How did you become a 007 Fan?

X3MSonicX

How, when, where, or what made you became a 007 Fan?
The movies? The Bond Girls? The Cars? The Action? The Villains? The Scenarios? The Story? A Friend? Your Wife? etc.

How did I became? Well, I was like 5 old and I had a Nintendo 64. I saw Goldeneye N64 on the tape rental close from my house, so i decided to hire it.
I Played it, and it was awesome. Pity i almost died sometimes lol
Then, watching TV, i saw Goldeneye movie's announcement. I watched it, And for me, it rocked. And i'm still here, until today.
Another pity my school mates teased me because i was a Bond fan, aficcionado for 007 movies and games. But i never minded it, for me Bond still rocks.

Well, That's how i became a Bond fan.

And you?

actonsteve

Interesting how many people became fans because of a computer game......instead of the books or films. I suppose that is technology. More people play games then read the written word which is rather sad.

Me? Taken to see TSWLM in the summer of 77 and reading Goldfinger from my dads bookshelf about a week later.

Agent007391

A one-two punch of GoldenEye 007 on the N64, and then four months later Live and Let Die airing on TV.

Agent007391

actonsteve said:
Interesting how many people became fans because of a computer game......instead of the books or films. I suppose that is technology. More people play games then read the written word which is rather sad.

Difference between the older and the newer generations. I happen to do both quite equally, considering I grew up in the era where texting became a national sensation and Facebook became the center of the universe (I'm 22, by the way).

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

Thanks to my best friend, who was so utterly outraged at the fact that I'd never seen a Bond film. I heeded his word's and saw that a Bond film called Goldfinger was set to start. I took the plunge, and never looked back. Connery had me hooked, and since that day on, I can't ever thank my friend enough for that moment he urged me to give Bond a chance. But now he's created a monster. I love doing Bond quizzes of Sporcle, and anytime he sees me fastly typing away the films in order or matching the Bond posters to their films effortlessly, he sees what I've become. A huge Bond nerd. But he is a big fan to, and together we make quite the Bond fanboy duo.

SaintMark

I read the books before I discovered that there existed a movie-series. They are both different beasties but I like them both.

So I discovered 007 through reading a book.

Virage

My dad renting a bond film from the video shop every week starting with LALD

craigrules

I cant really remember i grew up with the first toys and films like familly Bond was there from the start of my life.

licensetoforum

Haphhazard Stuff's review of the series really turned me onto the series

fire_and_ice

My mum was a spy and crime novel fan, had quite a extensive collection of novels. my parents were also fans of spy movie's, hitchcock, bond etc. first bond movie i watched was live and let die. Incidently my first 2 names are the christian names of the saint and 007. my mum was a big leslie charteris fan also Lol

The007Swede

Read Dr. No in school then I saw Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace shortly after and I really liked all three. But then i didn't saw or read anything Bond until national TV started a Roger Moore Bondathon starting with LALD and then I was hooked!

gaz4007

My dad was a huge Connery fan and i watched them with him..then we saw our 1st one in the cinema The Living Daylights and i've been hooked since then.

JR_747

It was the Brosnan era when I was a teen. When there was a new movie I'd go to the cinema and see it. But I was not a fan at that time, Bonds for me were only fun movies to watch, just like any other action movie. And I wasn't interested at all in the old ones, because I wasn't interested in old movies in general.

The change for me only came back in 2004, and it came through music: at my university there was a concert "James Bond goes Jazz" by a local Jazz Pianist and I thought that sounded fun and went to see it.
It was Pianist + Band + DJ(!) and they played jazzy versions of mostly old Bond songs - and it just wowed me! In the background they projected scenes from the old movies on a silver screen. It was just intriguing! From that moment I wanted to see all those fascinating movies and listen to those amazing tunes!

That's how it started for me and how I learnt to like old movies.

I would still give an arm and a leg for a CD recording of this "James Bond goes Jazz" project, but sadly it has never been released...

PS: only some weeks later I was browsing eBay for Bond DVDs - and came across an auction for a "Sean Connery in Goldfinger" pop art painting. I instantly fell in love with it and just had to get it!
Well I did and now you can see a photo of it as my avatar :-)

Brutus

I was given a Corgi Aston Martin when I was a kid. Then an older cousin gave me a hand-me-down James Bond Annual. A while later I was left to watch TV unsupervised at a family friend's house, and Dr No came on, and because I recognised the name of James Bond I kept watching and loved it. I borrowed the Target 'abridged' children's novel from the library. I found some well-read Ian Fleming paperbacks in a box of old books at home and managed to read them on my own.

X3MSonicX

actonsteve said:
Interesting how many people became fans because of a computer game......instead of the books or films. I suppose that is technology. More people play games then read the written word which is rather sad.

Man, I was 6 or 7. NO WAY Childs with this age read books.

Agent007391

X3MSonicX said:

actonsteve said:
Interesting how many people became fans because of a computer game......instead of the books or films. I suppose that is technology. More people play games then read the written word which is rather sad.

Man, I was 6 or 7. NO WAY Childs with this age read books.

I must just be ****ed up, because I was reading books at 6/7.

X3MSonicX

Agent007391 said:

X3MSonicX said:

actonsteve said:
Interesting how many people became fans because of a computer game......instead of the books or films. I suppose that is technology. More people play games then read the written word which is rather sad.

Man, I was 6 or 7. NO WAY Childs with this age read books.

I must just be ****ed up, because I was reading books at 6/7.

there are exceptions.

Agent007391

X3MSonicX said:

Agent007391 said:

X3MSonicX said:

actonsteve said:
Interesting how many people became fans because of a computer game......instead of the books or films. I suppose that is technology. More people play games then read the written word which is rather sad.

Man, I was 6 or 7. NO WAY Childs with this age read books.

I must just be ****ed up, because I was reading books at 6/7.

there are exceptions.

Hey, I'm not complaining. Thanks to being an avid reader when I was a kid, now I'm an actual published author (on Kindle).

X3MSonicX

Agent007391 said:

X3MSonicX said:

Agent007391 said:

X3MSonicX said:

actonsteve said:
Interesting how many people became fans because of a computer game......instead of the books or films. I suppose that is technology. More people play games then read the written word which is rather sad.

Man, I was 6 or 7. NO WAY Childs with this age read books.

I must just be ****ed up, because I was reading books at 6/7.

there are exceptions.

Hey, I'm not complaining. Thanks to being an avid reader when I was a kid, now I'm an actual published author (on Kindle).

i know you are not lol

Anyway, i could turn to be Bond fan even without GE N64. The movie is awesome itself.

Ellis

As a young guy, I just loved Roger Moore's way with women. I realize some don't like Roger's take on Bond. But my goodness, no one before or since was/is as smooth with the opposite sex as Moore's Bond. Yes, Rog's Bond may have been full of manure, when dealing with women. But, he always made it smell sweet.

Dr_Metz

Saw the films as a kid, was generally a fan, but not a massive one. I think my favorite Bond as a kid was Roger Moore actually. I remember renting Moonraker, TMWTGG and a few others and really enjoying them (I still like TMWTGG). I only really started getting into the world of James Bond in late 2009.

Baltimore_007

I have many years of Bond experience and have seen all films and releases back to front and inside out and managed to obtain a wealth of knowledge from it but where did it all start?, Showing my age perhaps as it was maybe so long ago I can't fully remember, I saw at a younger age when there was little or no real interest in the series one or two screenings on TV and well it's fair to say it all just snowballed from there, gradually picked up more of an interest and here we are. It did help back in the day being involved with one or two others who were fans at the time, they had some really fine merchandise too and I remember being quite impressed, I was not influenced by computer games in any way, not that there were any to be had back in the day, it was all a bit basic

Volante

My Dad left when I was quite young, so I never had a male role model growing up. Then I saw my first Bond, Goldfinger, on TV when I was 11. Hooked ever since. All I wanted was to be Bond, to watch every Bond, to know everything about Bond. Been quite a few years now and I still watch and read them religiously.

Among my friends I'm known for my Sean Connery impression and my Bond trivia. Last night I ranked my 4 favourite dinner jackets from Bond, at a party of all places. I regret nothing.

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

Volante said:
My Dad left when I was quite young, so I never had a male role model growing up. Then I saw my first Bond, Goldfinger, on TV when I was 11. Hooked ever since. All I wanted was to be Bond, to watch every Bond, to know everything about Bond. Been quite a few years now and I still watch and read them religiously.

Among my friends I'm known for my Sean Connery impression and my Bond trivia. Last night I ranked my 4 favourite dinner jackets from Bond, at a party of all places. I regret nothing.

Never regret. I love having all this Bond knowledge and then getting a chance to either impress friends with the talent, or use it to my advantage on a quiz show or if someone asks me a question referring to Bond. It is a great feeling, and a great asset and hobby to be a Bond fanatic.

W_PPK

I saw Die Another Day, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace in spring of 2011. Then I saw all Bond from Dr. No to The World Is Not Enough. I look for Fleming's books in Lithuanian, because I'm only twelve and I don't think I can read these books as Bond.

DarthDimi

Grammar mistake corrected in thread's title.

I became a Bond fan when I saw DN at the age of six. I was hooked right away.

actonsteve

X3MSonicX said:

actonsteve said:
Interesting how many people became fans because of a computer game......instead of the books or films. I suppose that is technology. More people play games then read the written word which is rather sad.

Man, I was 6 or 7. NO WAY Childs with this age read books.

What the hell were you doing playing computer games at age six? You should have been learning to read..

No wonder child literacy rates in this country are going to the wall. Their parents were letting them play computer games instead.

DarthDimi

Actually, discussion of your first Bond film / experience might actually happen in one of these threads:
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/414/favourite-bond-determined-by-initial-exposure
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/850/the-story-behind-your-first-bond-movie-viewing
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2164/your-first-bond-moviebond-actor-is-ithe-your-favorite-has-your-opinion-changed/p2#Item_58
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/380/your-earliest-bond-experiences-and-memories...

I'm sure we don't need all of these thread covering more or less the same ground. ;-)

Agent007391

actonsteve said:

X3MSonicX said:

actonsteve said:
Interesting how many people became fans because of a computer game......instead of the books or films. I suppose that is technology. More people play games then read the written word which is rather sad.

Man, I was 6 or 7. NO WAY Childs with this age read books.

What the hell were you doing playing computer games at age six? You should have been learning to read..

I was doing both. In fact, it's because of video games that I do read.

DarthDimi

actonsteve said:

X3MSonicX said:

actonsteve said:
Interesting how many people became fans because of a computer game......instead of the books or films. I suppose that is technology. More people play games then read the written word which is rather sad.

Man, I was 6 or 7. NO WAY Childs with this age read books.

What the hell were you doing playing computer games at age six? You should have been learning to read..

No wonder child literacy rates in this country are going to the wall. Their parents were letting them play computer games instead.

The great Xander Cage once said video games are the only education we have. ;-)

You're right though, there's a lot of time to play games when you're a bit older. Education comes first!

Agent007391

All work and no play makes Jack a dumb***. Education, fun, both are equally important.

Categories

In this Discussion

Announcements