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Post by drewshi on Oct 23, 2008 17:32:04 GMT -5
I'm almost done listening to the episode. Another great one. Making another connection with Ekland and her Bond roots - she appeared as the Bond type girl in the second Six Million Dollar Man movie, "Wine, Women, and War". The movie itself cast Steve Austin as more of a James Bond type trying to save the world from an independent arms dealer who had just gotten his hands on a Polaris missile. Ekland played the Russian agent sent to keep Austin busy at one point.
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Post by tombitd on Oct 23, 2008 20:36:53 GMT -5
I'm almost done listening to the episode. Another great one. Making another connection with Ekland and her Bond roots - she appeared as the Bond type girl in the second Six Million Dollar Man movie, "Wine, Women, and War". The movie itself cast Steve Austin as more of a James Bond type trying to save the world from an independent arms dealer who had just gotten his hands on a Polaris missile. Ekland played the Russian agent sent to keep Austin busy at one point. Well, we've already recorded our episode covering The Man With The Golden Gun, which featured Ekland as The Official Bond Girl....and, well, it's not pretty.
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Post by james on Oct 23, 2008 21:33:01 GMT -5
The Man With The Golden Gun has the absolute lowest point for the franchise - that stupid sound effect when the car jumps the river (which, otherwise, is an astonishing stunt). Though Sheriff Pepper from the previous movie inexplicably vacationing in Thailand isn't much better.
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Post by Erik on Oct 24, 2008 7:15:48 GMT -5
I think one could look at the whole Roger Moore series of Bonds as a low point...which is odd enough being that my first exposure (that I can remember) was a few Moore Bond's before I stumbled on Dr. No and absorbed the Bond franchise properly.
BUT...I think the space battle in MOONRAKER (a movie so bad you forget you saw it until it gets brought up) with the laser sound effects and such as the absolute lowest point for the franchise.
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Post by james on Oct 24, 2008 7:29:34 GMT -5
BUT...I think the space battle in MOONRAKER (a movie so bad you forget you saw it until it gets brought up) with the laser sound effects and such as the absolute lowest point for the franchise. Moonraker is indeed horrible. I watched The Spy Who Loved Me (often touted as the best of the Moore films) a month ago, and I vaguely remember liking it, but I swear I can't remember much about it, either. I mean, I definitely remember Richard Kiel as Jaws (the best thing about it), but I can't for the life of me remember what the basic plot was, or the name of the villain.
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Post by tombitd on Oct 26, 2008 11:09:19 GMT -5
I think one could look at the whole Roger Moore series of Bonds as a low point...which is odd enough being that my first exposure (that I can remember) was a few Moore Bond's before I stumbled on Dr. No and absorbed the Bond franchise properly. As you'll find out as we move deeper into the 'Gilt Edge Bond' series, there are a small handfull of Roger Moore entries that are as good as entries by other Bonds--I personally rate The Spy Who Loves Me as one of the top five Bond films, period, and both For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy are exceptional films, notable for a much more low key approach to the franchise. If you ask me to point to a low point on the Bond series as a whole...well, wait until we get to the Pierce Brosnan era, which probably has the highest ratio of clunkers to great movies than any other Bond series.
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Post by tombitd on Oct 26, 2008 11:10:53 GMT -5
The Man With The Golden Gun has the absolute lowest point for the franchise - that stupid sound effect when the car jumps the river (which, otherwise, is an astonishing stunt). Though Sheriff Pepper from the previous movie inexplicably vacationing in Thailand isn't much better. Nyah, James...as terrible as parts of that movie is, it can't hold a candle to the absolute worst film in the Bond canon, From A View to a Kill. There is absolutely nothing to recommend in that film.
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Post by drewshi on Oct 26, 2008 16:15:06 GMT -5
The Man With The Golden Gun has the absolute lowest point for the franchise - that stupid sound effect when the car jumps the river (which, otherwise, is an astonishing stunt). Though Sheriff Pepper from the previous movie inexplicably vacationing in Thailand isn't much better. Nyah, James...as terrible as parts of that movie is, it can't hold a candle to the absolute worst film in the Bond canon, From A View to a Kill. There is absolutely nothing to recommend in that film. Not Patrick MacNee or Christopher Walken? Maybe it's just me, but I can watch Walken read the phone book, and find it entertaining.
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Post by tombitd on Oct 26, 2008 16:55:41 GMT -5
Not Patrick MacNee or Christopher Walken? Maybe it's just me, but I can watch Walken read the phone book, and find it entertaining. Patrick MacNee is used in a simply deplorable way, as the worst kind of comic foil for Moore; I found watching him carry around Bond's luggage just embarrasing.... And I love Walken, too...but not here. Dull, underplayed (although nowhere near as underplayed as Hugo Drax in Moonraker), and without anything to justify him being in the film, I have to imagine Walken (a third choice--both Sting and David Bowie were offered the part before him) thought the role was a joke and refused to expend any energy in playing Zorin.
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Post by james on Oct 27, 2008 6:19:06 GMT -5
it can't hold a candle to the absolute worst film in the Bond canon, From A View to a Kill. There is absolutely nothing to recommend in that film. I'll recommend one thing. Duran Duran's theme song is fantastic. If I made a list of my five favorite Bond themes, it would be competing with "Live and Let Die" for the top spot (yep, both over "Goldfinger.").
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Post by drewshi on Oct 28, 2008 16:23:30 GMT -5
Not Patrick MacNee or Christopher Walken? Maybe it's just me, but I can watch Walken read the phone book, and find it entertaining. Patrick MacNee is used in a simply deplorable way, as the worst kind of comic foil for Moore; I found watching him carry around Bond's luggage just embarrasing..... You know, I forgot about MacNee carrying the luggage. Yeah, considering his background with The Avengers, it was stunt casting in the worst possible manner and then he wasn't given the respect he should have been given. I forget. Did he die in the movie? I actually have this movie and The Living Daylights in my queue of Bond movies to watch next.
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Post by james on Oct 29, 2008 6:53:06 GMT -5
Did he die in the movie? I actually have this movie and The Living Daylights in my queue of Bond movies to watch next. Yes (he's killed by Grace Jones, who later sleeps with Roger Moore. The amorality of the Bond films is a subject that could fill a book). I hope I didn't spoil anything. It's depressing that I remember A View To A Kill better than The Spy Who Loved Me. The Living Daylights is a Bond movie I definitely want to see again (ditto License to Kill). I remember liking both, but I particularly remember Dalton being a terrific Bond.
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Post by tombitd on Oct 29, 2008 7:01:08 GMT -5
The Living Daylights is a Bond movie I definitely want to see again (ditto License to Kill). I remember liking both, but I particularly remember Dalton being a terrific Bond. Well....as you'll learn once we get to it, you'll find out that I consider Timothy Dalton the best of the Bonds.
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Post by james on Oct 29, 2008 22:02:17 GMT -5
Just to pile some more information onto the Bond thread, this week most of the films were re-released on DVD in snazzy 2-disc versions (the second disc has "making of," "On location," "Ian Fleming documentary," "blah blah blah" extras - you know the routine).
Guess what's missing? One of the few I'd willing spend $20 for - On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Arrrggggghhhh! The previous round of DVDs skipped it, too (unless you bought the deluxe box set of a bunch of the films for a three digit price).
MGM (or, probably more accurately, the Broccoli family) has no love for this movie...
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Post by drewshi on Nov 1, 2008 11:18:55 GMT -5
The Living Daylights is a Bond movie I definitely want to see again (ditto License to Kill). I remember liking both, but I particularly remember Dalton being a terrific Bond. Well....as you'll learn once we get to it, you'll find out that I consider Timothy Dalton the best of the Bonds. I must admit I haven't seen Craig Daniels yet, but I would have to admit that Dalton is my favorite too, despite the weak beginning on The Living Daylights. (I like the movie all right, but it moves too much like a Moore film.)
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