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[zencat]

From CBn's Main Page...

'OO7' Magazine #48, Thunderball Special
A look inside...

[deth]

is this a new article by Benson? if so I didn't think he wrote anything to do with Bond anymore....

[Jim]

Didn't they already do one of these, about 1990 time? Presumably there's some new stuff in here.

[mccartney007]

It'd be nice for a Bond magazine to feature something other than Connery-era James Bond films. The Moore, Dalton, Brosnan films never really receive treatment like this.

[Jim]

I'd be nice for a Bond magazine to feature something other than Connery-era James Bond films.  The Moore, Dalton, Brosnan films never really receive treatment like this.

True. I guess it comes down to the preferences of this particular magazine's editor. Seem to recall he has a big thing for Thunderball (sensible fellow).

[stamper]

I would say it all relates to sales also, apparently, nothing sells better than a Connery special issue... you have to admit, less people would buy a Living Daylights or LTK special, however much I love both those movies.

[stamper]

Anyway, didn't recently 007 had an all Roger Moore special ???

Edited by stamper, 23 January 2006 - 09:27 AM.

[David Schofield]

Didn't they already do one of these, about 1990 time? Presumably there's some new stuff in here.

Yup, you're right, Jim. I do hope it's not just a retread.

Personally, I think Thunderball - the writing of it, the copyright issue and trial, making the movie - might have been done to death. Graham more than touches on it - by necessity - in his NSNA special issue, also.

[stamper]

Apparently, some of those features are retreaded from the 25th an special, re Benson / Cork, if I remember correctly (gotta dug that one out).

[Double-O-Section]

Does anyone know if John Cork's article is the one from Issue 3 of Goldeneye, which is also on Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang?
http://www.ianflemin...inside_tb.shtml

[mccartney007]

Anyway, didn't recently 007 had an all Roger Moore special ???

Yeah, but no magazine has -- to my knowledge -- devoted an entire issue to one of Roger Moore's films (unless it was being made at the time the issue was published, that is). It doesn't seem fair (and life isn't fair, obviously) to focus entire issues of a James Bond fan magazine on THUNDERBALL, YOLT, OHMSS, etc. and then just cover every Roger Moore film with a single issue.

I'm really not complaining as I love the issues of 007 that focus soley on a particular film. I just wish the other fellow's films would be treated to such a loving examination.

[ACE]

No doubt, pictorially, it will be fantastic, as all Graham's work usually is.

When it comes to the visual sense of Bond, 007 Magazine has a particular and gifted eye.

[Qwerty]

Sounds like a fantastic issue. I too would like to see more coverage of the Roger Moore era, but this is the film to do if it is going to be Sean Connery.

[doublenoughtspy]

While I agree that it is strange that another Thunderball issue is coming out - take a look at the CBn interview with Graham - he decides what the next issue will be based on the content that is available to him.

And obviously Thunderball was heavily marketed, had an interesting development process with the lawsuits & McClory, was the high point of the Bond series popularity, etc. etc.

Many CBn members like myself and Zencat have made photo and article contributions to 007 Magazine - nothing is stopping people from contributing content so that next time he covers the film(s) you want to have covered.

[zencat]

I think a special 30th Anniversary The Spy Who Loved Me issue sometime next year would be sweet.

[Jim]

I think a special 30th Anniversary The Spy Who Loved Me issue sometime next year would be sweet.

Could do a double issue - one half 40 years of You Only Live Twice (although they did have at least one special edition for that already); turn it upside down and the other half 30 years of The Spy who Loved Me.

Although as they're largely the same film... just 40 years of You Only Live Twice.

And it'll be 20 years since The Living Daylights. Lordy, 20 years... I feel old.

Although if anything's worth celebrating next year, fifty years of From Russia with Love seems a worthwhile enterprise - except I guess the books don't "sell" the magazine.

[Turn]

I was also suprised to read of another special TB issue coming off the fantastic one they did back in 1990. Being it's my favorite Bond flick and I can't get enough of it, I welcome it, particularly with the chance for more color and the usual grab-bag of great stuff Graham constantly comes up with.

With the way 007 Magazine puts out these special issues, I'd take any Bond film they want to focus on considering it's not just a cut-and-paste job as in so many retrospective books and such. There's always something fresh there. However, I'd be less enthusiastic about any films from TLD onward, which had all been covered pretty extensively at the time.

Also, maybe the new Kiss Kiss Bang Bang publication can do their own tribute issues for some of the films. They have a lot to live up to, but I've said before that the competition may push both sides to outdo the other and the fans could be the big winners.

[TheSaint]

007 did such a great job covering TLD and LTK before, during, and after their release that devoting a special issue to either seems redundant.

[zencat]

007 did such a great job covering TLD and LTK before, during, and after their release that devoting a special issue to either seems redundant.

That's very true, Saint. Looking back, the Dalton era is somewhat threadbare in the area of merchandise, tie-ins, etc. But there were several issues of 'OO7' (issues 16 - 22) jam-packed with interviews and photos from TLD and LTK that I've never seen anywhere else. When I need my Dalton fix, I reach for those issues.

[Simon]

Also, maybe the new Kiss Kiss Bang Bang publication .............., but I've said before that the competition may push both sides to outdo the other and the fans could be the big winners.

There'll be a 'strategic' merging of publications down the line!

[stamper]

007 did such a great job covering TLD and LTK before, during, and after their release that devoting a special issue to either seems redundant.

However, two special reprints issues would be welcome. I lost these mags years ago...

[Turn]

On the subject of retrospectives and such, I'd like to see the 007 Web site include in its archive section articles from the 1979 through 1983 era. It seems the issues released during that time aren't as readily available on eBay and such, while the 1984 issues on are more common and it would give those of us who don't have those issues a chance to check them out.

[Quartermaster007]

This looks like a good issue, I've always been a bit confused over the McClory/Thunderball/NSNA/Fleming/EON/Lawsuit thing.

I really need to subscribe to this soon.

PS - The article says 'SPECTRE Number One - Emilio Largo'.

Largo was Number Two

[Qwerty]

PS - The article says 'SPECTRE Number One - Emilio Largo'.

Largo was Number Two

No he wasn't - you are thinking of the film. In Ian Fleming's Thunderball as well as 1983's Never Say Never Again, Emilio Largo is #1.

[Quartermaster007]

PS - The article says 'SPECTRE Number One - Emilio Largo'.

Largo was Number Two

No he wasn't - you are thinking of the film. In Ian Fleming's Thunderball as well as 1983's Never Say Never Again, Emilio Largo is #1.

Oh!

[Blofeld's Cat]

The cover art looks kinda familiar. Remember seeing something very like it in a Bond forum somewhere a while ago.

Just can't put my finger on where, though.

[Blofeld's Cat]

I think a special 30th Anniversary The Spy Who Loved Me issue sometime next year would be sweet.

UTTERLY essential that this happens!

[Qwerty]

I think a special 30th Anniversary The Spy Who Loved Me issue sometime next year would be sweet.

UTTERLY essential that this happens!

I'll second that.

[Bon-san]

PS - The article says 'SPECTRE Number One - Emilio Largo'.

Largo was Number Two

No he wasn't - you are thinking of the film. In Ian Fleming's Thunderball as well as 1983's Never Say Never Again, Emilio Largo is #1.

Well, just to jump in when no one asked me to....

The issue is devoted to the 1965 film, no? And all the other articles are about the 1965 film, no? Ergo.....

[Dr Reed]

Well, I think I read all these articles a few years ago.

PLEASE Mr Rye - write something original. Or rather, get someone else to write something original.

Not sure how many unpublished pictures from THUNDERBALL there must be left in the world.

Is it me or do the last few issues of OO7 Magazine seem to be chasing people's tails?

Rewind 10 issues and they were worth the money.

Edited by Dr Reed, 09 February 2006 - 01:16 PM.