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Trevor Baxendale
@trevorbaxendale
blood, toil, tears and sweat
Dec 11 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
This is why WHERE EAGLES DARE is a Christmas film.

First off, if a Junkers Ju-52 carrying Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and a bunch of hand-picked commandos over the icy blue Bavarian Alps doesn’t give you Santa’s sleigh vibes, then I can’t help you.
1/ Image The first half hour features a lot of snow. This is a prerequisite for all genuine Christmas films like ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE and FIRST BLOOD. It’s so snowy that Richard Burton and his men all have to wear white combat fatigues to blend in.
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May 10, 2023 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
I was never keen on Bond going MIA after being shot by Moneypenny at the start of SKYFALL. And it takes ages for him to get back into the plot and the action. It wouldn’t have happened like that in Roger Moore’s day, I thought… which got me thinking… 1/ 🧵#JamesBond Image How would they have picked up the story after the titles were done? Straight into Moneypenny’s office, of course! Maybe it would have gone something like this… 2/ ImageImageImageImage