Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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But what I logged in to say was, I have just this minute realised that The hunger Games and Game of Thrones are two different things.

So what's the hunger games about?

I haven't the faintest idea what either show is about.

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But what I logged in to say was, I have just this minute realised that The hunger Games and Game of Thrones are two different things.

So what's the hunger games about?

I haven't the faintest idea what either show is about.

Please explain how you came to know they were different?

And what is the extent of the difference?  It took me 3 series before I decided I didn't like GoT and I'd rather not waste time again to find out that I don't like the hunger games (which seem to be a series of films, so it's quite likely I would have to watch them all to avoid jumping to conclusions).

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But what I logged in to say was, I have just this minute realised that The hunger Games and Game of Thrones are two different things.

So what's the hunger games about?

I haven't the faintest idea what either show is about.

Please explain how you came to know they were different?

And what is the extent of the difference?  It took me 3 series before I decided I didn't like GoT and I'd rather not waste time again to find out that I don't like the hunger games (which seem to be a series of films, so it's quite likely I would have to watch them all to avoid jumping to conclusions).

Last night I was watching the new James Bond film and saw a trailer for The Hunger Games. This morning I mentioned it to one of the girls.

"That thing that you watch on TV is coming on the pictures"

"What thing?"

"That Hunger Games thing that you're always going on about."

"No Dad,  the that's Game of Thrones"

"What's the difference?"

"Well let me explain. Game of thrones is bla bla bla bla bla..."

"Never mind. I don't want to know.

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okty - how was the Bond film?

[Redsgirl]

But what I logged in to say was, I have just this minute realised that The hunger Games and Game of Thrones are two different things.

So what's the hunger games about?

I haven't the faintest idea what either show is about.

Please explain how you came to know they were different?

And what is the extent of the difference?  It took me 3 series before I decided I didn't like GoT and I'd rather not waste time again to find out that I don't like the hunger games (which seem to be a series of films, so it's quite likely I would have to watch them all to avoid jumping to conclusions).

The Hunger games are a series of very good novels telling the story of youngsters in a post apocalyptic world being forced to compete in a kind of gladiatorial fight to the death Olympics.
The films are dire. Don't bother.

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ty I'll give them a miss then 

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okty - how was the Bond film?

It was an amazing film Dave, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

When I leave the cinema after watching Bond film I move with cat like precision. My eyes scan the shadows for danger, I miss nothing. The hard lumps of muscle beneath my clothing are taut and ready for action. I feel the comforting bulk of the Walther PPK nestled in my shoulder holster and I smile a cruel smile....


This time my life really was in danger, but only because I was wondering if the chip shop was still open and absent mindedly stepped in front of a speeding car. I would have been a gonner too but fortunately, Mrs Red grabbed my collar and dragged me out of harms way.

I was quiet for a few moments until my pulse rate dropped below 150 and I got my bowels more or less under control, then with as much dignity as I could muster I chided Mrs Red for over reacting, retrieved my pinged off collar button from the middle of the road and tried desperately to remember where I had parked my Aston Martin db 10.

[Kev B]

okty - how was the Bond film?

It was an amazing film Dave, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

When I leave the cinema after watching Bond film I move with cat like precision. My eyes scan the shadows for danger, I miss nothing. The hard lumps of muscle beneath my clothing are taut and ready for action. I feel the comforting bulk of the Walther PPK nestled in my shoulder holster and I smile a cruel smile....


This time my life really was in danger, but only because I was wondering if the chip shop was still open and absent mindedly stepped in front of a speeding car. I would have been a gonner too but fortunately, Mrs Red grabbed my collar and dragged me out of harms way.

I was quiet for a few moments until my pulse rate dropped below 150 and I got my bowels more or less under control, then with as much dignity as I could muster I chided Mrs Red for over reacting, retrieved my pinged off collar button from the middle of the road and tried desperately to remember where I had parked my Aston Martin db 10.

Ha ha brilliant.

[Karabiner]

I always thought a Beretta was James Bond's weapon of choice.

I'm certain it was in all of the Ian Fleming books.

[bobAlike]

I always thought a Beretta was James Bond's weapon of choice.

I'm certain it was in all of the Ian Fleming books.

I'm pretty sure you're right and also his choice in car was a Bentley.

[Tal]

I always thought a Beretta was James Bond's weapon of choice.

I'm certain it was in all of the Ian Fleming books.

He had a (usually silenced) PP7 in Pierce Brosnan's Goldeneye. Might just be me remembering from the computer game...

[Karabiner]

I always thought a Beretta was James Bond's weapon of choice.

I'm certain it was in all of the Ian Fleming books.

He had a (usually silenced) PP7 in Pierce Brosnan's Goldeneye. Might just be me remembering from the computer game...

The weaponry from the early 1960's in the books is probably a little teekayed today, which reminds me that a friend of mine is selling his BMW Z4 which boasts the numberplate T3 EKS. Anyone interested?

[tikay]

Uh?

Improved with age, you mean?

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I always thought a Beretta was James Bond's weapon of choice.

I'm certain it was in all of the Ian Fleming books.

You're partly right Ralph. See the following from wiki.



When Ian Fleming wrote the first of the James Bond novels, Casino Royale, he had no idea the direction in which the stories would go, let alone how many he would eventually write. So when he introduced, Bond as using a Beretta 418 in a flat chamois leather holster he probably didn't think too much about it. He had used such a gun during the Second World War when he was in Naval Intelligence and felt it was an appropriate sidearm for a secret agent on an undercover mission.

Shortly before the publication of From Russia with Love in 1956, Fleming received a fan letter from a Major Geoffrey Boothroyd. Boothroyd was a retired Army Major and gun collector. Boothroyd told Fleming that he really admired the Bond novels apart from the hero's choice of weapon. He felt that the Beretta 418 was "a lady's gun" with no real stopping power. He also objected to the choice of holster. Boothroyd proposed that Bond should use a revolver like the Smith & Wesson Centennial Airweight. It had no external hammer, so it would not catch on Bond's clothes. The Smith & Wesson could be kept in a Berns-Martin triple draw holster held in place with a spring clip which would decrease Bond's draw time. Boothroyd also had bad words about the silencer Bond occasionally used, saying that they were rarely silent and reduced the power of a gun.

Fleming replied, thanked the Major for his letter, and made a few points. He felt that Bond ought to have an automatic pistol; perhaps Boothroyd could recommend one? He agreed that the Beretta 418 lacked power, but pointed out that Bond had used more powerful weapons when the need required, such as the Colt Army Special he uses in Moonraker. Fleming also said that he had seen a silenced Sten gun during the war and the weapon had hardly made a whisper.

Boothroyd recommended the Walther PPK 7.65mm as being the best choice for an automatic of that size, with its ammunition available everywhere. He suggested, however, that 007 ought to have a revolver for long-range work. Fleming asked Boothroyd if he could lend his illustrator Richard Chopping one of his guns to be painted for the cover of From Russia with Love. Boothroyd lent Chopping a .357 Magnum revolver that had the trigger guard removed for faster firing.

Fleming had Bond's Beretta caught in his holster at the end of From Russia with Love, an event that almost costs the secret agent his life. In the next novel, Dr. No, a certain Major Boothroyd recommends that Bond switch guns. Bond is issued a Walther PPK but is told to carry it in a Berns-Martin triple draw holster, which is designed only to carry revolvers. This is an odd mistake given that Fleming had bought such a holster and had it sent to Jamaica. (It has been argued that Q-branch could have modified an excellent holster to accommodate automatics.

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I always thought a Beretta was James Bond's weapon of choice.

I'm certain it was in all of the Ian Fleming books.

I'm pretty sure you're right and also his choice in car was a Bentley.

Andrew too is partly right. Bond has used a Bentley several times but...


The Aston Martin DB5 - Featured primarily in Goldfinger. The most famous Bond car of all, it came with all the usual Q-Branch refinements which have been copied from movie to movie including bulletproof front and rear panels, oil slick, smoke screen, machine guns, rotating licence plates, telescoping tire slashers, tracer-receiving console and most famously, the passenger ejector seat. While being the most recognized Bond car, it's actually only been featured in six films (Goldfinger, Thunderball, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, Casino Royale, and a nod to the Goldfinger version in Skyfall).

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