James Bond: The Ultimate Collection (1962-2012) + Volume Collections

[BluProofie]

Originally Posted by jayman3

Okay. So it comes with the 120 hours of bonus features, but doesn't include the bonus disc which has the Everything or Nothing documentary?

Yes. That’s really the only thing of note missing, but almost every film has a great making of doc and several really interesting extras.

[jayman3]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Yes. That’s really the only thing of note missing, but almost every film has a great making of doc and several really interesting extras.

Thank you!

[Deadguy2322]

Has anyone made a replacement cover for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service? I am thinking of giving a friend a copy of it as a semi-gag gift, and want a George Lazenby Collection cover for it, like the Moore, Connery, Brosnan and Craig collection covers, since he has all of those.

[Jameron4eva]

Originally Posted by Deadguy2322

Has anyone made a replacement cover for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service? I am thinking of giving a friend a copy of it as a semi-gag gift, and want a George Lazenby Collection cover for it, like the Moore, Connery, Brosnan and Craig collection covers, since he has all of those.

Wouldn't they have had to do different stances for candy-man though?

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by Deadguy2322

Has anyone made a replacement cover for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service? I am thinking of giving a friend a copy of it as a semi-gag gift, and want a George Lazenby Collection cover for it, like the Moore, Connery, Brosnan and Craig collection covers, since he has all of those.

There actually is a release of that:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/007-G...lu-ray/136781/

[Jameron4eva]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

There actually is a release of that:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/007-G...lu-ray/136781/

That's just a different angle of GL's same pose though isn't it?

[Deadguy2322]

Originally Posted by Jameron4eva

Wouldn't they have had to do different stances for candy-man though?

Nice he only did the one movie, I’d think a single pose would be funnier, since the different poses in the collection covers are from different movies.

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[Rich65]

Depending on the editions of the films you have, you may be able to sell them for a fair price and use that money toward the ultimate collection.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by Rich65

Depending on the editions of the films you have, you may be able to sell them for a fair price and use that money toward the ultimate collection.

Ultimately decided against it, I like having them individually shown. I'll just hold out on an eventual 4K box set.

[Rich65]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

Ultimately decided against it, I like having them individually shown. I'll just hold out on an eventual 4K box set.

Not a bad idea.

[Alphamale87]

At this point, buying the individual releases is the way to go. I love looking at the spines for each film in chronological order and I can understand many people's frustrations of buying a new updated boxset every couple of years with the newest film.

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by Alphamale87

At this point, buying the individual releases is the way to go. I love looking at the spines for each film in chronological order and I can understand many people's frustrations of buying a new updated boxset every couple of years with the newest film.

I went with the box set & got rid of the individual releases since it takes up less space on my shelf. Don't really care about seeing the spines. This is also the only box set of the 007 I'll be buying, for any new future film release I'll just put them individually next to the box set.

[Alphamale87]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

I went with the box set & got rid of the individual releases since it takes up less space on my shelf. Don't really care about seeing the spines. This is also the only box set of the 007 I'll be buying, for any new future film release I'll just put them individually next to the box set.

I can agree about the shelf space. The packaging for this one looks better compared to the Bond 50 set that have the discs stored in sleeve pockets. No doubt that we'll see a 25th film. I still need all the Craig films.

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by Alphamale87

I can agree about the shelf space. The packaging for this one looks better compared to the Bond 50 set that have the discs stored in sleeve pockets. No doubt that we'll see a 25th film. I still need all the Craig films.

I didn't like the packaging to the Bond 50 either, I really dislike those book type packaging with the pockets. I have the white box set.

[Alphamale87]

Originally Posted by darkness2918

I didn't like the packaging to the Bond 50 either, I really dislike those book type packaging with the pockets. I have the white box set.

It was a nice attempt/change at the book-style packaging, but it left many people with scratched discs and wear to the sleeve pocket from taking the discs in and out. Looked at unboxing videos of the white boxset and it does look very nice.

[anomaly7]

I just bought this boxset and have been re-watching all the movies in chronological order. Got up to Diamonds are Forever this past weekend. Watching the special features, they talk a lot about the change in actors playing Bond, but never once do they mention why the recast Blofeld 2 times.

Does anyone know why Pleaseance wasn't brought back after You Only Live Twice? Was it a money issue? I can understand why the didn't keep Savalas in Diamonds are Forever since they seemed to want to ignore OHMSS, but why use Gray who already played a different character in YOLT? Can you imagine if a series did that these days? I know these 3 films had different directors, but when you figure they made such an effort to keep the same actors for M, Q, and Moneypenny it just doesn't make sense why they'd change Blofeld. Even the performances are inconsistent with each film. Then again, Felix Leiter was always getting re-cast in these films.

Anyway, just curious is anyone knew why they didn't try to keep the same actor for Blofeld. I find it a little funny now because it seems like history might be repeating itself, getting a different actor for Blofeld in Bond 25 if Waltz doesn't return.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by anomaly7

I just bought this boxset and have been re-watching all the movies in chronological order. Got up to Diamonds are Forever this past weekend. Watching the special features, they talk a lot about the change in actors playing Bond, but never once do they mention why the recast Blofeld 2 times.

Does anyone know why Pleaseance wasn't brought back after You Only Live Twice? Was it a money issue? I can understand why the didn't keep Savalas in Diamonds are Forever since they seemed to want to ignore OHMSS, but why use Gray who already played a different character in YOLT? Can you imagine if a series did that these days? I know these 3 films had different directors, but when you figure they made such an effort to keep the same actors for M, Q, and Moneypenny it just doesn't make sense why they'd change Blofeld. Even the performances are inconsistent with each film. Then again, Felix Leiter was always getting re-cast in these films.

Anyway, just curious is anyone knew why they didn't try to keep the same actor for Blofeld. I find it a little funny now because it seems like history might be repeating itself, getting a different actor for Blofeld in Bond 25 if Waltz doesn't return.

AFAIK they wanted someone who was a bit more physically imposing for the role in OHMSS as it required him to do more than just sitting in a chair issuing orders.

[koberulz]

Is there a reason some films have "Original Mono" as an option and others just have "mono"?

[ChromeJob]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Is there a reason some films have "Original Mono" as an option and others just have "mono"?

Which films? If you could give examples, we might be able to determine....