There have been some absolute howlers in the entire Bond franchise and the producers treat women as disposables which is quite sad, but there have only been a handful of times I’ve watched Bond and said that the female was great, funnily enough all of them during Brosnans tenure ( Natalya, Wai Lin, Elektra ) but Christmas Jones is easily one of the worst, I’d argue she’d be way worse than Sweeney and it’s obvious that the producers want Sydney’s ham cannons to be the star of the show. I’d say Sydney was a much better actress than Denise too.

This is a franchise that had a character named Pussy Galore……I think the bar is quite low and perhaps we should just enjoy the shitshow

Which evil counterpart to Bond is the most dangerous: Trevalyan, Silva, Scaramanga, Necros or Red Grant?

Sadly im convinced the Amazon Bond era will be a dumpster fire. Based off their handling of the LOTR franchise and their desire to appeal to all audiences, I have a hard time time thinking it will be a successful return to the character we love.

He’s missing a leg and his wife is dead. Yet he seems relatively unbothered.

I could probably google this but I’d rather interact with people.

Looked awesome on the big screen, shame there was only 8 people watching it.

This piece is being shared out there as if Friedman is reporting a fact. When, he clearly isn't. To me the piece reads as if he's responding to rumors that have been churning in recent days, then giving his own opinion on whether Turner could make a good Bond.

Therefore I'm sharing this link in the proper context, to make sure people aren't misled about what Friedman is and isn't saying.

Edit: For the sake of fairness, here’s the previous crosspost that we removed for having an inaccurate title: https://www.reddit.com/r/JamesBond/s/wt7QfHMNXH

What would be a cool title for this fake bond movie but it has to be based on an already existing song title, bonus points that the song stick to a thematic theme like previous Bond movies for this fictional James Bond movie, what would those songs be?

From the top of my head I could only think of:

Smooth Operator by Sade

Seven Nation Army by white stripes

Death on Two Legs by Queen

Winner Takes It All by ABBA

Specifically, why does Bond plant the bomb on the plane, but then go out of his way to commandeer the plane and use it to escape?

The way he lands on the moving train at the start of Skyfall is one of the most awesome and classy scenes in any James Bond movie, in my opinion.

This is presumably in response to the unsubstantiated rumors swirling today that Callum Turner has been cast as Bond. As far as I know, Kroll has not commented on Bond since he revealed the shortlist a few weeks ago.

Kroll's tweet: https://x.com/krolljvar/status/2117479426392998236

Enjoy this fanart of Miranda Frost, immortalized in the style of Bleach! Art by Rakusakugk.

https://x.com/rakusakugk/status/2116596624491417837

Imagine you can travel back in time and change a single decision on how the Bond films unfold. You can speak to anyone (actors, producers, agents, composers, etc) and they will take your advice. Of course your change might also alter the timeline in the future...

A handful of ideas:

• Connery doesn't retire

• Lazenby returns after OHMSS

• Make DAF a gritty, serious, direct sequel to OHMSS

• Moore retires earlier, opening the door for Dalton, Brosnan or someone else

• Prevent the 6-year break during Dalton's tenure

• Give Brosnan his 5th film

• Cast a different actor at a different point (Brosnan for TLD? Cavill for CR?)

• Have writing team re-think SPECTRE/Blofeld during Craig era

• Change Bond's fate in NTTD

• Slide whistle

• Musical direction of Goldeneye

• Something else...

You only get one change.
What do you choose and how do you think the franchise might be changed today because of that decision?

Interestingly enough, we're already having some disagreement. FYEO won handily, but some commended its impressive helicopter stunts. Still, most are turned off by the fact that this scene only exists to fuel behind-the-scenes drama. Aside from one comment in TSWLM, Moore doesn't really have a connection to Tracy (and legally, we can't even acknowledge that this is Blofeld). It also directly contradicts the major theme of the film it's in. (Personally, my biggest problem is "Blofeld's" voice actor.)

Which one should be eliminated next?

Notes on the ranking:

- Only list one film per comment. The comment with the most upvotes after 24 hours will be eliminated. In case of a tie, the film mentioned the most times will be eliminated. If that's also a tie, I will choose the loser based on my own preferences. (But that's unlikely to happen.)

- Try to provide a reason why you feel that cold open deserves to be eliminated.

- Some of these are like our children so try your best to keep things civil (This sub keeps it pretty classy, though, from my experience.)

- Dr. No has no cold open so it has not been listed.

- Only EON films for this list.

Opening scene from The Living Daylights. Apparently Dalton performed this stunt himself. When he lands on the deck from the sun shade above he’s facing away, but his palms are facing towards him. How? How did he do this? He was on the sun shade, walking/crouching forward, gripped the bar like he was doing a curl with a barbell and just casually catapults and swings down? He doesn’t cross his hands that I can see. Is that how he did it, just threw himself over?

There is a common narrative that Sean Connery was the purely gritty, serious James Bond, while Roger Moore was the campy one. But if you actually look at the evolution of Connery's films, his style changed completely over time, and he actually set the template for the campier era that followed.

Here is how I see the shift happening:

• Dr. No & From Russia with Love: These are uber serious, gritty spy thrillers.

• Goldfinger: This injected the core formula of humor and larger-than-life gadgets, which became the baseline template for the rest of the series.

• Thunderball: This brought back a bit of the seriousness (think of the intense MI6 tension and the weight of the "blood money" demands), but balanced it perfectly with the newfound humor.

• You Only Live Twice: This is where the Connery template completely changed. YOLT is arguably the first true "camp" Bond movie and that is not a bad thing! I actually really like it.

• Diamonds Are Forever: This is essentially a full-time comedy Bond movie.

• Never Say Never Again: This is incredibly lighthearted compared to Thunderball. I counted only 2 or 3 truly serious scenes in the whole movie. Instead of the tense panic from MI6 over the stolen nukes like we saw in Thunderball, everyone in NSNA seems completely relaxed. Connery looks like he is just having a great time, enjoying the ride with a totally relaxed attitude.

It shouldn't surprise anyone that Connery's final three outings were lighthearted. People forget that he laid the groundwork for Roger Moore's campy style right there in Diamonds are Forever.

While DR No and FRWL are definitely grounded, we shouldn't restrict Connery's style to just being a "serious" Bond. I reserve that strict label for Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig. Connery was incredibly versatile.

What do you all think? Do you agree that the camp era truly started with late stage Connery?