OHMSS

always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
in The James Bond Films
we have this film on ITV today at 3pm its not one of my personal favourites but will watch it all the same :)
cos I know a lot of you guys like it
By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) Who knows you might be converted to a Believer :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    My second all Time Favorite Bond Film. Shame that ITV will cut it to Pieces with Adverts. Has Channel 4 ever Broadcasted one of the Films?
    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 did start a thread for this sort of thing, Bond on TV etc. :))
    http://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/43074/bond-programes-on-tv-and-radio/

    Would anyone be interested in watching OHMSS and posting your thoughts as it's shown
    Here, ( live as it goes out, so to speak :)) ) not the same as a meet up, but more a bunch
    of yobs talking through the film, in the back row. :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I would, but I never like using the Laptop whilst watching a Film. Mainly when it's one of my Favorites :))
    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
    Tell me about it, they really don't like it at my local cinema either. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    On a recent travel show from last year, they stated that the Hotel Bond stays at
    at the start of OHMSS. The doorman from back in 69 still worked there. :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia, PAPosts: 754MI6 Agent
    We could always have a viewing party by just putting the Blu-Ray/DVD in and hitting play at a pre-determined global time -{
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    That sounds like something SPECTRE would organize. :)) but could be fun. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia, PAPosts: 754MI6 Agent
    We could organize a viewing party in September to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the premier of Goldfinger. Would be a nice lazy Sunday afternoon activity!
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    That sounds good, Blofeld can bring the Popcorn :)
    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
    -{ fantastic idea. For the anniversary. :)
    "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
    They'll hack it to bits and put adverts in. They'll cut out the scenw where Blofeld's man is killed by the snowplow. (That is understandable given the showing time)
    Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"

    " I don't listen to hip hop!"
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I'll soon let you know it's coming up now ......... :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) They kept it in, British kids can take it. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Nope, it's still in there :))
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • AirJordanFan93AirJordanFan93 Posts: 92MI6 Agent
    I have the blu-ray on right now. Even though its one of the longer films it goes by very quick like Casino does.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I think it has a fantastic pace, for such a long film. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I lost the Disk to my OHMSS DVD.
    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
    At the end of OHMSS both my wife and youngest daughter started the old discussion of how
    that bullet hit Tracy through the windscreen 8-) I thought not again after all the opinions
    given here. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,541MI6 Agent
    After reading the arguments on here over the last few weeks, I re-watched it again. I don't understand what everyone is arguing about, it's pretty clear that Bunt fires sideways then leans out and continues to fire backwards after passing the car. You even see bullets hit the bonnet and the windscreen in front of the passenger side. Pretty conclusive from that.
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    will do a reply to this later as all the automatic lights in the house have gone off and its hard to type 8-)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • SherbrookSherbrook Melbourne AustraliaPosts: 137MI6 Agent
    hehadlotsofguts wrote:
    They'll hack it to bits and put adverts in. They'll cut out the scenw where Blofeld's man is killed by the snowplow. (That is understandable given the showing time)

    They won't have the guts to leave the scene in?
    I must be dreaming
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Sherbrook wrote:
    hehadlotsofguts wrote:
    They'll hack it to bits and put adverts in. They'll cut out the scenw where Blofeld's man is killed by the snowplow. (That is understandable given the showing time)

    They won't have the guts to leave the scene in?
    Can you tell it's my favourite Bond film? :))
    Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"

    " I don't listen to hip hop!"
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I wonder if ITV will show License to Kill fully uncut Pre-Water shed?
    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
    The only bit of LTK which I think is "Graphic" is the shot underwater showing Leiter with part of a leg missing
    I felt a bit sick on first watching it. :#
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,929Chief of Staff
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    I wonder if ITV will show License to Kill fully uncut Pre-Water shed?

    It took them years to show it un-cut post watershed ! By todays standards I dont think its too bad...they normally edit out the swear words though...
    YNWA 97
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    ok so I watched ohms last night as I said I would, hadn't seen it for years probably because and quite wrongly
    remember it as not a good film (steady there AS your on thin ice TP) but as one gets older ones taste buds change
    and yes it is a great film just love JBs POW suit right down to the 3 button cuff ,and loved the typical Bond remark about the caviar,
    think I will give the sky blue suit a wide berth but it was of that time, yep OHMS has definatly crept up the AS league table :)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) I think maturity has a lot to do with it ( notice I didn't say old age ;) ) and not just for
    the films. I read QOS as a teen and hated it, now I'm older, have lived a little, had a few
    relationships, grown a beard etc. I can now appreciate the story of an intense love slowly
    turning to a deep hatred. Which I couldn't in my teens. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Found a few facts on OHMSS, pointing out how successful it actually was. :D

    The film performed admirably, out-grossing its nearest competitor almost two to one at the U.S. box office where, according to Variety, it was the most popular film in the country for four solid weeks. It generated enough rentals at the box-office to claim ninth position on the box office chart for the year 1970. The persistent belief that it was a flop arises from its disappointing showing in comparison to the previous three Sean Connery Bond films, all of which made more than 100 million dollars worldwide, whereas this film grossed 87 million worldwide

    Certain film techniques appear in the James Bond series for the first time in this picture: slow motion (when Bond is knocked out in his bedroom), flashback (Bond remembering Tracy being captured), and "breaking the fourth wall" (Lazenby looking into the camera briefly, immediately after his line "This never happened to the other fella"). Though it seems to be a self referential remark (Lazenby replaced Sean Connery as Bond) it also has a meaning in the context of the story
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,099Chief of Staff
    OHMSS was in no way a flop. No Bond film has ever been (even the 67 CR). Some do better than others, that's all. James Bond is one of the surest ways for a film company to print money. Makes me wonder why the films take so bloody long to be made!!!
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