The world of James Bond

Michel Van said:
In that disastrous Argyle hat Cavill around 5 minute screen time,


Deep analysis by Doomcock on matter.
There is Catch 22 in Amazon Deal, he he he...
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Doomcock is usually spot on about these things. To me, the franchise started to go downhill after Casino Royale. If Amazon got everything, and they are hurting for money, they might release the 007 blooper reel. This film contains pretty much all the bloopers from past films. It has never been seen by the public. IMG_6134.png
 
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edwest4 said:
Watching James Bond movies in the 1960s worked along with the social atmosphere present in the U.S. at the time. The average person lived in a modest home surrounded by others in the same situation.
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Bond films were a type of travelogue, in some respects.

Ali Karim Bey was my favorite character of all--he a man Bond looked up to...earthy....like Anthony Quinn characters.

I never trusted people who were too slick.
 
Dennis Villeneuve is in talks to make Bond Movie after DUNE 3
his choice for Bond is actor Callum Turne
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I would have liked to see Henry Cavill.
But if Amazon is now in charge of the Bond franchise, I consider it dead.
 
Pardon me.

Brett Davidson said:
That sort of glamour was so compelling then because people had fewer channels to see it, so every new Bond film was a revelation. Now with a saturation of media images of high style and a plethora of publications like GQ, brand itself is product (Hell, I have a Bentley paperweight). That glamour may still be out of reach for most people, but it's imagery is as ubiquitous as wallpaper - and that's what it's always been, imagery.

Mad Men managed seven seasons in an imagined version of the 60s and audiences found it addictive. Atomic Blonde set itself firmly in an imaginary version of the 80s, mixing neon and grime and cranking up the nostalgia ('99 Luftballons' and 'Blue Monday' anyone?). I loved the retrofuturistic aesthetic of Gattaca where you could see the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and classic Citroen DS's. Maybe the future of Bond is to drop all pretense at contemporary realism and inhabit an entirely fantastic world of no fixed time with highly stylised cinematography.
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According to a friend of mine who was in Berlin in the 1980s, Atomic Blonde got the atmosphere very solid.



Justo Miranda said:
A culture that has FTL technology and perfect robots does not need truck drivers with union claims, they are only meat for the monster.
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The synths in Aliens are NOT perfect.
 
Before using the Czech M-52, this individual used a Beretta for a time:
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I heard that he hated the Browning High-Power, as a slug bounced off teeth…a bad round if true.

Joseph Edward Sieff was his first victim back on December the 30th, 1973. He survived.
 
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Having grown up with the Bond Films and seen the early ones at my long gone local cinema (now a supermarket) with other children on a Saturday morning (the films were kept suitable for all ages even then) I can trace the decades by the actors who played him.and the influence of other films.
Sean Connery fits perfectly into the first four Bond films which stick pretty much to the stories in the novels.
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE takes an unfilmable novel and turns it into a glorious travelogue to Hong Kong and Japan with a catchy space themed plot edged with DR STRANGELOVE.
Connery is absent for OHMSS which is another travelogue this time in Europe. George Lazenby fits the story quite well but DIana Rigg was already a TV star (Emma Peel in THE AVENGERS) and other younger women remind us that we have reached 1968.
Connery returns for DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. By now the US has taken over as the main influence..Fortunately the novel takes place largely in Las Vegas so it provides a good basis for an exaggerated version with US satellites and helicopter gunships.
Fresh from his TV work (THE SAINT THE PERSUADERS) Roger Moore was the right Bond for the tongue in cheek tacky 1970s. LIVE AND LET DIE (SHAFT starring a bloke from England) MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (KUNG FU starring a bloke from England) MOONRAkER (STAR WARS starring a bloke from England) and so on. Bond is now TV fare and shown in the UK at Christmas.
Moore carried on into the 80s with this formula but by the end even he had had enough.
His replacement was Timothy Dalton, a more serious Bond but a name that never really stuck with audiences. The Bond franchise went back to TV for the next Bond, Pierce Brosnan. By now the US takeover was complete. Brosnan was an Irish American actor making typical Hollywood comic book movies. He was the ideal Bond for the 90s.
OK so you see where I am going with this. Bond rather like his early 60s TV stablemate DR WHO changes to suit prevailing fashions and audiences. So why should 2026 be any different.
 
publiusr said:
I heard that he hated the Browning High-Power, as a slug bounced off teeth…a bad round if true.
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Pretty sure the 9mm was not bouncing off teeth, not even Jaws :cool:

Browing HI power used the 9 x 19 Parabellum in the early years then moved to the 40 SW in the 90's it was a very effective round used by a lot of firearms.

The 9x19mm Parabellum (9mm Luger, 9mm NATO, or 9mm Parabellum) is one of the most widely used cartridge types in the world, since its invention around 1901. The 1908 Luger being the most famous, followed by the MP-40, Sten gun and my favorites the MP-5K/MP-5 SD.

When I was living the in the US my carry piece (was an FFL holder early 90's) was the H&K P7 pared with the 9x19mm 147-grain subsonic hollow point round. It was an effective combination.

From Wikipedia......................

Semi-Automatic Pistols
  • Beretta: 92 (F & FS), Px4 Storm, M9/M9A1/M9A3/M9A4, M1951, 90two, 8000, 9000, Nano, APX
  • Glock: 17, 18/18C, 19/19X, 26, 34, 43X, 45, 48
  • SIG Sauer: P226/P226R, P229/P229R, P228, P320, P365, P210, P938, SP2022/SIG Pro, M17
  • Heckler & Koch (HK): USP, P30, P2000, VP9, VP70, P7M13/P7M8, P9S
  • CZ (Česká zbrojovka): CZ 75 (Automatic/Tactical Sports/Shadow 2), CZ 85, CZ 100, CZ 110, CZ 2075 RAMI, P-10 C/F/S, Scorpion Evo 3
  • Smith & Wesson (S&W): M&P9 (Shield/EZ/2.0), Model 39, Model 59, 5906, SD9 VE, SW99, 459, 469, 6904
  • Walther: P38, P5, P88, P99, PPQ, PDP, PPS, CCP
  • FN Herstal: Hi-Power (original & new), 509, FNS, FNP, FNX, HiPer, HP-DA, Reflex
  • Springfield Armory: XD/XD-M/XD-S, Hellcat/Hellcat Pro, 1911 EMP, Echelon, Prodigy
  • Others: Luger P08, Jericho 941, Bersa Thunder 9, Taurus PT92/TH/G3/GX4, Arsenal Strike One, Kel-Tec P11/PF-9/P15, Steyr M/GB, Astra 600/A-70/A-80/A-100, MAB PA-15, MAC Mle 1950, Ruger Security-9/LC9/P-Series
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Submachine Guns (SMGs) and Machine Pistols
  • Heckler & Koch (HK): MP5 (and all variants like MP5K-N), UMP9, MP9
  • Uzi: Standard Uzi, Mini Uzi, Micro Uzi, Uzi Pro
  • Beretta: Model 12/M12S, M1918, Model 38, Mx4 Storm, PMX
  • B&T (Brügger & Thomet): APC9, MP9, TP9
  • Others: Sten (Mk II, V, etc.), Sterling, Carl Gustav m/45, MP 40, PP-19-01 Vityaz, Saiga-9, KRISS Vector 9x19, Colt 9mm SMG, CZ Scorpion Evo 3 (SMG), FAMAE SAF, F1 SMG, MAT-49, Sterling SAR-87, Agram 2000, Ares FMG
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Carbines, Rifles, and Pistol Caliber Carbines (PCC)
  • Beretta: Cx4 Storm
  • Ruger: PC Carbine, PC Charger
  • Kel-Tec: Sub-2000
  • CMMG: MkG
  • Others: Marlin Camp Carbine, Sterling Mk 7, Calico M960A, STM-9
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Revolvers (9mm variants)
  • Chiappa: Rhino (various models)
  • Ruger: LCR, New Model Blackhawk (convertible)
  • Taurus: Model 85, 905
  • Others: CR 200DS
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Other/Specialty
  • Bond Arms: BullPup 9
  • Brügger & Thomet: VP9 (discreet weapon)
  • Demro: TAC
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Halcyon66 said:
Pretty sure the 9mm was not bouncing off teeth, not even Jaws :cool:
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There's a record of a dude in Iraq who was shot right below the nose and all it did was knock out one tooth. By all rights he should be dead, that's a T-slot hit that should have exited through his brain stem. Must have been a bad load of either 9x19 or 9x18, I forget which weapon the insurgent was using.
 
According to Ian Fleming, who had the Daily Express draw a character image (provided below) of James Bond, based on the original Bond novel, Casino Royale, he was described as more of a rougher type of character, complete with three inch scar on his face, than the spit-polished Bond of later works. Fleming also idolized his brother Peter (provided below) who is similar to the character sketch and was identified as one of the inspirations for Bond. Maybe Callum Turne's thin and angular features adheres to the original Bond persona.
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So long Daniel Craig... The identity of the new James Bond has been revealed

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The seventh 007: Identity of the new James Bond revealed

The casting news we’ve all been waiting for has finally dropped, and the reveal of Daniel Craig's successor as 007 may surprise some James Bond fans... #Cinema
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Definitely shaken and not stirred.

Or April Fool?

Regards,
 
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NMaude said:
So introducing Jane Bond?
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Jamie Bond.

On the face of it, nothing wrong with having a female 00 agent. Plus, the Bond identity was always given to a new agent every so often.

So make her an Ellen Ripley character. Competent, allowed to be scared sometimes, but going to do the job because it needs to be done. IIRC in the real world, they had to add females to SEAL and Delta teams to help them blend into the locals more. Because a dozen military age men moving together is obviously a combat unit.
 
Scott Kenny said:
So make her an Ellen Ripley character.
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"The name is Ripley, Ellen Ripley", yeah Ripley as Bond would be interesting.

Scott Kenny said:
IIRC in the real world, they had to add females to SEAL and Delta teams to help them blend into the locals more. Because a dozen military age men moving together is obviously a combat unit.
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I didn't know that but it makes a lot of sense, a dozen strange buff young guys wondering around together would look a bit fishy to the locals.
 

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