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Wow! This is a first for Ten. Airing a Bond flick in the honoured Sunday night timeslot. I guess Diamonds Are Forever rated alright. Fine choice, though. Octopussy has to be one of the funnest [but not over-the-top] Bond films about.

Movie of the Week
Octopussy
8.30pm - 11.05pm | TEN
(M) Action (1983)

When a fellow British agent is murdered, James Bond travels to India in search of the killer. There, he meets a mysterious female smuggler known only as 'Octopussy', and discovers a connection between a priceless jewel, an elaborate smuggling operation and a plot by a renegade Soviet general to instigate World War Three.

[Fraternal]

That is awesome.

I would much prefer Dr. No though, how long has it been since they showed that.

I could of course get the DVD, but I much prefer watching them when they are on TV.

[brendan007]

ehh, its only the summer **** season, its no big deal it's getting a sunday night timeslot (not that it doesnt deserve it, i love octopussy).
Is this the first time Octopussy has made its way to ten?

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No, Octopussy aired maybe six months back, but it was the last of the pre-Brosnan Bonds to find its way onto Ten.

Also... 1967's Casino Royale will air the next night at 11:30pm, also on Ten.

[brendan007]

I didnt know ten had casino royale as well. I know seven still has at least one pre-brosnan bond film, i think it's Live And Let Die. I wonder how that happened.

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Nope, Ten has both Royale and Live and Let Die. They've aired Live and Let Die one or two times, and they aired Casino Royale after The Man with the Golden Gun [I think it was The Man with the Golden Gun] earlier in the year.

Seven has the rights to the first three Brosnan films [but GoldenEye hasn't aired for quite a while; wouldn't surprise me if it ended up in Ten's hands over the next few years]. I remember someone saying here that Ten managed to secure the rights to Die Another Day.

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Looks like your main news story may need a bit of editing, Daniel!

Looks a lot like we're going to have Bond on TV all week! A View to a Kill will air Tuesday night.

I'll know by tomorrow what the rest of the week is looking like.

[Blue Eyes]

Cheers dark! Most appreciated!

[Fraternal]

Originally posted by brendan007
I know seven still has at least one pre-brosnan bond film, i think it's Live And Let Die. I wonder how that happened.

They used to have it, but 10 bought the rights off them.

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Unless the schedule changes, that looks like that's it for the week.

The Guardian and The Shield return next Wednesday, some incarnation of Law & Order and Hack are scheduled for the Thursday, and a Tom Cruise double in the form of Jerry Maguire and A Few Good Men is set for Friday and Saturday respectively.

[Vodka Martino]

Great! January 4th is my birthday and the best they can do at Channel Ten is to give me "Octopussy". I would have preferred an early Connery. Ah, well...at least they won't be using heroin-flavored bananas to finance revolutions.

VM

P.S.- The above statement was not intended as a shameless attempt to get Birthday wishes from y'all. Hope you all had a great New Year.

[DLibrasnow]

P.S.- The above statement was not intended as a shameless attempt to get Birthday wishes from y'all. Hope you all had a great New Year.

Phew.....Glad to hear it


Happy Birthday!

[Qwerty]

Great! January 4th is my birthday and the best they can do at Channel Ten is to give me "Octopussy". I would have preferred an early Connery. Ah, well...at least they won't be using heroin-flavored bananas to finance revolutions.

VM

P.S.- The above statement was not intended as a shameless attempt to get Birthday wishes from y'all. Hope you all had a great New Year.

LOL! Very subtle.

Happy Birthday Vodka Martino.

[Vodka Martino]

Stop it, you're embarrassing me!!
To get this thread back on track, I still think it sucks that Ten are screeening "Octopussy". I'm in more of a "Living Daylights" kinda mood this weekend.

Cheers,

Vodka Martino

P.S.- Thanks, guys.

[Qwerty]

Stop it, you're embarrassing me!!

P.S.- Thanks, guys.

Sorry for the off-topic post everyone.

Always count on CBn for a little fun and crazy cheers, Vodka Martino.

Your welcome.

[DLibrasnow]

Personally I would love the TV stations to show a Roger Moore movie on my birthday

[Qwerty]

Personally I would love the TV stations to show a Roger Moore movie on my birthday

Well, have your people contact my people. We'll set it up. -No, that is a total joke, I have no connections at all.

It would be a very nice treat. I'd love to see TSWLM on mine, however, you don't see too many Bond films in the Summer anymore.

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Hahahaha! I just saw the ad for A View To A Kill! What a crack-up!

After the usual bad Bond-related puns and such, it gives the lead up for who's in the film...

VOICE-OVER:

[image of Bond] "Roger Moore..."

[cut to Stacy Sutton]"...and... well, who cares? She's a bombshell!"

What a kick in the teeth for Miss Roberts! I was in stitches!

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Poor Rog. This review of A View To A Kill popped up in our local paper on Tuesday...

A View to a Kill
Ten, 8.30pm
ROGER Moore (pictured, a shot of him from his knighthood), and A View to a Kill disgrace the other Bond movies. In true 007 style, Bond is assigned to stop computer baron Max Zorin who is planning on triggering a massive earthquake in order to wipe out his underworld competitors (yawn). The best thing about this movie is the Duran Duran song and even that is hard to swallow. Doesn't compare with Sean Connery or even Pierce Brosnan. *

Edited by [dark], 10 January 2004 - 01:31 PM.

[brendan007]

Hahahaha! I just saw the ad for A View To A Kill! What a crack-up!

After the usual bad Bond-related puns and such, it gives the lead up for who's in the film...

VOICE-OVER:

[image of Bond] "Roger Moore..."

[cut to Stacy Sutton]"...and... well, who cares? She's a bombshell!"

What a kick in the teeth for Miss Roberts! I was in stitches!

LOL, I saw the add and didnt quite catch what was said when it came to the shot of stacey. I like that ten has a sense of humour about these films.