007---wtf

[Trumpton]

Well that's two more than I've found watchable Ace.

[The Last Word]

Quantum of Solace, eh?

I don't mind it actually, and as long as they get the marketing right I can't see it as a problem. What would you think a film called Cloverfield was about then?*

*clips of the monster now widely availabe on Youtube etc. A touch of the Harryhausen's about it, which is a nice surprise.

[Ace]

stripeysydney wrote:

>
> Is it just me or does anyone else think that James Bond is
> shite?

You're jealous because he gets better pussy than you can only dream of !wink!

[one eyed jack]

Comparing james Bond to reality then thinking it is shite is being dismissive of two very important points.

1. Its only a movie.
2. Designed to entertain

If you want realism (ish) may I suggest the Bourne films : Identity, Spremacy and Ultimatum...But even they are about entertainment.

Lets face it, a real spy movie would be something like The Russia House....

Zzzzz

[ATS]

True they are entertainment and there is obviously a market for them
I'd not seen a Bond film in over 20 years until about a month ago.
All the hype seemed to say that casino royale was different to all the
others - so I gave it a go.
Unfortunately it seemed the same as all the rest but minus Q or R

Not a bad film and Craig was OK but nothing really new in it

[Trumpton]

Fleming based the original James Bond character on himself.

[Guilbert]

>Fleming based the original James Bond character on himself.

Bit of trivia.

When he started writing the books Ian Fleeming was trying to come up with a name for his secret agent.

He lived in the West Indies at the time, and on his bookshelf he had a book called "Birds of the West Indies" written by a certain James Bond.

So he used the name and the rest is history.

[one eyed jack]

Better that than L. Ron Hubbard eh?

"Good evening Mr Hubbard" Naaaaah