Hi Bondtoys - or anyone else - what make of big telly would you advise on? Around 50in or more, less than £1,000, hi-res, not 3D? I once understood that plasmas were the best but have heard that the other sort are just as good... I did look up the best on amazon, but they always have one who gives a credible, critical review, saying the people look like plastic....
Hi Bondtoys - or anyone else - what make of big telly would you advise on? Around 50in or more, less than £1,000, hi-res, not 3D? I once understood that plasmas were the best but have heard that the other sort are just as good... I did look up the best on amazon, but they always have one who gives a credible, critical review, saying the people look like plastic....
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Hope that Granny Miles will move this to the off-topic without smacking me again :
Difficult to tell:
If your budget is around GBP 1000,--, I'd go for a Sharp LC60LE740, or - if it's too expensive - for the LC60LE635
IMO, size is everything, so get the biggest screen possible for your money.
Plasmas generally consume more power but are better in darker scenes. Most of the Plasma have glossy screens, which can be a real pain when you have windows behind or at the sides. So even though Plasmas may perform better in a total dark room, I'd go with an LCD TV.
I am having an LC 70LE740 and am totally happy - though would love to have the 80'' but these are too expensive for the moment.
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Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
It seems that LCD TVs are pretty pricey in the UK.
Like I have said, I'd go for the biggest possible LCD for that price, I guess that you have to check Samsung a bit. From what I have seen from LG, I'd not buy from them.
So Sony, Sharp, Samsung in that order.
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Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
I was hoping you would see this thread. You're probably the most experienced filmmaker on ajb.. do you have any additional thoughts on the production of Moonraker? How has Moonraker influenced your own work?
Sorry only just spotted your question Firemass.
Moonraker has had a big influence on work especially on my last major project which was a Hammer horror Victorian vampire web series/ feature film called 'Blood and Bone China' set in Stoke-on-Trent in 1897.
The villain Linus Hemlock is wealthy European industrialist. I asked David Lemberg (the actor playing Hemlock) to look at Michael Lonsdale's performance in Moonraker as a reference point. They even look slightly similar which was a complete accident I hadn't considered that when casting.
Now subconsciousness I gave Hemlock an evil butler know only as 'The Servant' and he is played by an actor who is approaching 7ft. This is a direct parallel with Jaws! I wish I had thought about more and I would have made The Servant a mute with bigger vampire teeth!
Again completely subconsciously Hemlock has a lover called Lady Victoria. There is a Lady Victoria in Moonraker!
The main female character in 'Blood and Bone China' is already investigating the strange happenings in the city and she is pro active in the mould of Anya from TSWLM and Holly Goodhead from Moonraker as opposed to Bond girls who get caught up in the adventure such as Honey Rider.
I've grown up loving Bond, Indy, Star Wars which are all basically modern myths, legends and fairy-tales which is why they are so popular and transcend age, race and culture. With 'Blood and Bone China' I've had a go at my own making my own myth and loved every second of making it.
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I must watch blood and bone China when I get five mins, I loved the Hammer Horrors growing up. Add Close Enc and ET, and my list matches yours NSD!
Very pleased to see a pro Moonraker thread. All the Bonds have good and bad points (did I say that?!) and Mkr is no exception, but has amazing locales, fantastic visuals and a great baddie played by Monsieur Lonsdale. Drax is my fav Bond baddie mainly due to his performance.
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just as a thought to the ever growing digital movie world, wouldnt it be great if in the future you could put a dvd film on and in the options u could edit out the bad bits, and maybe put in some new scenes. i believe very possible.
"You're in the wrong business... leave it to the professionals!"
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Yeah, I'm surprised that doesn't happen more actually. Just take out the slide whistle in TMWTGG, or the Beach Boys in AVTAK. Paste a John Barry soundtrack onto FYEO.
Of course, there's the NSNA special edition bootleg which edits the film and puts mostly Barry music on the soundtrack.
With all the research going on in Digital characters, Putting
your own face on to game characters it shouldn't be long
before you'll be able to put your face over an actors.
I'd love to get my face near Angelina Jolie. )
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A cheap R_R player starts at EUR 100,-- - many people go with a Playstation 3, which also plays perfectly DVDs or B-Rs. PS3 slims go at around EUR 200,--
Once that you have seen a B-R, you'll hardly want to play your DVDs again :v
A little off topic: I have a PS3, yet I find the quality of the Blu rays that I play on the PS not that great. I have played them in regular Blu Ray players before, and rated it much higher. Anyone else had this problem?
Now on topic: MR is a bitof a guilty pleasure, a movie that I have started to like more and more. Maybe because I have been to Venice many times and to Rio and therefore really appreciate the locations that were used in the movie. And the soundtrack is fantastic.
The production value is great, clearly a lot of money was spend on it. It has huge flaws, that have been mentioned before (Jaws, the pigeon, the sounds in space) but I can look past it. An enjoyable movie.
Moonraker is my favorite Bond movie and as the years go by it gets more insanely epic especially due to all the cgi cartoons we see these days..but it gets more bad ass and serious regardless of the comedy gags done in post, the bigger the screen the better the movie, its the only Bond movie I can actually say that about. Its my favorite, its not the best but my favorite.
MR use to be in my bottom 5, but it has climbed significantly. It is just too much fun, such a massive spectacle, and an escapist pleasure. Even the incredibly goofy spots are enjoyable to me now. It's in the middle of my rankings these days. It's strange though, I always find myself coming back to Moonraker as it's one of the films that I enjoy flicking on in at any point in the movie, sitting back and enjoying a martini -{
Nice! One of my favorite PTS of the series. Absolutely incredible what they did with those skydiving stunts. BJ Worth, Don Calvedt, and company really did some awe-inspiring work. And to cap it off, the return of JAWS!!!!!!
I saw it in the theater in 1979. I can still remember a girl a few rows ahead of me gasping and exclaiming "Oh my God ! How pretty !" when Bond's silver boat emerges out of the trees and drifts into the jungle lagoon
So jealous that you were around in the 70's to see the classic Moore films released. Guess younger folk will say the same in time about the Craig films.
Moonraker is next up on me and my fiance's Bond marathon. Can't wait B-)
So jealous that you were around in the 70's to see the classic Moore films released. Guess younger folk will say the same in time about the Craig films.
If I could go back in time to see a Bond film in the cinema... it would be Moonraker.
My current 10 favorite:
1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
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As if anyone can forsee that I'll enter when someone is bashing QoBt
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Roger Moore 1927-2017
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Difficult to tell:
If your budget is around GBP 1000,--, I'd go for a Sharp LC60LE740, or - if it's too expensive - for the LC60LE635
IMO, size is everything, so get the biggest screen possible for your money.
Plasmas generally consume more power but are better in darker scenes. Most of the Plasma have glossy screens, which can be a real pain when you have windows behind or at the sides. So even though Plasmas may perform better in a total dark room, I'd go with an LCD TV.
I am having an LC 70LE740 and am totally happy - though would love to have the 80'' but these are too expensive for the moment.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Roger Moore 1927-2017
http://www.amazon.de/Sharp-LC60LE635E-LED-Backlight-Fernseher-Energieeffizienzklasse-Full-HD/dp/B005N24FWE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363088556&sr=8-1
It seems that LCD TVs are pretty pricey in the UK.
Like I have said, I'd go for the biggest possible LCD for that price, I guess that you have to check Samsung a bit. From what I have seen from LG, I'd not buy from them.
So Sony, Sharp, Samsung in that order.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Sorry only just spotted your question Firemass.
Moonraker has had a big influence on work especially on my last major project which was a Hammer horror Victorian vampire web series/ feature film called 'Blood and Bone China' set in Stoke-on-Trent in 1897.
See the trailer here: www.bloodandbonechina.com
The villain Linus Hemlock is wealthy European industrialist. I asked David Lemberg (the actor playing Hemlock) to look at Michael Lonsdale's performance in Moonraker as a reference point. They even look slightly similar which was a complete accident I hadn't considered that when casting.
Now subconsciousness I gave Hemlock an evil butler know only as 'The Servant' and he is played by an actor who is approaching 7ft. This is a direct parallel with Jaws! I wish I had thought about more and I would have made The Servant a mute with bigger vampire teeth!
Again completely subconsciously Hemlock has a lover called Lady Victoria. There is a Lady Victoria in Moonraker!
The main female character in 'Blood and Bone China' is already investigating the strange happenings in the city and she is pro active in the mould of Anya from TSWLM and Holly Goodhead from Moonraker as opposed to Bond girls who get caught up in the adventure such as Honey Rider.
I've grown up loving Bond, Indy, Star Wars which are all basically modern myths, legends and fairy-tales which is why they are so popular and transcend age, race and culture. With 'Blood and Bone China' I've had a go at my own making my own myth and loved every second of making it.
Cheers -{
Chris
Very pleased to see a pro Moonraker thread. All the Bonds have good and bad points (did I say that?!) and Mkr is no exception, but has amazing locales, fantastic visuals and a great baddie played by Monsieur Lonsdale. Drax is my fav Bond baddie mainly due to his performance.
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1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
Yes, ever respectful for our visually impaired members...
James Bond- Licence To Kill
Of course, there's the NSNA special edition bootleg which edits the film and puts mostly Barry music on the soundtrack.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
your own face on to game characters it shouldn't be long
before you'll be able to put your face over an actors.
I'd love to get my face near Angelina Jolie.
{:)
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Wow!. Angelina and Bruce Willis together. -{
A little off topic: I have a PS3, yet I find the quality of the Blu rays that I play on the PS not that great. I have played them in regular Blu Ray players before, and rated it much higher. Anyone else had this problem?
Now on topic: MR is a bitof a guilty pleasure, a movie that I have started to like more and more. Maybe because I have been to Venice many times and to Rio and therefore really appreciate the locations that were used in the movie. And the soundtrack is fantastic.
The production value is great, clearly a lot of money was spend on it. It has huge flaws, that have been mentioned before (Jaws, the pigeon, the sounds in space) but I can look past it. An enjoyable movie.
1. Connery 2. Craig 3. Brosnan 4. Dalton 5. Lazenby 6. Moore
It still stands up today as a fantastic stunt. -{
Moonraker is next up on me and my fiance's Bond marathon. Can't wait B-)
If I could go back in time to see a Bond film in the cinema... it would be Moonraker.
1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK