Dalton?

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  • LancasterLancaster Posts: 60MI6 Agent
    Good spot Apanblod. Such a detailed piece, it makes you want to watch the TD movies again !
    "The distance between insanity and genius is merely success"
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Great post, Apanblod. -{, Reinforces my view Dalton was the Best :007)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    After reading this article, I have the impression that Dalton himself wrote the script and the text for TLD - and probably he directed it also ;)
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    NO, Only DC. gets that much infulence in to the Movies. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Excellent article! It perfectly captures what I like so much about Dalton's portrayal of Bond. Thanks for the post.
    Apanblod wrote:
    Bickering aside, I found this amazing article by Paul Clarke on Dalton's interpretation of James Bond as written by Ian Flemming. Highly recommended.

    http://www.hmss.com/films/memory/
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    NO, Only DC. gets that much infulence in to the Movies. :))

    missing the part, where he turns water into wine :007)
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Here's an interview with the man himself about TLD, Sorry to any Craig fans as he's doesn't swear or Grunt during it. :))
    http://youtu.be/vGAUKk2v-oA
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    I like the part where he WALKS on water!
    Bondtoys wrote:
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    NO, Only DC. gets that much infulence in to the Movies. :))

    missing the part, where he turns water into wine :007)
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • 7700777007 Posts: 502MI6 Agent
    Dalton is.....

    Ian Fleming!


    Notice how you've never seen them in the same place at the same time?. OMG it's all so clear now. We're on to you Dalton.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Craig doesn't walk he merely lifts his foot and the world turns to meet it. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    In the immortal words of DC - "You noticed!"
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Craig doesn't walk he merely lifts his foot and the world turns to meet it. :))
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    "I tend to notice little things like that,whether a Bonds a Blonde or a Brunette " :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    .... but you don't recognize a wimp 8-)
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    "You must give me the name of youe oculist " :))
    NO CELT is a wimp :D we're a warrior race. :))
    Oh ,I've just cracked a nail typing this. :#
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    :)) cheers to this, Shunderpushy!
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    I do! Need I say MOORE?:)

    Just kidding, Roger fans! He's no wimp - just not a particularly good Bond.
    Bondtoys wrote:
    .... but you don't recognize a wimp 8-)
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • Agent SidewinderAgent Sidewinder Posts: 223MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    I do! Need I say MOORE?:)

    Just kidding, Roger fans! He's no wimp - just not a particularly good Bond.
    Bondtoys wrote:
    .... but you don't recognize a wimp 8-)

    Poor Roger. If only he'd known that the only thing he'd have to do to be taken seriously as !!FLEMINGBOND!! was dye his hair black and adopt a constant gritted-teeth mutter in order to sound "intense" and "tormented". Unfortunately he didn't, and it was left to Timbo to successfully bring these qualities to the fore. Roger's loss. ;) -{
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Our gain. :)
    Agent Sidewinder wrote:
    Blackleiter wrote:
    I do! Need I say MOORE?:)

    Just kidding, Roger fans! He's no wimp - just not a particularly good Bond.
    Bondtoys wrote:
    .... but you don't recognize a wimp 8-)

    Poor Roger. If only he'd known that the only thing he'd have to do to be taken seriously as !!FLEMINGBOND!! was dye his hair black and adopt a constant gritted-teeth mutter in order to sound "intense" and "tormented". Unfortunately he didn't, and it was left to Timbo to successfully bring these qualities to the fore. Roger's loss. ;) -{
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Agent Sidewinder wrote:
    Blackleiter wrote:
    I do! Need I say MOORE?:)

    Just kidding, Roger fans! He's no wimp - just not a particularly good Bond.
    Bondtoys wrote:
    .... but you don't recognize a wimp 8-)

    Poor Roger. If only he'd known that the only thing he'd have to do to be taken seriously as !!FLEMINGBOND!! was dye his hair black and adopt a constant gritted-teeth mutter in order to sound "intense" and "tormented". Unfortunately he didn't, and it was left to Timbo to successfully bring these qualities to the fore. Roger's loss. ;) -{

    No, he should have mentioned at the beginning of LALD that his approach was hard-edged Flemingesque and everyone was happy :o
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Agent SidewinderAgent Sidewinder Posts: 223MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    Agent Sidewinder wrote:
    Blackleiter wrote:
    I do! Need I say MOORE?:)

    Just kidding, Roger fans! He's no wimp - just not a particularly good Bond.

    Poor Roger. If only he'd known that the only thing he'd have to do to be taken seriously as !!FLEMINGBOND!! was dye his hair black and adopt a constant gritted-teeth mutter in order to sound "intense" and "tormented". Unfortunately he didn't, and it was left to Timbo to successfully bring these qualities to the fore. Roger's loss. ;) -{

    No, he should have mentioned at the beginning of LALD that his approach was hard-edged Flemingesque and everyone was happy :o

    Even better, he could explain that his Bond's flippant attitude was just a mask for his inner turmoil and unhappiness and that his portrayal would allow little hints of this occasionally.

    Then his take on Bond would be hailed today as an ingenious re-interpretation of Fleming. It's these little missed opportunities y'see. -{
  • 7700777007 Posts: 502MI6 Agent
    Inside look at Dalton's TLD workout routine. A cutting edge workout featuring whips and jazzercize.
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRPiuNlW6S5AL8Jepkhn9M2-4N13hMTu4ticPiiqbxwAIGqgQ5s8Q
  • GaddGeneGaddGaddGeneGadd Posts: 189MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Great post, Apanblod. -{, Reinforces my view Dalton was the Best :007)
    How dare you turn on your BELOVED Daniel Crag like that Thunderpussy. I am ashamed of you :D :D :D
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Me, too! :))
    GaddGeneGadd wrote:
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Great post, Apanblod. -{, Reinforces my view Dalton was the Best :007)
    How dare you turn on your BELOVED Daniel Crag like that Thunderpussy. I am ashamed of you :D :D :D
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • DEFIANT 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    GaddGeneGadd wrote:
    As for which Bond the American public liked better in the role well the numbers are what the numbers are, it's Brozzer in a 2nd round knockout. NOT EVEN CLOSE Goldeneye did 3 times the ticket sales. :v :v :v

    I have a feeling (and it's just a feeling) that this has something to do with the unprecedented six year absence. People miss it enough to care. I didn't particularly think much of Goldeneye as a film, but hell, I went to the cinema to watch it. It had been too long.
    "Watch the birdie, you bastard!"
  • GaddGeneGaddGaddGeneGadd Posts: 189MI6 Agent
    One of the biggest problems I think Dalton had in America was the perception ( Not fact, as to who was REALLY first choice between Brosnan & Dalton only Cubby and crew really know the truth ) that Brosnan got cheated out of the role.

    Dalton was really an unknown here in the states before bond. People liked Brozzer from his Rem Steel days and a good number of fans really wanted him to take over the role after Roger Moore. I always thought Dalton got unfairly criticized/blamed over here at the box office for taking a role most casual American viewers believed should have been Brosnan's .

    The box office #'s seem to bare this out. TLD did good box office internationally, but after a strong U.S. opening it quickly faded. I always thought the transition from Moore to Dalton in terms of style may have been a bit much for movie goers over here to except.

    People sometimes seem to forget what a rough transition it was from Connery to Lazenby back to Connery to Moore ( Then there was the whole transition with Moore from TMWTGG to TSWLM ) I always thought Dalton got a little " caught between the switches" so to speak.
  • GaddGeneGaddGaddGeneGadd Posts: 189MI6 Agent
    That would be accept, not except. I do know the difference :)) :)) :))
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Well, also bear in mind that this was about the time when Hollywood action films began to pick up, with Arnie, Mel and Bruce delivering Bondish performances with charisma and good humour. So Dalton got wrongfooted, his schtick seemed very early 1980s, sort of Rambo in that he's just going out for vengeance. Plus he looked like a 1970s hero, sort of Gareth Hunt, unlike the square jawed Mel and co.

    Frankly, Lethal Weapon 2, Batman and Last Crusade are almost all Bond films in all but name, whereas LTK is a Bond film (in the traditional sense) only in name.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    -{ np!
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,754Chief of Staff
    DEFIANT 74205 wrote:
    GaddGeneGadd wrote:
    As for which Bond the American public liked better in the role well the numbers are what the numbers are, it's Brozzer in a 2nd round knockout. NOT EVEN CLOSE Goldeneye did 3 times the ticket sales. :v :v :v

    I have a feeling (and it's just a feeling) that this has something to do with the unprecedented six year absence. People miss it enough to care. I didn't particularly think much of Goldeneye as a film, but hell, I went to the cinema to watch it. It had been too long.

    Of course Goldeneye had far better ticket sales...and not only for the reason stated above...

    A new Bond ALWAYS garners more attention...and the PR team hit overdrive with Goldeneye...it was everywhere...even The S*n (excuse me while I'm sick) had Goldeneye Bingo running for a fair number of weeks and also drip fed articles and pictures at the same time...add this to the best Bond teaser trailer (probably) ever...and the hype was unbelievable...NOW add all that to the six year gap...and...
    YNWA 97
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Of course Goldeneye had far better ticket sales...and not only for the reason stated above...

    A new Bond ALWAYS garners more attention...and the PR team hit overdrive with Goldeneye...it was everywhere...even The S*n (excuse me while I'm sick) had Goldeneye Bingo running for a fair number of weeks and also drip fed articles and pictures at the same time...add this to the best Bond teaser trailer (probably) ever...and the hype was unbelievable...NOW add all that to the six year gap...and...

    ... and I'm coming to get you Sir Miles..."

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    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
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