day so far.

    Midnight: Finished watching the new Red Dwarf, listened to the Adele song, went to bed.
    6:00 AM: My dog wouldn't shut up, had to get up and let him outside.
    6:30 AM: Couldn't get back to sleep, decide I'll have a fry up since I'm up early, fiance complains about me waking her up when it was the dogs fault.
    8:20 AM: Work. Something wrong with my motorbike and I didn't have time to try and fix it so I had to get the bus.
    1:00 PM: Lunch.
    3:00 PM: Got home, future mum in law came round to talk about wedding.

    And now I'm cracking open a six pack and watching LTK, then I'm gonna try and see what's wrong with my motorbike, going out later.

    And now for the thrilling conclusion.

    4:00 PM: LTK. Classic.
    7:00 PM: Had something to eat.
    9:00 PM: Was going out, but decided to see what was wrong with the bike first. Water in the fuel tank, nothing major, can be easily fixed.
    10:00 PM: Pub.

    And that was what happened on my first Bond day.
  • MartinBondMartinBond Trying not to muck it up again
    edited October 2012 Posts: 862
    first of all, apologies for the long read.

    October 5th. Global James Bond Day. Amsterdam, netherlands. 17.00.

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    A first for me, seeing that at the cinema.


    Went to see On Her Majesty's Secret Service in the cinema with a friend and co-owner of 007NL. the original reel from 1969. Very cool and still a great movie, even better on sutch a huge screen. Friend and I were interviewed by the dutch news, so I might be a celebrity soon. ( ;) ) Afterwards, we grabbed something to eat, and then it was time for thé Bond-celebration: A special, closed off-for-public 20th century fox James Bond event. We were guided through the building by women in gold dresses, and as we walked in the foyer, the Bond-theme started playing. Talk about timing!

    We were greeted by champagne and more girls in tight gold dresses. I met quite a few interresting people, including the founder of Bond Lifestyle with whom I had a lovely chat, and the founder and owner of James Bond Netherlands. they brought 3 tables full of merchandising, including Bond On Set-books, some original props such as Bon'd medical record from TWINE, a Quantum pin, the driver's smokes from Dr. No, factory entertainment teeth, the Golden Gun's, 1 in gun-form, one detatched, and the Goldeneye weapon. It's really expensive, but I cannot describe how cool it looks in real life! I also talked with a guy from Activision who was there with a couple of Goldeneye reloaded games, and got a bit of insider info about 007 Legends.

    Then we went sat down with a Vesper Martini - Shaken, not stirred of course - for a screening of the Bond blu-rays. Even the classics like Thunderball and Live and Let Die look like they've been shot a week ago, the quality is incredible. After the screening, there were some blackjack and roulette tables where the guests could enjoy themselves, followed by a James Bond quiz. I managed to grab a limited edition golden James Bond 007 eau de toilette because of that. as the time went, so did the Martini's, untill it was time to go.

    Walking out the door with a goodiebag with a single disc of Quantum of Solace, a copy of Bondesque magazine, a Bond 50 golden keychain, an individually numbered Bond lifestyle cartamundi set, an exclusive excerpted edition of "James Bond - 50 years of movie posters", and some flyers from the Bond 50 box, I could confirm what Carly Simon knew 35 years ago:

    Nobody does it better...
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
    Posts: 9,117
    MartinBond wrote:
    first of all, apologies for the long read.

    October 5th. Global James Bond Day. Amsterdam, netherlands. 17.00.
    Went to see On Her Majesty's Secret Service in the cinema with a friend and co-owner of 007NL. the original reel from 1969. Very cool and still a great movie, even better on sutch a huge screen. Friend and I were interviewed by the dutch news, so I might be a celebrity soon. ( ;) ) Afterwards, we grabbed something to eat, and then it was time for thé Bond-celebration: A special, closed off-for-public 20th century fox James Bond event. We were guided through the building by women in gold dresses, and as we walked in the foyer, the Bond-theme started playing. Talk about timing!

    We were greeted by champagne and more girls in tight gold dresses. I met quite a few interresting people, including the founder of Bond Lifestyle with whom I had a lovely chat, and the founder and owner of James Bond Netherlands. they brought 3 tables full of merchandising, including Bond On Set-books, some original props such as Bon'd medical record from TWINE, a Quantum pin, the driver's smokes from Dr. No, factory entertainment teeth, the Golden Gun's, 1 in gun-form, one detatched, and the Goldeneye weapon. It's really expensive, but I cannot describe how cool it looks in real life! I also talked with a guy from Activision who was there with a couple of Goldeneye reloaded games, and got a bit of insider info about 007 Legends.

    Then we went sat down with a Vesper Martini - Shaken, not stirred of course - for a screening of the Bond blu-rays. Even the classics like Thunderball and Live and Let Die look like they've been shot a week ago, the quality is incredible. After the screening, there were some blackjack and roulette tables where the guests could enjoy themselves, followed by a James Bond quiz. I managed to grab a limited edition golden James Bond 007 eau de toilette because of that. as the time went, so did the Martini's, untill it was time to go.

    Walking out the door with a goodiebag with a single disc of Quantum of Solace, a copy of Bondesque magazine, a Bond 50 golden keychain, an individually numbered Bond lifestyle cartamundi set, an exclusive excerpted edition of "James Bond - 50 years of movie posters", and some flyers from the Bond 50 box, I could confirm what Carly Simon knew 35 years ago:

    Nobody does it better...

    Lucky you. If I'd known about this further in advance I think it would have been well worth following EONs lead and abandoning the UK and nipping over to the Dam for the day.

    So the Dutch get this, the Yanks have a choice between going out to see DN on the big screen or stay in and watch EON for free and what did we get?

    Rog on The One Show and after that you're on your own. My cup runneth over.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,978
    I'm ashamed to say that I did nothing. I worked all day, drove all evening, went out to shop and see a film, and arrived home late to sleep. But, every day is James Bond Day to me, so I'll catch up on it. ;)
  • bondfan007bondfan007
    Posts: 15
    Haha, Oct. 5 was a blast! Watched "From Russia with Love" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," watched some Bond tribute videos and cranked out ADELE's new single once or twice. Great day to be a Bond fan!
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