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I’d take a Mr.Barry score. @mtm said it best:every bit of John Barry is gold dust
Thank you @peter, the Barry Nelson fan-club is always open for people to join. We don’t have many members right now, but give it another 50 years and we’ll grow slightly!
As for the actual question, the only way I’d take a Connery starring CR over the masterpiece with Daniel is if the film was made immediately after FRWL. Barbara Broccoli said it best when she stated that there wouldn’t have been a feasible way to make Casino Royale work following the formula/standard set by Goldfinger, which is ironically another reason why they held off on filming OHMSS for the longest time. And as is the case with OHMSS, the wait for an EON version of CR was well worth it. Sign me up for Barry.
It would take more than a John Barry score, to make NSNA at the least, tolerable.
Okay lets move on. In a couple of scripts of movies that never made it to filming we had some rather outrageous scenes and ideas. As someone just used the word "naff" I think that might describe these ideas.
Warhead 1976/1977
Bond 17 1990/91
So picking from the lesser of two evils, or maybe choosing the least crazy idea.
Would you rather a Bond film that featured laser sharks OR a female robot/cyborg
Even the title alone (Warhead) would've been more interesting as a title than NSNA (aw, Michelline!)
A female robots (being used for sex or having sex) would've been a bit cringe for me, and I don't think Dalton would've fit in it, but Connery in that plot would've possibly fit (as long as it's going to be handled carefully).
I could almost see and imagine the sexual female robots thing as almost entering the Die Another Day territory (with over the top technology).
Looking at the concept alone, I'm going with the Warhead draft idea, this is such an easy choice for me.
I've actually read the Warhead Drafts in the internet, and I'm actually intrigued, like I think it would've been a lot more better than what we've got in NSNA (to which was a recycled version of TB, although it improved on some parts from the original).
:D
Frankly, if the robot looks like Vikander in Ex Machina, my mind's made up. No sharks for me.
Man, this concept makes me appreciate May Day sleeping with Bond, but please not a robot 😅.
That would've been too weird, moreso than DAD invisible car or that CGI Tsunami Wave 😅.
It would have destroyed the series.
I remember reading about this in Steven Jay Rubin's The James Bond Films. It's too bad for Connery's and McClory's non-EON Bond film they couldn't have explored that idea instead of remaking a story that had already been filmed correctly the first time back in 1965.
A 003rd Dalton Bond film that followed the GF/TSWLM formula after his first two followed the FRWL/OHMSS template sounds intriguing though I'm not sure the cyborg themed script would've worked for his Bond.
Okay lets move on to another one this is a viewing movie one.
Would you rather watch the first three Bond films OR the first three starring Craig?
Connery starred in DN, FRWL and GF and came out very hot. In terms of Box Office the films gained popularity with each film. There was some continuity with DN being mentioned in FRWL and Trench showing up in FRWL after appearing in DN.
Craig took over the role with what some consider to be the best Bond film ever in CR. The producers tried something unique with QOS and had it taking place minutes after the ending of CR. Finally Bond returned in SF and rocked the world, this film frequently lands in the top 5 of more fan lists.
So if you had the time to watch the three films which set would you rather watch? Connery in the first three or the first three of Craig?
The thing with the Connery films, despite (or regardless) of the quality, are a bit slow to watch nowadays (it doesn't helped that most of the earlier films lacked action which made me rewatch them less).
I still liked the First Three Connery Bond films and the quality in them are far superior than the modern Bond films, but they're not as rewatchable for me as the modern Bond films (mainly because those are more fast paced and more action).
Unlike the first three Craig films, where they're more faster paced to watch and more action.
It depends, sometimes, I'm in my mood to watch the Connerys, sometimes the Craigs.
Connery trio over Craig for sure. CR is just behind FRWL for me, and I like QOS and SF about equally these days, but DN and GF trump those latter two films considerably.
I love Connery's first 3, espicially FRWL, but Casino is my favourite film and Craig my favourite Bond.
That is to say the first three Connery are pretty much unbeatable.