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Post by Deexan on Feb 22, 2020 5:32:05 GMT -5
Platinum content right there.
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Post by Neverending on Feb 25, 2020 10:45:59 GMT -5
Deexan Dracula PhantomKnight PG Cooper 1godzillafan DoomsdayBillie Eilish’s No Time To Die debuts at #1 in the UK charts and #16 in the US. Here’s a history of Bond songs and their success (or lack of) These are the songs that made the Top 40 and their peak position Goldfinger - 8 in the US / 21 in the UK Thunderball - 35 in the US You Only Live Twice - 11 in the UK / 44 in the US We Have All The Time In The World - 3 in the UK (1994 re-release) Diamonds Are Forever - 38 in the US Live and Let Die - 2 in the US / 9 in the UK Nobody Does It Better - 2 in the US / 7 in the UK For Your Eyes Only - 4 in the US / 8 in the UK A View To A Kill - 1 in the US / 2 in the UK The Living Daylights - 5 in the UK License To Kill - 6 in the UK GoldenEye - 10 in the UK Tomorrow Never Dies - 12 in the UK The World Is Not Enough - 11 in the UK Die Another Day - 3 in the UK / 8 in the US You Know My Name - 7 in the UK Another Way To Die - 9 in the UK Skyfall - 2 in the UK / 8 in the US Writing’s On The Wall - 1 in the UK No Time To Die has only been on the charts for one week but it’s already the second to hit #1 in the UK (second in a row) and third overall (counting Duran Duran’s #1 in the US). Could Billie Eilish, the girl born after 9/11 be the first to have #1’s in the UK and US? Time will tell.
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Post by Deexan on Mar 17, 2020 15:36:53 GMT -5
Tom Hanks, Idris Elba, Tormund from Game of Thrones... you have to think that this thing has been way more widespread than we thought for a while now.
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Post by Neverending on Apr 6, 2020 12:03:01 GMT -5
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Post by 1godzillafan on Apr 6, 2020 12:15:09 GMT -5
Noooooooooooo!
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Post by PG Cooper on Apr 6, 2020 13:14:29 GMT -5
Sad day. R.I.P.
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Post by Neverending on Apr 12, 2020 18:14:09 GMT -5
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Post by Doomsday on Apr 12, 2020 21:01:17 GMT -5
First Bond movie I got on VHS.
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Post by donny on Apr 21, 2020 9:10:07 GMT -5
Almost had Tarantino. Interesting.
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Post by Neverending on Apr 22, 2020 10:37:32 GMT -5
Not really. Tarantino wanted to do a 1960s-set Casino Royale. That was too radical for the producers. |
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Post by donny on Apr 22, 2020 10:52:14 GMT -5
I said that slighlty in jest, knowing that it was probably more BS than anything. Still cool to hear Brosnan talking about it.
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Post by Neverending on May 3, 2020 2:48:04 GMT -5
Octopussy is the ultimate try-hard Bond movie. I guess competition from Never Say Never Again forced them to “step up their game.” I’ve complained in the past that the movie is too long, but it isn’t as simple as that. This movie goes from a train fight to a car chase to a potential circus bombing to a palace battle to an aerial climax with no regard whatsoever towards tone, pacing, tension and story-character beats. The filmmakers figured if they threw enough action scenes at the audience they wouldn’t notice the movie isn’t that good. And then SnoBorderZero has the balls to say Octopussy is better than Never Say Never Again and View to a Kill. I’d argue Octopussy is the weakest of the 80’s Bond movies... even though it does have the best action scenes. That’s what makes it tragic. They wasted such great action scenes on a super mediocre movie. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on May 3, 2020 14:10:11 GMT -5
Octopussy isn't good, but yes it's better than Never Say Never Again and A View to a Kill.
Not like that's a grand achievement. I have both Never Say Never Again and A View to a Kill in the bottom five Bond films.
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Post by Neverending on May 3, 2020 14:52:00 GMT -5
Octopussy isn't good, but yes it's better than Never Say Never Again and A View to a Kill. Not like that's a grand achievement. I have both Never Say Never Again and A View to a Kill in the bottom five Bond films. But NSNA has the best cinematography of all the 80s Bonds. |
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Post by 1godzillafan on May 3, 2020 15:02:43 GMT -5
And A View to a Kill has Christopher Walken in it, which trumps anything in Octopussy.
Including the clown outfit and Tarzan yell, believe it or not.
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Post by Wyldstaar on May 12, 2020 18:31:43 GMT -5
When I saw Spectre for the first time, I was struck by just how incredibly awful the opening credits theme by Sam Smith was. I couldn't imagine how they couldn't find anything better, especially since I knew he wasn't their first choice from articles I'd seen ahead of time. Apparently, Spectre was destined to have the worst opening theme of any 007 film, regardless of who was given the task.
This was the first attempt at a 007 theme by Radiohead, which was rejected because it was an unreleased song (at the time) they'd written years beforehand, so it wouldn't qualify for an Oscar for Best Original Score.
The second attempt by Radiohead was terrible as well, and apparently rejected for being "too melancholy". As if Radiohead produces anything that isn't melancholy.
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Post by PG Cooper on May 19, 2020 9:25:11 GMT -5
I actually really like that second Radiohead song. Certainly better than Sam Smith's piece.
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