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Indeed. And a ridiculously old Bond near the end of his tenure.
1990s Brosnan had more maturity to his face but I don't know if I'd say he was better looking than in he was in the 1980s. You could argue he was in his physical prime in that decade. I think so. People may forget this is how he looked in the later episodes of Remington Steele:
Remington Steele circa 1985.
I thought he didn't look too young to play James Bond in 1986 but it's a fascinating scenario to ponder - would most Bond fans prefer Brosnan over Dalton when Roger Moore left the role? I think Timothy Dalton was a nice contrast to Roger Moore.
I dunno, I think Pierce Brosnan might have been a bit similar to Roger Moore in The Living Daylights. Hmm, it's hard to say for certain, though. I do think Brosnan is more like Moore in terms of light comedy. Dalton is a bit more serious although he was very amusing in Hot Fuzz.
Casting Dalton gave the producers/writers a fresh approach. Brosnan from 1986 onwards might have been Moore version 2 albeit with some extra moments when Brosnan's Bond was a bit meaner than Moore's vision.
I can't imagine Connery in OHMSS. Lazenby was meant to play Bond in that film and I think Dalton was meant to be play Bond in TLD. It was meant to be. Call it fate!
Well yes, perhaps not up to 2012 or anything but a few more Bond films from Timothy Dalton would have been nice. :D
...and people say his hair looks bad in GE :))
@Thunderfinger would have self immolated by now. ;)
Seiously? As many as nine of those being made?
Along with all the other fan crap.
No matter who would have been casted as Bond in 1986, he would have been out after 1989.
The 6 year hiatus had nothing to do with the actor.
If EONs problems after 2008 hadn't been resolved in less than 5 years, Craig would have been a 2 movies Bond actor as well.
Anyway, I'm out of this discussion. Enjoy tearing Pierce Brosnan apart. ;)
I remember having a nightmare soon after seeing GE where Bond films had become a 'made for TV' franchise. That was how badly GE effected me.
Well, I'll defend Brosnan, always. Because he is the underdog here and I like fighting for the underdog.
You are right of course, the hatred and CONSTANT bashing of Brosnan on this site gets tiresome and doesn't reflect reality in any way.
The worst thing is, some of those who bash him the most, have the audacity to call on me or others for criticising Craig or Skyfall.
Those are pure hypocrites.
Those 7 years must have been hellacious for you.
After watching GE I basically thought there'd never be another decent Bond movie. I felt EON had lost the plot for a long long time after that.
And of course that all followed on from the hellish 6 year hiatus after LTK, when you wondered if there'd ever be another Bond film at all.
It was a great moment for me when they sacked Brosnan. I realised EON must have shared at least some of my reservations about Brosnan and as soon as they cast Craig I knew the films were heading back into the type of territory that I enjoy more.
You and me both. Couldn t have said it better myself. Those four films were worthless.
I heartily agree with the pair of you!
If it wasn't bad enough dealing with what appeared to the end of the franchise in 1989 the only way we got it back was via 'Hollywood Bond'. Never much cared for Brosnan anyway and the GE PTS hadn't even finished before I realised dark days were ahead of us.
From being a paid up fan club fan member my membership waned as people who expressed relief he wasn't Bond in TLD were now proclaiming him the saviour. After DAD I slipped away from online forums too. Discussion of a fifth Brosnan film just didn't interest me. I stayed away for so long the next thing I knew Daniel Craig was being announced.
From the 'this was Brosnan's gig if not for Remington Steel' furore in 1986 through to the CraignotBond stuff of 2006 it seems Brosnan has blighted the Bond series in one form or another for an overall undeserved twenty years so thank goodness we didn't have him for a further six.
Amen. Indeed. You said it. Hurra!
Now we call upon the defence, @JasonBond006. And the other ten.
Disagree. It is not entirely coincidence that OHMSS is one of the great Bonf films and happens to star George Lazenby. Somehow Hunt got a very solid performance out of Laz. I would have loved to see him do DAF as a proper revenge movie with Hunt directing. It would have been awesome.
But 1995-2012? I might be more curious to see...
I wouldn't want to lose Craig, but the mere prospect of seeing Brosnan as an older Bond in a SkyFall type venture, reworked to suit him and no longer part of the 'reboot'-- complete with M's death (considering their longer relationship) almost sounds worth it!
I wonder what sort of movies he'd do in place of CR and QOS however
We'd have got DAD parts 2 and 3.