Casinos, yachts, a submersible car and Great Old Ones

[matgb]

Yesterday, I did finish reading autopopE's Jennifer Morgue. It's a damn fine James Bond pastiche with casinos, yachts, a submersible car and Great Old Ones-I commend it to the housereadership.

By random chance, It was revealed today that my good friend innerbrat, despite being a smart, educated Brit in her mid twenties, has never seen a Bond movie. Now, while I am

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[innerbrat]

Look, it's not like I haven't tried. I just get unbelievably bored and...

...oh wait, I think I saw TND at the cinema. It was that memorable I forgot, OK?

[rhythmaning]

Oh no, you CAN'T have seen one! Not seeing a James Bond movie means you will ALWAYS win any game of humiliation you play.

Now you will have to lie forever.

[innerbrat]

*dutifully does so*

[pmoodie]

He get over her death very quickly in Diamonds Are Forever though.

Oddly, the only times she got mentioned again were in The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only. It wasn't much, but it was nice to see a small attempt at continuity and emotional depth.

[bopeepsheep]

I've seen clips, and I've seen the end of Moonraker (on tv) and the credit sequence of The Living Daylights dozens of times (I worked in the cinema) but I don't think that patchwork fits together to justify 'have seen a Bond film'. I've certainly no idea of the details of the plot for most of them, or even the cast/characters beyond the obvious. I have read Thunderball, and some short stories.

I've also only seen (most of) The Empire Strikes Back, I've never seen the end of ET, and I've seen about two minutes of any Indiana Jones film (can't even remember which one it was).

[tyrell]

*Looks at the responses in abject horror and amazement* GET YOURSELVES TO THE DVD SHOP IMMEDIATELY!

It's like never seeing a Star Wars movie, only much less likely if you've ever been in the UK on a Bank Holiday, ever. You have to work really damn hard to not have seen one.

Start with the first three Connerys, then Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun, then Goldeneye. That'll do you for starters.

[bopeepsheep]

You have to work really damn hard to not have seen one.
No, really, it's extraordinarily easy. Particularly if you're the kind of child/teenager who prefers to read or go for a walk instead of watch TV on Bank Holidays.

[pmoodie]

I have a friend who had never seen a Star Wars film until the Special Editions got their cinematic run back in the late 90s. So it's not impossible.

[rhythmaning]

I think there are a couple of Moore's movies I haven't seen - I was a teenager by then, and disliked Moore after Connery.

I read many of the books as a teenager, too; I doubt I would like them now, but I love the memories!