Now I don't really care about James Bond films as they're really stupid, but

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Originally Posted by Sir C

Well, yes, but they haven't taken him back to being a ruthless sex criminal who doesn't hesitate to torture women to achieve his goals, have they?

Bond hasn't been Bond since Connery, so, pfff.

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You can't have everything

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Originally Posted by Ash

If Bond can be 116 then why not explore earlier eras?

A Napoleonic Bond, perhaps, in From Prussia with Love.

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I like it, I like it. Also, why do we have to see him from a western perspective? How about a Buddhist Bond in You Only Live 3,678 Times.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

I like it, I like it. Also, why do we have to see him from a western perspective? How about a Buddhist Bond in You Only Live 3,678 Times.

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A Bond with better sexual etiquette in Dr No Means No?

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Originally Posted by Sir C

I like it, I like it. Also, why do we have to see him from a western perspective? How about a Buddhist Bond in You Only Live 3,678 Times.

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Thor could be the villain in Thunderbolt.

https://youtu.be/9RRhhewFqyw

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Originally Posted by Ash

:hehe:

Thor could be the villain in Thunderbolt.

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I would definitely watch the Man With the Golden Gnu

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Originally Posted by Burney

Idris Elba being made the new James Bond would strike me as a fairly major 'fúck you' to the sort of people who are.

Apart from anything else, surely Hollywood must have noticed by now that this sort of 'woke' stunt casting is not exactly box office dynamite?

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Actually, Bond is the topic of today's wine quiz question: Which brand of champagne does he mostly prefer. He started with Dom, I think, in the early days. Then changed to Bolly.

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

Actually, Bond is the topic of today's wine quiz question: Which brand of champagne does he mostly prefer. He started with Dom, I think, in the early days. Then changed to Bolly.

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https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/o...-drink-279823/

We can't have Red as Bond
He's far too suave for the role

Mind you , the franchise was way ahead of the curve when Felix Leiter turned black for Live And Let Die in '73

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Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas

We can't have Red as Bond
He's far too suave for the role

Mind you , the franchise was way ahead of the curve when Felix Leiter turned black for Live And Let Die in '73

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I think Live and Let Die is the only one I've seen all the way through. Not from start to finish, but I think I've absorbed it all over the years. It's the one with all the voodoo, isn't it?