Spies-R-Us (the covert thread) by chrisisall

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Spies-R-Us (the covert thread)

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
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Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:35 PM

List/discuss your favourite spy stuff here.

Me first:

CHUCK- my favourite, funny, exciting, but most importantly, well written & performed characters!!!

Selected Bond- Goldfinger, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies. Grand entertainment all.

The Constant Gardener- a supreme reality-check. Best realistic spy thing ever put to film IMO.

ALIAS season 5- the best of the series, crazy fun, but restrained & nicely plotted. Great end to a cool show.

Burn Notice- sort of "CHUCK Dark." Love the narration. & Campbell.

The Prisoner- Patrick McGoohan's spy-coda masterpiece. Existential & action-packed.

The Accidental Spy- Jackie Chan's best foray into the genre, but warning: see the Chinese version ONLY; the American cut removed too much important material in response to post 9-11 trauma.

La Femme Nikita (movie)- absolutely kicked ass & sensibilities.

Jack Ryan- the Ford versions are my favourite, although, the might not actually fit into "spy" territory...?

*Note: This document is Eyes Only*

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:55 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Almost any book written by Frederick Forsyth (The Day of The Jackal, The Fourth Protocol, Fist of God). Not to be confused with almost any movie made from any book written by Frederick Forsyth (The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War), which generally are horrible. "Day of the Jackal" was a pretty good movie, at least the first time. :)

Forsyth has a knack for writing a story that wraps up so neatly that it COULD be nonfiction, but can never be proved. Neat trick, that. :)

The Bourne movies. They're great fun; I love 'em.

Oh. And the Splinter Cell games from Tom Clancy. Sam Fisher rocks.

Mike

Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde

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Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:59 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:

The Bourne movies. They're great fun; I love 'em.

They lost me in the second film when they killed off the excellent chick from "Run Lola, Run."

to the producers.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:04 PM

GINOBIFFARONI

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:

The Bourne movies. They're great fun; I love 'em.

They lost me in the second film when they killed off the excellent chick from "Run Lola, Run."
to the producers.

The laughing Chrisisall

I prefer the original novel... nothing at all like the movie

although the movie wasn't bad

Either you Are with the terrorists, or ... you Are with the terrorists

Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers.
What you do today, might Burn Your Ass Tomorrow"

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Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:05 PM

GINOBIFFARONI

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
Almost any book written by Frederick Forsyth (The Day of The Jackal, The Fourth Protocol, Fist of God). Not to be confused with almost any movie made from any book written by Frederick Forsyth (The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War), which generally are horrible. "Day of the Jackal" was a pretty good movie, at least the first time. :)

Forsyth has a knack for writing a story that wraps up so neatly that it COULD be nonfiction, but can never be proved. Neat trick, that. :)

The Bourne movies. They're great fun; I love 'em.

Oh. And the Splinter Cell games from Tom Clancy. Sam Fisher rocks.

Mike

Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde

Jack Higgens ... The Eagle has landed / The Eagle has Flown

same sort of thing

Either you Are with the terrorists, or ... you Are with the terrorists

Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers.
What you do today, might Burn Your Ass Tomorrow"

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Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:07 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:

I prefer the original novel... nothing at all like the movie

although the movie wasn't bad

Oh, the first one was tops, it's the second one I can't get outta my head, and it sorta ruins the Bourne experience for me.
I may revisit it later with a new tolerance, though.

The running Lola Chrisisall

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Friday, January 15, 2010 3:01 AM

KWICKO

Spies Like Us. Sure, it's a bad movie, but it's still pretty fun. :)

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Friday, January 15, 2010 5:36 AM

CYBERSNARK

No love for Garak and Bashir?

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
*Note: This document is Eyes Only*

It will last exactly sixty seconds. It cannot be traced, it cannot be stopped, and it is the last free voice left in this city.

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

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Friday, January 15, 2010 6:40 AM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

If this thread is open to books ( seems to be...), just about anything by John LeCarre. Spy novels written by a guy who was one, who was actually there and did the stuff. Notably different from ALL the TV and movie spy stuff, with an emphasis on the fear and paranoia that spies must have to survive, and notably little adventure, on all the little mundane actions a spy must take for protection.

There isn't a more intense novel written, ever, than his The Night Manager, and yet there isn't a single Harrison Ford/ Jack Bauer scene in it anywhere.

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Friday, January 15, 2010 7:50 AM

KWICKO

The Tailor of Panama, with Pierce Brosnan. The seedier, sleazier side of spies.

Mike

Work is the curse of the Drinking Class.
- Oscar Wilde

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Friday, January 15, 2010 8:26 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Cybersnark:

It will last exactly sixty seconds. It cannot be traced, it cannot be stopped, and it is the last free voice left in this city.

That warms my heart there, CS!!!

The transgenic Chrisisall

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Friday, January 15, 2010 5:17 PM

CHRISISALL

Just watching On Her Majesty's Secret Service , and I forgot how the middle part on Piz Gloria bored me, seeing Bond hop from bed to bed with the allergy chicks. *YAWN*
Viagra, anyone?

The laughing Chrisisall

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Friday, January 15, 2010 5:34 PM

MACBAKER

Chuck; awesomely fun! Best cast since Firefly!

Best Bond films (IMHO); From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, The Living Daylights, GoldenEye. Don't like the newer Bond movies. If I want to watch a short blond guy play a spy, I'll stick with the Bourne movies, which are MUCH better!

The Bourne Trilogy: best spy movie series ever!

Ronin; one of the most realistic, unromantic, spy movies ever made!

Burn Notice; great show, great cast, and great fun!

La Femme Nikita; brilliant movie, not to be confused with seriously inferior Hollywood remake (Point of No Return) or series of the same name.

The Harry Palmer Trilogy: the anti-bond series that inspired Mike Meyers' Austin Powers! Classics!

Munich; a cold, harsh, unforgiving look at what it means to be a spy/assassin for your country! Based on actual events!

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

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Friday, January 15, 2010 5:38 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by MacBaker:
If I want to watch a short blond guy play a spy, I'll stick with the Bourne movies, which are MUCH better!

Agreed.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Saturday, January 16, 2010 9:59 AM

MACBAKER

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

They lost me in the second film when they killed off the excellent chick from "Run Lola, Run."

I liked Marie, but her death (by Dr. McCoy no less) reminded everyone this wasn't some lame Bond movie knockoff. I actually like Nikki better, and thought it was interesting how Julia Stiles role grew with each movie. The scene where she cuts and dyes her hair in the last film was heartbreaking though, because of the pained double take Jason gives when he sees her!

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

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Saturday, January 16, 2010 10:07 AM

CHRISISALL

I'd like to see a couple of theatrical movies based on a TV character...
Whaddya think?

Our Man Casey

In Like Casey

The laughing Chrisisall

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Saturday, January 16, 2010 1:18 PM

SAVEWASH

Now I am learning about scary.

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
I'd like to see a couple of theatrical movies based on a TV character...
Whaddya think?

Our Man Casey

In Like Casey

The laughing Chrisisall

I'm all for that!

"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."

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Saturday, January 16, 2010 1:56 PM

CHRISISALL

See Adam Baldwin thread

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