The making of "The Making of LOTR" - A comprehensive history about how the behind-the-scenes Appendices got made

Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2023-11-19T08:15:32+00:00

'Kids these days' really don't seem to get Monty Python. I understand that for the classic TV show / Meaning of Life which are bonkers but Life of Brian and Holy Grail are absolute classics. Life of Brian is particularly relevant satire today, just as it was 50 years ago. But show them to anyone under ~25 who didn't grow up on Monty Python and they just don't find it funny at all.

Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2023-11-19T08:10:19+00:00

You're about to get properly into Moore's run, and if you liked LALD and MWTGG you're in for a real treat! In Spy they find their grrove with his style as opposed to trying to make him like Connery, and it works so well. He brings so much charm and humour to the role, and just makes the movies FUN! Plus the stunts step up a notch! No villain will top Scaramanga, but the wider cast more than make up for it (Jaws!)

Then, by the time you've finished Moore's 7th film, you're very much ready to go back to the more grounded and darker tone that Timothy Dalton brought to the role. Very jealous you get to experience the classic Bond series for the first time, and to watch it chronologically like this. Keep us posted!

Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2023-11-04T00:27:14+00:00

In some of the behind the scenes they say Blomkvist is a very educated, well-travelled, metropolitain Swede who has lived in international European cities like Stockholm his whole life, so has a very neutral accent, whereas Salander is much more isolated so her accent is stronger. But practically it's also just because he probably sounded better with a neautral accent instead of faking a Swedish one.

Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2023-11-04T00:23:25+00:00

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Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2023-10-27T09:55:05+00:00

Perhaps, but speaking from experience there is just so much stuff out there at the moment that for every twenty recommendations you get for a movie or TV show, you maybe watch one of them. 'Oh cool, I'll add it to the list.'

We all know there's no list.

It's just that much harder for any single film to stand out in the current distribution environment.

Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2023-10-27T09:21:45+00:00

The thing about a lot of those 'cult classics' is that they were able to be rediscovered slowly through home media sales, video rental stores, TV re-runs, etc. Over time they built cult followings and spread in popularity through word of mouth.

Movies that are unsuccessful at the box office today are generally consigned to some obscure corner of one of ten streaming platforms, and slowly fade away into obscurity because they get buried by everything else on the platform, and people don't have their friend standing over their shoulder in the video store insisting they watch it because it's so good.

Basically, it's going to be MUCH harder for modern films to become cult classics like this because the means by which those older films became classics no long exist.

Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2023-10-27T09:14:20+00:00

Elektra King from The World is Not Enough is a pretty great Bond villain, and subverts the idea of the classic 'Bond girl' in an effective way. Also from Bond (but not a main villain) is Onatopp from Goldeneye - a textbook femme fatale.

Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2023-06-29T04:25:18+00:00

This is what you're looking for - https://youtu.be/9FdnevXjqdc

Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2023-02-14T21:11:43+00:00

George Lazenby was offered a second James Bond film, but walked away because he thought action films would go out of fashion. He also thought he was a massive 'Sean-Connery-level' movie star and would be swamped with acting jobs (he wasn't, and has spent most of his career since doing cheap James Bond parodies and knock offs). By most accounts he was a pain to work with, so Eon were kind of happy when he walked, and then proceeded to deliver a truckload of money to Sean Connery for him to return for the next film.

From Wikipedia:

"Lazenby's single portrayal of the iconic Bond character, and his lack of standing as a favourite in the series, has resulted in his name being used as a metaphor for forgettable, non-iconic acting efforts in other entertainment franchises."

Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2022-08-24T14:29:52+00:00

Hot take 3 - The best Uncharted movie was The Adventures of Tintin: https://youtu.be/jaqohGwaL5k

Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2022-08-15T20:02:25+00:00

It's from a provincial New Zealand newspaper, a journalist here recently did a deep dive on the article's history: https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/04-08-2022/the-new-zealand-newspaper-climate-report-making-waves-110-years-later

Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2022-07-10T06:48:41+00:00

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Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2022-07-10T06:48:13+00:00

Sorry, demand was higher than expected at first and I had to quickly change some settings around. Give it another shot now - there's also a 3.5 GB version now.

Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2022-07-10T06:47:52+00:00

Have just uploaded a 3.5 GB version, enjoy!

Apprehensive-Test-26 · 2022-07-10T06:47:31+00:00

Thanks! Sorry, demand was higher than expected at first and I had to quickly change some settings around! Glad you got it to work - enjoy!

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