HUMOR: Other "Favorites" Lists

Mister BiswasMister Biswas TokyoPosts: 78MI6 Agent
edited December 2008 in General James Bond Chat
Hello.
Upon joining this group, I have come across a lot of Rank your Favorite/Best of lists, i.e., Best Bong Songs, Best Bond Actors, Best Bond Villains, Top Fights, etc.

Here, I wanted to see if there were other ideas for such "favorites" lists. For example,


Best Inanimate Objects Crushed By a Character’s Bare Hands in a Bond Film

(1) Octopussy: Gobinda crushes the loaded dice.
(2) TLD: Bond crushes the balloon that has written on it “Smert Spionem”
(3) Goldfinger: Oddjob crushes the golf ball.



Best Use of Non-Convincing Back Projection in a Bond Film

(1) YOLT: Helga Brandt parachutes, watching Bond's plane descend
(2) FYEO: Roger Moore says hi to the bobsled team
(3) TSWLM: Roger Moore skis



Best Use of Shane Rimmer in a Bond Film

(1) TSWLM
(2) YOLT
(3) DAF



Best Elephants in a Bond Film
(1) TMWTGG
(2) Octopussy
(3) DAF


Best Unexpected Ways that Champagne Appears in a Bond Film:
(1) TSWLM: Bond finds champagne in Stromberg's Escape Pod
(2) Goldeneye: Bond reveals the champagne hidden in the Aston Martin just before doing the boogiewoogie with M's agent.
(3) Moonraker: Jaws finds champagne among the wreckage of the space station and decides to drink with Pollyanna rather than think of a way to escape.



Best WTF?! Ways That Villains, Other than Jaws and Wint and Kidd, Confuse The Audience In Their Attempts At Killing Bond

(1) AVTAK: Dr. Mortner uses DYNAMITE to try to kill Bond on top of the Golden Gate Bridge. WTF!!
(2) FYEO: After Locque's men, we assume, kill Ferrara by garrotting him (very straightforward and non-WTF), they try to kill Bond by, WTF, ice hockey-playing him to death. WTF!!!!!
(3) Moonraker: Chang's idea of stealthly attempting to assassinate Bond is to, WTF!, wear full KENDO gear in the middle of the night in Venice and scream and break Venitian glass. W. T. F.!!!!
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  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    edited December 2008
    I would add: Best Use Of An Obvious Dummy

    Nominees 1) and 2) come from AVTAK:

    1) First, the business man dropped out of the blimp just before Zorin asks "Does anyone else want to drop out?" The dummy's pathetic legs move in ways that legs are not designed to move as the dummy falls to its obvious dummy death.

    2) Zorin himself, as he does his classic laugh, slips off the broad cable, and...is replaced by yet another obvious dummy with no control over the randomly unjointed movement of his dummy legs...and then he strikes San Francisco Bay.

    Obvious Dummy Nominee 3) comes from GE...during the tank chase through St. Petersburg. As a pursuing Russian police car is turned on its side by the imact, we're treated to a tiny unnatural movment of the head and the rolled policie vehicle causes his head to loll in a cruelly (laughably mannequin-like) way...
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  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,906Chief of Staff
    I think AVTAK deserves another nomination for Use of an Obvious Dummy: the one that goes crashing into a wedding cake at the end of the big chase in Paris. They could find a stuntman to dive off the Eiffel Tower, but not one who'd jump into a cake?
    Vox clamantis in deserto
  • Mister BiswasMister Biswas TokyoPosts: 78MI6 Agent
    Best Use of a Woman's Bottoom As A Plot Point In A Bond Film

    And the nominees are...

    - TMWTGG: Mary Goodnight unwittingly uses her bottom to activate the laser
    - DAF: The tape is discovered to be hidden in Tiffany Case's bikini
    - Goldeneye: While I suppose technically it is Onatopp's killer thighs, her bottom muscles undoubtedly contribute to her skills.



    Best Enunciation of a Word or Name by a Character in a Bond Film

    and the nominees are...
    - NSNA: Largo "domination"
    - CR: Vesper "arse"
    - Octopussy: Khan "Octopussy"
    - Moonraker: Drax "desolated"
    - Moonraker: Chang "telephone"
    - LALD: Baron Samedi "beautiful"
    - TMWTGG: Nick Nack "Scaramanga"
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,861Chief of Staff
    Best Enunciation of a Word or Name by a Character in a Bond Film

    and the nominees are...
    - NSNA: Largo "domination"
    - CR: Vesper "arse"
    - Octopussy: Khan "Octopussy"
    - Moonraker: Drax "desolated"
    - Moonraker: Chang "telephone"
    - LALD: Baron Samedi "beautiful"
    - TMWTGG: Nick Nack "Scaramanga"

    All good choices, but I'd vote for:

    - GF: Bond: "Pussy"
  • AlexAlex The Eastern SeaboardPosts: 2,694MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    All good choices, but I'd vote for:

    - GF: Bond: "Pussy"
    "Pew-sie" gets my vote as well! ;)
  • youknowmynameyouknowmyname Gainesville, FL, USAPosts: 703MI6 Agent
    lol. :)) I am laughing so hard I can't get out a 'favourites' list to compare right now...I will have to come back to this later.

    I definitely enjoyed the 'WTF' ways of killing Bond especially the FYEO hockey rink scene. THis makes me think of Austin Powers being put in a room with sharks that have lasers attached to their heads by Dr. Evil...hahahaha. :D
    "We have all the time in the world..."
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    edited December 2008
    Best Use Of An Obvious Dummy Nominee 5) is a group entry: The helicopter full of dummies in TND that explodes when it hits the side of the building, at the end of the motorcycle chase.
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    "I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
    "Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
  • Mister BiswasMister Biswas TokyoPosts: 78MI6 Agent
    I concur. Connery's "Puh-Shay" it is. :)
  • Mister BiswasMister Biswas TokyoPosts: 78MI6 Agent
    What about the dummy used in OHMSS that falls from the mountain into Murren. "Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" => SPLAT.
  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    Hilarious thread, Biswas! {[]

    Best Blood-Curdling Scream By A Person Falling From Great Height
    T1) The guy whose parachute Bond steals in the MR PTS
    T1) The guy Zorin dumps out of the blimp
    T1) Gobinda falling off the plane
    T1) Necros getting the boot

    :D
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • Mister BiswasMister Biswas TokyoPosts: 78MI6 Agent
    edited December 2008
    Hilarious thread, Biswas! {[]

    Best Blood-Curdling Scream By A Person Falling From Great Height
    T1) The guy whose parachute Bond steals in the MR PTS
    T1) The guy Zorin dumps out of the blimp
    T1) Gobinda falling off the plane
    T1) Necros getting the boot

    :D


    Cheers, Sir Hillary {[]
    I was about to post something similar! I don't know the name of the scream (not to be confused with the Wilhelm). But, yes, THAT BLOOD=CURDLING SCREAM which every villain that falls from a great height seems to possess.
    I think for me the winner of that category has to be the "Half Our Net Income??!!" Guy that Mayday drops into the bay. ("Waaaoooohhh... Aaarhhhh") Well done Sir Hillary. :))
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    What about the dummy used in OHMSS that falls from the mountain into Murren. "Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" => SPLAT.

    That one actually looks pretty realistic (to me) by comparison. Nominee 6! {[]
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    "I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
    "Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
  • DrMaybeDrMaybe Posts: 204MI6 Agent
    Best "Helmet Hair" - R. Moore

    Best "Disco jammies" - R. Moore

    Best use of Q's toys for sexual innuendo - R. Moore
  • Mister BiswasMister Biswas TokyoPosts: 78MI6 Agent
    edited December 2008
    Best Jacket Worn by Roger Moore
    - AVTAK. Zorin Industries Jacket. I always wanted one as a kid for some reason.
    - FYEO. That Blue Puffy Ski Jacket
    - Moonraker. The Orange (?) Drax Spacestation Suit.


    Best Thread Title on AJB007 Having To Do With Stacey Sutton:
    - Stacey Sutton Is Not That Bad!!
    - Stacey Sutton Is Stupid
    - Carrie Fisher As Stacey Sutton??


    Best "I Have You At Gunpoint, Mr. Bond, and I Will Shoot You. But first, I Will Talk In Such A Manner So As To Give You A Chance To Escape" Moments

    - FRWL: Red Grant Has Bond At Gunpoint, and he is about to go all BADA$# by making Bond KISS HIS FOOT!!!!! But, then, he gets all greedy for gold sovereigns, and then, what we are left with is a totally IN YOUR FACE, GREAT! GREAT!!!!!! fight scene.

    - YOLT: As Blofeld is about to shoot Bond, he instead turns and shoots Osato dead. WTF. :o Then, Blofeld, who has a perfect chance to kill his hated enemy, decides to go OUTSIDE, into the thick of all the action (SPECTRE vs. NINJAS!!!!), where Blofeld VERY SLOWLY and in a HIGH VOICE screams "G.O.O.D.B.Y.E. M.R. B.O.N.D." in such a manner that allows Tiger to stick a shuriken into him. WTF!!!!! :))

    - Moonraker: "Desolated Mr. Bond."

    - Goldeneye: You know, Alec could have just as easily have shot Bond, and THEN as Bond lay dying have told him "You know, James, I was always better". Instead, Alec, who HATES Bond, has him at gunpoint, only to allow Bond enough time to escape via the ladder shute. Oh well, at least we learned that if the fall won't kill you, then a GIANT EXPLODING GOLDENEYE SPIKE RIGHT THROUGH YOUR MOUTH will. Poor Alec. ;)
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    edited December 2008
    Great thread, Mr. Biswas!

    I'd like to add a category:

    Ridiculously placement of screeching tires:

    I have only one movie so far.

    1. OHMSS PTS: Aston Martin and Cougar driving in the sand
    2. OHMSS Ice rink race

    Any others?
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Mister BiswasMister Biswas TokyoPosts: 78MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    Great thread, Mr. Biswas!

    I'd like to add a category:

    Ridiculously placement of screeching tires:

    I have only one movie so far.

    1. OHMSS PTS: Aston Martin and Cougar driving in the sand
    2. OHMSS Ice rink race

    Any others?


    Thank you for your comment and your contribution Bondtoys {[]
    Though I must admit this one is difficult for me. I never noticed the screeching tire noises of OHMSS until you pointed them out! Are there screeching tire noises in Octopussy, during the golf cart chase?
  • DrMaybeDrMaybe Posts: 204MI6 Agent
    Best nudity where you really didn't see anything - Goldfinger

    Worst nudity where you did see something - The Spy Who Loved Me

    Best "I think I see something, but I'm not really sure." nudity - tie between Chew Mee in Man with the Golden Gun and Domino in Thunderball
  • darenhatdarenhat The Old PuebloPosts: 2,029Quartermasters
    Best Bond in the Toilet Scene...

    1) Timothy Dalton investigating the contents of the cello case in TLD.
    2) Pierce Brosnan making his debut as Bond upside down in a Russian stall in GE
    3) Sean Connery dropping onto Willard Whyte's plush toilet, complete with arm rests and swivel action, in DAF
    4) Daniel Craig working for his 00 status by dunking a baddy's head in the john.
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    edited December 2008
    Best Use Of An Obvious Dummy, Nominee 7): The Faux Blofeld in his wheelchair, sitting nicely astride the helicoper landing strut just so, as Bond reaches out and pats him on his bald dummy head, in FYEO :)
    Check out my Amazon author page! Mark Loeffelholz
    "I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
    "Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
  • eliannaelianna Posts: 4MI6 Agent
    Dogs and Light Bulbs
    How many dogs does it take to change a light bulb?
    Border Collie: Just one. Then I'll replace any wiring that's not up to code.
    Rottweiler: Make me!
    Lab: Oh, me, me! Pleeease let me change the light bulb! Can I? Huh? Huh?
    Dachshund: You know I can't reach that stupid lamp!
    Malamute: Let the Border Collie do it. You can feed me while he's busy.
    Jack Russell Terrier: I'll just pop it in while I'm bouncing off the walls.
    Greyhound: It isn't moving. Who cares?
    Cocker Spaniel: Why change it? I can still pee on the carpet in the dark.
    Mastiff: Screw it yourself! I'm not afraid of the dark...
    Doberman: While it's out, I'll just take a nap on the couch.
    Boxer: Who needs light? I can still play with my squeaky toys in the dark.
    Pointer: I see it, there it is, there it is, right there!
    Chihuahua: Yo quiero Taco Bulb?
    Australian Shepherd: First, I'll put all the light bulbs in a little circle...
    Old English Sheep dog: Light bulb? That thing I just ate was a light bulb?
    Basset Hound: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
    Westie: Dogs do not change light bulbs -- people change light bulbs. I am not one of THEM so the question is,
    how long before I can expect my light again?
    Poodle: I'll just blow in the Border Collie's ear and he'll do it. By the time he finishes rewiring the house, my nails will
    be dry.
    Golden Retriever: The sun is shining, the day is young, we've got our whole lives ahead of us, and you're inside
    worrying about a stupid burned-out bulb?
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Very good elianna, but I failed to spot a Bond connection in your list of hounds.

    BTW has Putin turned the gas back on yet?
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    edited January 2009
    yes, but the bad Ukraines stole mostly everything.

    It's cooooold over here :(
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • eliannaelianna Posts: 4MI6 Agent
    Putin: Gas industry more vulnerable to crisis
    The global financial crunch could have a more significant impact on Russia’s gas industry than the oil sector, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at the Gas Exporting Countries Forum meeting in Moscow today.
    “Given the inertness (of the gas market), we can expect the crisis to have a significant impact on this industry, perhaps hitting it stronger than the oil sector,” Putin stressed, also pointing out that it may take longer to restore the gas industry after the crisis subsides.

    The instability of the legislative framework for energy supplies has become a serious problem, Putin explained, pledging “new rules of the game” to be introduced soon. He stressed the importance of long-term and transparent relations in the energy industry, particularly in the natural gas sector. Only such relations will enable gas suppliers and consumers to make long-term investment plans, Putin said. “Egoism in the energy sector is unacceptable; responsibility must be mutual," he emphasized.

    The Gas Exporting Countries Forum should play the key role in coordinating relations between gas suppliers, Putin is convinced. He stressed the fact that the Forum was operating within international norms. “It must turn into a permanent organization, complete with its own charter and headquarters,” he said, inviting gas exporters to establish their headquarters in St. Petersburg.

    The prime minister said Russia would even be prepared to give the organization a diplomatic status, also covering all costs connected with the establishment and maintenance of the headquarters. At the same time, Putin pointed out that Russia would accept any decision by the Forum regarding the location of its headquarters. “We will be very flexible, joining the majority, but if you consider this possible, we would be happy to welcome this organization in Russia,” he stated.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    edited January 2009
    elianna wrote:
    Putin: Gas industry more vulnerable to crisis
    The global financial crunch could have a more significant impact on Russia’s gas industry than the oil sector, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at the Gas Exporting Countries Forum meeting in Moscow today.
    “Given the inertness (of the gas market), we can expect the crisis to have a significant impact on this industry, perhaps hitting it stronger than the oil sector,” Putin stressed, also pointing out that it may take longer to restore the gas industry after the crisis subsides.

    The instability of the legislative framework for energy supplies has become a serious problem, Putin explained, pledging “new rules of the game” to be introduced soon. He stressed the importance of long-term and transparent relations in the energy industry, particularly in the natural gas sector. Only such relations will enable gas suppliers and consumers to make long-term investment plans, Putin said. “Egoism in the energy sector is unacceptable; responsibility must be mutual," he emphasized.

    The Gas Exporting Countries Forum should play the key role in coordinating relations between gas suppliers, Putin is convinced. He stressed the fact that the Forum was operating within international norms. “It must turn into a permanent organization, complete with its own charter and headquarters,” he said, inviting gas exporters to establish their headquarters in St. Petersburg.

    The prime minister said Russia would even be prepared to give the organization a diplomatic status, also covering all costs connected with the establishment and maintenance of the headquarters. At the same time, Putin pointed out that Russia would accept any decision by the Forum regarding the location of its headquarters. “We will be very flexible, joining the majority, but if you consider this possible, we would be happy to welcome this organization in Russia,” he stated.

    As you obviously don't understand humor Elianna:

    WFT has this to do with James Bond, General James Bond chat and HUMOR: Other Favourites lists??????????
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,535MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    elianna wrote:
    Putin: Gas industry more vulnerable to crisis
    The global financial crunch could have a more significant impact on Russia’s gas industry than the oil sector, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at the Gas Exporting Countries Forum meeting in Moscow today.
    “Given the inertness (of the gas market), we can expect the crisis to have a significant impact on this industry, perhaps hitting it stronger than the oil sector,” Putin stressed, also pointing out that it may take longer to restore the gas industry after the crisis subsides.

    The instability of the legislative framework for energy supplies has become a serious problem, Putin explained, pledging “new rules of the game” to be introduced soon. He stressed the importance of long-term and transparent relations in the energy industry, particularly in the natural gas sector. Only such relations will enable gas suppliers and consumers to make long-term investment plans, Putin said. “Egoism in the energy sector is unacceptable; responsibility must be mutual," he emphasized.

    The Gas Exporting Countries Forum should play the key role in coordinating relations between gas suppliers, Putin is convinced. He stressed the fact that the Forum was operating within international norms. “It must turn into a permanent organization, complete with its own charter and headquarters,” he said, inviting gas exporters to establish their headquarters in St. Petersburg.

    The prime minister said Russia would even be prepared to give the organization a diplomatic status, also covering all costs connected with the establishment and maintenance of the headquarters. At the same time, Putin pointed out that Russia would accept any decision by the Forum regarding the location of its headquarters. “We will be very flexible, joining the majority, but if you consider this possible, we would be happy to welcome this organization in Russia,” he stated.

    As you obviously don't understand humor Elianna:

    WFT has this to do with James Bond, General James Bond chat and HUMOR: Other Favourites lists??????????

    She's obviously been looking over your old posts and decided that it's OK to post pointless drivel :p
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    edited January 2009
    yes, but my drivel is approved funny! :D
    hers is only..... well drivel ;)
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Now now lads. How would elianna put it?

    "Boys with toys!"

    (Who else thinks Bond should have dropped dreary Natalya from a great height and gone out for a bevy with Sean Bean? :D )
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • wordswords Buckinghamshire, EnglandPosts: 249MI6 Agent
    Best/Worst 'Funny' animal moment (nb. I think this only applies to the Roger Moore era!)

    1. Double Taking Pigeon - Moonraker
    2. Dropping fish out of car - TSWLM
    3. 'SIT!' - Octopussy
    4. Hiss off! - Octopussy

    There are probably Moore (see what I did there..!)
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Hi words! It's been a while hasn't it? -{
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • wordswords Buckinghamshire, EnglandPosts: 249MI6 Agent
    Hi words! It's been a while hasn't it? -{

    Hello! {[]

    I've been a bit busy but I thought I'd drop in to see what's going on!
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