Bond News Of The Day Thread

[Kristatos]

Learn to fight like Bond.

[Omega]

Learn to fight like Bond.

Wouldn't Jason Bourne be more appropriate.

[Kristatos]

The Economist looks at Bond villains' plans.

[Mazer Rackham]

Yes, Ian Fleming made sure his villains were crackerjack real world operators with practical plans.

Cubby insisted they take real world headlines and make the stories as real as possible for the movies, he wanted to do a story on water rights in Bolivia for Thunderball but it never happened. In 1976 Moonraker was actually happening in space with Russian and America fighting it out with lasers. Gambling to stop a bad guy from recouping funds already lost to give to a terrorist group, well it only makes good sense to play along, then f**k it up.

Bloody hell!

What made Fleming's world work is it wasn't serious, there was enough of real world information to help add gravitas but the fantasy never depend on it . The real wold of espionage is boring in comparison. But by all means lets fact check the bad guys plans.

[Kristatos]

Great. Daniel Craig may be moving to Wessex.

[Kristatos]

I thought Bond was chasing the grey pound these days: http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/new ... r/?ref=rss

[Gala Brand]

[quote="Mazer Rackham"]Yes, Ian Fleming made sure his villains were crackerjack real world operators with practical plans.

Yeah, like trying to steal all the gold in Fort Knox.

[carl stromberg]

Great. Daniel Craig may be moving to Wessex.

They should make a sitcom where Craig moves next door to you.

[Omega]

Yes, Ian Fleming made sure his villains were crackerjack real world operators with practical plans.

Yeah, like trying to steal all the gold in Fort Knox.

Nuking it wasn't much better I think Moonraker was pretty out there too.

[Kristatos]

Sebastian Faulks slams Skyfall.

[bjmdds]

He knows his onions.

[Daltonite Toothpaste]

He knows his onions.

Expect when it comes to writing a Bond book.

[The Sweeney]

He knows his onions.

Expect when it comes to writing a Bond book.

Exactly! DMC was very bad, the DAD book equivelent. I don't think Faulks has any business commenting on Bond after the dross he served up.

[Daltonite Toothpaste]

He knows his onions.

Expect when it comes to writing a Bond book.

Exactly! DMC was very bad, the DAD book equivelent. I don't think Faulks has any business commenting on Bond after the dross he served up.

Maybe his mistake was trying to write as Fleming. I have never read any of Faulks' own books, but if he hade written Devil May Care in his own style, it might have been better. And I think Carte Blanche was even worse.

[kater23]

He doesn't know how to write like Fleming,but he's right about Skyfall.

[Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry]

He knows his onions.

Expect when it comes to writing a Bond book.

Exactly! DMC was very bad, the DAD book equivelent. I don't think Faulks has any business commenting on Bond after the dross he served up.

I don't think Barbara Broccoli has any business commenting on Bond after the dross she has served up!

[Goldeneye]

I know a few of you might be able to use this deal.


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[Goldeneye]

Also the Bond 50 collection is available for $129 once more at Amazon.com.

Bond 50: The Complete 22 Film Collection [Blu-ray] (2012) is also on sale at Amazon.com $129.99
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and Best buy for $149.99
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[Daltonite Toothpaste]

Buy a proper book instead.

[Omega]

The single issue blu-ray are $7.99 at best buy. Tomorrow never dies is sold out or else I'd have all the CLASSIC bond movies on blu-ray