The future of James Bond

It's not the only reason we love him.

We love a decent story that makes some semblance of sense. Some action, some smart quips, certain tropes from the originals.

I wonder how people view Bond compared to similar franchises such as Indiana Jones, Mission Impossible, Jack Ryan, Jason Bourne, Jack Reacher, John Wick, et al ….. The main difference is there are more Bond films than films in all these put together ….. MI being the closest to the amount of films ….. but with say Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Keanu Reeves or Matt Damon so dominant in some of these as the only incarnation of the main character it makes it v different to Bond ….. that may lead to a comparison to the superhero closest in nature to Bond …. Enter Batman ….. Like Bond Batman was played by many and is quite often featured in cinema ….. and one could ask is Bond not just a superhero in all but name anyway ??? …. and is Luke Skywalker or Han Solo of Star Wars just Bond in space ….. and Moonraker not that far removed from either Bond or Star Wars ….. and is Mad Max just Bond in post apocalypse ??? …. Bond indeed preceded most of these …… and inspired some directly you bet …..

Getting back to Bond …. I like films from all incarnations and accept that each actor brought their own take to it …. Let's pick my 2 faves per actor …..

Connery ….. From Russia With Love and Goldfinger ….. pretty much what most people say ….. 2 of the greatest Bond films and action films ever made …..

Lazenby ….. just one, On Her Majesty's Secret Service …. defo one of the best of the Bonds …..

Moore ….. Live and Let Die and Octopussy ….. the first highly rated and the second very much underrated ….. both offer Moore's Bond at its best for me …. good fun but a serious believable story at the core too ….

Dalton …. The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill ….. obviously ….. but 2 of the best ….. one a conventional Bond the other a drug dealer revenge tale that would not be out of place on Miami Vice or as a Lethal Weapon film …. and Dalton's Bond fits easily into both worlds …..

Brosnan …. Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies …. again a highly rated Bond and an underrated one …. both provide the best of action and fast moving pace expected from the Brosnan era with a good story to back it up …..

Craig ….. Casino Royale and Skyfall ….. the jury is out on the other 3 but these 2 are brilliant ….. modern Bond at his best …..

If there is a character called James Bond and he is the secret agent of that name ….. it IS a Bond film …. parody or otherwise …..

You're right. Robin Hood Men in Tights should definitely be critiqued at the same level as Prince of Thieves.

Seeing as Casino Royale was mentioned, in passing just noting BBC Radio aired a new adaptation of it today with former on screen Bond baddie Toby Stephens as Bond.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002b6lr

The next Jimmy Bond will be chinese considering their takeover of Yankee studios

They should go back to the sixties era with Sean Connery as that when it was at its best. Brosnan was second.

Budget is no problem now, but advertising is the issue. There'll be no Sony branded product placement in a 1940's set movie.

I didn't say there was no Sony in the 1950s. I said there would be no Sony product placement. So, unless Sony decide they want to boost sales of a pocket radio, that is not going to change.

Bit of an odd move that!

You could say it was an Odd Job.

Going purely on memory, no. She did have glasses though.

I'm not googling it, so open to correction.

definitely has braces, I thought until I read this and now I just don’t know as I’ve been caught with this stuff before

Definately had them in some releases. There is a VHS tape and a newspaper review from the time that mentions them.

Nope.