byronic
One of the Regulars
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Due to a court case involving EON and Kevin McClory (he was arguing that Thunderball was a joint idea between himself and Fleming, and thus owned certain intellectual property rights and the right to re-make Thunderball as Never say never again), round about 1980- I forget the exact outcome of the case, but he was able to make his movie, and Eon are unable to use the names 'SPECTRE' or 'Blofeld' anymore. I'm not sure if they were banned by the court, or whether they thought it would lead to more litigation and decided that it wasn't worth the trouble.Hemingway Jones said:I thought the Bolivian scenes dragged it down a bit. I would have liked something a bit more glamorous. I thought the European scenes were better.
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Also, I was disappointed that the name of the organization was Quantum, though I know they need to tie it in. I would have been very pleased had it been Spectre!
Also, what happened to Mr. White? Why didn't they pick him up again?