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#184695
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FOR THE MARRIED OTers
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My mother in law actually gave me permission to smack my wife around when she gets too big for her britches. And she meant it. I don't get to indulge since, among other things (like actually respecting my wife), she has self-defense training. But it's nice to have their blessing to engage in physical violence if necessary.
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#184636
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Rankings
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/184636/action/topic#184636
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Didn't take him long once he was off double secret probation to screw himself into oblivion. I've largely stayed out of this fight, but it's been impossible to contain my opinion in recent weeks. I've merely tried to make my posts a bit more surgical, and fortunately they haven't been met with much backtalk. That's good, because I really didn't want to take the bait and get into a flaming exchange. But I hope the "sir posts-a-lot" moniker gets changed to "Rebanned."

So, before we sweep this *ahem* wanker in to the cosmic dustbin of our faded memories like J---O and D-----B before him, let us speculate on whether or not he's boo-hooing, laughing maniacally at how long it took him to troll before getting (re)banned, or just begging for one more chance. And let us hope that never comes, to serve as a lasting reminder to us all that if you're given a second chance and don't respect it, you don't get a third at-bat to strike out. This isn't a game, it's a community, and some trolls don't take the hint no matter how much flaming they get. To them the gallows await.

Good riddance to bad trash. Maybe now he'll get a life, though I figure he'll just haunt another board.
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#184519
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Worst song covers EVER!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/184519/action/topic#184519
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You gotta love Tom Jones, but did you ever hear his rendition of Prince's "Kiss?" Wretched.

Britney Spears "I Love Rock and Roll" is another. Her dumb ass was quoted as saying she covered it because she really loves Pat Benatar. Think about it.

There's some awful version of "A Whiter Shade of Pale" that's been on Lowes' muzak system for about a year now every time I go in. It sounds like Celine but it isn't. I don't know who it is, but that one is just vomitocious. It's probably somewhere on here.
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#184154
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Bond, James Bond
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/184154/action/topic#184154
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Any time I hear the EON party line of "We're making a woman equal to Bond" I just roll my eyes and say "SSDD." Bond has always had strong female characters and every time they come out with a new film, they pretend like this is something new.

They say that same line about the new Bond girl being somehow equal to Bond. They've been saying it at LEAST since Pussy Galore in '64. The only truly defenseless leading Bond girls they've have been Solitaire in "Live and Let Die" and Andrea Anders in "The Man With The Golden Gun." These two films, Moore's first outings, plus Diamonds Are Forever, really were not friendly to women. Blame Guy Hamilton, who directed all three. He was not delivering Goldfinger on these films, to be sure.

Hell, both Michelle Yeoh and Halle Berry were talked up to get their own spin-off franchise. But that never came to pass. It's likely B.S. that Wilson and Broccoli threw their way in order to get them to sign on. But they ALMOST ALWAYS make the Bond woman a strong character because she HAS to contend with his sexist notions and the sheer strength of his character on screen. Lets take a look at the long list of leading Bond Girls -- tell me they haven't been strong women in their own rite:

Honey Ryder: The self sufficient pearl diver with a knife on her belt
Tatyana Romanova: Russian office clerk turned spy for SPECTRE
Tilly Masterson: Trying to assassinate Goldfinger solo?
Pussy Galore: 'nuf said.
Domino: Turncoat against Number 2 -- I mean Largo.
Fiona Volpe: Killed a fellow MI6 agent and drove the heck out of a Mustang
Kissy Suzuki: Secret service operative
Helga Brandt: SPECTRE Agent
Tracy Draco: Ms. Emma Peele charmed Bond enough to get him to the altar. Talk about being able to hold her own against him.
Tiffany Case: Master jewel smuggler and (and my personal fave)
Solitare: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, portrays a soothsayer to Mr. Big. Pretty weak and easily fooled, she's perhaps the weakest leading character.
Rosie Carver: Double agent between the CIA and Kananga
Mary Goodnight: Bumbling fellow agent, she's the butt of many jokes.
Andrea Anders: The only one I recall Bond actually bitch slapping and roughing up, I think it was solely for the purpos of making Moore more macho than he really was. But then Maud Adams came back in "Octopussy" eight years later and was quite the capable woman. I'll get to that in a bit.
Anya Amasova (XXX): Soviet Spy bent on avenging her husband's death at the hands of Bond.
Naomi: Stromberg's hot-ass helicopter pilot. Flying combat missions and taking on the Lotus.
Dr. Holly Goodhead: (Man I love these names) The Good Doctor is both a NASA engineer AND a CIA Operative
Corinne: Another hot-ass helicopter pilot?!?!?
Melina Havelock: Huntress with a crossbow seeking vengance for her parents' death
Bibi: Olympic skating jailbait. AWK ought to like this one.
Domino (version 2.0): A young Kim Basinger squares off with a poorly-toupee'd Sean Connery. See Thunderball for plot details.
Fatima Blush: Crazy snake-loving fashionista almost shoots Bond in the family jewels.
Octopussy: Maud Adams wasn't such a weak woman after all is she? Leader of a band of jewel smuggling hotties.
Magda: One of the aforementioned hotties with the biggest capped teeth this side of Matt Dillon in Something About Mary.
Stacy Sutton: Wait, isn't that Midge from That '70s Show? She might have been better received if Moore hadn't been so dang old. Instead they had that whole Douglass/Zeta-Jones thing going on.
Grace Jones: Eeek! But she could probably snap any of us like a twig.
Pola Ivanova: Russian agent who gets frisky with Bond in a public bath. Wait, wasn't this in San Francisco??? Better reach around and be sure she's a man, Roger.
Kara Milovy: A bit of a damsel in distress, but for a cellist, she seems quite at home riding horses with the Afghani Northern Alliance anyway. Bond gets gentlemanly, thanks to Timothy Dalton actually reading Fleming's books.
Pam Bouvier: Shotgun-toting undercover CIA agent blowing the lid off of the drug cartel with Bond.
Lupe Lamora: Mistress to the Panamanian Drug Lord not above telling him to shove it in more subtle ways while helping Bond.
Natalya Simonova: Computer programmer on space-weapons guidance systems. Survives destruction of her facility in Siberia and long-term exposure to the cold afterward with nary a blemish.
Xenia Onatopp: Once upon a time, there was a world before Famke. Then this woman showed up crushing her lovers between her (perfect) thighs. And dying with a smile on their faces.
Wai Lin: Michele Yeoh just kicks ass. Period. Love or hate this movie, there isn't an ounce of fluff about this character.
Paris Caver: Looks suspiciously like Lois Lane. Signs her own death warrant by sleeping with Bond while under her megolomaniacal husband's constant surveilance.
Dr. Christmas Jones: She's a nuclear physicist who blows up subs with Bond, further making my point. Ignore that Denise Richards in this role is the biggest waste of celluloid since Battlefield Earth.
Elektra King: Fortunately there is a better Bond girl in this film. The mastermind behind the entire evil plot.
Jinx: The name says it all.
Miranda Frost: Fortunately, this ice queen actually has some substance other than filtered water.

Hey EON, wanna make something new? Cast Rupert Everett as James Bond (not a knock-off, as the real thing) and have him experiment with his gay side. It'll be far more entertaining and will likely be more manly than Roger Moore anyway.
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#183311
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Bond, James Bond
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/183311/action/topic#183311
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Thing is, except for the name "Drax," the film Moonraker had absolutely NOTHING to do with the book. The book was a thousand times cooler. The first third of it was in the casino, pulling another "Casino Royale" type sting on Drax. But when the real plot unfolded, that showed the true genius of Ian Fleming. The super villain works as a defense contractor for a government he secretly hates, builds a missile, and prepares to use it against the government that funded it in the first place. Great stuff. Absolutely great stuff.
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#182747
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Bond, James Bond
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/182747/action/topic#182747
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Well, it appears the "Brosnan is out" thread is lost, so I'm starting a new one. The title is purposefully generic to allow discussion about pretty much anything ... the old movies, in-production movies, and the books.

That said, new casting announcements are out for Casino Royale.

Eva Green, recently seen as Queen Sybilla in Kingdom of Heaven, has been cast as Vesper Lynd.

Mads Mikkelsen, recently seen in King Arthur, has been cast as Le Chiffre. How he'll compare to Orson Welles is anybody's guess.

But the coolest tidbit was in the Eva Green story ... that Felix Leiter is indeed showing up again. He's being played by Jeffrey Wright.. Curious casting; I suppose he'll be compared to Bernie Casey before we'll compare him to Jack Lord.

More of the cast is available at commanderbond.net.
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#182402
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Brokeback To The Future
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/182402/action/topic#182402
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Anybody catch the highlight reel of Al Roker and Matt Lauer doing the luge? They called it Brokeback Mornings. Very much like this Trailer, and it was actually run on the Today show.

Between this and Willie Nelson's new song "Cowboys Are Oftenly Secretly Fond Of Each Other" I think we need to retitle this thread "Pudding Alert" and comment on every Brokeback spoof that hits mainstream culture. It's gonna be a long list by Oscar night.
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#181909
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Whittington shot first
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/181909/action/topic#181909
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Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a man during a quail hunt ... making 78-year-old Harry Whittington the first person shot by a sitting veep since Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton, of course, (was) shot in a duel with Aaron Burr over issues of honor, integrity and political maneuvering. Whittington? Mistaken for a bird.

--Jon Stewart