James Bond & Bond Girls Discussion Thread

[iceman666]

Originally Posted by LoveLover

Most Bond websites (and most Star Trek, Star Wars, etc. websites) are fanmade. And fans don't really care about a Bond movie being made or sanctioned by Danjaq or not.

Actually Danjaq has finally acquired the rights to both the David Niven Casino Royale and NSNA (any time there's a Bond marathon here in the States, NSNA is often included). I agree that NSNA is a much better film than Octopussy, and not just because Connery is still so much fun to watch (though he doesn't have particularly fond memories of the actual filming), and while both the American TV adaption and the spoof of Casino Royale should be considered in any objective history of the series, they are both still so uneven, and so far outside the popular series formula (though in both cases the actual chemin de fer game is a high point...Peter Lorre is a magnificently creepy Le Chiffre, and the interplay between Orson Welles and Peter Sellers is excellent) that it doesn't surprise me that most fans would prefer to ignore them. Thanks for your reasoned comments and information.

[karlchen]

Robbin Young nowadays in the escort bussiness. This is from an advertisement:

Hello gentlemen (and ladies), I am Robbin Young, a sensually elegant woman that can be very naughty and playful who enjoys the company of men, women, and couples. I am outgoing and can be the life of the party or the epitome of sophistication for any social event. I love role playing and can fulfill any fantasy you desire I am a beautiful brunette with dark brown eyes. However, I can be your Fantasy Woman and change my look and attire (I have an extensive fantasy wardrobe) to please you. Blonde, redhead, or brunette with blue, green, or brown eyes...allow me to be your ultimate GFE/PSE. Let me warn you, I have a wild and adventurous side that makes me willing to try just about anything.... I also have a great sense of humor and you will instantly feel at ease in my company. Do an Internet search for my name and you will see I won a small role in the movie "For Your Eyes Only" after winning Playboy's 'Search For A James Bond Girl' contest and was featured in Playboy's June 1981 pictorial for the film. With me you will enjoy a world-class unparalleled experience of a lifetime, as I create an evening of fun and fantasy for you...an evening of fantasy you have always dreamed of.

[Greenman]

IN a recent Q.I. (which for foreign readers is a television quiz-cum-fact show hosted by Stephen Fry which finds amazing things and debunks a lot of myths too) it was stated that Ian Fleming, the writer of the Bond books made up the myth about you should leave a small amount of skin bare when painting yourself in coloured paint-the skin doesn't breath therefore it is safe to paint yourself all over apparently-lets face it if that weren't the case then no one would facepaint or otherwise.

[blackv8]

Originally Posted by Greenman

IN a recent Q.I. (which for foreign readers is a television quiz-cum-fact show hosted by Stephen Fry which finds amazing things and debunks a lot of myths too) it was stated that Ian Fleming, the writer of the Bond books made up the myth about you should leave a small amount of skin bare when painting yourself in coloured paint-the skin doesn't breath therefore it is safe to paint yourself all over apparently-lets face it if that weren't the case then no one would facepaint or otherwise.

Real life is much stranger than fiction in many cases... including the reaction between skin and various chemical compounds. Plain spirit gum used to affix facial prosthetics in movie costuming has no effect on some people and literally causes flesh to wither away on others... a dramatic and apparently unpredictable allergic reaction. People for centuries have handled compounds willy-nilly disregarding risk; the theory has been raised that both Vincent Van Gogh's unique vision of the world and his subsequent self-destructive behavior was due to his becoming poisoned by the lead compounds that were in the oil paints he mixed by hand.

But as to the specific issue of completely covering the skin, it does carry a significant risk. The skin is primarily responsible for protecting and regulating temperature for our bodies. By sealing the pores, the skin is robbed of the ability to do that, and fairly rapidly it would get extremely hot. When this happens, it inhibits the functioning of the body's enzymes which are responsible for the molecular reactions that make it possible for the body to use the oxygen that the lungs are providing. Result: death. Not technically suffocation, although the net effect would be much the same. (paraphrased from the MedSci Network)

[Bynx]

Originally Posted by Obsidian

Two quick comments:

1) A HUGE thank you to the contributors. In my many many years online this is the first time I've seen many of the images shown particularly in the quality!

2) For true Bond aficionados.. does anyone have any details as to the names behind the lithe silhouettes in the opening credits?

One interesting fact is the golden girl in the opening credits of Goldfinger was done by Margaret Nolan (Dink). Shirley Eton was too flat chested to do the part.
One comment I have to make regarding those calling themselves Bond fans. There are two types, the book and the movie fans. Due to legalities and restrictions put on by Fleming, the movies could only use the titles and very loose storylines, hence the movies are nothing like the books. For true Bond fans Roger Moore was a buffoon and those so called movies he was in are worse than nothing at all. Now with the upsurge and return to the original Bond character Casino Royale and its sequel Quantum of Solace hopefully will pave the way for those movies to be done properly.

[dpmanus]

Originally Posted by Bynx

For true Bond fans Roger Moore was a buffoon and those so called movies he was in are worse than nothing at all. Now with the upsurge and return to the original Bond character Casino Royale and its sequel Quantum of Solace hopefully will pave the way for those movies to be done properly.

I couldn't possibly agree more strongly on this. Moore was a buffoon.

[Herbert]

Originally Posted by dpmanus

I couldn't possibly agree more strongly on this. Moore was a buffoon.

The script writers amplified the effect.

[msjayhawk]

Originally Posted by Herbert

The script writers amplified the effect.

Yeah, but being a young pup during the early seventies, I thought he was a god slapping Goodnight on the butt to switch places with the other babe..

[purplecloud]

Does anyone have pictures of Caroline Bliss, Moneypenny in the Dalton films? I
always found her very attractive.

[jluo]

Who's that girl at the beginning of The Living Daylights on whose yacht Bond parachutes?