AJB live commentary on OCTOPUSSY

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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,797MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Gymkata wrote:
    thumb3_adams-octopussy-n-bd-04.jpg

    Gymkata, er, I don't suppose you could give us a little more of this? Asking for a friend. ;%

    You know what I want even before I ask :) :)
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Beautiful setpieces!
    That Octopus bed is amazing!
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    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    I think you're quite a bit ahead, Barbel. Bond and Octopussy just on their first snog here... now in bed.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,777MI6 Agent
    The spat of water on Bond’s cheek - Aki’s Death in YOLT.

    Octopus does a ‘Facehugger’ from Alien. Ick!
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    The death of Vijay is done well and is quite affecting.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    So far, imo the only cringeworthy piece was the Tarzan Yell
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,333Chief of Staff
    Shady Tree wrote:
    I think you're quite a bit ahead, Barbel. Bond and Octopussy just on their first snog here... now in bed.

    I'll pause
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,333Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    So far, imo the only cringeworthy piece was the Tarzan Yell

    Funny the first time you hear it, annoying later
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,797MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    So far, imo the only cringeworthy piece was the Tarzan Yell

    I think so too
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Timestamp: Bond falls in lake
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  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,777MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    Francisco - Dicky Graden?

    Still amazed at his hanging about in Moonraker.
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    Thunderbird 2 wrote:
    The spat of water on Bond’s cheek - Aki’s Death in YOLT.

    Octopus does a ‘Facehugger’ from Alien. Ick!

    This fight is one of the movie's more violent scenes. Another example of how Glen varies tone from one action sequence to another, sometimes jarringly. I love how Barry segues from action music to the sad piece as Octopussy looks in close up at the lake, believing Bond dead.

    Now Desmond Llewelyn gives his ONLY other wholly straight performance in a scene as Q since his FRWL briefing scene.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    Shady Tree wrote:
    I think you're quite a bit ahead, Barbel. Bond and Octopussy just on their first snog here... now in bed.

    Are you watching a PAL DVD Barbel? Plays at 25 frames per second, ie 4% faster than standard film frame rate.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,333Chief of Staff
    Nice acting from Moore when M's driver says "No problem"
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,333Chief of Staff
    Golrush007 wrote:
    Shady Tree wrote:
    I think you're quite a bit ahead, Barbel. Bond and Octopussy just on their first snog here... now in bed.

    Are you watching a PAL DVD Barbel? Plays at 25 frames per second, ie 4% faster than standard film frame rate.

    Oh, that's too technical for my mind to handle. It's happened many times so I think you may be right
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,333Chief of Staff
    Gymkata wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Nice acting from Moore when M's driver says "No problem"

    See my comment above yours. I agree, by the way.

    Yes, Moore is excellent in this.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,333Chief of Staff
    Barbel wrote:
    Golrush007 wrote:
    Shady Tree wrote:
    I think you're quite a bit ahead, Barbel. Bond and Octopussy just on their first snog here... now in bed.

    Are you watching a PAL DVD Barbel? Plays at 25 frames per second, ie 4% faster than standard film frame rate.

    Oh, that's too technical for my mind to handle. It's happened many times so I think you may be right

    I'm watching the UE DVD
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Before Barbel asks:
    The station announcements are in better german than his :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
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  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    Isn't that guy who crushes the Romanov star the same actor who was giving a speech in the UN at the beginning of LALD?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,333Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    Before Barbel asks:
    The station announcements are in better german than his :D

    But of course.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,777MI6 Agent
    The Railway used is the preserved Nene Valley Railway, near Peterborough.

    I think it was also used in Goldeneye?
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  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    Some of these subterfuge scenes around the train might be dull were it not for Berkoff's and Jourdan's contrastingly brilliant styles. The creepy Russian bomb expert is a great minor villain (who seems to get away with it)
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    I think so, yes
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,797MI6 Agent
    I think these scenes have a thriller element to them that I like
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    I really enjoy all of the train sequences...it's good old fashioned action-adventure stuff.
  • Shady TreeShady Tree London, UKPosts: 2,969MI6 Agent
    The Meyer twins are quite slight and don't have typical 'villain' faces. They must have been cast mainly on the basis of their skills with knives.
    Critics and material I don't need. I haven't changed my act in 53 years.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,797MI6 Agent
    Strange how the Ppoduction didn't use AKs for the DDR soldiers.
    And Bond doesn't use a PKK, but a Walther P5 instead.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Moore acting brilliantly outraged!
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  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    The nuclear bomb plot always reminds me of Frederick Forsyth's The Fourth Protocol.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,777MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    I wonder if the rail Mercedes inspired all the railway compatible track maintenance road vehicles we have today?

    Sounds like Berkoff is dubbing the soldier speaking with Golgol?
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