The James Bond Film Discussion Thread (With Bonus Lazenby!)

[CorporalClegg]

TLD is like TND (Initials not withstanding.) in which the "other" song is much, much better than the title song.

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[The Old Mixer]

Belated bit of 50th anniversary review business:

The Classic/Retro Pop Culture Thread

Post-50th Anniversary Viewing All in the Family "Mike's Friend" Originally aired December 14, 1974 One of Mike's graduate school friends, Stuart, comes over one evening for a visit and Gloria begins to feel like an intellectual outcast. This leads her to believe that perhaps as Mike becomes...

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[Captaindemotion]

James Bond franchise owners seek more time to defend control of 007 spy’s name

With four years since the last James Bond installment, a legal challenge has been launched arguing intellectual property rights have lapsed

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[Tosk]

It would be hilarious if the European rights were lost so soon after Amazon shelling out all that extra money for full control.

 

[Starkers]

There hasn't been 5 years of non use though, even setting aside that it isn't even 4 years since NTTD came out there's also the 007: Road to a million show surely?

 

[Captaindemotion]

Bit of an odd one here. The defendant is called Wilson but doesn’t seem to be related to Barbara and Michael, at least, if he is, it’s not spelled out in the report.

Man denies breaking restraining order to contact James Bond boss

Daniel Wilson denies 11 counts of breaching orders banning him from contacting Barbara Broccoli.

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[Starkers]

Wilson isn't an unusual name I suppose.

I wonder whether he was romantically fixated on her, or wanted her to make him James Bond!

 

[HIjol]

Forgive if this has already been posted.

...as I read it, I thought of Edward Norton as an interesting choice, but after his reaction to and the outcome of Mashkov and Russian Mob at the end of the remake of "The Italian Job", maybe the plot should not have Russians?...

https://www.the-independent.com/art...aron-taylor-johnson-omega-watch-b2757535.html

 

[Captaindemotion]

Forgive if this has already been posted.

...as I read it, I thought of Edward Norton as an interesting choice, but after his reaction to and the outcome of Mashkov and Russian Mob at the end of the remake of "The Italian Job", maybe the plot should not have Russians?...

https://www.the-independent.com/art...aron-taylor-johnson-omega-watch-b2757535.html

It’s James Norton, the star of Happy Valley and, perhaps more pertinently, McMafia, where he got to look handsome and dashing in a tux.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Bit of an odd one here. The defendant is called Wilson but doesn’t seem to be related to Barbara and Michael, at least, if he is, it’s not spelled out in the report.

Man denies breaking restraining order to contact James Bond boss

Daniel Wilson denies 11 counts of breaching orders banning him from contacting Barbara Broccoli.

www.bbc.co.uk

Michael's sons are Gregg and David, so the name is probably just a coincidence.

 

[HIjol]

It’s James Norton, the star of Happy Valley and, perhaps more pertinently, McMafia, where he got to look handsome and dashing in a tux.

Whoops...gotta do that proofread!!!...thank you!