Georgy Zhukov Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I heard it from other people but itdid look like he isn't wearing underwear if you just watch. Still, not a thing to see in a Bond film.Oona Chaplin would make a great Bond girl. Got that exoitic look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Can't wait to watch Skyfall tomorrow night, it's gonna be the highlight of my week.Also, I love how this thread is basically like 4 or 5 people now and thats it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I know, where did everybody go?I watched CR, QoS and Skyfall yesterday. Just to get a feel about Craig's Bond. Skyfall is my favorite and I think it is because they toned it down. CR was a little over the top because the last film was Die another Day, so fans are use to the Brosnan action pieces. QoS was a Bourne rip off combined with Die Another Day explosiions. Not hiding it, especially the use of slow mo. Skyfall was more old fashioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 How was it watching the trilogy? I did the Brosnan quadrilogy on Monday and it was just absolutely painful. Is Skyfall your favorite Bond film, or just up there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 It is definitley my favorite. I am going to start watching all of them again soon. Sadly I only got the Craig film on Blu ray, the rest are DVD.Casino Royale makes an excellent companion to Skyfall. Casino Royale reboots Bond but Skyfall connects it to the rest of the series. Now Craig can be fully compared to the other five actors instead of being the new guy. QoS was right after Casino Royale so you still see Bond as this newly promoted MI6 agent. In Skyfall he has already been on several missions. I think QoS makes Skyfall look even better by comparison. I look forward to Craig's next two films and he seems open to doing more if he likes the script. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Seriously, if all you have on Blu Ray is the Craig trilogy, get Bond 50 - completely worth buying CR and QOS again. GoldenEye is probably the worst-looking of the 22 films, and even that is pretty good. FRWL was the first disc I watched after getting the set, and it was like watching the movie for the first time all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I might just buy them separetly over the course of several paychecks. I can't afford to get the blu ray since I invested in other things. I went through enough trouble getting the DVD's Do any of the blu ray have the documentaries narrated by Patrick Macnee? Those were very good but only go up to LTK. It gets really disappointing when youn get to Brosnan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 To be honest, haven't watched any of the special features. I'll check next time I pop in an older film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 They are very informing. Though I wish there were more screentests. I especially liked James Brolin's test for Bond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Was going to get Never Say Never Again on DVD but then I heard that many copies had missing scenes.Yo Powerage, did you think the Brosnan film had some of the worse Bond girls? Teri Hatcher, Denise Richards, Halle Berry? Edited February 21, 2013 by Georgy Zhukov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 To answer both your questions Georgy - yes, all the special features from the original DVDs and Ultimate Editions carried over to the Blu-ray releases, including the John Cork documentaries. Only some of the Die Another Day special features were ditched for some unknown reason. The documentary on that one sucked anyways.Also, only the initial Region 2 pressing of Never Say Never Again had missing scenes which was quickly fixed. Otherwise, you should be good to go especially if you get the later "Collector's Edition" release.In the books he is basically Bond's French contempoary (just like Leiter is his American contempoary). Rene Mathis tends to make an appearance whenever Bond visits the European mainland.Precisely why I wish they didn't kill him off. Great character and great actor. It would have been nice to have another option for an ally since you can't always have Leiter.Just popped in my copy of Quantum Of Solace from the Bond 50 set. Man, I'm so fucking disappointed that the menu doesn't match the rest of the series, and they only slapped a new label on an identical disc to the initial release. It's like, they made Casino Royale match the rest of the series instead of retain it's original BD menu, so why couldn't they do QOS also? I know it's a small thing to be so disappointed about, but it's really a glaring inconsistency after watching the rest of the films.I thought that was strange too. They went through the effort for Casino, so why not Quantum? Assholes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Seeing how I am in America I shouldn't have a problem. Put down $35 for Never Say Never Again collector's edition DVD. I'd get the Blu Ray if it wasn't over $135 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 The featurettes on the Collector's Edition are pretty good. Lots of facts about the rights, the troubled production, and getting Connery back. The original DVD was bare bones except for the trailer.If you had a region-free player, the Region B Blu-ray is getting re-released in the UK in April for like $10. I imagine lots of those Blu-ray prices will quickly drop. No word yet on a Region A re-release, so you're probably safe with the Collector's Edition. To be fair, $35 isn't the worst I've seen. I've seen the bare bones DVD go for like $50. It's crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Maybe I will sell the collector's edition when the blu ray prices drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Was going to get Never Say Never Again on DVD but then I heard that many copies had missing scenes.Yo Powerage, did you think the Brosnan film had some of the worse Bond girls? Teri Hatcher, Denise Richards, Halle Berry?Absolutely. And I don't get all the hype bout Xenia Onnatopp. One of the fucking stupidest characters in the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Was going to get Never Say Never Again on DVD but then I heard that many copies had missing scenes.Yo Powerage, did you think the Brosnan film had some of the worse Bond girls? Teri Hatcher, Denise Richards, Halle Berry?Absolutely. And I don't get all the hype bout Xenia Onnatopp. One of the fucking stupidest characters in the series.Couldn't agree with you more. I watched Goldeneye a few times and I just couldn't get into her. I find the sex scene a little embarrassing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Yea, low point of the movie. She's just so campy...she should've been in TWINE or DAD instead of tainting a good Bond film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I really liked Gotfried John. He was over the top in a good way.Speaking of TWINE, it is a pity Brosnan's hottest Bond girl was only on screen for five to ten minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) I agree with you guys. Yes, she's hot, but very overrated and stupid character.My friend and I always joke about when she kills the admiral:"Xenia! I.... can't... breathe....!" Edit: I agree with that too. Ourumov was a good character.And who do you mean, the cigar girl? Edited February 21, 2013 by James Bond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I agree with you guys. Yes, she's hot, but very overrated and stupid character.My friend and I always joke about when she kills the admiral:"Xenia! I.... can't... breathe....!" Edit: I agree with that too. Ourumov was a good character.And who do you mean, the cigar girl?Ourumov deserved more scenes.And yes, Cigar Girl aka Maria Grazia Cucinotta. She could still be a Bond girl. A chick that Bond can bang on the side like that hot Greek/Turksh girl in Skyfall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Sometimes some of the hottest Bond girls only seem to get a brief scene. The receptionist at the Ocean Club is Casino Royale is another one. Gorgeous, but seen for a total of two minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Die Another Day was full of those girls. The Nurse, Cuban girl on the bed, Peaceful Fountains of Desire, Roger Moore's daughter. I kid on the last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Just popped in Skyfall. Fuck, what a good opening...I almost don't mind that it doesn't have a gun barrel opening. Quite honestly, probably the best pre-title sequence in a Bond film yet.Think we'll ever get another film with an unrelated pre-title sequence? The last one was Tomorrow Never Dies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 TMD was somewhat related. It had the GPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 True, it introduced the GPS encoder and the Gupta character. I'd love to have an unrelated opening again. Just something to get the adrenaline going. I guess you could argue that Casino's opening was unrelated. It shows Bond getting his kills but otherwise it has nothing to do with the plot of the film. Still, I think it'd be awesome to get something like Goldfinger again where its Bond finishing a mission and then starting a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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