Forum Game: This or That?

SPECTRE operative

Preferred PTS:-

Die Another Day

or

Quantum of Solace

??

Quantum of Solace. Fast paced and brutal (for Bond) car chase with Craig’s brilliantly understated performance of Bond’s single line “Time to get Out”

Best Bondless PTS?

From Russia With Love (spoiler in case you havn’t seen it…somehow)

Or

Live And Let Die

FRWL is simple, well-conceived and very good, but the jazz funeral alone in LALD is Bond at its surreal best.

Best one-scene performance?

Charles Gray in YOLT

or Vincent Schiavelli in TND

Vincent Schiavelli, easy. He steals the show in one short scene, whereas Charles Gray’s best moment is just stopping mid-sentence.

Better title for Bond 25:
007
OR
James Bond
?

007, would be a nice play on who it refers to; Bond or his replacement?
The theme;

A returning…
Adele

Or

A newcomer of…
Muse

I would welcome a newcomer, let it be Muse then.

What sort of title sequence should (hopefully it is) Daniel Kleinmann do for Bond 25?

A retro-60’s anime type like Casino Royale’s was OR a more traditional Maurice Binder type?

If those are my two options, then a retro 60s anime style. Though I much prefer Kleinmann’s other work, especially TWINE and SF.

Will Bond 25 have a UK-set finale like the last two films:
YES
OR
NO
?

No, as this film looks to be about Bond himself, rather than Mendes look at who Bond wants to be. (Giving away my media, film and dram theory history of an education, not to mention my own speculation)

If a game was to reused (then bitched about endlessly on Twitter and…well…here)

Texas Hold’em poker

Or

Golf (bearing in mind this WILL be seen as a political satire before it’s a Goldfinger reference)

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Haha, let’s have another golf match!

Preferred song title for Bond 25 theme song:-

“Missing Scientist” sung by Muse

or

“The Man with the Big Weapon” by Lady Gaga

??

Those are both very on the nose, but I guess “The Man with the Big Weapon.”

Will SPECTRE feature in Bond 25:
Yes, it will connect with the Craig-verse arc and Blofeld is alive…
OR
No, SPECTRE was defeated and Bond 25 will feature a villain unrelated to the organization
?

No, I think Bond 25 will have Rami Malek’s character unrelated to SPECTRE. I don’t think that SPECTRE is defeated necessarily, but they’ll just be sitting this film out.

Should THE LINE “Bond, James Bond” appear in Bond 25… Only once OR more than once?

I always love hearing it, but it will only appear once.

Preferred chase scene in Bond 26 -

  • motorbike chase over rocky ground before villain and Bond jump onto a ferry

or

  • foot chase through a forest before jumping onto speed boats on a river

???

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Ooh I’m rather keen on a foot chase through the forest before jumping onto speed boats.

Should Bond order a Vesper martini OR a glass of Bollinger in Bond 25?

a Vesper. Given he’s the only Bond who got the story (and the name) told, it matters.

Now we’ve got composer, what’s likely next to be announced for Bond 25

Title

Or

A teaser poster

Teaser poster.

Now that Waltz is basically confirmed to return, will his role be:
Like that if Hannibal Lector with Bond having to go to him in prison to seek out help to defeat Malek
OR
He’s actually the one pulling the strings and Malek works for him
?

He’s actually the one pulling the strings and Malek works for him.

Similar question;

Malek wants to free Blofeld and restore Him as head of Spectre

Or

Malek wants to kill Blofeld and replace him as head of Spectre

Malek wants to free Blofeld and restore him as head of SPECTRE.

Out of those two what’s the best Fleming Bond novel:

The spy who loved me

or

The man with the golden gun

The Spy Who Loved Me mostly because The Man with the Golden Gun is unfinished.

Which is the better continuation novel:

James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me
OR
Colonel Sun
?

James Bond The Spy who loved me, because the Wood novels are the most overlooked continuation novels of them all, but are exellent, maybe even better then the movies they are based on.

Who is the best:

Adolfo Celi as Largo from Thunderball

or

Klaus Maria Brandauer as Largo from Never say never again

Celi in Thunderball

Preferred car chase:-

  • FYEO chase in Spain

  • SPECTRE chase in Rome

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