In this interview to Starlog magazine in 1983, Richard Maibaum, screenwriter for several films in the franchise, makes some very... sincere comments. I made a compilation of the best ones, and remember, this was in the year of the competition between Octopussy and Never Say Never Again:
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About "Never Say Never Again": "We know that for the last four or five pictures, the overseas audiences have preferred Roger to Sean, if grosses are any indication. But Sean may have an edge in the U.S. because he's less English. It will all depend on which picture is actually the better picture. Never Say Never Again has a good writer [Lorenzo Semple, Jr.], a good director [Irvin Kershner] , and a good star. It should be a good film." (...) "If they deviate too much beyond the limits of a remake, there will certainly be legal action."
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About Moore in "Octopussy": "Roger Moore looks better in this film, somehow, than he's looked in any of the others. My only objection is that he fools around with the lines. He fancies himself a great wit."
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About "From Russia With Love": "I think it was the most successful artistically."
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About Felix Leiter after Jack Lord: "I've never liked another Leiter, and as time went on, they hired older and fatter men to play the part in order to make James Bond look younger and more handsome."
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About a black Felix Leiter, as portrayed by Bernie Casey in Never Say Never Again: "certainly an interesting idea."
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About the villain Largo in "Thunderball": "Largo was a disappointment, partly because it was played by an actor who I thought was miscast. I had to invent other people to augment his villainy."
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About George Lazenby and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service": "We had this plastic surgeon idea. Bond had to have plastic surgery because he was being recognized by all his country's enemies. But, we thought that was awful and threw it out. Finally, I came up with that line, when the girl leaves him flat after he rescues her. Bond said, 'This never happened to the other fellow.'" (...) "Because it was funny, the audience like it. It said, 'Look, you know it's not the same James Bond, so we're not going to kid you or do anything corny to excuse it. You'll just have to accept that this just isn't the same fellow.' " (...) "OHMSS is the picture where Bond is more of a human being than in any of the others. And despite the fact that Lazenby was not ideal for the part, I thought it was a marvelous script."
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About the twin brother of Go
I'm very light on plot holes, plot contrivances and verosimiliance. This subreddit, and everywhere on internet nowadays really, cares too much about plot holes and contrivances. I think this is a symptom of the internet era. I see people all the time, including here, complaining about plot holes and contrivances that I couldn't care less about overall. This is even more true when it comes to any sort of fantasy to me. I might even be sometimes a radical in how little I think they matter, even some big ones. I'll quote this, from an article I highly recommend from The Take, called "Do Plot Holes Matter?".
In Patrick McGilligan’s book “Backstory 1: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood’s Golden Age,” screenwriter Richard Maibaum discusses working with Alfred Hitchcock on Foreign Correspondent (1940). He says, “I was writer number thirty… primarily I rewrote the… part of the old statesman who was kidnapped. (Hitchcock) said to me, ‘Did you read what we’ve got?’ Which was half a screenplay. I said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘What do you think about it?’ I replied, ‘It’s not very logical.’ He grimaced and said, ‘Oh, dear boy, don’t be dull. I’m not interested in logic, I’m interested in effect. If the audience ever thinks about logic, it’s on their way home after the show, and by that time, you see, they’ve paid for their tickets.’”
This speaks directly to the point—emotions matter more than logic. If the film is emotionally sound, it won’t break the viewer’s engagement with the picture even if there are fallacies in the story. Plot holes only matter if they sever that emotional bond.
Howard Hawks had similar sentiment when discussing his confusing masterpiece The Big Sleep (1946). As noted by Richard Rouse in his book “Game Design,” Hawks said, “Making this picture, I realized that you don’t really have to have an explanation for things. As long as you make good scenes you have a good picture—it doesn’t matter".
End of quoting the article:
https://the-take.com/watch/do-plot-holes-matter
But in these modern days of internet, it sadly seems that people's mentality changed from what Howard Hawks and Hitchcock said. Hitchcock often used to mock his critics who criticized the lack of verosimiliance in his films. North by Northwest, one of his most acclaimed films, was basical
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
You take away their little brooms
There hasn't been a post all year!
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Him: I can explain everything!
(It's his best joke yet I think)
Bob
Just to clarify, 12345678
When I got home, they were still there.
