Tallguy 1514 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 46 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: It's actually kind of impressive that after 60 years, Bond has never driven a Ferrari or Maserati to my knowledge. Italian sports cars are just not part of the Bond aesthetic. But Casio is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15468 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Isn't Casio a Japanese company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 1566 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 20 hours ago, Disco Stu said: It's actually kind of impressive that after 60 years, Bond has never driven a Ferrari or Maserati to my knowledge. Italian sports cars are just not part of the Bond aesthetic. No, but he has driven BMW convertibles ... 'hairdresser's cars', as someone once put it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15468 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Just now, Sweeping Strings said: No, but he has driven BMW convertibles ... 'hairdresser's cars', as someone once put it. Oh yeah, he's driven German cars on several occasions. Check out the fun infographic at the URL below. https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/planes-trains-and-automobiles/every-car-james-bond-ever-drove/ Because Moore has always been "my" Bond, I have much more nostalgia for the Lotus than I have for the DB5 Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 1566 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Lotus is Moore's car in the same way that the DB5 is Connery's (even though the Brosnan and Craig Bonds also drove it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15468 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Especially that gorgeous red one in FYEO. And with that gorgeous Bill Conti theme for Cortina Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 1566 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 It's a fine-looking vehicle indeed. A Corgi version of it currently adorns my mantelpiece, along with other Bond cars and Funkos of 4 of the 007s. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 7510 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Didn't they blow up an Esprit, in FYEO? Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 3399 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 007's car from Die Another Day is really something to see. A Farewell to Kings and Disco Stu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 7510 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Can't see the attraction, myself. 3 hours ago, Nick1Ø66 said: 007's car from Die Another Day is really something to see. I wish I could make you vanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 1566 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Speaking of which, good article looking at DAD on its 20th anniversary - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/22/die-another-day-james-bond-movie-anniversary @Naïve Old Fart Yes, the white Esprit explodes when a henchman uses the butt of his gun to break one of its windows that bears a 'Burglar Protected' sticker. Well, he can't say he wasn't warned ... Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15468 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 FYEO also has my favorite onscreen death in a Bond movie. When the Countess is unceremoniously rammed by the dune buggy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 7510 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 You mean Mrs. Brosnan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 3399 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Best Bond death was in the best Bond movie. Roger Moore is ruthless. Pyramids! Poor Sandor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 1566 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 It being 'homaged' in Quantum Of Solace was certainly unexpected. And it's not the only TSWLM nod in QOS ... the Universal Exports business card that Bond hands across at one point bears the name 'Robert Sterling', Moore's marine biologist alias in Spy. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15468 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 3 hours ago, Nick1Ø66 said: Best Bond death was in the best Bond movie. Roger Moore is ruthless. When's the last time you saw this Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 7510 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Saw what? It says: "Video unavailable" 4 hours ago, Nick1Ø66 said: Best Bond death was in the best Bond movie. Roger Moore is ruthless. Pyramids! Poor Sandor. What a helpful chap. 3 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: It being 'homaged' in Quantum Of Solace was certainly unexpected. And it's not the only TSWLM nod in QOS ... the Universal Exports business card that Bond hands across at one point bears the name 'Robert Sterling', Moore's marine biologist alias in Spy. Well spotted, that man! Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 7510 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Speaking of references, I was watching SPECTRE, the other day (yes, I know, I'm sorry). The nighttime shot of Tangier mirrors the daytime shot of Tangier, in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. Also, Q is staying at The Pevsner, which is a nice nod to ex-Bond alumnus, Tom Pevsner. Of all the Bond kills, I guess the two that are most ruthless, and most personal, are 006, in GOLDENEYE, and Franz Sanchez, in LICENCE TO KILL. Both of these kills see Bond exact revenge for personal acts against Bond (betrayal, and the murder, and/or mutilation of, friends). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 1566 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 There's more of an 'edge' to most of the violence in LTK (hence it being the first and to date only Bond to be certified at 15 and not A/PG/12) and to Alec and Bond's scrapping at the end of GE (bloodied knuckles, a headbutt in the uncut version etc). A reference I liked in SPECTRE was the MI6 safehouse in/disguised as a bookshop called 'Hildebrand Rarities', a nod to the Fleming short story 'The Hildebrand Rarity' which (in a pleasingly circular way) was the story from where LTK sub-villain Milton Krest was taken. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 7510 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: A reference I liked in SPECTRE was the MI6 safehouse in/disguised as a bookshop called 'Hildebrand Rarities', a nod to the Fleming short story 'The Hildebrand Rarity' which (in a pleasingly circular way) was the story from where LTK sub-villain Milton Krest was taken. Of course! Again, well spotted. I always thought that Quist, in THUNDERBALL, was meant to be Krest. Whatever. Anthony Zerbe plays Krest with great sleaziness... and he has one of the best (and funniest) Bond villain deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 1566 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 The version of LTK now available on DVD/BluRay (and presumably streaming) is uncut, so you get to see Krest's head go 'pop' (as well as the likes of hearing the screams of the 'Give her his heart' guy from the pre-credits sequence after he's dragged outside and the scenes of Dario going into the coke grinder and Sanchez going up in flames are a little longer). John Glen said that in the 80s, Bond's competition was from the likes of Stallone and Schwarzenegger so he had tried to up the violence etc. where he could within the confines of a PG-certified movie (hence the likes of Moore cold-bloodedly kicking Locque's car over the cliff in FYEO and Walken's machine-gunning of the mineworkers in AVTAK ... famously, Moore had to be talked into playing the former the way he did and outright disliked the latter). Guess LTK was Glen finally throwing caution to the wind altogether. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 30967 Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 Liam Neeson revealed in a recent interview with Rolling Stone that James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli contacted him several times in the 1990s to ask if he was interested in taking on the role of 007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 3399 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Quote Neeson missed out on the chance to have one of the all-time great bumper stickers: 'MY GIRLFRIEND TOLD ME SHE'D LEAVE ME IF I PLAYED 007. GOD I'M GONNA MISS HER' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 30967 Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 That's the same article I posted immediately before you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 3399 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Yes Jason, I know. That's where the picture's from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 30967 Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 I don't get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Farewell to Kings 3550 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Can you see his joke in the black text underneath the picture? Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 30967 Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 Ohhhhhhhh Nope, if he typed something in his post I don't see it at all in dark mode EDIT: I highlighted his post and can see the joke now. Was that there when I replied, or added later? Tallguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Farewell to Kings 3550 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Didn't know where to put this, so here it goes. I found some samples used in Serra's Goldeneye in a old sample CD and figured I would make a little video and post it on YouTube: @Naïve Old Fart On 23/02/2023 at 8:48 PM, Jay said: EDIT: I highlighted his post and can see the joke now. Was that there when I replied, or added later? Yea, it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 30967 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 What? I asked an A or B question. Answering "yea' doesn't tell me if the answer is A or B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Farewell to Kings 3550 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I meant yea to Part A sorry, it was there when you replied to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 30967 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 Ah ok. I just couldn't see it because I use dark mode then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Farewell to Kings 3550 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Yeah, I almost missed it myself. (I use Dark Mode as well) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 30967 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 Also when I first replied, the included image wasn't in a quote block, just by itself, so I thought that was the entirety of his post, not a thing that was meant to be connected to text below it (because I couldn't see there was text below it) He later edited his post and put the picture in a quote block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 1514 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Good heavens! I've never seen this? OK, I may have seen it when it aired, but it didn't make an impression on me. I've never seen Sean and Roger together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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