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Subject: Re: Never Say Never Again
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Date: Thu, 20-Oct-83 16:11:48 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 20 16:11:48 1983
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Just saw "Never Say Never Again".  They should have called it "Can You
Do Thunderball Again".  I read the original "Thunderball" book by Ian Fleming
a few months ago and the movie was the book almost word for word, even the
gags were the same.  In spite of the bad reviews the movie has received, I
think it is one of the best Bond movies I have seen in a long time.  Sort
of reminiscent of the early films like "Dr. No" before they got too absurd.

>From what I understand, this movie was different from the other Bond films
in that it was done by a different director, producer and studio.  The original
Bond producer, "Cubby" Broccoli, it still around, and is responsible for
"Octopussy".  He still has the rights to the original Fleming titles, the
Bond music, and the other elements that make Bond Bond.  I guess the newer
Bond films were getting so far away from the books that someone wanted to
make a movie of the "real" James Bond.  I have always believed Sean Connery
was molded for the part anyway.

Some of the gags in the film (most from the book) were very funny.  Some of
the more memorable gags:

	SCENE: Bond in doctor's examination room sitting on a table, nurse
		near the back of the room holding a beaker.
	NURSE: Mr. Bond, would you fill this beaker please?
	BOND: From here?


	SCENE: Bond in a US Navy sub, talking to the commander
	BOND: Do you have a <some code>?
	COMMANDER: How do you know about that? It's top secret!
	BOND: I read a Russian translation of one of your service manuals.


	SCENE: The "bad" guy at a computer terminal, instructing the computer
		to replace the dummy warheads in the missiles with nuclear
		warheads.  A female synthesized voice acknowledges his command.
	COMPUTER: Dummy warheads replaced with nuclear warheads.  Thank You.
		Have a nice day.

Some of the things in the movie are difficult to understand without reading
the book, as the beginning was omitted.  In the book, the first few chapters
were about how and why the "bad guys" wanted and got the missiles.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie and would recommend it to anyone, along with
the original Fleming novels.

A bit of trivia:  Ian Fleming, in addition to writing about 15 Bond novels,
wrote the children's story "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".

					Scott Abbot
					Bell Labs, Merrimack Valley
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