traditional knives in movies

[Jolipapa]

I miss Connery. And Moore.

+1, mainly Connery (the meaning of his name made him very popular at his debuts here ). Moore was an excellent interim. In my eyes Craig is the exact profile of a Russian spy, not British (a real paradox, i know) ! He looks too cold and lacks the humor and laidback attitude of his forerunners.

 

[screened porch]

Throwing knives in Connery's attache case!
I was going to tell you all all my views on all the Bonds, but it looked familiar.

 

[screened porch]

And I won't mention that the 00 section had a mandatory retirement age of 45.

 

[Jack Black]

How many times did George Lazenbey appear as James Bond?

 

[kamagong]

How many times did George Lazenbey appear as James Bond?

Only once, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Interestingly enough, he quit his role as 007 before the film even premiered.

 

[Jack Black]

Only once, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Interestingly enough, he quit his role as 007 before the film even premiered.

He also played James Bond in The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Watch it and gasp in disbelief!

 

[screened porch]

He also played James Bond in The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Watch it and gasp in disbelief!

I don't remember that, unless it's an alternate title for The Fifteen Years Later Affair. In which case I don't remember Lazenby in it. Patrick MacNee was the head of U.N.C.L.E. in 15 Years.
I wonder where my Man From U.N.C.L.E. secret agent ID card is.

 

[Jack Black]

I don't remember that...

It looks very forgettable Jer

I wonder where my Man From U.N.C.L.E. secret agent ID card is.

I had one of those!

I used to go in a department store where they had a Welsh security guard who, since he was clearly very bored, would strike up conversations with male customers by using the opening gambit, "Who's your favourite James Bond?!" Bizarrely, his was George Lazenby, and that's how I learned about the U.N.C.L.E. movie. He was such a funny character, and said the most unintentionally funny things, in the broadest of accents. I used to enjoy chatting with him for five minutes, and would later, do impressions

"They call me 'The English Boy' back home, see, because I lives here. So I got a DRAGON tattooed right across me back, see? And when I went back home, I ripped off my shirt, and I say's 'Who's 'The English Boy' now? Enter the DRAGON!!' See? That told them, see?"

 

[btb01]

Well this was a strange way for something worth posting in this thread to come about…

I’ve been playing this daily game online called Framed, where you get six chances to guess a movie based on still images from that movie. You start with one image, make a guess, and if that’s wrong you get a second image, and so on. The goal of course is to get it with as few images/guesses as possible (the later images get easier/more obvious). It’s loosely based on or inspired by the recently-popular game Wordle.

Anyways, yesterday’s started off with this as the first image:

It’s from 127 Hours, which I actually haven’t seen. I didn’t get it on the first frame (I think I got it in three), although the first image made sense once I knew what the movie was.

 

[JohnDF]

I’ve been playing this daily game online called Framed, where you get six chances to guess a movie based on still images from that movie.

Sounds like fun.
But I would be horrible at that game unless they were all Sci-Fi or Superhero movies.

 

[Jack Black]

Well this was a strange way for something worth posting in this thread to come about…

I’ve been playing this daily game online called Framed, where you get six chances to guess a movie based on still images from that movie. You start with one image, make a guess, and if that’s wrong you get a second image, and so on. The goal of course is to get it with as few images/guesses as possible (the later images get easier/more obvious). It’s loosely based on or inspired by the recently-popular game Wordle.

Anyways, yesterday’s started off with this as the first image:

It’s from 127 Hours, which I actually haven’t seen. I didn’t get it on the first frame (I think I got it in three), although the first image made sense once I knew what the movie was.

That would have been my first guess Barrett, I've only watched the movie once, but if you know the story, it's a scene you kind of notice!

 

[kamagong]

I would be horrible at that game unless they were all Sci-Fi or Superhero movies.

This one is for you John.

 

[JohnDF]

This one is for you John.

Aliens... See, I can do Sci-Fi. Now watch me be wrong...

 

[kamagong]

You are correct!

This was my daughter having a laugh.

"Don't move."

 

[5K Qs]

Sounds like fun.
But I would be horrible at that game unless they were all Sci-Fi or Superhero movies.

Yeah, I admire Barrett taking up the challenge of that movie ID game, but I'll stick to Wordle.
(Although Wordle hasn't been as much fun for me since the New York Times bought it from its creator and forced a couple of Wordle "archive" sites that I enjoyed to "cease and desist.")

Coincidentally, I happened to run across a site this evening that showed a single still photo from each of 50 "sports movies", and asked me to select the title of each film from a list of 4:
https://play.howstuffworks.com/quiz/80-people-cant-name-these-sports-movies-a-screenshot-can-you
I had 47 of 50 correct (without using any hints that were apparently available), even though I hadn't seen all 50 movies; the multiple choice format made it MUCH easier IMHO. The site claimed that my 94% score was better than 100% of the people who had tried the quiz! I'm sure a major award will be coming my way any day now!

- GT

 

[JohnDF]

my 94% score

I scored an 88%

 

[5K Qs]

I scored an 88%

John, I'll bet your score on the sports movies is WAY better than I'd do on science fiction films.


- GT

 

[black mamba]

Yeah, I admire Barrett taking up the challenge of that movie ID game,

90% here, 45 out of 50. Some of them I never even heard of!

 

[JohnDF]

John, I'll bet your score on the sports movies is WAY better than I'd do on science fiction films.

I got 100% on the Sci-Fi version

 

[btb01]

Sounds like fun.
But I would be horrible at that game unless they were all Sci-Fi or Superhero movies.

I enjoy it. For the most part, I think it’s fairly easy once you get to the fifth and sixth images. I’ve been doing it for about a month, and I’ve only missed one (a horror movie I’d never heard of). Funny enough, I did almost miss one from Alien: Resurrection last week, but I got it on the sixth guess.

Yeah, I admire Barrett taking up the challenge of that movie ID game, but I'll stick to Wordle.
(Although Wordle hasn't been as much fun for me since the New York Times bought it from its creator and forced a couple of Wordle "archive" sites that I enjoyed to "cease and desist.")

Coincidentally, I happened to run across a site this evening that showed a single still photo from each of 50 "sports movies", and asked me to select the title of each film from a list of 4:
https://play.howstuffworks.com/quiz/80-people-cant-name-these-sports-movies-a-screenshot-can-you
I had 47 of 50 correct (without using any hints that were apparently available), even though I hadn't seen all 50 movies; the multiple choice format made it MUCH easier IMHO. The site claimed that my 94% score was better than 100% of the people who had tried the quiz! I'm sure a major award will be coming my way any day now!

- GT

I’ve been doing Wordle, too, and a geography version called Worldle that my brother introduced me to, where you get the outline of a country and, after each incorrect guess, the distance and general direction of the correct answer.

Thanks for the link to the sports movie thing. I got 49 out of 50 (missed the BMX one). There were a couple others I wasn’t sure on, but process of elimination helped. For example, I’m pretty sure Gary Cooper wasn’t in Blades of Glory.