The James Bond Thread

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williamp said:

Newc said:

Hmm, time for a top 5 secondary character list? Not the villain, or M/Q/Moneypenny.

I'd go with
Karim Bey
General Gogol
Felix, Geoffrey Wright edition
Goldeneye pen clicking guy
Art Malik's Oxbridge Taliban

Saunders, head of section V? Unususlly, someone who doesnt like Bond.
Robbie Coltrane as Zukho... the Rusian

Sylvia Trench. 007’s first on screen ‘conquest’. She introduced us to Bond by asking for his name in a way that invited him to answer “Bond, James Bond”.

[Voldemort]

Tiger Tanaka
Nick Nack.

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From another thread...

Laurel Green said:

Michael Apted: TV documentary pioneer and film-maker dies aged 79.

I’ve posted it here because he was the director of The World Is Not Enough.

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DBSV8 said:

aponting389 said:

When, how, where are we going to be able to watch the new film?

its going to be sold because there's no way they can get enough people into a cinema to recoup their losses ...watch this space.

I think I agree with you on that one - It'll go to the highest bidder for exclusive distribution on one of the streaming platforms, and the price paid will be something astronomical.

Place your bets which one......

[AJB88]

TBH I'd rather pay lets say £12.99 to stream it when out, than go sit in a cinema.

[towser44]

Diamonds are Forever on ITV4 in 007 minutes :-)

[Scabutz]

DBSV8 said:

aponting389 said:

When, how, where are we going to be able to watch the new film?

netflix / Amazon prime

its going to be sold because theres no way they can get enough people into a cinema to recoup their losses ...watch this space

I just wish they would hurry up and do that. Kids and I bought Mulan when they did that. We have a good set up now with large s reen and Dolby Atmos. I'd gladly pay 20, 25 quid for the next Bond film and watch it in the comfort of my own home.

All I need to do is find where Odeon get their nachos cheese sauce from and I never need to set foot in a cinema again.

[The Hypno-Toad]

towser44 said:

Diamonds are Forever on ITV4 in 007 minutes :-)

Here’s a fun trivia fact. The black dress that ties up at the front which Jill St John wears in the apartment scenes in Holland, was given to one of the assistant directors to give to his wife as a present, who then past it on to her daughter.

Her daughter is the simply gorgeous Sarah Cracknell lead singer of St. Etienne and she wears it in the rather bizarre video for Hug My Soul.

She also wears a pair of oversized men’s pyjamas while cuddling a teddy bear. This makes The Toad feel especially ‘unusual’ and therefore he can only watch it on rare occasions.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

I'm watching My Name is Fleming, Ian Fleming on Amazon Prime

No huge revelations so far as I am fairly clued up on the subject since James Bond was something my dad and I had, but I did not know that Fleming was friends with Jacques Cousteau.

I used to love watching Jacques Cousteau films as a child.

I can even tell you what SCUBA is an abbreviation for.

Edit: I also did not realise that "James Bond" was the name of a mild-mannered ornithologist author whose name Fleming stole.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

The Hypno-Toad said:

Here’s a fun trivia fact. The black dress that ties up at the front which Jill St John wears in the apartment scenes in Holland, was given to one of the assistant directors to give to his wife as a present, who then past it on to her daughter.

Her daughter is the simply gorgeous Sarah Cracknell lead singer of St. Etienne and she wears it in the rather bizarre video for Hug My Soul.

She also wears a pair of oversized men’s pyjamas while cuddling a teddy bear. This makes The Toad feel especially ‘unusual’ and therefore he can only watch it on rare occasions.

That's the most bizarre thing I have read in many a year. Thank you so much! xxxxxx

[FourWheelDrift]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

No huge revelations so far as I am fairly clued up on the subject since James Bond was something my dad and I had, but I did not know that Fleming was friends with Jacques Cousteau.

I used to love watching Jacques Cousteau films as a child.

I remember watching them too, but I can only remember the RMS Britannic dive as the subject as he discovered the wreck.


Diamonds are Forever trivia, Mr Wint character's real life son is actor Crispin Glover.

[The Hypno-Toad]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

I can even tell you what SCUBA is an abbreviation for.

Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus?

[Murph7355]

Scabutz said:

DBSV8 said:

aponting389 said:

When, how, where are we going to be able to watch the new film?

netflix / Amazon prime

its going to be sold because theres no way they can get enough people into a cinema to recoup their losses ...watch this space

I just wish they would hurry up and do that. Kids and I bought Mulan when they did that. We have a good set up now with large s reen and Dolby Atmos. I'd gladly pay 20, 25 quid for the next Bond film and watch it in the comfort of my own home.

All I need to do is find where Odeon get their nachos cheese sauce from and I never need to set foot in a cinema again.

If I were them I'd release it in a few ways with the pricing starting quite high and then tailing off over time.

So all rental/streaming platforms but at a chunk, maybe with 4k UHD discs at a similar price. Then every 6mths or so drop the price/quality levels maybe.

It'll be interesting to see how they do it. I think reducing reliance on cinema releases was the way forward anyway. This just forces that issue.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

The Hypno-Toad said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

I can even tell you what SCUBA is an abbreviation for.

Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus?

Yup.

Not even French like UTC is.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Murph7355 said:

Scabutz said:

DBSV8 said:

aponting389 said:

When, how, where are we going to be able to watch the new film?

netflix / Amazon prime

its going to be sold because theres no way they can get enough people into a cinema to recoup their losses ...watch this space

I just wish they would hurry up and do that. Kids and I bought Mulan when they did that. We have a good set up now with large s reen and Dolby Atmos. I'd gladly pay 20, 25 quid for the next Bond film and watch it in the comfort of my own home.

All I need to do is find where Odeon get their nachos cheese sauce from and I never need to set foot in a cinema again.

If I were them I'd release it in a few ways with the pricing starting quite high and then tailing off over time.

So all rental/streaming platforms but at a chunk, maybe with 4k UHD discs at a similar price. Then every 6mths or so drop the price/quality levels maybe.

It'll be interesting to see how they do it. I think reducing reliance on cinema releases was the way forward anyway. This just forces that issue.

I think we need a groundswell re-evaluation of the streaming landscape.

It's so fragmented at the moment. I have a basic Sky HD (not Q) subscription, Amazon Prime, and Netflix, and I feel like I am at the absolute limit of my financial commitment. I can't go Disney+ and Discovery+, and Hulu, and fk knows what else on a subscription basis.

I think we need a Blockbuster Video model for renting new films equivalent to cinema pricing models where you do not need a subscription.

Of course, the big problem for me as a single person living alone, is that if is impossible for this model to differentiate between me and a party of 20 people.

[DBSV8]

Scabutz said:

DBSV8 said:

aponting389 said:

When, how, where are we going to be able to watch the new film?

netflix / Amazon prime

its going to be sold because theres no way they can get enough people into a cinema to recoup their losses ...watch this space

I just wish they would hurry up and do that. Kids and I bought Mulan when they did that. We have a good set up now with large s reen and Dolby Atmos. I'd gladly pay 20, 25 quid for the next Bond film and watch it in the comfort of my own home.

All I need to do is find where Odeon get their nachos cheese sauce from and I never need to set foot in a cinema again.

here you are my friend .............and it works ... mix one of these pots into the mix of cheese

https://www.odeon.co.uk/odeon-scene/cinema-cheese-...

Edited by DBSV8 on Saturday 9th January 23:54

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Clockwork Cupcake said:

I'm watching My Name is Fleming, Ian Fleming on Amazon Prime

No huge revelations so far as I am fairly clued up on the subject since James Bond was something my dad and I had, but I did not know that Fleming was friends with Jacques Cousteau.

I used to love watching Jacques Cousteau films as a child.

I can even tell you what SCUBA is an abbreviation for.

Edit: I also did not realise that "James Bond" was the name of a mild-mannered ornithologist author whose name Fleming stole.

Yes. 'Birds of the West Indies' was Fleming's first sight of the James Bond moniker.

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Clockwork Cupcake said:

I'm watching My Name is Fleming, Ian Fleming on Amazon Prime

No huge revelations so far as I am fairly clued up on the subject since James Bond was something my dad and I had, but I did not know that Fleming was friends with Jacques Cousteau.

I used to love watching Jacques Cousteau films as a child.

I can even tell you what SCUBA is an abbreviation for.

Edit: I also did not realise that "James Bond" was the name of a mild-mannered ornithologist author whose name Fleming stole.

Thanks for that recommendation, CC. Well worth watching.

[The Hypno-Toad]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

I think we need a groundswell re-evaluation of the streaming landscape.

It's so fragmented at the moment. I have a basic Sky HD (not Q) subscription, Amazon Prime, and Netflix, and I feel like I am at the absolute limit of my financial commitment. I can't go Disney+ and Discovery+, and Hulu, and fk knows what else on a subscription basis.

I think we need a Blockbuster Video model for renting new films equivalent to cinema pricing models where you do not need a subscription.

Of course, the big problem for me as a single person living alone, is that if is impossible for this model to differentiate between me and a party of 20 people.

I am in the same boat to be honest. I have Amazon Prime which is fine but staying on thread I will probably go where No Sure What Time To Die is released.

(secretly hoping it's Disney+ because everyone keeps raving about how great The Mandalorian is.)

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DBSV8 said:

Scabutz said:

DBSV8 said:

aponting389 said:

When, how, where are we going to be able to watch the new film?

netflix / Amazon prime

its going to be sold because theres no way they can get enough people into a cinema to recoup their losses ...watch this space

I just wish they would hurry up and do that. Kids and I bought Mulan when they did that. We have a good set up now with large s reen and Dolby Atmos. I'd gladly pay 20, 25 quid for the next Bond film and watch it in the comfort of my own home.

All I need to do is find where Odeon get their nachos cheese sauce from and I never need to set foot in a cinema again.

here you are my friend .............and it works ... mix one of these pots into the mix of cheese

https://www.odeon.co.uk/odeon-scene/cinema-cheese-...

Edited by DBSV8 on Saturday 9th January 23:54

Legend, thanks