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I've been waiting a while and so far can't find any information on why all the Bond movies are out on blu-ray except my favorite "Diamonds Are Forever". Does anyone know why this movie is not being released?

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Bonds studio is up for sale, so don't expect any more blurays or bond films to come out until there is a new owner of the bond franchise

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NNNNNNNNnnnnnnnooooooooooo

I need my thumper and bambi!!

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Agent 0006 came around here just as poorly briefed. Do you know what happened to him? Moonraker every day for a month.

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I eagerly await Agent 0009's report.

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Sorry Agent-0008, but your intel is wrong....

"All" of the Bond movies (other than your personal favorite) are not yet out on BD...only 14 are (including the unofficial "Never Say Never Again")....that leaves 9 more still to be given the Blu-ray treatment:

You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Diamonds Are Forever
The Spy Who Loved Me
Octopussy
A View To A Kill
The Living Daylights
Goldeneye
Tomorrow Never Dies

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He's obviously a pawn of SPECTRE and can no longer be trusted.

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I only recognize the first Connery movies and the first two Roger Moores, everything else doesn't come close. I had not realized that I did not have You Only Live Twice, I guess my disappointment over Diamonds are forever clouded my judgment.

For those who wonder, 0008 is from Our Man Flint.

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only recognize as what? Canon? Elaborate please....

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He's saying that the rest are bad movies and his opinion is superior to yours so eat it. :D

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Eat what? The DVD? Elaborate please....

And as far as ignoring Goldeneye, what kind of fan can you really be?!

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What's especially weird is that he only recognizes the first two Roger Moore movies (Live and Let Die, and The Man with the Golden Gun), even though The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only are both much better.

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Hrm....I dunno. To me...I consider the strong Connery ones great, I REALLY REALLY don't remember the Dalton or Moore films I may have seen scenes from them, and Goldeneye followed by Casino Royale. Based off what I have seen. Seems like Bond had a lot of crap.

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This is the first time I have ever encountered a Harry Saltzman purist. Ever.

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Not really a Saltzmen, more of a Guy Hamilton, Terrence Young fan. Especially Hamilton - 1) Goldfinger 2) Diamonds Are Frever 3) Live And Let Die 4) The Man With The Golden Gun. The Moore movies after Hamilton got too comedic. I was disappointed in Timothy Dalton run as I thought he was a great choice but the movies just didn't have the Bond feel for me. The most recent Bonds seem to have taken a step toward the orginal Bond feel and I have enjoyed them but just not enough to purchase them. If I stumble on them cheap I will probably pick them up.

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I'm a fan of the underrated On Her Majesty's Secret Service with George Lazenby.

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Lazenby kicks the crap out of Remmington Steele. IMO

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I have a feeling that the next time you watch Diamonds are Forever, you may realize just how lousy it really is. It has just as much dopey humor as the Moore pictures.

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Agreed. Diamonds are Forever is truly awful. I think many people give it a pass, because of Connery, but objectively, it's one of the weakest Bond films by far.

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Gay henchmen Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint and their antics certainly don't help matters!

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How do you get one of those objective opinions? :D

(I'm with you on this one, though!)

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I was referring to the fact that you've cited Dr. No through The Man with the Golden Gun as the only run of Bond movies you recognize. Those were the entirety of Saltzman's run as co-producer.

And I will again ask: can anyone explain why it is that they can fawn over the Daniel Craig era with praise...while dismissing Timothy Dalton's turn as Bond? No offense to Craig, but he's drowning in accolades for doing what Dalton did 20 years earlier.

It's one of my favorites. Lazenby may have been a nightmare on-set (and off), but his on-screen performance is adequate to fine. Diana Rigg as Tracy remains my favorite Bond Girl (damn, was she hot!), and I love John Barry's score for that one. I was never terribly in love with the fight scene editing, but the locations are gorgeous and despite its length, it moves at a very brisk pace.

It's been said that Diamonds Are Forever was the first Roger Moore Bond movie. Chalk it up to Tom Mankiewicz's screenplay. I always hated that they chose to basically ignore any fallout from On Her Majesty's Secret Service, having Bond seek his revenge at the beginning of the movie and then just get on with life as usual. They really squandered a lot of storytelling potential there.

I like some elements of the movie (Jill St. John as Tiffany Case, Connery's nonchalance as Bond, the elevator fight scene, and believe it or not, Kidd and Wint as creepy henchmen), but I really don't go for some of the others (Charles Gray was the least interesting Blofeld in the series, the James Bond Playboy Club card--the first allusion that Bond is actually famous--and most of the stuff in Vegas). It's a very mixed bag.

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Perhaps you are correct to a degree. Though I would maintain that Dalton was always much darker than Craig's portrayal. However, Craig might have come across the same way had he followed Moore's cheeky, double entendre hurling Bond. And yet I find myself caring about Craig's Bond more. Dalton was always so cold and removed. Of course the revenge motif of License to Kill didn't help him any. The franchise went on an extended hiatus after that only to thunder back into theaters with the amazing Goldeneye. So he was bound to sort of get the shaft.

I saw all of the Dalton films in the theater. He was extremely acclaimed when the movies were released after Moore had well over-stayed his welcome!

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Freakin' A, MGM, release the rest of the damn movies on Blu already!!!