Bond stuff is an enormous blindspot for me, I watched Casino Royale a few years ago and it's the only one I've ever seen
maybe...maybe I order that big boxset and try and see em all
maybe that's a thing I do
As someone who was in the same boat and is now watching through all of them and is halfway through the Roger Moore era - don't do this to yourself. Every single one I watch, even the ones I wind up liking, I think "surely this is the last one," and "how did this franchise become so popular!?!"
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
The problem with old James Bond movies is that George Lazenby only did one
i had problems getting out of raijin's bed when i was 18 too
he were a randy sod that one
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Could you imagine having a manager so bad he tells you not to do anymore Bond movies?
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
"George listen... I'm your manager. This whole James Bond thing...FAD! Get out now! What you want to do is grow out your hair and beard and be prepared to star in hippie counterculture movies. They're going to be HUGE!"
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
I think all the Bonds are on Netflix right now?
I could be wrong
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astrobstrdSo full of mercy...Registered Userregular
I have a soft spot for Live and Let Die for just how ridiculous it gets and The Spy Who Loved Me is pretty good, but getting through the Moore Bond flicks is a slog.
"George listen... I'm your manager. This whole James Bond thing...FAD! Get out now! What you want to do is grow out your hair and beard and be prepared to star in hippie counterculture movies. They're going to be HUGE!"
It turns out peace and love was the fad, spooks and violence are eternal
Bond stuff is an enormous blindspot for me, I watched Casino Royale a few years ago and it's the only one I've ever seen
maybe...maybe I order that big boxset and try and see em all
maybe that's a thing I do
I would be very excited to read your reactions to some of those moves
You Only Live Twice in particular
Man that fucking movie has some bad shit in it
You Only Live Twice is trash. And I say that as someone who has an admitted love for all the Bond movies, even the shittier ones like Octopussy and the (uncomfortable shudder) non-Eon production Casino Royale from 1967.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
So I just found out the dude who starred in Nightmare On Elm Street 2, the most homoerotic slasher film is existence, actually did a documentary about all the gay bashing and homophobia he experienced from doing it.
I wanna watch it but I'm pretty sure it would just make me furious.
Okay so I just watched that 1:30 preview and I already want to punch Dave Chaskin in the taint. I won't be watching the whole thing, I'm already much too angry all the time. Just that one snippet at the end was enough to make my blood boil.
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
I have a soft spot for Live and Let Die for just how ridiculous it gets and The Spy Who Loved Me is pretty good, but getting through the Moore Bond flicks is a slog.
I have a soft spot for Live and Let Die because it's the first Bond film I ever saw, but it's not a very good movie for a lot of reasons
once the Moore movies hit a stride though I think they're pretty good, provided you don't take them too seriously
The Spy Who Loved Me through the end of his run are all good, campy fun
though if you want camp it's hard to beat Diamonds Are Forever, that movie is nuts
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I have a soft spot for Live and Let Die for just how ridiculous it gets and The Spy Who Loved Me is pretty good, but getting through the Moore Bond flicks is a slog.
I have a soft spot for Live and Let Die because it's the first Bond film I ever saw, but it's not a very good movie for a lot of reasons
once the Moore movies hit a stride though I think they're pretty good, provided you don't take them too seriously
The Spy Who Loved Me through the end of his run are all good, campy fun
though if you want camp it's hard to beat Diamonds Are Forever, that movie is nuts
Moonraker gets pretty fucking out there in the 3rd act.
So I just found out the dude who starred in Nightmare On Elm Street 2, the most homoerotic slasher film is existence, actually did a documentary about all the gay bashing and homophobia he experienced from doing it.
I wanna watch it but I'm pretty sure it would just make me furious.
Okay so I just watched that 1:30 preview and I already want to punch Dave Chaskin in the taint. I won't be watching the whole thing, I'm already much too angry all the time. Just that one snippet at the end was enough to make my blood boil.
Oh hells yes that's what made it go from my must watch list to avoid for my blood pressure list
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Bond stuff is an enormous blindspot for me, I watched Casino Royale a few years ago and it's the only one I've ever seen
maybe...maybe I order that big boxset and try and see em all
maybe that's a thing I do
As someone who was in the same boat and is now watching through all of them and is halfway through the Roger Moore era - don't do this to yourself. Every single one I watch, even the ones I wind up liking, I think "surely this is the last one," and "how did this franchise become so popular!?!"
Every time they got a new Bond actor, there was a quick slight uptick in quality, then they rapidly went straight back downhill again. George Lazenby was right to do one and then get the fuck out. And hey, On Her Majesty's Secret Service is still one of the most beloved Bond films even now. Timothy Dalton is another great example of not hanging around long enough for the films to go to shit, just two and done. Pierce Brosnan forgot and from a top three film like Goldeneye ended up stuck in dreck like bottom three film Die Another Day.
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I love Man With the Golden Gun for Christopher Lee and a 3rd nipple.
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
I have a soft spot for Live and Let Die for just how ridiculous it gets and The Spy Who Loved Me is pretty good, but getting through the Moore Bond flicks is a slog.
I have a soft spot for Live and Let Die because it's the first Bond film I ever saw, but it's not a very good movie for a lot of reasons
once the Moore movies hit a stride though I think they're pretty good, provided you don't take them too seriously
The Spy Who Loved Me through the end of his run are all good, campy fun
though if you want camp it's hard to beat Diamonds Are Forever, that movie is nuts
Moonraker gets pretty fucking out there in the 3rd act.
yeah. moonraker isn't my favorite Moore film but honestly it's not far off, and it's mostly because of the buck wild 3rd act
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
I have a soft spot for Live and Let Die for just how ridiculous it gets and The Spy Who Loved Me is pretty good, but getting through the Moore Bond flicks is a slog.
I have a soft spot for Live and Let Die because it's the first Bond film I ever saw, but it's not a very good movie for a lot of reasons
once the Moore movies hit a stride though I think they're pretty good, provided you don't take them too seriously
The Spy Who Loved Me through the end of his run are all good, campy fun
though if you want camp it's hard to beat Diamonds Are Forever, that movie is nuts
Moonraker gets pretty fucking out there in the 3rd act.
I fucking LOVE that Jaws is turned to the good side by love, fights alongside Bond, and ends up with his own girl in the end.
Bond stuff is an enormous blindspot for me, I watched Casino Royale a few years ago and it's the only one I've ever seen
maybe...maybe I order that big boxset and try and see em all
maybe that's a thing I do
As someone who was in the same boat and is now watching through all of them and is halfway through the Roger Moore era - don't do this to yourself. Every single one I watch, even the ones I wind up liking, I think "surely this is the last one," and "how did this franchise become so popular!?!"
Every time they got a new Bond actor, there was a quick slight uptick in quality, then they rapidly went straight back downhill again. George Lazenby was right to do one and then get the fuck out. And hey, On Her Majesty's Secret Service is still one of the most beloved Bond films even now. Timothy Dalton is another great example of not hanging around long enough for the films to go to shit, just two and done. Pierce Brosnan forgot and from a top three film like Goldeneye ended up stuck in dreck like bottom three film Die Another Day.
THERE ARE SO MANY ROGER MOORE ONES OH MY GOD.
I just finished Spy Who Loves Me last night and was thinking, "yeah, 2 more with this dude and I'm good," but boy they just kept making more Moore.
Lazenby's was fine but it's a punishing 2:20 and the love story is so under baked but when he goes action boy at the end he goes hard. At one point he slides on his tummy on the ice firing a submachine gun into baddies like a fucking murder penguin.
Besides the mysogeny and racism of the era, one of the things that's killing me the most is how god-damned long they feel, mostly because action scenes just drag and drag and drag. And also how they can never fully lock into who Bond is - is he a slickdick spy that is good as his job, charming with women and wants to get the job done or is he an asshole who sexually assults women enjoys the murder and just feels like he's doing this job to fuck his way across the globe without consequences...and that'll be the same actor in just different movies apart! Like Moore in Golden Gun is fucking shithead that he wasn't in Spy or Live and Let Die.
One of the best things? All those awesome sets they build.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Bond stuff is an enormous blindspot for me, I watched Casino Royale a few years ago and it's the only one I've ever seen
maybe...maybe I order that big boxset and try and see em all
maybe that's a thing I do
As someone who was in the same boat and is now watching through all of them and is halfway through the Roger Moore era - don't do this to yourself. Every single one I watch, even the ones I wind up liking, I think "surely this is the last one," and "how did this franchise become so popular!?!"
Every time they got a new Bond actor, there was a quick slight uptick in quality, then they rapidly went straight back downhill again. George Lazenby was right to do one and then get the fuck out. And hey, On Her Majesty's Secret Service is still one of the most beloved Bond films even now. Timothy Dalton is another great example of not hanging around long enough for the films to go to shit, just two and done. Pierce Brosnan forgot and from a top three film like Goldeneye ended up stuck in dreck like bottom three film Die Another Day.
THERE ARE SO MANY ROGER MOORE ONES OH MY GOD.
I just finished Spy Who Loves Me last night and was thinking, "yeah, 2 more with this dude and I'm good," but boy they just kept making more Moore.
Lazenby's was fine but it's a punishing 2:20 and the love story is so under baked but when he goes action boy at the end he goes hard. At one point he slides on his tummy on the ice firing a submachine gun into baddies like a fucking murder penguin.
Besides the mysogeny and racism of the era, one of the things that's killing me the most is how god-damned long they feel, mostly because action scenes just drag and drag and drag. And also how they can never fully lock into who Bond is - is he a slickdick spy that is good as his job, charming with women and wants to get the job done or is he an asshole who sexually assults women enjoys the murder and just feels like he's doing this job to fuck his way across the globe without consequences...and that'll be the same actor in just different movies apart! Like Moore in Golden Gun is fucking shithead that he wasn't in Spy or Live and Let Die.
One of the best things? All those awesome sets they build.
The production designer Ken Adams was a fucking BAWSS of all bosses. Volcano lairs, undersea mansions, crazy space stations, underground labyrinths with built-in monorails, that shit is absolutely fantastic even now, it must have been otherworldly back then!
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Willingly enter "Fast Hands" Hallett's house?! Not on your life, bucko
I haven't been called that since the 90's, I'm old and fat now, and I don't want to punch you anyway! You are safe! I'll even bake some brownies for us to nibble on!
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Bond stuff is an enormous blindspot for me, I watched Casino Royale a few years ago and it's the only one I've ever seen
maybe...maybe I order that big boxset and try and see em all
maybe that's a thing I do
I would be very excited to read your reactions to some of those moves
You Only Live Twice in particular
Man that fucking movie has some bad shit in it
You Only Live Twice is trash. And I say that as someone who has an admitted love for all the Bond movies, even the shittier ones like Octopussy and the (uncomfortable shudder) non-Eon production Casino Royale from 1967.
Oh it's not good at all, but it's also complete insanity at points.
Also if one wants to compress the Roger Moore ones down, just watch For Your Eyes Only.
Folks are already running wild with WB IS MAKING IT GRIM AND GRITTY AGAIN THEY'RE MARKETING IT AS EDGY
There has been no marketing
There was a single quote from Peter Skarsgard about his opinion on it and that camera test and that's it
Reeves had cited BTAS and Detective stories as inspiration and set photos showed old timey cars and GCPD blimps
Augh!! Just wait till we actually get something more than a costume in a red light filter!
I already know it's gonna suck.
The only person I've heard talk about the new Batman is Robert Eggers. He told an anecdote about Pattinson getting so worked up before scenes on The Lighthouse that he vomited ("I didn't tell him to do that"), and ended it by saying that he hopes he will bring that to Batman.
So I know I'll be disappointed when Batman doesn't actually randomly vomit in corners.
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You don't lose a whole lot of mobility from that, and having basic chest armor doesn't seem too unreasonable
Plus it makes the difference more significant when Dick takes over and ditches it entirely
I just listened that that!
Could you imagine the pressure of being 18 and asked to compose a fucking James Bond title track?
Then not only do you do it... You fucking absolutely crush it.
When I was 18 I was lucky if I made it out of bed most days.
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As someone who was in the same boat and is now watching through all of them and is halfway through the Roger Moore era - don't do this to yourself. Every single one I watch, even the ones I wind up liking, I think "surely this is the last one," and "how did this franchise become so popular!?!"
he were a randy sod that one
I could be wrong
You Only Live Twice is trash. And I say that as someone who has an admitted love for all the Bond movies, even the shittier ones like Octopussy and the (uncomfortable shudder) non-Eon production Casino Royale from 1967.
Okay so I just watched that 1:30 preview and I already want to punch Dave Chaskin in the taint. I won't be watching the whole thing, I'm already much too angry all the time. Just that one snippet at the end was enough to make my blood boil.
I have a soft spot for Live and Let Die because it's the first Bond film I ever saw, but it's not a very good movie for a lot of reasons
once the Moore movies hit a stride though I think they're pretty good, provided you don't take them too seriously
The Spy Who Loved Me through the end of his run are all good, campy fun
though if you want camp it's hard to beat Diamonds Are Forever, that movie is nuts
Moonraker gets pretty fucking out there in the 3rd act.
Folks are already running wild with WB IS MAKING IT GRIM AND GRITTY AGAIN THEY'RE MARKETING IT AS EDGY
There has been no marketing
There was a single quote from Peter Skarsgard about his opinion on it and that camera test and that's it
Reeves had cited BTAS and Detective stories as inspiration and set photos showed old timey cars and GCPD blimps
Augh!! Just wait till we actually get something more than a costume in a red light filter!
Oh hells yes that's what made it go from my must watch list to avoid for my blood pressure list
Every time they got a new Bond actor, there was a quick slight uptick in quality, then they rapidly went straight back downhill again. George Lazenby was right to do one and then get the fuck out. And hey, On Her Majesty's Secret Service is still one of the most beloved Bond films even now. Timothy Dalton is another great example of not hanging around long enough for the films to go to shit, just two and done. Pierce Brosnan forgot and from a top three film like Goldeneye ended up stuck in dreck like bottom three film Die Another Day.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
yeah. moonraker isn't my favorite Moore film but honestly it's not far off, and it's mostly because of the buck wild 3rd act
I fucking LOVE that Jaws is turned to the good side by love, fights alongside Bond, and ends up with his own girl in the end.
AND NOW ONE IS SPOILED BAD BENDER BAD
Come over, I have the whole collection on BluRay.
watch it anyway, it has lasers and an astronaut fight
Willingly enter "Fast Hands" Hallett's house?! Not on your life, bucko
Hell even if Reeves when grim as hell, his apes movies earn enough credit from me to trust whatever direction he goes
THERE ARE SO MANY ROGER MOORE ONES OH MY GOD.
I just finished Spy Who Loves Me last night and was thinking, "yeah, 2 more with this dude and I'm good," but boy they just kept making more Moore.
Lazenby's was fine but it's a punishing 2:20 and the love story is so under baked but when he goes action boy at the end he goes hard. At one point he slides on his tummy on the ice firing a submachine gun into baddies like a fucking murder penguin.
Besides the mysogeny and racism of the era, one of the things that's killing me the most is how god-damned long they feel, mostly because action scenes just drag and drag and drag. And also how they can never fully lock into who Bond is - is he a slickdick spy that is good as his job, charming with women and wants to get the job done or is he an asshole who sexually assults women enjoys the murder and just feels like he's doing this job to fuck his way across the globe without consequences...and that'll be the same actor in just different movies apart! Like Moore in Golden Gun is fucking shithead that he wasn't in Spy or Live and Let Die.
One of the best things? All those awesome sets they build.
The production designer Ken Adams was a fucking BAWSS of all bosses. Volcano lairs, undersea mansions, crazy space stations, underground labyrinths with built-in monorails, that shit is absolutely fantastic even now, it must have been otherworldly back then!
I haven't been called that since the 90's, I'm old and fat now, and I don't want to punch you anyway! You are safe! I'll even bake some brownies for us to nibble on!
Oh it's not good at all, but it's also complete insanity at points.
Also if one wants to compress the Roger Moore ones down, just watch For Your Eyes Only.
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Just the occasional snippet on some spike tv marathon or some bullshit
I already know it's gonna suck.
The only person I've heard talk about the new Batman is Robert Eggers. He told an anecdote about Pattinson getting so worked up before scenes on The Lighthouse that he vomited ("I didn't tell him to do that"), and ended it by saying that he hopes he will bring that to Batman.
So I know I'll be disappointed when Batman doesn't actually randomly vomit in corners.
That's going to be a real somber title sequence, I need more.... something
I don't hate it but I know she can do more anthem-ey stuff
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