AJB live commentary on LALD

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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Derek Meddings-manufactured explosions.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    Very very Dr No
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Reminds me slightly of Hammer's 'The Devil Rides Out'. Christopher Lee or one of his confederates looking on at a Satanic ritual (presided over by Charles Gray) with a view to breaking it up.

    I love that film. Hammer at its best

    "The Goat of Mendes! The Devil himself!"
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Suddenly we're in a Ken Adam-style set...
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    A bit like Scaramanga‘s welcoming scene
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Reminds me slightly of Hammer's 'The Devil Rides Out'. Christopher Lee or one of his confederates looking on at a Satanic ritual (presided over by Charles Gray) with a view to breaking it up.

    I love that film. Hammer at its best

    "The Goat of Mendes! The Devil himself!"

    Two Bond villains for the price of one!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,709MI6 Agent
    I miss the mono-rails. Perhaps we'll get one in the future?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    Music- “Underground Lair”
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    When one of the guys says "Trouble!" it does seem very DN
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    A bit like Scaramanga‘s welcoming scene

    Hamilton/Mankiewicz asking the villain to play up taking pleasure in Bond's company
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    @Gymkata- well played!
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Derek Meddings-manufactured explosions.

    Every time I see the blast apart of pieces, or the rain like glitter of incendiary sparks, I get hazy images of the poppy fields, the fried mushroom Atlantis or that Space station going for a burton...

    And He Thunderbirds zooming in to clean up the mess!
    RIP with Respect Mr Meddings. You put the BOOM!! Into Bond.
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,709MI6 Agent
    edited May 2020
    Such an good villan deserves a death that's less comical.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    Yaphet Kotto hated his death scene- see the interview referred to earlier
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Earl Jolly Brown underplays Whisper nicely
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    The train scene is loosely based on Fleming's novel
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,709MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Yaphet Kotto hated his death scene- see the interview referred to earlier

    he should have been killed by the sharks instead.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Derek Meddings-manufactured explosions.

    Every time I see the blast apart of pieces, or the rain like glitter of incendiary sparks, I get hazy images of the poppy fields, the fried mushroom Atlantis or that Space station going for a burton...

    And He Thunderbirds zooming in to clean up the mess!
    RIP with Respect Mr Meddings. You put the BOOM!! Into Bond.

    As someone raised on Gerry Anderson shows, I can always spot Meddings' work in the Bond films.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    Hamilton really liked having a minor villain appear again at the end of the movie
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    Number24 wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Yaphet Kotto hated his death scene- see the interview referred to earlier

    he should have been killed by the sharks instead.

    Yes, definitely
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,709MI6 Agent
    One of Moore's best fights
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    edited May 2020
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Earl Jolly Brown underplays Whisper nicely

    Second fiddle only to Mr Lonsdale as Drax.
    Thing is,the way he is built he Looks dangerous.

    Urgh, killed by a Fart gun bullet. A deflating balloon to Mr Koto’s ruthless and towards the end, delightfully demented Dr K. Bond doesn’t need Gone with the Wind!
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Yaphet Kotto hated his death scene- see the interview referred to earlier

    he should have been killed by the sharks instead.

    Yes, I can understand why Kotto felt that his character merited a different sort of exit.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,709MI6 Agent
    edited May 2020
    This is one of the best end shots of any Bond film. Baron Samedi laughing.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    And Baron Samedi appearing again at the very end!!!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,709MI6 Agent
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Yaphet Kotto hated his death scene- see the interview referred to earlier

    he should have been killed by the sharks instead.

    Yes, I can understand why Kotto felt that his character merited a different sort of exit.

    Bond should have used the "fart bullet" on a shark instead.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    Although FRWL was the movie which started the mini-convention of rewarding viewers with a final, 'unexpected' skirmish after the movie's climax, it was Hamilton who really went with this idea... in GF, DAF, LALD and TMWTGG. It was sort of abandoned afterwards, reverting to a more traditional approach to bringing the movies to their close.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    What a great James Bond film! Unique in its atmosphere, a wonderful bunch of characters, Roger Moore effortlessly taking over the role of Bond.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,709MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    This is one of the best end shots of any Bond film. Baron Samedi laughing.

    agreed!

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    Is the Baron the only supernatural character in a Bond film?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    Thanks everyone for a wonderful evening. A step back to 1972 in the best way.
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