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    Quote Originally Posted by phild View Post
    This was the worst Bond film I have ever seen. Great intro until the Bond dirge came on by Bilie eyelash and that was it. More or less downhill from that point. It was tosh, totally unimaginative and a rehash of OHMSS but far worse. That 007 woman was a shocker and it felt at times i was watching Dempsey and Makepiece. The worse part of the film was dozens of flippin customers going in and out for a p@ss. Anyhow 3/10 from me and glad the Craig era is finally over. What the Producers do after this I doubt I'll be bothered.
    😂 Dempsey and Makepeace 🤣

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    I haven't watched a Bond film since the Sean Connery days and rarely, if ever, go to the cinema now. What I don't understand though is why should the next actor to play Bond not be white. It is my understanding that Fleming created Bond as a white man so why should it be altered? It's not being racist, it's more like rewriting history. We've already had a black Anne Boleyn. What is the point in that as it is historically incorrect? Some, who don't know their history, might think that it is a fact. What would be said if a white man played Martin Luther King?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leicesterbaggie View Post
    I haven't watched a Bond film since the Sean Connery days and rarely, if ever, go to the cinema now. What I don't understand though is why should the next actor to play Bond not be white. It is my understanding that Fleming created Bond as a white man so why should it be altered? It's not being racist, it's more like rewriting history. We've already had a black Anne Boleyn. What is the point in that as it is historically incorrect? Some, who don't know their history, might think that it is a fact. What would be said if a white man played Martin Luther King?
    S h I t isn’t it life’s just not fair is it ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by phild View Post
    This was the worst Bond film I have ever seen. Great intro until the Bond dirge came on by Bilie eyelash and that was it. More or less downhill from that point. It was tosh, totally unimaginative and a rehash of OHMSS but far worse. That 007 woman was a shocker and it felt at times i was watching Dempsey and Makepiece. The worse part of the film was dozens of flippin customers going in and out for a p@ss. Anyhow 3/10 from me and glad the Craig era is finally over. What the Producers do after this I doubt I'll be bothered.
    Admit it, you thought Daniel Craig made a better Bond than Roger Eyebrow. You're loathe to admit this because it makes you feel cheap and dirty. Sussed 😊 .

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    Sorry Phil but Roger Moore was a big girls blouse. He squealed for help after being mugged outside his hotel while doing a Bond film.
    Connery on the other hand had a gun shoved in his face by a mob hitman. He promptly took the gun off him and knocked him out with one punch.
    Anyway how many secret agents drive top of the range cars, win thousands in casino's, s hag the most beautiful women and everyone has heard of them.
    That's what secret agents do, draw attention to themselves.😂

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    Patrick Mcgoohan was the first choice to play Bond but he turned it down to play Danger Man instead. He would have played the character much differently, he hated promiscuity, would have driven a mini and been much more shadowy figure, and more colder and ruthless.
    I would have loved to see Mcgoohan play Bond but the franchise probably wouldn't have been as successful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WBA1955 View Post
    Sorry Phil but Roger Moore was a big girls blouse. He squealed for help after being mugged outside his hotel while doing a Bond film.
    Connery on the other hand had a gun shoved in his face by a mob hitman. He promptly took the gun off him and knocked him out with one punch.
    Anyway how many secret agents drive top of the range cars, win thousands in casino's, s hag the most beautiful women and everyone has heard of them.
    That's what secret agents do, draw attention to themselves.��
    If you saw Craig play this latest Bond role you would see a big sobbing t1t blarting and pained and oh so maudlin. He couldn't even fight his own battles in this one without his gaggle of women helping him out. Granted Rog played it for humour which was far better than this sentimental mush - glad its all over as this shyte film as set up the next Bond to be a girlie - I'd accept Connery as a better Bond but if anyone says Craig is better than Rog, you gotsta be jokin.

    Loved McGoohan in The Prisoner a series which is very apt for our present times

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    Definitely think the series now needs a complete refresh and hopefully one that will rejuvenate it (yet) again just as the Nolan films did for Batman. Quite what that would look like I don't know-a younger Bond earlier in his career? A Bond of different ethnicity? Personally,I would be happy to see one set in the same Cold War period as the original books with more emphasis on a decent storyline/dialogue/acting than overblown set pieces and special effects but doubt that will be the case. Too many movies seem to rely too much On spectacular CGI these days and whilst most of the MCU ones got the balance between that and story arc/character development about right, most dont. As for the Bond movies, IMHO the better ones are From Russia With Love, Goldfinger and then Casino Royale and Skyfall. Don't really rate the later Connery ones and whilst OHMSS is OK, Lazenby is too stiff. As a young ****ager I always went with my mates to the local cinema to watch the latest Bond and whilst I enjoyed some of the stunts and the over the top character of Jaws, I never really rated the Roger Moore ones. He may have had a certain charm but he was too old for the role and the films became too comedic and outlandish. They then tried to change tact and got in a more serious actor but the Dalton movies failed miserably. I enjoyed a lot of the Brosnan ones and getting Judy Dench on board was a good idea but they too soon became too bloated. The success of the early Bourne and Mission Impossible films probably influenced the Craig era with a return to a grittier Bond and better stunts but that's ran its course now. We know "James Bond will return" but quite what that will look like is anyone's guess. Just hope it works as the franchise is kind of a national institution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WBA1955 View Post
    Patrick Mcgoohan was the first choice to play Bond but he turned it down to play Danger Man instead. He would have played the character much differently, he hated promiscuity, would have driven a mini and been much more shadowy figure, and more colder and ruthless.
    I would have loved to see Mcgoohan play Bond but the franchise probably wouldn't have been as successful.
    Totally agree! Mcgoohan would have made an excellent Bond. Only recently realised that the actor most screen tested for the role was Michael Billington in late 60s/ early 70s. Mostly remembered for his role as Paul Foster in UFO and also in the Onedin Line too I think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Omegstrat6 View Post
    Totally agree! Mcgoohan would have made an excellent Bond. Only recently realised that the actor most screen tested for the role was Michael Billington in late 60s/ early 70s. Mostly remembered for his role as Paul Foster in UFO and also in the Onedin Line too I think.
    McGoohan was considered for Dr No 1962

    Billington was firstly considered in 1967 for OHMSS after Connery left along with - Adam West, Patrick Mower, Ian Richardson, Michael Gambon, Anthony Valentine, Oliver Reed, Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore plus 400 other actors considered for the role. The role went to top male model and Frys TV ad man Lazenby. Billington was screen tested for the second time in 1969 but Connery was tempted back

    In 1972 after Connery left Billington was tested yet again for Bond others included Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Julian Glover and John Gavin. Others touted were Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds finally going to the great Roger Moore

    Billington was finally given a role in the brilliant TSWLM for all of around 10mins before his character was shot dead on the ski slope apparently to stop him from ever being screen tested again.

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