what was the real Dalton made only two films?

Napoleon Plural

Blackleiter wrote:

Napoleon Plural wrote:

Blackleiter being a bit older, well, to be in your mid to late 30s and have to watch Moore joking it up and p*ssing all over what you enjoyed with Connery would be annoying I imagine, so his contemporaries would share that.

Impeccable insight, Nap! I'm sure the age factor (as well as my choice of friends) had a significant impact on my experience with respect to the Dalton Bond films.

The only black dude Blackleiter found to go with him to watch a square white Brit in a tux run around with a gun in 1989...

Blackleiter

Napoleon Plural wrote:

Blackleiter wrote:

Napoleon Plural wrote:

Blackleiter being a bit older, well, to be in your mid to late 30s and have to watch Moore joking it up and p*ssing all over what you enjoyed with Connery would be annoying I imagine, so his contemporaries would share that.

Impeccable insight, Nap! I'm sure the age factor (as well as my choice of friends) had a significant impact on my experience with respect to the Dalton Bond films.

The only black dude Blackleiter found to go with him to watch a square white Brit in a tux run around with a gun in 1989...

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RJJB

When License to Kill premiered, there was very little advertising to promote the movie. I remember seeing just a few TV spots for it. By that time the producers were complacent, thinking that just because it was Bond, the movie had a guaranteed audience and word of mouth would be the best means of promotion. Unfortunately the summer competition was great and LTK did not fare well. I think if the legal problems were resolved and Dalton were able to continue, he would have had a longer run. A change of director from John Glen would have benefited him too. I think Dalton's two movies are much better than the seven that preceded them and the four that immediately followed.

Charmed & Dangerous

I've heard that the lack of decent advertising was due to late changes in the name.

It may be urban legend, but the original title was due to be Licence Revoked, but in test screenings a significant proportion of US residents didn't know what Revoked meant. The late change affected the posters and artwork, which ended up being a bit less than spectacular...

Sir Miles

Charmed & Dangerous wrote:

I've heard that the lack of decent advertising was due to late changes in the name.

It may be urban legend, but the original title was due to be Licence Revoked, but in test screenings a significant proportion of US residents didn't know what Revoked meant. The late change affected the posters and artwork, which ended up being a bit less than spectacular...

From what I know its true...apparently they thought 'Licence Revoked' meant having your driving licence taken away....

chrisisall

Sir Miles wrote:

apparently they thought 'Licence Revoked' meant having your driving licence taken away....

I blame my fellow Americans for that. )

Higgins

Sir Miles wrote:

From what I know its true...apparently they thought 'Licence Revoked' meant having your driving licence taken away....

...and you've certainly often been in that situation, Sir Miles

Sir Miles

Bondtoys wrote:

Sir Miles wrote:

From what I know its true...apparently they thought 'Licence Revoked' meant having your driving licence taken away....

...and you've certainly often been in that situation, Sir Miles

No....I usually show the policeman a little 'kindness'....and he rips the ticket up ;%

Higgins

that's the difference between you and me

same happens to me, but only with policewomen and to show her "a little kindness" I don't need cash

Barbel

They take watches instead????

Higgins

yeah, kind of "watching"

UltimateTruth

Here in America at least, there was alot of press coverage during that time regarding Brosnon not being able to play Bond because of his Remington Steele contract holding him back. People were expecting him to be Bond after Moore, and when it didn"t happen, perhaps some people thought that Dalton had "stolen" Brosnan's gig. So Dalton had that strike against him already.....If I remember correctly, when Goldeneye was released at Christmas time, there wasn't a ot of action movie competition, plus people were starved for a Bond movie after a 5 year absence.....As a result, the GE box office was a huge success right out of the box. The anti Dalton fans ignored these enviornmental variables and used the comparison of LTK's box office vs GE"s box office as unfair comparison data for Dalton vs. Brosnan......

chrisisall

Not bad UT, you made an interesting point! -{