How do you watch yours?

thirdyboythirdyboy Edinburgh, ScotlandPosts: 23MI6 Agent
in The James Bond Films
Given that Sky have had the 007 Chanel of the last month, I've watched quite a lot of Bond.

My partner, who's not a bg fan, came in from work the other evening & even before saying hiya, she states "really! again? You were watching this one the other day" she then said " you watch Bond films like its the first time you've seen it"

She's probably right, I enjoy them all, really for what they are & my imagination.

Anyone else i the same boat? Regardless of how many times you've seen them, you can still watch them as new?
Tell me, does the toppling of American missiles really compensate for having no hands?

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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Is the sky channel a permanent thing now?
    Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"

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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    thirdyboy wrote:
    Anyone else i the same boat? Regardless of how many times you've seen them, you can still watch them as new?
    Yes, each time I see one, there's a freshness, and new discovery. -{
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Ens007Ens007 EnglandPosts: 863MI6 Agent
    thirdyboy wrote:
    Given that Sky have had the 007 Chanel of the last month, I've watched quite a lot of Bond.

    My partner, who's not a bg fan, came in from work the other evening & even before saying hiya, she states "really! again? You were watching this one the other day" she then said " you watch Bond films like its the first time you've seen it"

    She's probably right, I enjoy them all, really for what they are & my imagination.

    Anyone else i the same boat? Regardless of how many times you've seen them, you can still watch them as new?

    I'm exactly the same as you. My mrs thinks I'm borderline OCD when it comes to watching Bond over & over again. Tbh I probably am, but would never let her know that! :D

    hehadlotsofguts wrote:
    Is the sky channel a permanent thing now?

    As far as I'm aware it's a sort of 'temporary season'. Pretty sure they'll take them off for a while & then introduce the odd one back again in amongst some of the movie channels. By Christmas there will be a dedicated channel again I'm sure.
  • Mr_OsatoMr_Osato Posts: 398MI6 Agent
    I can watch Bond in any way. As a movie on the background, as an evening out, as a way to get to sleep at night. Since my wife is not a fan, I usually watch it alone when she is not there, so often while traveling for business. Some men watch porn in hotel rooms, I watch Bond :)
    OHMSS, FRWL, DN, GF, CR, GE, SP, YOLT, TB, TSWLM, LALD, TLD, TND, FYEO, SF, MR, TMWTGG, TWINE, OP, AVTAK, DAF, LTK, QOS, DAD

    1. Connery 2. Craig 3. Brosnan 4. Dalton 5. Lazenby 6. Moore
  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    I watch them usually with my girlfriend before going to sleep. It usually takes 4 days to finish one :D
    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
  • StrangewaysStrangeways London, UKPosts: 1,469MI6 Agent
    Hey. Great thread. I watch them any time, any place, any where!
    The sky007 channel comes and goes and is pretty much always on in the background.
    I also have several saved on my sky plus box including the last ever showing of QoS from itv just before sky got the rights!
    All the movies are in my iTunes as well so I watch them on the iPad in bed, on planes, trains and even in the car! Oops, naughty don't tell anyone!

    As other fans have said, friends and family seem to think I am a bit odd but I would rather watch a couple of Bonds than anything that TV has to offer!

    :x
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,489MI6 Agent
    You still single then, SW? :D
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,940Chief of Staff
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    You still single then, SW? :D

    Ohhhh...sounds like an offer to me :D
    YNWA 97
  • StrangewaysStrangeways London, UKPosts: 1,469MI6 Agent
    Single? Hmmmmmmm. Not exactly, well erm it's complicated!
    I do live alone though.

    :))
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Because I have them On a tablet,I tend to dip in to whatever I feel like,Maybe not
    watch the whole film but my favourite highlights. :D Although I have made a point
    of watching them all from the Blu-ray collection to compare the quality with the DVD
    series.
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  • esseUKesseUK EnglandPosts: 53MI6 Agent
    I have to have my bond fix every week, so i can get rid of the wife. :)) -{
    "It's time to get out"
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,489MI6 Agent
    Not Bond too often for me, a few movies a year. Hated it when ITV kept showing them on a weekly basis, sometimes the same film twice a week, awful.

    Would like films to be shown on London screens rather than BFI Southbank, which never feels like a cinema. Prince Charles cinema would be ideal, but any movie theatre really.

    OHMSS at Xmas, obv.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    My ladyfriend enjoyed the Craig Bonds (in fact I got her to sit for CR and QoS on DVD back to back on a Sunday afternoon, and then out to the cinema for SF!), but she fell asleep during GE, and rolled her eyes throughout FRWL...she's 15 years younger than me---and a bit put off by, shall we say, the 'old-school' non-feminism of the pre-Craig entries---so there's a bit of a generational thing there...but I'm easing her into them very gently. She does indulge me from time to time. I'm probably going to show her a Dalton next, perhaps TLD :007)
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  • TonyDPTonyDP Inside the MonolithPosts: 4,307MI6 Agent
    edited August 2013
    I go thru phases with Bond. I may not watch the films for months (and in some cases years) at a time but they always come back around in the rotation eventually.

    When I do watch them, it's via BluRay, on my 63" plasma with 5.1 surround so that I get the most cinematic impact and the original filmmakers' vision. I make a point of avoiding them on commercial TV as I do not like all the cuts, crops, commercials and other alterations made to the films.
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    Happy to report that I showed GF to my ladyfriend last night...and she really enjoyed it. Of course I couldn't resist telling her about Pussy Galore's lesbian back-story from the novel...
    Check out my Amazon author page! Mark Loeffelholz
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    You still single then, SW? :D

    Ohhhh...sounds like an offer to me :D

    The offer was not for you, Sir Miles! :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,489MI6 Agent
    TonyDP wrote:
    I go thru phases with Bond. I may not watch the films for months (and in some cases years) at a time but they always come back around in the rotation eventually.

    When I do watch them, it's via BluRay, on my 63" plasma with 5.1 surround so that I get the most cinematic impact and the original filmmakers' vision. I make a point of avoiding them on commercial TV as I do not like all the cuts, crops, commercials and other alterations made to the films.

    What plasma is that, Tony DP? I sometimes like the ads, I personally enjoy FRWL more for them, and don't mind having some films like TB trimmed down a bit.

    Some LCD screens allow you to darken the blacks a bit these days don't they?
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Loeffelholz wrote:
    Happy to report that I showed GF to my ladyfriend last night...and she really enjoyed it. Of course I couldn't resist telling her about Pussy Galore's lesbian back-story from the novel...

    May I say that your ladyfriend has excellent taste! -{
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,489MI6 Agent
    How do you know what she tastes like?
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    How do you know what she tastes like?

    Never mind; he's right :D
    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
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,940Chief of Staff
    Bondtoys wrote:
    Sir Miles wrote:
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    You still single then, SW? :D

    Ohhhh...sounds like an offer to me :D

    The offer was not for you, Sir Miles! :D

    That's not what you said in the toilets earlier ;%
    YNWA 97
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Loeffelholz wrote:
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    How do you know what she tastes like?

    Never mind; he's right :D

    Thanks for bringing some class to this frathouse! :))
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,940Chief of Staff
    Blackleiter wrote:
    Loeffelholz wrote:
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    How do you know what she tastes like?

    Never mind; he's right :D

    Thanks for bringing some class to this frathouse! :))

    To be fair...its not that hard NOT to :))
    YNWA 97
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    Bondtoys wrote:
    Sir Miles wrote:

    Ohhhh...sounds like an offer to me :D

    The offer was not for you, Sir Miles! :D

    That's not what you said in the toilets earlier ;%

    I am not visiting toilets on the wrong side of the wardrobe.....
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,109Chief of Staff
    Bondtoys wrote:

    I am not visiting toilets on the wrong side of the wardrobe.....

    ...or the right side of the closet? :D
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    Sir Miles wrote:
    Blackleiter wrote:
    Loeffelholz wrote:

    Never mind; he's right :D

    Thanks for bringing some class to this frathouse! :))

    To be fair...its not that hard NOT to :))

    B-)
    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
  • TonyDPTonyDP Inside the MonolithPosts: 4,307MI6 Agent
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    What plasma is that, Tony DP? I sometimes like the ads, I personally enjoy FRWL more for them, and don't mind having some films like TB trimmed down a bit.

    Some LCD screens allow you to darken the blacks a bit these days don't they?

    I have a Samsung 3D plasma that I bought back in 2010. Ironically, 3D TVs typically also give the best 2D image because of the high refresh rates and phosphor decay rates that are necessary for good a 3D image.

    Current LCDs do have great black levels, especially if you get one with an LED backlight. The only problem with a lot of them is a phenomenon known as "clouding" where, when viewing a dark image, certain areas of the screen appear to be brighter than others. This is most prevalent on TVs that only control dimming from the edges of the screen (called edge dimming LEDs); better models have more dimming zones throughout the panel (these are called local dimming LEDs).

    Then you have OLED TVs which offer even sharper images and inkier black levels and some manufacturers are now making curved screens to further immerse you into the movie.

    Still, when it comes to just watching a movie in 2D (especially a classic catalog title) there is something about the warmth and saturation of the colors on a plasma that none of the other technologies can match for me; it comes the closest to replicating a film experience and it is my preferred TV for movies. It is also typically free of clouding and other image issues that can still pop up on LCDs.

    As for watching the movies on commercial TV, here in the USA they still typically cut scenes out for length and crop the image to fit the screen. I also find the commercial breaks (and obnoxiously large channel logos at the bottom of the screen) distracting.
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,489MI6 Agent
    Is that a German phrase, BT? It seems to have lost something in translation...
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
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