Talk:Our Man Flint

Hotline telephone sound
Does anyone have a ringtone that sounds like the Hot Phone in the Flint movies? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.59.102.101 (talk • contribs) 2005-09-11T04:41:14 (UTC)


 * There is a reference link in the article to a YouTube video that contains a sample clip of the sound from the movies. It's up to you to figure out how to turn it into a ringtone. I believe the sound was generated with a standard Touch-Tone dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) telephone, so if you're fleet-fingered, you could also play it on an old pushbutton desk phone and record your performance. — Foxtrot1296 (talk) 13:28, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Apprechiate?!
Apprechiate?!?!? I would think (or apprechiate) we would use a dictionary or SOMETHING when creating articles for an encyclopedia.
 * Agreed. A spell checker and thesarus would be nice. Then I wouldn't have to make simple mistakes like that. --J-Star 16:21, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Need article on Derek Flint?
I attempted to create an article on Derek Flint, and I got this article. (I was doing this prior to creating links to parody and spy films.) Dogru144 17:47, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Parody? Spoof
There's very little spoof or comedies the way normal spoof movies have. Doesn't seem like a parody at all.--Jondel (talk) 09:43, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

I agree. I was young when I saw it but if it was a spoof, it was a very subtle one. My understanding is that it was an attempt to cash in on what was seen to be a new and winning formula in the wake of the early Bond films.

Are you aware the Hotline the President uses to chew out the head of ZOWIE plays Taps as a ringtone? It was subtle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.185.60.128 (talk) 13:32, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

I thought the best bit was the high dive at the end :)

Meltingpot (talk) 13:30, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

A "spoof" is something that usually can't be sued for plagarism; the Bond producers probably could have brought action against the producers. I believe many superspy films of the '60's were called "spoofs" though they weren't all out "Get Smart"/''Carry On Spying" types.Foofbun (talk) 20:43, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure if it's a "spoof" as opposed to a "parody" but it is subtle nonsense from beginning to end. It clearly doesn't take itself seriously. Flint's gadgets are absurd. I would like to know who plays that saxophone, though. Wastrel Way (talk) Eric

Global warming
The movie kind of shows global warming used as a science-fiction weapon (rising temperatures in the arctic are mentioned repeatedly, etc.). AnonMoos (talk) 20:33, 17 July 2012 (UTC)