The Best Descripton of Bond I've Heard

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• Thunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent

  March 2017

  ) You say that as if it were a Bad thing !

  "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
• Broccoli Posts: 253MI6 Agent

  April 2017

  Better than "Goverment Assassin of the 00 program." )
• Gassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent

  April 2017

  The funny thing is the only actor who really plays Bond even close to a sociopath is Daniel Craig. This goes to show how the term is just thrown about these days without much knowledge of what a sociopath really is.
• Gassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent

  April 2017

  Here's one opinion from an expert on the overuse of its analog/synonym, "psychopath" in popular culture:
  
  https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evil-deeds/200908/masks-sanity-part-four-what-is-psychopath
• jim78 Posts: 67MI6 Agent

  April 2017

  I don't think Bond is a sociopath, just someone who believes violence is a means to an end.
• Le Samourai Honolulu, HIPosts: 573MI6 Agent

  April 2017 edited April 2017

  Gassy Man wrote:

  The funny thing is the only actor who really plays Bond even close to a sociopath is Daniel Craig. This goes to show how the term is just thrown about these days without much knowledge of what a sociopath really is.

  
  I disagree. I find Connery's portrayal to have far greater hints of sociopathic (perhaps more accurately, psychopathic) tendencies. It actually negatively affects my enjoyment of his Bond films.

  —Le Samourai
  
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