Anachronistic Dr. No

Charmed & Dangerous

Concisely and incisively put, as always, Barbel. -{

Barbel

Thanks, C&D, I'm keen to see what Silhouette Man's thoughts on this are now.

ggl007

I remember that thread that @SilhoutteMan mentioned. I add then this funny reference:

In Dracula, when the ship Demeter arrives in England, Stoker mentions the poem Casabianca and, guess what...

Fleming did mentioned Casabianca in Moonraker!

Thunderpussy

The "Hill of beans" speech from Casablanca, gets used in " The naked gun"
I guess writers are influenced, everywhere. )

CoolHandBond

Barbel wrote:

Still, these are no more than cursory resemblances. The characters and themes are very dissimilar, and the thrusts of plot go in very different directions. Tracy is not Mina, Harker is in no way like Bond, Draco is not Van Helsing, etc, and the story-telling differs dramatically as Gassy Man says.

I think Barbel is right in that anyone can analyse anything to look like it's been influenced by something else - Dracula and Blofeld are two entirely different characters with virtually no similarities whatsoever.