Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Nigel Parkin's Bond Things
posted @6:28 p.m. by Richard Kelly
Nigel's ten entries brim with a special passion for and appreciation of the core elements of the Bond corpus. And Moonraker is back in the game too.So what have we learned here that we could pass back to Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson?
1. Don't ever mess with the theme.
2. The Dan Craig thing is working.
3. Maybe clone Donald Pleasance from surviving DNA, and the white cat too? And give them metal teeth?
4. The girls are great, just try and make them all English - or French at a push.
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Tom Brookes' Bond Things
posted @6:19 p.m. by Richard Kelly
Tom's fine list offers some sterling views on the trademark action elements of the canon. Also some glancingly controversial ones in the Girls and Songs departments...
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Henrik Hansen's Bond Things
posted @6:14 p.m. by Richard Kelly
Let's start the ball rolling with a sample of enjoyable winning Bond entries. Need I say there weren't a lot of votes for Moonraker? HENRIK HANSEN didn't much care for it either, but here are ten Bond Things for which he cares a great deal.
Thursday, 10 January 2008
Last Call: Bond DVDs/Books For Free!
posted @6:14 p.m. by Richard Kelly
A reminder that this weekend is the deadline if you'd like to avail yourself of a freebie. I just happen to have copies going spare of the ‘Special 007 Edition’ DVDs of: DR NO, GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL, ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, and MOONRAKER. Reader, I will be pleased to send you the film of your choice from that little selection, PLUS a copy of KEN ADAM: THE ART OF PRODUCTION DESIGN (edited by Christopher Frayling), a handsome tome in which the genius designer of umpteen classic Bond sets (as well as some of Kubrick’s finest – Dr Strangelove, Barry Lyndon et al) discusses his life and work with some fine illustrations. How do you win this game? Very simple, riddle me this: What is your Favourite Thing in the entire history of Bond movies? Is it a particular gadget, an action set-piece, a theme song, a villain, a girl? In case you don’t see where I’m coming from, I offer my own personal ten on the next page – just click Read More. So write me an email in which you make your own selection (and this can be one ‘thing’ or 5 or 10 or however many, whatever is your pleasure), then nominate which of the 7 Bond DVDs you’d like to receive, and please email the completed entry to webmaster@faber.co.uk by the closing date of Friday January 11, with 'Bond DVDs’ in the subject line. There will be a prize draw for each title that weekend. Now, that selection of mine...?
