Bond is back

kranz · 11-04-11, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Tho, I did like Lazenby too. Kinda hoped he would've taken the contract for more
007 movies.

I read somewhere that it was not the problem of his "taking the contract" but rather "not offering him one" as he is regarded as the worst Bond ever.
My vote goes to either Sean Connery or Timothy Dalton.

Dowly · 11-04-11, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by kranz

I read somewhere that it was not the problem of his "taking the contract" but rather "not offering him one" as he is regarded as the worst Bond ever.

I on the other hand heard he was offered it, but Lazenby's agent adviced to not take it.

BossMark · 11-04-11, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

I on the other hand heard he was offered it, but Lazenby's agent adviced to not take it.

Must have been a very poor agent, I think he would have been a better Bond than Roger Moore.

STEED · 11-04-11, 09:41 AM

I will only go and watch it if Bond blows up the EU.

Jimbuna · 11-04-11, 09:53 AM

Sean Connery by a country mile but I thought Lewis Collins would have been a good second choice at the time.

Sailor Steve · 11-04-11, 10:44 AM

Sean Connery defined what Bond should be, and everyone who followed him has admitted that. That said, a part of what defines Bond for me is of course the books, and for a movie to work for me it has to follow the book reasonably well. The last movie to do that was Thunderball, until Casino Royale. Casino sticks fairly closely to the plot of the book, and it shows. The only thing I would have liked better would have been a period piece, set at the beginning of the Cold War. As it is, Casino Royale was the best Bond movie in a very long time.

The only thing I liked about Quantum Of Solace was the in-joke involving "agent Fields", and that just barely.

Roger Moore was to dapper and debonaire for me. James Bond is a well-dressed thug. He fits into society by pretending to be something he's not. Most of the actors who've played him didn't have that quality. Daniel Craig does. Of course the scripts didn't help. I think Timothy Dalton could have been great if not for being stuffed into awful movies.

kraznyi_oktjabr · 11-04-11, 11:26 AM

Sean Connery is "the" Bond. Everyone else is just pretender for me no matter how good they may be.

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	I will only go and watch it if Bond blows up the EU. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,630 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Sean Connery by a country mile but I thought Lewis Collins would have been a good second choice at the time. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Sean Connery defined what Bond should be, and everyone who followed him has admitted that. That said, a part of what defines Bond for me is of course the books, and for a movie to work for me it has to follow the book reasonably well. The last movie to do that was Thunderball, until Casino Royale. Casino sticks fairly closely to the plot of the book, and it shows. The only thing I would have liked better would have been a period piece, set at the beginning of the Cold War. As it is, Casino Royale was the best Bond movie in a very long time. The only thing I liked about Quantum Of Solace was the in-joke involving "agent Fields", and that just barely. Roger Moore was to dapper and debonaire for me. James Bond is a well-dressed thug. He fits into society by pretending to be something he's not. Most of the actors who've played him didn't have that quality. Daniel Craig does. Of course the scripts didn't help. I think Timothy Dalton could have been great if not for being stuffed into awful movies. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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kraznyi_oktjabr Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Republiken Finland Posts: 1,803 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Sean Connery is "the" Bond. Everyone else is just pretender for me no matter how good they may be. __________________ You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. - Dr. House