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Yes he's the best for my money. He's charismatic, a bit scary and a proper presence. I know Pleasance is seen as the archetype by a lot of folk, and he does some very pleasing mad acting, but he's not really scary: he's just mad. Savalas feels like he really could hate you and make you hurt if he wanted to: he's dangerous.
Oh no..please no.
Yes, it’s a shame we never got Telly to come back. He should have been in DAF, he could have played the campy side.
Yes, he could have done it.
He actually was offered DAF, but he asked for more money, and Cubby was a sticker as usual.
I never knew that! That's really interesting, because if Telly was cast, then I bet the script would be a little more weighted towards a direct sequel to OHMSS.
I doubt that, however, Mankiewicz would have certainly written the part to Telly’s strengths like he did for Gray.
Or dressing up as a lady.
Hear hear!
I agree with your predictions.
In Dalton’s first, Bond disobeys direct orders twice and disregards what M tells him (three times if you include the hamper! :) ), and M threatens to replace him with 008.
The ‘crap’ you talk of is just part of how their relationship works.
Dalton:Bond was an experienced enough agent to make a (correct) judgement call, both times. If he hadn’t, he would have killed an innocent civilian! As for the hamper, hardly an order. We might as well criticise Bond for all the times when he checked in at a fancy hotel, rather than a lower class (less expensive) establishment.
In fact I’d say Brown’s M actually got the relationship wrong: he’s only ever annoyed or exasperated with Bond, he never shows the glimmer of respect or warmth that he really should do.
No, I didn’t. What were the two examples you were thinking about when you said that Bond disobeys a direct order twice? Pushkin was a judgement call from an experienced agent, and he was right.
Also, no, they haven’t all been portrayals of Bond as an experienced agentt. Craig:Bond was a rookie in both CR and QOS, and how many times does he rebel against M in CR alone?
Kill the sniper, kill Pushkin. I'm not saying he wasn't right- we're not talking about Bond's ability; the conversation is about Bond and M's relationship supposedly being one without antagonism and being full of mutual respect in that film. Bond thinks M is wrong, says so to his face (he also says he'll be happy if M fires him behind his back), and takes the job from M having no intention of obeying orders. The idea that all is smooth between them in that film clearly isn't true.
As I said, the hamper was a joke, which is why I didn't count it as one of the two and put a smilie after it.
All double Os are respected enough to make their own judgement calls, that's literally what a licence to kill is. Bond in CR is not on his first day as a spy, that's what all the "take your hand away from your ear" stuff is there to show us. Bond made judgement calls in CR just like he made them in TLD: his relationship with M is very similar- better in fact as she shows some respect for him, more like Fleming's M.
Just wait for them to cast Harry Styles and see this place explode. That would certainly bring in the kids >:)
I’ll concede that Craig:Bond looks like he might have served in the SBS. But so can’t imagine that with his disregard for authority, that he was not only have made it into the SBS, but also be drafted into the 00 section.
The sticking point for me, is that Bond, in CR is written as a younger person, and maybe not necessarily former SBS. Then to cast an actor nearing 40, to play this wet behind the ears, former SBS, rookie 00... it feels off.
A re-take on Scaramanga, with different name, executing 00 agents one by one could make a great film. Determined to prove he is the ultimate assassin whilst being payed "X amount of dollars" by a crime organisation/rich baddie for his work.
Bond would be the hunted and the hunter throughout the film. If they casted it well, it could be great.