AJB live commentary on YOLT

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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,224Chief of Staff
    Henderson is in the book, though the character is totally different.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    I was working with a japanese girl who was married to a japanese yakuza.
    She looked like Aki, he drove a Corniche Convertible and he took me on a ride in the night thru Tokyo!

    That‘s why I had to be back in Tokyo after my failed 1st attempt to Akime
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,966MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Gymkata wrote:

    That's fair, but why go in such a completely different direction with Blofeld compared to what we saw in FRWL and TB? It's kinda jarring. Add in that it's a different actor in every film going forward and it's really bizarre.

    Same theory as Felix? "Nobody will notice"

    To that end, I think re-using Charles Gray again was a mistake. I remember watching this after watching DAF and being really confused regarding the Gray character and whether or not he was Blofeld.

    I think Charles Gray is very Fleming-esque... even though Dikko is a very different sort of character in the novel.

    I think Gray is fine in both films.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,224Chief of Staff
    It's totally amazing how a 6'2" Scotsman is indistinguishable from a Japanese even when you have to carry him.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Gray looks rather creepy in some angles
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,966MI6 Agent
    The assassin isn't running away very fast!
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,224Chief of Staff
    This guy is The Rock's grandfather!
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    I never could pull off those white/black shoes, but I like them!
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,224Chief of Staff
    Hello Bob Simmons!
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Everthing filmed behind the New Otani Hotel!
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,966MI6 Agent
    Brilliant stunt work.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,224Chief of Staff
    Not a vodka drinker- what's wrong with the Siamese kind?
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    That room looks amazing!
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,966MI6 Agent
    Bond just happens to have a bulky safe-cracking gizmo in his jacket pocket...
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,224Chief of Staff
    A pic of Connery opening the safe is on the cover of a German edition of TMWTGG for some reason
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,224Chief of Staff
    :)) :)) :))
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Timestamp: Aki saves Bond in her Toyota
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,224Chief of Staff
    The car wasn't for sale, specially made for the film
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,966MI6 Agent
    These trigger happy security guards... presumably SPECTRE men deployed at Osato's company rather than just common security guards...
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,224Chief of Staff
    The trap door (oubliette) is in the novel, though in a completely different context
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    A pic of Connery opening the safe is on the cover of a German edition of TMWTGG for some reason

    He‘s looking quite good in that image
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,966MI6 Agent
    "Now what the hell's the score?!"... a Fleming line
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    The car wasn't for sale, specially made for the film

    That‘s not 100% correct.

    The car was available as a Coupe, they cut off the roof and converted it to a convertible just for the movie
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,966MI6 Agent
    Tiger's opening laugh... just like the laugh of the FYEO PTS 'Blofeld'. Robert Rietty dubbing?
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,224Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    is that Paul Frees doing the dubbing of Tanaka?

    It's Robert Reitty (also Largo and more)
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,224Chief of Staff
    Shady Tree wrote:
    Tiger's opening laugh... just like the laugh of the FYEO PTS 'Blofeld'. Robert Rietty dubbing?

    Indeed
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Was that wooden train interior also done by Adams?
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,224Chief of Staff
    Reitty is roughly the male equivalent of Nikki van der Zyl
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Does Tanaka have Alexa or is some servant somewhere waiting for his voice commands?
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,224Chief of Staff
    Music- "Tanaka's World"
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