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Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted June 16, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted June 16, 2020 On 14/06/2020 at 04:31, Brumerican said: HRH The Prince of Walls. 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheAuthority Posted June 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2020 5 hours ago, mjmooney said: Look, I have nothing against Roger Moore as a bloke, lovely chap, but he will always be THE SAINT to me. And as for him being closest to Fleming's Bond, that is so far wide of the mark I don't know where to begin. The Bond in the books may have been suave and sophisticated, but he was also hard-bitten, cynical and somewhat emotionally crippled. A hard-drinking, gambling-addicted ex-navy thug in a tuxedo, with a streak of sadism. Moore was way too soft a character, too nice, too amusingly ironic. Craig got the closest to it in Casino Royale (although I so wish it had been set in the 1950s). I would argue that Dalton played him best. I know thats not a popular opinion but he got closest to the darkness and grittiness of Bond from the novels for me. Sadly I think he was hamstrung by some poor movies overall. When his 2 movies were made the AIDS crisis was at its height so the decision was made to tone down his womanizing. (I think Bond only had one partner in the 1st Dalton movie.) The movies were also made when Arnie and Stallone were duking out with big blockbuster explosion-fests. The Bond team tried to follow this trend in a similar way that they followed Bourne with Craig's style. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjmooney Posted June 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2020 I've never seen any of the Dalton films so I couldn't comment. I'm a Connery fan, and the Moore films basically ruined the franchise for me, until Craig rescued it (for a little while, anyway). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Xann Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) There's a gender swap pic of the UK cabinet. Temporary blindness prevented a link. Edited June 17, 2020 by Xann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Xann said: There's a gender swap pic of the UK cabinet. Temporary blindness prevented a link. They do say that too much of *that* will make you go blind. Pictures of Michael Gove with long hair are an odd choice of inspiration though. Edited June 17, 2020 by ml1dch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjmooney Posted June 17, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Xann said: There's a gender swap pic of the UK cabinet. Temporary blindness prevented a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Genie Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Hawk eye cocked up, yeah ok. However, Linesman also missed it Referee also missed it VAR also missed it. Appalling officiating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardiffGreens Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 47 minutes ago, Genie said: Hawk eye cocked up, yeah ok. However, Linesman also missed it Referee also missed it VAR also missed it. Appalling officiating. I don't want to go all on topic on these fine boards. But something similar cropped up on "You are the ref" a couple of years ago when they were still being done on the graniaud. Keith Hackett explained in the notes that the correct procedure was to defer to the technology in terms of awarding/not awarding the goal rather than relying on what the officials may/may not have seen. AFAIK once the ref had stopped play for an infringement (or more accurately I imagine, once the free kick had been taken, so possibly the referee should not have allowed play to continue) VAR would not be able to intervene owing to a new passage of play starting. #LawsNerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 13 minutes ago, CardiffGreens said: I don't want to go all on topic on these fine boards. I thought I was in on topic when I posted that. Apologies all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sne Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 16 hours ago, Xela said: Crapping on statues since before it was cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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