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by Irony-Man2
Sat Dec 23, 2023 12:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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A Christmas Carol from 1938 with Reginald Owen is the BEST version in my opinion and will be on cable tv here this weekend. https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/b2127caa-744b-451e-a564-3e3b1a2d0b55.jpg;maxHeight=2000;maxWidth=2000 I have to go with the classic "51 version ...
by Irony-Man2
Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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Views: 7587157

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James Bond star George Lazenby is in recovery after being hospitalised for a brain injury following a fall. The 84-year-old actor, who fell at his home last month, was rushed to hospital before being cared for at a California nursing home for the past few weeks. However, according to his management...
by Irony-Man2
Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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Well, the quote about Bond having many vices and few virtues is direct from Fleming, and Bond does say in one of the books (I forget which one) that he regards killing as an unpleasant but necessary part of the job. Sent from my SM-G986B using Tapatalk I've always wondered if we should do a 1 to 1 ...
by Irony-Man2
Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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Views: 7587157

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I've been doing a slow retrospective through Classic Bond over the past few months. The rules are simple: I have to watch the films in order and I have to have enough time to watch them in one sitting. I also have to watch them, no being on my phone or other device. Lat night was "You Only Live Twic...
by Irony-Man2
Sun Feb 12, 2023 11:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
Replies: 39351
Views: 7587157

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Give James Bond cool gadgets again: https://www.polygon.com/23593284/give-james-bond-cool-gadgets-again-please Sent from my SM-G986B using Tapatalk But Kris, as Babz says, "how can we do that in the era of cell phones?" I think it was in the Bond continuation novel "Carte Blanche" that most of Bond...
by Irony-Man2
Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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Views: 7587157

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Torn between "it's sad to see Pierce reduced to this" and "this actually sounds kind of awesome": https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230111/32aace6de888cdcf9ba942668855d7f0.jpg Sent from my SM-G986B using Tapatalk This is actually a good get for him. Other than Thomas crown, maybe Remington steel ,...
by Irony-Man2
Sun Jan 22, 2023 2:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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Views: 7587157

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Just watched FRWL last night. If Goldfinger set the template for the over the top spectacle Bonds, FRWL set it for the periodic regrounding of the series. What amazed me was economical the story telling was. You don''t need a bloated 2 hours and 45 minutes to tell a good Bond story, in fact a 2 hour...
by Irony-Man2
Sun Dec 11, 2022 1:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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Views: 7587157

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They need to bring some energy back to the series. Cubby always said that 2 hours was long enough for a Bond film, a dictum that has been forgotten for most of Craig's films (with the exception of QOS, which nevertheless felt like it was well over 2 hours long). Shorter films allow for a narrative d...
by Irony-Man2
Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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Views: 7587157

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I almost wonder if EON isn't weighing the possibility of moving forward with a 007 Nomi series? Good god I hope not! Of all the rumoured spin-offs from Bond over the years this would be the worse. Lynch’s Nomi had no redeeming qualities as a character at all. She was a boring and one-not character ...
by Irony-Man2
Wed Oct 05, 2022 3:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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Well said, Irony-man. It's why I'm no longer that bothered about a POC playing Bond. Compared to what they've already done to the character, complaining about a change in skin tone seems like straining on a gnat while swallowing a camel. Sent from my SM-G986B using Tapatalk Exactly, I want someone ...
by Irony-Man2
Wed Oct 05, 2022 2:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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This drives me crazy. Bond was a naval officer, he would never have been in the SAS, or even the Naval equivalent SBS, but was rather in Naval Intelligence - as was Fleming. The fact that Wilson either doesn't know this or has somehow forgotten it, just increases the credibility gap I have with our ...
by Irony-Man2
Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dirty Benny's Weekly Rant
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Views: 2353536

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They just have to get away from requiring there to be a continuity or story arc over multiple films. Make a Bond film as if it's going to be the one and only or as if it's in the middle of an established run. We all know who M and Q and Moneypenny are, just have Bond do a mission and for God's sake ...
by Irony-Man2
Mon Apr 18, 2022 2:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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Views: 7587157

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The 10 stupidest things the CraigBond has done: https://screenrant.com/james-bond-questionale-choices-daniel-craig-007/ Sent from my SM-G986B using Tapatalk The article lost me when it claimed that Craig's Bond was known to be charming. Even the biggest Craig fanboys would have to concede that this...
by Irony-Man2
Sun Feb 06, 2022 7:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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There is another 4 film Bond marathon on now on the Sundance cable channel. I was watching the DAD intro and it always hits me how when I saw it in the theater the first time 20 years ago, I left thinking how the movie lost me after Bond was reunited with MI6. The rest of the gene splicing plot in ...
by Irony-Man2
Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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Views: 7587157

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I remember the build up to Goldeneye. The anticipation was electric, especially after the lacklustre response to Licence to Kill, which failed to live up to the promise that Dalton's debut in The Living Daylights had created. The revisionists forget that before Goldeneye the franchise was in real tr...
by Irony-Man2
Fri Dec 17, 2021 8:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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Views: 7587157

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Fleming's Instagram and Twitter accounts recently posted news of the next James Bond book. The book's cover was revealed along with its title: With A Mind to Kill. The novel's release date was also announced to be May 26, 2022. This is the first Bond book to be released since 2018. It was titled Fo...
by Irony-Man2
Thu Dec 02, 2021 2:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dirty Benny's Weekly Rant
Replies: 1413
Views: 2353536

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Now that she has created the greatest quintology in Bond, nay MOVIE history, perhaps she will retire, resting on her laurels and let a new generation take over. What Bond needs is to throw it open to competition from filmmakers who want to tell a Bond story, similar to what they do with the continua...
by Irony-Man2
Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dirty Benny's Weekly Rant
Replies: 1413
Views: 2353536

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Just finished watching FYEO, I wanted to test out my new Sonos Arc soundbar on one of my favourite Bond films. There was the template right there for a grounded, realistic Bond. If the producers could alternate between this and FRWL style thriller, and a Goldfinger/TSWLM larger than life adventure, ...
by Irony-Man2
Tue Nov 23, 2021 2:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dirty Benny's Weekly Rant
Replies: 1413
Views: 2353536

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Watch some of the action sequences from Classic Bond films and then read the comments and you realise that the vast majority of people really appreciated the Classic Bonds. That's what gives me hope.
by Irony-Man2
Thu Nov 04, 2021 4:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......
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Views: 7587157

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Hello...Hello...Is there anybody out there?