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General all things James Bond thread
I may have asked this before, but I'd like to ejjimicate myself on the Bond movies. The way I envision doing so is to buy Blu-rays with some extras, so I can watch the movies (in order, naturally) and learn about each one in the process.
As it happens it won't be completely a "let's review" situation, as there are a few Bond movies I haven't seen. I haven't seen most of the Roger Moore vehicles, and none starring Pierce Brosnan. Yeah, those are probably the weakest of the lot, I know. But they're on my bucket list.
So my question is: How can I find what I want? Amazon has a couple of collections on offer, but it doesn't tell me much about them. There's one collection that's all of the Broccoli movies through the first Craig outing, and then a bunch of sets separated by actor. All very nice, but what about extras?
Also, when I Google some of the DVDs, it turns out they're European and won't work on American players. Maybe you should mention that, Amazon!
If anybody owns any Bond movies, advice would be most welcome. I'd rather not buy each movie individually -- the most expensive way to collect them -- but I'm almost certainly going to have to get Never Say Never Again that way, and also the David Niven Casino Royale if I decide to get it. Maybe On Her Majesty's Secret Service, too, if I go the collection-by-actor route, since George Lazenby just had the one.
But right now I have no idea what to do, so I turn to the Legionaires. Help me, fellow fans, you're my only hope!
(Oh, right, wrong franchise.)
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With A Mind To Kill.
Good timing Jeff ! I started reading Horowitz' latest Bond entry a couple days ago and it is a good one. It pulled me in right from the start with M's funeral. Love all the references to the early Fleming novels. Bond's mission seems like the most hopeless one he has ever been given. At this point in his career 007 seems to be near the end of the line mentally and physically. Unlike the movies where Bond is portrayed as nearly super human, the novels show us a Bond who has his limitations and Horowitz is highlighting those limitations, making the mission seem all the more challenging.
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Permalink Reply by Jeff of Earth-J on
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Cat got your tongue?
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(For future reference, discussion continues here.)
doc photo said:With A Mind To Kill.
Good timing Jeff ! I started reading Horowitz' latest Bond entry a couple days ago and it is a good one. It pulled me in right from the start with M's funeral. Love all the references to the early Fleming novels. Bond's mission seems like the most hopeless one he has ever been given. At this point in his career 007 seems to be near the end of the line mentally and physically. Unlike the movies where Bond is portrayed as nearly super human, the novels show us a Bond who has his limitations and Horowitz is highlighting those limitations, making the mission seem all the more challenging.
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This post doesn't have anything to do with James Bond DVDs or Blu-rays, but this thread has become a sort of "catch-all" James Bond discussion.
Yesterday at the bookstore I saw Double or Nothing by Kim Sherwood, the first book in a new trilogy, but although it takes place in the "James Bond" universe, I'm not certain it qualifies as a "James Bond" book,
James Bond is missing. 007 has been captured, perhaps even killed, by a sinister private military company. His whereabouts are unknown.
Meet the new generation of spies…
Johanna Harwood, 003. Joseph Dryden, 004. Sid Bashir, 009. Together, they represent the very best and brightest of MI6. Skilled, determined and with a licence to kill, they will do anything to protect their country.
The fate of the world rests in their hands…
Tech billionaire Sir Bertram Paradise claims he can reverse the climate crisis and save the planet. But can he really? The new spies must uncover the truth, because the future of humanity hangs in the balance.
Time is running out.
The start of a brand new trilogy following MI6’s agents with a licence to kill, that blows the world of James Bond wide open!
I didn't buy it (wasn't in the mood), but I probably will at some point.
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The book does sound interesting, I checked my local libraries on-line catalog and it looks like they have a copy. I'll post here if and when I read it.
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Interesting article about the new editions of the original novels as well as Double or Nothing.
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I've changed the name of the thread to recognize it's catch-all nature.
And here's my latest email from Ian Fleming Productions:
To all Bond readers,
Chapter One of SilverFin begins with the following line: ‘The smell and noise and confusion of a hallway full of schoolboys can be quite awful at twenty past seven in the morning.’ My first Young Bond novel was published in 2005 and my final Young Bond story, ‘A Hard Man to Kill’ was released in 2009. That seemed to be the end of that particular era of my writing.
Until now.
It’s always an easy headline to say, ‘Bond is back’, so instead let’s boldly and modestly state ‘Higson has returned’.
It’s been 14 years and much has changed with the world, with publishing, with popular culture and literature. But Bond hasn’t changed. And people still want to read Bond books. Including me.
The time is always right for a James Bond adventure. Whether all is right with the world or all is wrong with the world, it is always a pleasure to relax at home with a cocktail, a cigarette and wearing a perfectly tailored suit (just me?) and become lost in the stories of Ian Fleming’s creation.
The timing was particularly apt this year when in February 2023 I got the call from Ian Fleming Publications inviting me to write an original story for charity to time with the Coronation of King Charles III. A chance to dive back into the world of 007 – and produce a story in three weeks.
How could I refuse?
The day before I got the call, I had no notion of a new Bond adventure. It was not on my mind. And yet just a day or two after the call, the idea leapt almost fully formed – it shot out with the clarity and decisiveness of a poisoned blade hidden in the sole of a Smersh shoe. My story is set two days before the Coronation and finds Bond reflecting on his recent mission – to ‘neutralise’ a threat to King Charles III in the form of the self-styled Æthelstan of Wessex who sees himself as the true heir to the throne. The mission takes Bond to Croatia, Hungary and an ancient castle where Bond must take on Æthelstan and his army. Some things go as planned. Others do not.
That is the case with this whole experience. And that’s okay. Myself and Ian Fleming Publications had not planned a new James Bond book for this year and yet here we are. With nothing but lots of encouragement, early morning scrambled eggs and late night coffee, we managed to create and deliver On His Majesty’s Secret Service in time for the historic occasion this May.
All royalties from the book are going to support the National Literacy Trust so please support their cause by buying a copy. It is available in hardcover (with some signed copies floating around), eBook and audiobook, read by me. So please, when you have finished watching the Coronation, sit back and lose yourself in Bond once again, as I have so enjoyed doing these last few months.
See you in another 14 years or so,
Charlie Higson
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Permalink Reply by Richard Willis on
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The name Aethelstan sounds like a call back to Aethelred, one of the pre-Norman Conquest kings.
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Permalink Reply by The Baron on
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Possibly a callback to the actual King Aethelstan.
Richard Willis said:The name Aethelstan sounds like a call back to Aethelred, one of the pre-Norman Conquest kings.
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Oops! I hadn't heard his name before.
The Baron said:Possibly a callback to the actual King Aethelstan.
Richard Willis said:The name Aethelstan sounds like a call back to Aethelred, one of the pre-Norman Conquest kings.
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I have a book on my shelf, Anglo-Saxon Kings of England, that goes from Egbert to Harald II, 802-1066. (it includes the Danish kings.) I have read it many times, as I read it a couple of times in my youth, and then multiple more times as it became pertinent to various TV shows (Vikings, Last Kingdom, Vikings: Valhalla).
And to this day I can't list those kings, in order or otherwise, because the names overlap and rhyme and repeat so much.
The word "Ælf" happens a lot, which is derived from the Norse "elf," and means wise. The word "ræd" happens a lot, because it means counsel, advice or knowledge. "Æthel" means "noble" and "Æd" means wealth and "wærd" means guardian and "mund" means protector and "Æg" means bright and "bert" means sword.
Mix and match! We have Egbert, Ethelwulf, Ethelbald, Ethelbert, Ethelred (two), Alfred, Edward (three), Athelstan, Edmund (two), Edred, Edwy, Edgar, Canute, Harald (two) and Hardicanute. And that's not counting all the Æthel-this and Æg-that who were various siblings, cousins and other relatives who vied for the various thrones in that time period. Or Ethelfræd, Edmund's sister and the queen of Mercia, who was pretty important.
Aside from Alfred (who prevented the Anglo-Saxons from being wiped out in Britain and established the Danelaw) and Edmund (the first king to be acknowledged as king by the Anglo-Saxons, Scots, Danes and Welsh, however temporary), the rest really aren't important.
The upshot is: It's easy to mix these guys up!
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I think I have watched or gone to see a James Bond movie with every girl I have ever dated. I don't remember any of them really liking them. (That should have been my first clue.) Tracy's been a pretty good sport about it. Shortly after we we married, I subjected her to every James Bond movie there was at the time.
That goes beyond "good sport." Fall on your knees and beg forgiveness.
Cubby Broccoli and Eon Productions introduced a woman character who was an actual rocket scientist. That character's name? "Holly Goodhead." Score one for feminism.
The one that got me was Christmas Jones. Not that it was a ridiculous name (which it was), but because I was asked to believe that Denise Richards was a nuclear scientist.
I read an article just recently that the actress who played "Holly Goodhead" explained to her mother at the time that the name was a reference to the character having "a good head on her shoulders."
In the 1967 Casino Royale, Jacqueline Bisset was Miss Goodthighs.