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suavejmf

Send the bar man over please......

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suavejmf
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
Favourite Fleming Novel
Dr No
Favourite Bond Film
From Russia With Love
Favourite Bond Actor
Sean Connery
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  • sandbagger1 wrote: » I think Bond should appear to be somewhere between 6' to 6'2''. Below that makes Bond something of an underdog, whilst a 6'4'' - 6'5'' Bond runs the risk of making it look like he's successful because he has a big physical adv…
  • Resurrection wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » I wonder sometimes if people would consider an actor too tall for Bond. Not someone who is more than 6'3, i would say. But can't say much about general audience preference. I’d agree. 6…
  • ToTheRight wrote: » Controversial opinion: I actually prefer Brosnan's extra bulk in DAD to his leaner frame in GOLDENEYE. There are a few shots in his first outing where I feel he looks a little too thin. I think he looked his best in TND. …
  • mtm wrote: » I still don't care how tall people are on a screen. I'll be interested to see how he fares in the Uncharted movie. Seems an odd way to go as Drake is supposed to have been around the block a bit, but I'll give it a go. Fair pl…
  • NickTwentyTwo wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » NickTwentyTwo wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » NickTwentyTwo wrote: » He was a passable hobbit. Talking of Hobbits...there’s are lot about a Tom Holland as Bond in the press. It’s ridiculou…
  • NickTwentyTwo wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » NickTwentyTwo wrote: » He was a passable hobbit. Talking of Hobbits...there’s are lot about a Tom Holland as Bond in the press. It’s ridiculous. Nick Nack, yes. Bond, no. Nick Nack?…
  • NickTwentyTwo wrote: » He was a passable hobbit. Talking of Hobbits...there’s are lot about a Tom Holland as Bond in the press. It’s ridiculous. Nick Nack, yes. Bond, no.
  • Benny wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Controversial opinion: Callum Turner is actually not a bad choice, he looks a bit young at the moment, but give it another five years. We keep forgetting - Bond SHOULD be a svelte Englishman with a pl…
  • Ludovico wrote: » NickTwentyTwo wrote: » I’ve watched DAD many times and the thought that Bond at any point in the film is “chubby” never even began to enter my mind. Completely insane. He does look well fed for a man who's been impriso…
  • Benny wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » M - Current is ok. Moneypenny - Current is ok. Q - Just awful, recast. Tanner - Bland, wet lettuce, recast. Interested to see your reasons concerning Ben Whishaw as Q @suavejmf We're all different of…
  • echo wrote: » It's crap vodka, IMHO. The Modeo and Smirnoff are pure marketing. Middle of the road affordable brands with no glamour. They shouldn’t really appear in a modern Bond film...but sponsorship money talks.
  • jobo wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » Dragonpol wrote: » DaltonFan wrote: » @Dragonpol: Fun fact: His father was also a Bo…
  • Benny wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Controversial opinion: Callum Turner is actually not a bad choice, he looks a bit young at the moment, but give it another five years. We keep forgetting - Bond SHOULD be a svelte Englishman with a pl…
  • M - Current is ok. Moneypenny - Current is ok. Q - Just awful, recast. Tanner - Bland, wet lettuce, recast.
  • DaltonFan wrote: » I read in Vanity Fair that Kim Jong Un is a real big fan of the Daniel Craig Bond films and rumor has it that one of the reasons he had Sony Pictures hacked was because he wanted to find out about the plot, etc., of Spectre, whi…
  • DaltonFan wrote: » What about Benedict Cumberbatch? I used to think that Henry Cavil might be a good choice (I liked him in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.), but his character in Mission Impossible Fallout really got on my nerves. I kept wanting to slap …
  • DewiWynBond wrote: » Callum Turner reminds me of a young Roger Moore lol I was impress after watching The Capture https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00085sx , he plays a tough guy quite well. But the difference is that Roger is handsome…
  • NickTwentyTwo wrote: » suavejmf wrote: » NickTwentyTwo wrote: » I think I've finally found the candidate we can all agree on: (Spoiler) Eh? Eh? A South American? This is a joke right? Narcos is great, but this guy is more Sanc…
  • FatherValentine wrote: » ImpertinentGoon wrote: » Controversial opinions? In the controversial opinions thread? The audacity! To stoke the fire even more: There is nothing coincidental about the foster brother thing. It's not like Blofeld w…
  • FatherValentine wrote: » jobo wrote: » Bond is full of coincidences. The most famous example is probably in Thunderball where Bond just happens to bump into a Spectre member and finding a vital clue at Shrublands. Now imagine Count Lipp…
  • Denbigh wrote: » FatherValentine wrote: » Denbigh wrote: » I still think he'd be great. Could be a dark horse :) Why do you like him so much? What are you seeing that we can't? Happy to have my mind changed... Well, for one, I …
  • NickTwentyTwo wrote: » I think I've finally found the candidate we can all agree on: (Spoiler) Eh? Eh? A South American? This is a joke right? Narcos is great, but this guy is more Sanchez than Bond.
  • Ludovico wrote: » What bothered me the most about the foster brother angle is that it was awfully contrived. I wouldn't have minded Blofeld killing Hauberhoser in the past. It would have also been contrived, but not unlike "ordinary" contrivances …
  • ThighsOfXenia wrote: » They're both really bad. The whistle is far more egregious though because it nearly destroys what was, at the time, one of the best car stunts ever captured on film. The moment in OP is over as quickly as it begins. As mu…
  • Denbigh wrote: » Just gonna put this up. New image from his upcoming film. Suit doesn't look great but he does :) I’m still not getting it personally mate.
  • In DAD: Has anyone ever wondered how Bond must be the first PoW to come out of custody chubby? When Bond mentions a Concierge he doesn’t seem to be joking. Gourmet meals galore it seems in that prison!
  • mtm wrote: » I dunno, I think you very much get the feel Hiddleston was using it as his Bond audition piece. Plus the whole set up is very Licence To Kill, only with arms instead of drugs. I’d agree. Right down to the ordering of the ‘Vodka…
  • Benny wrote: » https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/6520848/bridgerton-rege-jean-page-james-bond/amp/ Take with a huge grain of salt. I hope there’s no grain of truth to it.
  • suavejmf wrote: » Revelator wrote: » I've read all the Gardners and one of the Bensons. Gardner is a capable thriller writer, but none of his books felt like they were cut from the same cloth as Fleming's. They're ersatz pastiche Bond, and …
  • Revelator wrote: » I've read all the Gardners and one of the Bensons. Gardner is a capable thriller writer, but none of his books felt like they were cut from the same cloth as Fleming's. They're ersatz pastiche Bond, and though they have momen…