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  • Buck. James Buck.
    in Making Fun of Your Favorite Super Spy Comment by Revelator 12:33am
  • Interestingly, Fleming's original typescript of FRWL ended with Bond in perfect health and Klebb defeated. He added the cliffhanger ending later, which suggests he didn't write the book with the intention of killing off Bond, but decided to revise t…
    in Are Bond fans resistant to change? Comment by Revelator December 19
  • As the year draws to a close, so does my stock of Fleming interviews. Here is the final one, which is also the only surviving motion picture recording of Ian Fleming. In early 1964, sometime between January and March, the Canadian Broadcasting Corpo…
    in Interviews with Ian Fleming Comment by Revelator December 19
  • From SpyVibe: On November 25th a new paperback was released by Kadokawa called Tiger Tanaka (part 1) by Keisuke Matsuoka. From the press release: "Japan's first full-fledged 007 sequel! A sequel to Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice, this work res…
    in Who Should Write the Next Bond Continuation Novel? Comment by Revelator December 1
  • thedove wrote: » One of the best exchanges. Fatima "I'm sorry for making you all wet." Bond "But my martini is still dry." It's just a rewrite of the old quip "I've got to get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini." The line…
    in New thoughts on Connery's last four Bond movies... Comment by Revelator November 20
  • Here's Fleming's description of her, from chapter 7: "Her face was pale, with the pallor of white families that have lived long in the tropics. But it contained no trace of the usual exhaustion which the tropics impart to the skin and hair. The e…
    in Which Bond novel are you currently reading? Comment by Revelator November 10
  • Solitaire is white in the book, and portraying a black man in a relationship with a white woman was off-limits in American media until the late 60s (and several other countries). Technically Solitaire is still a virgin in both media; in the book Mr.…
    in Which Bond novel are you currently reading? Comment by Revelator November 9
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Sometimes I think about why they didn't choose this novel to adapt first...Maybe it was problematic in the early 60s. Like all commercial filmmakers, EON played it safe with potentially controversial content, and by 195…
    in Which Bond novel are you currently reading? Comment by Revelator November 8
  • moneyofpropre2 wrote: » So, are they censored text or not? What is the title of LALD chapter 5? From what I've read elsewhere, these are the recently censored texts, so the text of the LALD is the old American one. The bonus material consis…
    in Gillette’s new cover art revealed Comment by Revelator October 21
  • mtm wrote: » I found them really boring I'm afraid. Roger is good in them as always, but I'm not sure I enjoyed Hunt as a director outside of OHMSS. To each his own. I consider Shout at the Devil an excellent adventure film, though perhaps …
    in The ROGER MOORE Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films Comment by Revelator August 19
  • Baltimore_007_ wrote: » Took in a non-Bond Moore movie recently, the one with screen time with Lee Marvin, Shout at the Devil... Shout at the Devil was one of two Moore films (the other being Gold) directed by Peter Hunt, who helmed OHMSS. …
    in The ROGER MOORE Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films Comment by Revelator August 18
  • moneyofpropre2 wrote: » Problem is that shouldn't be a question. IFP cruely lack of transparancy in what thay announce. It's always vagues or incomplet. I'm guessing IFP's silence on this question means it's using the redacted texts. It doe…
    in Gillette’s new cover art revealed Comment by Revelator August 15
  • The Bond films he scripted or polished definitely have their share of witty dialogue, and I'll always appreciate his reference to La Rochefoucauld in DAF (which Cubby wanted to cut). So points for dialogue. But story? Barely any. Characterization? N…
    in Tom Mankiewicz Appreciation Thread Comment by Revelator August 15
  • Pretty much every major film released in theaters still receives a Blu-Ray release. And Blu-Rays of older films are still being continually released by the Warner Archive, Kino Lorber, Arrow, Indicator, VCI, Flicker Alley, Imprint, Criterion, etc. I…
    in James Bond on Blu-ray/4K Comment by Revelator August 15
  • Neither the book nor the film of DAF have particularly strong plots--both mostly rely on Bond following the diamond plotline, but the film comes apart after the satellite reveal. You'd think the idea of Blofeld setting off nukes and holding the worl…
    in Controversial opinions about Bond films Comment by Revelator August 13
  • mtm wrote: » Just been watching the new cartoon on Prime; seems good fun. I wish the character animation was a bit more sophisticated though- characters keep one expression and it often doesn't match the voice performance very well. The stories se…
    in Batman Comment by Revelator August 6
  • A short clip from Caped Crusader:
    in Batman Comment by Revelator July 26
  • mtm wrote: » But as I say, he's a soldier- he doesn't have to love his superiors to respect them and follow their orders, because of his sense of duty. In that way I'd say LTK got Bond more wrong than the Craig films did. No matter how much he arg…
    in How 'patriotic' should James Bond (and Bond 26 beyond) be? Comment by Revelator July 25
  • IGN also has an informative interview with co-producers Bruce Timm and James Tucker.
    in Batman Comment by Revelator June 26
  • Last_Rat_Standing wrote: » I like Returns but Batman is only in the film for like 30 minutes. It became too focused on the various villians and side plots I have the feeling that if someone got out their watch they'd find he was in the film…
    in Batman Comment by Revelator June 20
  • Batman Returns is still a terrific Batman film. It has what might be the best Catwoman in any medium, has a daring modern-day intepretation of the Penguin that doesn't depend on the character being a nightclub owner, and gives Keaton's Batman a wond…
    in Batman Comment by Revelator June 20
  • Torgeirtrap wrote: » Not sure how I would like to rank the novel though. It's hard to compete with a lot of the other novels. I think I might prefer Live and Let Die and Thunderball to OHMSS. All strong entries. I have to admit that the onl…
    in Which Bond novel are you currently reading? Comment by Revelator June 15
  • Judging from a quick skim, the video has augmented the surviving recording with audio of Fleming's music selections, and music from the Bond films. The lost audio remains lost, but the complete transcript of the interview can be found upthread, alon…
    in Interviews with Ian Fleming Comment by Revelator June 14
  • LucknFate wrote: » I'm about to build myself a desk in fact, and it will be triangular like Flemings by chance! Best of luck, and may you write many books there! KOP wrote: » Not an interview but Fleming writing about Goldeneye in 1958…
    in Interviews with Ian Fleming Comment by Revelator June 6
  • Goldeneye: Ian Fleming’s House by the Sea (Home, October 1963) We all know James Bond and the exciting life he leads—but what of his alter ego Ian Fleming? Writer Mary Salter turned sleuth and tracked him down in his sunny Jamaican retreat in Ora…
    in Interviews with Ian Fleming Comment by Revelator June 6
  • Barbara Broccoli wrote: “There’s nothing I can tell you about the next Bond film. There’s nothing. Nothing is happening yet.” Four years have passed since the last Bond was completed and the producers still have nothing to report?
    in 007 heading to streaming? Amazon buys MGM for $8.45 billion! Comment by Revelator May 30
  • Forgot to add that there's no purchase link for the series yet, but the news is from Blu-Ray.com, which is extremely reliable.
    in The ROGER MOORE Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films Comment by Revelator April 25
  • Another positive review, this time from Michael Dirda in The Washington Post. Some excerpts: Some years ago, I gave a talk to the graduating seniors at a local school. Whatever I said that night — probably something about the importance of books …
    in 'Ian Fleming: The Complete Man' by Nicholas Shakespeare Comment by Revelator April 17
  • It used to be the case that film posters were almost as exciting and spectacular as the film. For example, here's a poster for YOLT: And to see how far we've fallen, here's the Blu-Ray cover: So much for progress. Dan Goozee didn't …
    in R.I.P. A Final Farewell To Members Of The James Bond Family Comment by Revelator April 10
  • The Warner Archive will be releasing The Alaskans on Blu-Ray in June: Promo copy: The Alaskans: The Complete Series Description: Set against the backdrop of the 1890s gold rush in the Yukon, Roger Moore, Jeff York and Dorothy Provine st…
    in The ROGER MOORE Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films Comment by Revelator April 5