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Seve

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Seve
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The island of Lemoy
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The island of Lemoy
Favourite Fleming Novel
From Russia With Love
Favourite Bond Film
Goldfinger
Favourite Bond Actor
Sean Connery
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  • Torgeirtrap wrote: » If I find the time, I hope to watch a few Eurospy films during Christmas. Might write my own thoughts about them too. Please do, I've also watched "Three Blue Panthers" aka "Kill Panther Kill", and have a copy of "Three…
  • Kill Me Gently aka Three Green Hounds (And Three Heroes!) The fourth edition of this free-wheeling franchise is still full of energy and vitality, although I found the plot development was rather ragged at times, with some components not always s…
  • j_w_pepper wrote: » Seve wrote: » Also remember that, much of the time, they are meant to be French people speaking French to each other, or Spanish people speaking Spanish to each other, with the audience accepting the actual use of English v…
  • On the first day of Christmas Q branch gave to me The latest Aston Martin DB On the second day of Christmas Q branch gave to me Two types of gun And the latest Aston Martin DB On the third day of Christmas Q branch gave to me Three throwin…
  • j_w_pepper wrote: » @Seve, first of all, kudos for your elaborate critiques of Eurospy movies... Thankyou j_w_pepper wrote: » I'm not sure if Topaz really fits into the Eurospy genre... while it may be one of Hitchcock's lesser works, …
  • Frederick Stafford reached for the proverbial brass ring in 1969, after stumbling into a movie career completely by accident and serving his apprenticeship in Europe, most notably as the third incarnation of OSS 117, he attracted the attention of "T…
  • THE VILLAIN'S LAIR He keeps to himself on his country estate, Walls all around and guards on the gate Cameras and sensors to detect any sound, Gin traps in the woods and dogs on the grounds There’s a registered company that’s nothing but a …
  • Tyler_Durrane wrote: » Almost every post or video on either Reddit or YouTube will have Bond fans screaming about "woke this" or "woke that." Its been so common ever since three years ago. They are known to become incredibly defensive when everyti…
  • 'American ornithologist Dr James Bond, an expert on Caribbean birds based at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and author of the definitive field guide Birds of the West Indies. Fleming, a keen birdwatcher himself, had a copy of Bon…
  • Paul Hubschmid was Swiss, like James Bond’s mother, and he headlined 4 Eurospy films, but the undoubted pinnacle of his espionage career was co-starring alongside Michael Caine in “Funeral In Berlin”. His did “Mission To Hell, “Tell Me Who To Kil…
  • After a mediocre movie career Robert Stack finally made it big on television in “The Untouchables”, after which he returned to the big screen for a second go-round, during which he appeared in this hybrid The Peking Medallion (the only one of its…
  • George Ardisson appeared in 4 Eurospy movies, this was the first and the others were “Operation Counterspy”, “Agent 3S3, Massacre In The Sun” and “Countdown To Doomsday”. Agent 3S3 Passport To Hell This is another one where the director, Sergi…
  • Thanks, I enjoy reading your comments too It can be a fine line sometimes, in retrospect I may have been a bit jaded when I reviewed Assignment K. There's still plenty to like about it, but they were probably aiming more for "Harry Palmer" rather…
  • Agent_99 wrote: » A friend reports seeing 0007 BRO (yikes!) on a DB9 the other day. For mine, when it's not quite right I always think it's naff, so is it worth doing at all?
  • OK Connery aka Operation Kid Brother Neil Connery took time off from his career as a plasterer to appear in this Eurospy, where he was joined by Bernard Lee (M, as an M equivalent), Lois Maxwell (Moneypenny, as a field agent called “Maxwell”), Da…
  • THE LOCOMOTIVE I first drove a Continental ‘Blower’ Bentley,* Supercharger by Amherst-Villiers incidentally When I flicked the little red switch on the dash, With a high pitched scream she was off like a flash The mark four body and 4.5 litr…
  • Time to ask Microsoft Copilot my "AI Companion" for suggestions Based on "idiom and pun" Licence to Thrill Diamonds Are For Never Die Another Daylight Dollar Short Once In A Blue Spy Eyes on the Spy In the Blink of a Spy Between a Spy an…
  • Ray Danton starred in four Eurospy movies, “Code Name; Jaguar”, "You Only Die Once", “Lucky, The Intrepid” and this one. He also made guest appearances on the TV spy shows “Honey West” and “The Man From Uncle” as a villain. Then in the 1970s he appe…
  • Assignment Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…I mean K Imagine a James Bond movie without 90% of the action, or a Hitchcock movie without 90% of the suspense, and you have “Assignment K”. This is a polished “A” grade production which fails to grasp the fundame…
  • 008 Operation Exterminate Ingrid Schoeller becomes the first female to headline a Eurospy movie (at least, as far as I know). This was Umberto Lenzi’s first attempt at Eurospy, made just before he began teaming up with Roger Browne. It is set …
  • OS 117 Terror In Tokyo Frederick Stafford returns for a second go round as the French answer to James Bond. A very polished production, as usual, but let down by the sound track, also as usual. The on screen action is fine, but the music rarel…
  • Almost exclusively remembered for one great song ("Where Do You Go To My Lovely") I was pleasantly surprised by how good his early '70s albums are Sadly for him, the Circus had left town by then
  • Scaramanga1974 wrote: » "Dangerous President" Or "What Goes Around, Comes Around" echo wrote: » Shamelady. Definitely worth using IMHO SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » "A Means To An End" Yes
  • 007HallY wrote: » I really can’t imagine what a Steve McQueen Bond film would look like. To be fair to him I think he could do it.
  • Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick (aka Three Golden Cats) Tony Kendall and Brad Harris ride again, in the second edition of Kommissar X, this time in exotic Sri Lanka. The camaraderie has developed, with Tony and Brad by turns bickering and bant…
  • The Spy Who Loved Flowers Mannix clone Roger Browne returns as Martin Stevens, this time sporting a posh English accent, rather than a gauche American one (only kidding), at least in the dubbed version I watched. This is the second of Umberto …
  • Roger Browne is another Eurospy “heavyweight”, making 6 films which can be considered part of the Eurospy genre in a general sense. “Operation Poker”, “Password – Kill Agent Gordon”, “Rififi In Amsterdam”, “Last Man To Kill” and two as secret agent …
  • Torgeirtrap wrote: » I look forward to watching Fury In Marrakesh, if I can find – or rather, if I have a copy of it somewhere. I'm still not quite sure if I have ever watched it. It might be that it popped up on Youtube, but I never got around …