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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    John Barry's score for AVTAK screams 1985! It's the wailing electric guitars. Goes through my ears
    Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"

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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    It's one of his best !
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    John Barry's score for AVTAK screams 1985! It's the wailing electric guitars. Goes through my ears

    The score is one of the few things I really enjoyed about AVTAK.
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I'm in the Minority here, but I really like AVTAK. It has some great Set Pieces and it's a decent Film for Moore to end his Tenure with.
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    AVTAK has its problems but I think it was actually a great swansong for Moore.
    Back on Topic: I was watching the Goldfinger yesterday and the car crushing scene kind of took me out of the film slightly. It would've been incredibly effective if they sat a dummy in the back seat of the car but as it stands you can clearly see that the car is 100% empty. Still an classic scene though.
    Also Goldfingers dubbing is laughable in some parts but I rather enjoy that for some reason. :))
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I too enjoy AVTAK but it's probably only out of my liking of Sir Roger.
    Although as with all Bonds it has a few great scenes. I love Zorin
    Shooting the official in his office and Bond's reaction. -{
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Zorin is a great Villain as always -{
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    A New one from Octopussy. The tracker in Bonds watch is clearly beeping like mad when he wakes up in the monsoon palace so surely the bad guys would've heard it beeping throughout the time they took him to the palace and taken it off him. Unless the egg was out of range 8-)
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    Tilly's 'acting' when Bond finds her trying to shoot Goldfinger in Switzerland.
    1. Ohmss 2. Frwl 3. Op 4. Tswlm 5. Tld 6. Ge 7. Yolt 8. Lald 9. Cr 10. Ltk 11. Dn 12. Gf 13. Qos 14. Mr 15. Tmwtgg 16. Fyeo 17. Twine 18. Sf 19. Tb 20 Tnd 21. Spectre 22 Daf 23. Avtak 24. Dad
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Why aren't subtitles used every time Bond speaks in a foreign language? Really confusing.
    Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"

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  • ZorinIndustriesZorinIndustries United StatesPosts: 837MI6 Agent
    Do you think we should check that bond is dead first before continuing on with the Plan?
    :))
    "Better luck next time... slugheads!"

    1. GoldenEye 2. Goldfinger 3. Skyfall 4. OHMSS 5. TWINE
  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    Why aren't subtitles used every time Bond speaks in a foreign language? Really confusing.

    Well, luckily every time foreign people are talking among themselves, like a room full of Russian generals, they speak English with an accent :007)
    1. Ohmss 2. Frwl 3. Op 4. Tswlm 5. Tld 6. Ge 7. Yolt 8. Lald 9. Cr 10. Ltk 11. Dn 12. Gf 13. Qos 14. Mr 15. Tmwtgg 16. Fyeo 17. Twine 18. Sf 19. Tb 20 Tnd 21. Spectre 22 Daf 23. Avtak 24. Dad
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :))
    Yes, that's very helpful. :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    PPK 7.65mm wrote:
    LTK: Felix talking to Bond on the telephone near the end and being cheery despite that the fact he lost his wife and nearly died himself. Also the fact that Felix was now employed by the DEA instead of the Central Intelligence Agency could have better explained in the dialogue since I understand that many fans were a little confused as to who Felix was employed by when they saw the film.

    Of the three you listed, this is probably the only one that's not the fault of the script or the actor. Infamously, nobody told David Hedison that his wife would not only die, but--err--"be given a great honeymoooooon" by Dario. Hedison apparently filmed the scene as if he'd been mauled by a shark, but didn't know anything about Felix losing his wife and acted the scene as if he still had his wife!
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I still think that killing off Leiter would have been more affective, but that's only my opinion -{
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I had a similar thought only I thought if it had have been Q who'd
    been killed, perhaps dying in Bond's arms. It would have really
    Cranked up the revenge element.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Dalkowski110Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent
    It would have really
    Cranked up the revenge element.

    And also had anyone who was either a casual fan or hadn't read the books up in arms...
    By the way, are you gonna eat that?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Sometimes it's good to kick the hornets nest. ;) :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Why did Hugo Drax want Bond dead after the first meeting? Bond wasn't even investigating Drax himself, but the whereabouts of the missing Moonraker shuttle. By arranging for Bond to be killed, Drax had put himself under suspicion at that point.
    Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    He'd seen the other films and knew Bond would be trouble and
    Start shagg*ng his female staff ! :))
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,923Chief of Staff
    Why did Hugo Drax want Bond dead after the first meeting? Bond wasn't even investigating Drax himself, but the whereabouts of the missing Moonraker shuttle. By arranging for Bond to be killed, Drax had put himself under suspicion at that point.

    Probably because he knew Bond would find him out sooner or later...better to have the next best try and work it out than THE best -{
    YNWA 97
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    It could also be that Drax was based on Hitler, so probably thought of himself as Invincible, and
    after all Bond was just a lowly intelligence agent, so an accident could be arranged. Without
    causing any problems. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • QuistQuist Posts: 61MI6 Agent
    Pretty much the whole of Die Another Day! I suppose that would be a big one though.
  • CmdrAtticusCmdrAtticus United StatesPosts: 1,102MI6 Agent
    When the villains find out who Bond is and instead of killing him outright insist on either imprisoning him so he can escape or reveal their operation so he can make plans to destroy it or have time to call in some kind of backup to help him defeat the villains.

    Credit Fleming and the screenwriters for at least allowing Bond to fight his way out of being killed and escape (Grant fight in the train, GF on the jet, torture by Le Chiffre, end of SF, etc), rescued by a third party (Le Chiffre torture scene, Tracy at the ice rink) or talk his way out of it (GF).

    I guess the whole point of the villains even engaging with Bond instead of just having him shot outright is to show their vanity (and their out and out insanity).
  • King KamalKing Kamal Posts: 85MI6 Agent
    The shopping channel music that cuts in when Bond regains control of the helicopter in the FYEO PTS. Totally massacres a great stunt sequence. Blofeld should have fed Bill Conti to his piranhas for that.

    QOS in Haiti and Bolivia where they can’t decide what language to speak in. One guy speaks in French then someone else replies in English.

    Roger Moore going all cockney at the end of TMWTGG.

    James Villiers’s voice.

    How short the fight with Gobinda is in OP. Could have been like the fight with Red Grant but on top of a plane mid-flight.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    ^ An interesting list there, King Kamal. I'll have too look out for those in the next viewing! -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I'll definitely pay closer attention to the end of TMWTGG, I never noticed
    Roger's voice changing. :)) , I be keeping an ear out in future. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • King KamalKing Kamal Posts: 85MI6 Agent
    I'll definitely pay closer attention to the end of TMWTGG, I never noticed
    Roger's voice changing. :)) , I be keeping an ear out in future. -{

    When he takes Nick Nack up on deck in the suitcase? I thought his voice went all a bit Ray Winstone for a split second.
    Its not me going mad again is it?
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    I understand what you mean. "Shaddap!" :)) Has he always spoken the way he has, in a 1940s posh voice? Or did he pick up that way of speaking at RADA?
    Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"

    " I don't listen to hip hop!"
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Gave it a quick listen. :D yes it is a " Shaddap ! ", 40s American Gangster film style. :))
    The main thing I can't understand about the end of TMWTGG, is why Scaramanga kept
    So many empty wine bottles on his shelves ? :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
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