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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    Posts: 13,779
    pking_3 wrote: »
    Ah, thanks. Therefore, I am not an Original.

    I am, however, proud to say my first Bond starred Roger Moore in a little-known arthouse flick going by the name of Moonraker. Whatever that makes me, that's what I am.
    I started with books and films mid-70s so about the same time.

    So I guess we're The New Originals.tap3.jpg

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,269
    Welcome to all of the IMDb forum refugees! You've certainly made the right choice! :)
  • TooManySomethingsTooManySomethings
    Posts: 103
    Hey everyone, IMDB refugee here, discovered Bond by watching them all on TV during the nineties. Love for Bond has only grown in a world of superheroes, Transformers and Fast & Furioussers.
  • TheSharkFromJawsTheSharkFromJaws Amity Island Waters
    Posts: 127
    Hello, Mi6.

    Like several others, I'm in the process of moving here after IMDb decided to shut down their boards. I can vouch for the others I've seen make the move so far, they're among the best we had there so they should fit in nicely. Hopefully they can make similar comments about me.

    A little about myself: I was born early 80s and my first Bond experience was when my father decided to take me (already a lover of action and adventure movies) to see The Living Daylights and I've been hooked on Bond ever since. My top two Bond flicks are OHMSS and Thunderball, with OHMSS getting a slight edge as numero uno, though I do find some level of enjoyment in each and every film in the series. Dalton, being my first, is still my favorite Bond.

    I read through the Fleming novels in my late high school/early college years, my favorite of them being Moonraker, and I've only gotten around a couple non-Fleming Bond novels.

    I look forward to getting to know all of you and have some great discussions.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
    Posts: 2,722
    TheSharkFromJaws wrote: »
    Hello, Mi6.

    Like several others, I'm in the process of moving here after IMDb decided to shut down their boards. I can vouch for the others I've seen make the move so far, they're among the best we had there so they should fit in nicely. Hopefully they can make similar comments about me.

    A little about myself: I was born early 80s and my first Bond experience was when my father decided to take me (already a lover of action and adventure movies) to see The Living Daylights and I've been hooked on Bond ever since. My top two Bond flicks are OHMSS and Thunderball, with OHMSS getting a slight edge as numero uno, though I do find some level of enjoyment in each and every film in the series. Dalton, being my first, is still my favorite Bond.

    I read through the Fleming novels in my late high school/early college years, my favorite of them being Moonraker, and I've only gotten around a couple non-Fleming Bond novels.

    I look forward to getting to know all of you and have some great discussions.

    Nice to meet you TheSharkFromJaws. TLD was my first Bond in the cinema too - and I was swept up in 25th anniversary 007 fever in '87. I many of the Fleming novels before I saw many of the films. My favourite movies are FRWL, CR, OHMSS and TLD.

    Enjoy the forum - there really is something for everyone. 'Brand New Guess The Character' is excellent fun as is 'Spectre versus the field', 'bond comments while you watch', 'controversial opinions' and although I've only been reading rather than participating the 'mi6 community Bondathon' is good. Some quality writing in there.

  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    edited February 2017 Posts: 16,153
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    Hi everyone, joining the MI6-HQ community is something that I have long been thinking about...since leaving the alt.fan.james-bond newsgroup about fifteen years ago. But I ended up on the IMDb board...so tonight is the time to correct all past mistakes.

    I once chose j_w_pepper as my screen name without much love for the character (he was ok in LALD, but they should have kept them out of TMWTGG), but it grew on me and I have been j_w_pepper for twelve years by now. So I'm glad that name wasn't taken here.

    I saw my first Bond film in the late sixties or about 1970, a matinee re-run of Goldfinger. The first one I saw in its initial cinema run was LALD in 1973...three times in 1974. For the last ten years, the most recent Bond film (QOS, SF, SP) was the only time I went to a theatre at all. Other than that, I wait for other movies'

    Welcome, J_W. I do think it's a cool user name. I always like the character as well. Even as ridiculous as he was in TMWTGG, he did get some good lines. Whenever I pop that Bond film in and we get to the moment 007 steals the AMC with JW in the passenger seat, it never fails to bring a smile to my face.
    To all new members here: welcome to the family. Pity about the imdb forums. Most of the fun on the website were the various topics. Oh well, I think you'll enjoy the Bond atmosphere here. There's some Bond for everyone of all tastes.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    Posts: 3,176
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    Hi everyone, joining the MI6-HQ community is something that I have long been thinking about...since leaving the alt.fan.james-bond newsgroup about fifteen years ago.

    I think I faded out from alt.fan.james-bond around 1999, and I can't even remember what name I was using online myself, let alone anyone else's! But seeing it mentioned is a welcome blast from the past.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,133
    A warm welcome to all our new members. I'm sure you'll all fit right in, and hopefully we can discuss Bond and all things Bondian together.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,269
    Birdleson wrote: »
    MOONRAKER is the quintessential Fleming Bond novel.

    Seconded. My personal favourite Bond novel.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    A warm welcome to all our new recruits!!!! B-)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Enough teasing. You are all very welcome here, of course. We need some more humour in this morose place.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Enough teasing. You are all very welcome here, of course. We need some more humour in this morose place.
    No more collaborators on the new Monty Python sketches, Dr. Thunderfinger?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    A few are on their way. "Pet Python " will have you roaring. One way or the other.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    Ask her would she settle for a tulip?
  • chaumontchaumont
    Posts: 1
    Hello all,

    My name is Charles.
    I was born and raised in NYC.
    I'm presently living in California.
    I came across your site searching for comments on the 007 movies and found many of you are very smart at catching symbolism in movie narrative and have a true love of Ian Fleming's gift to the world. With that said...I am very happy to become a member here.

    If anyone from the group gets back to me,
    I have a favorite BOND movie and if at any
    time it comes out for discussion...then
    please contact me. Thank you.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,269
    Welcome aboard, @chaumont. You sound like a very solid addition to the ranks here already!
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    Posts: 10,591
    Indeed. Glad to have you here, @chaumont.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Welcome one and welcome all.....always good to have new recruits...
  • BondAficionadoBondAficionado Former IMDBer
    Posts: 1,889
    MY FIRST (and undeniably my longest) POST!

    Where shall I begin? Well it all started around 2 years ago when I began following the production for SPECTRE (2015) and I happened to find this great website and forum. I never needed to join so I didn't. Simple as that. But I did stalk watch these forums at least once a week. It'll sound crazy but I feel like I've always been a member.

    Skip ahead two years and IMDb closes. I didn't post often on IMDb but I sure as heck read the posts there, just like on this site. Once they closed I was kindly invited to come and sign up here. I waited until today and... here I am folks! Excited to burn some new memories into my head and to talk Bond non-stop with you guys. I'm just as Bond-crazed as the next guy on this site, so expect me to post pretty much everywhere.

    Anyway, I guess some of you want to know about my general Bond preferences so here's a taster:

    -Fav Bond Film: Casino Royale (2006) (always stress the year!!).
    -Fav Bond Actor: Tough but I'd say Connery - by an inch - w/ Craig second.
    -Fav Bond Girl: Vesper. Truly sorry, but Tracy only gets second place.
    -Fav Novel: Casino Royale of course.
    -Fav Score: OHMSS tied with Casino Royale (2006)

    I know it looks pretty biased towards CR (2006) but that film is a masterpiece and no nostalgia is going to change that! I could talk hours and hours and hours about it (believe me, I will) and although it has it's flaws, no one can say it didn't kick ass and look good doing it.

    I love the Connery era as well but the films sometimes appear quite old and dated. Having said that, Connery still looks awesome every single time you watch him as James Bond. Without him the success of Bond wouldn't even be imaginable.

    Well that's my opinion of course. I hope I'll never have to say that again :) .
    But I know you guys and hopefully we'll have some good old Bond discussions in the future!

    BTW you (might) know my name on Twitter as @Shellacsruler CHEERS!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,967
    @BondAficionado, welcome to the forums! Plenty of our members were previous "lurkers" such as yourself, nice to have you finally join us!
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
    Posts: 6,844
    I lurked for a good long while before joining. I don't think I ever even introduced myself I felt so at home with the community. Welcome aboard!
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    edited February 2017 Posts: 10,591
    @BondAficionado A warm welcome to you, sir! You'll know me as @JakeNumber24 on Twitter and YT.
  • BondAficionadoBondAficionado Former IMDBer
    Posts: 1,889
    Thanks for the kind welcome guys.

    I never knew how many additional features there were as a member of this forum. Took me longer than expected to adjust to the layout hehe.
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
    Posts: 6,432
    Welcome to new members :-bd
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,133
    Welcome to the club @BondAficionado good to have you aboard Sir.
    A few threads you may want to take a look at. (If you haven't already)

    If Craig is high on your Bond actor list, then...

    http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/5539/the-daniel-craig-appreciation-thread-discuss-his-life-his-career-his-bond-films#latest

    We have two threads to rank the Bond films. A simple list...

    http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/78/bond-movie-ranking-simple-list-no-details/p1

    Or the complete and detailed one...

    http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/47/complete-and-detailed-bond-movie-ranking/p1

    And of course, if Connery is your favourite Bond, then you only need look here...

    http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3301/the-sean-connery-appreciation-thread-discuss-his-life-his-career-his-bond-films/p1


    Enjoy your time here, and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to holler.

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Welcome aboard. I too used to lurk around before joining. I hacked the site, found out where everyone lived and stood outside every member s windows for a couple of days.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited February 2017 Posts: 40,967
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Welcome aboard. I too used to lurk around before joining. I hacked the site, found out where everyone lived and stood outside every member s windows for a couple of days.

    Or in my case, "a matter of weeks." Not that I minded...or had a choice.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Your life was particularly fascinating, or should I say disturbing.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,967
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Your life was particularly fascinating, or should I say disturbing.

    We'll go with "disturbinating".
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Your life was particularly fascinating, or should I say disturbing.

    We'll go with "disturbinating".

    From what I remember, the word is masturbinating.
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