tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post4972509528399696877..comments2024-03-25T21:59:05.113-07:00Comments on 13: THUNDERBALL vs. THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!Eegah!! and Tabonga!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05260131201716267229noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-70033533122289723062012-07-16T10:03:00.692-07:002012-07-16T10:03:00.692-07:00Love it! Here's a video of the Shadows at the...Love it! Here's a video of the Shadows at the Swinging Star!<br /><br />http://wfmuichiban.blogspot.com/2009/06/cliff-richard-jr-on-thunderbirds-are-go.htmlDebbie Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749338355347132769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-36210461384137808952012-07-15T19:57:28.696-07:002012-07-15T19:57:28.696-07:00Hey Doug,
Thanx for making me laugh! You ...Hey Doug,<br /> Thanx for making me laugh! You might have put more thought into this thing than I did!Eegah!! and Tabonga!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05260131201716267229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-79234935164614574522012-07-15T13:45:43.458-07:002012-07-15T13:45:43.458-07:00Round 1: Thunderbirds credits are "more braze...Round 1: Thunderbirds credits are "more brazen and bolder"? <i>Wrong!</i><br /><br />Did the credits of <i>Thunderbirds are Go</i> include side-silhoutettes of naked lady titties with rock hard nipples? Did the credits of <i>Thunderbirds are Go</i> force me to cross my legs so my dad in the next seat wouldn't see how "interested" I had become in them?<br /><br />No. Round to <i>Thunderball</i>.<br /><br />Speaking as a friend of Martine Beswick's for over a quarter of a century, you are correct: she <i><b>IS</b></i> the perfect woman, and she still is!<br /><br />Meeting off the Minds round: I'm sorry. Does the puppett meeting room one have gigantic paintings, massive works of soul-enriching art whose <i>sole reason to exist</i> is to cover up War Room maps of weapons-of-death world deployment, despite the fact that no one without the highest security clearence would ever be allowed into the room in the first place, so there is <i><b>NO REASON TO HIDE THEM?</b></i> ("Hey Guys, <i>Quick!</i> That new guy, Yuri, is bringing everbody coffee! Lower all the paintings. Act casual! Talk about sports!") I think not. <br /><br />(And let us not fail to notice that the chair left vacant for "007" is the 7th chair from the door. They're all there, and they have to sit in order! If one of them dies, do they all get to movie up a chair? Why doesn't 008 ever get a blumb assignment? Does 008 suck! What the hell kind of cherry assigments does 001 get to go out on!) I'm afraid this round must go to <i>Thunderball</i>.<br /><br />Round 9 Nightlife: "<i>how can you compete with a restaurant called the 'Swinging Star' that features outdoor dining on something akin to one of the rings of Saturn!?</i>"<br /><br />By having an on-staff assassin who times his shot to the band music, and kills your date for you in your arms. What could be more romantic? 007, a man to die for. Round to <i>Thunderball</i>.<br /><br />And then you add the title song by Tom Jones, and on the DVD alternate soundtrack, the entirely-different second title song by Dionne Warwick, and it's advantage to <i>Thunderballl</i>, though <i>Thunderbirds are Go</i> made a strong showing, especially in the fake-explosions category, despite competing with a movie that won an Oscar for its exlosions!D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-90770514883631088672012-07-15T07:32:19.677-07:002012-07-15T07:32:19.677-07:00Thanx! I'll change the info. I spent a lot of ...Thanx! I'll change the info. I spent a lot of time looking at pictures on the internet to make sure, after reading he drove a Bentley in this film on more than one website, and convinced myself that there was a smaller sportier Bentley with a grill like that! Oh, well, so much for the intellectual powers of Tequila!Eegah!! and Tabonga!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05260131201716267229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-13309839460345863232012-07-15T00:48:30.499-07:002012-07-15T00:48:30.499-07:00You were right the first time. It's an Aston ...You were right the first time. It's an Aston Martin DB5. I have no idea where you got the idea that it was a Bentley Continental, which looks somewhat like a Rolls-Royce but with a sporty ass. Bond drove a 1920s Bentley in many of the books, but I think even in the Thunderball novel he had an Aston. I think that was a DB2, as it was written earlier.<br /><br />I'm a bit upset that Bond lost this round, especially as this is my favorite of the series. But Thunderbirds were fairly awesome, so I concede that it was a fair fight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com