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  • Posts: 250
    (1) - Doctor No
    (0) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (2) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (3) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live And Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (3) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (1) - Moonraker
    (1) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (12) - GoldenEye
    (1) - Tomorrow Never Dies
    (1) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall
    I'm not sure if it's clear to posters what they see as the "First Ever Bond Film They Saw". The first one they saw in cinema? Or the first one they saw on TV.

    First one they saw. Period. It's not difficult.
  • Posts: 582
    I'm not sure if it's clear to posters what they see as the "First Ever Bond Film They Saw". The first one they saw in cinema? Or the first one they saw on TV.

    The first Bond film they saw, whether it was in the cinema, on television, on vhs, on DVD, on Blu-Ray, on Laserdisc &tc.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited October 2015 Posts: 13,879
    (1) - Doctor No
    (0) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (2) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (3) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live And Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (3) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (1) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (12) - GoldenEye
    (1) - Tomorrow Never Dies
    (1) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall

    Saw my first Bond film on TV in late 1994. It was a double feature of FYEO/TSWLM (incredible experience) and then FRWL the next night. At the time, the films were playing regularly on TV with all the buzz about GE in production.
    tigers99 wrote: »
    My first ever Bond (on VHS): GE
    First Bond on DVD: GE
    First Bond on TV: TMWTGG
    First Bond in theaters: CR
    First Bond on Blu-Ray: SF
    All the firsts, i like it:)

    for me

    My first ever Bond (on TV): YOLT (August 1997)
    My first ever Bond on VHS: GoldenEye (January 1998)
    First Bond that I taped off TV to keep - The Living Daylights (May 1998)
    First Bond in theatres: TWINE (December 1999)
    First Bond on DVD: OHMSS (October 2000)
    First Bond on Blu-Ray: Dr. No (January 2013)
    first Bond on TV: FYEO (late 1994)
    first Bond on VHS: think it was LALD (1996)
    first Bond taped off TV: NSNA (1997 or 1998)
    first Bond in theatres: TND (December 1997)
    first Bond on DVD: ? probably FRWL (mid-late 2007)
    first Bond on BR: SF (early 2013)
  • Posts: 3,333
    OHMSS at the cinema back in the winter of 69
  • Posts: 3,333
    Well, better late than never @Birdleson. I hope your mom at the very least liked it
  • Posts: 1,009
    Birdleson wrote: »
    bondsum wrote: »
    OHMSS at the cinema back in the winter of 69

    Excellent. That was the one my family skipped. I guess that my mother had no interest in a non-Connery Bond at that point. I was too young to have much say or the awareness that it had even come out.

    I finally showed it to my mom when she was visiting a couple of years back.

    My mother thinks exactly like yours: For her, Connery IS the one and only Bond. She liked Brosnan and tolerates Craig. To her, Moore, Dalton and Lazenby do not even exist. In fact, she hates Sir Roger's guts.
  • bondsum wrote: »
    OHMSS at the cinema back in the winter of 69

    I'm envious.

  • edited October 2015 Posts: 4,622
    Birdleson wrote: »
    bondsum wrote: »
    OHMSS at the cinema back in the winter of 69

    Excellent. That was the one my family skipped. I guess that my mother had no interest in a non-Connery Bond at that point. I was too young to have much say or the awareness that it had even come out.

    I finally showed it to my mom when she was visiting a couple of years back.

    My mother thinks exactly like yours: For her, Connery IS the one and only Bond. She liked Brosnan and tolerates Craig. To her, Moore, Dalton and Lazenby do not even exist. In fact, she hates Sir Roger's guts.
    This is understandable, as back in the day, when Rog was Bond, his depiction was in stark contrast to what Connery had done. Laz was irrelevant.
    The cult of Connery sprang up I think as a visceral response to Rog's less convincing, less Alpha Bond.
    Sean I think had been taken for granted, up till the full Rogness manifested.
    It was assumed that Sean was Bond. Laz at least did an acceptable Connery stand-in. He brought the physicality and the Bond edge.
    Suddenly the Saint was playing Bond. It was all wrong. Bond was no longer threatening, no longer dangerous. Rog brought the charm, but not the violent edge.

    If I could go back in time, as Bond producer, I would sit down with Laz, and convince him to return as Bond for LALD and forward. Mend fences. Wouldn't have been difficult. Just a matter of soothing egos and writing a cheque.
    Give Bond back his dangerous edge.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 6,758
    (1) - Doctor No
    (0) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (2) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (3) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live And Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (3) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (1) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (12) - GoldenEye
    (1) - Tomorrow Never Dies
    (2) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall

    Still love TWINE. It was the start of my Bond fascination, and my Bond fascination was the start of my interest in international cinema.

    TWINE sure made a big difference for me.
  • Garth007Garth007 Missouri, USA
    Posts: 61
    First bond film for me was Thunderball but first in theaters was GoldenEye when I was 4 lol. The line for the movie was massive and everyone was super excited there to see bond back on screen again. :D
  • Posts: 582
    Current list, keep 'em coming

    (1) - Doctor No
    (0) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (3) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (3) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live And Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (3) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (1) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (12) - GoldenEye
    (1) - Tomorrow Never Dies
    (2) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall
  • TigerTanakaTigerTanaka Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond
    Posts: 50
    LOL! Feeling old? Count me in --first Bond film for me was TMWTGG :D
  • TigerTanakaTigerTanaka Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond
    Posts: 50
    Oops, sorry about that ;)
    (1) - Doctor No
    (0) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (3) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (3) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live And Let Die
    (2) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (3) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (1) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (12) - GoldenEye
    (1) - Tomorrow Never Dies
    (2) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall
  • TubesTubes The Hebrew Hammer
    Posts: 158
    (1) - Doctor No
    (0) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (3) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (3) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live And Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (3) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (1) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (12) - GoldenEye
    (2) - Tomorrow Never Dies +1
    (2) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall

    Analytics:

    Connery: 14
    Lazenby: 0
    Moore: 15
    Dalton: 2
    Brosnan: 19
    Craig: 1

    60's: 11
    70's: 10
    80's: 10
    90's: 16
    00's: 4

  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
    Posts: 4,116
    Give Brosnan and GE credit for reviving the series and introducing new fans.

  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 7,967
    mcdonbb wrote: »
    Give Brosnan and GE credit for reviving the series and introducing new fans.

    Yes, I think GE and TND are both smashing. :D
  • Posts: 4,325
    (1) - Doctor No
    (0) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (3) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (3) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live And Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (3) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (2) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (12) - GoldenEye
    (2) - Tomorrow Never Dies +1
    (2) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall
  • DrShatterhandDrShatterhand Garden of Death, near Belfast
    Posts: 805
    Fairly certain my introduction to Bond was the first UK TV showing of Doctor No (1975?). I would've been about 8 or 9 and allowed to stay up as a treat. I remember enjoying it but being a bit disappointed the Crab Key dragon was just an old truck lol.

    (2) - Doctor No (+1)
    (0) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (3) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (3) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live And Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (3) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (2) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (12) - GoldenEye
    (2) - Tomorrow Never Dies +1
    (2) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall
    (0) - Spectre

  • Posts: 45
    (2) - Doctor No
    (0) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (3) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (3) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live And Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (3) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (2) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (13) - GoldenEye +1 One of my first movies with my Dad in theaters. Been a tradition ever since.
    (2) - Tomorrow Never Dies
    (2) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall
    (0) - Spectre
  • edited December 2015 Posts: 1,098
    DAF was first Bond film i saw, and at the cinema, probably early 1972.
    I very much enjoyed the film, but was surprised to see that James Bond was a bit older than i had imagined him to be.
    The 2 fruits, Wint & Kidd were very amusing.

    (2) - Doctor No
    (0) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (3) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (4) - Diamonds Are Forever +1
    (2) - Live And Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (3) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (2) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (13) - GoldenEye
    (2) - Tomorrow Never Dies
    (2) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall
    (0) - Spectre
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    (2) - Doctor No
    (0) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (3) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (4) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live And Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (3) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (2) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (14) - GoldenEye +1
    (2) - Tomorrow Never Dies
    (2) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall
    (0) - Spectre
  • Posts: 1,098
    This list, is it supposed to be for first viewing of a Bond film at a cinema (which it should be), or are some people basing it on their first TV or Video viewing of Bond?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Bumping this for newer members.
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    edited April 2019 Posts: 5,185
    (2) - Doctor No
    (0) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (3) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (4) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live And Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (3) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (2) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (15) - GoldenEye +1
    (2) - Tomorrow Never Dies
    (2) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall
    (0) - Spectre
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    GE sure stands out.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 13,879
    GE sure stands out.
    I reckon the game had a lot to do with it.
  • Posts: 613
    I'm not entirely sure which Bond film I saw first. Possibly THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, which my parents recorded on Beta cassette from a TV airing.

    NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN was the first one I saw in a theater.

    (2) - Doctor No
    (0) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (3) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (4) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live And Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (4) - The Spy Who Loved Me +1
    (2) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (15) - GoldenEye
    (2) - Tomorrow Never Dies
    (2) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall
    (0) - Spectre
  • (2) - Doctor No
    (1) - From Russia With Love +1
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (3) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (4) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live and Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (4) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (2) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (15) - GoldenEye
    (2) - Tomorrow Never Dies
    (2) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (0) - Quantum Of Solace
    (0) - Skyfall
    (0) - Spectre
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
    edited April 2019 Posts: 2,730
    (2) - Doctor No
    (1) - From Russia With Love
    (3) - Goldfinger
    (3) - Thunderball
    (4) - You Only Live Twice
    (0) - Casino Royale '67
    (0) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    (4) - Diamonds Are Forever
    (2) - Live and Let Die
    (1) - The Man with the Golden Gun
    (4) - The Spy Who Loved Me
    (2) - Moonraker
    (2) - For Your Eyes Only
    (4) - Octopussy
    (0) - Never Say Never Again
    (2) - A View To A Kill
    (1) - The Living Daylights
    (1) - Licence To Kill
    (15) - GoldenEye
    (2) - Tomorrow Never Dies
    (2) - The World Is Not Enough
    (3) - Die Another Day
    (1) - Casino Royale '06
    (1) - Quantum Of Solace +1
    (0) - Skyfall
    (0) - Spectre
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