Groucho

All the early movies are tied together:

1. Dr. No is an agent of SPECTRE
2. Rosa Klebb is an agent of SPECTRE ("Number Three"), we are also introduced to Blofeld ("Number 1")
3. Goldfinger is revealed to be an agent of SPECTRE
4. Largo is an agent of SPECTRE ("Number Two")
5. Blofeld ("Number One") is seen in the flesh
6. More Blofeld
7. Even more Blofeld

It isn't until Live and Let Die that we get a non-SPECTRE story, although I think the Goldfinger connection was retconned in later films.

This isn't even accounting for recurring characters M, Moneypenny, and Q.

Supermallet

Alright, who fucked with the system so you could ignore posts from mods?

WeylandYutani

The system hasn't been fucked, I just tend to skip over most your posts ever since your statement this June that Prometheus was worse than Alien Resurrection and almost on par with Alien VS Predator: Requiem. I fully respect honest opinions, and I too was slightly disappointed by Prometheus, but obvious bullshit hyperbole like that I never really look past or get over. Never have.

DaveyJoe

Supermallet

And yet, what I posted in this thread about Sylvia Trench was a fact, not an opinion.

WeylandYutani

I've never said otherwise.

Lt Ripley

Talk about holding a grudge...

jeffkjoe

I'm pretty floored myself.

Solid Snake

Yeah. Jesus titty fucking Christ.

I mean, I might not totally agree w/ Supermallet's huge as fuck hard on of venom for Prometheus..but he did have points in why it wasn't amazing and I agree on about 80-90%. But it's far from the shit he makes it out to be.

Again...it's a goddamn movie. And WeylandYutani...I guess he got kicked in the **** by the words of Supermallet, man. Or something, man.

Jules Winfield

If anyone is gonna hold a grudge against a negative opinion on a movie set in the "Alien" world, it's gonna be someone named Weyland Yutani. You better watch out. You might be next!

Lt Ripley

I'd nuke his ass from orbit. Only way to be sure.

Hokeyboy

Mostly...

Lt Ripley

Listen to me, if we break quarantine, we could all die.

RichC2

To Weyland's defense, comparing anything to Alien vs Predator: Requiem is a huge insult. I mean Prometheus was bad, but it was beautifully shot, reasonably acted film with potential. AvP:R was a snooze inducing CW pilot that wasn't given a series order.

But still, just movies.

stingermck

Hokeyboy

. . . ok?

RocShemp

stingermck feels that Daniel Craig makes everything better.

stingermck

Just trying to get the thread back on track. Did anyone watch the Bond Top Gear special? I caught it last night and it was pretty good.

RocShemp

I actually forgot this was the Skyfall thread.

Draven

No, you are not alone. I like Casino Royale better, but the fact that QoS picks up right after the first movie makes it feel pretty epic. I really didn't have the problems with him that many people seem to. I thought it was a solid outing, and I'd watch it over ANY older Bond movie.

wm lopez

I never got that from it. Bond never said you killed my wife or even had that look of revenge. Bond never acted like any guy would if he found the guy who killed his wife.

stingermck

What? Hes kicking ass left and right, including strangling a woman, looking for Blofeld

DaveyJoe

Shannon Nutt

But when he gets back to the office (after the opening credits) M seems to imply that his mission to find Blofeld was one of revenge...he says something like "now that THAT's over with, you can get back to work..." or something along those lines.

Supermallet

Yeah, the way he strangles a woman with her own bra top always felt like a man looking for revenge to me. Also the way he viciously drowns the faux-Blofeld (Fauxfeld?).