Duke Togo
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Anonymous lefty liberal pansexual polyamorous pervert. Love sci-fi, horror, anime/manga, cosplayers, sex workers, artists, and metal. Always anti-fascist, anti-racist, anti-sexist, pro-LGBTQIA+, pro-POC. Just here to enjoy…
I do live in the U.S., and… while the movie was shown in edited form on television, there was (as I recall) huge concern for Licence to Kill being the first Bond movie to earn the PG-13 rating - and that was when it was still relatively new and had that air of “Not AS bad as R… but close.”
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I do live in the U.S., and… while the movie was shown in edited form on television, there was (as I recall) huge concern for Licence to Kill being the first Bond movie to earn the PG-13 rating - and that was when it was still relatively new and had that air of “Not AS bad as R… but close.”
The Living Daylights was like a last hurrah for the Moore era - “Meeting with the PM this afternoon.” What an appropriate last line for Minister of Defence Freddy Gray, and passing the torch from Gogol to Pushkin… plenty of quips during the ice chase… plus, “He got the boot.”
December 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Living Daylights was like a last hurrah for the Moore era - “Meeting with the PM this afternoon.” What an appropriate last line for Minister of Defence Freddy Gray, and passing the torch from Gogol to Pushkin… plenty of quips during the ice chase… plus, “He got the boot.”
Fair enough… and I will say considering Dalton was somewhat moving away from the quips, I can see how giving that zinger to Sanchez (especially after so gruesome a moment) would seem a bit forced.
December 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Fair enough… and I will say considering Dalton was somewhat moving away from the quips, I can see how giving that zinger to Sanchez (especially after so gruesome a moment) would seem a bit forced.
Oooh, interesting… I never worried about how full dark Licence to Kill went; there were moments in The Living Daylights that hinted at it (his interactions with M, his anger at Saunders’ death)… but having one in between… not a bad thought.
December 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Oooh, interesting… I never worried about how full dark Licence to Kill went; there were moments in The Living Daylights that hinted at it (his interactions with M, his anger at Saunders’ death)… but having one in between… not a bad thought.
You’re absolutely on point… I guess it just didn’t make me roll my eyes ‘cuz I got what they were doing. But like anything, everyone will have a different reaction.
December 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
You’re absolutely on point… I guess it just didn’t make me roll my eyes ‘cuz I got what they were doing. But like anything, everyone will have a different reaction.
Plus, the “launder it” joke felt to me more like the Bond formula of underplaying violence with a quip… Moore and Connery did it all the time. Arnold Schwarzenegger did it all the time. And playing Sanchez as one of those “dark side of Bond” types, it made sense.
December 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Plus, the “launder it” joke felt to me more like the Bond formula of underplaying violence with a quip… Moore and Connery did it all the time. Arnold Schwarzenegger did it all the time. And playing Sanchez as one of those “dark side of Bond” types, it made sense.
I mean, I saw Licence to Kill in the theaters… with my parents… when I was 8-years-old. They might’ve flinched if not for the fact that by then, I’d already seen RoboCop, so at least in my case, violence in movies wasn’t an issue.
December 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I mean, I saw Licence to Kill in the theaters… with my parents… when I was 8-years-old. They might’ve flinched if not for the fact that by then, I’d already seen RoboCop, so at least in my case, violence in movies wasn’t an issue.
It’s been a problem with so many movies since the ‘80s. Darkness and violence = adult, serious, etc. Look at all the comic book movies since Tim Burton’s Batman…
December 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It’s been a problem with so many movies since the ‘80s. Darkness and violence = adult, serious, etc. Look at all the comic book movies since Tim Burton’s Batman…
And to Dalton’s credit, he’d point out, “‘People complained, ‘I can’t take my kids to see this.’ Well, it was never meant for kids.”
December 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And to Dalton’s credit, he’d point out, “‘People complained, ‘I can’t take my kids to see this.’ Well, it was never meant for kids.”
Plus, it was such a Fleming Bond move to say, “Go ahead and tell M. If he fires me, I’ll thank him for it.” Dalton captured that one bad mission away from total burnout quality that Fleming often wrote in Bond; right down to M offering the job to 008. “No, sir… if it must be done, I’d rather do it.”
December 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Plus, it was such a Fleming Bond move to say, “Go ahead and tell M. If he fires me, I’ll thank him for it.” Dalton captured that one bad mission away from total burnout quality that Fleming often wrote in Bond; right down to M offering the job to 008. “No, sir… if it must be done, I’d rather do it.”
Gore over plot, sure… but read Live and Let Die, and… well, a lot of plot details came from that book, including some of the violent bits (never blew up a guy in a hyperbaric chamber though… but damn, was it a satisfying kill). “What about the money?”
“… launder it.”
“… launder it.”
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Gore over plot, sure… but read Live and Let Die, and… well, a lot of plot details came from that book, including some of the violent bits (never blew up a guy in a hyperbaric chamber though… but damn, was it a satisfying kill). “What about the money?”
“… launder it.”
“… launder it.”
“I have been, and ever shall be, your friend… live long… and prosper.” 🖖🏼
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“I have been, and ever shall be, your friend… live long… and prosper.” 🖖🏼
“My god, Bones… what have I done?”
“What you had to do. What you always do… turn death into a fighting chance to live.”
Farewell to the NCC-1701.
“What you had to do. What you always do… turn death into a fighting chance to live.”
Farewell to the NCC-1701.
December 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“My god, Bones… what have I done?”
“What you had to do. What you always do… turn death into a fighting chance to live.”
Farewell to the NCC-1701.
“What you had to do. What you always do… turn death into a fighting chance to live.”
Farewell to the NCC-1701.
The use of the Blaster Beam in the score.
The cloud design.
The flight over V’ger.
The opening Klingon battle.
The glorious Constitution class refit of NCC-1701, U.S.S. Enterprise.
The cloud design.
The flight over V’ger.
The opening Klingon battle.
The glorious Constitution class refit of NCC-1701, U.S.S. Enterprise.
December 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The use of the Blaster Beam in the score.
The cloud design.
The flight over V’ger.
The opening Klingon battle.
The glorious Constitution class refit of NCC-1701, U.S.S. Enterprise.
The cloud design.
The flight over V’ger.
The opening Klingon battle.
The glorious Constitution class refit of NCC-1701, U.S.S. Enterprise.
The 4K restoration of the Director’s Cut is, in my mind, THE definitive version. It’s pure humanist science fiction, and probably (next to the original pilot for The Cage) the purest iteration of Roddenberry’s vision. Yes, the fashion sense has dated, but beyond that, it’s marvelous.
December 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The 4K restoration of the Director’s Cut is, in my mind, THE definitive version. It’s pure humanist science fiction, and probably (next to the original pilot for The Cage) the purest iteration of Roddenberry’s vision. Yes, the fashion sense has dated, but beyond that, it’s marvelous.
The people who did the Director’s Cut restoration did a commentary where they delve into the themes of connection and humanity, how it’s all about the crew coming together superseding the cold detachment of technology. And this resonates through the visuals, the music… it’s pure Star Trek.
December 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The people who did the Director’s Cut restoration did a commentary where they delve into the themes of connection and humanity, how it’s all about the crew coming together superseding the cold detachment of technology. And this resonates through the visuals, the music… it’s pure Star Trek.
Also, her singing was dubbed in the theatrical cut. The director’s cut has her actual singing voice.
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Also, her singing was dubbed in the theatrical cut. The director’s cut has her actual singing voice.
You are loved and valued not for what you do, but for who you are. 🖤
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
You are loved and valued not for what you do, but for who you are. 🖤
I need friends like this.
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I need friends like this.