Octopussy (1983)

[zen]

1 minute ago, coffee_rules said:

Tina Turner for Golden Eye is a big hit, I like it the best

 

The song by Tina Turner is good (though now I don’t listen to it much apart from when watching the film) but parts of GoldenEye’s score can sound dull or not per the situation in some segments.

[coffee_rules]

Bad options to compare Octopussy and The Temple of Doom. The latter is highly racist towards Indians and Hinduism. Nothing redeeming in that movie. It was rightfully banned in India. 

[coffee_rules]

Best parody of Bond.

Graphic video warning 

 

 

[goose]

this live bond medley from duran duran featuring view to a kill is sheer perfection. the orchestra, the violins, the vocals, the woman silhouette, and best of all the bass drop deep into the track which usually is much closer to the start

 

 

[zen]

47 minutes ago, goose said:

this live bond medley from duran duran featuring view to a kill is sheer perfection. the orchestra, the violins, the vocals, the woman silhouette, and best of all the bass drop deep into the track which usually is much closer to the start

 

 

Yeah, a good listen. 
 

It starts off with the tune from Goldfinger -> Diamonds Are Forever -> You Only Live Twice before going to A View to a Kill.

Edited August 14 by zen

[Ranvir]

On 8/14/2024 at 2:08 PM, coffee_rules said:

Tina Turner for Golden Eye is a big hit, I like it the best

 

I don’t agree with this ranking of Bond movie title songs

 

https://variety.com/lists/james-bond-theme-songs-ranked-no-time-to-die-music/sam-smith-writings-on-the-wall-from-spectre-2015/

My faves are 

View To A Kill

Living Daylights 

You Know My Name

 

I'm a fan of 80s New Wave and Rock. 

[coffee_rules]

5 minutes ago, Ranvir said:

My faves are 

View To A Kill

Living Daylights 

You Know My Name

 

I'm a fan of 80s New Wave and Rock. 

 

Living Daylights from A-Ha (Norwefian band, I think) one of my favs too. I had a audtio tape of A-Ha in the 90s.

[goose]

you wouldn’t get a movie called octopusssy today or a character called pussy galore. has society gone backwards? some might say forwards (not me)

[zen]

46 minutes ago, goose said:

you wouldn’t get a movie called octopusssy today or a character called pussy galore. has society gone backwards? some might say forwards (not me)

Neither forward nor backward as deep down human still remain more or less the same. 

It is just that every period (driven by education, social awareness, general prosperity, …) has its norms for what is socially acceptable. 

[zen]

A contemporary review of Octopussy: 

 

 

[Ranvir]

6 hours ago, goose said:

you wouldn’t get a movie called octopusssy today or a character called pussy galore. has society gone backwards? some might say forwards (not me)

You missed out Xenia Onatopp, Holly Goodhead 

 

Austin Powers ridiculed these names with his own Alotta Fagina and Ivana Humpalot. 

[zen]

It also in how you pronounce the name:

 

Octo-pussy or Octopus-sy (see)

[coffee_rules]

1 hour ago, Ranvir said:

You missed out Xenia Onatopp, Holly Goodhead 

 

Austin Powers ridiculed these names with his own Alotta Fagina and Ivana Humpalot. 

Onatopp was ridiculous. It was not even a parody like Austin Powers's. She even says her name with a naughty smirk.

[goose]

sean connery at his finest

 

 

[zen]

The name might be inspired by “Odyssey”

[goose]

On 8/16/2024 at 8:27 AM, zen said:

Neither forward nor backward as deep down human still remain more or less the same. 

It is just that every period (driven by education, social awareness, general prosperity, …) has its norms for what is socially acceptable. 

 

 

definitely backwards. excess attention to sensitivities is not the sign of a robust and cohesive society