Re: Rank the Bond films « Result #1 on Dec 1, 2009, 2:49am »
This is an old thread, but a good one: Thunderball From Russia With Love The Spy Who Loved Me Casino Royale Dr. No Tomorrow Never Dies The Man With The Golden Gun
Question about Thunderball Poster « Result #5 on Nov 27, 2009, 12:37am »
I have the pink, green, orange, and purple Thunderball poster but I can not figure out who is who? I know the girl with the orange background is Fiona Volpe. Is the girl with the green background Claudine Auger? Who is the girl in the pink? I feel dumb that I have to ask, but i cannot figure it out. Thanks.
It has been brought to my attention that my son Adam Page-Smith has had trouble convincing some of his school mates that his Dad is in fact editor & publisher of both the 007 MAGAZINE website and the 007 MAGAZINE printed 36-page publication.
Just to let anyone know who has any doubt about what Adam has said regarding his Dad, what he has said is in fact true!
And I'd also like to add, I've been Adam's Dad since he was five and will continue to be his Dad until the day I die. I love him very much and am very proud of him!
I just wish he'd get a move on in the morning though and not be late for school so many times!
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Re: Advice please-which DVD versions are best? « Result #9 on Aug 23, 2009, 12:02pm »
Generally the Ultimate Edition DVDs are the best in terms of picture quality - far superior to the Special Editions which came out in 2000.
We did an in-depth comparison review of the new DVDs here
There were some issues with the Ultimate Editions originally released in the UK which have not been corrected but were on the Region 1 (US/Canada) versions which appeared a few months later at the end of 2006.
None of the UK discs have the original mono soundtracks on the early films - so depending on how accurate to the original film you want to get, the US DVDs are better in terms of sound.
Many of the Bond films are now available on Blu-Ray and the quality is simply stunning, although again there are differences in the two regions. The UK Blu-Rays still do not contain the original mono soundtracks - instead having 5.1 remixed versions with many replaced sound effects and music. The Blu-Rays also appear to have all of the colour anomalies corrected from the DVD versions. The most obvious was the missing red wash in the water when Quist is thrown to the sharks in Thunderball.
Although not yet available on Blu-Ray, On Her Majesty's Secret Service did have another curious colour problem in the pre-credit sequence which was tinted blue. Seeing the film digitally in the cinema last month this looked to have been corrected as this is the same master from which the Blu-Ray will be made.