...another James Bond pistol rant

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MLeake

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AB, correct on the movie; BG Red Grant, played by Robert Shaw.

Bond was a British citizen, but his father was Scottish and his mother Swiss. (And he ends up married and widowed to a Corsican in the books and movies...)

So Bond probably should not be played British in the way that James Fox would play.

And it would not be surprising that Bond's choices in weaponry would veer toward the continental and minimalist.
 
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MLeake

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Connery and Moore both agreed they were too old (53 and 56) when they last played Bond, and that the character should be late 30s to early 40s.

Edit: If one wants to see a movie where an older actor plays an older but still frightening character, one should check out Stephen Soderberg's The Limey. Terence Stamp was incredible - and British.
 
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Sharpsdressed Man

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I'd like to see a modern day Hitchcock direct, or write and direct, a serious, no gadget/no special effects Bond movie. Just completely accurate, espionage thriller with good acting, plot, and direction. I think there is a mature audience out here that could MORE than appreciate a welcome relief from Hollywood fluff, and a Bond film for mature audiences might be the ticket. I'll volunteer my armourer/advisory services for free.:D
 
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elDiabloLoco

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I would have liked to have seen a heavily worn, little-bluing-left, German made Walther PPK 7.65, in a worn shoulder holster, with references to same (a little center stage for the gun) in the movie. This would add to the nostalgia and believability of the secret agent, James Bond. After all, what WOULD a Walther PPK look like that had been carried for years across the European continent on special missions? Forget the new wave tech crap about the special grip identity lock, etc. Just a worn set of brown plastic grips, please.
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I don't expect Mr. Bond returns Her Majesty's equipment intact to Q at anything close to 100%. :D
 
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bikerbill

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Connery and Craig LOOK like James Bond should look; Moore looked like a hairdresser or a bad stand-up Vegas comic (not that there's anything wrong with that ...) Not sure I'd want to venture out with a .32 or .380 when everybody is trying to kill me with automatic weapons, steel derbies and small missiles ...

House as Bond? not paying to see that ...
 
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MLeake

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He kills one fairly early on in "Dr. No."

He also killed one to earn his "00" designation in the new "Casino Royale."

Granted, those were treacherous bureaucrats (who got caught)...
 
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chrisp51

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The reason James Bond is so popular is because of the SFX, the girls and the sets that started with the Connery films. The films are one thing the novels are another. The franchise would have never gotten this far without the Connery films.
 
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DaleA

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Ian Fleming wanted David Niven to play Bond.
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Well David Niven DID play 'Sir James Bond' in the 1967 spoof Casino Royale but most Bond aficionados don't consider that a 'Bond' film.
 
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Iron Man

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The David Niven Casino Royale was not an authorized Bond movie and was the only Bond movie not produced by Albert Broccoli or his estate.
 
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egor20

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Ahh everyone's forgetting the best Bond. George Lazenby and one of the greatest lines in Bonddom, when Tracy (Diana Riggs) runs away from him on the beach;

"This never happened to the other fellow." :D


I had always thought that his PPK was 9mm Kurtz also, learn something eveyday.
 
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