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Interesting fact on Bond creator.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:41 pm
by CoreyFox
According to The James Bond Encyclopedia, Ian Fleming, Bond's creator, was born on this day in 1908. And that means that if he were still alive today, he'd be 100! (Fleming died of a heart attack in 1964, weeks before "Goldfinger was released)
I thought you should know this, since the next Bond film will be released this fall.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 9:49 pm
by TyVulpine
I've seen a few of the Bond films ("A View To A Kill" and "Moonraker" are my favorites) and I love the GoldenEye 007 video game (my alltime favorite video game).
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 12:59 am
by gforce422
GoldenEye 007 video game
I still have my N64 just for that game.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 6:40 am
by osprey
New book was released recently, Devil My Care, written by Sebastian Faulks at the request of Fleming's estate I hear.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 12:10 pm
by Sage
GoldenEye 007 video game
I still have my N64 just for that game.
I remember renting that game occasionally.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 12:37 pm
by GeorgiaCoyote
GoldenEye 007 video game
I still have my N64 just for that game.
A friend of mine brought his N64 and GoldenEye video game to our house a few years back. Man that was a great game.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 2:55 pm
by Tom Flapwell
Having seen more than half the Bond films, I was interested in this yesterday. But to my surprise, there were no Bond movies showing on any channel I get, and IMDb had nothing to say about him on the main page -- even on the birthday list. What an oversight.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 3:11 pm
by Doc Sigma
I've seen every Bond movie and read all of Fleming's work, so when I learned that they were making a movie out of Quantum of Solace, I was a bit surprised to say the least... it's a short story, and Bond isn't even a major character in it! Turns out they're using the name of the story, and nothing else... the plot shall be spun out of whole cloth. Not sure how I feel about that... they've done it before, usually with disastrous results (Moonraker, anyone?).
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 7:21 pm
by Tom Flapwell
Well, that's unpromising. But at least this time, they're using a title with two big words in it, instead of changing License Revoked to License to Kill for the benefit of Americans with poor vocabularies.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 9:28 pm
by CoreyFox
In my opinion, LTK was the worst. 4 people said the S word, including my favorite (Truman-Lodge, less than a minute before Sanchez guns him down). Though it's not the first time a Bond character has said it (Ms. Bell from Live and Let Die was the first to use it), every Bond film that followed Licence didn't use it.
Call me prudish if you like. I'm just telling you what i think.
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 9:52 pm
by Muninn
("A View To A Kill" and "Moonraker" are my favorites)
Wait, what?
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 2:54 am
by Doc Sigma
("A View To A Kill" and "Moonraker" are my favorites)
Wait, what?
How the hell did I miss that... yes, "Wait, what?" indeed!!! Like, seriously, what the hell?
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 6:56 pm
by Zaaphod
("A View To A Kill" and "Moonraker" are my favorites)
Wait, what?
How the hell did I miss that... yes, "Wait, what?" indeed!!! Like, seriously, what the hell?
Different strokes for different folks and all that. "Octopussy" isn't all that highly thought of either but I've always liked it.
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 9:03 pm
by Comrade K
Thunderball, GoldFinger hmmm... You Only Live Twice, and Live and Let Die are my favourites.
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 10:35 pm
by TyVulpine
("A View To A Kill" and "Moonraker" are my favorites)
Wait, what?
How the hell did I miss that... yes, "Wait, what?" indeed!!! Like, seriously, what the hell?
Different strokes for different folks and all that. "Octopussy" isn't all that highly thought of either but I've always liked it.
What can I say? I prefer Moore over Connery (though Connery is good, but Brosnan was the best Bond, IMO)