WHEN are YOU going to outgrow this "Bond" Thing???

chrisisall

superado wrote:

However, can you believe it that I haven's watched a Bond movie in all of 2012, and maybe for more than a year?

*faints dead away*

superado

chrisisall wrote:

superado wrote:

However, can you believe it that I haven's watched a Bond movie in all of 2012, and maybe for more than a year?

*faints dead away*

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Blackleiter

Good Lord! TP has finally gone off the deep end! Help!!!

Thunderpussy wrote:

Bloody Hell !, I must be the only one here who actually lusts after Grace Jones.
I'd love to pull up to her Bumper.

Thunderpussy

Most ordinary Men can't handle a strong woman, Luckily I'm SUCH an Alpha Male. )

chrisisall

Thunderpussy wrote:

Most ordinary Men can't handle a strong woman, Luckily I'm SUCH an Alpha Male. )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOfhlYIRCXM
TP, have you seen this?

Napoleon Plural

In some ways the 'longevity' of the so-called Bond films is a bit false, seeing as they've embraced different directors, stars, locations, genres...

It reminds me of the theory of Trigger's Broom, if anyone's famliar with that.

bond2002

Napoleon Plural wrote:

In some ways the 'longevity' of the so-called Bond films is a bit false, seeing as they've embraced different directors, stars, locations, genres...

It reminds me of the theory of Trigger's Broom, if anyone's famliar with that.

haha triggers broom classic only fools that )

Mark Hazard

chrisisall wrote:

Mark Hazard wrote:

Blackleiter wrote:

In a word - never!

Totally agree, started with the books aged about 10,

When the first movie came out? Whoah...

Unfortunately wasn't aware of the films until Goldfinger.

Silhouette Man

Yes, I sometimes questiion my loyalty to the James Bond brand - but I intend to be in for the long haul, hopefully! I wonder are we not all sad with no life, but I suppose there are hobbies that are a lot worse! 8-)

zaphod

Silhouette Man wrote:

Yes, I sometimes questiion my loyalty to the James Bond brand - but I intend to be in for the long haul, hopefully! I wonder are we not all sad with no life, but I suppose there are hobbies that are a lot worse! 8-)

Bond will always be a part of my life, it informs my choice of clothes, interior design (ken Adams/Piz Gloria) Bond was responsible for my taking up Martial Arts as a child ( 11) and my choice of cars. However I am getting a little jaded with Cinema-Bond, three films in and we are still in my view waiting for the finished article. 24 will be the decider, if its another self concerned story concerning any central characters past ( I really fear more backstory concerning Bonds parents ) I'll be out of here for a while. I'll still have the literary Bond though.

NeverSayDie

I will never 'grow' out of Bond.
I became a professional filmmaker because of my love for 007 movies (at the age of 11 after seeing Goldeneye I made it my goal to direct the 30th Bond film).
So in a way I owe my career to 007.

Polynikes

Never.... Refuse to grow up! Which is why I remain in my current profession....... Growing out of stuff is overrated

LastRatStanding

I'm only 19 now and have already had 10 years with Bond! Seen Die Another Day in 2002 and haven't looked back since. If anything over the years my love for Bond has got stronger and stronger! Im still young though so who knows what the future will bring, I don't see myself getting over it any time soon though -{

chrisisall

I was a kid when I saw my first Bond on the telly, IMO you are doomed to never outgrow it. )

Agent007jamest

When I am 6 feet under. :007) I was introduced to OO7 when I was in the third grade and I am 38 now.

chrisisall

Agent007jamest wrote:

I was introduced to OO7 when I was in the third grade and I am 38 now.

Just 20 years? Could be a passing phase.... ) :v

Firemass

probably around the same time I outgrow 80's metal...which will hopefully be never.

always shaken

Isuppose when they screw the lid down?

hoppimike

I tend to really like it until something actively puts me off it.

Back in the 90s GoldenEye got me into Bond and the decreasing quality of the later Brosnan films (not awful IMO but not the best) put me off it.

These days, CR and QoS got me back into it majorly, but Skyfall has put me off. Perhaps I'll go back to sleep on this again for a bit and wake up when the next Bond that I like is released!!

chrisisall

hoppimike wrote:

These days, CR and QoS got me back into it majorly, but Skyfall has put me off.

Why precisely, if I may ask?

ChromeJob

Men who dig Bond, never really outgrow it. Was musing on this while walking to my monthly massage.[1] There are so many things in the Bond mythos, particularly the one galvanized by Young, Connery, Hamilton, Maibaum, et al, that it taps into some very primal desires that modern men have.
[list=*]
[*]Consistent attraction for the alpha women[/*]
[*]Ability to kill at will[/*]
[*]Permission to kill at will (within reason)[/*]
[*]Compelling influence (as a secret agent with enormous authority)[/*]
[*]Affluence of material desires[/*]
[*]Exceptional social graces[/*]
[*]Truly a "man of the world"[/*]
[*]Fights the good fight ... and comes out winning ... with the girl (usually)[/*]
[/list]

WTH wants to outgrow all that in a single, potent fantasy.

The film series has lost me several times ... and I've come back with skepticism (probably no more so than with CR, I stayed away until a couple I knew all but begged me to go see it, telling me it was a "whole new ballgame) ... but when the series lets me down, I have the originals on dvd and now bd. FRWL and the first six minutes of GF still do it for me, every time.

When I'm feeling a bit down, I can always put on my 5513 or 6538 homages, an imported dress shirt and Egyptian cotton slacks, close shave followed with bay rum,... and live the dream. Firearm optional.

[1] Local place has a lovely little lass, nice brown eyes, very strong, does deep tissue and the gentle Swedish stuff expertly. Compares favorably to Molly Peters.

chrisisall

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Napoleon Plural

Eh? You're put off Bond yet you join a James Bond forum!

Mind you, so did I just before DAD came out. That should have put me off for good. Be very careful my friend, it's easy to get hooked on something you don't like or something that needs fixing, it's like an abusive relationship. Look how many posts I've got.

Barbel

I've been hooked on Bond since the 60s, so I don't think I'm likely to outgrow it anytime soon....

kboo3

chrisisall wrote:

My Dad used to like Bond movies, but now he's well into his eighties, and has little use for them. I suppose in somewhat the same way I have little use for teenage sex comedies, although I can still have a good laugh with one when one pops up.
But I liked Bond movies when I was too young to consider shagging a Bond Girl, I like them now that I am Bond's age in MR & NSNA, and I expect that when I am really old and decrypted, I shall enjoy them then as well.

So, when will YOU grow up & leave all this foolishness behind? ?:)

Never. I was brought up on Bond films. My dad who is 44 like 007, I love 007, my brother who is 8 now, like 007 since he was 4. Even my mum, who generaly don't like spy films (!) has recently become Bond's fan. We're Bond family and we will be.

Well... Even less probable to outgrow 007 make the fact, that because of him I decided to became a director...

Napoleon Plural

ChromeJob wrote:

Men who dig Bond, never really outgrow it. Was musing on this while walking to my monthly massage.[1]
[1] Local place has a lovely little lass, nice brown eyes, very strong, does deep tissue and the gentle Swedish stuff expertly. Compares favorably to Molly Peters.

And unlike a Craig Bond film, no doubt comes with a happy ending...