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[thecasinoroyale]

Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig....Bond perfection!


Walther PPK:

With silencer

OR

Without

??

[glidrose]

Without

Better Fleming triple read:

Live and Let Die & Diamonds are Forever & The Property of a Lady

Moonraker & Thunderball & From a View to a Kill

...remember, we're discussing the books, not the films.

[PrinceKamalKhan]

Moonraker & Thunderball & From a View to a Kill

The women of The Living Daylights

or

The women of Diamonds Are Forever?

[Jaws0178]

The Women of The Living Daylights. Maryam Dabo, at the very least.

weird thing you'd like to see happen in a Bond movie

Bond gets a cold, and spends the first quarter of the movie getting over it

or

Bond is required to go undercover as a Junkyard owner.

[thecasinoroyale]

Bond gets a cold, and spends the first quarter of the movie getting over it..I wonder how hardcore he really is!


The one thing you DON'T want to see in 'Skyfall'...


James Bond going alone as a rogue agent working beyond M and MI6's control

OR

Heavy CGI for special effects and stunt-work

??

[DominicGreene]

Bond gets a cold, and spends the first quarter of the movie getting over it..I wonder how hardcore he really is!


The one thing you DON'T want to see in 'Skyfall'...


James Bond going alone as a rogue agent working beyond M and MI6's control

OR

Heavy CGI for special effects and stunt-work

??

Heavy CGI. I'd rather see a good story then have the cinematography ruined.

Here's a tough one guys!

1. Daniela Bianchi

OR

2. Olga Kurylenko

Edited by DominicGreene, 03 February 2012 - 12:12 PM.

[thecasinoroyale]

Blast, you swine!!

Because I watched 'Quantum' last night and I was reminded how amazing she is both in looks and actual acting as a tough yet fragile Bond girl... I go for Olga Kurylenko!


In 'Skyfall'...


Camille Montes returns from 'Quantum Of Solace' to assist Bond

OR

Judi Dench's M is killed at the start of the movie

??

[PrinceKamalKhan]

Judi Dench's M is killed at the start of the movie

Would you rather have:

Faithful screen adaptation of "From A View To A Kill" but no For Your Eyes Only

or

Faithful screen adaptation of Moonraker but no From Russia With Love?

[Trevelyan 006]

Faithful screen adaptation of "From A View To A Kill" but no For Your Eyes Only

You're In A Bar Fight, To Back You Up, The 007 Dou You Choose Is:

George Lazenby And Daniel Craig

Or

Timothy Dalton And Pierce Brosnan

[glidrose]

You're In A Bar Fight, To Back You Up, The 007 You Choose:

George Lazenby And Daniel Craig

Somebody else can finish my turn.

[Eric Stromberg]

You're In A Bar Fight, To Back You Up, The 007 You Choose:

George Lazenby And Daniel Craig

Somebody else can finish my turn.

Definitely Lazenby and Craig for the bar fight!

Would you rather see in a future film:

An exploration of Bond's pre-007 exploits in the SAS

or

A flash forward to his adventures as a gun for hire post-MI6?

[Mr. Blofeld]

The former; it'd probably be interesting to see a Bond post-Young Bond, pre-Casino Royale... at least, to me it'd be. :-)


Faithful MR directed by Ken Russell

or

Faithful DAF directed by Don Siegel

or

Faithful TSWLM directed by John Cassavetes

or

Faithful YOLT directed by Akira Kurosawa

?

[PrinceKamalKhan]

Faithful DAF directed by Don Siegel

Better unused early script/story draft:

Diamonds Are Forever: Goldfinger's twin brother(played by Gert Fröbe) is a shipping magnate. He houses a diamond powered laser cannon in the hull of his supertanker to attack the free world

or

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: Blofeld is Goldfinger's half brother(also played by Gert Fröbe). Bond drives an Aston Martin to goes underwater(later used in TSWLM). Bond escapes with the help of a chimpanzee. He marries Tracy in a truck with M as his best man. and that Bond kills Blofeld and Bunt at the end by toppling a statue on them. Also, Bond escapes a place with the help of a chimpanzee. Bond and Tracy are in a parked car, Blofeld and Irma drive by and shoot Tracy dead. Bond topples a statue on Blofeld and Irma's car which kills them?

[glidrose]

Faithful DAF directed by Don Siegel

Better unused early script/story draft:

Diamonds Are Forever: Goldfinger's twin brother(played by Gert Fröbe) is a shipping magnate. He houses a diamond powered laser cannon in the hull of his supertanker to attack the free world

or

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: Blofeld is Goldfinger's half brother(also played by Gert Fröbe). Bond drives an Aston Martin to goes underwater(later used in TSWLM). Bond escapes with the help of a chimpanzee. He marries Tracy in a truck with M as his best man. and that Bond kills Blofeld and Bunt at the end by toppling a statue on them. Also, Bond escapes a place with the help of a chimpanzee. Bond and Tracy are in a parked car, Blofeld and Irma drive by and shoot Tracy dead. Bond topples a statue on Blofeld and Irma's car which kills them?

Are you kidding me? Early OHMSS drafts had all that?

Tell me you're kidding.

I'll go with the unused DAF draft, thank you. It's not so DAFt.

Which director deserved another callback?

Roger Spottiswoode (for any film)

Lee Tamahori (for any film)

Guy Hamilton (for TSWLM only)

Faithful MR directed by Ken Russell

MR directed by Ken Russell could never be faithful. One wonders if you've ever seen a Ken Russell film.

Edited by glidrose, 04 February 2012 - 09:46 PM.

[Mr. Blofeld]

Faithful MR directed by Ken Russell

MR directed by Ken Russell could never be faithful. One wonders if you've ever seen a Ken Russell film.

Originally, I'd put it down as Ken Loach, but then I felt that was going a mite too far... :-P

Besides, Russell directed Billion-Dollar Brain for Saltzman; he'd have done a good MR, Cliffs of Dover and all, if he'd been given the chance.

[PrinceKamalKhan]

I'll pick Spottiswoode (for any film) of those three.

Better unused early script/story draft:

Diamonds Are Forever: Goldfinger's twin brother(played by Gert Fröbe) is a shipping magnate. He houses a diamond powered laser cannon in the hull of his supertanker to attack the free world

or

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: Blofeld is Goldfinger's half brother(also played by Gert Fröbe). Bond drives an Aston Martin to goes underwater(later used in TSWLM). Bond escapes with the help of a chimpanzee. He marries Tracy in a truck with M as his best man. and that Bond kills Blofeld and Bunt at the end by toppling a statue on them. Also, Bond escapes a place with the help of a chimpanzee. Bond and Tracy are in a parked car, Blofeld and Irma drive by and shoot Tracy dead. Bond topples a statue on Blofeld and Irma's car which kills them?

Are you kidding me? Early OHMSS drafts had all that?

Tell me you're kidding.

Nope. The OHMSS script draft with those ideas was written by Richard Maibaum in 1966 when Connery was still in the role according to Charles Helfenstein's "Making of OHMSS" book.

Better scene:

Thunderball: Bond tells Domino the truth about Largo's being behind her brother's death, gives her his watch and identification tags and enlists her aid against SPECTRE

or

The Living Daylights: Bond tells Kara he's a British agent looking for Koskov, she gives him the drugged martini and he confesses he was the man sent to kill her?

[glidrose]

Originally, I'd put it down as Ken Loach, but then I felt that was going a mite too far... :-P

Besides, Russell directed Billion-Dollar Brain for Saltzman; he'd have done a good MR, Cliffs of Dover and all, if he'd been given the chance.

I'm not knocking Russell. I adore BDB. I've said so on these boards. But a Ken Russell-directed MR could never be Fleming's MR. I'm not saying it would be a bad film, just... different. And unlikely to satisfy Fleming purists.

I'll pick Spottiswoode (for any film) of those three.

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: Blofeld is Goldfinger's half brother(also played by Gert Fröbe). Bond drives an Aston Martin to goes underwater(later used in TSWLM). Bond escapes with the help of a chimpanzee. He marries Tracy in a truck with M as his best man. and that Bond kills Blofeld and Bunt at the end by toppling a statue on them. Also, Bond escapes a place with the help of a chimpanzee. Bond and Tracy are in a parked car, Blofeld and Irma drive by and shoot Tracy dead. Bond topples a statue on Blofeld and Irma's car which kills them?

Are you kidding me? Early OHMSS drafts had all that?

Tell me you're kidding.

Nope. The OHMSS script draft with those ideas was written by Richard Maibaum in 1966 when Connery was still in the role according to Charles Helfenstein's "Making of OHMSS" book.

...and Maibaum always bragged that he had no help with the OHMSS script. Don't think it would have done Dick's reputation any good.

Better scene:

Thunderball: Bond tells Domino the truth about Largo's being behind her brother's death, gives her his watch and identification tags and enlists her aid against SPECTRE

or

The Living Daylights: Bond tells Kara he's a British agent looking for Koskov, she gives him the drugged martini and he confesses he was the man sent to kill her?

Thunderball.

Better ally.

Colombo in FYEO, book or film

or

Kerim Bey in FRWL, book or film

[thecasinoroyale]

Kerim Bey in 'From Russia With Love'. One of the more wholesome, decent and true Bond allies.



Coldest Bond kill:


Bond shooting Kaufman on his knees in 'Tomorrow Never Dies'

OR

Bond letting Sandor fall to his death in 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

??

[The Dove]

Bond shooting Kaufmann on his knees in 'Tomorrow Never Dies'

Bond car moment which makes you wince the most: Seeing the beautiful Aston Martin DBS become scap after the Casino Royale roll over sequence OR the BMW get sawn in half in The World Is Not Enough ?

[thecasinoroyale]

Oh my lord...the beautiful Aston Martin DBS become scap after the Casino Royale roll over, every time! So sad....



Best villain's death:


Dr Kananga's inflated opinion of himself in 'Live And Let Die'

OR

Hugo Drax leaving heartbroken in 'Moonraker'

??

[glidrose]

Heartbroken.

Better second adult Bond novel

LALD
JBAMR
FSS
TFOD

[glidrose]

Heartbroken.

Better second adult Bond novel

LALD
JBAMR
FSS
TFOD

Be a sport. Give this one a go, somebody, anybody.

[Mr. Blofeld]

It's LALD by default.


Theme song toss-up:

No lyrics for YOLT

or

Lyrics for OHMSS

?

[The Dove]

No lyrics for YOLT

M's office in Skyfall (speculating what it will be like): The way it was in Goldeneye - Casino Royale or the ultra-modern look in Quantum of Solace?

[PrinceKamalKhan]

the ultra-modern look in Quantum of Solace

Villain henchman mixup:

Karl Stromberg(TSWLM) and Chang(MR)

or

Hugo Drax(MR) and Sandor(TSWLM)?

[thecasinoroyale]

Hugo Drax and Sandor. I love that helpful chap.



In all future 007 novels and films, the character of James Bond is laid to rest, and re-booted with a change in name....


Jackson Borlow

OR

Jez Blemit

??

[Eric Stromberg]

I'll go with...Jez Borlow. I kind of like that, actually.

Ricky Gervais as...

M

or

Q?

[The Dove]

Ricky Gervais as Q..(though I think Eddie Izzard would be better, after seeing him as Nagle in Oceans' Twelve and Thirteen)

Number of times there should be a "Bond, James Bond" moment in Skyfall: Only one, like in Casino Royale, or two or more ?

[Eric Stromberg]

Just one, please. Let's be economical and make it count.

Bond visits the US and has an extended ski action sequence...

California

or

Colorado?

[Dustin]

California - on a gigantic mountain of dope and cocaine camouflaged as Hollywood hills.

Trait for a future villain:
Living exclusively on a diet of human flesh
OR
A Father Christmas head on a muscled bodybuilder shape achieved by lifelong steroid intake