AJB live commentary on THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN

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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Moore is not bad at all. Lee is wonderful.

    The sniping exchanges over lunch are surely one of the best scripted and best played Bond/villain conversations.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    We really see how tall Le eis in the duel scene. I'm Moore's height and a friend of mine is is about 210 cm and standing next to him fels strange for me.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Number24 wrote:
    We really see how tall Le eis in the duel scene. I'm Moore's height and a friend of mine is is about 210 cm and standing next to him fels strange for me.

    The same. I'm Moore's height and my brother-in-law is Richard Kiel's height. I had to ask him to sit down so I could talk to him comfortably.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Goodnight in the bikini :x

    britt_ekland_new_gallery_2.jpg

    Scandinavian design at its best :D
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    I‘d pay good money if I could see the entire uncut dueling scene!
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Music “Return to Scaramanga’s Fun House”
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    The same. I'm Moore's height and my brother-in-law is Richard Kiel's height. I had to ask him to sit down so I could talk to him comfortably.

    You did the same with me :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    I‘d pay good money if I could see the entire uncut dueling scene!

    As we all know, some of that was in the trailer.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    Barbel wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    We really see how tall Le eis in the duel scene. I'm Moore's height and a friend of mine is is about 210 cm and standing next to him fels strange for me.

    The same. I'm Moore's height and my brother-in-law is Richard Kiel's height. I had to ask him to sit down so I could talk to him comfortably.

    When I haven't seen Einar for a while it feels very strange having someone's shoulders at eye height. :))
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Bond's point that he doubts Scaramanga qualifies as a gentleman. That makes sense because of Scaramanga's victimisation of Andrea... but also because (as it turns out) Scaramanga sort of cheats at duelling. He doesn't play by the rules and has an advantage over the guests against whom he duels because he better knows the geography of his own island and Fun House.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    The same. I'm Moore's height and my brother-in-law is Richard Kiel's height. I had to ask him to sit down so I could talk to him comfortably.

    You did the same with me :D

    True! :)) :)) :)) When you're 6' or over, it's uncomfortable to talk to someone taller.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    "Flat on his coup de grace" :)) :)) :))
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    My one real issue with the duel: Scaramanga essentially just hides in the 'ending room' and waits for Bond. It should have been a mutual hunt.

    I think there was a scene where Bond uses a Molotov coctail and Scaramanga shoots it. they should have kept the scene.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Music “Return to Scaramanga’s Fun House”

    A dramatic mistake of the film is that it returns to its own PTS for the climactic showdown. We should be at an altogether other level by now. Though the Fun House undeniably makes a great lair for Lee.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    I‘d pay good money if I could see the entire uncut dueling scene!

    As we all know, some of that was in the trailer.

    Actually, I DIDN'T know this! Very interesting. What did the uncut version of the duel contain?

    Scaramanga has another bullet hidden in his belt buckle. And as N24 says, he makes a Molotov cocktail.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Higgins wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    The same. I'm Moore's height and my brother-in-law is Richard Kiel's height. I had to ask him to sit down so I could talk to him comfortably.

    You did the same with me :D

    True! :)) :)) :)) When you're 6' or over, it's uncomfortable to talk to someone taller.

    But it's very comfortable talking to woman with a cleavage :v
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Number24 wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Higgins wrote:

    You did the same with me :D

    True! :)) :)) :)) When you're 6' or over, it's uncomfortable to talk to someone taller.

    But it's very comfortable talking to woman with a cleavage :v

    Er...
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    Bond retrieving the solex has great tense music.
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    Bond's ruse, posing as his own mannequin, is quite effective on first viewing. (Familiarity breeds contempt after countless viewings.)
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    Scaramanga needs lots of sun and a not particularely powerful state, so Thailand should work for him.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,774MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    So, how did Scaramanga have all of this built out in the middle of a nowhere island in Thailand? The logistics of the construction effort defy reality.

    I know, I know...because movie.

    Apparently Hi Fat had it done?
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Music “Slow Boat from China / Nick Nack” The original hasn’t been released, but a cover by Nic Raine was released in 2000 (and later on assorted compilations)
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    The slow boat looks great.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    The stuff with the cloud passing over the sun, with Bond in danger of being lasered, is very like a Gerry Anderson scene... it must be the Derek Meddings associations again.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Empty wine bottles
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    Nick Nack uses his size to his advantage here. Reminds me of the fight with the villan in the Jack Reacher novel "61 hours".
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,965MI6 Agent
    I'm still on the exploding island... Britt looking awesome in her bikini
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Barbel wrote:

    I didn't see anything 'new' in there.

    Hmm, wrong trailer- try this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aki7N5KZGjw
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    Barbel wrote:

    I didn't see anything 'new' in there.

    If I remember correctly, there is another trailer part of the Blu Ray, where you can see a bit more of the duel
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
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