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Same here - looking forward to the novel adaptations, but when do we get them in Blighty?
Well, folks, it is early Monday a.m. as I type this ... and I am bowing out (again!) from this thread. I will rejoin you in almost exactly one month! I see SPECTRE on Sunday, Dec. 6th. I will definitely post something, my general first impressions, as soon as I get home from that. To say I'm excited and looking forward to this one is an understatement. ;;)
Meanwhile, this thread is in good hands. Have fun, @Beatles and everybody!
4EverBonded will return ... ;)
You don't need to post everything I send you; I just send you things of interest. Whatever is not posted can be kept for many weeks later or just not used. But I like to share with you when I find something I like. So feel free to post this or not post this during my time off. I'm just giving you a few things to look at. :)
By the way, I think the new Bond comics are interesting and I don't even read comics. ;) But your and Birdleson's insights make very good reading.
You may already know this site. I just found it via twitter. Haven't read a lot but it looks to have interesting info, including interviews Literary 007. This page shows 10 brands of items Bond in the novels enjoyed.
http://literary007.com/2015/11/09/branded-for-universal-export-literary-bonds-top-brands/
@Beatles back again: Thanks for that, @4Ever! While we’re discussing various books related to Bond and his author, I’d like to recommend the biography, Ian Fleming by Andrew Lycett…with one caveat: this is a very enlightening book for those who are interested in learning more about Ian Fleming, the imperfect human being. It is not going to be enjoyable reading for those who wish Fleming to remain in their minds as an icon of any sort, literary or otherwise. This is a warts-and-all depiction of Fleming’s life, loves, works, interests, joys and sorrows. It is written with kindness (for the author clearly is impressed by Fleming’s literary talent) but also with full knowledge of his faults and failings. This phrase from Fleming’s own notebook, written as the obvious end drew near, sticks with me as an indication of Fleming’s own self-awareness as well as his unfailing way with words: “I’ve always had one foot not wanting to leave the cradle, and the other in a hurry to get to the grave. It makes a rather painful splits of one’s life.”
Since I'm off the forum, I may send you the url link to photos I find on twitter. Here is a dandy one that I am sure the guys would appreciate.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTWsD63VEAA41f2.jpg:large
@Beatles back again w/ a word to the wise: you may not want to check out this link with your significant other looking over your shoulder...
Reading, at is my habit everytime a new Bond film comes out, a bit of Fleming. He uses the word "Spectre", or it derivatives, 6 times in the novel, Live and Let Die
Ah, I have this as my wallpaper at work at the moment. Very nice!
Fleming did like some words a lot and used them often. Just like he had a strong taste in women's clothing, which in his books end up pink more often then any other colour.
The newspaper ads for Dr. No also brought up one of my first "Huh?" moments regarding the English language. Paper in hand, I remember asking my mother who Sean Connery was, pronouncing his first name as "seen". She corrected my pronunciation, and I pointed to the ad for the movie, and asked her, "Where's the H?"
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Okay... I plead guilty to certain borderline barbarian & reactionary predilections.
I blame my childhood. Another tale of wasted youth looking for the next Bond or Apes marathon showing.... 8-|
I liked the film, and I was very pumped to see the gunbarrell at the beginning. It had been so long (since 2002) that we saw a proper gun barrel open a film. I also noted that they used they old classic look as well rather than the CGI thing we saw at the close of QoS and SF.
Good job EON
Stretching truth a bit there.
No, it doesn t. Just good tidings.
Welcome, @DesmondBoothroyd! And please do take some time to go back to the beginning of this, SirHenry's fine thread. You'd enjoy reading much there - plenty of recollections from Originals and tons of detailed, great reviews. Highly recommended.
Always enjoy your comments, @Delfloria. Thanks for joining us here.
And welcome back, @OHMSS69! So glad you liked SPECTRE. I'm really excited about this one!
Which leads me to ...
So yes, spoiler tags please. It is not just about the plot - the whole experience of seeing a Bond film in the theater ... from the moment you sit down and look at that screen, what unfolds. :>
I doubt I will be strong enough to stay away completely till Dec. 6th, to be honest. I am not strong in that regard. But I enter at my own risk, even here; I do realize that. But not just for me. Other people may want to be able to come here and truly be spoiler free for SPECTRE. Thanks!
Meanwhile, glad you are still chatting away. Have fun! See ya - you never know when with me ... ;)
Back over to you, @BeatlesSansEarmuffs. Cheers!
Given the events of SPECTRE, do you or would you want to see Craig return for a fifth film?
Me personally, I say no. Don't beat me up. But it has been a decade since he was named the sixth Bond and after four films (three good and one not so good) I think it is time to move on. Craig is 48 now and with him pushing 50 maybe its time to quit.
Question: do they recast M, Moneypenny, and Q as well?
Your thoughts?
Still, Craig's best performance raises the movie up higher than any other.