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*The film is very different from the book (shout out to [[Andy Robinson]]).
*The film is very different from the book (shout out to [[Andy Robinson]]).
*<div id="Bond girl">The "girl formula": there must be three women for Bond to "seduce".
*<div id="Bond girl">The "girl formula": there must be three women for Bond to "seduce".
::#An ally, who gets killed.
:#An ally, who gets killed.
::#An enemy who gets killed.
:#An enemy who gets killed.
::#The main "Bond girl".</div>
:#The main "Bond girl".</div>
*During filming in Japan, Sean Connery announced his retirement from the role of James Bond.
*During filming in Japan, Sean Connery announced his retirement from the role of James Bond.
**"Somehow, James Bond has returned (referenced: ''The Rise of Skywalker'').
**"Somehow, James Bond has returned (referenced: ''The Rise of Skywalker'').
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*Racial sensitivity of this movie: it's better than we would expect.
*Racial sensitivity of this movie: it's better than we would expect.
**Exception is James Bond in obvious [[Wikipedia:Yellowface|yellow face]].
**Exception is James Bond in obvious [[Wikipedia:Yellowface|yellow face]].
<div class="mw-collapsible">The opening theme
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
<ul><li>They say the name of the movie (both in the song and in the actual movie) so it counts.</li>
<h4>The opening theme</h4>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content"><ul><li>They say the name of the movie (both in the song and in the actual movie) so it counts.</li>
<ul><li>They wrote the song specifically for the movie and got Julie Rogers to record it.
<ul><li>They wrote the song specifically for the movie and got Julie Rogers to record it.
<li>hey weren't happy with it and brought in Lorraine Chandler to re-record.</li>
<li>hey weren't happy with it and brought in Lorraine Chandler to re-record.</li>
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<ul><li>He didn't want to but suggested his daughter could do it.</li>
<ul><li>He didn't want to but suggested his daughter could do it.</li>
<li>She had a really tough time with it, and the final version was a hack job of 25 different takes put together.</li></ul></ul></ul></div>
<li>She had a really tough time with it, and the final version was a hack job of 25 different takes put together.</li></ul></ul></ul></div>
</div>
<h4>Other notes</h4>
*Pan still life cover.
*Pan still life cover.



Revision as of 15:37, 7 December 2020

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Date

June 20th, 2020

Summary

Alex and Pete are stirred, not shaken, by the 5th James Bond film.

Duration

1:17:34

Notes

Film

  • 5th movie based on the 12th book (11th full-length novel).
    • The novel takes place after a later film: events of the book are based on plot points from the previous novel.
    • This book is the first to come out after Dr. No was in theaters.
    • Last book published in Fleming's lifetime (ironic). He wrote it to be more like Sean Connery's Bond.
    • Final part of the "Blofeld trilogy".
      • They thought about filming the Blofeld trilogy in order and doing "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" next but didn't feel like going to the mountains to film.
  • The screenplay.
    • They tried to work with stuff from the novel but then threw it all out and had Ian Fleming's friend Roald Dahl write the screenplay.
      • This was his first produced screenplay.
      • He stripped it down to only four or five plot points from the book and pinned them to the skeleton of the plot from Dr. No , borrowing its plot arc.
      • He was instructed by the producers that he couldn't change the "girl formula" (see below).
  • First film in the franchise where we actually see anybody in space.

Podcast

  • The film is very different from the book (shout out to Andy Robinson).
  • The "girl formula": there must be three women for Bond to "seduce".
  1. An ally, who gets killed.
  2. An enemy who gets killed.
  3. The main "Bond girl".
  • During filming in Japan, Sean Connery announced his retirement from the role of James Bond.
    • "Somehow, James Bond has returned (referenced: The Rise of Skywalker).
    • This is the third time they tried to trick you into thinking James Bond is dead. "The death of Spock" in Star Trek 2 mentioned (again).
  • Remastering the special effects, like they did with "Star Trek: TOS".
    • Re-shooting the scenes of Jerry's father on Seinfeld once they changed actors.
  • Racial sensitivity of this movie: it's better than we would expect.

The opening theme

  • They say the name of the movie (both in the song and in the actual movie) so it counts.
    • They wrote the song specifically for the movie and got Julie Rogers to record it.
    • hey weren't happy with it and brought in Lorraine Chandler to re-record.
      • That version was lost in a vault until the 90s when it was rediscovered.
    • John Barry was friends with people at Atlantic Records who would just signed Aretha Franklin, they were going to get her to do it.
    • But Cubby Broccoli was friends with Frank Sinatra and said he'd ask him.
      • He didn't want to but suggested his daughter could do it.
      • She had a really tough time with it, and the final version was a hack job of 25 different takes put together.

Other notes

  • Pan still life cover.

Meta Notes

  • In Skyfall, Bond is "killed" but is back to life by the end of the opening credits.

Quotes

  • Alex: (as Sean Connery) "trying to 'shhynergize ' it".
  • Alex: No's Ark.

Star Wars names

Star Wars pun names for You Only Live Twice 
Alex
  • Name 1
  • Name 2
  • Name 3
Pete
  • Name 1
  • Name 2
  • Name 3

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