The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[kater23]

They claim this Oscar season does NOT have the usual hype the past have had.

I felt the same way about the Superbowl ads.Maybe hyping is going out of style?

[The Saint 007]

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Talk about licence to overkill the Skyfall DVD promotion.

[Kristatos]

This pic was posted on IMDb: http://www.adgeekdaily.com/wp-content/u ... 24x682.jpg

Talk about licence to overkill the Skyfall DVD promotion.

Yes, and when the DVD sells bucketloads, as it inevitably will, it will be taken as vindication of the desire to bombard us with advertising, even though it probably would have sold just as many copies with a "normal" advertising campaign. It would be wonderful if the whole thing backfired, with people not realising that the DVD is out because they've trained themselves to tune out the advertising, like Eddie in Absolutely Fabulous not knowing that the Olympics were only a week away because "It's been everywhere for the last five years. It's like tinnitus". But that's not going to happen, sadly.

[Daltonite Toothpaste]

Good god, though it's nothing a lick of paint couldn't fix.

[FormerBondFan]

Good god, though it's nothing a lick of paint couldn't fix.

An act of brainwashing, and no even Gandalf is strong enough make them stop from passing into the minds of the general public.

[Omega]

Anyone else watching the ps4 announcement?

So far it sucks, almost an apology for the ps3 and no details about the ps4,


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[bjmdds]

OHMSS is on the Reelz channel now. Why does it take half the movie before Bond and Blowfeld recognize each other after having already hated each other in YOLT? When producers for You Only Live Twice (1967) warned Mie Hama that because she wasn't learning English quickly enough, she was going to be fired from the film, she solemnly told them that, because of her shame, she would then commit ritual suicide. Whether she was bluffing or not, the producers decided not to risk it, and she was kept on the film. Because of illness during filming, Mie Hama (as "Kissy Suzuki") was doubled in a diving scene (in You Only Live Twice (1967)) by, no less than, Diane Cilento - Sean Connery's wife at the time.

[stockslivevan]

I'm glad OHMSS ignored the previous film, as it actually works far better as a follow-up to Thunderball, which is how it was with the novels. I only wish they made that with Connery instead of YOLT. He might have shown more interest with that story than he did with the gimmicky YOLT.

[stockslivevan]

I like all the Roger Moore Bonds for various reasons, but The Spy Who Loved Me is my most favourite. In regards to Bond mania, I don't think the series is on the same scale of popularity as it used to be. Not sure if others here will agree, but I find the series is not as open to the younger audience now. Years ago, it seemed there was more Bond merchandise for kids like toys, books, comics, lunch boxes, games, etc. With the films being more dark and gritty, I don't see how the series is suitable/interesting for kids anymore. There's always the classic Bond films of course, but I think it's a shame how the series has sort of distanced itself from that demographic.

As Timothy Dalton said "they weren't meant for children", and I'm fine with that. I prefer the early Connery films by Terence Young that were aimed at teen/adults as opposed to the gimmicky Lewis Gilbert films, even though I get a kick out of Moonraker. But I'm glad Cubby decided to move away from the "fun for the whole the family" approach once and for all after Moore stepped down. The Bond series is still popular, but on a different level obviously as there's no lunchboxes made for kids these days. Leave that for the superheros.

[Kristatos]

OHMSS is on the Reelz channel now. Why does it take half the movie before Bond and Blowfeld recognize each other after having already hated each other in YOLT?

Like Stocks said, it was a result of the books being filmed out of order, but it can be expained away in-movie. When Blofeld crushes Bond's glasses and says something like "It takes more than a pair of prop glasses to disguise the great James Bond", isn't it possible that he recognised Bond almost straight away, and was just playing along in order to lull him into a false sense of security?

[The Saint 007]

I like all the Roger Moore Bonds for various reasons, but The Spy Who Loved Me is my most favourite. In regards to Bond mania, I don't think the series is on the same scale of popularity as it used to be. Not sure if others here will agree, but I find the series is not as open to the younger audience now. Years ago, it seemed there was more Bond merchandise for kids like toys, books, comics, lunch boxes, games, etc. With the films being more dark and gritty, I don't see how the series is suitable/interesting for kids anymore. There's always the classic Bond films of course, but I think it's a shame how the series has sort of distanced itself from that demographic.

As Timothy Dalton said "they weren't meant for children", and I'm fine with that. I prefer the early Connery films by Terence Young that were aimed at teen/adults as opposed to the gimmicky Lewis Gilbert films, even though I get a kick out of Moonraker. But I'm glad Cubby decided to move away from the "fun for the whole the family" approach once and for all after Moore stepped down. The Bond series is still popular, but on a different level obviously as there's no lunchboxes made for kids these days. Leave that for the superheros.

When I look for pictures to post in the Rare/Interesting Bond Related Pics Thread, I come across quite a bit of Bond merchandise aimed at kids, particularly from the 60's, 70's, and 80's. I started watching the classic Bonds on TV when I was around 5 or 6 years old, and became interested in the series. Even used to watch the James Bond Jr. cartoons as a kid. To me, the Bond series used to be something that pretty much everyone could enjoy, but now, not so much. I know the films are still making lots of money, and that others will prefer the series to have a darker tone. But personally, I prefer the way the series used to be.

[Count_Lippe]

There were tons of Bond related toys and merhandise released at the time of Goldfinger and Thunderball in the mid-60s, even though the early films weren't aimed at young kids.

There were more Bond toys in the 60s than in the 70s and 80s, even though it should have been the other way around maybe.

[Kristatos]

There should be a Craig-Bond Action Man, with turbo navel-gazing action and lemon lips.

[Omega]

No pics of the ps4, to me and a few others its like Sony three together a presentation to "beat"Xbox.

The new controller is lame, the system specs are only ok. Real killer is lack of backwards compatibility. The Sony fan boys defend it saying just play you ps3 too, most of us want a new system without cluttering up our small apartments\dorms with three or four systems.


Ball is in Microsofts hands they can win it with the right combination of advancement and innovation.


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[Omega]

The video game market is aimed at kids but bond is not doing well there.

Besides books I don't think there is nearly as much tie in material as there was in the 1960 &1970s .

Maybe some of it is down to partnering groups protesting violent movies being targeted to kids. Those wackos ruling every good thing


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[Daltonite Toothpaste]

There should be a Craig-Bond Action Man, with turbo navel-gazing action and lemon lips.

For some reason, this...



... went through my mind.

[bjmdds]

OHMSS is on the Reelz channel now. Why does it take half the movie before Bond and Blowfeld recognize each other after having already hated each other in YOLT?

Like Stocks said, it was a result of the books being filmed out of order, but it can be expained away in-movie. When Blofeld crushes Bond's glasses and says something like "It takes more than a pair of prop glasses to disguise the great James Bond", isn't it possible that he recognised Bond almost straight away, and was just playing along in order to lull him into a false sense of security?

What was the rational then for doing OHMSS as the 6th film instead of the 5th? Were Broccoli and Saltzman deliberately screwing it up? It made NO sense to do the Blowfeld trilogy with 3 separate actors and one with a head of hair. Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and a supervillain from the James Bond series of novels and films, who was created by Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory. An evil genius with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of the British Secret Service agent James Bond. Blofeld is head of the global criminal organisation SPECTRE and is commonly referred to as Number 1, an official numerical position given to members of SPECTRE.
Blofeld appears or is heard in three novels: Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and You Only Live Twice; and six James Bond films from Eon Productions: From Russia with Love (1963), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and For Your Eyes Only (1981) (the pre-title sequence of which marks his final appearance and apparent death). He also appears in Never Say Never Again, the 1983 remake of Thunderball.

[Dr. No]

They were supposed to make OHMSS first but something happened to delay it, they were in planing stages when YOLT went ahead. Maybe planing out the snow scenes took more time I remember reading they wanted to get Connery back for OHMSS but he was done with Bond two movie prior. Shame the best story in Bond was broken up so badly by EON.

[bjmdds]

FBF, when Adele wins her Oscar you should listen to this song instead in protest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUZNguDq14Q Best Original Song Sunday 24th February 2013 betting odds: (Will the green vegetable get up on stage with Adele? It's a done deal for the win.)
Best Original Song
Skyfall (Adele - Skyfall)
1/10
Suddenly (Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables)
9/2
Pi's Lullaby (Bombay Jayashri - Life Of Pi)
33/1
Before My Time (Chasing Ice)
33/1
Everybody Needs A Best Friend (Norah Jones - Ted)
40/1

[FormerBondFan]

FBF, when Adele wins her Oscar you should listen to this song instead in protest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUZNguDq14Q Best Original Song Sunday 24th February 2013 betting odds: (Will the green vegetable get up on stage with Adele? It's a done deal for the win.)
Best Original Song
Skyfall (Adele - Skyfall)
1/10
Suddenly (Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables)
9/2
Pi's Lullaby (Bombay Jayashri - Life Of Pi)
33/1
Before My Time (Chasing Ice)
33/1
Everybody Needs A Best Friend (Norah Jones - Ted)
40/1

Forget the classic Bond. He's done. And there's no doubt the minions and the brainwashed general public are considering DC a classic Bond (who has his Bond nominated by the Oscar while none of Pierce's got any). If you want a franchise that returns to its classic roots, Star Wars is with us and always will be. Leave James Bond to WWE wrestlers from the British Isles for all I care.