tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819372552985537908.post6870543523431403048..comments2023-05-27T12:35:06.383+02:00Comments on Ninja Dixon: 007 Goes Eighties Action: Licence to Kill (1989)Ninja Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13211571098475743546noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819372552985537908.post-63293658301872343272012-10-17T18:20:13.619+02:002012-10-17T18:20:13.619+02:00I've always thought Dalton made a great Bond t...I've always thought Dalton made a great Bond too, even though the scripts sure didn't do him any favors. The way Flemming describes Bond in the books matches Dalton perfectly. I'll have to revisit this one soon.Thomas T. Sueyreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01999827678453063356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819372552985537908.post-33206368292743805052012-10-17T16:02:04.227+02:002012-10-17T16:02:04.227+02:00"Timothy Dalton is still a criminally underra..."Timothy Dalton is still a criminally underrated 007"<br /><br />"and that grittiness was something we shouldn't see again until Daniel Craig took over the part"<br /><br />Great analyze ninja.....I never thought about that before.<br /><br />Dalton was ahead of his time, especially now when Craig is Bond, post Bourne etc.<br /><br /><br />"(Dalton much later proved to be very funny in, for example, Hot Fuzz)!"<br /><br />I always liked him as cartoonish bad guy in The Rocketeer (1991).<br /><br /><br />"Ah, and both movies has a graphic scene of a man exploding from air pressure!"<br /><br />Yeah....but Licence to kill has a much nicer scene.<br /><br /><br /><br />"Mr Eighties Evil Asian Guy himself, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa!"<br /><br />Love him, watch an episode of Baywatch...he´s great.<br /><br />Great review ninja.<br /><br />MegatronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-819372552985537908.post-63730110849927402052012-10-17T14:26:45.681+02:002012-10-17T14:26:45.681+02:00I agree License To Kill was ahead of its time in g...I agree License To Kill was ahead of its time in giving us a more 'real world' Bond. <br /><br />Good point about the finale, it's a great action sequence. Dalton's Bond era, in my opinion, has some of the strongest stunts in the whole franchise. All the better for being actually performed, than blue-screened and CGI'd like they would be in a few years time. Exploding Helicopterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045345937871417288noreply@blogger.com