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[thecasinoroyale]

Fried scorpions, a delicacy in China. It'll be the Vesper martini moment from 'Casino Royale', with someone looking on. Bond will eat it, savour it and rahter like it!


Which Bond girl would you like to make a return to the Bond series (in the guise of a new actress)

Pam Bouvier

OR

Rosie Carver

??

[glidrose]

I don't care for either, but I'll pick Pam Bouvier.

Who would you rather play Tracy in OHMSS? (Hi Eric!)

Grace Jones

or

Tanya Roberts

When Tracy gets shot, her dying words can be: Jones: "And I thought that creep loved me!" Roberts: "James! James!"

Edited by glidrose, 28 March 2012 - 08:17 PM.

[thecasinoroyale]

Hmm...good question glidrose...if I had to...I suppose I'd go for...Grace Jones. She's the only one with the balance of strength and frailty that Tracy has, although she'd be even more hot to handle than Diana Rigg portrayed her!



Blunt Question #1: Is Daniel Craig's Bond better than Roger Moore's Bond.


YES - None of that eyebrow raising, safari suit, suave and sophisticated nonsense!

OR

NO - None of that bloodied and bruised, blond haired, gritty and humane nonsense!

??

[The Dove]

Yes- None of that eyebrow raising, safari suit, suave andd sophisticated nonsense!

The 007 who looked cooler smoking a cigar: Roger Moore in Live and Let Die OR Pierce Brosnan in Die Another Day?

[thecasinoroyale]

For SURE it's Roger Moore in 'Live and Let Die'. Pierce just looked slimy with that, Roger made it part of his suave 007 and even used it as a weapon!


Blunt Question #2: Is Sean Connery THE image of James Bond 007?

YES - Nobody did, or still does, it better than the original.

OR

NO - Times change, bigged-up acting roles stay the same.

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[PrinceKamalKhan]

YES - Nobody did, or still does, it better than the original.

Better 1960s Bond girl that never was:

Gina Lollobrigida

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or

Sophia Loren

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[thecasinoroyale]

Ooh I think Sophia Loren would have been very tasty for Connery's era.


Blunt Question #3: Is Timothy Dalton as good a Bond as people say, now people see Daniel Craig's 're-invented' hard-edged Bond?


YES - He was Daniel Craig's Bond 20 years earlier and made more impact in 2 films than other actors ever did.

OR

NO - One film was good, the other was poor and he was too serious for my liking after Roger Moore, and needed more films to develop.

??

[Messervy]

YES - He was Daniel Craig's Bond 20 years earlier and made more impact in 2 films than other actors ever did.
(too bad he didn't go on with Goldeneye; it would have been superb with him. What a wasted opportunity...)

A plot idea for a next movie:

Bond being brainwashed and sent to kill M

or

M being brainwashed and made to have Bond killed?

[thecasinoroyale]

Hmm..I go for M being brainwashed and made to have Bond killed. Would be good to see how Bond deals with the threat of brainwashed M and the villains behind it!


Blunt Question #4: Was Pierce Brosnan all he was cracked up to be playing James Bond?

YES - A super start with 'GoldenEye' who drew new generations of fans, and simply did the best with what he could onwards and never lost interest.

OR

NO - Over-hyped with the return of Bond to cinemas, and gradually lost interest in the role of Bond and became an action hero, letting his ego get the better of him.

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[The Dove]

YES - A super start with 'GoldenEye' who drew new generations of fans, and simply did the best with what he could onwards and never lost interest.

Better of the two: Timothy Dalton turning down the Bond role in 1968 because he was too young at the time OR Pierce Brosnan NOT getting the role for 'The Living Daylights', thusly getting to do 4 Bonds starting with 'Goldeneye'?

[thecasinoroyale]

Pierce Brosnan NOT getting the role for 'The Living Daylights', thusly getting to do 4 Bonds starting with 'Goldeneye'. Couldn't not have Daltons destined 2 films!


Blunt Question #5: Is the character of Q over-rated and a running joke in the films (especially towards the end of the series)?

YES - At first they were essential, cool gadgets, then it became more outrageous and too stupid, and Q was the predictable comic relief.

OR

NO - A Bond staple and as important to the series now as it was back with 1964's real eye-opener of gadgetry and arms.

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[The Dove]

NO- A Bond staple and as important to the series now as it was back with 1964's real eye-opener of gadgetry and arms.

Right... Bond gets behind the wheel of a London Double Decker Bus in a future Bond film, like in LALD..Does he: Performe the same knock-the-top-off-by-going-under-a-low bridge type stunt in a different manner OR does he do a spectacular jump type stunt like the fire engine in AVTAK?

[thecasinoroyale]

Performs the same knock-the-top-off-by-going-under-a-low bridge type stunt in a different manner...I couldn't see a bridge jump being taken seriously in a double decker!!


Blunt Question #6: Is 'Goldfinger' the poster boy for the James Bond series?

YES - It had the original 007, groundbreaking gadgets, the gorgeous girls, the car, the classic villains and is the film all other Bond's should model on!

OR

NO - It may have been the first Bond to include the ingredients we love, but it's by far as good as everyone says it is and there have been better films to judge the series on.

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[PrinceKamalKhan]

NO - It may have been the first Bond to include the ingredients we love, but it's by far as good as everyone says it is and there have been better films to judge the series on.

Would you rather:

Steve McQueen have played Felix Leiter in one of Sean Connery's James Bond movies

or

James Garner have played Felix Leiter in one of Roger Moore's James Bond movies?

[thecasinoroyale]

Steve McQueen have played Felix Leiter in one of Sean Connery's James Bond movies. Could have led to some even more seriously cool 60s Bond moments!


If James Bond ever went on holiday, would he go...

Abroad somwhere, soaking up the sun and swimming in the seas

OR

Stay in England, taking in the various counties what they have to offer

??

[The Dove]

Stay in in England, taking in the various counties what they have to offer..(we've already seen the former, as in the last third of Casino Royale, so it'd be nice to do something different..)

The 'Skyfall' teaser trailer, (when we eventually get it)...Should it contain: recycled Bond music from previous films as previous teasers have don OR some of Thomas Newman's score to whet our appetites?

[PrinceKamalKhan]

The 'Skyfall' teaser trailer, (when we eventually get it)...Should it contain: recycled Bond music from previous films as previous teasers, preferably some of the late John Barry's Bond scores.

Better Alec Trevelyan GE casting that wasn't:

Alan Rickman

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or

Anthony Hopkins

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[thecasinoroyale]

Has to be Alan Rickman...Anthony Hopkins is a little too old for the Trevelyan I'd want to see working with Bond and putting up such a fight. That would have been pretty crazy casting IMHO!


As seen in 'You Only Live Twice', Bond had to learn the Japanese culture and go undercover as a fisherman for sometime. Now in 'Skyfall' he has to go undercover again as...

An IT technician working in a London office - He has to get to grips with all the office jargon, the machines used, the right paper to use in the printer and which woman is the biggest flirt. We see him working at this desk with a nice bright shirt and tie with a nice large Mocha from Costa Coffee.

OR

A London taxi driver - He knows the routes like the back of his hand but he has to learn to drive through the public streets in the manner of how black cabs do, and has to master the lingo they use speaking to passengers. We see him even eating a hot dog waiting for his next fair outside a Tube station.

??

[The Dove]

Hah...I'd love to see him as a London taxi driver...the IT tech just sounds too boring for Bond..



Bond using some Olympics equipment in 'Skyfall' as a means of escaping or fighting one of the baddies: the gymnast's parllel bars OR some track and field equipment like the javelin or shot put?

[thecasinoroyale]

Nice one Dove! I go for some track and field equipment like the javelin or shot put. Bond could do some damage with those I think!


Blunt Question #6 - Is 'Quantum Of Solace' as bad as it has been labelled?


YES - Choppy, sloppy and big dissapointment following 'Casino Royale' in terms of story, acting and actual Bond-like elements. It should have had more time.

OR

NO - It's always had the impossible 'difficult second album' cover after 'Casino Royale', but it was fast-paced, exciting and a good old enjoyable Bond adventure!

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[PrinceKamalKhan]

YES - Choppy, sloppy and big dissapointment following 'Casino Royale' in terms of story, acting and actual Bond-like elements. It should have had more time.

Better John Barry Bond suite performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic:

OHMSS/AVTAK suite-



or

TLD suite-

?

[thecasinoroyale]

Nice...gotta go for that 'OHMSS'/'AVTAK' suite. Sounds great.


Blunt Question #7 - Is 'Casino Royale' as good as everyone makes out?

YES - It's brought James Bond back to the mainstream, it's gotten rid of the flab and has given us a fresh excitement for the franchise we felt was on the way out, and Daniel Craig is our Bond now.

OR

NO - Over-rated and then some. It was the Bond that shouldn't have been for the time and has set a bar so high, the future Bond films will lose what charm we love from the golden era now gone. Craig is an action man, not 007 and it was too intense for a Bond film.

??

[glidrose]

Blunt Question #7 - Is 'Casino Royale' as good as everyone makes out?

YES - It's brought James Bond back to the mainstream, it's gotten rid of the flab and has given us a fresh excitement for the franchise we felt was on the way out, and Daniel Craig is our Bond now.

OR

NO - Over-rated and then some. It was the Bond that shouldn't have been for the time and has set a bar so high, the future Bond films will lose what charm we love from the golden era now gone. Craig is an action man, not 007 and it was too intense for a Bond film.

Yes, but for different reasons. An excellent film always deserves praise.

If you had to lose one actor from the role:

Dalton

or

Craig

Edited by glidrose, 04 April 2012 - 11:55 PM.

[thecasinoroyale]

Agh...damn you! Well I have to go for...with a heavy heart....Daniel Craig. I would let him leave with 'Skyfall' under his belt and have 3 hopefully epic Bond films from him, and keep Daltons 2 great films. I couldn't remove 'TLD' and 'LTK' from existance...but will be sad to see Craig go.


Random Bond film title mash-up:

'The Spy Never Dies'

OR

'From Russia To Kill'

??

[The Dove]

Hmm..good one thecasinoroyale!! I'll take "The Spy Never Dies"

More Bond title mash-ups: "You Only Die Another Day' OR "Dr. Goldeneye" ?

[thecasinoroyale]

Niceee! Both good...But I'll for the Connery-esque 'Dr.GoldenEye'!


Yet another Bond title mash up for Bond 27 -

'Thunder Of Solace'

OR

'The Man With The Skyfall'

??

[glidrose]

Thunder of Solace.

thecasinoroyale misunderstood my question. Here's what I meant:

If one actor never got to play the part.

Dalton

or

Craig

[thecasinoroyale]

Ahh, I see. Right in that case...

...sadly I go for Dalton. As 'Licence To Kill' is a truly great film, the impact of 'Casino Royale' and 'Quantum Of Solace' has brought Bond back from the dead (but would this be the case without Dalton doing his two - the thoughts are endless!), so would let Dalton miss out for Craig's smashes.


Are you generally excited for 'Skyfall' without any doubts of Sam Mendes approach or the plot...?

YES - No worries, very excited and total faith this will be a truly amazing Bond film. Great actors, great crew, great story.

OR

NO - I want to be, but too much is dripping out that puts me off the idea, and I think it could be, sorry to say, almost an unrecognisable Bond film.

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[The Dove]

YES!! - No worries, very excited...

Which overblow tabloid rubbish is the most annoying: Daniel Craig couldn't drive a standard gear shift car, during the run up to "Casino Royale" OR the new one, leading up to "Skyfall", about Bond totally abandoning his traditional martini for a Heineken beer which has caused uproar amongst the fans who believe this?

[thecasinoroyale]

Bond totally abandoning his traditional martini for a Heineken beer which has caused uproar amongst the fans who believe this. I mean...come on! Both equally annoying though to be fair...but we fans should know better than follow tabloid trash!


Which anti-Daniel Craig fight annoyed you most as a dedicated fan in the run up to 'Casino Royale'...

"He is blond Bond and that just can't be!"

OR

"He's the shortest actor of all the Bonds, and he's not suave looking enough!"

??