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1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
(A near-tie for me, but the car & score bump TLD up a bit higher. Both are at the top of my overall Bond movie rankings.)
Tim's Performance
Tie- he was pitch-perfect in each IMO.
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Georgi Koskov
Henchmen
1. Necros (dangerous!)
2. Dario (creepy!)
Pre-Title Sequences
1. The Living Daylights (one of the best ever)
2. Licence to Kill (not bad)
Soundtracks
1. The Living Daylights (John Barry RULES!!!)
2. Licence to Kill (Michael Kamen did well enough)
Main Title Song
1. The Living Daylights by a-ha (it sometimes gets stuck in my head)
2. Licence to Kill by Gladys Knight
Girls
Kara Milovy/ Pam Bouvier tie; very different but both excellent IMO
Allies
1. General Leonid Pushkin (John Rhys-Davies is a true delight here)
2. Q (I'm glad he didn't snore)
1) LTK (#1)
2) TLD (#2)
Tim's Performance
Tie. LTK played more to his strengths but he has too many brilliant moments in both for me to pick one over the other.
Villains
1) Sanchez (very easy choice, Sanchez is my favourite villain of the series while the other two were average at best).
2) Koskov
3) Whitaker
Henchmen
1) Necros
2) Dario
PTS
1) TLD
2) LTK
Soundtracks
1) TLD
2) LTK
Barry can't be beaten and TLD is my favourite score of his. I do like LTK's score though, especially Kamen's rendition of the Bond theme.
Theme Song
1) TLD
2) LTK
Not a huge fan of either to be honest.
Girls
1) Kara (tough choice but I prefer her relationship with Bond, one of the few times in the series where I could actually believe that he cared about the girl).
2) Pam (brilliant character, my favourite of the Bond's equal types and very fit)
3) Lupe (she's hot but that's about it)
Allies
1) Q (Desmond is always brilliant and I love Q in LTK, it was nice to see that he really does care about Bond)
2) Pushkin
3) Saunders (I like him but he pisses me off when he's ranting at Bond for missing Kara)
4) Sharkey
5) Felix (Hedison, I think he's the best Felix and I like how he actually seems like he's mates with Bond but he's still not given much to do)
6) Kamaran Shah
7) Felix (Terry, just awful)
Films
1) LTK (#9)
2) TLD (#12)
Tim's Performance
Tie. He's better at the classic Bond elements in TLD (though it wasn't his strong suit in either) and better at the harder-edged stuff in LTK.
Villains
1) Sanchez
Colossal gap.
2) Koskov
Gap.
3) Whitaker
Henchmen
1) Necros
2) Dario
PTS
1) TLD
2) LTK
Soundtracks
1) TLD
2) LTK
Theme Song
1) TLD
2) LTK
Both in the lower tier, but that's life.
Girls
1) Pam
2) Kara (both Pam and Kara are very good characters, though, and are relatively close)
3) Lupe (the second biggest block of wood in Dalton's era)
Allies
1) Q (Desmond is always brilliant and I love Q in LTK, it was nice to see that he really does care about Bond)
2) Pushkin
3) Felix (Hedison)
4) Saunders
5) Sharkey
6) Kamaran Shah
7) Felix (Terry, the biggest block of wood in Dalton's era)
1) LTK (#7)
2) TLD (#16)
Tim's Performance
This is a tough one, but i have to go with LTK after all. His acting strength is better utilized there.
Villains
1) Sanchez, he is the best villain in the franchise. Period.
2) Koskov
3) Whitaker
Henchmen
1) Necros
2) Dario
PTS
1) TLD
2) LTK
Soundtracks
1) TLD
2) LTK
Barry can't be beaten and TLD is my favourite score of his. I do like LTK's score though, especially Kamen's rendition of the Bond theme.
Theme Song
1) TLD
2) LTK
TLD is one of the best and LTK is one of the "worst".
Girls
1) Kara (Even though Kara can be annoying from time to time, it's all in the character and in the line of her innocence.
2) Pam
3) Lupe (She is unbelivably good-looking!)
Allies
1) Q
2) Saunders
3) Pushkin (I like him but he pisses me off when he's ranting at Bond for missing Kara)
4) Felix (David Hedison)
5) Sharkey
6) Kamaran Shah
7) Felix (Terry, just awful)
1. Licence to Kill (#4)
2. The Living Daylights (#6)
Tim's Performance
Too close to call. Mr Dalton is bloody superb in both releases, TLD is a classic performance, while LTK is more animalistic.
1. Licence To Kill
2. The Living Daylights
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Georgi Koskov
3. Brad Whitaker
Henchmen
1. Necros
2. Dario
3. Milton Krest
4. Truman-Lodge
5. Prof. Joe Butcher
6. Ed Killifer
7. Colonel Heller
8. Braun
9. Gibraltar Assassin
Pre-Title Sequences
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Soundtracks
1. The Living Daylights (John Barry)
2. Licence to Kill (Michael Kamen)
Main Title Song
1. Licence to Kill by Gladys Knight
2. The Living Daylights by a-ha
Girls
1. Kara Milovy
2. Pam Bouvier
3. Lupe Lamora
4. Linda
Allies
1. Saunders
2. General Leonid Pushkin
3. Felix Leiter (David Hedison)
4. Kamran Shah
5. Sharkey
6. Felix Leiter (John Terry)
Films:
1. The Living Daylights (#1)
2. Licence To Kill (#2)
Dalton's Performance:
1. Licence To Kill
2. The Living Daylights
Bond Girls:
1. Kara Milovy
2. Pam Bouvier
3. Lupe Lamora
Main Villains:
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Brad Whittaker
3. Georgi Koskov
Henchmen:
1. Necros
2. Dario
Allies:
1. Gen. Leonid Pushkin
2. Saunders
3. Felix Leiter (Hedison)
4. Kamran Shah
5. Sharkey
Pre-Title Sequence:
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence To Kill
Title Sequence:
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence To Kill
Title Track:
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence To Kill
Soundtrack:
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence To Kill
For the record, I included (and ranked so high) the Gibraltar assassin because he doesn't speak a single word, yet I've never forgotten his face or that brilliant PTS since the first time I saw TLD. Very menacing and memorable character with no dialogue. Really shows how fantastic a film The Living Daylights is when even the no-name henchman is done brilliantly.
1) The Living Daylights (10)
2) Licence to Kill (19)
Tim's Performance
1) Licence To Kill (Less Bondian but better performance)
2) The Living Daylights
Main Villains
1) Sanchez
2) Koskov
3) Whitaker
Henchmen
1) Necros
2) Dario
Pre-Title Sequences
1) The Living Daylights
2) Licence to Kill
Soundtracks
1) The Living Daylights
2) Licence to Kill
Main Title Song
1) The Living Daylights
2) Licence to Kill
Girls
1) Kara
2) Pam
3) Lupe
Allies
1) Pushkin
2) Saunders
3) Leiter (Hedison)
4) Q
5) Shah
6) Sharkey
7) Leiter (Terry)
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Tim's Performance
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Brad Whitaker
3. Georgi Koskov
Henchmen
1. Necros
2. Dario
3. Gibraltar Assassin
4. Milton Krest
5. Braun
6. Colonel Heller
7. Truman-Lodge
8. Ed Killifer
9. Prof. Joe Butcher
Pre-Title Sequences
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Soundtracks
1. The Living Daylights (John Barry)
2. Licence to Kill (Michael Kamen)
Main Title Song
1. The Living Daylights by a-ha
2. Licence to Kill by Gladys Knight
Girls
1. Pam Bouvier richard Gere got it right!)
2. Kara Milovy
3. Linda
4. Lupe Lamora
Allies
1. General Leonid Pushkin
2. Kamran Shah
3. Sharkey
4. Felix Leiter (David Hedison)
5. Felix Leiter (John Terry)
6. Saunders (a bit of a dick)
Ummm.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2431853/Richard-Gere-wife-Carey-Lowell-set-divorce-split-11-years-marriage-different-lifestyles.html
Initially he got it right, but I stand corrected on the development of his taste. :\">
Movies
1. License to Kill
2. The Living Daylights
Timothy Dalton's Performance
Not much distinction here between the two, in my opinion- he's excellent in both!
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. General Georgi Koskov
3. Brad Whitaker
Henchmen
1. Necros
2. Dario
3. Truman-Lodge
4. Professor Joe Butcher
5. Milton Krest
6. Braun and Perez
7. Colonel Feyador
8. Sergeant Stagg
9. Ed Killifer
10. Colonel Heller
Bond Girls
1. Pam Bouvier
2. Lupe Lamora
3. Kara Milovy
Pre-Title Sequence
1. The Living Daylights
2. License to Kill
Soundtracks
1. The Living Daylights
2. License to Kill (I actually do like this soundtrack, contrary to most people's beliefs about it; I mean come on, it's the same composer who did the soundtrack to Die Hard!)
Main Title Songs
1. The Living Daylights
2. License to Kill
Allies
1. Felix Leiter (David Hedison version)
2. General Pushkin
3. Kamran Shaw
4. Sharkey
5. Felix Leiter (John Terry version)
6. Saunders (I know he came through in the end, but wow, there for a while, he's simply the epitome of annoying)
1 TLD
2 LTK
Main villains
1 Sanchez
2 Koskov
3 Whitaker
Henchmen
1 Necros
2 Dario
3 Gibraltar SMERSH impostor
4 Krest
5 Killifer
PTS
1 TLD
2 LTK
Soundtracks
1 TLD
2 LTK
Theme songs
1 The Living Daylights
2 Licence To Kill
Girls
1 Kara
2 Pam
3 Lupe
4 Linda
Allies
1 Sharkey
2 Felix Hedison
3 Pushkin
4 Saunders
5 Felix Terry
6 Kamran Shah
1. TLD- just beats LTK as it's more traditionally Bondian.
2. LTK- this gets major points as a Bond film for being darker and different from previous entries. Both films are excellent.
Tim's Performance
1. TLD/LTK- cannot decide/tie. Interesting to see so many members rating Tim's performance in both films as equal. He was very consistent, like Sean in FRWL-GF.
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez- one of the best in the series IMO.
2. Georgi Koskov
3. Brad Whitaker
Henchmen
1. Necros- kicks ass until he gets the boot; has the best non-Bond fight in the series against Green-4.
2. Dario
3. Milton Krest- I think he's a great character; I quite like Zerbe as an actor too.
4. Prof. Joe Butcher- bless his heart.
5. Killifer- at least he died a rich man.
6. Heller
7. Gibraltar Assassin
8. Truman-Lodge
PTS
1. TLD- annihilates LTK in this category, and one of the absolute best in the series.
2. LTK
Soundtracks
1. TLD
2. LTK
Main Title Song
1. LTK- perhaps a controversial choice, but I prefer the full length version of LTK over TLD.
2. TLD- I like it, but don't regard it as one of the classics.
Girls
1. Pam Bouvier- if she asked me to...
2. Kara Milovy- I wouldn't call her performance 'exquisite', but it was real- not just a dream.
3. Lupe Lamora- not just a pretty face... she's got a pretty figure, too.
Allies
1. Pushkin- Rhys Davies shines in every role he's in.
2. Q- unlike Bond, I was happy that he showed up at the hotel in LTK.
3. Felix (Hedison)- the best Felix.
4. Saunders- just when we start to care about him, he gets Necros'd.
5. Kamran Shah- not a bad ally, he's got a few funny moments.
6. Sharkey- he doesn't get to do much (except save Bond's life), but he's likeable enough.
7. Felix (Terry)- I felt the scene with Felix wasn't needed, especially considering it was a piss-poor performance.
Peformance - License to Kill
Main Villains -
#1 Franz Sanchez
#2 Brad Whitaker
Henchmen
#1 Dario
#2 Necros
#3 Colonel Heller
Pre Titles
#1 The Living Daylights
#2 License to Kill
Soundtracks
#1 The Living Daylights
#2 License to Kill
Theme Intro
#1 The Living Daylights
#2 License to Kill
Leading Women
#1 Pam Bouvier
#2 Lupe Lamora
#3 Kara Milovy
Allies
#1 Q
#2 Felix Leiter (more notably Hedison)
#3 Kamran Shah
#4 Saunders
#5 Leonid Pushkin
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Tim's Performance
A tie. Both are equally good.
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Georgi Koskov
3. Brad Whitaker
Henchmen
1. Necros
2. Dario
3. Gibraltar Assassin
4. Braun
5. Colonel Heller
6. Ed Kilifer
7. Milton Krest
8. Truman-Lodge
9. Joe Butcher
Pre-Title Sequences
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Soundtracks
1. The Living Daylights (John Barry)
2. Licence to Kill (Michael Kamen)
Main Title Song
1. The Living Daylights by a-ha
2. Licence to Kill by Gladys Knight
Female allies
1. Lupe Lamora
2. Kara Milovy
3. Linda
4. Pam Bouvier
Male Allies
1. Q
2. General Pushkin
3. Saunders
4. Felix Leiter (Hedison)
5. Kamran Shah
6. Sharkey
7. Felix Leiter (John Terry)
1. Licence to Kill (#1)
2. The Living Daylights (#3)
Tim's Performance
1. Licence to Kill
2. The Living Daylights
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Georgi Koskov
3. Brad Whitaker
Henchmen
1. Dario
2. Necros
3. Milton Krest
4. Prof. Joe Butcher
5. Ed Killifer
6. Braun
7. Colonel Heller
8. Truman-Lodge
9. Gibraltar Assassin
Pre-Title Sequences
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Soundtracks
1. The Living Daylights (John Barry)
2. Licence to Kill (Michael Kamen)
Main Title Song
1. "Licence to Kill" - Gladys Knight
2. "The Living Daylights" - a-ha
Girls
1. Pam Bouvier
2. Kara Milovy
3. Lupe Lamora
Allies
1. Felix Leiter (Hedison)
2. General Leonid Pushkin
3. Saunders
4. Kamran Shah
5. Sharkey
6. Felix Leiter (Terry)
Movies
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Tim's Performance
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Georgi Koskov
3. Brad Whitaker
Henchmen
1. Necros
2. Dario
3. Joe Butcher
4. Milton Krest
5. Ed Killifer
(forget the rest)
Pre-Title Sequences
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Soundtracks
1. The Living Daylights (John Barry)
2. Licence to Kill (Michael Kamen)
Main Title Song
1. "The Living Daylights"
2. "Licence to Kill"
Girls
1. Kara Milovy
2. Pam Bouvier
3. Lupe Lamora
Allies
1. Pushkin
2. Felix (Hedison)
3. Sharkey
4. Kamran Shah
5. Saunders
6. Felix Leiter (Terry)
1. LTK (#3)
2. TLD (#8)
Tim's Performance
1. LTK
2. TLD (Basically a tie for me)
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Georgi Koskov
3. Brad Whitaker (#1 is the only one that really matters)
Henchmen
1. Dario
2. Necros
3. Prof. Joe Butcher
4. Ed Killifer
5. Milton Krest
6. Truman-Lodge
7. Colonel Heller
8. Gibraltar Assassin
9. Braun (Overall kind of a weak assortment of henchmen)
Pre-Title Sequences
1. LTK
2. TLD (Again, kind of a tie)
Soundtracks
1. LTK (Michael Kamen)
2. TLD (John Barry)
Main Title Song
1. TLD (a-ha)
2. LTK (Gladys Knight) (Only slightly prefer TLD over LTK)
Girls
1. Pam Bouvier
2. Lupe Lamora
3. Kara Milovy
4. Linda
Allies
1. Felix Leiter (David Hedison)
2. General Leonid Pushkin
3. Kamran Shah
4. Saunders
5. Sharkey
6. Felix Leiter (John Terry)
Movies
1. LTK (#15)
2. TLD (#22)
Tim's Performance
1. LTK
2. TLD
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Georgi Koskov
3. Brad Whitaker
Henchmen
1. Dario
2. Necros
3. Gibraltar Assassin
4. Milton Krest
5. Killifer
6. Tie, all pretty weak.
Pre-Title Sequences
1. TLD
2. LTK
Soundtracks
1. TLD (John Barry)
2. LTK (Michael Kamen)
Main Title Song
1. LTK (Gladys Knight)
2. TLD (A-ha)
Girls
1. Pam Bouvier
2. Lupe Lamora
3. Kara Milovy
4. Linda
Allies
1.Sharkey
2. David Leiter
3. Saunders
4. Pushkin
5. John Leiter
6. Kamran Sha
Movies
1. TLD (#6)
2. LTK (#8)
Tim's Performance
1. TLD
2. LTK
Main Villains
1. Georgi Koskov
2. Brad Whitaker
3. Franz Sanchez
(in the villains game I ranked Sanchez higher because he's something of a franchise highlight as a villain. But in direct comparison, I like the other two more)
Henchmen
1. Gibraltar Assassin
2. Killifer
3. Necros
4. Krest
5. Dario
Pre-Title Sequences
1. LTK
2. TLD
Soundtracks
1. TLD
2. LTK
Main Title Song
1. TLD
2. LTK
Girls
1. Kara Milovy
2. Pam Bouvier
3. Lupe Lamora
Allies
1. Pushkin
2. Kamran Shah
3. Saunders
4. John Leiter
5. Sharkey
6. David Leiter
(David Leiter and Sharkey should be my favourites here, but I don't like the cruel way in which they're used for the plot)
2. Licence to Kill (#3)
Tim's Performance
1. Licence to Kill
2. The Living Daylights
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Georgi Koskov
3. Brad Whitaker
Henchmen
1. Dario
2. Necros
3. Milton Krest
4. Prof. Joe Butcher
5. Gibraltar Assassin
Pre-Title Sequences
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Soundtracks
1. The Living Daylights (John Barry)
2. Licence to Kill (Michael Kamen)
Main Title Song
1. "The Living Daylights" - a-ha
2. "Licence to Kill" - Gladys Knight
Girls
1. Pam Bouvier
2. Kara Milovy
3. Lupe Lamora
4. Girl on boat in TLD pre-title
Allies
2. Felix Leiter (Hedison)
3. General Leonid Pushkin
4. Saunders
5. Kamran Shah
6. Sharkey
7. Felix Leiter (Terry)
1. TLD (#4)
2. LTK (#18)
Tim's Performance
1. TLD
2. LTK
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Georgi Koskov
2. Brad Whitaker
Henchmen
1. Necros
2. Dario
3. Killifer
4. Gibraltar Assassin
5. Krest
Pre-Title Sequences
1. TLD
2. LTK
Soundtracks
1. TLD
2. LTK
Main Title Song
1. TLD
2. LTK
Girls
1. Kara Milovy
2. Lupe Lamora
3. Pam Bouvier
Allies
1. Pushkin
2. Kamran Shah
3. Saunders
4. John Leiter
5. Sharkey
6. David Leiter
1. LTK (#2)
2. TLD (#5)
Tim's Performance
1. LTK
2. TLD
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Georgi Koskov
3. Brad Whitaker
Henchmen
1. Necros
2. Dario
3. Prof. Joe Butcher
4. Milton Krest
5. Truman-Lodge
6. Ed Killifer
7. Colonel Heller
Pre-Title Sequences
1. TLD
2. LTK
Soundtracks
1. TLD (John Barry)
2. LTK (Michael Kamen)
Main Title Song
1. TLD (a-ha)
2. LTK (Gladys Knight)
Girls
1. Kara Milovy
2. Pam Bouvier
3. Lupe Lamora
Allies
1. General Leonid Pushkin
2. Felix Leiter (David Hedison)
3. Kamran Shah
4. Saunders
5. Sharkey
6. Felix Leiter (John Terry)
1. The Living Daylights (#4)
2. Licence to Kill (#5)
Tim’s Perfomance
1. Licence to Kill
2. The Living Daylights
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Brad Whitaker
3. Georgi Koskov
Henchmen
1. Dario
2. Necros
3. Ed Killifer
4. Milton Krest
5. Prof. Joe Butcher
6. Colonel Heller
7. Truman-Lodge
Gunbarrels
1. Licence to Kill
2. The Living Daylights
Pre-Title Sequences
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Soundtracks
1.The Living Daylights (John Barry)
2. Licence to Kill (Michael Kamen)
Main Title Song
1. Licence to Kill (Gladys Knight)
2. The Living Daylights (a-Ha)
End Credits Song
1. The Living Daylights (If There Was a Man by Chrissy Hynde)
2. Licence to Kill (If You Asked Me To by Patti LaBelle)
Girls
1. Pam Bouvier - She’s a fox 🦊
2. Kara Milovy
3. Lupe Lamora
Allies
1. Q
2. General Leonid Pushkin
3. Felix Leiter (Dave Hedison)
4. Saunders
5. Kamran Shah
6. Sharkey
7. Felix Leiter (John Terry)
1. Licence to Kill (#3)
2. The Living Daylights (#7)
Tim's Performance
1. Licence to Kill
2. The Living Daylights
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Georgi Koskov
3. Brad Whitaker
Henchmen
1. Necros
2. Dario
3. Prof. Joe Butcher
4. Milton Krest
5. Gibraltar Assassin
6. Colonel Heller
7. Truman-Lodge
8. Ed Killifer
9. Braun
Pre-Title Sequences
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Soundtracks
1. The Living Daylights (John Barry)
2. Licence to Kill (Michael Kamen)
Main Title Song
1. The Living Daylights by a-ha
2. Licence to Kill by Gladys Knight (three VERY tough and close calls for me in a row in TLD's favour)
Girls
1. Kara Milovy
2. Pam Bouvier
3. Linda
5. Lupe Lamora (she shouldn't have been a romantic conquest)
Allies
1. Saunders
2. Sharkey
3. General Leonid Pushkin
4. Felix Leiter (David Hedison)
5. Kamran Shah
6. Felix Leiter (John Terry)
1. Licence to Kill
2. The Living Daylights
Bond Performances
1. Licence to Kill
2. The Living Daylights
Main Villains
1. Franz Sanchez
2. Georgi Koskov
Henchmen
1. Necros
2. Dario
3. Milton Krest
4. Joe Butcher
5. Truman-Lodge
6. Perez
7. Brad Whitaker
8. Ed Killifer
9. Imposter 00
10. Braun
Main Girls
1. Pamela Bouvier
2. Kara Milovy
Minor Girls
1. Lupe Lamora
2. Linda
Allies (excluding MI6)
1. Sharkey
2. Saunders
3. Felix Leiter (Licence to Kill)
4. Kamran Shah
5. Rosika Miklos
6. Felix Leiter (The Living Daylights)
Pre-Title Sequences
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
Title Sequences
1. Licence to Kill
2. The Living Daylights
Gunbarrels
1. Licence to Kill
2. The Living Daylights
Title Songs
1. Licence to Kill
2. The Living Daylights
Soundtracks
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence to Kill
TLD