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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited February 2016 Posts: 45,489
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Now, why haven't I thought of that?! Dalton as The Shadow! Sheer perfection!

    Shame though, I've already cast my vote...

    I will allow you to change it.

    Barry Nelson-
    Sean Connery-
    David Niven-
    George Lazenby-2
    Roger Moore-
    Timothy Dalton - 4
    Pierce Brosnan-
    Daniel Craig - 1


  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Now, why haven't I thought of that?! Dalton as The Shadow! Sheer perfection!

    Shame though, I've already cast my vote...

    I will allow you to change it.

    Barry Nelson-
    Sean Connery-
    David Niven-
    George Lazenby-2
    Roger Moore-
    Timothy Dalton - 4
    Pierce Brosnan-
    Daniel Craig - 1

    Much obliged, my good man. :D
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Tim is the most super of them all. He is currently in talks with the producers of the upcoming remake of The Shadow thanks to this thread.

    Nelson, Connery, Niven, Moore, Brosnan-maybe you could be a supervillain or something, but you sure ain t superhero material. Subpar hero, perhaps. Good to see that no one wanted Brosnan as Batman

    New question in the same vein:

    Which Bond would you rather see as Tarzan?

    Barry Nelson-
    Sean Connery-
    David Niven-
    George Lazenby-
    Roger Moore-
    Timothy Dalton-
    Pierce Brosnan-
    Daniel Craig-
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    Which Bond would you rather see as Tarzan?

    Barry Nelson-
    Sean Connery-
    David Niven-
    George Lazenby-
    Roger Moore- 1
    Timothy Dalton-
    Pierce Brosnan-
    Daniel Craig-

    Well, Moore was approached back in the 50's.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    George Lazenby.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    royale65 wrote: »

    Well, Moore was approached back in the 50's.

    Really ? Is that what that infamous OP scene was about?
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    That I couldn't say. I think he was approached to star in either a T.V series or a series of films. But Moore said he couldn't keep his stomach sucked in for long enough. I'll have to dig it out of Moore's biography.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited February 2016 Posts: 45,489
    That s interesting.

    Bond connection: James Pierce played him in Tarzan and the Golden Lion in 1927, the birth year of Roger Moore.

    And Christopher Lambert of Greystoke fame was considered as Bond after Moore quit. Too thick French accent, sadly. Great actor.

    Also, you have Tarzan s New York Adventure from 1942(great film!) starring the ultimate Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller, which in Norwegian was called Tarzan In New York.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    Quite interesting.

    Had a quick read of Moore's bio, but couldn't find anything. Any info on Moore's brush with Tarzan would be much appreciated.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Well, if anyone is indeed looking for a good connection between Tarzan and Bond, then yes they are connected... Via Wold Newton Family... Something that was started and initially set up by Philip José Farmer in his Tarzan Alive book and its successor Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life. I think the first book is quite easy to track down in the UK and perhaps Europe. But, it isn't available in the US, as far as I know.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    They are also both orphans.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    This should interest you...
    http://www.pjfarmer.com/woldnewton/WNUfamilytree.htm

    And more specifically this one...
    bondfamily.gif
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    This from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    It's originated from Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life by Philip Jose Farmer, which created a "relevant" crossover fiction universe that Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was inspired from. In a way, they are part of the Wold Newton Family.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Thanks, the plot thickens.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Thanks, the plot thickens.
    My pleasure. I do recommend the first book, Tarzan Alive heavily. If you get around to it, I think you'll enjoy it.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Barry Nelson-
    Sean Connery-
    David Niven-
    George Lazenby-1
    Roger Moore- 1
    Timothy Dalton-
    Pierce Brosnan-
    Daniel Craig-


    Keep voting. Hello anyone? And don t make me angry, I may leave the forum.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »



    Keep voting. Hello anyone? And don t make me angry, I may leave the forum.

    Well, we can't have that, now can we?

    Barry Nelson-
    Sean Connery-
    David Niven-
    George Lazenby-2
    Roger Moore- 1
    Timothy Dalton- 1
    Pierce Brosnan-
    Daniel Craig-

    Lazenby, the most ape-man of them all (Sorry George). I think his 'Me Tarzan, you Jane' would be very convincing....
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    My own vote goes to Sean Connery.

    Barry Nelson-
    Sean Connery-1
    David Niven-
    George Lazenby-2
    Roger Moore- 1
    Timothy Dalton- 1
    Pierce Brosnan-
    Daniel Craig-
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Not a single vote for Nelson, Niven, Brosnan or Craig. With the smallest victory, George Lazenby has hereby been cast as the new George of the Jungle.
    Another casting question:

    Which Bond would you rather see as Sherlock Holmes?

    (Yes, I know Moore did play him)

    Barry Nelson-
    Sean Connery-
    David Niven-
    George Lazenby-
    Roger Moore-
    Timothy Dalton-
    Pierce Brosnan-
    Daniel Craig-
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Timothy Dalton!

    Even though, before he did The Spy Who Loved Me, Roger Moore did star as Holmes alongside Patrick Macnee as Watson. He played the character faithfully but... I still couldn't see him suitable for the role.

    Pierce Brosnan parodied Sherlock Holmes by actually wearing the disguise at a masquerade ball in an episode of Remington Steele.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited February 2016 Posts: 23,883
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Keep voting. Hello anyone? And don t make me angry, I may leave the forum.
    Haha.

    Craig for me. This is the only time when his blonde hair & somewhat unrefined looks won't be a problem.

    Barry Nelson-
    Sean Connery-1
    David Niven-
    George Lazenby-2
    Roger Moore- 1
    Timothy Dalton- 1
    Pierce Brosnan-
    Daniel Craig-1
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    You are on the wrong page, @bondjames, but thanks for making Brosnan the only living Bond unwanted as Tarzan.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited February 2016 Posts: 23,883
    Sorry about that @Thunderfinger. This thread changes topic so fast it's difficult to keep up.

    Regarding Holmes, it's a tough call between Moore or Niven. Both seem the most intelligent Bonds. I'll give it to Niven....just.

    Barry Nelson-
    Sean Connery-
    David Niven-1
    George Lazenby-
    Roger Moore-
    Timothy Dalton-1
    Pierce Brosnan-
    Daniel Craig-
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I change the topic when the votes have died down. This is a very unpopular thread.
  • Problem_EliminatorProblem_Eliminator Ojai, CA
    edited February 2016 Posts: 613
    Barry Nelson-
    Sean Connery-
    David Niven- 1
    George lazenby-
    Roger Moore-
    Timothy Dalton- 2 (+1)
    Pierce Brosnan-
    Daniel Craig-
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    Barry Nelson-
    Sean Connery-
    David Niven- 2
    George lazenby-
    Roger Moore-
    Timothy Dalton- 2
    Pierce Brosnan-
    Daniel Craig-

    Give this one to ol' Davey boy.
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    I change the topic when the votes have died down. This is a very unpopular thread.

    Don't know why that is. (I'm being sincere for one as well!)
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    Gotta be Niven surely?
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
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    Niven is a given.
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 8,266
    Maybe make it an announcement? Anyway, I like it. But sure, Niven's a given here for me too.
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