WHO is James Bond?
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Topic: WHO is James Bond?
Posted By: Rabid
Subject: WHO is James Bond?
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 00:13
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Only ONE for me......Connery, every time.
Or Brosnan?  ------------- "...the thing IS, to put a motor in yourself..." |
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 00:19
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You left out Brosnan ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 00:19
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Since I can't vote for Peter Sellers, I'll choose the next best option - Niven! Though I do like the non-spoofs too.
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 00:21
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Sean Connery as if there is any question. Pierce Brosnan? |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 00:24
Clearly no one else who has voted has watched the original Casino Royale yet. How many people in that movie were James Bond - 007? 
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Posted By: Rabid
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 03:44
Hahahaha..........perhaps I should have included Woody Allen, too
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SaltyJon wrote:Posted By: Weirdamigo
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 04:08
| Moore gets my vote - a true english bad- a.....rear end gentleman (must ......resist urge to curse on forums) |
Posted By: Zebedee
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 04:47
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Connery, without a doubt.
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Posted By: Textbook
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 05:20
| Does anyone else listen to The Monks? Because I had a hope this thread was about them. |
Posted By: caretaker
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 07:43
| I never cared too much about James Bond until Moore except for the books. I also liked him in The Saint. |
Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 13:05
| I am. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 13:08
To include everyone who went by the name James Bond or 007 at one point or another, you'd have to include like half the cast of the movie. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 13:08
ah snap. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 13:29
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 14:03
| Connery for me: he's somewhat the ultimate Bond in some way, but I also like Moore who was the first Bond I saw. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 14:10
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Holness (Bob)
Or Connery (The young version) ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 12:17
| Connery, but I like the darkness that Craig has brought to the character. |
Posted By: Adams Bolero
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 14:58
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I always liked Roger Moore's portrayal of Bond. Moonraker is my favourite Bond film. ------------- ''Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.'' - Albert Camus |
Posted By: Rabid
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 18:15
Did you know Bob Holness played the sax solo on Gerry Rafferty's 'Baker Street'?
 I'll have an E, please, Bob.
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 18:29
Urban Myth Alert!! From Wiki-
Holness was the subject of an /wiki/Urban_myth - urban myth , initiated in the 1980s by broadcaster /wiki/Stuart_Maconie - Stuart Maconie who, while writing for the /wiki/New_Musical_Express - New Musical Express (in a section called 'Would You Believe It?'), claimed that Holness played the /wiki/Saxophone - saxophone solo on /wiki/Gerry_Rafferty - Gerry Rafferty 's song " /wiki/Baker_Street_%28song%29 - Baker Street " (1978). The true performer was /wiki/Raphael_Ravenscroft - Raphael Ravenscroft . The story clearly appealed to Holness' sense of humour as he has often played along with the myth, and has also at various times jokingly claimed to be the lead guitarist on /wiki/Derek_and_the_Dominoes - Derek and the Dominoes ' " /wiki/Layla - Layla " and the mysterious individual putting /wiki/Elvis_Presley - Elvis Presley off his stride on the famous 'laughing' version of " /wiki/Are_You_Lonesome_Tonight%3F_%28song%29 - Are You Lonesome Tonight? ".[ /wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed - citation needed ] He was recorded confirming the Baker Street story in a 1993 interview on STOIC, Student Television of Imperial College. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Rabid
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 18:39
Seconded......Moore was mainly about pathetic jokey one-liners. Spying was/is a serious, nasty business.
One thing about Craig, tho......his head looked too small for his body.
Point of note : For anyone who's interested, there's a chapter in 'The Man with the Golden Gun' where M reads Bond's dossier :
Father : Scottish
Mother : Swiss
So, Englishmen, Irishmen, and Australians NEED NOT APPLY. ------------- "...the thing IS, to put a motor in yourself..." |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 18:41
That Roger Daltry guy is my favorite.   Connery is kind of the classiest, but Craig ain't too shabby. I think my first one was Live And Let Die, so Moore works for me. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Rabid
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 18:48
Oh well......that's shut ME up, then, ain't it ?
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 18:57
Switch Craig and Brosnan and you'll have my exact list. Connery is quite overrated. |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 18:57
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Connery was the coolest.
But Dalton seemed to match the description in Fleming's books.
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Posted By: Rabid
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 19:00
Did you know that Bob Holness did'nt play the sax on Gerry Rafferty's 'Baker Street' ?
I'll have another E, please Bob.
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Posted By: Rabid
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 19:02
See me.........shooooooooooot me !
ps: What about Charles Brosnan ? How'd he do ?
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Posted By: Rabid
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 19:18
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Whoa.....got to give an honorary mention to James Coburn.....'Our Man Flint'....the US Bond.
He was coolo, and the women were WELL tasty, too !!  ------------- "...the thing IS, to put a motor in yourself..." |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 19:55
Of course there was some feeeeeeel me going on.... ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: August 22 2010 at 12:54
| Just to be the ball buster-none of the above, he's a fictional character in a series of really good books written by Ian Fleming. These are just actors trying to portray him and each brings their own perspective to the role. We as individuals have our own preferences as to that interpretation. The real correct answer is-"The one I like the best." |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 22 2010 at 13:15
Well done for stating the bleeding obvious. And your point is?
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 22 2010 at 13:17
Really?
I'll have a P please Bob.Did you know he played James Bond but before any of the above (Oh, and on the radio)  ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: August 22 2010 at 23:48
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John Dee (13 July 1527–1608 or 1609)
He was in the court of Queen Elizebeth the First and he often signed his name followed by 007. He was a Kabbalist amoung other things and that is where the idea of 007 came from.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 23 2010 at 02:32
how do you manage to make a poll about the different actors who have playd Bond without including Pierce Brosnan  who had the third longest carear as Bond after Connery and Moore
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Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: August 23 2010 at 06:47
Thank you, I do enjoy stating the obvious-some one has to do it! That's my point.  Personally, I prefer Connery, but Daniel Craig brought an interesting edge to the character too.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 23 2010 at 07:56
Yeah.......don't really like him as Bond anymore, even though I grew up with him and Moore. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: August 23 2010 at 10:13
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Craig's Bond has already become stale. Bring back the gadgets. Bring back "Q" ( John Cleese ) . Best Bond was Lazenby. Best Bond girl was Mrs. Peel ( Diana Rigg ).
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