I think many people do think it is George ) it's one of those questions I've
Been asked a few times. " Wasn't George Lazenby in the pts ?" The two other
OOs in the pts of TLD, are supposed to look like RM and GL although I never
Noticed until I read that fact. )
The actor in the pts of SPY " Michael Billington" was considered as a possible Bond.
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
For people who say Roger Moore was just a campy Bond:
"When someone's behind you on skis at 40 miles per hour trying to put a bullet in your back, you don't always have time to remember a face. In our business, Anya, people get killed. We both know that. So did he. It was either him or me. The answer to the question is yes. I did kill him." - Roger Moore's Bond
Moore did both a funny and a serious Bond well. That's why TSWLM was so good.
And yes, I agree. Connery and Lazenby's Bond did have less comical moments, but they never were as dark and serious as Moore's Bond was at certain points.
I have also remember an article about some similarities between YOLT and
Dr No !
Secret Island Base Interfering with Rockets, escape via a tunnel. Two sides
Deing played off each other BT spectre etc.
So I agree that many of the films have reused ideas and " Formula " not just
TSWLM.
So you could say Dr No was remade as YOLT, then again as TSWLM, then as MR
and finally as DAD. )
The end of QoS reminds me of the end of Dr.No & YOLT..
It’s a thinly disguised rewrite of “You Only Live Twice”
Interesting. In what way. Don't half the films in the series confine to the Dr. No/Goldfinger formula, rather than anything specifically YOLT did. Just the nuclear missiles plan? Because that would be more akin to Thunderball.
The nuclear submarine could be comparable to the YOLT battle-copter. But what else am I missing?
I think Manxman means the ships swallowing the submarines (like the space capsules swallowing the Soviet and American capsules in YOLT) and trying to instigate another world war. {[]
Yes, precisely. There's also one scene that's a direct homage to YOLT: when the rioting submariners are on the loose, Stromberg's control room is closed off with the phrase "Now we are impregnable". This is identical to the scene in YOLT when the ninjas break in and Blofeld closes off his control room with exactly the same line.
It's odd that Bond films that imitate other Bond films do seem to include these overt references. AVTAK, essentially reworking the plot of "Goldfinger", has a scene in which the villain kills an associate who is unwilling to participate in his plan, just as Goldfinger did with Mr Solo. Similarly, DAD, which reprises DAF's theme of a laser satellite, features diamonds heavily in its plot.
Cart said: It's basically the Moonraker plot shell except Germany/Britain is North/South Korea and nuclear missiles are solar lasers.
...and Drax = Graves (taken to be English but actually a military officer from an unfriendly nation, who makes a lot of money very quickly and funds a scientific project ostensibly for benign reasons but actually for military purposes, becoming popular with the press then knighted by the Queen).
Krebs = Zao (his right hand man from his military past, still there in his new identity)
Frost = Brand (his right hand woman planted on him by UK security) Indeed, she was originally going to be called Gala Brand until it was decided that she would turn out to be a triple agent.
Bond and Drax/Graves battle at Blades (cards in the MR novel, swords in DAD) with real venom underneath the supposedly "friendly" game.
Question: Who was the title of the film referring to?
Was Bond the spy who loved XXX or was XXX the spy who loved Bond?
It could refer to just both of them.
I agree with you. I suppose it depends on the context, but the title refers to both Bond and Major Amasova. In "Nobody Does it Better", Carly Simon is singing about Bond with the lyric "the spy who loved me". Reversely -- in the teaser trailer -- Bond says "in this case... it's the spy who loved me" clearly referring to Anya.
Such a wonderful title for such a wonderful film; I'm grateful that Fleming gave EoN the rights to use it!
"The secret agent. The man who was only a silhouette..." -- Ian Fleming, Moonraker
1) The Spy Who Loved Me 2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 3) GoldenEye 4) Casino Royale 5) Goldfinger
According to Steven Jay Rubin (in his book "The James Bond Films"), Broccoli told his writers that "The Spy Who Loved Me" was to be a Russian agent, ie Anya, who falls in love with Bond.
-Moore gives a fantastic performance.
-The disco bits in the score are fun to hear.
-Gilbert's direction is fantastic, arguably an improvement over his work in YOLT.
-Stromberg is an intimidating enough villain, even if he's no Scaramanga.
-Moore has good chemistry with Bach.
-Bach was a fine beauty in her day.
-The battle in the Liparus is great.
Cons:
-Stromberg wants a nuclear apocalypse so that he can live underwater with whoever else survives. Not the greatest plot, but I can just think "this guy's a madman", and roll with it.
Overall, I love TSWLM, and give it a 10/10.
"Hostile takeovers. Shall we?"
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
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An entertaining travelogue.
Therefore, I give it an 8/10.
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Before or after he pushed me off a cliff? lol
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Been asked a few times. " Wasn't George Lazenby in the pts ?" The two other
OOs in the pts of TLD, are supposed to look like RM and GL
Noticed until I read that fact.
The actor in the pts of SPY " Michael Billington" was considered as a possible Bond.
Actually, a "travelogue" is what Dahl called it.
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"When someone's behind you on skis at 40 miles per hour trying to put a bullet in your back, you don't always have time to remember a face. In our business, Anya, people get killed. We both know that. So did he. It was either him or me. The answer to the question is yes. I did kill him." - Roger Moore's Bond
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And yes, I agree. Connery and Lazenby's Bond did have less comical moments, but they never were as dark and serious as Moore's Bond was at certain points.
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The end of QoS reminds me of the end of Dr.No & YOLT..
It's odd that Bond films that imitate other Bond films do seem to include these overt references. AVTAK, essentially reworking the plot of "Goldfinger", has a scene in which the villain kills an associate who is unwilling to participate in his plan, just as Goldfinger did with Mr Solo. Similarly, DAD, which reprises DAF's theme of a laser satellite, features diamonds heavily in its plot.
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Was Bond the spy who loved XXX or was XXX the spy who loved Bond?
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...and Drax = Graves (taken to be English but actually a military officer from an unfriendly nation, who makes a lot of money very quickly and funds a scientific project ostensibly for benign reasons but actually for military purposes, becoming popular with the press then knighted by the Queen).
Krebs = Zao (his right hand man from his military past, still there in his new identity)
Frost = Brand (his right hand woman planted on him by UK security) Indeed, she was originally going to be called Gala Brand until it was decided that she would turn out to be a triple agent.
Bond and Drax/Graves battle at Blades (cards in the MR novel, swords in DAD) with real venom underneath the supposedly "friendly" game.
I'm sure there are further parallels.
Don't let it go to your head.
It could refer to just both of them.
I agree with you. I suppose it depends on the context, but the title refers to both Bond and Major Amasova. In "Nobody Does it Better", Carly Simon is singing about Bond with the lyric "the spy who loved me". Reversely -- in the teaser trailer -- Bond says "in this case... it's the spy who loved me" clearly referring to Anya.
Such a wonderful title for such a wonderful film; I'm grateful that Fleming gave EoN the rights to use it!
1) The Spy Who Loved Me 2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 3) GoldenEye 4) Casino Royale 5) Goldfinger
Even though Jaws is based on one of the two Villains in the Book, Slugsy and Horror.
-Moore gives a fantastic performance.
-The disco bits in the score are fun to hear.
-Gilbert's direction is fantastic, arguably an improvement over his work in YOLT.
-Stromberg is an intimidating enough villain, even if he's no Scaramanga.
-Moore has good chemistry with Bach.
-Bach was a fine beauty in her day.
-The battle in the Liparus is great.
Cons:
-Stromberg wants a nuclear apocalypse so that he can live underwater with whoever else survives. Not the greatest plot, but I can just think "this guy's a madman", and roll with it.
Overall, I love TSWLM, and give it a 10/10.
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later