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Seve

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Seve
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The island of Lemoy
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Location
The island of Lemoy
Favourite Fleming Novel
From Russia With Love
Favourite Bond Film
Goldfinger
Favourite Bond Actor
Sean Connery
Posts
483

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  • j_w_pepper wrote: » What would Superman do these days when there are no longer any phone booths around? Good question, I guess he'd have to make do with...
    in The theories of Bond films! How did Trevelyan plan and fake his death? Comment by Seve March 23
  • CrabKey wrote: » A female James Bond? Where does this lunacy come from? echo wrote: » Oh yes, let's attack the *new* female producer... CrabKey wrote: » Not a thing wrong with a female producer. A female James Bond is idiocy. …
    in Best and worst case scenario for the Amazon Bond Comment by Seve March 22
  • manover wrote: » https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/21/harry-potter-and-spider-man-producers-lined-up-by-amazon-to-oversee-bond-franchise Interesting David Heyman has a track record fo success, but mainly in genres aimed at childr…
    in Best and worst case scenario for the Amazon Bond Comment by Seve March 21
  • ONE STEP AHEAD I turn over the facts in my mind once more To identify the final piece of the jigsaw Time is running out but I must remain calm, Stay one step ahead if I’m to come to no harm Slip in the by the back gate, hide behind a hedge …
    in James Bond Poetry Comment by Seve March 20
  • Despite the name, German Cobos is actually the Spanish James Bond and he appeared in two movies as Agent Z-55, this one and its sequel “Blueprint For A Massacre”, as well as a detective in “The Man With The Golden Fist” aka “A Fist Full Of Diamonds”…
    in Eurospy films Comment by Seve March 19
  • Venutius wrote: » Seve wrote: » What makes you think that? Bottom line: they were EON's rules. Amazon now having full creative control means that they don't have to follow EON's rules. They'll be setting their own. They can, but th…
    in Best and worst case scenario for the Amazon Bond Comment by Seve March 8
  • Stamper wrote: » The rules that the Bond actor shouldn't be american don't apply anymore! There are no rules! What makes you think that?
    in Best and worst case scenario for the Amazon Bond Comment by Seve March 5
  • Stamper wrote: » As for Chalamet, he is already Bob in the Dylan franchise, so it's only two letters steps away from Bond. More seriously, they will want to attract the Z gen, so Chalamet, even for a one off, is a good bet. He's American, s…
    in Best and worst case scenario for the Amazon Bond Comment by Seve March 4
  • Best case - a good director with a feel for the material who is allowed to execute his vision Worst case - a by committee approach with too many cooks sticking their fingers in leads to a bland generic slab of product
    in Best and worst case scenario for the Amazon Bond Comment by Seve March 3
  • Tom Adams appeared in three Eurospy movies as Secret Agent Charles Vine, this one, “Where The Bullets Fly” and “OK Yevtushenko”, plus a heist movie called “The Fast Kill”. He also appeared in supporting roles in Rachel Welch’s espionage movie “Fatho…
    in Eurospy films Comment by Seve March 3
  • DarthDimi wrote: » Let’s say the Amazon Bond project collapses under the weight of its own greed. Interest dwindles, and sales decline. Then what? Could another party step in and bid for the rights to Bond...? Yes, of course, Elon Musk coul…
    in EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards (Heyman and Pascal confirmed as producers) Comment by Seve February 22
  • slide_99 wrote: » A character doesn't need to change to be three-dimensional. Bond has already become who he is when we meet him in CR. He goes through ups and downs over that novel and the novels that follow, he has flaws, drives, and an inner …
    in The Craig era - sullied for some? Comment by Seve February 22
  • mtm wrote: » I liked that it went for the aesthetic of an Italian 60s spy movie, I didn’t expect it to go that way and rather enjoyed it. Having watched a truck load of Italian 60s Eurospy movies recently, I'm not sure I see any particular …
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Seve February 22
  • delfloria wrote: » So Seve is an UNCLE fan. Excellent. IMO it did capture the tone even though it had nothing to do with the format of the original series. It didn't have any dancing gorillas or stink bombs so I'm not seeing a 3rd season parallel.…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Seve February 22
  • George_Kaplan wrote: » Very little to say that hasn't already been said. This is a real shame, and try as I might, I find it hard to be optimistic. I also can't shake the feeling that Barbara may have been backed into a corner somehow. Despite the…
    in EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards (Heyman and Pascal confirmed as producers) Comment by Seve February 22
  • DarthDimi wrote: » I rarely see Bond as a three-dimensional character because it's almost never about him. He fights the villain, yes, but he hardly shows any character development himself. He's still the same guy at the end of most movies that he…
    in The Craig era - sullied for some? Comment by Seve February 22
  • ToTheRight wrote: » I've been watching the Ladd/Lake films a lot lately. I just watched SAIGON, kind of their least acknowledged flick. I loved it, though. I always enjoy watching "The Glass Key", which was remade by the Cohen brothers as…
    in The Film Noir Thread Comment by Seve February 21
  • zebrafish wrote: » @Seve please don't post this in any more threads, we have taken notice ;) No worries, those are the only two threads I felt it was relevant to, but I couldn't make up my mind between them
    in The Craig era - sullied for some? Comment by Seve February 21
  • delfloria wrote: » But he did capture the tone and style of UNCLE, which is not the same as Bond, unless you are including the song infested pop romp of Moonraker. Not really, IMO he captured the tone and style that killed off The Man Fro…
    in Where does Bond go after Craig? Comment by Seve February 21
  • @JeffBezos Who’d you pick as the next Bond? President Donald J. Trump @POTUS I have a suggestion... Make James Bond American Again (remember Barry Nelson)
    in Who should/could be a Bond actor? Comment by Seve February 21
  • "James Bond's Amazon Adventure"
    in Bond 26 Title Comment by Seve February 21
  • IMO trigger warnings are fine Censorship or altering the original wording, as has happened with Roald Dahl, is not "New editions of Roald Dahl's books have been edited to remove words that some readers may find offensive. The changes include: …
    in James Bond books edited to remove racist references Comment by Seve February 21
  • Anyway, the good news is that the door is now open for Amazon to give us a pre credit sequence in the next Bond movie that shows how James Bond did not actually die, but instead survived, by escaping using the same gadget used by SPECTRE agents earl…
    in EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards (Heyman and Pascal confirmed as producers) Comment by Seve February 21
  • Anyway, the door is now open for Amazon to give us a pre credit sequence in the next Bond movie that shows how James Bond did not actually die, but instead survived, by escaping using the same gadget used by SPECTRE agents earlier in the movie, whic…
    in The Craig era - sullied for some? Comment by Seve February 21
  • "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring …
    in EoN sells up - Amazon MGM to produce 007 going forwards (Heyman and Pascal confirmed as producers) Comment by Seve February 21
  • Interesting how Eurospy soundtrack music is quite often deserving of a better fate than the movies they appear in...
    in Eurospy films Comment by Seve February 17
  • bondywondy wrote: » My guess is strong Welsh accents would limit your acting prospects. Having an English received pronunciation accent would give you more acting opportunities. Unless your name is Windsor Davies (who was English in the sam…
    in Greatest misconceptions about James Bond Comment by Seve February 14
  • "Blackie" New Zealand's greatest ever DJ and master of the prank call "Radio Hauraki, where "Blackie" reigned supreme as the country's top radio DJ in the 1960s and 70s, has been playing some of his most-loved prank calls since the 69-year-old…
    in The Greatest Prank Calls Thread Comment by Seve February 13
  • Citizen Kane is boring
    in Controversial opinions about other movies Comment by Seve February 13
  • Countdown To Doomsday Another competent Eurospy featuring George Ardisson, let down by plot holes which become bigger and more frequent as we go along and by the customary budgetary restrictions, which leads to laughable special effects during wh…
    in Eurospy films Comment by Seve February 13