Alternative007 Articles Reviewed

[skywalker]

www.alternative007.co.uk/2.htm

Any thoughts on this article?

[Cpt. Sir Dominic Flandry]

A splendid article, and I agree with the thesis that Roger saved bond.

[jamesstock007]

skywalker said:

Next article for review is this controversial one. www.alternative007.co.uk/4.htm

I be honest on this one skywalker i didn't find this a bad Bond movie at all it is very patchy and over the top but Brosnan is excellent in it and the fencing scene is more exiting than anything in casino royale.

[skywalker]

jamesstock007 said:

skywalker said:

Next article for review is this controversial one. www.alternative007.co.uk/4.htm

I be honest on this one skywalker i didn't find this a bad Bond movie at all it is very patchy and over the top but Brosnan is excellent in it and the fencing scene is more exiting than anything in casino royale.

I actually consider DAD to be Brosnan's best performance in the role.

[harrypalmer]

Roger did save Bond. He left it in safe hands, and after he left Eon had a few dodgy years until Brosnan rebooted the series.

[harrypalmer]

I love the new alternative007 article on Ken Baxter, the man who could have been Bond.

Is it a true story>

[skywalker]

harrypalmer said:

I love the new alternative007 article on Ken Baxter, the man who could have been Bond.

Is it a true story>

Excellent stuff.

[skywalker]

www.alternative007.co.uk/59.htm

What does everyone feel about the mainly loathed Bond film Moonraker.

Is it the black sheep on the franchise or is it underrated? I've included this great review by Luke Quantrill to aid your thought process.

[harrypalmer]

I think it's quite fashionable to like Moonraker now, if you look on some of the other Bond forums. It's a wonderful moment in the series.

As Luke says, it's a big spectacle and has many classic Bond moments.

As he said:

Moonraker has been criticised for being gadget intensive but I disagree. Apart from a wrist gun, a ballpoint pen equipped with a hypodermic needle, a cigarette case safecracker, a watch with an explosive charge, a mini camera, a flame-throwing perfume bottle, a radio transmitter, laser guns, a gondola that can turn into a hovercraft, a speedboat that turns into a handglider, and about two million gizmos in Drax's various bases, there are very few gadgets in Moonraker

[poirot]

harrypalmer said:

I think it's quite fashionable to like Moonraker now, if you look on some of the other Bond forums.

Quite true. Moonraker was the series' whipping boy for a very long time during the 80's and 90's. Now it appears to be more fashionable to disregard Die Another Day.

I guess you tend to be more critical of the films you actually experienced firsthand. I'm sure ten years from now, fans will find the "old fashioned" spectacle of Die Another Day more acceptable as well.

Outside the window a nearby pigeon did a double-take.

;D

[alex]

The Moonraker review makes some good points about the film feeling really large in scope. That's something I miss about the newer Bond films. They seem a bit blander and less colourful than the Cubby films.

LQ's take on Die Another Day is interesting too.

www.alternative007.co.uk/69.htm

[skywalker]

alex said:

The Moonraker review makes some good points about the film feeling really large in scope. That's something I miss about the newer Bond films. They seem a bit blander and less colourful than the Cubby films.

LQ's take on Die Another Day is interesting too.

www.alternative007.co.uk/69.htm

Good call Alex. I tend to agree. The more recent Bond films don't seem as grand as perhaps the Moonraker and Spy of this world.

Is it down to budgets or do EON consider it not essential?

I'm sure Poirot, BJ and Kadov might shed some light on it.

[skywalker]

poirot said:

harrypalmer said:

I think it's quite fashionable to like Moonraker now, if you look on some of the other Bond forums.

Quite true. Moonraker was the series' whipping boy for a very long time during the 80's and 90's. Now it appears to be more fashionable to disregard Die Another Day.

I guess you tend to be more critical of the films you actually experienced firsthand. I'm sure ten years from now, fans will find the "old fashioned" spectacle of Die Another Day more acceptable as well.

Outside the window a nearby pigeon did a double-take.

;D

I think it's great that MR is considered fashionable. I probably wouldn't have agreed but I feel it's top news that it is, as without question it's a great film with many classic Bond moments.

[poirot]

skywalker said:

I'm sure Poirot, BJ and Kadov might shed some light on it.

LOL...well, naturally, Daniel Craig is probably to blame here.

I've always liked MR as well. It's definitely an example of when you could still see the budget being put up on the screen. Just imagine if they had been able to fit the aerojet sequence in there as planned!

[Greg Haugen]

I think they really miss people like Derek Meddings and Ken Adam. John Barry too , his music seemed to lift those films up and make them a bit taller. The post Cubby films don't feel quite the same and I fear the epic James Bond film is a thing of the past.