Elimination Game

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  • Harry PalmerHarry Palmer Somewhere in the past ...Posts: 325MI6 Agent
    RJJB wrote:
    That's it AVTAK haters! One of your lovey-dovey Flemingesque movies are going down next. Mark my words...

    Try not to vote twice in one day next time, JFF.
    No doubt that spurred people to vote against your favorite movie.


    I would have said, try not to vote twice at all. This game suddenly lost all meaning.
    1. Cr, 2. Ltk, 3. Tld, 4. Qs, 5. Ohmss, 6. Twine, 7. Tnd, 8. Tswlm, 9. Frwl, 10. Tb, 11. Ge, 12. Gf, 13. Dn, 14. Mr, 15. Op, 16. Yolt, 17. Sf, 18. Daf, 19. Avtak, 20. Sp, 21. Fyeo, 22. Dad, 23. Lald, 24. Tmwtgg
  • Dan SameDan Same Victoria, AustraliaPosts: 6,054MI6 Agent
    I would have said, try not to vote twice at all. This game suddenly lost all meaning.
    As long as he doesn't vote twice in one day, why shouldn't he vote twice at all? Or is it because you don't agree with his views? :p
    "He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
  • Harry PalmerHarry Palmer Somewhere in the past ...Posts: 325MI6 Agent
    Dan Same wrote:
    I would have said, try not to vote twice at all. This game suddenly lost all meaning.
    As long as he doesn't vote twice in one day, why shouldn't he vote twice at all? Or is it because you don't agree with his views? :p


    Hi Dan. I in fact happen not to agree with JFF's views (though I'm grateful for them, since they add a little bit of controversy to the forum). All that, however, is just incidental. If the elimination game turns into a private vendetta, or a need to assert one's views over everybody else's it stops being interesting (to me at least).

    It's what I call "hijacking a debate". The fun, for me, is to see what the forum as a community comes up with.

    Other than that, I welcome JFF's very strong opinions as I welcome yours.
    1. Cr, 2. Ltk, 3. Tld, 4. Qs, 5. Ohmss, 6. Twine, 7. Tnd, 8. Tswlm, 9. Frwl, 10. Tb, 11. Ge, 12. Gf, 13. Dn, 14. Mr, 15. Op, 16. Yolt, 17. Sf, 18. Daf, 19. Avtak, 20. Sp, 21. Fyeo, 22. Dad, 23. Lald, 24. Tmwtgg
  • RJJBRJJB United StatesPosts: 346MI6 Agent
    1.Dr.No [5]
    2.From Russia With Love [8]
    3.Goldfinger [12]+1 = 13
    4.Thunderball [8]
    5.You Only Live Twice [5]
    6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [11]
    7.Diamonds are Forever [4]
    8.Live and Let Die [4]
    9.The Man With the Golden Gun [4] - 1 =3
    10.The Spy Who Loved Me [5]
    11.Moonraker [5]
    12.For Your Eyes Only [5]
    13.Octopussy [5]
    14.Never Say Never Again [2]
    15.The Living Daylights [5]
    16.Licence to Kill [4]
    17.Goldeneye [4]
    18.Tomorrow Never Dies [5]
    19.The World is Not Enough [4]
    20.Casino Royale [5]
  • Krassno GranitskiKrassno Granitski USAPosts: 896MI6 Agent
    1.Dr.No [5]
    2.From Russia With Love [8]
    3.Goldfinger [13]
    4.Thunderball [8]
    5.You Only Live Twice [5]
    6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [12]+1
    7.Diamonds are Forever [4]
    8.Live and Let Die [4]
    9.The Man With the Golden Gun [3]
    10.The Spy Who Loved Me [5]
    11.Moonraker [4]-1
    12.For Your Eyes Only [5]
    13.Octopussy [5]
    14.Never Say Never Again [2]
    15.The Living Daylights [5]
    16.Licence to Kill [4]
    17.Goldeneye [4]
    18.Tomorrow Never Dies [5]
    19.The World is Not Enough [4]
    20.Casino Royale [5]
  • LazenbyLazenby The upper reaches of the AmazoPosts: 606MI6 Agent
    edited March 2007
    1.Dr.No [5]
    2.From Russia With Love [8]
    3.Goldfinger [13]
    4.Thunderball [8]
    5.You Only Live Twice [5]
    6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [12]
    7.Diamonds are Forever [4]
    8.Live and Let Die [4]
    9.The Man With the Golden Gun [3]
    10.The Spy Who Loved Me [5]
    11.Moonraker [5]+1 (I want to save it from an early death.)
    12.For Your Eyes Only [5]
    13.Octopussy [5]
    14.Never Say Never Again [2]
    15.The Living Daylights [5]
    16.Licence to Kill [4]
    17.Goldeneye [4]
    18.Tomorrow Never Dies [5]
    19.The World is Not Enough [3]-1
    20.Casino Royale [5]

    Eliminated

    21) Die Another Day
    22) A View to a Kill
  • Krassno GranitskiKrassno Granitski USAPosts: 896MI6 Agent
    Lazenby wrote:
    11.Moonraker [5]+1 (I want to save it from an early death.)
    Only if my computer breaks down. This movie is atrocious and deserves to DIE X-( X-(
  • LazenbyLazenby The upper reaches of the AmazoPosts: 606MI6 Agent
    This movie is atrocious and deserves to DIE X-( X-(

    It's not that bad. With all the slapstick Jaws crap, double-taking pigeons and whatnot edited out there's a lot of good stuff in it: a great score, a great villain ("Mr. Bond. You appear with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season."), some great action sequences (the centerfuge, cablecar, the opening sequence), and a decided lack of bras. It's easily Moore's best Bond movie, imho.
  • s96024s96024 Posts: 1,519MI6 Agent
    Are we supposed to vote daily. That would be pretty stupid because peoples favourite and least favourite are unlikely to change.
  • Bruce_007Bruce_007 Posts: 46MI6 Agent
    Why doesn't any one else have the guts to blow NSNA away?! Come on, it's terrible!
  • LazenbyLazenby The upper reaches of the AmazoPosts: 606MI6 Agent
    s96024 wrote:
    Are we supposed to vote daily. That would be pretty stupid because peoples favourite and least favourite are unlikely to change.

    You can vote daily, but you don't have to. The idea is to create a list that, to as high a degree as possible, reflects the favorites of the community as a whole. Obviously the more people that consistently play the better. (If you could only vote once the game would take a million years to finish.)
  • Krassno GranitskiKrassno Granitski USAPosts: 896MI6 Agent
    edited March 2007
    Bruce_007 wrote:
    Why doesn't any one else have the guts to blow NSNA away?! Come on, it's terrible!
    Two words can describe why I like this film. Sean Connery. -{
    Sean Connery is a better Bond than Moore, Brosnan. Period! End of story. His best performance since Thunderball.
  • Moore Not LessMoore Not Less Posts: 1,095MI6 Agent
    1.Dr.No [5]
    2.From Russia With Love [8]
    3.Goldfinger [13]
    4.Thunderball [8]
    5.You Only Live Twice [5]
    6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [12]
    7.Diamonds are Forever [4]
    8.Live and Let Die [4]
    9.The Man With the Golden Gun [3]
    10.The Spy Who Loved Me [5]+1 =6
    11.Moonraker [5]
    12.For Your Eyes Only [5]
    13.Octopussy [5]
    14.Never Say Never Again [2]-1 =1
    15.The Living Daylights [5]
    16.Licence to Kill [4]
    17.Goldeneye [4]
    18.Tomorrow Never Dies [5]
    19.The World is Not Enough [3]
    20.Casino Royale [5]
  • Krassno GranitskiKrassno Granitski USAPosts: 896MI6 Agent
    14.Never Say Never Again [2]-1 =1
    Just say NO to peer pressure. :))
  • JennyFlexFanJennyFlexFan Posts: 1,497MI6 Agent
    1.Dr.No [5]
    2.From Russia With Love [8]
    3.Goldfinger [13]
    4.Thunderball [8]
    5.You Only Live Twice [5]
    6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [12]
    7.Diamonds are Forever [4]
    8.Live and Let Die [4]
    9.The Man With the Golden Gun [3]
    10.The Spy Who Loved Me [6]
    11.Moonraker [5]
    12.For Your Eyes Only [5]
    13.Octopussy [5]
    14.Never Say Never Again [1]
    15.The Living Daylights [5]
    16.Licence to Kill [3] (-)
    17.Goldeneye [5] (+)
    18.Tomorrow Never Dies [5]
    19.The World is Not Enough [3]
    20.Casino Royale [5]

    @Harry: I know many people, you included, don't agree with my views, (and thanks for calling them controversial, it's quite a compliment to me!) but once and for all I didn't vote twice a day! Once was at night and the next was before school the next day, it's because this is on a different timezone that it seems like I voted twice a day when in fact I didn't.

    @Dan: Don't get me started about you people making AVTAK the 22nd worst film X-( ;)
  • s96024s96024 Posts: 1,519MI6 Agent
    1.Dr.No [5]
    2.From Russia With Love [8]
    3.Goldfinger [13]
    4.Thunderball [8]
    5.You Only Live Twice [5]
    6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [12]
    7.Diamonds are Forever [4]
    8.Live and Let Die [4]
    9.The Man With the Golden Gun [3]
    10.The Spy Who Loved Me [6]
    11.Moonraker [5]
    12.For Your Eyes Only [5]
    13.Octopussy [5]
    15.The Living Daylights [5]
    16.Licence to Kill [3]
    17.Goldeneye [6] (+)
    18.Tomorrow Never Dies [5]
    19.The World is Not Enough [3]
    20.Casino Royale [5]

    14.Never Say Never Again is gone :D
  • LazenbyLazenby The upper reaches of the AmazoPosts: 606MI6 Agent
    and thanks for calling them controversial, it's quite a compliment to me!

    They are controversial though. Ranking AVTAK ahead of all the 60s films? And even above all of Moore's films that were actually good? You are entitled to your opinions, of course, but I can't help but point out that you are possibly the first person I have met to seriously advance (and so vehemently) those particular opinions. All of the Bond movies have their champions, but I honestly think a case can be made (or at least once upon a time I did; a truly fair review I suppose would require a another viewing) that AVTAK is objectively inferior to at least a great deal of the other Bond movies. James Bond movies, remember, are ultimately about James Bond (be it the 60s-era ultracool more masculine Fleming Bond of Connery, Lazenby, Dalton and now Craig, or the suave and lighened up superhero type Americanized Bond of Moore and Brosnan)-- and AVTAK is thus far the only movie of the series in which the actor was utterly unsuited to, and thus unbelievable in, the part. For this reason I hold it as the worst film (so far) of the series.
  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly Liverpool, UKPosts: 1,048MI6 Agent
    Oh Lazenby; though I thoroughly agree with you, it's obvious you are new. Everyone else learnt a long time ago about JFF's perverse devotion to this most unloved of Bond's children. The fact is that he can bore for Britain on the subject of AVTAK, and as such, it's not worth wasting your breath on him. The thing to do is to nod and smile and ignore everything he says, rather as one would with the strange homeless person who sits next to you on the bus. Then you get off at your stop and take a shower.
    Founder of the Wint & Kidd Appreciation Society.

    @merseytart
  • 00-Agent00-Agent CaliforniaPosts: 453MI6 Agent
    1.Dr.No [5]
    2.From Russia With Love [9](+)
    3.Goldfinger [13]
    4.Thunderball [8]
    5.You Only Live Twice [4](-)
    6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [12]
    7.Diamonds are Forever [4]
    8.Live and Let Die [4]
    9.The Man With the Golden Gun [3]
    10.The Spy Who Loved Me [6]
    11.Moonraker [5]
    12.For Your Eyes Only [5]
    13.Octopussy [5]
    15.The Living Daylights [5]
    16.Licence to Kill [3]
    17.Goldeneye [6]
    18.Tomorrow Never Dies [5]
    19.The World is Not Enough [3]
    20.Casino Royale [5]
    "A blunt instrument wielded by a Government department. Hard, ruthless, sardonic, fatalistic. He likes gambling, golf, fast motor cars. All his movements are relaxed and economical". Ian Fleming
  • Prince Kamal KhanPrince Kamal Khan Posts: 277MI6 Agent
    1.Dr.No [5]
    2.From Russia With Love [9]
    3.Goldfinger [13]
    4.Thunderball [8]
    5.You Only Live Twice [5](+)
    6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [12]
    7.Diamonds are Forever [4]
    8.Live and Let Die [4]
    9.The Man With the Golden Gun [3]
    10.The Spy Who Loved Me [6]
    11.Moonraker [5]
    12.For Your Eyes Only [5]
    13.Octopussy [5]
    15.The Living Daylights [5]
    16.Licence to Kill [3]
    17.Goldeneye [6]
    18.Tomorrow Never Dies [5]
    19.The World is Not Enough [2](-)
    20.Casino Royale [5]
  • DEFIANT 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    1.Dr.No [5]
    2.From Russia With Love 9+1 = [10]
    3.Goldfinger [13]
    4.Thunderball [8]
    5.You Only Live Twice [5]
    6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [12]
    7.Diamonds are Forever [4]
    8.Live and Let Die [4]
    9.The Man With the Golden Gun [3]
    10.The Spy Who Loved Me [6]
    11.Moonraker [5]
    12.For Your Eyes Only [5]
    13.Octopussy [5]
    15.The Living Daylights [5]
    16.Licence to Kill [3]
    17.Goldeneye 6-1 = [5]
    18.Tomorrow Never Dies [5]
    19.The World is Not Enough [2]
    20.Casino Royale [5]

    Finally, From Russia With Love has hit double figures!

    As for Never Say Never Again, I agree with Granitsky. If there is one thing that saves this film for me, it's Sean Connery. Also, as far as I'm concerned, it's better than the rubbish like Die Another Day.
    "Watch the birdie, you bastard!"
  • JennyFlexFanJennyFlexFan Posts: 1,497MI6 Agent

    As for Never Say Never Again, I agree with Granitsky. If there is one thing that saves this film for me, it's Sean Connery. Also, as far as I'm concerned, it's better than the rubbish like Die Another Day.

    I really like NSNA, feeling it better than its boring counterpart. Connery was certainly a part of it (though I find him really annoying for some reason in this movie). My real saving grace were the delicious performances of Brandauer and Carerra as the villains. You like them so much you're almost rooting for them to win in my book!
  • JennyFlexFanJennyFlexFan Posts: 1,497MI6 Agent
    Oh Lazenby; though I thoroughly agree with you, it's obvious you are new. Everyone else learnt a long time ago about JFF's perverse devotion to this most unloved of Bond's children. The fact is that he can bore for Britain on the subject of AVTAK, and as such, it's not worth wasting your breath on him. The thing to do is to nod and smile and ignore everything he says, rather as one would with the strange homeless person who sits next to you on the bus. Then you get off at your stop and take a shower.

    jetset... I never knew you felt this way. :(
  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,699MI6 Agent
    ]1.Dr.No [5]
    2.From Russia With Love [10]
    3.Goldfinger [13]
    4.Thunderball [8]
    5.You Only Live Twice [5]
    6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [12]
    7.Diamonds are Forever [4]
    8.Live and Let Die [4]
    9.The Man With the Golden Gun [3]
    10.The Spy Who Loved Me [6]
    11.Moonraker [5] 5-1 =4
    12.For Your Eyes Only [5]
    13.Octopussy [5]
    15.The Living Daylights [5]
    16.Licence to Kill [3]
    17.Goldeneye [5]
    18.Tomorrow Never Dies [5]
    19.The World is Not Enough [2] 2+1= 3
    20.Casino Royale [5]
    Some people would complain even if you hang them with a new rope
  • bluemanblueman PDXPosts: 1,667MI6 Agent
    1.Dr.No [5]
    2.From Russia With Love [10]
    3.Goldfinger [13]
    4.Thunderball [8]
    5.You Only Live Twice [5]
    6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [12]
    7.Diamonds are Forever [4]
    8.Live and Let Die [4]
    9.The Man With the Golden Gun [3]
    10.The Spy Who Loved Me [6]
    11.Moonraker [4]
    12.For Your Eyes Only [5]
    13.Octopussy [5]
    15.The Living Daylights [5]
    16.Licence to Kill [2] 3-1
    17.Goldeneye [5]
    18.Tomorrow Never Dies [5]
    19.The World is Not Enough [3]
    20.Casino Royale [6] 5+1
  • Dan SameDan Same Victoria, AustraliaPosts: 6,054MI6 Agent
    edited March 2007
    His best performance since Thunderball.
    IMO Connery's best performance since TB was DAF, followed a long way away by YOLT. ;)
    Lazenby wrote:
    They are controversial though. Ranking AVTAK ahead of all the 60s films? And even above all of Moore's films that were actually good? You are entitled to your opinions, of course, but I can't help but point out that you are possibly the first person I have met to seriously advance (and so vehemently) those particular opinions. All of the Bond movies have their champions, but I honestly think a case can be made (or at least once upon a time I did; a truly fair review I suppose would require a another viewing) that AVTAK is objectively inferior to at least a great deal of the other Bond movies. James Bond movies, remember, are ultimately about James Bond (be it the 60s-era ultracool more masculine Fleming Bond of Connery, Lazenby, Dalton and now Craig, or the suave and lighened up superhero type Americanized Bond of Moore and Brosnan)-- and AVTAK is thus far the only movie of the series in which the actor was utterly unsuited to, and thus unbelievable in, the part. For this reason I hold it as the worst film (so far) of the series.
    Although I don't agee with your descriptions of Moore and Brosnan, I ceetainly agree that AVTAK is terrible. But as has already been stated, JFF's views are well-known on this board. And if I may say so myself, his views are among the reasons why I appreciate this board so much. :o :D
    "He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
  • LazenbyLazenby The upper reaches of the AmazoPosts: 606MI6 Agent
    Dan Same wrote:
    And if I may say so myself, his views are amoing teh reasons why I appreciate this board so much. :o :D

    I agree that variety is a good thing; that was just one variation I never thought I would come across...
  • LazenbyLazenby The upper reaches of the AmazoPosts: 606MI6 Agent
    Dan Same wrote:
    Although I don't agree with your descriptions of Moore and Brosnan

    Just for the sake of discussion, what part/parts do you disagree with?
  • Dan SameDan Same Victoria, AustraliaPosts: 6,054MI6 Agent
    edited March 2007
    Lazenby wrote:
    Just for the sake of discussion, what part/parts do you disagree with?
    Well, a couple of things. One, the idea that they are 'lightened up superheroes.' Perhaps, it's my reflexes kicking into gear, but when I read that, I read 'not tough enough.' That is something I would strongly disagree with. I also don't know how they are more of a superhero than Connnery (GF/TB) and Craig (he's incredibly athletic to say the least.) Not that it's a bad thing. I don't think that Bond being a 'superhero' (f he ever was) is in itself a bad thing. Finally, people refer to them being Americanized, but I honestly don't know what means. The accent? The mannerisms? When I watch Moore and Brosnan, I don't think of American heroes.
    Lazenby wrote:
    I agree that variety is a good thing; that was just one variation I never thought I would come across...
    True. My point was however, that for some perverse reason, I have become brain-washed and actually enjoy reading JFF's posts on the merits of AVTAK. :))

    1.Dr.No [5]
    2.From Russia With Love [10]
    3.Goldfinger [13]12+1*
    4.Thunderball [8]
    5.You Only Live Twice [5]
    6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [12]
    7.Diamonds are Forever [4]
    8.Live and Let Die [4]
    9.The Man With the Golden Gun [3]
    10.The Spy Who Loved Me [6]
    11.Moonraker [4]
    12.For Your Eyes Only [5]
    13.Octopussy [5]
    14.The Living Daylights [6]*
    15.Licence to Kill [1]2-1 (someone, kill it now :D)
    16.Goldeneye [5]
    17.Tomorrow Never Dies [5]
    18.The World is Not Enough [3]
    19.Casino Royale [6]

    *The person after my last post (not naming any names :v) added an extra point to GF and took away an extra point from TLD.


    20)Never Say Never Again
    21)Die Another Day
    22)A View to a Kill


    (Also FRWL, GF and OHMSS are all on double-figures.)
    "He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
  • RJJBRJJB United StatesPosts: 346MI6 Agent
    1.Dr.No [5]
    2.From Russia With Love [10]
    3.Goldfinger [13]+1 =[14]
    4.Thunderball [8]
    5.You Only Live Twice [5]
    6.On Her Majesty's Secret Service [12]
    7.Diamonds are Forever [4]
    8.Live and Let Die [4]
    9.The Man With the Golden Gun [3]-1 =[2[
    10.The Spy Who Loved Me [6]
    11.Moonraker [4]
    12.For Your Eyes Only [5]
    13.Octopussy [5]
    14.The Living Daylights [6]
    15.Licence to Kill [1]
    16.Goldeneye [5]
    17.Tomorrow Never Dies [5]
    18.The World is Not Enough [3]
    19.Casino Royale [6]
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