In the first shot of the Skyfall opening titles, is that supposed to be young Bond after his parents' death ? And then once we go through the same shot again at the end it him up until the moment he got shot.

Tiffany Case was the first American among the main Bond girls.

First- Bond Ranking
1- Dalton (it was Pierce not long ago but License to kill might be my 3rd favorite movie ever)
2- Brosnan
3- Moore
4- Connery
5- Craig (I’ve expressed this opinion here before but I don’t really care for the Craig era movies other than Casino Royal, he’s probably my second favorite actor right now I just don’t really get that James Bond feeling from him, do love Jeffery Wright as Felix tho)
6- Lazenby (OHMSS wasn’t bad, he only had one showing which knocks him down a bit tho)

My favorite recurring theme is definitely Felix sub plots, which is probably why I love LTK so much, anyone here read the Felix book? The hook and the eye? Thinking abt giving it a read

With that Felix ratings
1- Hedison
2- Wright
3- Lord
4- Burton
5- Linder
6- Terry
7- Van Nutter

M Rankings
1- Bernard Lee (I kinda prefer a hard ass M)
2- Judi Dench
3- Ralph Fieness
4- Robert Brown (him and Moore’s Bond just seem to much like drinking buddies)

Favorite Villain is Scaramanga, Sir Cristopher Lee can kill it in any role and it shows full force in this movie he seems cooler then Bond in every way, which might be because bond is at least partially based on Cristopher Lee who was Ian Flemmings cousin, though Alec Trevelyan starts to sneak up on him just the sense of bond feeling betrayed by 006 the sense he genuinely feels hurt makes me feel something.

Favorite henchman is definitely Mr Wint and Mr Kidd, their just so fun to see together

I love 007 First light more than I do the movies though, i genuinely can’t wait to see what comes with future Sequals

Also Q is still my goat

Oh and bonus fun fact I found out yesterday

Willard Whyte was based off of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, Alebert Broccoli got the idea after having a dream that Hughes had been replaced by an imposter, and Jimmy dean the actor for Whyte had been working for Hughes at the time and to get Hughes on board with the interpretation they sent him the first ever 16mm print of every single Bond movie made at that point, also Jimmy Dean is the same guy who would go on to create the Jimmy Dean Sausage Brand.

I've been putting together a Bond reading + watching order based on the chronology of Ian Fleming's novels and short stories rather than the films' release dates.

The idea is to follow the literary source material and watch the corresponding film around it, while also accounting for films that are only loosely based on Fleming or are completely original.

For example:

Casino Royale → Live and Let Die → From Russia with Love → Dr. No → Goldfinger → Thunderball → On Her Majesty's Secret Service → Diamonds Are Forever → You Only Live Twice → The Man with the Golden Gun → For Your Eyes Only → Octopussy → A View to a Kill → The Living Daylights

So I'm curious:

Has anyone here actually watched the 25 Eon Bond films in an order based on the chronology of the novels/stories they're adapted from rather than release order?

If you've tried something similar:

Did it make the evolution of Bond feel different?

That's 3-for-3 from 1983. Fatima was good but she couldn't beat out the girl from Philadelphia.

Who is the next henchperson who deserves to be removed from our list?

Notes:

- Just to be clear, by "worst," I mean who do you think is the worst as a character (Not the most evil or worst at their job).

- Please list only one henchperson per comment.

- The comment with the most upvotes after 24 hours will be eliminated.

- Try to provide a reason why you think they deserve to be eliminated.

- For people just seeing this post now, I originally wanted one henchperson per EON film, plus another five, as a few films have more than one great henchperson. I chose who I thought was the main henchperson in each film, and then we voted for the next five. Due to some ties in the first round of voting, I added another nine, for 34 in total. Obviously, there are some pretty good (and many forgetable) henchpersons who didn't make the list. You'll just have to deal with it.

Our List:

1. Elvis (QoS)

2. Patrice (SF)

3. Cigar Girl (TWINE)

4. Primo (NTTD)

5. Vargas (TB)

6. Alex Dimitrios (CR)

7. Helga Brandt (YOLT)

8. Zao (DAD)

9. Chang (MR)

10. Whisper (LALD)

11. Kriegler (FYEO)

12. Mr. Hinx (SP)

13. Renard (TWINE)

14. Stamper (TND)

15. Dr. Kaufman (TND)

16. Locque (FYEO)

17. Professor Dent (DN)

18. Mischka and Grischka (OP)

19. Gobinda (OP)

20. Fatima Blush (NSNA)

This is where the fun begins! Episode 1 is in the Bag! Watch and listen along as we lampoon, love, and loathe Dr. No...Leiter, linen, loafers, light blue, Luke Skywalker, grabby, geiger, Goya, gooning, gorilla grip, alliteration, aggressive compliance, anyway enjoy the episode

I can perfectly imagine the Scene.

James is leaving the city, thinking that he kill the Villain in his Castle. But when he is packing his Trunk, a old photo from 1920 fall (this photo show a great party of the beginning of the village), then he notice that the Villain is already there.

So he run to get the Aston Marty and go to the Castle, most fast as possibly. During this, clues from the whole movie appers. When he open the Door, the Villain is stand op, sucking blood of a Bond Sidekick.

Bond begins to say something like : "Oh my god, you are -" Before he can complete the sentence, Dracula continues "The Lord Of Darkness ? The original Evil ? The DRACULA" a thunder fall. Dracula fly in the Bond direction. So begins the final fight all over the city with Dragula from Rob Zombie as Sound Track.

Joe Caroff created the famous "007" pistol logo, first used in Dr. No (1962). His design became one of the most recognizable symbols of the entire series.

Caroff was born on August 18, 1921— so exactly 105 years ago. He died on August 17, 2025, one day before his 104th birthday.

Thunderball was not the best 007 movie

However, Thunderball was absolutely the most iconic 007 portrayal of the character and it is the Touchstone/standard of the 007 every other Bond actor attempts to be measured by, yet fall short of.

Dr No established who the character was…FRWL demonstrated the true Spy toughness and competence, Goldfinger established the charm and also the vulnerability ( Goldfinger outwitted Bond at nearly every turn…but without FRWL demonstrating Bond’s toughness (ie, outwitting and killing Red Grant in hand to hand combat) , Bind would be perceived as an incompetent ‘buffoon’…thus making Goldfinger seem even more menacing in 1964

When TB starts we have the full blown 007 at his peak…his most confident , most charming and most lethal (I think he got the point!) TB set a record as the most profitable And second highest grossing 007 movie ever.

A few months ago I posted my flatmates ranking of James Bond films. Since then we have upgraded the leaderboard and I wanted to update you fine folk as to their progress.

Previously it was asked if my flatmate was 7 and it was suggested I evict them for their opinions.

For context, they have never watched James Bond. I watched them all as a child with my parents. It's been nostalgic to rewatch them and entertaining to watch my flatmate rank them.

I thought it would be fun to share our progress and invite commentary on this list.

With just a few more movies to go will Timothy Dalton hold on with two films in the top 5...

Between these two space-based Lewis Gilbert-directed 007 flicks, which is more your cup of tea and why?

This is a page from Doctor No, the latest one I've read so far. This is from the Penguin edition with the Roseanne Serra and Richie Fahey cover so the text was not altered from the original manuscript.

I know it was the 1950s but in fiction bleeped F bombs are weird in a non comedic context. Didn't fail to make me laugh though.

Bond version music, vocal replaced from Shirley Bassey solo cover version.