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Not the greatest contribution to mankind

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Victor Khomenko

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In Reply to: RE: he claimed to have invented the 'James Bond genre' posted by mbnx01 on April 01, 2015 at 11:51:43

I could never figure it out why people watch Bond movies.
About 38 years ago, when I was learning English, I was able to obtain one of the Bond books... I thought - Wow! Now I can read the REAL spy novel!
Soon I started having that strange feeling... what the hell am I reading, and why am I wasting my time on this crap? That book's got to be some practical teenager joke.

Edits: 04/01/15

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I'm not a expert on spy novels... - eppis1 23:58:48 04/02/15 (0)
...but I thought the few Fleming novels I read were entertaining. I enjoyed the John le Carre novels much more. More serious tone, and maybe a more authentic portrayal of English life during the Cold War. I'm not a student of the Cold War either, so my commentary is uneducated.
RE: Not the greatest contribution to mankind - Bill the K 21:01:09 04/02/15 (0)
You learned some invaluable sayings like You Only Live Twice, Live And Let Die. I was reading the Bond book with this second title and my Mom came over and looked at the title and said, 'Ah, Live and let live. That is the kind of book you should read. Good boy.' I thanked her and took her to the Eye doctor.

Cheers
Bill
Have you seen the restored version of Topaz? - Jay Buridan 15:16:40 04/01/15 (4)
Based on a true story from the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, it's riveting.
- No, and I just added it to my queue! - Victor Khomenko 15:58:10 04/01/15 (3)
  Thank you for the heads up!
  - The restored version is 2.5 hours long - Jay Buridan 18:26:26 04/01/15 (2)
    Make sure you see the restored version. Please tell me what you think of it.
    - The one on Netflix is 143 minutes - is that it? nt - Victor Khomenko 19:19:29 04/01/15 (1)
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      - That's the one, Victor - Jay Buridan 08:19:05 04/02/15 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: The one on Netflix is 143 minutes - is that it? nt posted by Victor Khomenko on April 01, 2015 at 19:19:29
        
        Enjoy

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