AJB live commentary on Casino Royale 1967

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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    "Must be a commercial!" Could be a wry comment on the aesthetic of Bond films, which delivered 'a bump a reel'.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    The angled corridor set was reused for an episode of The Prisoner. Dance Of The Dead.

    Caution cycadelic mess ahead.....
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    Barbel wrote:
    Golrush007 wrote:
    Oh god, flying saucer time...which is when I ask myself, 'How in the name of all that's holy have I been persuaded to watch this mess for a 20th time?'

    Only 20th? :o

    I know. It's not really good enough, is it?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    More influences for Austin Powers
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    Fact: Only 39.8% of the scriptwriters of CR-67 can remember the 1960's
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    Woody Allen shows up again, which in my opinion is a positive thing.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Golrush007 wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Golrush007 wrote:
    Oh god, flying saucer time...which is when I ask myself, 'How in the name of all that's holy have I been persuaded to watch this mess for a 20th time?'

    Only 20th? :o

    I know. It's not really good enough, is it?

    Well, you've had CR06 for the last 14 years while I've had this for the last 53.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Woody Allen, one of the best things in this film
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    I should have watched the movie on a smaller tv.

    Waste of electric power 8-)
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    We just had a UFO land.

    In a James Bond film.

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    Yes, im' reminded of MR too
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    The film's disregard for plot actually takes to a post-modern zenith the aesthetic of the 'spectacular' Bond films which prioritise over story the locations, costumes, music and spectacle.

    The wonderfully designed HQ interiors here push forward in anticipation of the 'big set' Bond movies to follow...
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Not joking: this is in the top 5 of the 'worst films that I've ever seen in my entire life' list.

    Oh, totally. Ed Wood ranks well above this
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    The big eye from QoS!
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    Hey!! The space shuttle is cool, and the ISS is real.
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    The absolutely delicious Daliah Lavi. If only there was someone who could do gifs?
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    Those with very sharp eyes can apparently spot Caroline Munro as one of Dr Noah's women.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Jimmy Bond's mention of clones... anticipates the DAF Blofeld.

    The overhead magnet... how Moore overcomes Jaws in TSWLM

    Niven's mannequin... Moore's mannequin in TMWTGG
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Thunderbird 2 wrote:
    Hey!! The space shuttle is cool, and the ISS is real.

    Wonderful 'Stingray'-grade miniature effects.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Jimmy Bond's mention of clones... anticipates the DAF Blofeld.

    The overhead magnet... how Moore overcomes Jaws in TSWLM

    Niven's mannequin... Moore's mannequin in TMWTGG

    Check out "Murderers' Row" a Matt Helm movie- and see influences on later Bond films
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Thank you Gymkata!
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Dr Noah is a classical pianist... like Drax in MR.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    And then the plot went High pitched Hic!!

    The Detainer makes Jimmy swallow his own ‘medicine.’
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    The absolutely delicious Daliah Lavi. If only there was someone who could do gifs?

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    Is this from The Fifth Element?
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    Frankenstien’s Monster is an early part for Dave Prowse.... long before Darth Vader.
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Daliah Lavi's exchanges with Woody Allen are funny. Woody Allen wrote his own material for this film but refused to help with the writing for scenes he wasn't in.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Thunderbird 2 wrote:
    Frankenstien’s Monster is an early part for Dave Prowse.... long before Darth Vader.

    And he'd play The Monster for real in 2 Hammer movies
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Music “The Big Cowboys and Indians Fight at Casino Royale”
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,816MI6 Agent
    And then the plot went BOOM!!!

    The drone like whirring Exploding roulette wheel.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,860Chief of Staff
    Anyone spot the Golden Girls?
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,998MI6 Agent
    Allen's parody of the Bond villain and his psychosexual inadequacies is good, and arguably would apply even more to Pleasance's Blofeld figure (in two months' time) than to any of Pleasance's Bond villain predecessors. Of course, the 67 Blofeld is also the source of the later 'Dr Evil'.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
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