by 007hertzrumble | Nov 5, 2013 | Custom DVD Covers, Misc.
The Living Daylights #Bond_age_ Collection DVD Cover
I tried out a few different ideas, but in the end I wasted a lot of time on some more intensive photoshopping because I knew I always wanted the cello. And then I tried different variations on a cello, some more abstract, black outlines on the white background, white outlines on a wood-grain background… *sigh* …and in the end, I came back to the most simple representation of all. The pairing of the sniper rifle with the cello. The two objects play such an important role in TLD that this cover almost seemed inevitable. I dig the simplicity but I yearn for more flash.
by 007hertzrumble | Nov 4, 2013 | Misc.
In a world… marred by the re-emergence of the Cold War… one man… stands alone in the battle of good vs. evil… He is known… only by the way he makes women (and men) feel… when he whips out… his icy stare. That man is… THE SMOLDER. Coming soon to #Bond_age_ near you. Fall 2013. It’s THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS live tweet and the return of T-Dalt: Wednesday, 9pm EST. Follow #TLD hashtag. And may god have mercy on the cello.
by 007hertzrumble | Nov 2, 2013 | My Favorite #Bond_age_, The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights: A Mission, Not a Fancy Dress Ball
by Hilko Röttgers (@incrdbl_Hilk)
“How on earth can you like The Living Daylights?”
Friends of mine tend to ask me this question, disbelief in their voice. “Seriously…?!” And more often than not, showing off supposed expertise, someone will add: “Isn’t that the one with that other Bond?” My friends may only be pretending to not know Timothy Dalton. But their disliking him as 007, unfortunately, seems to be genuine.
I have acquired a quarter century of experience defending Dalton’s 007 in general and – as I have named it my favourite Bond movie on several occasions – The Living Daylights in particular. Mostly, I try to be reasonable by simply stating: “The Living Daylights is a bloody good movie, and Dalton is an excellent Bond.” I can elaborate, of course, if you’ll lend me an ear.
First of all, The Living Daylights tells an intriguing spy story. There is General Koskov of the KGB, who supposedly wants to defect to the West, and 007 is assigned to bring him in. Koskov then reveals Operation Smiert Spionam, a secret Russian plot to kill Western agents. And soon after that he apparently gets re-captured by the KGB. Bond has his doubts, though, and decides to further investigate the matter. In the end it is finally revealed that arms dealer Brad Whittaker (Joe Don Baker) is behind it all.
In The Living Daylights, there is spying and scheming and betrayal and double-crossing and whatnot to an extent that’s somewhat unusual to a Bond movie. There’s a reason for that, of course, and I will come back to it later. At this point, let’s just agree that 007 is a secret agent; spying is what he’s expected to do. And in fact, I’m quite happy with it. Bond’s ally Saunders gets to say the line that describes what The Living Daylights is all about: “This is a mission, not a fancy dress ball!” As opposed to, let’s say, Moonraker, which was rather more a fancy dress ball than a mission. (more…)
by 007hertzrumble | Nov 1, 2013 | Impostors!, Live Tweet Digests
Hell. I offer up perhaps the best spy spinoff of the 1960’s for #Bond_age_ IMPOSTOR #5 and three people (including myself) show up to enjoy the festivities. This is why we can’t have nice things! Some of you were on dates. Some of you were watching the Red Sox clinch the World Series. Others had pre-Halloween family shenanigans. Check. In the end all these absent tweeters just meant more Bulldog Drummond, Irma and Penelope for us.
INITIATE #BOND_AGE_ IMPOSTOR #5! DEADLIER THAN THE MALE LIVE TWEET DIGEST
by 007hertzrumble | Oct 30, 2013 | Misc.
Welcome to #Bond_age_ IMPOSTOR #5: Deadlier Than the Male!
Live tweet begins tonight at 9pm EDT. Tweet responsibly. Please take small children by the hand and keep your extremities inside Tweetdeck at all times. Follow #DTTM hashtag.
#DTTM
