I'm 52 and saw first double-bill of Dr.No/YOLT in London in 1968. Soon after I started reading the Fleming books and have continued with follow-on authors Gardner and Benson-and soon Devil May Care by Faulks. Favourite film-OHMSS and enjoy the Barry music soundtracks every day.
Although the memorabilia can be an expensive hobby. Just the model cars and cards for me.
De Bleuchamp.
"You are our honoured guest Sir Hilary!"
I'm 42 and I suppose my earliest memory is of Dr No.
ITV did a season of 007 films on a Sunday night in the seventies and I still remember Connery shooting the professor in the back and saying;
"Its a Smith & Wesson . . . and you've had your six"
Its a line that still comes from a dark place even if you think about it now.
I suppose my next recollection of Bond is TSWLM. I remember seeing it at the Gaumont Cinema with my dad and sister and being absolutely gobsmacked by how fantastic a film it really is.
The Esprit that became a submarine became a complete obsession during my summer holiday that year and both my father and I scoured every toy/model shop in Weston Super Mare trying to track down the (at that time elusive) Corgi Toy car, to no avail as it hadn't been released.
I've got one now though.
I've always thought that growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
TSWLM encompassed everything that is great and memorable about 007.
An amazing opening sequence with one of the best stunts put on celluiloid.
The car versus helicopter chase on Sardinia still looks great now and Caroline Munroe is just soooo gorgeous that my jaw aches from hanging open!
But best of all 007 shoots the bad guy, not once, not twice, but four times. He meant it didn't he?
I've always been a fan of espionage films but I suppose I lost my way with 007 during the Dalton era. The gadgetry was becoming more and more improbable, but still TWINE was a pretty good effort and my favourite of the PB era.
Then we get to Casino Royale, which to me is the best of all 007 films.
DC is just sublime and has what Sean Connery has which is "a touch of the truck driver about him"
That's what I want from my 007. Coolness under fire, coolness at the poker table and menace when menace is needed.
Bit old to be chasing after toy cars at 12 weren't you? )
I remember that car too. V disappointing, I was expecting the Aston Martin DB5 when they phoned to say they had a Bond car in the shop. That would have been your era, omegaman? It was impossible to get for two years, then they reissued it sans revolving number plates and tyre slashers in 1978.
I'm 37, officially middle-aged according to The Guardian's Charlie Brooker, who is 37 this week.
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Although the memorabilia can be an expensive hobby. Just the model cars and cards for me.
De Bleuchamp.
"You are our honoured guest Sir Hilary!"
ITV did a season of 007 films on a Sunday night in the seventies and I still remember Connery shooting the professor in the back and saying;
"Its a Smith & Wesson . . . and you've had your six"
Its a line that still comes from a dark place even if you think about it now.
I suppose my next recollection of Bond is TSWLM. I remember seeing it at the Gaumont Cinema with my dad and sister and being absolutely gobsmacked by how fantastic a film it really is.
The Esprit that became a submarine became a complete obsession during my summer holiday that year and both my father and I scoured every toy/model shop in Weston Super Mare trying to track down the (at that time elusive) Corgi Toy car, to no avail as it hadn't been released.
I've got one now though.
I've always thought that growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
TSWLM encompassed everything that is great and memorable about 007.
An amazing opening sequence with one of the best stunts put on celluiloid.
The car versus helicopter chase on Sardinia still looks great now and Caroline Munroe is just soooo gorgeous that my jaw aches from hanging open!
But best of all 007 shoots the bad guy, not once, not twice, but four times. He meant it didn't he?
I've always been a fan of espionage films but I suppose I lost my way with 007 during the Dalton era. The gadgetry was becoming more and more improbable, but still TWINE was a pretty good effort and my favourite of the PB era.
Then we get to Casino Royale, which to me is the best of all 007 films.
DC is just sublime and has what Sean Connery has which is "a touch of the truck driver about him"
That's what I want from my 007. Coolness under fire, coolness at the poker table and menace when menace is needed.
Am I showing my age?
Im 42!
I remember that car too. V disappointing, I was expecting the Aston Martin DB5 when they phoned to say they had a Bond car in the shop. That would have been your era, omegaman? It was impossible to get for two years, then they reissued it sans revolving number plates and tyre slashers in 1978.
I'm 37, officially middle-aged according to The Guardian's Charlie Brooker, who is 37 this week.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
"Growing old is mandatory . . . growing up is optional".
BTW I'm 42 not 92.