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I came to Bond through the novels, which kept me sane when I was a bored, lonely teenager at boarding-school, but I'm partial to the movies too, especially the Dalton era. I also love all the post-Bond spoofs and campy spy franchises, Get Smart in particular (hence username).
My MI6 credentials:
- As a teen, I went on BBC Radio 4 to talk about why I loved Bond (I sincerely hope all recordings of this have been destroyed)
- My friend and I won a Bond quiz at the V&A Museum by a single point, despite having a bitter argument about For Your Eyes Only in the middle of it
- I once got to hold a first edition of Casino Royale, and I still slightly regret not doing a runner with it
the new members.
That is all anyone can do. I'm sure that you'll fit in nicely here. :)
Not me.
Anyway, I went through a brief Bond fandom stage in my teenage years, at which time I preferred Dalton as Bond. This culminated in Goldeneye on N64 for my eighteenth birthday and far too many Martinis in celebration. As time has gone on, I decided I quite liked the Brosnan era, apart from Die Another Day, and the weaker elements in Tomorrow Never Dies (any moment Johnathan Pryce or his Jean-Pau
Anyway, I went through a brief Bond fandom stage in my teenage years, at which time I preferred Dalton as Bond. This culminated in Goldeneye on N64 for my eighteenth birthday and far too many Martinis in celebration. As time has gone on, I decided I quite liked the Brosnan era, apart from Die Another Day, and the weaker elements in Tomorrow Never Dies (any moment Johnathan Pryce or his Jean-Paul Gaultier issue henchman is on screen basically) with probably the same nostalgia my father had for Connery. I am not a fan of the Craig reboots...I don't like obvious reboots in general (it's already implicit in Bond films after all...) and aside from some excellent cinematography, don't feel they have much to offer in a positive way. (Craig portrays his character well, but I am not quite sure who that character is supposed to actually be...)
I did read quite a few Fleming novels at around that time (ironically, I don't think he is the best Bond Author, OHMSS is...pretty bad.) and liked a few newer ones (Raymond Benson has a certain charm, the Jeffrey Deaver one was excellent and deserved a follow up, I read the Gardner novelisation of LTK and License Renewed, but have basically forgotten everything about them.) as well as branching out into British Espionage Fiction in general (I feel it's a different category to the American Spy Novel, they tend to be...louder.) and have a soft spot for Spooks over on TV.
Anyway, I went through a brief Bond fandom stage in my teenage years, at which time I preferred Dalton as Bond. This culminated in Goldeneye on N64 for my eighteenth birthday and far too many Martinis in celebration. As time has gone on, I decided I quite liked the Brosnan era, apart from Die Another Day, and the weaker elements in Tomorrow Never Dies (any moment Johnathan Pryce or his Jean-Paul Gaultier issue henchman is on screen basically) with probably the same nostalgia my father had for Connery. I am not a fan of the Craig reboots...I don't like obvious reboots in general (it's already implicit in Bond films after all...) and aside from some excellent cinematography, don't feel they have much to offer in a positive way. (Craig portrays his character well, but I am not quite sure who that character is supposed to actually be...)
I did read quite a few Fleming novels at around that time (ironically, I don't think he is the best Bond Author, OHMSS is...pretty bad.) and liked a few newer ones (Raymond Benson has a certain charm, the Jeffrey Deaver one was excellent and deserved a follow up, I read the Gardner novelisation of LTK and License Renewed, but have basically forgotten everything about them.) as well as branching out into British Espionage Fiction in general (I feel it's a different category to the American Spy Novel, they tend to be...louder.) and have a soft spot for Spooks over on TV.
It's the overall complicated villain plot, the 'guid and bloody' steaks and the harem comedy nature. It's been twenty years since I read it, and it sticks in my head as much for the wrong reasons as the right ones. (Urine invisible ink on passport pages and being told of for blood alcohol being too high...watch as a knuckle duster...well..that would knacker your own hand pretty fast...) it's kind of put me off the Fleming bond altogether actually. Though I still like my old edition of Live and Let Die with the pretty pin up girl sat on a gun for a cover, and quite liked From Russia With Love. Casino Royals was hard work, then OHMSS killed it for me.
Welcome aboard, @KONNEENN! I am Northern Irish myself. :)
Yes, I'd say that I am in control of the NI section, though there are relatively few of us here, I think, so that may not mean much! :D