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  • Dragonpol wrote: » Birdleson wrote: » MaxCasino wrote: » Roger Moore as James Bond: Roger Moore's Own Account of Filming Live and Let Die By Sir Roger Moore. I had that paperback in '73 and wore it to death. I have no idea where th…
  • mtm wrote: » echo wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » I could never agree to that. DAF is just too fun an entry. It's one of those Bond films I can switch on anytime and enjoy every time. It's hard for me to dismiss DAF because it has…
  • I was thinking of magazines from the start. There are countless examples: -Back in the '80s, Starlog Publications did specials on OP, AVTAK and TLD then for TND and TWINE. Another company did one for GE when it was released. -Cinema Retro did …
  • Creasy47 wrote: » It certainly looks like a rotating set to me. I'm guessing it's dangling off a cliff, or perhaps even falling? My guess as to how the scene goes: Ethan motorbikes off the cliff, parachutes, lands on the train, fights some goon…
  • peter wrote: » @BT3366 love your breakdown, and a very astute point with Moore. Although frustrating at times when he chose the lighter path, but when his edge was needed, it makes one sit up and take notice. Thanks. OP is my favorite Moore f…
  • Two more intriguing items to ponder. For Tracy reference, I'm going to against my preferred era and vote for TSWLM. It's a well-written scene and Moore sells it well. I like his more serious moments and this is one he stands out along with the la…
  • peter wrote: » Connery will always be the most magnetic of the Bonds. When I was a child, I noticed how much I loved his suits and the way he moved in them. I could watch him do anything- meeting M, in bed with one of his many conquests, facing of…
  • The rock salt fight in Stacey's mansion later isn't much better and kind of falls into the same general category of older, incompetent henchmen. Another problem with AVTAK is Bond never gets to go against May Day as both are swept away by the curren…
  • Something I didn't comment about but thought about was the Bond using the couch in the YOLT fight. I don't particularly like the idea. Just how did he think it would stop that guy, especially when he eventually just swats it aside? The only thing I …
  • Agree with Peter, these are tough, but that's part of the fun. For the first one, I'm going to surprise myself and vote Bond against Whitaker in TLD. I make this choice in the way it's all executed. Whitaker is admittedly one of the lamest main v…
  • ProfJoeButcher wrote: » MakeshiftPython wrote: » Mendes’ directing was fine. The problem was the script. Even if Campbell came back he wouldn’t have been able to save the film working with a script as undercooked as SP. Given that there…
  • BeatlesSansEarmuffs wrote: » The summer of 1983 gave us a Bond-off like nothing we'd ever seen before: Sean Connery as James Bond 007 went head-to-head against Roger Moore as James Bond 007 as two Bond films were in direct competition at the box …
  • Garry Marshall was one of the hoods in Goldfinger??? First I'd heard of that. I'd love to know more about it if true.
    in On This Day Comment by BT3366 July 2021
  • MR would be one of the holy grail complete releases for me. I don't care about more modern releases when there is prime John Barry music still out there to be rediscovered. Not sure how much more music a 2-CD OHMSS could yield. But as it's my fav…
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » We shall see once he bows out from the role, I guess. I wasn't doubting the potential quality of a series (I'm sure it would be and I would watch it), moreso the appetite for audience engagement with it. If there were a bi…
  • I'm a few days late, but it's fun reading these LTK reviews. I'm surprised the Washington Post had 2 different reviews on the same day. Hal Hinson's could almost be taken as the archetype of the negative LTK review of the time right down to the Miam…
    in On This Day Comment by BT3366 July 2021
  • MakeshiftPython wrote: » I feel Cruise’s importance is overestimated, but that’s just me. A nice touch would be to have the new lead listen to a new recording of the mission briefing, but it’s by Tom Cruise’s voice (whether it’s Ethan Hunt or n…
  • It would be the perfect cross-promotion. You have to figure some of the original fans of Top Gun may be making a rare venture into the cinema to see the new one, so why not hook them with the new MI to at least make them aware? Besides, studios ofte…
  • 1) Machine guns. Bond being resourceful and using what's at his disposal and putting the AM's gadgets to practical use instead of superficially. The ejector seat joke is one of the better uses of humor in SF. It's not broad or over-the-top and I …
  • mtm wrote: » I'm not sure what their policy will be in relation to Top Gun: would they wait for that to pass first? Not sure. Are they the same studio? Paramount handles the MI series and did the original Top Gun, so I'm guessing they'd go …
  • Thunderfinger wrote: » One thing I miss in the movies, is all the fictional countries the team would visit, where all it takes to pass as someone local is to speak English with a slight accent. Also love all the signs in Foreign Gibberish that are…
  • ProfJoeButcher wrote: » BT3366 wrote: » So if Bond isn't worried about the predicament, why should we even care? Why have the scene at all as it does little other than get Bond away from his pursuer. What that car chase does that's damaging…
  • ProfJoeButcher wrote: » BT3366 wrote: » QBranch wrote: » SP's car chase is underrated. Maybe just misunderstood. The London section and shooting down the copter is underrated too. Sounds more like controversial opinions thread mater…
  • QBranch wrote: » SP's car chase is underrated. Maybe just misunderstood. The London section and shooting down the copter is underrated too. Sounds more like controversial opinions thread material than underrated movies. Unless you are count…
  • CommanderRoss wrote: » Thanks @BT3366 for sharing! For me it was GE that started it, also still in the pre-internet-spoils-all age, but we have no drive-in cimema's at all. I'm actually amazed you still know the date of your first viewing of FYEO,…
  • Ludovico wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » Here's one: FYEO is the true sequel to OHMSS, albeit accidentally. Yes, I can see your point there what with Bond visiting Tracy's grave, Blofeld in a wheelchair and neck brace …
  • A couple of things: -What was the source for the Marvel adaptation of FYEO's publishing date? Was that for the UK or another country? I mentioned in another thread recently I had it before the movie was released in the U.S. so that date surprised…
    in On This Day Comment by BT3366 July 2021
  • When I saw AVTAK the first time in the cinema, when California Girls came on I looked around wondering if the soundtrack from the film in the other auditorium had somehow intruded on AVTAK's. I was in disbelief. No free passes, it was awful then …
  • ThighsOfXenia wrote: » Most underrated among die hard Bond fans: MR or DAF Underrated among Bond fans who aren't forum dwellers like us: Probably like OP With DAF it's less that it's underrated and more that it's misunderstood, or unfair exp…
  • Since62 wrote: » It is ironic that Hamilton directed the two lower-key films, considering his first Bond film was GF ! GF brought on the big, spectacular flashy Bond films -- though, on reflection, moreso in spirit. At any rate, moving on, Gilbe…