David James Well they had to dub Dalton in ‘Sextette’, so I’m guessing he’s not much better. But it wouldn’t have been worth it anyway - what’s the point in having Tim sing if he hasn’t got an elderly Mae West to sing with?
Apparently, according to the actor of Saunders, there was going to be a special effect which would have showed Saunders being cut in half by the doors that were sabotaged. And apparently the server and bond were meant to exchange dialogue, with the server saying “I’ll get a stretcher”, and then bond looks up and says “better make that two.”
Dalton can do comedy and silliness. The problem with the first scene was more the tone of the movie. Something like this would be just as out of place in For Your Eyes Only as TLD. Maybe one day you'll get around to Hot Fuzz for Dalton showing his comedy chops.
Had Roger Moore done the flying carpet scene, the moment he leaps onto the back of the motorbike, I can picture his OOOORRRHH! sound inserted. I like the carpet bit actually, though this looks like a work print edit. I imagine the final cut would have more polish. Still, no real time for silliness when Dalton is concerned. As for the Q scene, anything with Desmond is wonderful, IMO. Still, these bits are a bit "meh". Timothy looks like someone on their first day at a new job being shown around the office. A bit stiff, and awkward there.
A great bond unfortunately the general audience weren't ready for a more serious take on the character after the much loved Roger at the time but I think with hindsight the public have realised what a great 007 Dalton was and this film is classic bond
I've always liked Dalton a great deal as Bond, but the film makers weren't set up yet to make the most of that kind of Bond. They did a good job when Dalton was in realistic action situations, but they still wanted to hold onto some of the established larger than life spy stuff and some of the sillier humor (e.g. the bar fight in 'Licence To Kill') and it undermined Dalton. His two movies just weren't consistent enough and I don't believe a third Dalton film would have sorted all of that out. I dread to think of what a third Dalton film would have been like if the producers/writers/director decided on an 'Octopussy' kind of semi-serious/semi-humorous approach. Maybe Dalton's two Bond movies gave us as much as was possible at that time.
@@andrewstrachan8737 He really is. As a matter of fact, Tim bears a remarkable resemblance to the illustrations of Bond on the covers of the Pan paperback editions of Fleming's novels !
This recently became my favorite Bond film upon rewatch of the whole series, I think its a unique film in terms of a more emotional performance from Bond and differences in terms of film structure, especially considering they take up time to build up the relationship between him and Kara. Also, fantastic political/historical backdrop which make it great for rewatch, even if there is a sort of propaganda to this background conflict.
Can you imagine original choice Pierce Brosnan playing it? I think he could do the pantomime-ness with a flourish. Probably why Tim Dalton was ill-fitting to that, he was a last minute replacement (literally, he finished one film on a Friday, and started Bond on the Monday).
@@davidjames579 The Living Daylights is my favorite Bond film (despite the Mujahideen bit not againg well) but I would love to see a more serious version of it with Dalton. Pierce Brosnan had better comedic delivery, so like the scene on the boat in the opening would have been perfect for him.
@@exodus1960 Yeah I agree about Brosnan. I also think Dalton can work with comedic lines, such as "You should have brought Lillies". But his is a dry wit, and more in fitting with the character being realistic and darker. As such the broader comedy doesn't gel as well. Living Daylights was finding it's feet with Dalton's Bond, and also does feel like it's tugging into different versions of a Bond film. Licence To Kill was more consistent and fitting to Dalton.
Which is stiffer - the carpet, or Timothy Dalton? That scene would have been standard fare in a Roger Moore film. He would have carried that off and you could even added a double taking camel. It wouldn't have fitted the Living Daylights you're right but it's still enjoyable to watch as a deleted scene. The Q scene is not all that memorable but enjoy all scenes with Desmond. He played well off Timothy. He was probably glad not to be working with someone who held up idiot board with "Bollocks" written on it as he was trying to remember lines. Agree niether would have added to the film and the carpet scene would have taken away from the tone of it
I think the flying carpet in a great concept and could work if it was executed well as part of a chase sequence, with adrenaline pumping and Bond using his ingenuity. Having said that, coming after the dramatic scene with Pushkin, it would have been sorely out of place. Plus, as John Glen pointed out, it looked a bit naff. Timothy's salute is highlight of the sequence for me.
I think the Living Daylights gets slept on as one of the best Bond movies. Timothy Dalton is great as James Bond and his performance is much closer to that of how Bond is in the books. The plot is pretty straight forward, very From Russia With Love-esque. Also I love the scenes of combat when Bond and Kara go to Afghanistan. Is Daylights the only Bond movie where Bond goes to a real life war zone? Either way, it's definitely the best Bond movie of the 1980s.
@@jeremykrause4665 I like License To Kill as an 80s action movie but it's not a very good James Bond movie. The Living Daylights uses the classic Bond movie formula.
First Bond film I saw in the cinema and still a firm favourite. It was definitely a transition film, it didn't help Dalton that the film was written without the role being cast. However, it is still one of the best films in the series.
There are definitely remnants of Moore's era in the film but there are some superb moments that are tailored to Dalton's strengths. The confrontation with Pushkin is easily one of the best moments of the entire series.
The Living daylights was acutally my favourite Bond movie until Skyfall was released and it is still one of my favourite even though the list has changed a bit. I think the carpet scene was just too slow, would have been much funnier if it was faster, but I agree, would have suited Moore much better. I really like the more serious tone of the Dalton movies.
Clever Video. I agree that these scenes were not right considering the tone of this film. I'll never forget the effect this film had on me when I first saw it upon it's release. Timothy Dalton was clearly the best portrayal of James Bond & it was obvious that he had read the Ian Fleming novels, studying the character down to the last detail. His performance blew me away! I was bitterly disappointed when he stepped down from the role after only 2 pictures. Still, when you see Daniel Craig today he is very similar to Timothy Dalton's version of this great character. I believe he was so underrated.
Nice haircut. Also I really like this movie even though the plot seems convoluted as F***. I wouldn’t mind the Q scene being kept in, not the flying carpet 😂
I remember reading that they planed a 'For your eyes only' style ending with Charles and Diana replacing Maggie+ Dennis but this was [thankfully] scraped long before filming.
Hi Calvin I'm sooooo happy that both didnt make the final cut, keep these coming I'm new to your channel and your so good with these bond clips a true bond fan.
I don't think Timothy Dalton's performance lets the "Flying wooden carpet" scene down as much as the WHOLE FUCKING SCENE LETS ITS SELF DOWN. I know it's a rough cut, and they aint no James Bond Theme added to it or Barry's brilliant score for his last Bond adventure. But it's like a sence from Octopussy, and no matter what they did, Even The Bond Theme over it, it would still look like utter shit. It's almost an 80's version of DieAnotherDay's infamous wind surfing scene, it's that ridiculous, and of course John Glenn is going to just say he found the carpet a bit stiff so disposed of the scene, cos he don't wanna admit that his "briliant idea" was a pile of dead fish. That was about as much a carpet as my front door. And remember that this is the same film that Bond & the girl use her cello case as a sledge to escape over the boarder, if they had have had both these quite similar scenes in the finished film it would have been beyond stupid. I think it's a trait with John Glenn unfortunatley, that he has muck up his films with "funny" or "humourus" scenes that are about as welcome as finding a condom on the cucumber in the fridge. They're just akward and not funny, he can't seem to just make a serious spy film (which was the angle TLD & Dalton was going for) without adding a beach boys song, bond in a gorilla suit or dressed as clown, or tarzan-esque jungle antics. In all honesty he did well on FOR YOUR EYES ONLY & LICENCE TO KILL, and manged to not chuck in his eye roll & sigh humour and we got a serious set of movies as a result. I mean can you imagine if that crappy dead end joke scene was left in the movie, how much it would drag the movie down. I suprised they put the scene out for folk to see, i'd destroyed the tapes if I'd come up with junk like that.
Calvin if i can recommend check out the films "Deadlier than the male" and "Some girls do" probably some of the best bond esque movies from the era. Lots of familiar faces and some good stories. Im going to check out "Danger Route " next, Richard Johnson is a good actor
The carpet scene really felt like something coming out of Moonraker. I wouldn't have minded it being added, since even Licence to Kill has some silly fun moments, but yeah, I'm happy with how it all ended up in the film.
Agree neither scene work, although on one hand the quill bit would work as a specialised pen, on the other the most casual viewer would know that, even in the final years of the Cold War, the Russian authorities would carefully examine any gift from the British government. Not that Bond films stick to realism ;-)
Loved Dalton as Bond and was very upset when he did not do a third movie, such a shame, he was great and I love both his Bond movie's. I enjoyed his more serious, realistic take and preferred him to Pierce. Dalton was considered for another take on Thunderball like what Connery did with Never Say Never Again, but unfortunately never happened! Shame, he was great and like Lazenby had a premature end to his Bond career!
Yikes! Carpet scene..Cringey!! Definitely not for Dalton, keep the carpet on the cutting room floor where it belongs!🤦 Keep up the great content that is making it a little easier to get through 2020 Calvin! Cheers!
I’d have gone further than deleting these scenes, and edit down the car chase near the border a bit too. It jars with me, given the tone of the rest of the film. I’ll accept it’s part of the plot, and how Bond and Cara get over the border, but the lasers cutting the bottom half off the Lada Police car, the bit where the Aston drives around with the shed on it, and the cutting the hole in the ice could easily be cut for my liking. That still leaves an Aston with rocket launchers and skis (and so toy sales for Eon to benefit from), as well as the daft cello escape, but you can’t have everything.
The magic carpet thing --- is something left over from The Roger Moore Era... it would've fit right into a Moore Bond... it's good that they tossed it... The Q scene? It wasn't plot related, and a bit vacuous, actually...
Living Daylights was probably my favourite out of Dalton movies. Now people appreciate Dalton a lot more but back in the 80s they saw him as too brutal. I heard that in a documentary where producers were talking about it. Dalton wanted to set the tone as more serious Bond but viewers back then just remembered Roger Moore.
The carpet scene was hilarious. They should had left that episode in a movie. There are lots of silly and increadible moments in Bond's films. So, the scene with the stiff carpet )) would had fit perfect.
I found Bond on the carpet thing hilariously homaging to Arabian Nights or Aladdin with how it looks like Bond is flying on the carpet, even if it is just on some wires it's sliding down
good evening mr. dyson...two short sharp shocks as it were...nothing to write home about on either one...but i do love these deleted scene videos nonetheless...as you know, 'licence to kill' is my favorite bond movie and i love dalton as bond (and i think all fans of daniel craig's grittier style would have to love the dalton films as well)...but it was kinda tricky 'bridging the gap' as you say with this one...thank god they got it right the next time...peace always..stay well...rocky
Greetings from the U.S., Commander Dyson! Long time viewer; absolutely love watching your reviews of the films and games. Every time I feel the 007 mood coming on I not only watch the films themselves but rewatch your reviews for their superb entertainment value. I regret not having commented previously, but I just recently noticed that I couldn't find your actual reviews for Living Daylights or License To Kill anymore and was wondering if you took them down or some technical mishap occurred. Dalton is my personal favorite Bond and though he's not your favorite I still enjoy hearing your reactions and insights to his films. Any chance of getting these re-uploaded? Or are you replacing them with new ones after a fresh watching as you've done with others? Until next time: when it comes to James Bond reviewing... nobody does it better!
31.5k subs now. This gives you credibility. Perhaps sometime soon you should try and score some interviews from actors/actresses in the bond franchise. Go big!
The Q scene would have been better if he had banged his head on the car roof, so the line about mind your head would have fitted better. Dont forget Q also explains the whistling keyring, so that takes up some time. The quill pen thing was probably to do with the russians signing cheques with them, as the tip of the feather pen doesnt leave an imprint on the paper like a ball point, so you cant just use the old 'rubbing a pencil over the under pages' to find out the names. Instead the names would be wired directly to MI6. This gag feels like an in-joke but also reveals a bit too much about cold war technology. By 1987 Im sure this was being phased out, and you dont want to rub their noses in it. I guess 99.9% of people would not get the gag and Im glad it was dropped. The rooftop chase was long enough and it should end with the distance shot of Bond getting away. The film drags until the Hercules raid so its best this was cut. I would have also cut the abduction by Twiggy and bumping in to Felix Lighter, as he adds nothing to this story.
Yeah, that quill bit fell flat for me... Though I love the technician advising Q to mind his head, and Q still bumping his head on the roof - as opposed to the film version where Q first bumps his head and then getting the "Mind your head" from the assistant. I think it's way funnier in that order.
@@jonathancampbell5231 Well, now you've said that... I always was under the impression it was the guy in the glasses behind Q, but it sounds like Dalton... I must say that I find it difficult to see whose mouth is moving, but I think you're right!
hey Calvin love your videos! When can we see another one of your 007 movie reviews? there are some of the movies still left to do and I would really like to hear your opinion on the movies and have fun watching them.
Calvin - are you ever going to review the old MS-DOS games? Also, you should check out I Expect You To Die (Video game). It would make a great review :)
Not a Dalton fan as such but… Sometimes in music the transitional albums are really interesting. They can capture the best of both worlds. The old style brings familiar vibes while there is ”the new thing” bringing interest and excitement. I prefer Moore, but honestly, both Dalton movies are better than Golden Gun or View to a Kill.👍🏻
hello I just want to say you should make movie reviews of other series if you want. I know that that's not how you do it, but I think your channel is better than most movie review channels on The TH-cams.
John Glenn was so used to working with Roger and his style of Bond that it makes sense that they had the carpet idea, as if he was going to do it. The scene would have worked if there was the Bond music playing while Bond was casually sitting on the carpet as it moved, and getting on the motorbike also, so we are not seeing it at its best. After 7 Roger Bond films to then having a rather stiff and dull Dalton was a bit too much of a change, especially for me when I was 10 at the time of this film, and had grown up watching the fun and engaging Roger Bond films.
I agree that the movie was better off without these scenes, but for different reasons. I hated the silliness of the Moore movies and welcomed the change in tone of The Living Daylights. Also, hadn't we just had Bond chased through a bazaar in Octopussy? And this would have been on top of the chase that ended with Bond riding a cello down a hill? Ugh! Humor. No thank you. I always dreaded the visits to Q's lab as well. Rote bits that hardly ever added to the plots (aka "This is the part where the movie takes a break.").
I found neither scene to be particularly noteworthy. Nothing of value appears to have been lost. In my personal opinion, they also should have cut a few shots from the entire Afghanistan sequence near the end. That one just keeps dragging on and on, particularly the Mujahideen assault on the Soviet base.
Calvin did you seen the extended action sequence scene from No Time To Die on the Jimmy Fallon show? The antagonists seem kind of young especially the guy louring Bond. I love the look Bond gives like what’s going on? Sort of a dirty look. Then the reaction to him getting shot as he didn’t expect it. Great acting from Craig. Kind of find it odd that there’s a massive stone conveniently placed there. I think I’m nitpicking.😂
I love Timothy Dalton he great and so Underrated
mmmm maybe his performance was better in license to kill. this movie he's flat for me
Very very underrated Same as lazenby
Absolutely!
Well at least Dalton didn’t start singing as he rode on his magic carpet.
“A whole new Bond
A new Thespian from Cymru.”
Has to be better than Pierce's singing though, lol.
David James Well they had to dub Dalton in ‘Sextette’, so I’m guessing he’s not much better. But it wouldn’t have been worth it anyway - what’s the point in having Tim sing if he hasn’t got an elderly Mae West to sing with?
@@BenCol I like to think Sextette inspired Licence To Kill. Dalton plays a spy who creeps around a building ledge and is startled by a bird.
@@davidjames579 at least his eyes don't bulge out of his head in terror because of a man in a monster suit. 😂😂 (George Lazenby OHMSS)
Timothy Dalton is my all time favorite Bond.
Apparently, according to the actor of Saunders, there was going to be a special effect which would have showed Saunders being cut in half by the doors that were sabotaged.
And apparently the server and bond were meant to exchange dialogue, with the server saying “I’ll get a stretcher”, and then bond looks up and says “better make that two.”
The flying carpet would have been awful . The Q part seem pointless .
Maryam D'Abo was exquisite.
Dalton can do comedy and silliness. The problem with the first scene was more the tone of the movie. Something like this would be just as out of place in For Your Eyes Only as TLD.
Maybe one day you'll get around to Hot Fuzz for Dalton showing his comedy chops.
Had Roger Moore done the flying carpet scene, the moment he leaps onto the back of the motorbike, I can picture his OOOORRRHH! sound inserted. I like the carpet bit actually, though this looks like a work print edit. I imagine the final cut would have more polish. Still, no real time for silliness when Dalton is concerned. As for the Q scene, anything with Desmond is wonderful, IMO. Still, these bits are a bit "meh". Timothy looks like someone on their first day at a new job being shown around the office. A bit stiff, and awkward there.
Def the final ver would have had music and tighter editing. The awkwardness is heightened here because of the lack of flow.
A great bond unfortunately the general audience weren't ready for a more serious take on the character after the much loved Roger at the time but I think with hindsight the public have realised what a great 007 Dalton was and this film is classic bond
I've always liked Dalton a great deal as Bond, but the film makers weren't set up yet to make the most of that kind of Bond. They did a good job when Dalton was in realistic action situations, but they still wanted to hold onto some of the established larger than life spy stuff and some of the sillier humor (e.g. the bar fight in 'Licence To Kill') and it undermined Dalton. His two movies just weren't consistent enough and I don't believe a third Dalton film would have sorted all of that out. I dread to think of what a third Dalton film would have been like if the producers/writers/director decided on an 'Octopussy' kind of semi-serious/semi-humorous approach. Maybe Dalton's two Bond movies gave us as much as was possible at that time.
I wouldn’t say The Living Daylights is peak Bond or even classic Bond. Dalton does make it more serious, but that doesn’t make it good.
The Living Daylights is one of my favourites in the series, but I'm so grateful that the magic carpet scene was cut 😅😅
My all time favourite bond but like skyfall as well
@@tansleypotts9486 nice one👊 Skyfall's in my top three for sure, both classics
Timothy Dalton is incredibly underrated. He is my second favourite Bond
He's the cutest for sure.
3rd favourite for me but yeah, I agree. He's is criminally underrated.
Same.
Dalton, in my opinion, comes closest to embodying the spirit of Ian Flemings 'Bond'.
@@andrewstrachan8737 He really is. As a matter of fact, Tim bears a remarkable resemblance to the illustrations of Bond on the covers of the Pan paperback editions of Fleming's novels !
This recently became my favorite Bond film upon rewatch of the whole series, I think its a unique film in terms of a more emotional performance from Bond and differences in terms of film structure, especially considering they take up time to build up the relationship between him and Kara. Also, fantastic political/historical backdrop which make it great for rewatch, even if there is a sort of propaganda to this background conflict.
Imagine Timothy Dalton doing a Tarzan yell? Just a deeply thespian and proud bellow!
That carpet gag definitely feels like it was written for Moore, doesn't suit the tone of the film at all.
You can tell they wrote the dialogue for Roger Moore and once they realized they had a Shakespearean actor, they cut down the hamminess.
Can you imagine original choice Pierce Brosnan playing it? I think he could do the pantomime-ness with a flourish.
Probably why Tim Dalton was ill-fitting to that, he was a last minute replacement (literally, he finished one film on a Friday, and started Bond on the Monday).
@@davidjames579 The Living Daylights is my favorite Bond film (despite the Mujahideen bit not againg well) but I would love to see a more serious version of it with Dalton.
Pierce Brosnan had better comedic delivery, so like the scene on the boat in the opening would have been perfect for him.
@@exodus1960 Yeah I agree about Brosnan. I also think Dalton can work with comedic lines, such as "You should have brought Lillies". But his is a dry wit, and more in fitting with the character being realistic and darker. As such the broader comedy doesn't gel as well. Living Daylights was finding it's feet with Dalton's Bond, and also does feel like it's tugging into different versions of a Bond film. Licence To Kill was more consistent and fitting to Dalton.
TLD is my favourite Bond film, but the magic carpet is one of those scenes that it doesn't matter who could and couldn't pull it off, it's just bad.
Yeah, that carpet scene was very cringe inducing. Not to say that Dalton can't do comedy. Hot Fuzz and Looney Tunes: Back in Action prove that.
Thank you Calvin TLD is my fave bond film. I think Timothy I really like him because how accurate he is to Ian’s bond. Another great video
2:14 Mr. Problem Eliminator on the job ladies and gentlemen.
I am so glad they got rid of that "flying carpet" sequence. I got Octopussy vibes from it. BLECH !
Which is stiffer - the carpet, or Timothy Dalton? That scene would have been standard fare in a Roger Moore film. He would have carried that off and you could even added a double taking camel. It wouldn't have fitted the Living Daylights you're right but it's still enjoyable to watch as a deleted scene. The Q scene is not all that memorable but enjoy all scenes with Desmond. He played well off Timothy. He was probably glad not to be working with someone who held up idiot board with "Bollocks" written on it as he was trying to remember lines. Agree niether would have added to the film and the carpet scene would have taken away from the tone of it
I think the flying carpet in a great concept and could work if it was executed well as part of a chase sequence, with adrenaline pumping and Bond using his ingenuity. Having said that, coming after the dramatic scene with Pushkin, it would have been sorely out of place.
Plus, as John Glen pointed out, it looked a bit naff. Timothy's salute is highlight of the sequence for me.
I think the Living Daylights gets slept on as one of the best Bond movies. Timothy Dalton is great as James Bond and his performance is much closer to that of how Bond is in the books. The plot is pretty straight forward, very From Russia With Love-esque. Also I love the scenes of combat when Bond and Kara go to Afghanistan. Is Daylights the only Bond movie where Bond goes to a real life war zone? Either way, it's definitely the best Bond movie of the 1980s.
Personally I like Liscense to Kill better than Daylights but I like Dalton a lot in both films.
@@jeremykrause4665 I like License To Kill as an 80s action movie but it's not a very good James Bond movie. The Living Daylights uses the classic Bond movie formula.
First Bond film I saw in the cinema and still a firm favourite. It was definitely a transition film, it didn't help Dalton that the film was written without the role being cast. However, it is still one of the best films in the series.
There are definitely remnants of Moore's era in the film but there are some superb moments that are tailored to Dalton's strengths. The confrontation with Pushkin is easily one of the best moments of the entire series.
The Living daylights was acutally my favourite Bond movie until Skyfall was released and it is still one of my favourite even though the list has changed a bit. I think the carpet scene was just too slow, would have been much funnier if it was faster, but I agree, would have suited Moore much better. I really like the more serious tone of the Dalton movies.
Clever Video. I agree that these scenes were not right considering the tone of this film. I'll never forget the effect this film had on me when I first saw it upon it's release. Timothy Dalton was clearly the best portrayal of James Bond & it was obvious that he had read the Ian Fleming novels, studying the character down to the last detail. His performance blew me away! I was bitterly disappointed when he stepped down from the role after only 2 pictures. Still, when you see Daniel Craig today he is very similar to Timothy Dalton's version of this great character. I believe he was so underrated.
Nice haircut. Also I really like this movie even though the plot seems convoluted as F***. I wouldn’t mind the Q scene being kept in, not the flying carpet 😂
Dalton deserved better. My second favourite bond. Wish he did more bond films.
I’d love some QoS, SF and SP deleted scenes.
I’d love a re-edit of QoS
I remember reading that they planed a 'For your eyes only' style ending with Charles and Diana replacing Maggie+ Dennis but this was [thankfully] scraped long before filming.
That carpet scene brings back dreadful memories from the motorbike chase in Never Say Never Again. Just followed you on Letterboxd, love the content!
Hi Calvin I'm sooooo happy that both didnt make the final cut, keep these coming I'm new to your channel and your so good with these bond clips a true bond fan.
For me Timothy Dalton is the only Bond who didn’t do a bad film, however I’m not sure TLD would have been improved by these scenes.
Glad that entire farcical sequence was removed. Bond escapes the shooting of Pushkin and the film moves on without all the circus.
The Living Daylights - best Bond film of the 80s. (Though best they had edited most of this!)
I don't think Timothy Dalton's performance lets the "Flying wooden carpet" scene down as much as the WHOLE FUCKING SCENE LETS ITS SELF DOWN. I know it's a rough cut, and they aint no James Bond Theme added to it or Barry's brilliant score for his last Bond adventure. But it's like a sence from Octopussy, and no matter what they did, Even The Bond Theme over it, it would still look like utter shit. It's almost an 80's version of DieAnotherDay's infamous wind surfing scene, it's that ridiculous, and of course John Glenn is going to just say he found the carpet a bit stiff so disposed of the scene, cos he don't wanna admit that his "briliant idea" was a pile of dead fish. That was about as much a carpet as my front door. And remember that this is the same film that Bond & the girl use her cello case as a sledge to escape over the boarder, if they had have had both these quite similar scenes in the finished film it would have been beyond stupid. I think it's a trait with John Glenn unfortunatley, that he has muck up his films with "funny" or "humourus" scenes that are about as welcome as finding a condom on the cucumber in the fridge. They're just akward and not funny, he can't seem to just make a serious spy film (which was the angle TLD & Dalton was going for) without adding a beach boys song, bond in a gorilla suit or dressed as clown, or tarzan-esque jungle antics. In all honesty he did well on FOR YOUR EYES ONLY & LICENCE TO KILL, and manged to not chuck in his eye roll & sigh humour and we got a serious set of movies as a result. I mean can you imagine if that crappy dead end joke scene was left in the movie, how much it would drag the movie down. I suprised they put the scene out for folk to see, i'd destroyed the tapes if I'd come up with junk like that.
I think Calvin should do a list of the top 10 rejected James Bond movie plots! There are a few wacky ones, especially DAF and LTK
They deleted that scene just in time. Things were about to get naastie.
I always wondered why Dalton goes Yorkshire when he says that line.
Calvin if i can recommend check out the films "Deadlier than the male" and "Some girls do" probably some of the best bond esque movies from the era. Lots of familiar faces and some good stories. Im going to check out "Danger Route " next, Richard Johnson is a good actor
Always enjoy your Channel content Calvin!
The carpet scene really felt like something coming out of Moonraker. I wouldn't have minded it being added, since even Licence to Kill has some silly fun moments, but yeah, I'm happy with how it all ended up in the film.
Agree neither scene work, although on one hand the quill bit would work as a specialised pen, on the other the most casual viewer would know that, even in the final years of the Cold War, the Russian authorities would carefully examine any gift from the British government. Not that Bond films stick to realism ;-)
There's also no way they'd ever use a ceremonial gift. It'd be dumped in storage.
Loved Dalton as Bond and was very upset when he did not do a third movie, such a shame, he was great and I love both his Bond movie's. I enjoyed his more serious, realistic take and preferred him to Pierce. Dalton was considered for another take on Thunderball like what Connery did with Never Say Never Again, but unfortunately never happened! Shame, he was great and like Lazenby had a premature end to his Bond career!
Yikes! Carpet scene..Cringey!! Definitely not for Dalton, keep the carpet on the cutting room floor where it belongs!🤦 Keep up the great content that is making it a little easier to get through 2020 Calvin! Cheers!
Love this deleted scenes mini series
Tim Dalton the best Bond imo
OMG THANK YOU SO much I have waited a long time for this :)
I’d have gone further than deleting these scenes, and edit down the car chase near the border a bit too. It jars with me, given the tone of the rest of the film. I’ll accept it’s part of the plot, and how Bond and Cara get over the border, but the lasers cutting the bottom half off the Lada Police car, the bit where the Aston drives around with the shed on it, and the cutting the hole in the ice could easily be cut for my liking. That still leaves an Aston with rocket launchers and skis (and so toy sales for Eon to benefit from), as well as the daft cello escape, but you can’t have everything.
The magic carpet thing ---
is something left over from The Roger Moore Era... it would've fit right into a Moore Bond... it's good that they tossed it...
The Q scene? It wasn't plot related, and a bit vacuous, actually...
Dalton’s best
Apparently there is a workprint with more deleted material out there somewhere
Living Daylights was probably my favourite out of Dalton movies. Now people appreciate Dalton a lot more but back in the 80s they saw him as too brutal. I heard that in a documentary where producers were talking about it. Dalton wanted to set the tone as more serious Bond but viewers back then just remembered Roger Moore.
The carpet scene was hilarious. They should had left that episode in a movie. There are lots of silly and increadible moments in Bond's films. So, the scene with the stiff carpet )) would had fit perfect.
I found Bond on the carpet thing hilariously homaging to Arabian Nights or Aladdin with how it looks like Bond is flying on the carpet, even if it is just on some wires it's sliding down
Just finished this film!!! Great analysis
Love the Goldeneye N64 background music!
good evening mr. dyson...two short sharp shocks as it were...nothing to write home about on either one...but i do love these deleted scene videos nonetheless...as you know, 'licence to kill' is my favorite bond movie and i love dalton as bond (and i think all fans of daniel craig's grittier style would have to love the dalton films as well)...but it was kinda tricky 'bridging the gap' as you say with this one...thank god they got it right the next time...peace always..stay well...rocky
Greetings from the U.S., Commander Dyson! Long time viewer; absolutely love watching your reviews of the films and games. Every time I feel the 007 mood coming on I not only watch the films themselves but rewatch your reviews for their superb entertainment value. I regret not having commented previously, but I just recently noticed that I couldn't find your actual reviews for Living Daylights or License To Kill anymore and was wondering if you took them down or some technical mishap occurred. Dalton is my personal favorite Bond and though he's not your favorite I still enjoy hearing your reactions and insights to his films. Any chance of getting these re-uploaded? Or are you replacing them with new ones after a fresh watching as you've done with others? Until next time: when it comes to James Bond reviewing... nobody does it better!
31.5k subs now. This gives you credibility. Perhaps sometime soon you should try and score some interviews from actors/actresses in the bond franchise. Go big!
John Glen is pretty good at remembering dates
I'm assuming it was dug out of the archives and he has it on a 'Q' Card
Bro. Love this channel bro.
My favorite bond movie when I was as kid.
The Q scene would have been better if he had banged his head on the car roof, so the line about mind your head would have fitted better. Dont forget Q also explains the whistling keyring, so that takes up some time. The quill pen thing was probably to do with the russians signing cheques with them, as the tip of the feather pen doesnt leave an imprint on the paper like a ball point, so you cant just use the old 'rubbing a pencil over the under pages' to find out the names. Instead the names would be wired directly to MI6. This gag feels like an in-joke but also reveals a bit too much about cold war technology. By 1987 Im sure this was being phased out, and you dont want to rub their noses in it. I guess 99.9% of people would not get the gag and Im glad it was dropped. The rooftop chase was long enough and it should end with the distance shot of Bond getting away. The film drags until the Hercules raid so its best this was cut. I would have also cut the abduction by Twiggy and bumping in to Felix Lighter, as he adds nothing to this story.
I really hope they do a modern rendition of John Barry’s classic 007 theme in the new movie
A whole new world is not enough
View to a quill
Yeah, that quill bit fell flat for me... Though I love the technician advising Q to mind his head, and Q still bumping his head on the roof - as opposed to the film version where Q first bumps his head and then getting the "Mind your head" from the assistant. I think it's way funnier in that order.
Wasn't it Bond who said "mind your head?"
@@jonathancampbell5231 Well, now you've said that... I always was under the impression it was the guy in the glasses behind Q, but it sounds like Dalton... I must say that I find it difficult to see whose mouth is moving, but I think you're right!
It's def Dalton, the guy with the glasses mouth doesn't move.
David James Really? I need to get those 4K editions, then! Or an appointment with the optician…
@@CorneelVf I just noticed from Calvin's video.
Really impressive, but sledging in the cello case is already enough
hey Calvin love your videos! When can we see another one of your 007 movie reviews? there are some of the movies still left to do and I would really like to hear your opinion on the movies and have fun watching them.
the worst thing was the carpet was obviously a board!
Great review and video
Talking of all the previous realise will there be a uhd 4K realise next year when no time to die comes out on the sliver disk
You're assuming No Time to Die will come out next year. If only I had your confidence!
about the quill ... They may have cut it due to the West vs USSR Cold War issue not wanting to be so obviously mentioned.
Bond does blow up a lot of Russian soldiers later though.
You forgot the unused Gunbarrels
Calvin - are you ever going to review the old MS-DOS games? Also, you should check out I Expect You To Die (Video game). It would make a great review :)
Not a Dalton fan as such but…
Sometimes in music the transitional albums are really interesting. They can capture the best of both worlds. The old style brings familiar vibes while there is ”the new thing” bringing interest and excitement.
I prefer Moore, but honestly, both Dalton movies are better than Golden Gun or View to a Kill.👍🏻
Goldeneye review coming soon? :D
Has Roland Rat and John Glen ever been seen together? I didn't think so...
Could you do a video ranking the best bond kills
Hey Calvin! Have you seen the "Meet Safin" video?!?
When will the ranking bond actors be out Calvin?
hello I just want to say you should make movie reviews of other series if you want. I know that that's not how you do it, but I think your channel is better than most movie review channels on The TH-cams.
how would you feel if Pierce Brosnan done the magic carpet scene??
Where is the scene where a man goes into the sofa?
Hey Calvin. I saw a couple months back you said you were going to review Goldeneye 64. What’s up with that?
People don't like it so much, but TLD is my favourite Bond movie, Bond looks always so pissed there
I cannot say the title of this film without hearing the cheesy theme song in my head. Anyone else?
Have you actually reviewed The Living Daylights? I don't see it on your playlist.
Film photography often undermines the quality of a stunt
How so ?
John Glenn was so used to working with Roger and his style of Bond that it makes sense that they had the carpet idea, as if he was going to do it. The scene would have worked if there was the Bond music playing while Bond was casually sitting on the carpet as it moved, and getting on the motorbike also, so we are not seeing it at its best.
After 7 Roger Bond films to then having a rather stiff and dull Dalton was a bit too much of a change, especially for me when I was 10 at the time of this film, and had grown up watching the fun and engaging Roger Bond films.
Pretty glad they removed this tbh.
Our favourite Bond reactor is back. Magic happens, when you are around Calvin.
I think Dalton was a great Bond it's just a shame he didn't have great scripts, this was the time I went off Bond movies because of the cheesy gags.
I agree that the movie was better off without these scenes, but for different reasons. I hated the silliness of the Moore movies and welcomed the change in tone of The Living Daylights. Also, hadn't we just had Bond chased through a bazaar in Octopussy? And this would have been on top of the chase that ended with Bond riding a cello down a hill? Ugh! Humor. No thank you. I always dreaded the visits to Q's lab as well. Rote bits that hardly ever added to the plots (aka "This is the part where the movie takes a break.").
I found neither scene to be particularly noteworthy. Nothing of value appears to have been lost. In my personal opinion, they also should have cut a few shots from the entire Afghanistan sequence near the end. That one just keeps dragging on and on, particularly the Mujahideen assault on the Soviet base.
Review the Jack Ryan movies
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Calvin did you seen the extended action sequence scene from No Time To Die on the Jimmy Fallon show? The antagonists seem kind of young especially the guy louring Bond. I love the look Bond gives like what’s going on? Sort of a dirty look. Then the reaction to him getting shot as he didn’t expect it. Great acting from Craig. Kind of find it odd that there’s a massive stone conveniently placed there. I think I’m nitpicking.😂
What the hell does "living daylights" even mean?
As in "scared the living daylights" out of someone.
@@ricardocantoral7672 yeah but like. What does it mean tho? What is a living daylight? Does it even have a meaning?
@@ricardocantoral7672 apparently It comes from the 18th century and means eyes? Still sounds dumb as hell
@@HorrorHoarder Daylights as in someone's eyes. You are scaring the life out if them.
The entire film should be deleted. Dalton blew as Bond.