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[PrinceKamalKhan]

Which would be the more jolly Bond crowd to have at a Christmas party... Daniel Craig's Bond with Ben Whishaw, Naomi Harris, and Ralph Fiennes OR Pirece Brosnan's Bond with Colin Salmon, Samantha Bond, Judi Dench and Michael Kitchen??

 

Wouldn't John Cleese be invited, too? Anyway I'll pick the Pierce Brosnan MI6 crowd as the jollier of these two groups.

 

The pretitle sequence of TB(funeral, female Franco-Japanese agent, Bond vs. the "widow" Bouvard, jet-pace escape)

 

or

 

the pretitle sequence of OHMSS(Lazenby's introduction, rescuing Tracy from the sea, battling Draco's thugs on the Portuguese beach, "this never happened to the other fellow.")?

[thecasinoroyale]

'Thunderball' - anything other than 'OHMSS' pleases me to be honest.

 

 

Which bomb scene was most tense for Roger Moore:

 

Removing the warhead in the missile during 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

 

OR

 

Removing the trigger at the circus in 'Octopussy'

 

??

[seawolfnyy]

Removing the trigger in Octopussy. That scene gets so much flack for having Moore in the clown suit, but I think it's essential to the scene as nobody takes Bond seriously dressed as a clown making the whole situation that much more dire.

Colder Bond kill:
Bond shooting Elektra in cold blood
OR
Bond dropping Trevelyan off the antennae with a look of pure hatred in his face
?

[PrinceKamalKhan]

Bond dropping Trevelyan is colder. He didn't take a brief moment to mourn 006 like he did with Elektra.

 

Better Bond girl trio:
 

SPECTRE(Estrella, Lucia Sciarra, Madeleine Swann)

 

or

 

DAD(Peaceful Fountains of Desire, Jinx, Miranda Frost)?

[seawolfnyy]

Spectre, though neither group is particularly strong.


Ralph Fiennes as M in LTK
OR
Robert Brown as M in Spectre
?

[DaveBond21]

Fiennes in LTK

 

Preferred title for Bond 25:-

 

Circus of Death

 

or

 

Overkill

 

??

[PrinceKamalKhan]

Circus of Death

 

Better Connery-era opening:

 

the pretitle sequence of From Russia With Love

 

or

 

 the pretitle sequence of You Only Live Twice?

[seawolfnyy]

FRWL.

As Barbara Broccoli has stated that production for Bond 25 is set to begin in the spring, when will we get confirmation about the next film:
November/December 2016 in hopes of making that 2017 release date that was previously leaked
OR
These productions are too big and we won't hear anything until at least November 2017 for a late 2018 or 2019 release
?

[Professor Pi]

We'll hear something next year, but I still think it's a 2018 release date.  Did Barbara say starting "production" or starting "work on the next Bond film?"  They have no script, therefore no budget, and currently no studio distribution.  Even with a script Bond films of late take a year from start of filming to release date, and Mendes only finished his cut the Saturday before SPECTRE's release.  First up is the studio deal, then signing Craig for his contractual obligation (and he wants at least a year away methinks), and then script work. 

 

More brutal fight editing,

 

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

 

or

 

Quantum of Solace?

[thecasinoroyale]

'Quantum Of Solace'.

 

 

Which actor receives the most un-fair shadow regarding their portrayal as 007:

 

Roger Moore being too humorous / light-hearted

 

OR

 

Daniel Craig being too moody / serious

 

??

[Surrie]

Daniel Craig - the scripts he has been given hardly give him the opportunity to show any other side. Also, Moore had 7 attempts to step away from the humorous Bond, but IMO failed to show any other angle. 

 

Better Bond/Bond girl partnership of the Brosnan era:

 

Bond & General Lin

 

OR 

 

Bond & Natalya 

Edited by Surrie, 17 December 2015 - 11:03 AM.

[thecasinoroyale]

Bond and Natalya - felt more real, less "action film defined".

 

 

Which Bond gets the unfair rap for his last film.

 

Timothy Dalton and the "serious, violent and out of character" 'Licence To Kill'

 

OR

 

Pierce Brosnan and the "far-fetched, bland and ego-driven" 'Die Another Day'

 

??

[PrinceKamalKhan]

Dalton and LTK

 

Stronger villain:

 

General Georgi Koskov in TLD

 

or

 

Sir Gustav Graves in DAD?

[The Dove]

You know what, I'd say General Georgi Koskov...more believable...

 

Sean Connery as a Jedi Master OR Timothy Dalton as a Sith Lord?

[seawolfnyy]

Dalton as a Sith Lord. I actually see Connery more as a Sith than a Jedi.

Daniel Craig as Han Solo
OR
Eva Green as Princess Leia
?

[glidrose]

Either would be good but I'll go with Craig.

Jar Jar Binks in a Bond film

or

J.W. Pepper in a SW film

[PrinceKamalKhan]

J.W. Pepper in a SW film.

 

Better secondary Bond girl in the Bahamas section of Casino Royale:

 

the Ocean Club's blond receptionist(Christina Cole)

 

or

 

Solange Dimitrios(Caterina Murino)?

[seawolfnyy]

Solange.

Keeping with the Star Wars theme:
Harrison Ford as Bond
OR
James Earl Jones as the voice of Blofeld
?

[DaveBond21]

James Earl Jones as Blofeld's voice - that would be great.

 

Preferred villain for Bond 25:-

 

Dr Scarfinger - he has a scar on his face and a hook for a hand

 

or

 

Mr Doom - crazy scientist who has transformed his face to look like a tiger

 

??

[thecasinoroyale]

Scarrrrrrfinger.

 

 

Which Bond drug baron gets overlooked most, despite being really good:

 

Dr Kananga in 'LALD'

 

or

 

Franz Sanchez in 'LTK'

 

??

[seawolfnyy]

Sanchez. He even seems more relevant today than in 1989. Kanaga is an embodiment of the blaxploitation era.

Better car death:
The Lotus's anti-theft system
OR
The DBS's 7 car flips
?

[PrinceKamalKhan]

The DBS's 7 car flips.

 

In honor they're being new, first run films concerning both SPECTRE and Star Wars being in release today, which is SPECTRE's better outer-space craft:

 

the Intruder rocket in YOLT

 

or

 

the diamond/laser weapon satellite in DAF?

 

[AMC Hornet]

Although I saw DAF first, I have to say the Intruder Bird 1. It was more integral to the overall story, whereas the diamond satellite - much as I love it - shows up out of the blue in the third act (how did it locate submarines, 6 years before Bechman & Markovitz completed their work?).

 

In the same vein:

 

Micha & Petya (GE)

or

Graves' second sun (DAD)

?

[seawolfnyy]

Micha and Petya.


The decoder in TND
OR
The ATAC in FYEO
?

[PrinceKamalKhan]

The decoder in TND.

 

Which Bond series spacecraft would you rather take a ride in:

 

the Intruder rocket from YOLT

 

or

 

one of Drax's Moonraker shuttles in MR?

[AMC Hornet]

A Moonraker - as far as I know they weren't equipped with a remote destruct feature.

 

Would you rather:

 

Be wrapped up like a mummy and buried at sea with a rebreather in the hopes that you'll be found in time, then be fired out a torpedo tube without a rebreather (YOLT)

or

Swim from one escape hatch to another without a rebreather in the hopes that the second hatch will be vented in time, then be fired out a torpedo tube - again without an air supply (TWINE)

?

[seawolfnyy]

The second one. There are too many factors that could screw up the burial at sea.


More outlandish goal:
Stromberg using nukes to force society to live under the sea
OR
Drax using poisonous flowers to create his Nazi master race
?

[PrinceKamalKhan]

Both are outlandish but I'm going to say Stromberg's using nukes to force society to live under the sea. At least Drax seems to have thought out and prepared to deal with the consequences of his outrageous plan a little better.

 

Better outer-space special effects:

 

You Only Live Twice

 

or

 

Moonraker?

[seawolfnyy]

You Only Live Twice.


Brosnan as Alec Trevelyan
OR
Sean Bean as Bond
?

[PrinceKamalKhan]

Sean Bond as Bond.

 

Better OHMSS fight scene:

 

Bond battling Draco's thugs at the sea shore in the pre-title sequence

 

or

 

Bond battling Che Che in Tracy's hotel room?