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Very good. Thanks DB. It’s hard to capturer what he meant to us fans but I think it’s a great tribute. For my family he’s 007 and Henry Jones sr, actually we like most of his films kind of a family thing we had growing up.


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National television is giving us no less than three Sean Connery movies tonight.
Apparently the director of The Name of the Rose first declined Connery for the role of a monk... Until he forced himself into his office and asked if he could read ONE LINE of the script. And he got it.
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BBC2 here in the UK showed a Connery tribute doc, but I only found it by accident when I tuned in for the programme it replaced. Not convinced that's really the best way to honour his memory.
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Nicely done. I don't think I could have found the words to say it half as well Benny. Despite hoping Sir Sean would grace the world with one hundred years or more long ago I tried to find the kinds of words which would be fitting knowing Sir Sean's might someday pass on, if so this site would need to offer a decent tribute, respectful to his family and friends and something us fans need as well.
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Blowfeld wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:41 am Nicely done. I don't think I could have found the words to say it half as well Benny. Despite hoping Sir Sean would grace the world with one hundred years or more long ago I tried to find the kinds of words which would be fitting knowing Sir Sean's might someday pass on, if so this site would need to offer a decent tribute, respectful to his family and friends and something us fans need as well.
Thank you sir. I still don't feel I did the man justice, but what do you say about a man who embodied a character who touched the lives of so many people, as well as a wonderful actor in his own right.
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New rant addressing the films latest delay:

http://danielcraigisnotbond.com/index/b ... elayening/

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dirtybenny wrote:New rant addressing the films latest delay:

http://danielcraigisnotbond.com/index/b ... elayening/

As always interested in your opinions.
Hopefully, they will have time to edit out any "topical" references, which by October will seem as dated as the "don't ask, don't tell" joke in TND. Or was it TWINE, I can't remember .

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New rant, hope you enjoy!

http://danielcraigisnotbond.com/index/b ... -addendum/

As always would love to hear thoughts, since I don't have an editor I rely on your feed back to tighten these things up.
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290 million dollars and counting huh, DB? A ludicrous amount of money but I know it's the standard for modern blockbusters. However in this COVID-ridden world I can't possibly see them making that back at the box office.

I wonder how much of that will go straight into Danny's pocket.

I enjoyed the rant and the spelling, grammar, etc. all seemed to check out, from what I could tell, anyway. :up:
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acid wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:28 pm 290 million dollars and counting huh, DB? A ludicrous amount of money but I know it's the standard for modern blockbusters. However in this COVID-ridden world I can't possibly see them making that back at the box office.
290 is the rumor Acid, which would make it 40 mil higher than SPECTRE's listed astronomical cost. Will they make that back? I highly doubt it, this train wreck was destined for the slag heap pre-Covid due to the laughable promotion of "famle007," "tampons" and all around "wokeness."
acid wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:28 pm I wonder how much of that will go straight into Danny's pocket.
Far, far more than he's worth old boy!

acid wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:28 pm I enjoyed the rant and the spelling, grammar, etc. all seemed to check out, from what I could tell, anyway. :up:
Thank you my friend, for the compliment and taking the time to check my work!
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DB, you have a talent to editorialize topics with illustrative genius. What field are you in? Did you ever want to work in the media? Broccoli getting handouts as well? Nail in the Cr-egg career coffin :!: Pulitzer stuff!
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bjmdds wrote: Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:31 pm DB, you have a talent to editorialize topics with illustrative genius. What field are you in? Did you ever want to work in the media? Broccoli getting handouts as well? Nail in the Cr-egg career coffin :!: Pulitzer stuff!
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Broccoli's minions might read it here from time to time and either mock it or become enraged as you put the mirror to her creation and force her to see what she has done to her daddy's legacy.
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New essay hope you all enjoy, love to hear thoughts!

http://danielcraigisnotbond.com/index/b ... he-ladies/
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DB, the female comparisons were interesting but you left out the ONE TRUE female of the franchise that has shaped it into ruination..........Broccoli, the queen of denial. Ending with Cr-egg in drag topped it off.
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New article, tried something a little different, please let me know what you think, especially since this is outside the norm.

http://danielcraigisnotbond.com/index/b ... s-to-kill/
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dirtybenny wrote:New article, tried something a little different, please let me know what you think, especially since this is outside the norm.

http://danielcraigisnotbond.com/index/b ... s-to-kill/
Interesting theory. It's been too long since I've watched it for me to comment in detail, but wouldn't a better example of lust be "you wanted his heart...give her his heart"?

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Kristatos wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:35 am
dirtybenny wrote:New article, tried something a little different, please let me know what you think, especially since this is outside the norm.

http://danielcraigisnotbond.com/index/b ... s-to-kill/
Interesting theory. It's been too long since I've watched it for me to comment in detail, but wouldn't a better example of lust be "you wanted his heart...give her his heart"?

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Thanks Kris, that would be a good example of an act of lust, but I was trying to ascribe the sins to the major henchmen of the film. Not only is Lupe's doomed lover a minor character he's too altruistic in his motivation, trying to rescue her from Sanchez.

I had considered Wayne Newton's oily cult leader, Prof. Joe for the part, but decided against it as he isn't in the film too much and survives.
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Fair enough. I think the problem is that this probably wasn't done deliberately by the filmmakers the way it was in Se7en, so that must have made the task of fitting the film to the theme that much harder.

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