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George_Kaplan

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Favourite Fleming Novel
Casino Royale
Favourite Bond Film
Goldfinger
Favourite Bond Actor
Sean Connery
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  • mtm wrote: » Those are totally different scenes: Dalton's Bond didn't fall in love; Craig's did. That he actually put that into words to the person he's in love with isn't all that surprising. Honestly I didn't really buy there was much going on u…
  • Colonel_Venus wrote: » David Leitch? Pass. Who do you think should direct Bond 26 @Colonel_Venus? I don't think you've ever said.
  • Yes, clearly the same picture, although the mouth looks like it's been edited. Thanks @QBranch.
  • Can anyone tell me where this image of Brosnan originated? I saw it a while ago but just found it again. Taken from a YouTube thumbnail hence the rounded shape. The first time I saw it, someone claimed it was a rare publicity shot taken fo…
  • mattjoes wrote: » The Future of Sex in the Bond films I don't know what sex is. Can you pleasexplain? I think it's the German number six.
  • buddyoldchap wrote: » Guys, this is what we have been waiting for... It's just hysterical, these rags. Feast your eyes on this Pullitzer prize winning article https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/19/aaron-taylor-johnson-lose-james-bond-role-new-star-tip…
  • TheSkyfallen06 wrote: » Literary Bond as depicted by Midjourney AI: https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/1c7tsde/james_bond_as_originally_described_by_ian_fleming/ Interesting. I had a go at doing this a while ago and came back wit…
  • buddyoldchap wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Grab Aidan Turner, Martin Campbell, David Arnold and let's get this show on the road! B-) Exactly, he's like Pierce, high spirited and a good laugh. No Zoolander face like ATJ... Well, …
  • CrabKey wrote: » If the Pussy Galore scene plays horribly now, what adverb might one choose to describe the rape scene in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? The difference is that Bond is supposed to be the hero, and his actions are portrayed…
  • 007HallY wrote: » I mean, I'm sure someone (maybe a woman, hell even a man, who had been through some sort of sexual assault, or simply someone with a second hand knowledge of it) watching that scene in GF in the 60s would have been as uncomfortab…
  • Mallory wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Troy wrote: » Knowing how Bond often follows current cinema trends, I hope Bond26 does NOT follow a recent trend, which seems to be for action scenes / shoot outs to reflect computer games - thinking of …
  • CrabKey wrote: » I first saw both films during the swinging sexual revolution of the sixties. Then, as a high school student, I saw two adults playfully engaged in banter and foreplay that may have led to sex we never see. Light, playful music pla…
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » George_Kaplan wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » James Bond has licence to kill. "Problematic" is his middle name. Ok Deke Yeah, OK. Bond is an anti-hero. Yes Deke
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » James Bond has licence to kill. "Problematic" is his middle name. Ok Deke
  • CrabKey wrote: » George, we must have seen different versions of GF and TB. As many times as I have seen both films, I haven't seen those sexual violations scenes. @CrabKey I'm sure you know what scenes are being referred to, as they've bee…
  • Troy wrote: » If we are going to talk about GF and TB, what about FRWL? Tania was forced to sleep with Bond, or would have been shot. That is more serious than GF or TB. The difference is Tania is forced to sleep with Bond by SPECTRE. The…
  • To elaborate on my previous point, I don't think it's so much down to people ageing slower, but that the criteria of what a handsome leading man should look like has changed, and the sorts of faces casting agents look for, are different to those of …
  • 007HallY wrote: » shimplyshocking007 wrote: » Richard Vernon in Goldfinger. Late thirties but looked at least late fifties. It’s kinda wild when you learn how old he was (not even 40) and that he played similar types of middle aged char…
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » Stewart Granger would have been a good Bond. Same as Lawrence Olivier, James Mason, etc. There seem to be more potential Bonds in the Golden Age of Hollywood than now. Also, for some reason, men of that era looked more m…
  • bondywondy wrote: » I doubt Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman would have been Bond. The reason - wanting too much money. McGregor would have used the success of the Star Wars prequels as leverage to ask for an astronomical fee (three Bond films is a …
  • It could like that Will Smith movie where the new Bond is a younger clone of M.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » One of the reasons I still think it could be ATJ is because, I believe The Sun started saying it would be Craig in April of 2005 and he was later announced in October. Also, I can't remember fully if there was a script r…
  • MajorDSmythe wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » Don't know if anyone saw this: https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/12663202/actor-stuntman-sean-bean-tom-cruise-james-bond/amp/ Don't know how genuine this is, but if true, what an arrogant tw*t. …
  • Colonel_Venus wrote: » Maybe EON don't want Nolan. -> entirely possible, but it would be exceedingly unreasonable Why is it unreasonable to think Nolan is not the best person to direct a Bond film? Colonel_Venus wrote: » Maybe EON a…
  • Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but does anyone else think ATJ looks like Toby Stephens?
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Deadline don't let it go. Ok Deke.
  • bondywondy wrote: » Posted on the Daily Mail message section which is known for its raw comments. Sam Taylor-Johnson addresses rumours that her husband Aaron is set to become the next James Bond as speculation continues to swirl By Kirsten Mu…
  • As it happens, for the last five months I've been on medication for panic attacks, and believe it not, not one of them was triggered by lack of Bond 26 news.
  • Don't ask me how I know, I just do. Bond 26 will be crowned as, "WAVE-LINK". Trust me I just know.
  • peter wrote: » I always thought Tim was the tallest? He looks quite long in the gunbarrel (whereas Danny looked a little short, 😂) Either Tim or Sean, but there aren't any pictures of them together so we can't know who's taller. mtm wrot…