James Bond poll!

[Ghostinthemachine]

My favorite was Dalton licence to kill but I loved all the moore ones and Lazenby one outing.i also love both spectre and quantum of solace woth craig the rest I can miss

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

Does anyone wish they could push random buttons in James Bond's car and figure out how it all works?

 

[Jonn]

Does anyone wish they could push random buttons in James Bond's car and figure out how it all works?

No.
I am not into cars.
I'd prefer to push psychological buttons to figure out how humanity works.

 

[Shevek]

Does anyone wish they could push random buttons in James Bond's car and figure out how it all works?

Not I. Movies use tricks to make it appear that things work when they can't.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I'm a tractor guy.

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

Not I. Movies use tricks to make it appear that things work when they can't.

The question kinda was based on the premise of a what if senario in which the show was real life rather than a show.

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

No.
I am not into cars.
I'd prefer to push psychological buttons to figure out how humanity works.

But most cars don't drop nails or shape shift into a boat or glider or something.

 

[Judge]

Does anyone wish they could push random buttons in James Bond's car and figure out how it all works?

I sort of spent about a year doing that with the latest car I purchased. Lots of high-tech I had never encountered before...and lots of buttons and hidden menus to access. Sort of like on my audio system.

I wouldn't go as far to say that I wished such. It just happened.....lol. Luckily the gear shift knob has no hidden ejection seat button though. But it does have a moonroof, but it might smart a bit to be hurled through such a small space as a passenger.

Flying cars? Oh, they were out long before "The Man With The Golden Gun" (1974). Bob Cummings used one in his tv show (1955-1959). Though unlike in the James Bond film, this one was real. A bit before your time.

Aerocar - Wikipedia

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I watched every James Bond film over the years, read all the books when teenager.

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

I didn't know there were books.

 

[Judge]

I didn't know there were books.

That's how I first learned about James Bond. My brother bought nearly all of Ian Fleming's novels in paperback. Though Hollywood managed to slowly mangle Fleming's version of the original character.

I suppose how he was depicted in "Dr. NO" in 1962 was about as close to Fleming's character as it got when he blithely executed Professor Dent while in his Jamaican bungalow.

(You can find that particular scene on YouTube.)

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I didn't know there were books.

Some of the books are better than the movies, more realistic, check them out good reading. give you a whole new perspective of James change you view of who played him better, not a nice guy

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

If you read the books George Lazenby deserves more votes. He read the books prior to taking the part he deserves more credit.

 

[Hazel_1914]

That's how I first learned about James Bond. My brother bought nearly all of Ian Fleming's novels in paperback. Though Hollywood managed to slowly mangle Fleming's version of the original character.

I suppose how he was depicted in "Dr. NO" in 1962 was about as close to Fleming's character as it got when he blithely executed Professor Dent while in his Jamaican bungalow.

(You can find that particular scene on YouTube.)

The books were written on Fleming's gold-plated Royal Quiet De Luxe.

 

[Crossbreed]

The books were written on Fleming's gold-plated Royal Quiet De Luxe.

I wonder if it had any secret buttons...?

 

[Hazel_1914]

I wonder if it had any secret buttons...?

Believe it or not, Royal typewriters of that vintage absolutely had a secret button.

The "Magic Margin" typewriters had a small tab on the back that released a spring-brake. It would let the margin stops slide automatically to wherever the carriage was positioned. Suppose you had just typed a lot of greeting cards but wanted your machine re-set for standard paper: you'd pull the Magic Margin tab towards you, then it would either zip to the spot the carriage was stopped at, or you'd slide it to 10 or 12 spaces from the 0 spot on the paper scale.

Same went for the right margin.

I have a 1941 Royal KMM that has it, and a 1948 Royal Quiet De Luxe portable (but mine is in brown wrinkle paint. nothing nearly as flamboyant as Fleming's plated edition..."the Man with the Golden Typewriter."

Most other makers would've liked to have something like this feature but it was all patented of course.

 

[Crossbreed]

Cool, but I was really hoping for something like oil slicks or smoke screens...!

Spy Hunter

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Last time I used a typewriter was 1070 when I took a typing class in grade 9. Stroke took this away hunt and peck now.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Feel bad for George any body that has read the books and watched the movies knows he was the best Bond yet not one vote,

 

[Crossbreed]

Feel bad for George any body that has read the books and watched the movies knows he was the best Bond yet not one vote,

Even if he was the best Bond, that whole movie seemed off in how they made it. It seemed quite campy and/or amateurish to me in places. Moore's Bond was also campy, but not as amateurish.