AJB live commentary on THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Michael Kitchen as Tanner AND Colin Salmon as Charles Robinson.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Don‘t care too much for the song.
    A bit chewy and repetitive. Not surprisingly as it basically consists of only one note :D

    No, no- it uses the "devil's interval", a tritone which was forbidden in olden times. Very interesting musically. (Also used in "The Wolf Man")

    Hope that you tell us more about the Devil‘s interval. Sounds interesting
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Never understood the crazyness for Sophie Marceau.
    She was gorgeous in La Boum ( the first) but then.....

    She was excellent in BRAVEHEART, I thought.

    I think she's excellent here, too.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    Shirley Manson, like Robert Carlyle, is a Scot... the Scottish location is a good choice.

    Wonderful to have back Michael Kitchen's Tanner.

    M's speech closely tracks irl speeches made by heads of state after terrorist attacks.

    Brosnan overdoes his line "Tanner!"
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Don‘t care too much for the song.
    A bit chewy and repetitive. Not surprisingly as it basically consists of only one note :D

    No, no- it uses the "devil's interval", a tritone which was forbidden in olden times. Very interesting musically. (Also used in "The Wolf Man")

    Hope that you tell us more about the Devil‘s interval. Sounds interesting

    For quickness- https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/77321/brief-history-devils-tritone
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    Eilan Donnan castle. Excellent choice for Thaine.
    The interior sets aren’t bad too.

    It’s also nice to see a few other double ops in the briefing scenes.


    Machine that tootles... the incendiary pipes!
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Young Barbel playing the bagpipes :D
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  • The Spy Who Never DiesThe Spy Who Never Dies UKPosts: 644MI6 Agent
    and you might be! lol
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    My pleasure at seeing ol'Desmond is tempered by the knowledge that is would be the last time. :(
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Great introduction of John Cleese!

    A brilliant choice imo!
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    Young Barbel playing the bagpipes :D

    Well, I did have lessons when I was a boy- but that of course was before the guitar was invented.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    Machine that farts? The Igloo coat.
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    My pleasure at seeing ol'Desmond is tempered by the knowledge that is would be the last time. :(

    Yes! :#
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    John Cleese's R is indistinguishable from Basil Fawlty and the various upper class twits he played in Python.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Music “Access Denied” Covered by City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    Martin Lewis’s cameo foreshadows Huw Edwards in SF.

    The amount of archive footage for this scene must have taken ages.
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Omega created a miniature watch display from the avalanche airbag
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    My pleasure at seeing ol'Desmond is tempered by the knowledge that is would be the last time. :(

    Yes! :#

    A very poignant exit.
    (Sadder even than the execution of Elektra, later... especially with hindsight.)
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  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    Bernard Lee’s painting is a lovely touch.

    Was never sure about this holograph of Reynard,
    It has a Zombie like quality.
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    I love how Bernard Lee's portrait oversees this scene... as if he's looking over his compromised successor.

    Bond's relationship with Judi Dench's M is relatively stable in this film; she trusts him enough to confide in him right away about her personal involvement.
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Moneypenny 'slut shaming' Molly Warmflash.
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  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    Shady Tree wrote:
    I love how Bernard Lee's portrait oversees this scene... as if he's looking over his compromised successor.

    Bond's relationship with Judi Dench's M is relatively stable in this film; she trusts him enough to confide in him right away about her personal involvement.

    This why M works here, we get to see the woman behind the boss. Dame Judi grabs every bit she is given and is Marvelous with it.
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    The BMW Z 8 looks gorgeous!

    Best model that they‘ve done for decades and it‘s a very rare and expensive collector‘s piece now.
    Aston Martin price territory!
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Bond ducks the question about losing someone.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Was Marceau dubbed?
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Sophie Marceau gives the best acting performance of any 'Bond girl' in the entire series imho (even though, technically speaking, the 'Bond girl' role in this film properly belongs more to Denise Richards).
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    Was Marceau dubbed?

    Not as far as I know. No Nikki here!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Music “Snow Business”- there’s no business like snow business. Not on the album, had to be downloaded from David Arnold’s website
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Bond ducks the question about losing someone.

    Of all the allusions to Tracy's death in various films, this is the most downplayed/oblique.
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Unfortunately the skiing scenes have not done by Bogner and are rather dull and disappointing!
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