 George MacDonald Fraser, RIP, 'Octopussy' screenwriter passes away |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 26 July 2005  |
2 January 2008 - 23:08
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Now on the CBn main page...
The Octopussy scribe has passed away.  http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/02/...nald-Fraser.php |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 9 January 2007 From: U.S.A. |
2 January 2008 - 23:16
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Sorry to hear it.
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 14 October 2007 From: North Smithfield, RI, USA |
2 January 2008 - 23:31
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Oh, no! He didn't even get to finish Flashman!
 You only live twice:
Once when you're born And once when you look death in the face. --Ian Fleming |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 8 February 2003 From: At the Monsoon Palace with Magda ;) |
3 January 2008 - 00:01
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RIP to the author of one of the 2 best Bond films of the 1980s. Too bad he never got to work on the script of another Bond film.
 Proud defender of Timothy Dalton, Jane Seymour, Teri Hatcher, Kristina Wayborn, Maryam d'Abo, Karin Dor, Caroline Munro, Catherine Schell, Caterina Murino, Lewis Gilbert, The Living Daylights, Moonraker, Thunderball, Octopussy, and You Only Live Twice . President of the "Catherine Deneuve should have been a Bond girl" and "Lee Horsley/Matt Houston should have played Felix Leiter" Societies Dalton's Bond is Craig's Bond 20 years ahead of his time |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 17 October 2005 From: Sydney, Australia (but from the UK) |
3 January 2008 - 00:51
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RIP
Didn't realise he was from Carlisle (North West England), only an hour and a half drive from where I am from... 
--DaveBond21--
Ah, Mr Bond, perhaps you would like to make love to my mistress before I have you killed? Muhhahhh....ha ha ha ha....... |
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Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 28 March 2006 From: Hollywood, CA |
3 January 2008 - 03:03
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I am sorry to hear of his passing. Mr. Fraser was a fabulous writer. I own every one of the Flashman novels and believe I shall read a few in his memory next.
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
3 January 2008 - 06:17
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  ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 29 June 2004 From: Germany |
3 January 2008 - 09:45
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Sad news.
"Its better to travel hopefully than to arrive."
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 2 February 2006 From: United Kingdom. |
3 January 2008 - 11:58
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Very Sad News indeed.
R.I.P.
James Bond: Everything he touches seems to... WITHER AND DIE! Bond is back in 25 days. |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 4 August 2007 From: Midwestern United States |
3 January 2008 - 16:06
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My favorite bond screenwriter.
Very sad news indeed.
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 16 March 2006 From: Ontario, Canada |
3 January 2008 - 18:51
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I'm not too familiar with his work other than Octopussy, but this is nonetheless sad news. I send my condolences to his family and friends.
RIP  |
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Commander CMG Group: Veterans Enlisted: 3 May 2004 |
5 January 2008 - 13:40
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Sad to hear this - I've enjoyed his books since my teens. I've long thought he'd have made a splendid Bond continuation novelist. Alas, it was never to be. The Flashman novels are must-reads: brilliantly researched, very funny, marvellous adventures.
Author of FREE AGENT, out in the UK, Canada and US in spring 2009 |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 31 August 2003 |
5 January 2008 - 14:42
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The light's off at Signpost. My condolences.
Having read Flashman relatively recently, I subscribe to his quality as an entertainer. Having read his initial Octopussy draft, I subscribe to usefulness of Richard Maibaum & Michael G Wilson. I highly recommend GMF's memoir wherein he recalls his adventures in the screentrade vividly (Musketeers, Superman et al). He seemed recall working with Cubby very fondly and he devotes the best part of a chapter to Octopussy including an idea for a PTS action sequence never used - a chase incorporating the Isle of Man TT motorbike race. CBn's GMF-esque Jacques Stewart wrote a lovely article on the book here http://commanderbond.net/article/2440 |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 3 January 2005 From: USA |
6 January 2008 - 20:27
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RIP.
Octopussy is one of the defining Moore films, IMO.  |
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