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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
473

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  • 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 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 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 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 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
  • slide_99 wrote: » Post-9/11 audiences are weary of spies and intelligence agencies due to the mishandling of the war on terror and people's fears of mass surveillance. Spies aren't seen so much as glamorous warriors for freedom as they are agents…
    in Is this the end of spy movies? Comment by Seve January 30
  • Ring Around The World aka (and IMO much better) Duel Around The World Richard Harrison returns for his third and final Eurospy, this time sporting a pair of glasses ala Harry Palmer. To me this is a solid production with a serviceable plot, …
    in Eurospy films Comment by Seve January 29
  • Perhaps they should ask Sir Ringo to come up with something? Starr's idiosyncratic turns of phrase or "Ringoisms", such as "a hard day's night" and "tomorrow never knows", were used as song titles by the Beatles, particularly by Lennon. McCart…
    in Bond 26 Title Comment by Seve January 17
  • DarthDimi wrote: » I like Robin Williams overall, especially in his non-comedic roles (although Mrs. Doubtfire is a nostalgic favourite.) The problem I have with DPS is that Weir, whose work I generally appreciate, and the rest of the team didn't …
    in Controversial opinions about other movies Comment by Seve January 12
  • Dune 2021 – Only A Mirage I found this latest version of Dune in many ways the most disappointing yet, with poor story-telling, and under developed, unengaging characterisation. Example, Gurney Halleck. This movie’s Gurney is completely one di…
    in Controversial opinions about other movies Comment by Seve January 11
  • TheSkyfallen06 wrote: » Seve wrote: » TheSkyfallen06 wrote: » Do you honestly think there'll be people other than EON doing Bond films... It's already happened, or are you in denial about "Never Say Never Again"? Yes, it happ…
    in Chat Thread - Free Discussion Comment by Seve January 11
  • Password Kill Agent Gordon Roger Brown’s third Eurospy is an incoherent mess. There are plenty of Bond-esque scenes which are ok when considered individually, but add up to less than the sum of their parts when taken as a whole. In other words th…
    in Eurospy films Comment by Seve January 11
  • TheSkyfallen06 wrote: » Do you honestly think there'll be people other than EON doing Bond films... It's already happened, or are you in denial about "Never Say Never Again"?
    in Chat Thread - Free Discussion Comment by Seve January 11
  • Dale Robertson worked his way up the Hollywood Western ladder, from bit part player, to second lead in female led productions, to lead in B Westerns, until he finally made it big on television, starring in the Western series “Tales of Wells Fargo” a…
    in Eurospy films Comment by Seve January 5
  • IMO the only problem I have with FYEO is the villian, Julian Glover, who I don't find charismatic enough for a Bond villain. Others must have seen something in him though, as he also played a villain in "Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade" (Wal…
    in Is 'For Your Eyes Only' the most boring James Bond film? Comment by Seve December 2024