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Yes, yes, we all know: great artists are often absolute jerks. The George Washington of Bondom wove a spell so potent, nearly half a century was needed to deliver us a Lincoln in the form of Daniel Craig to free us our chains.

I love Sean's first four Bond films, I don't dispute their greatness...but I say goodbye to him.

And to the toxic waste that trails him: images of a swaggering brute who allegedly put a fist in his wife's face...a megalomaniac who had one trick, a great one, he played for half a century, transforming any role he got into his own image. The big dope couldn't even be bothered to attempt a Russian accent in Hunt for Red October. A Scottish accent did just fine!

Dan's Lincoln has liberated me from my loathing for certain Bonds. But those are other stories for other threads. For now, I stand happy and free on the shore, waving goodbye to an old man sailing away on a leaking ship with MeMe! on the side.

And you? Any Conthing got your goat?

Beautiful, dodge. You are definitely the Andrew Jackson of the boards, you wild-haired six-gunning maniac.

My biggest slam against Connery is You Only Live Twice. He sucks. Of course, maybe he’s just playing to the script? It could be genius I’m watching, and not the equivalent of a lame duck president on his way out.

“Why does lame Peking duck taste so different from the others?”

It tastes sweeter to some of us, myself included, than its immediate predecessor...




Given his love of lawyers, I think I'd add "allegedly" to your post - for your sake and that of CBn.

Well, he's still the best and most influential-on-his-successors James Bond (Dalton being the second most influential), and, honestly, would you really have wanted him to do a phoney Russian accent throughout RED OCTOBER? Be careful what you wish for.

Advice heeded, post corrected on that score. Thank you.

Well, the throne of King Connery is wide and deep(it had to be to house him during DAF(FY)
But there is a pretender to the crown of Bondom. Will the King wave the pretender on to his well worn seat ?
Never really wanted to meet the big man. Love his films, but Rog is the only one of the lot I would like to meet in person. He just seems as nice and charming in person as he is on screen, If the Rog-Haters try to diss him, he already beat them to the put-downs, he is very self-deprecating, doesn't allow his ego to get in the way.
On screen never liked the slapping of women that Sean seemed to dish out. I don't remember bond slapping Tania in the FRWL novel or Tiffany in DAF, perhaps I missed it, perhaps the Directors and Sean felt it added an edge on screen. Just think , watching it now, it looks dated. And also Sean Bond never really fell for any of the girls, but the "Real" Bond does numerous times, and is far more romantic that Sean's take on it. Perhaps they thought this would "Nancy" Bond up to much, but on the contrary, it makes him more interesting.

This post has been edited by BoogieBond: 9 May 2008 - 18:28

And furthermore:

Aside from salary negotiations, the trickiest part of dealing with Con must have been persuading him to wear a rug. It mattered not a jot to him that viewers prefer to have heroes with hair instead of strandlets here and there. No-o-o-o-o! Con couldn't follow the honorable path per the equally hair-challenged Burt Reynolds: a closet--two closets!--of wonderful rugs. Since the great man was balding, then so must his characters....or the producers would have to pay extra?

...and did you realise that Timothy Dalton, here, was the only man ever fired from a seven-figure contract for not eating enough of his Broccoli..

No, I didn't. But thank you. That's enough to steer me from quips re penny-pinching Scots who make candles of their ear wax...then try to double their income by selling their ear hair as wicks.

You're confused with Lazenby, my friend; a far better Bond than Connery, but a fool for turning down a seven-film contract (!).

...ah, George Lazenby. when Bruce Lee found out he was contracted to do three films with ol’ Georgie, Bruce was just dying to get out of that contract...

...and Daniel Craig. Poor guy had no idea what he’d gotten himself into. Two weeks into filming of Casino Royale and he’d signed the petition a hundred and thirty two times himself...

...Roger Moore. Poor Roger couldn’t even play Seymour Goldfarb, Jr anywhere near the source material...

...poor Ian Fleming. But on the positive side the good people of Sevenhampton have managed to hook up a generator and an old Amherst Villiers supercharger to Mr Fleming’s casket and have produced 1.21 gigawatts of electricity from all the tumbling happening within...

Still in avoidance mode re Con...Well, I shall not be goaded into quipping re miserly Scot actors who supplement their incomes by selling their dingleberries as chocolate covered fruits.

(Patience, my dear dodge, for as with every good roast one roasts the guest of honour last.)

...and what would a roast be without Pierce Brosnan, seeing that Foster Brooks is no longer around...

...Cubby Broccoli, the man who made our Man of the Hour into the Man of the Decade. Cubby did fairly well with Sean Connery as Bond, but his heyday had to be the seveties. Everyone knows Broccoli goes best with cheese...

...Harry Saltzman. A man who’s name will always be linked to ‘and’...