Was Bond meant to be dour?

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• 7289 Beau DesertPosts: 1,691MI6 Agent

  July 2008

  No, Bond was always supposed to be "cool"!

  Bond’s Walther PPK
  Bond’s Beretta
  The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond
• superado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,654MI6 Agent

  July 2008

  I suppose we're talking about movie Bond and in that case, no, he's not supposed to be dour and as 7289 said, he's supposed to be cool. With that said, I think Dalton was the only Bond who was dour, which was an experiment to go "literary," which was relatively dour. For the film format, particularly in the popular vein, "cool" was and is the legimate alternative to the novel Bond's dourness, though I personally love the books more that therefore allows me to enjoy the Dalton experiments.

  "...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
• Agent Sidewinder Posts: 223MI6 Agent

  July 2008

  superado wrote:

  I suppose we're talking about movie Bond and in that case, no, he's not supposed to be dour and as 7289 said, he's supposed to be cool. With that said, I think Dalton was the only Bond who was dour, which was an experiment to go "literary," which was relatively dour. For the film format, particularly in the popular vein, "cool" was and is the legimate alternative to the novel Bond's dourness, though I personally love the books more that therefore allows me to enjoy the Dalton experiments.

  
  Good point, and I think that's why I really don't feel that Dalton represented Fleming's Bond all that well...Dalton was dour, Fleming not.