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That Scottish Play
Oct. 5th, 2012 12:51 amOkay, I found this absolutely hilarious. If you love Shakespeare like I do, read it.
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Oct. 5th, 2012
Bond's 50th Anniversary!
Oct. 5th, 2012 03:33 pmToday is the 50th anniversary of James Bond.
I have fond childhood memories of James Bond. One of my brothers was a HUGE James Bond fan and since this was before the internet, he often enlisted me in his fandom activities. This included watching every film that came on the tv, looking into my eyeball to see if it was possible to see someone's reflection in it and playing the soundtrack game. The soundtrack game consisted of his fast-forwarding or rewinding through a cassette of all James Bond lyrical songs, stopping on a random point and having me name the movie and/or title with bonus points for artist.
He also tried to instill in me that Sean Connery was the best James Bond although I preferred him in Darby O'Gill and the Little People. He SINGS!
Then, I'd listen to him complain how Pierce Brosnan should have gotten Bond instead of Timothy Dalton...this was years before Goldeneye...and we'd watch Remington Steele or The Saint because my favorite Bond was Roger Moore.
At that time, my mom and I never went to the films in the theatre; partly to annoy him and partly because we'd see them enough times afterward on the tv. After he moved out, I found myself...starting to miss them. Mom and I went to Die Another Day and we've been to every Bond film ever since.
This brings up my final admission...Roger Moore is no longer my favorite Bond. I was wary of Daniel Craig as everyone else was. Who's this guy? And he's blond? What is this?
Then, I saw Casino Royale and it was all over...for both of us. My mom fell for him, too. Now I think we get more excited about the new films than my brother, hehe.
I can't wait for Skyfall!
Making my impatience worse is that we don't get it until November 8th AND it appears to have the Iron Man 3 trailer with it...
I have fond childhood memories of James Bond. One of my brothers was a HUGE James Bond fan and since this was before the internet, he often enlisted me in his fandom activities. This included watching every film that came on the tv, looking into my eyeball to see if it was possible to see someone's reflection in it and playing the soundtrack game. The soundtrack game consisted of his fast-forwarding or rewinding through a cassette of all James Bond lyrical songs, stopping on a random point and having me name the movie and/or title with bonus points for artist.
He also tried to instill in me that Sean Connery was the best James Bond although I preferred him in Darby O'Gill and the Little People. He SINGS!
Then, I'd listen to him complain how Pierce Brosnan should have gotten Bond instead of Timothy Dalton...this was years before Goldeneye...and we'd watch Remington Steele or The Saint because my favorite Bond was Roger Moore.
At that time, my mom and I never went to the films in the theatre; partly to annoy him and partly because we'd see them enough times afterward on the tv. After he moved out, I found myself...starting to miss them. Mom and I went to Die Another Day and we've been to every Bond film ever since.
This brings up my final admission...Roger Moore is no longer my favorite Bond. I was wary of Daniel Craig as everyone else was. Who's this guy? And he's blond? What is this?
Then, I saw Casino Royale and it was all over...for both of us. My mom fell for him, too. Now I think we get more excited about the new films than my brother, hehe.
I can't wait for Skyfall!
Making my impatience worse is that we don't get it until November 8th AND it appears to have the Iron Man 3 trailer with it...