How would you change bond?
Sweepy the Cat
Halifax, West Yorkshire, EnglaPosts: 986MI6 Agent
If you could go back in time and change the history of bond what would you do
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Sean Connery
1962: Dr No - No Q or reference to Bond's Beretta
1963: From Russia With Love - Same
1964: Goldfinger - Same
1965: Thunderball - Same
1967: On Her Majesty's Secret Service - No refrence to previous Bond films
1969: You Only Live Twice - Revenge thriller, once again starring 'Telly Savalas' as Blofeld
Roger Moore
1971: Diamonds Are Forever - Less camp
1973: Live and Let Die - Kananga gets proper send-off (Eaten by sharks), Q gives Bond watch which isn't magnetic
1975: The Man with the Golden Gun - Sherriff JW Pepper doesn't return.
1978: The Spy Who Loved Me - Same
Timothy Dalton
1980: Moonraker - Less camp. Jaws doesn't return. Bond doesn't go to space. M's funeral also features. Bond is asked to take over as head but declines. Moneypenny leaves (Permanently)
1982: For Your Eyes Only - New M (Edward Fox), Cut out Blofeld pre-creds & replace with boat blowing up.
1984: Octopussy - Trimmed down. Less camp.
1986: The Living Daylights - Same
1988: Colonel Sun - Close to novel. M is killed.
Pierce Brosnan
1994: Goldeneye - New M (Judi Dench)
1996: Tomorrow Never Dies - Same
1998: Licence To Kill - Same
2000: The World Is Not Enough - No pre-creds boat chase. Bond returns to MI6 after bank job.
Daniel Craig
2002: Casino Royale - Same
2004: The Property of a Lady - Same as QOS. Better title song
2006: Quantum of Solace - Bond finally kills Mr White.
You have it all prefect, Very nice choices ... But where is Lazenby ?
Your Mad !
I would of gave Lazenby;
* On Her Majesty's Secret Service
* You Only Live Twice
Connery just wouldn't of had the same effect as Lazenby had. I couldn't imagine him getting married, But the scotish quil I might
1 Connery stops after TB
2 Lazenby takes over in a very faithfull versions of Fleming stories in correct sequence until Dalton takes over in TSWLM & continues until...
3.Brosnan takes over in TND (in my revisionist history there is no six year gap between LTK & Goldeneye) & Brosnan has much better material to work with and get his teeth into. e.g. DAD continues the trajectory of the first half.
4. Hugh Jackman takes over as Bond in CR.
QOS is not a continuation, but a new mission with an unconnected PTS (ala Goldfinger) but in the same style as CR (good dialouge, evident character development and superb bone-crunching action) Jackman continues in Bond 23 which is Colonel Sun. I note that despite my having real misgivings I have come to really value Craig as a fine Bond, but still feel that Jackman could have done equally well in terms of intensity, ruthlessness & Physcality and delivered that extra 'something' in terms of style & sphistication.
5. New Bond for No: 24 (Jackman might be getting a bit too old for it by then)
I can't change it now but Lazenby now does OHMSS & YOLT
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