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Living Daylights I think.
Yes, I liked the chemistry, if not for Kara being such a weak character, I liked the concept regarding her relationship with Bond, it's interesting, but Kara as a character is a bit shallow? To say the least, she's immature, kinda liked Bibi Dahl, gullible, easily manipulated, passive (I disliked passive characters, and Kara is very much like this).
Her importance in the story only worked in the first act, but she became a nuisance character once it's revealed that Koskov doesn't cared for or about her, her role became utterly pointless other than to act as an obligatory Bond Girl (because the film needed to), just like Christmas Jones.
Me too! I only have them at 2 and 3 in my list only because thats the order they came in! 😄
Lets move on to another scenario. This one involves a couple of the loves of James Bond. In one life James married to Tracey. Although the marriage was short it was the first time he was seen giving himself to another woman.
On his first assignment as a double-o he fell head of heels with a treasury agent who was "the money". Vesper Lynd tore away the armor of our man and captured his heart and then broke it.
So I have to ask...
Would you rather have a relationship with Tracey OR with Vesper?
Share with us your reason for choosing the lucky lady? Is it how they drive a Mercury? Or maybe how they look in an evening gown?
Well, when you put it like that. Tracy for me.
And I'd be stuck. Physically I'd be more attracted to Vesper. Allthough still not qute my type (can we mix Fiona in here as well? Or Domino?), but as a character, I'd go for the full-of-life, all-or-nothing adventurous, stubborn and dedicated Tracy. She's one of the most fleshed-out characters in the series, and quite the lady to behold.
I promise her no machine gun woman would follow us.
At least in my head.
When I posed the question I was thinking most would do what you thought. Always interesting to see what others think and their logic.
I would choose Tracey over Vesper as well. I have grown to appreciate the beauty of the character and feel that her vulnerability is a bit of turn on. Vesper has an air to her and I never really jived with.
Vesper is rather unpleasant, I don't think she's that nice, it's like she's hiding something, she's not to be trusted with, even from the start.
In terms of looks, also Tracy, Diana Rigg was very beautiful and sexy, Eva Green is too much skinny for me, and Eva Green for me only looks beautiful when there's a makeup on because she have that sort of gothic, mysterious look to her, but if she's not wearing makeup, she just looks plain ordinary, Diana Rigg, even without a makeup, was still beautiful.
Yet, I'll go for Vesper, who seems to have a superb sense of humour too, and doesn't have the daddy issues.
The literary Tracy is annoying, she's unlikeable: she's opportunistic, hysterical, self pitying, selfish, self indulgent, arrogant, childish, moody and just messed up.
Meanwhile, the literary Vesper is more interesting as a character: she's cold, aloof, sophisticated, mysterious, matured, cynical, independent, and professional. She also hides her emotions under her sleeve (just like Bond himself).
If I'm a man, I'd rather date someone like Vesper than with Tracy in the books, at least Vesper would never give me problems like Tracy.
Vesper today, but ask me again tomorrow and I'd say Tracy. Both wonderful Bond girls there's no wrong answer
The Mafia princess or the double agent? Hmm.
I'll pick Mrs. Bond as I think she would less likely to betray me although dealing with her mafioso father would have its own set of issues.
+1. I would say Dalton Bond/Kara works even stronger for me than Lazenby Bond/Mrs. Bond probably in part because of Tracy's disappearance from OHMSS for a solid hour while "Sir Hilary Bray" keeps himself busy with "Count de Bleauchamp's" "angels of death" with nary a thought about the future Mrs. Bond. Meanwhile, Kara is the sole romantic interest for Bond in TLD and is pretty much with him throughout most of the film. Also, Dalton had already had much more acting experience as a leading man prior to playing Bond than Lazenby had at that point.
I'm not so sure. Vesper, when they're off together on their 'holiday', also sometimes seems hysterical, suddenly closed, then indulgent. Bond is getting utterly confused. At the same time Tracy is, indeed, at the start utterly broken, but when she's got a new goal in life (Bond), she goes all-in.
I think I like Tracy better because she sticks to her plans. First she indulges in self-destruction, but when Bond arrives, she decides to change course, and when she does she does it wholeheartedly.
Vesper, on the other hand, keeps on dissapearing from Bond. Emotionally wrecking him.
I'll stick to Tracy, both cinematically and literally (funny, that. Don't let my wife read this!. )
But I see Vesper and Bond lasting together than he would with Tracy, I mean Vesper is more emotionally matured than Tracy, they understand each other.
For me Tracy is marked for me by the way her previous relationship with that Italian Count played, and also her backstory.
Tracy wouldn't understand Bond (she fell for him, because like what I've said, she's opportunistic, she saw Bond as a way to cover a hole, Bond is always giving to her wishes, she's a spoiled brat girl unlike her film version, I could even see a situation that if Bond deny her wishes, she would be hysterical and throwing tantrums like a child, and when she's not satisfied with Bond, she would possibly left him).
The Literary/Fleming's Tracy for me is the same as Lupe Lamora in Licence To Kill, she saw Bond as a way of escaping from her problems, but once it gets back to normal where Bond couldn't provide what she wanted, she would've left him.
Vesper may have been like that in the end, but had they resolved the problem together, I think it would've been better in the long run, I think their relationship would've last, because Vesper is more understanding and matured, I mean look at how she sacrificed herself for her boyfriend whose held hostage by SMERSH, I know Vesper still loved that guy, only for it to be complicated once Bond got in the way, I think Vesper can love a man very genuinely, I think she really loved Bond.
Tracy for me didn't deeply loved Bond as much as Vesper, she saw Bond as a man who could give her anything she wants, she saw Bond as her paradise (well, she met him at the midst of her destruction, she's broken when she met Bond, so she fell in love with him very easily), but once it gets back to normal again, I doubt Tracy would've really love Bond, (she's a bit immature, she could be a lot worse as her relationship with Bond goes for long).
And it didn't helped that Bond's relationship with Tracy was brief, and happened far and between, they barely saw each other because Bond was busy with Blofeld, so as a result, they didn't got to know each other, Tracy have yet to know Bond fully, she didn't know Bond yet (his personality and all), she saw Bond as her savior, but aside from that, there's nothing she knew about Bond.
Unlike Vesper who knew Bond inside and out, she knew Bond's personality, his attitude, and all, she had got a chance to know Bond fully because she's been with him for a very long time.
Unlike in the film where Tracy was played for the better, she and Bond spent a long time together, they had a lot of moments together, so I think Tracy got to know Bond fully in the film, and it helped that Tracy was way more matured in the film, she's not acting childish and pitiful as she was in the book, so I think her relationship with Bond would've last for long had she survived in the end, she's way more understanding in the film, so their relationship could've worked.
That's not the same with Vesper in the film, because the romance, as how it's played out in the film, was rushed, so it's hard to see their relationship last long, they didn't have much time together where they could got a chance to know each other.
Diana Rigg is the closest we will get to a female James Bond. It's practically her film as much as Bond's (despite her limited screen time). She's tough and resourceful, tender and vulnerable. She can drive. She even holds her own in a fight. I vote for Tracy.
I agree, she's the best Bond Girl for me!
She got the right balance.
Lets move on to another scenario and see what we all think of this:
Would you rather own a film used prop from the films OR an original manuscript from a Fleming novel?
Some people on here have some incredible collections on here. David Zaritsky from The Bond Experience has a basement full of props and goodies from the films. How cool would it be to own the jet pack, or maybe a small gadget to show off to friends and family. I am talking a film used prop. What prop would you like to own?
Or some of us might want to own a manuscript that was touched by Mr. Fleming. You have a copy of the original manuscript of a Bond novel would be a joy for many. Who knows perhaps you would have Fleming's handwriting on the papers. Tell us which novel you would most like to own.
What would you rather own in your Bond collection?