ROGER MOORE IS THE BEST JAMES BOND OF ALL TIME--- period lol

[Sunny Dee-lite]

SIR ROGER MOORE---BOND FOREVER! LOL
SEAN CONNERY i take him or leave him!

[elo]

I like them both as+Pierce Brosnan(he had a lot of practise as Remington Steele) as JB.Can´t tell anything on the new one.
Can´t tell anything on their ass hair either.

[Coroner]

He´s cool but Connery was the real womanizer. 8)

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

AND I QUOTE MYSELF..........................


Roger Moore was a pussy when it came to getting Bond chick pussy IMO. Connery just had bitches oozing over him and still had time to kick a bad guys ass, Moore was all 80's 007 corny and to top it all off, he fucked Grace Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://k-punk.abstractdynamics.org/archives/grace-jones.jpg
Ugh

Look here woman
Unlike these kiss asses that will agree with you to further their imagination of climbing up your empire state building long like legs I'm gonna tell you the truth, you listen and listen good

see this man?
http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/007/dn-1-0823-james-bond.jpg
His name is Sean Connery
the baddest mofo James Bond of all time
http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2004/12/05/ba_connery_mgm.jpg
the muhfucka made tight shirts, big watches, and small guns cool
http://billdouglas.ex.ac.uk/eve/object_images/44969.jpg
shaken not stirred.....................a Connery classic, everyone else just followed suit
http://www.cyber-cinema.com/british/ConnerySeanJamesBond.jpg
the mofo looked bad ass holding a fuckin phone in his hand, Connery could've killed a man with the phone, Moore would have talked his way out of it or begged Q for a secret weapon
http://www.freewebs.com/jamesbond007heights/Copy%20of%20The%20Bonds%20OO74.jpg
he had Moore by ½ an inch in height
and last but not least.....................
http://blogs.mediavillage.com/culture_drift/archives/134544__connery_l.jpg

Nuff Said
JWBL™

[Realgirls4me]

I liked Roger Moore's Bond, but he was just a little bit too tongue-and-cheek for me at times, and how old was he when he took the role? Yeah, right.

By the way, if Connery is the standard, I'd argue that Dalton -- with his hardcore seriousness -- brought a bit of that Connery character back. That Bond (Dalton) took his job serious. I never quite understood the criticism heaped his way. If any Bond should be criticized, it should be the one with invisible cards and ice castles. :roll:

[Realgirls4me]

Dalton was 6'2", as was Brosnan?


Really?

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

Dalton got screwed............................. Brosnan bitched and moaned to the right people and got the role too easily, pushing Dalton out which is why I was happy to see them push him out so quickly as he grayed up

[TJT]

Moore was a little light in his loafers for the role,IMO. Connery was the man.

[Realgirls4me]

Dalton got screwed............................. Brosnan bitched and moaned to the right people and got the role too easily, pushing Dalton out which is why I was happy to see them push him out so quickly as he grayed up

If I remember some of the criticism, it was that he was too emotional. That is, that Bonds don't tear up. Bullshit. It added a little depth to the character.

[Sunny Dee-lite]

Dear Sirs i frantically implore you that the chart is totally off ...Pierce,notice that we are on a first name basis of course, lol...is maybe 5'10 on his best day with shoes---both roger and sean are 6'1---of course if you add Rogers other 10 inches... but the children aren't asleep yet so we will have to tell the '"TALE OF THE SCARY MONSTER" another time!

[werwt22]

I like the new bond. He's reckless and hardcore.

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

The Living Daylights opened in London in June 1987. Brosnan and his family were in London at the time, but were hounded out of their home by the British press who wanted to know what his reaction to the film would be. Brosnan did not attend the premiere, and did not even view the film in a theater, but instead was forced to watch it captively on a Transatlantic flight several months later, as he recalled to CNN's Larry King.

Dalton went on to make 1989's Licence to Kill. Faced with such summer competition as the first Batman and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade starring Sean Connery (and AVTAK's Alison Doody), the film did relatively poorly at the U.S. box office. The supermarket tabloid The Globe reported in August 1989 that "In a move to save James Bond from box-office disaster, producers are planning to give Timothy Dalton the boot," replacing him with Pierce Brosnan. Dalton sued the paper for libel, a case he won 7 months later. The issue was moot, however, as production of future Bond films was put on hold during various lawsuits after Licence To Kill's release, much like that between the Beatles and Apple Records. This litigation would leave a gap of 6 years between Bond films, the longest in the series' history.

In December 1989, Kevin McClory was trying to package a new Bond film with the Thunderball rights that he owned, and had previously repackaged as 1983's Never Say Never Again. This one to be called Warhead 8, starring Pierce Brosnan as Bond. When asked about the role, Brosnan told People Magazine that month, "My mind would be open if the possibility came up again. It's like running for President - once you decide you can do the job, it's very hard to dissuade yourself."

McClory later licensed his Bond rights to producer Al Ruddy, who began developing a James Bond television series in early 1992. Ruddy's choice for Bond was also Pierce Brosnan, but Ruddy doubted Pierce would take the job, as his wife Cassandra had recently died after a long battle with cancer, and Pierce had children to look after. A lawsuit naturally ensued between the Bond producers and Ruddy, and the James Bond TV show was dead in the water. [McClory continuted to try for many years to make a Warhead film]

In August 1990, there was some controversy with regard to John Gardner's latest Bond novel, Brokenclaw. According to USA Today, the profiled figure on the dustjacket looked very much like Pierce Brosnan, and people were asking him if he had posed for it. This image had been used on other hardcover editions of Gardner's books, and was actually discontinued for a time.

Media speculation continued that MGM wanted Dalton out as Bond, if and when another James Bond film would be made. In the spring of 1992, Die Hard producer Joel Silver said he would like to acquire rights to the Bond films, and cast Mel Gibson as Bond. This was the start of Gibson-as-Bond rumors, which continued for the next 2 years.

The litigation that had been holding up production was finally settled in late 1992, and everything was clear for a new Bond film to begin, amidst contradictory signals. In June 1993, the British magazine Film Review reported that Brosnan was "back in favourite's frame" for the role, but 2 months later reported that Dalton was in negotiations for his 3rd outing as Bond. In October 1993, it was reported that MGM offered Mel Gibson $15 million to play Bond, which Gibson had turned down. Meanwhile Dalton was still telling the press that he was still James Bond.

Despite suggestions that he jumped before he was pushed, on April 11, 1994, Timothy Dalton formally announced his resignation from the role of James Bond. He technically had not played the part for 5 years now and his contract with the producers had expired, though he was still the "Bond of record." British betting books immediately set odds on various actors. Pierce Brosnan, fresh off the hugely successful comedy Mrs. Doubtfire, was the 2-1 favorite, with the newly-hot Hugh Grant (after Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Ralph Fiennes (after Schindler's List) both at 4-1.

In April and May 1994 the search for a new James Bond was put to a public vote. A poll was taken on the tabloid TV show Hard Copy, with viewers calling in to a 900 number, at 95 cents a call. Pierce Brosnan won handily with 85% of the vote, Mel Gibson a very distant second with 7%. Entertainment Tonight polled under the same conditions, and concluded with Brosnan the favorite as Bond, with 73% (over 10,000 votes), and Gibson again second at 16%.

In early May 1994, at a cancer fund-raiser in Los Angeles, Brosnan told Hard Copy that he knew nothing about becoming James Bond, no one had told him anything official. Finally, on June 1, 1994, as he was setting off to New Guinea to film a new version of Robinson Crusoe, Pierce got a formal phone call offering him the part of James Bond. After all the contracts were this time signed, a press conference was held in London on June 7, 1994, formally, and finally, announcing Pierce Brosnan as the 5th Agent 007, to star in GoldenEye.

[Realgirls4me]

Thanks, Johnnie.

[Coroner]

I like the new bond. He's reckless and hardcore.

:lol:

That new guy should play along with Dolph Lundren in some of his brainless "I´m fucking gonna kill you"- C to Z movies although it must be said that Lundgren has his doctor in chemistry.

[junior]

Johnny you are fuckin A right on the money !!!!!!! I hate to disagree with Sunny even though I know agreeing wouldn't get me anywhere anyway lol. Sean was is and always will be THE BOND. Moore was to cartoony over the top corny. Sean was ultra cool period.

[LOCpunks]

I like the new bond. He's reckless and hardcore.

I actually like Daniel Craig a lot. But not as Bond. I mean really, are you kidding me? You have to be SMOOTH and GOOD LOOKING to play Bond...among other things which Craig simply isn't.

[chefmike]

There has only been one true James Bond on the silver screen, and his name is Sean Connery. The rest are just stand-ins...

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

we can go on for hours with this................so let's do just that

1. Jude Law got screwed
2. Daniel Craig pulled off something I didn't think he could; BUT Loc you have to understand......... Bond has always been off & on as far as looks, remember this was the 1st James Bond http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/images/barry_nelson.jpg. I guarantee you Barry Nelson wouldn't have gotten Sunny's time of day in his prime. lol
3. Ewan McGregor NEVER could've existed as both Obi Wan and 007, I get that at the office once in a while and have to downplay it.
4. Colin Farrell after 'Alexander' couldn't pull it off, I don't givafuck what Pierce Brosnan said when he claimed he'd be the perfect replacement.....

Who could have been the best Bond after Brosnan???
IMO here's the short list
1. http://moviesmedia.ign.com/bond/image/bale.jpg Christian Bale. yeah he's Batman, he's a good version of Batman, but he's got Bond characteristics, don't believe me look at him in a suit in Batman Begins
2. http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/statham2.jpg Jason Statham. So what if he's bald?!? The muhfucka is damn near James Bond in the Transporter, and he does his own stunts like Timothy Dalton did, kudos.......
and last but not least................
3. http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/clive.jpg Clive Owen............................Clive "the man" Owen. Dude was born to play James Bond, fucking Sean Connery's illegitimate son!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JWBL™

[LOCpunks]

Yeah, I suppose you're right...it has been off and on. I didn't mean to say necessarily that he was bad-looking...but way too rough around the edges. Certainly the not the smooth/charming good looks of a Sean Connery or even Pierce Brosnan. That's kind of what I was getting at.

And word up, good choice on the Clive Owen bit. Guy is definetely is Bond if I've ever seen him.

[General Disarray]

Alan Moore is the best acid fiend of all time

[Realgirls4me]

I like the new bond. He's reckless and hardcore.

He's also built like one would expect a secret agent to be built like. Can anyone here believe a Roger Moore jumping cranes?

[MonsieurValentine]

i have to go with roger moore as well. hell, i grew up with him and not connery. pierce is a pussy.

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

I grew up in the Moore as 007 era also, but compared to Connery and I hate saying this (been alot of that today) Brosnan's flicks Moore just seemed like he was playing his role in "The Saint" as 007 with alot more gadgets...............

[Abartig]

ehh, if we are going to throw all the Bonds into this thread
don't forget the older James Bond from Casino Royale.

David Niven

[trish]

connery is the best bond ever...that's just unassailable tradition.
but daniel craig is HOT...ouch!!
jason statham also HOT...and would've been a great bond.

all the others suck.

on a related topic, tom cruise's mission impossible personna is just way too artificial...he's too much of a pretty boy to be a hard assed spy. he did make a believably smug, privileged, rich doctor in Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut.

[MonsieurValentine]

ah, i think it's become hip to call connery the best. when the majority of us know bond as roger moore. it's kind of like saying you like a band's first album. whatever.

[BuuBear]

No way man! Connery is the best BOND ever!

[francisfkudrow]

Connery's overrated. His Bond movies, while good, were a little duller and slower than the more modern ones. I haven't seen Casino Royale yet, so I can't speak for Daniel Craig, but among the ones I know, Brosnan is best, followed by Moore, Lazenby, Connery, and Dalton.

[CORVETTEDUDE]

Sean Connery, and that's my final word on the matter. Ah, Martini, please, shaken not stirred.

[mph]

Francis: Craig is freaking awesome. Get Casino Royale asap!

I used to think that Connery was the best, followed by Brosnan. Nowadays, I'd have to say that Daniel Craig is the best, far and wide. I was very skeptical at first, but my fears were very much ill-founded.

Why? Because he's actually a person, rather than simply a suave pretty boy. There's a human element about him that really adds to the Bond character.

I do hope he stays with the franchise for a long time.

[werwt22]

I like the new bond. He's reckless and hardcore.

I actually like Daniel Craig a lot. But not as Bond. I mean really, are you kidding me? You have to be SMOOTH and GOOD LOOKING to play Bond...among other things which Craig simply isn't.

I think this Bond was very smooth and I don't judge men like that but he's not a bad looking guy. If you guys actually payed attention in Casino Royale, Bond was just granted his 00 status so of course he isnt gonna be "as" smooth as the previous bonds but that sets him apart from them also. The old Bond was getting a little played out anyway. And I like the fact that this Bond can fight and doesn't just get caught like the old Bond. And come on...look how well he cleaned up after he was nearly poisoned to death and after he got into the fight with the guy with the machete and sat back at the table like nothing happened. If that's not smooth I don't know what is.

[werwt22]

we can go on for hours with this................so let's do just that

Who could have been the best Bond after Brosnan???
IMO here's the short list

3. http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/clive.jpg Clive Owen............................Clive "the man" Owen. Dude was born to play James Bond, fucking Sean Connery's illegitimate son!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JWBL™

I can't believe he turned down the part for Children of Men. It wasn't even that great of a movie. Like wow....who turns down playing 007.

[Realgirls4me]

I can't believe he turned down the part for Children of Men. It wasn't even that great of a movie. Like wow....who turns down playing 007.

Someone who doesn't care for martinis. ;)

[Ecstatic]

Connery is Bond, James Bond. The first and the best. Roger Moore is my second choice, the rest all runners-up. (Confession: I haven't seen Craig yet.)

What's interesting though are Ian Fleming's seven choices for actor to play Bond in Dr. No. His first choice was Cary Grant, and I would've loved to see that, especially given the time period. No actor was ever more suave and debonair than Grant. But Grant was too expensive and wasn't even offered the role.

The others on Fleming’s 1961 list of actors were David Niven, James Mason, Patrick McGoohan, Rex Harrison, Richard Burton and Stewart Granger. Of these, Niven was his top choice, but Niven declined, stating that he was too old, although he went on to spoof Bond in Casino Royale. Of the remaining five, my pick would have been Patrick McGoohan, who imho would've been the best Bond ever. The others I can't really see in the role for various reasons.

[LTR_Seeker]

Im Moore fan also very great bond but dont dislike connery both did well

[Lord Goatse]

Lord Goatse has always been rather partial to Bob Holness, the original English actor to play James Bond, although he is better known for presenting the cult UK TV show, Blockbusters.

Lord Goatse would also like to point out that there was a 'Hung Angel' playing the role of a Bond girl in the film, 'For your eyes only'. Which would make Roger Moore that most appropriate James Bond for this forum.

The curious may wish to google 'Caroline Cossey'.
http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/bondgirl.php

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

Lord Goatse would also like to point out that there was a 'Hung Angel' playing the role of a Bond girl in the film, 'For your eyes only'. Which would make Roger Moore that most appropriate James Bond for this forum.

I don't know what's dumber, the fact that you assumed that would be true or that you are referring to yourself in the 3rd person. Because this is a forum that revolves around transgendered women Roger Moore is the 'appropriate Bond'?!? Fuck outta here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nonetheless

The Bond TS has been discussed TOO MANY TIMES on HA. Before you throw up a "oh they don't know this let me tell them" statements do a search to see if it's already been brought up...............

[sucka4chix]

Roger Moore IS James Bond. He was the man. Yeah he was kinda funny and suave but that's what defined James Bond. There was always a catch phrase THAT WAS APPROPRIATE not just thrown in to be Bond-ish.
Sean was the only other James Bond really worth mentioning but Pierce gets an honorable mention.
Please note that Roger Moore had most of the better storylines though.
And you Sean Connery fans must forget the times he got beat down, YANKED BY HIS ANKLES ONCE, by bitches!!! That's where he loses points!!!

[BeardedOne]

C'mon, JW, I know you've encountered His Lordship on here before and you know he's attuned to the search function. He just likes to spout wisdom while sippping tea and nibbling on scones. :)


What's interesting though are Ian Fleming's seven choices for actor to play Bond in Dr. No. His first choice was Cary Grant, and I would've loved to see that, especially given the time period.

I too would have loved to have seen CG as Bond and with the new CG technology, it's possible they might yet do CG in CG :D ). His roles in North by Northwest and Charade (The latter remade as The Truth About Charley - That DVD features the original on the flipside) proved that he was up to the action/adventure part while still maintaining that classic form that was Cary Grant.


The others on Fleming’s 1961 list of actors were David Niven, James Mason, Patrick McGoohan, Rex Harrison, Richard Burton and Stewart Granger.

The other choices, save McGoohan, wouldn't quite fit the persona. Mason and Burton would have fit more as Bond villains while Harrison might have made a good Q or M.

If you think about it, McGoohan's Secret Agent and The Prisoner were definitely nods to the Bond franchise and McGoohan played both admirably.

[crayons]

I agree with the original poster, Roger Moore was the best bond. He was just incredibly suave. I can't stand Connery's accent and the guy was too prudish.

[Azanti]

Roger Moore, no way, but The Spy Who Loved Me has got the best bond battle in it of all time, no question.

[LOCpunks]

I like the new bond. He's reckless and hardcore.

I actually like Daniel Craig a lot. But not as Bond. I mean really, are you kidding me? You have to be SMOOTH and GOOD LOOKING to play Bond...among other things which Craig simply isn't.

I think this Bond was very smooth and I don't judge men like that but he's not a bad looking guy. If you guys actually payed attention in Casino Royale, Bond was just granted his 00 status so of course he isnt gonna be "as" smooth as the previous bonds but that sets him apart from them also. The old Bond was getting a little played out anyway. And I like the fact that this Bond can fight and doesn't just get caught like the old Bond. And come on...look how well he cleaned up after he was nearly poisoned to death and after he got into the fight with the guy with the machete and sat back at the table like nothing happened. If that's not smooth I don't know what is.

Like I said before...I didn't mean he couldn't ACT smooth...Some of you may have seen Layer Cake (which is really fucking good)...of course he can. I meant it in terms of looks...Bond has always had a smooth, charming, suave LOOK. Craig, though they cleaned him up nice, just doesn't have it. Not to mention how badly he has aged since Layer Cake. His jowls, the very grainy and apparent grey stubble, his general (I know I've said it, but) rough-around-the-edges look...it just ISN'T Bond. And to top it off...he's blond! He's everything physically that Bond isn't. And you hit it on the nail when you said he was wreckless...He is more or less a thug in Casino Royale. Bond is not and never was a thug; he took this too far, whether by his own volition or not. I think he did a decent job with it (though his lack of charm leaves something to be desired...THIS IS JAMES BOND FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!), but there were a hundred other actors who would have been more appropriate (Though Jason Statham I think wouldn't have for the same exact reasons). Craig is a great actor, but he was simply an imposter in this movie.

As for Connery, it's obvious some of you are just jumping on the bandwagon. "That's just unassailable tradition." What a crock of shit, are you kidding me? I don't have much of an opinion here as I am pretty biased...I've always hated Connery and the pretentious, know-it-all role he plays in every movie he is in (and honestly, his accent has always gotten on my nerves). So I'll let that alone. But jeez, so much groupthink in this thread...it's making me dizzy!

[Realgirls4me]

(Not a hijack, but just a slight commandeering off to the shoulder for a second)

Best Bond Theme Song: Without question, Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey. The next would be View To A Kill by Duran Duran at a distant second (the great drumming on that song does it for me).

Continue back on course ... :)

[voy4her]

I like the new bond. He's reckless and hardcore.

but has no personal charm.

Connery had the charm, and was physically a little more believable than Moore, he also beat his girls less than Rog, and had the sense to retire from Bond before he turned 50. Along with Moore he had the benefit of original Fleming stories.

Moore was suave and flippant, but less physically imposing, leading to the impression of a more thinking Bond, albeit one who could have taken things a little more seriously. Some of the best Bond stories were in Rogers time, he was Bond when it hit its peak. And seriously only Rog could slap a girl silly for info, then secs later whip out the champagne glasses and slip her into bed...

Lazenby was by far the best PHYSICAL Bond, until maybe this new guy. I recently watched Lazenbys Bond again and i actually found it it a bit more versatile and daring than either Connery or Moore in some ways. I hated him when i was a kid though. I like how his Bond actually pretended to NOT be James Bond, and being gay was part of his cover. You'd never catch Sean or Rog going along with that.

Dalton came in at a rough transition period, the stories were no longer based on real Fleming meat, everyone knew Cubby Broccoli wanted Brosnan, the poor f*cker never got a chance. I think he is the best of the post Moore years.

Brosnan was fluff, but to be honest all the new Bond storylines are terrible and he never got a good one. But who are we kidding , neither did Dalton, who deserved more of a chance. Better than Brosnan by half. Brosnan was the worst Bond IMO.

Daniel Craig:
got the physical side down, but has zero personal charm and is virtually monosyllabic. Still better than Brosnan.

[voy4her]

in summing up, I like Connery and Moore equally, but for different reasons. Id actually put Lazenby 3rd, then Dalton, Craig and then Ol Remington Steele...

[fiftyfin1]

yep rodger!!!