James Bonds 60th Anniversary year. What would you like to see?

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• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  January 2023 Posts: 14,282

  I prefer the movies @MaxCasino. I mean the films.
  
  
• mtm United Kingdom

  January 2023 edited January 2023 Posts: 17,683

  Well you can't pick both, Richard; which is it? ;)
• MaxCasino United States

  January 2023 Posts: 4,930

  RichardTheBruce wrote: »

  I prefer the movies @MaxCasino. I mean the films.
  

  
  I agree. I’m just saying that reading James Bond books that aren’t Ian Fleming doesn’t deserve to be so demeaning.
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  January 2023 Posts: 14,282

  Those were the only choices I saw offered @mtm. So I'll go with the films.
  
  
• mtm United Kingdom

  January 2023 edited January 2023 Posts: 17,683

  I disagree with your choice entirely, I'll take the movies over those any day.
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  January 2023 Posts: 14,282

  I guess we have reasons for our choices. Mine are close hold unfortunately.
  
  
• BT3366

  January 2023 Posts: 1,951

  mtm wrote: »

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  Dragonpol wrote: »

  MaxCasino wrote: »

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  mtm wrote: »

  Very nice. I think Eon’s one had the edge, but I guess this is 10 better :)

  
  Literary Bond is always a little understated as the films have largely overshadowed the novels in the general popular consciousness. Still, the 70th anniversary of one of the greatest fictional heroes in the world is still worth noting and celebrating.

  
  I think that’s a bit sad that the movies overshadow the films. They usually are just as enjoyable as the movies.

  
  Yes, it is indeed. Sadly more people would rather watch a film than read a book. It's easier and quicker but it's their loss of course. The one very much depends on then other but the films have certainly long ago become the Frankenstein's Monster his creator Ian Fleming feared. Still, I shouldn't complain about success and exposure I suppose. :)

  
  I don't think he feared anything with regard to Bond on screen; he was pretty happy for it to be adapted in any way as long as he got the cheque, I think. He happily signed off on Jimmy Bond, after all.
  I don't think one is better than the other, they're both excellent. And without the films, Fleming's 007 would be a curio fondly remembered but not a worldwide icon.

  
  Well said. My big what-if is if Fleming had survived to see the film series' success, would he have been encouraged to keep writing or just sit back and collect the royalties and live the lifestyle he enjoyed?
• DarthDimi Behind you!Moderator

  January 2023 Posts: 24,568

  BT3366 wrote: »

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  mtm wrote: »

  Dragonpol wrote: »

  MaxCasino wrote: »

  Dragonpol wrote: »

  mtm wrote: »

  Very nice. I think Eon’s one had the edge, but I guess this is 10 better :)

  
  Literary Bond is always a little understated as the films have largely overshadowed the novels in the general popular consciousness. Still, the 70th anniversary of one of the greatest fictional heroes in the world is still worth noting and celebrating.

  
  I think that’s a bit sad that the movies overshadow the films. They usually are just as enjoyable as the movies.

  
  Yes, it is indeed. Sadly more people would rather watch a film than read a book. It's easier and quicker but it's their loss of course. The one very much depends on then other but the films have certainly long ago become the Frankenstein's Monster his creator Ian Fleming feared. Still, I shouldn't complain about success and exposure I suppose. :)

  
  I don't think he feared anything with regard to Bond on screen; he was pretty happy for it to be adapted in any way as long as he got the cheque, I think. He happily signed off on Jimmy Bond, after all.
  I don't think one is better than the other, they're both excellent. And without the films, Fleming's 007 would be a curio fondly remembered but not a worldwide icon.

  
  Well said. My big what-if is if Fleming had survived to see the film series' success, would he have been encouraged to keep writing or just sit back and collect the royalties and live the lifestyle he enjoyed?

  
  He came close to retiring Bond a few times but never really went there. I like to believe that if his health hadn't so rapidly declined, he'd've kept writing as long as his readership kept buying the novels. But I'm not sure he wouldn't at some point have clashed with EON, especially considering the direction taken by YOLT. Alas, McClory and Fleming's poor habits put him in his coffin too soon.
• MaxCasino United States

  January 2023 Posts: 4,930

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