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How many Bond films should have Timothy Dalton done, and what titles would they be?

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  • RevelatorRevelator
    Posts: 2,896
    As far as I'm concerned Dalton could have had the role from 1985 to 1995, with a film released every two years. I wouldn't even have minded a film or two beyond 1995, since Tim still looked good in his 50s, but the "Roger Moore Rule" states a Bond actor should step down after hitting his mid-50s.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 14,956
    Do we have a thread where we just make up Bond titles? I like playing with those sometimes :)
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,894
    I think 4 is a realistic number for Dalton, 5 if they were able to get their hands on CR earler, so Dalton does one more for the road.
  • MSL49MSL49 Finland
    Posts: 395
    Sir Roger was just too old in AVTAK.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    edited November 2020 Posts: 4,112
    Nice to see Colonel Sun and Icebreaker get some love along Timothy Dalton. It's a shame that EON doesn't own the rights to at else some of the continuation novels. CS and IB have TD's style written all over it. Just don't bring back John Glen as a director, TD's style deserved more range.

    Also, here's an article and a book on how Bond 17 lived on in other movies since then!

    https://screenrant.com/james-bond-timothy-dalton-goldeneye-brosnan-craig-predict/

    https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Adventures-James-Bond/dp/1735461628/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=james+bond&qid=1605399500&s=books&sr=1-4
  • Agent_Zero_OneAgent_Zero_One Ireland
    edited November 2020 Posts: 554
    mtm wrote: »
    Do we have a thread where we just make up Bond titles? I like playing with those sometimes :)
    As in, alternate histories of the film series? There is this thread, active as recently as August: https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/194/your-ultimate-bond-timeline/p1

    There's also a 'name B26' one lying around somewhere in the forum.
  • ResurrectionResurrection Kolkata, India
    Posts: 2,541
    As a big Dalton fan, i think 3 film's would have been more than enough. Just like Roger had TMWTGG and Craig had QOS, Craig and Roger came back with TSWLM and SF, Dalton could have done a 3rd film which could have turn out to be his best, boh critically and financially.
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan Not a red herring
    Posts: 565
    Resurrection wrote: »
    As a big Dalton fan, i think 3 film's would have been more than enough. Just like Roger had TMWTGG and Craig had QOS, Craig and Roger came back with TSWLM and SF, Dalton could have done a 3rd film which could have turn out to be his best, boh critically and financially.

    That's my thinking. The Dalton era didn't last long enough to enter a decline, which is why we view it favourably in retrospect.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 13,930
    Just two more from Timmy boy in '91/'93 would suffice. I'm not in favour of changing the rest of the timeline - although, I suspect one of these two films would've dealt with how Bond remains relevant in a post-Cold War world, and what would become GE would be a vastly different film.
  • DoctorClatterhandDoctorClatterhand
    Posts: 162
    https://screenrant.com/james-bond-timothy-dalton-goldeneye-brosnan-craig-predict/
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