CycleChat investigates - Bond. James Bond.

[Accy cyclist]

I have a hat stand with quite a few flat caps of all varieties on it. Today i stood about 12 feet away from the stand and threw some of my caps at the thing,to see how many i could land on the arms/hook things. Out of 20 i managed to successfully land 11. I think that's quite an achievement!

 

[gbb]

Like the Beatles and Queen, loved apparently by all, I never got them or the 007 series of films. I'm not sure I've ever seen more than one or two Bond films beginning to end and then probably reluctantly.

But if I had to choose one, Roger Moore. He didnt seem to take himself too seriously.

 

[MntnMan62]

The best? Doesn't exist. The ones who honored the role the best? Not in any particular order:

Sean Connery
Roger Moore
Daniel Craig

You can't really compare them against one another given the massive amount of time covered between them.

 

[classic33]

007 is now female.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Sean Connery was the best bond, but Roger Moore was my favourite as the first bond film I saw was Live and Let Die and as a nipper I so wanted to be him.

 

[Drago]

Had to vote Shawn.

But the Craig era may be the best films.

(And I think Brosnan might have been great in the right films. I'll never forget this image

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In some of the shots of the tank chase scene you can see Brosnan is barely containing a huge grin - arsing around in a tank and being paid handsomely to do so was clearly making his day.

 

[MichaelW2]

In any actual sticky situation it has to be David Niven who could handle himself in a fight thanks to his commando experience in ww2. Otherwise it is twinkly eyed underwear model and suave safari suit wearer Rodger Moore.

 

[swee'pea99]

safari suit wearer

How is that not a euphemism...

 

[cookiemonster]

I don't know why we're bothering. We all know Roger Moore was the best.

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[Drago]

Well, the poll closes tonight and the spanish chap is in the lead, with Roger Moore second. Coming up Roger's behind is Daniel Craig, who may yet have a late spurt and take second place.

 

[winjim]

I'm going to come across as a berk trying to save face here, but I knew that.
The mental image of Bob Holness doing the Baker Street sax is too magnificent to abandon just because it isn't real.

C please Bob.

 

[captain nemo1701]

Cadbury Milk Tray is **** now regardless of who delivers it.

The famous 70's Cadbury Milk Tray ads were made with Aussie actor Gary Myers. He also played Captain Lew Waterman on board Skydiver in Gerry Andersons UFO:

 

[captain nemo1701]

I have an old friend of mine who was an extra in Goldeneye, in the scene in which Bond smashes up the city in a tank which was shot mainly on an old aerodrome near Watford, or so I was told. My friend got to meet Pierce Brosnan whom he said was very nice and gave out signed photos of himself on the motorbike from the start of the movie. My friend asked him if he was nervous about playing Bond and he confessed to practicing 'My name is bond, James Bond', in front of a mirror to get it right!.

 

[captain nemo1701]

My friend is now a card-carrying actor after Goldeneye and around 2010 he got a part in some radio drama which also starred Sean Bean, the Goldeneye villain. My mate said he walked into the recording studio and Sean shook hands with him saying ' You were in Goldeneye'. It was about 15 years earlier and my mate was just one of about 50 extras. He was amazed Sean remembered him at all.

 

[stephec]

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