007 in a flop. Why be an extra when you can be Bond?
Better version of events for Casino Royale:
Vesper and Bond happy in the film, but then Vesper steals the money to give you Gettler leading to her suicide by drowning and heartbreaking apology to Bond
OR
Vesper’s depression and ultimate suicide over falling in love and betraying Bond in the novel
?
The first one
Preferred actor to replace Daniel as Bond:-
Richard Madden
or
Tom HIddleston
??
Tom Hiddleston
Bond cinematographers… Roger Deakins (Skyfall) or Phil Meheux (GE and CR)??
Deakins. He should’ve won an oscar.
Biggest Craig era set-piece:
Casino Royale construction site chase in Madagascar
OR
Skyfall PTS chase through Istanbul
?
Casino’s construction chase, reinvented Bond in one action sequence for a new generation - more visceral, the parkour was pretty new for the time - great scene, Istanbul was fine but nothing particularly new in the scheme of things
Domino Off!
Kim Basinger
or
Claudine Auger
Pfft, please, no contest. Claudine Auger.
Better Brosnan set-piece:
Tank chase through St Petersburg in Goldeneye
OR
Parking garage mayhem in Hamburg in Tomorrow Never Dies
?
I like both but prefer the Tank Chase
Preferred location:-
Cortina in FYEO
or
Cuba in DAD
??
Cortina in FYEO
Licence To Kill Inspiration:
Yojimbo
or
Miami Vice
…both? First half is 80’s action movies/tv shows of the time. It then changes to Yojimbo once it hits Isthmus. Second half is better so I’m going with Yojimbo.
The ott villain who was more prescient of the 21st Century
Auric Goldfinger
Or
General Orlov
I probably didnt make it clear i just meant more what was your favourite of the “references “ though i agree with your analysis of LTK’s two halves
Goldfinger, there is a very obvious real world foil to him IMO.
Better 80s Bond song:
For Your Eyes Only
OR
The Living Daylights
?
The Living Daylights - whatever their differences with John Barry May have been at the time, it is one of the most modern Bond songs, well written and interestingly produced with some great Barry flourishes in the final product. FYEO is a great pop song too, nothing against it I just have a lot more positive to say about TLD
James Bond gets a “Joker” style one shot alternate take film:
Christopher Nolan directs Tom Hardy as 007
Or
Steven Spielberg directs a Bridge of Spies esque period film
No contest, Christopher Nolan directing Tom Hardy as OO7 but I’m aware that’s a trigger for some…
Best hiding the face intro
Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights
Or
Pierce Brosnan in Goldeneye
I don’t have much a problem with either. I think the issue with Tom Hardy is that he would probably be brought in as a CraigBond clone. As for Nolan, I would be afraid of him overplotting the story, which is what we got with Mendes in Spectre.
Dalton, the misdirection was excellent.
Continuation authors:
Gardner
OR
Benson
?
GARDNER!
I rate 6 of his first nine books as highly as the best of Fleming. With Benson, I admire only two (Z-10 & HTTK).
Although I admit, Benson successfully duplicated Fleming’s ability to describe a meal and leave you feeling like you just ate it yourself (or, in the case of TMWTRT, leaving you with a yearning for sushi).
So, in the same vein, better trilogy:
Gardner’s SPECTRE trilogy (For Special Services, Role of Honour & Nobody Lives For Ever)
or
Benson’s UNION trilogy (High Time to Kill, Doubleshot & Never Dream of Dying)
?
SPECTRE
Which Bond girl portrayed by the late Nadja Regin (RIP) do you prefer?
Kerim’s Girl in FRWL
or
Bonita the flamenco dancer in GF?
Bonita. She’s iconic in an iconic scene!
A Bond film tailored specifically for you but kills the series because playing to an audience of one is short sighted at best
Or
A film you don’t care for but is critically acclaimed and financially successful.
A film I don’t care for but is a huge success. That way they will make more and I might like some of them!
Preferred PTS:-
Octopussy
or
TND
??
“Your a Toro too” has to be Octopussy for me.
Idris Elba (or another actor in their 40s)does a quick 1/2 pictures whilst BB waits for her actual choice to age/materialise.
Or
DC goes on for another 1/2 ala Sir Roger
Elba or another mid 40s actor. I’d rather get a quick 1-2 films vs waiting another 5-10 years for 1-2 DC films.
Is Die Another Day more of a:
Moonraker novel adaptation
Or Diamonds Are Forever film adaptation
?