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He'll always be a big "what if" in my eyes. Luke would've made a perfect Bond, I feel.
Most suggestions are either one or the other, I think both is vital now following Craig's portrayal
Yes, Moore won’t be my favourite, but I appreciate him and his gifts about a thousand fold than I did before— especially how he jumped in with both feet in LALD. If he was nervous about following Connery (and the Golden Decade), he didn’t show it. He may’ve been gentler than Connery, but he did it with tremendous confidence.
I also love him in Octopussy. And sprinkled throughout his entire tenure, he did show nice, subtle emotional range. He was craftily good.
EDIT: @Jordo007 … I have no idea why, or how, but the above post was meant to be on our other discussion thread, 😂.
Call it a long day!!
😂 I didn't even realise mate.
Sir Roger deserves a lot of credit for taking over from Connery and doing it so confidently. He showed the public Bond could survive without Connery.
Sir Rog's era isn't to my taste, but I do love some of his subtle acting touches, like in OP how he rolls the double 6's without breaking eye contact with Kamal Khan.
Such a great Bond moment
Am I supposed to take this remark seriously? Yeah, no, not going to bite.
If you think Will Smith slapping Chris Rock is some sign of societal decline then you’ve lived a very sheltered life.
I wouldn't want you to bite @JeremyBondon
You need to calm down.
I need to what? Mate, are you ok? Stop making up stuff regarding taking credit. It's laughable.
I only use that as a easy, safe example that everyone remembers. There's far worse I could mention but I didn't want to bring down the tone just to illustrate my point.
But @JeremyBondon wont do that, instead he'll retort to aggression and mocking.
You're being aggressive Jeremy, you simply have to have the last say, and will not be told. Despite our very different views on many aspects of the Bond series, I have always tried to keep an open mind with many of your posts, but right now you're being rude.
It will not be tolerated.
Hold on. What have I done? I seriously feel like I'm being gaslighted into something that is conjured up from thin air. It seems Benny you have a personal problem with me, I certainly don't have one with you. I was merely applauding @Mendes4Lyfe his post and then you write:
"It’s a worthy pose, but please don’t take credit for it @JeremyBondon unless you wrote it."
Uncalled for Benny, that's what that is. Pretty rude as well. I can't even fathom why you would write that in the first place.
Quit while you still can.
Have a fantastic weekend. Truly.
It's like that thing with mtm the other day on this same thread. These are supposedly harmless, possibly jokey comments, but I find them strange, and I don't think it's strange that they annoy some people.
And I don't even necessarily agree with some of the views shared by the posters who were the recipients of said comments, or am particulatly close with them (to the extent that one can be on an anonymous forum).
Thanks @mattjoes I can only agree. Have a great weekend.
The moderators are often accused of not doing enough with certain members. Yet when we do, we're sometimes accused of being too harsh.
I think in situations where everyone is giving as good as they get you just have to issue a general warning and chaulk off the encounter for both parties. What irks me is when there's a heated debate and then the moderators come in and seem to act like only one side was being argumentative and uncivil, essentially acting as kingmaker in the discussion.
but, c'est la vie, nothings perfect, and the mods do a great job considering it's a completely free site to be a part of.
Fair. I’m not going to bother getting into the other stuff because we won’t agree, but I do think it’s valid to worry about whether an anti hero like Bond will end up watered down as what’s deemed acceptable family entertainment changes (part of me wonders if they’ll go 15/R one day for that reason, especially since the audience skews older anyway). But I don’t think we’ve seen much reason to worry about that so far. He still drinks, gambles, womanises. He was in a relationship in the last one because they were doing something different, but we’ve had no indication that he won’t be shagging around again next time. The only things we’ve lost so far are the smoking and the sexism. I wish he could still smoke (it’s part of the fantasy for me, being able to enjoy those vices care free), but I don’t miss him slapping women around or any of that.
Interestingly, many people in the 50s probably saw the Fleming novels as a sign of societal decline. Same for the films. I think many still do today, both from a more conservative political perspective and a more left leaning one (again, I reckon this has always been the case with Bond).
I mean, there's a precedent for Bond having committed relationships in books and film, I don't get the sense that things like his drinking and even philandering have been watered down in the later Craig movies (perhaps the latter with NTTD just to hammer home the relationship between him and Madeline but it seems more a creative decision). Some of Bond's attitudes/behaviour towards women have softened considerably, but this has been happening since the Moore era. I just don't see where some of these concerns are coming from, other than the wider world we live in.
You are being a bit harsh lately on some members, pal.
Thanks for pointing that out.
Oh man, why’re you pushing this?
It’s kind of embarrassing to read— you could PM the mods and discuss in a private manner. Just a suggestion (I’ve contacted them behind the scenes and it’s been my experience that they will engage with you)
Calm down pete, it's just a meme, it's funny.
Nothing embarassing about sticking up for another memeber who's been blamed incorrectly. It's all in black and white on the last page.
Stop being wimps.
But you had your say, you stuck up for a member (who has a spotty history on how he’s treated others, and; we don’t know what has happened behind closed doors with this member and the mods in the past), and you don’t need to make this an on-going thing. If you want to continue going after the mods, it may be more suitable to do it away from these threads and do it in private.
And calling others wimps? It kinda takes away from your chivalry , just a little— don’t ya think?
Not too 'woke' for your taste, I hope? ;-)